Wednesday, June 25, 2008 The Associated Press (AP) news agency has come under fire from the blogging community after issuing a number of DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notices against bloggers who have used extracts from AP articles. Quoting from correspondence surrounding the takedown notices, a Drudge Retort contributor claims in his personal...
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South American channeled apple snail discovered in Georgia
Sunday, March 20, 2005 The American state of Georgia faces a new problem as wildlife officials discovered the South American channeled apple snail along the Alabaha River in Pierce County last month. Similar snails have been seen in four American states, including at least nine Florida counties, and Indonesia. Apple snails (those of the...
Wikinews interviews Mario J. Lucero and Isabel Ruiz of Heaven Sent Gaming
Friday, November 7, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico —Online entertainment is a booming market, and plenty of players are making their play; back in March of this year The Walt Disney Company bought the multi-channel network Maker Studios. What is web entertainment, and the arts therein? And, who are the people venturing into this field? Wikinews...
Enhance Your Look With Beauty Services
More Detail Here: Best Tattoo Artist Sydney Submitted by: Alicjaspa Spa With the changing world now the people have become more conscious about their look. So the beauticians are also using latest techniques to give better services. To know more go through the article. Beauty always pleases the eye. It is well known, beauty...
Runaway EMU train collides with freight train in India
Friday, May 1, 2009 At approximately 06:00 a.m. (00:30 GMT) Wednesday, between four and seven people were killed when an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train at Vyasarpadi Jeeva station, in Chennai, India. Between eleven and twenty persons were injured, and rushed to General Hospital in Chennai. Officials...
Scottish archaeology student discovers 5,000 year old chewing gum in Finland
Thursday, August 23, 2007 An archaeology student from Scotland has discovered a 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum on a dig in Finland. Sarah Pickin, a 23-year-old part-time barmaid studying archaeology with Derby University, discovered the gum during a dig in the north-west of the country. The gum is a lump of birch...
Pakistan’s President Musharraf resigns; new elections to be held
Saturday, August 23, 2008 Former President Pervez Musharraf, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has vacated the presidential home of Aiwan-e-Sadr after stepping down from the office of President. On Monday Fahmida Mirza, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, signed and accepted the resignation of President Musharraf. For 44 years I have safeguarded...
Buying A Ruby Jewelry Set
More Detail Here: Aphrodite’s Buying A Ruby Jewelry Set by Richard C. Thomas If you are shopping for a ruby jewelry set, of course you want to make sure that you are heading to only the top jewelers. There are a few in particular then that you are going to want to become more...
Volunteers and food needed for flooded Manitoba, Canada
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Local municipal and provincial volunteers in Manitoba, Canada are exhausted in their efforts to divert the rising waters of the Red River of the North. It has been hard work with little sleep for the residents who live on the shores of the Red River to shore up their defences...
Indian cricketer Sehwag announces international retirement
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag yesterday announced his retirement from international cricket matches and the next Indian Premier League season. Opener Sehwag played his last test match in March 2013 against Australia. He scored 8,586 runs, including 23 centuries, in 104 test matches, with a batting average of 49.34. Sehwag, who...