News briefs: February 20, 2014

Friday, February 21, 2014 Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Friday, February 21, 2014 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide.

Moving Pianos Just Got Easier

Submitted by: Stewart Wrighter Whenever anyone has a particularly awkward piece of furniture to move, it could be better to call in a specialist company who deal with this problem on a regular basis. However, life got a whole lot easier with the advent of a wheeled contraption which enables just one person to shift […]

Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt falls in Pacific Ocean

Monday, January 16, 2012 The Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt fell into the Pacific Ocean some 1,250 kilometers west of Wellington, Chile yesterday after circling in Earth orbit for two months. The spacecraft was designed to retrieve soil samples from the largest moon of Mars, Phobos, but its engines failed and it had remained in Earth orbit […]

United Future announces tax cuts in 2008 for New Zealand

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 The leader of the government’s political partner, United Future and Revenue minister, Peter Dunne has announced that there will be personal tax cuts to go along with the confirmed business tax cuts in 2008. Peter Dunne’s newsletter, sent yesterday, said: “The business tax reduction proposals I announced with Michael Cullen in […]

Judging the Courts: Wikinews interviews Prof. Lawrence Douglas

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Wikinews interviews Lawrence Douglas, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, on questions of the fairness and credibility of the Saddam Hussein trial, and the purpose, conduct and impact of courts trying international law crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Prof. Douglas is the […]

News briefs:August 6, 2010

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East Timor – Australia problematic billion-dollar gas and oil accord

Saturday, December 3, 2005 Australia and East Timor officials signed a billion-dollar gas and oil accord, which is necessary because of a current maritime border dispute between the countries, which covers a major oil field. Although the accord has to be ratified by East Timor’s parliament which is ruled by Fretilin with 55 seats the […]

BC design club president comments on Olympic mascots; sales brisk

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Wikinews recently spoke with Mark Busse, president of the BC Chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, to find out what his organization’s views are of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic mascots, Miga, Quatchi, and Sumi. Many people love them. Obviously some don’t. Kids seem to adore them. […]

Modern radio drama Paranoria, TX releases 100th episode

Thursday, February 16, 2017 Paranoria, TX, a modern radio drama hosted at internet-based AstroNet Radio, released its 100th episode. The episode is titled The People’s Choice and aired on Monday. The station’s web site describes the show as “old school radio theater with a new and outrageous geeky spin!” In its early days, the show […]

Car bomb kills 11 in Pakistan

Saturday, May 16, 2009 Police reports say that a car bomb containing nearly 50kg of explosives, has detonated in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and injuring at least 30 others. The bomb exploded at a busy road in the Kashkal area. According to police, a school bus was […]