Sunday, July 8, 2007 Installations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) security cameras into schools in the Australian state of New South Wales has alarmed teachers. Over 50 schools in New South Wales already have surveillance cameras in playgrounds and outside dining areas. The concern from teachers arises from the pending installationContinue Reading

Monday, December 3, 2007 The former Mayor of Sefton in the United Kingdom has been jailed for fraudulantly obtaining state benefits. John Walker and his wife Catie, were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud at Liverpool Crown Court and of exaggerating ill health to obtain disability living allowance. The JudgeContinue Reading

See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005 NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005 This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, andContinue Reading

Thursday, March 2, 2006 Last week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced it had launched seven lawsuits against operators of websites it claims had been “facilitating the distribution of copyright works”. In its announcement, the MPAA said it had commenced legal action against the following BitTorrent tracking sites:Continue Reading

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on July 8th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 U.S. government seeks to examine Guantanamo inmates’ documents 1.2 U.S politician Joe Biden attemps to explain controversial remarks about Indian-Americans 1.3 Russian firefighting aircraft starts fires in Portugal 1.4 PopeContinue Reading

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 This year Israel turns sixty and it has embarked upon a campaign to celebrate its birthday. Along with technology writers for Slate, PC Magazine, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Aviation Weekly, Wikinews was invited by the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Foreign Ministry to review Israel’s technologyContinue Reading

Monday, March 12, 2007 A CSX freight train traveling from Buffalo to Selkirk derailed in Oneida, New York. No injuries have yet been reported as a result of the accident. It is not yet known what caused the accident; CSX and NTSB officials are investigating. Twenty six of the train’sContinue Reading