Truckies could foot the bill for NSW Pacific Highway upgrade
Sunday, January 8, 2006 Just two weeks after a join statement by Australian federal roads minister Jim Lloyd and his New South Wales counterpart Joe Tripoldi that tolls may be used to fast track upgrades of the Pacific Highway, acting Prime Minister Mark Vaile suggested that truck operators could payContinue Reading
Four killed, four others injured in Buffalo, New York shooting
Sunday, August 15, 2010 Four people were killed and another four wounded in an early-morning shooting at a Buffalo, New York restaurant yesterday. The shooting occurred as a party held in the restaurant was coming to a close. At about 2:30 a.m. EDT (06:30 UTC), shots were fired outside theContinue Reading
Kenya’s Cheruiyot and Russia’s Grigoryeva capture Boston Marathon crowns
Monday, April 16, 2007 Kenya‘s Robert Cheruiyot won the men’s division of the 111th running of the Boston Marathon finishing with a unofficial time of 2:14:13 seconds. This is Kenya’s 15th win in 17 years. It is also Cheruiyot’s third Boston Marathon win and second consecutive win. Cheruiyot first wonContinue Reading
Eurovision ’82 winner Nicole talks about ‘Ein bißchen Frieden’, her success and the Contest today
Monday, February 2, 2009 It has been nearly 27 years since Nicole, then a high school student from the Saarland in extreme western Germany, sang a heartfelt plea for world peace on the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest held in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. That simpleContinue Reading
Air Tech Air Conditioning
Here’s An Opinion On: Air Con Maitland Air Tech Air Conditioning by local1 The weather is always unpredictable no matter where you live. It can go cold in the summer and hot in the winter, and especially with global warming. Our lives are completely at the mercy of Mother Nature.Continue Reading
Modern technology maps new sections of the Great Wall of China
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Using infrared laser rangefinders and global positioning system modern technology, a survey released that the Ming Dynasty section of the Great Wall of China is 8,851.8 kilometers (5,500 mi), some 2,551 kilometers (1,585 mi) longer than previous estimates. Historical accounts put the wall’s length around 5,000 kilometers (3,107 mi), however it wasContinue Reading
Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor electionContinue Reading
Sunnis withdraw from Iraqi government
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 The Sunni half of the Iraqi government, also known as the Sunni Accordance Front, is withdrawing from the Iraqi government. Reports are also saying that Iraqi’s Deputy Prime Minister, Salam al-Zaubai, will resign after more than 70 people were killed in suicide bombings in Baghdad. AccordingContinue Reading
The Potential Of Online Forex Trading Market
Here’s An Opinion On: Blueberry Markets Website Submitted by: Ruth S. Lanham The online forex trading market is so far the world s biggest financial market but its accessibility is sometimes limited to a regular trader. If you are familiar with forex trading, you know that the business is notContinue Reading
Greek parliament passes austerity bill
Thursday, May 6, 2010 The Greek parliament has approved an austerity bill proposed by the government to help rescue the country’s ailing economy. The proposal, which includes increases in taxes, as well as salary and pension cuts, passed with 172 members of parliament supporting, 121 opposing, and several abstaining; theContinue Reading