Sunday, July 13, 2008 Three American hostages – Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell – that were being held in Colombia by FARC are…
Multinational force sent to East Timor
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: 2006 East Timor crisis After the breakdown of law and order in the…
Toronto to have socialized city-wide wi-fi access
Thursday, March 9, 2006 Toronto’s public utility, Toronto Hydro Telecom, will make Canada’s largest city into a huge wireless hotspot. “This is both an exciting…
British military secrets leaked on social networking sites
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted sixteen instances of sensitive information being leaked on social networking websites in the past…
Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 In late 2010 a geological expedition to Antarctica drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf so they could send an ROV under…
U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the…
News briefs:May 30, 2008
Contents 1 Monarchy abolished in Nepal 2 UK study highlights child abuse by humanitarian workers 3 Two MBTA Green Line trains collide in Newton, Massachusetts…
Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101
Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed…
Over 60 illegal miners die in South African mine fire
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Over 60 miners were killed in an abandoned gold mine shaft near Welkom, in the Free State province of South Africa,…
US dog attack owner charged with involuntary manslaughter
Friday, March 25, 2005A Spotsylvania County woman, whose three dogs allegedly attacked and killed her elderly neighbor, was freed Wednesday by posting a $10,000 bond.…