European football: Santa Cruz to Rovers
Saturday, July 28, 2007 Paraguayan footballer Roque Santa Cruz has left Bayern Munich for Blackburn Rovers. Roque Santa Cruz signed a four year deal. Roque Santa Cruz became expendable after major signings by Bayern Munich. Santa Cruz became 5th choice striker after Luca Toni, Miroslav Klose, Lucas Podolski and Jan Schlaudraff. Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester […]
Continue Reading...New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party
Sunday, November 5, 2006 Figures released by Simon Power, law and order spokesman for the National party, show that the New Zealand Labour led government lets 81% of all prisoners not do any work while in prison. Newspaper, Sunday News says that some Christchurch prisoners have been given a barbecue for good behavior. Simon Power’s […]
Continue Reading...North Korean funds released
Friday, June 15, 2007 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has received US$25,000,000 frozen in 2005 as part of the general crackdown on the communist state. The funds had been frozen in a Macau bank after the United States earlier alleged that the money was gained from activities including money laundering and counterfeiting. The […]
Continue Reading...Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling found guilty
Thursday, May 25, 2006 A jury in Houston found Former Enron Corp. CEOs Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling guilty of 6 kinds of white-collar crime on May 25. Lay was convicted of all ten counts against him, while Skilling was convicted of only nineteen of the charged twenty-eight counts. The variety of charges […]
Continue Reading...War between top lawyers in Greece
Sunday, December 25, 2005 The famous Greek lawyers, Sakis Kechagioglou and George Nikolakopoulos have been imprisoned in the Athens‘ jail of Korydallus, as they were found guilty of graft and corruption. As a result of this, a big scandal within the Greek legal community has been raised through the exposure of illegal actions that judges, […]
Continue Reading...Evergrande real estate firm makes missed September bond payment, avoids default
Saturday, October 23, 2021 China property giant Evergrande Group wired USD83.5 million in interest owed in an offshore bond from September 23 on Thursday, temporarily averting default, according to a Reuters source and Chinese newspaper Securities Times. The wire to a Citibank fiduciary account following a 30-day grace period came after assurances by various members […]
Continue Reading...London Tube bombs went ‘bang bang bang, very close together’
Saturday, July 9, 2005 After a press conference in London from the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London, more details are emerging about the attacks in London on Thursday. Data from the Underground system’s power and control systems have revealed that all three bombs went off within 50 seconds of each other, at 8.50am, with […]
Continue Reading...Wikinews interviews 2020 US Libertarian Party presidential candidate Adam Kokesh
Saturday, September 7, 2019 Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War veteran, activist, radio show host, and currently a candidate for the US Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, spoke with Wikinews to discuss his background, political positions, and campaign for President of the United States. Kokesh, who hails from Arizona, has been active in the anti-war movement […]
Continue Reading...Wikinews Shorts: June 12, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, June 12, 2007. Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra may return to Thailand if he wishes, interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said today. Thaksin’s lawyer, Noppadon Pattama, indicated that Thaksin, in exile since a coup led by Sonthi last year, […]
Continue Reading...Wales widens smoking ban, includes at hospitals, schools and playgrounds
Monday, March 1, 2021 Today, Wales extended the prohibition on smoking at hospitals, schools, and playgrounds, with violators to face a £100 fine. Wales is the first of the UK nations to introduce this ban. This is in addition to various restrictions on the practice, including a ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces in […]
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