Wednesday, October 25, 2006 On November 1, 2006 the old five, ten, twenty and fifty cent coins will be illegal tender, but the Reserve Bank of New Zealand says there are still at least 100 million still to be returned. According to the Reserve Bank, most of the old coins have been lost in drains or buried in rubbish. “We […]
Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by “Made in Ghana” technology
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its projects. Please note that Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Semapedia is not associated with the Wikimedia Foundation. Friday, April 7, 2006 Accra — The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT introduced the Semacode technology and the Semapedia application to a segment of the Ghanaian public […]
U.S. President arrives in Singapore
Sunday, November 26, 2006 U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Singapore the morning of November 16, beginning a week-long tour of Asia. He was greeted by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng and discussed trade and terrorism issues with the Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. After a week of losses in the midterm election, Bush told an […]
Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashes, pilot killed
Sunday, September 13, 2009 Assaf Ramon, the pilot of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet, was killed on Sunday after his plane crashed in the West Bank, according to officials. Ramon was the eldest son of Israel’s astronaut Ilan Ramon, who was one of six people killed in the February 2003 Columbia space shuttle explosion. The pilot’s plane smashed into a […]
Getting Down To Business Employee Performance Appraisals
Getting Down to Business – Employee Performance Appraisals by John MorrisWhen it comes to manning your company, you should aim to know absolutely everything that goes in and out of it. From how much profit the company makes monthly to employee satisfaction. And because it is the company’s duty to know as much as possible, an employee performance appraisal is […]
Reform Party of the United States nominates fitness model Andre Barnett for president
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Fitness model Andre Barnett of Poughkeepsie, New York won the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States at its national convention in Philadelphia last weekend. Consultant Kenneth Cross was selected as his running mate. Barnett, who founded the company WiseDome, became a fitness model after suffering an injury in a 2000 helicopter incident […]
Israeli group announces anti-semitic cartoons contest
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 In response to the Iranian newspaper Hamshari’s announcement of an anti-semitic cartoon contest inspired by the Jyllands Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, an Israeli group announced its own anti-semitic cartoon contest yesterday, open to Jewish cartoonists only. From their February 13 release: Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, has […]
Western Theme Baby Shower Decorating Ideas
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Reece Adp Vanity Western Theme Baby Shower Decorating Ideas by Jamie Highland Who says that the shower theme needs to be all about hearts, teddy bears and lollipops? You can try funnier, unconventional ideas for a baby shower, like a western theme. The theme is very generous and there are a lot of […]
Man calls for seizure of Justice Souter home, under eminent domain ruling
Friday, July 1, 2005 In the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. New London on eminent domain last week, a California man has proposed that Justice David Souter‘s New Hampshire home be seized by the state and a hotel be built on the site. Logan Darrow Clements faxed a letter to town officials in Weare, […]
“Avast ye scurvy file sharers!”: Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 MP3s for the people? The Pirate Party, a new Swedish political party first publicized in January, wants to legalize sharing music, movies, and other copyrighted content using the Internet. What may seem like a doomed effort by a small group of idealists is attracting significant media attention, in part due to a recent police raid on […]