Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Seals Pagophilus groenlandicus are hunted for their pelts for coats and the fashion industry, blubber for oil, meat for pet food, and genitals as reported aphrodisiacs.Image: Matthieu Godbout. The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, opened the Canadian seal hunt amid protests by animal rights groups, at a time…
Paris hotel fire kills 22
Saturday, April 16, 2005 A Paris fire in a hotel killed 22 people, 10 of whom were children, while injuring 53 — 11 seriously. The hotel was an overcrowded, budget accommodation type of housing. Most of the inhabitants were African, many housed by social services, according to an Associated Press report. The 32 room, six-story…
Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Egyptian army soldiers monitor protests over the weekend. Image: Ramy Raoof. The president of Egypt has suffered a “devastating blow” after the country’s army announced they would not use force against their own people, who continue to protest against the government tonight. The news came hours after six journalists who reported…
Grand National winning horse ‘Comply or Die’ dies, aged 17
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Comply or Die won the 2008 Grand NationalImage: Dan Heap. Comply or Die, the racehorse who won the 2008 Grand National has died at the age of 17. His death was announced by his former trainer, David Pipe. He died over at the weekend in Gloucestershire, where he had been staying…
Yemen’s first-ever feature film to be screened at Cannes Festival
Friday, May 6, 2005 The first ever feature-length film to be shot in Yemen will be screened, but will not compete for prizes, at this year’s international Cannes Film Festival. The 90-minute romantic drama by British-Yemeni film director, Bader Ben Hirsi, is titled A New Day in Old Sanaa’a. “For the most people viewing this…
Ex-KGB head Leonid Shebarshin dies at age 77
Sunday, April 1, 2012 Leonid Shebarshin, a retired senior spy who headed the former Soviet Union’s KGB for a day, has apparently killed himself. He celebrated his 77th birthday earlier this week. The KGB’s logo. Shebarshin headed the service for a day. Image: Jgaray. Born in 1935, Shebarshin had experience as an agent in India,…
Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate
Saturday, January 29, 2011 Public domain image of Jim Hedges from the Partisan Prohibition Historical Society website U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate Jim Hedges of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania took some time to answer a few questions about the Prohibition Party and his 2012 presidential campaign. The Prohibition Party is the third oldest existing political party…
UK hostage Peter Moore released in Iraq
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Satellite photograph of Baghdad from 1996.Image: NASA. Peter Moore, a British IT consultant and computer programmer who was taken hostage by Iraqi militants during a May 2007 militant raid on the finance ministry in Baghdad, has been released alive and in good health. He is the only known survivor of a…
Science academies urge teaching of evolution
Thursday, June 22, 2006 The Interacademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), a global network of the world’s science academies, has released a statement urging parents and teachers to provide children with ‘the facts about the origin and evolution of life on Earth’. The statement is signed by 67 of the 92 member academies of the…
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