Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Torbjorn Zetterlund, Willowdale
Saturday, October 6, 2007 Torbjorn Zetterlund is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Willowdale riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and willContinue Reading
G7 says “all available tools” will be used to solve crisis
Saturday, October 11, 2008 The financial leaders pose for a group photo. In the midst of the intensifying global financial crisis, finance ministers and central bankers of the G7 nations – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom – met in Washington, D.C. and releasedContinue Reading
Hundreds of SUNY New Paltz students demonstrate, storm administration building
File:IMG 2090.JPG Students gather at Student Union Building west concourse.(Image missing from Commons: image; log) Saturday, October 22, 2005 New Paltz, New York — More than 350 U.S. students took part in a demonstration Friday outside the SUNY New Paltz Student Union Building where student leaders used a bullhorn fromContinue Reading
Kent Hovind faces a 58-count federal indictment
Friday, July 21, 2006 Creationist Kent Hovind was arrested and plead not guilty in a Florida federal court to 58 charges of filing a frivolous lawsuits, false complaints, making threats against investigators and those cooperating with the investigation, and includes failing to pay $473,818 in employee-related taxes. Last Thursday, U.S.Continue Reading
China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis
Thursday, December 23, 2010 File:Jiang Yu 29 May 2007.jpgJiang Yu, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry. Image: VOA. China has said it is prepared to support eurozone countries during the financial crisis that has hit the sixteen member states. The country’s foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said: “We areContinue Reading
Microsoft backtracks on Vista delay accusations
Monday, October 16, 2006 MS logo Last month Microsoft Corporation made accusations against the European Commission, stating that it may cause delays in the final release of their latest operating system, Windows Vista (formerly known as Longhorn). Microsoft’s general counsel, Brad Smith, stated: “We recognize that the European Commission doesContinue Reading
Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal
Monday, January 26, 2009 Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe. On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infantsContinue Reading
Arson charge for man who cleaned home with gasoline
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Map highlighting location of Chilton. Image: Bumm13. Ernest Krajniak from Chilton, Wisconsin in the United States has been charged with arson after a lit cigarette ignited gasoline soaked clothes, setting his apartment ablaze. On Friday April 3, Krajniak, 47, cleaned his entire apartment with about fiveContinue Reading
CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Paul Arbour. Arbour is a candidate in Ontario’s Carleton—Mississippi Mills riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding is currentlyContinue Reading
Apple’s iTunes replaces Wal-Mart as No. 1 U.S. music seller
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Five years after its launch, Apple Computer‘s iTunes downloadable music service in February passed Wal-Mart to become the No. 1 music seller in the United States, according to figures released April 3 by NPD Group, a market research firm. The firm said more than 4 billionContinue Reading