Wednesday, November 23, 2011 A report published today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) finds that, in many cases, England’s home care system breaches the human rights of the elderly it is supposed to serve. The Close to home: older people and human rights in home care report is the result of a…
On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016 The following is the first edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: a former Republican congressman briefly joins the Libertarian Party and…
United States begins testing equipment for demolition of a major VX nerve gas stockpile
Saturday, May 7, 2005 Testing began on a chemical reactor at the Newport Chemical Depot near Terre Haute, Indiana on Friday morning. If successful, the reactor will be put to use destroying the large VX nerve gas stockpiles stored at the facility over the course of the next two years. After the disposal project experienced…
Dan Savage wins Webby Award for It Gets Better Project
Friday, June 3, 2011 Dan Savage, author of the sex advice column Savage Love, has won a Webby Award for his work on the It Gets Better Project. He started the project in 2010 to address a series of incidents of suicide among LGBT youth. Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, co-edited a book featuring…
Wikinews interviews Jeff Jacobsen, creator of LisaMcPherson.org
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 On Sunday, Wikinews interviewed creator of memorial site LisaMcPherson.org, former Lisa McPherson Trust employee and long time Scientology critic Jeff Jacobsen. LisaMcPherson.org is a memorial site created in 1997 containing information on her death and the resulting legal case against the Church of Scientology. Lisa McPherson died in 1995 while in…
Somali pirates release Greek-owned ship
Friday, December 11, 2009 Somali pirates released a Greek-owned cargo ship and its 24 Ukrainian crew members earlier today, after seven months in captivity. The director of Greek shipping firm Alloceans Shipping, Spyros Minas, announced that pirates freed the Ariana, after the company paid a ransom. The released sailors were in good health, Minas noted….
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Euro 2008 Qualification: Scotland vs. Ukraine
Saturday, October 13, 2007 October 13, 200715:00 (UTC) Scotland 3–1 Ukraine Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,366 Referee: Peter Vink Miller 4′ (3)McCulloch 10′ (1)McCulloch 45’+4’Ferguson 45’+4’McCulloch 60’Dailly 60’McFadden 68′ (4)Miller 72’Brown 76’Maloney 76’McFadden 80’O’Connor 80’O’Connor 89′ Match Report 3′ Nesmachniy 15′ Shevchenko 24′ (4) Shevchenko 37′ Vorobey 46′ Gusev 46′ Rotan 64′ Vorobey 64′ Nazarenko 70′ Rotan 73′ Tymoschuk…
“No Job Too Small”
More On This Topic: Stainless Steel Fittings Carrington Products byAlma Abell Unfortunately though a number of companies give lip service to no maintenance job being too small, asking some firms to spread gravel or do snow removal gets you no callback even if you have a contract. Some will try to justify shunning “grunt work”…
Firefighters tackle industrial blaze in Manchester
Sunday, August 13, 2006 Over fifty firefighters are damping down after a tanker exploded at an industrial unit in Salford in Greater Manchester. At one point, thick smoke could be seen drifting across Manchester city centre. According to Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, no one has been hurt as a result of the explosion. A fire…