Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
Thursday, August 16, 2007 The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow from an academic tool to […]
New record time spent in space
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 The current International Space Station commander, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has set a new record of a total of 748 days spent in orbit – almost 2 years, as of Tuesday August 16th, 2005. This outstrips the record set by Sergei Avdeyev‘s missions on Mir station. Being in space presents many […]
Details emerge on how al-Zarqawi’s location was pinned
Friday, June 9, 2006 Someone said to be an informant within Abu Musab al-Zarqawi‘s trusted circle told Coalition forces the insurgent leader was going to have a meeting, it has emerged. This information appears to have led US F-16Cs to a safehouse in the Iraqi town of Hibhid, where the Jordanian and five others, including […]
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See More About: Best Virtual Healthcare For International Students Submitted by: Laura H Jean Advances in the medical field seem to come faster than we can keep up with them, that is if you are healthy and not waiting for relief or a cure from some relentless disease. On the other hand, if you are […]
News briefs:May 27, 2010
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Mothers, teachers air more concerns about leukemia cases at California elementary school
Saturday, June 18, 2005 On Thursday night, California State Senator Joe Dunn held the second town hall meeting regarding a recent outbreak of leukemia in schoolchildren, at Franklin Elementary in Santa Ana, California. Representatives from the City of Santa Ana, the Santa Ana Unified School District, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) […]
Demand For Nursing Jobs Tips The Scale Above All Other Professions On Health Career Web.Com
See More About: Phlebotomy Course Certification Sherman Oaks Ca HealthCareerWeb.com, a division of Dominion Enterprises, has profiled the top profession-based search engine queries that health care job seekers used to find the Web site in the past three months. The most popular requests were queries for nursing jobs at 22.43% – a refreshing response to […]
New policy at Madani High School requires non-Muslim girls to wear hijabs
Saturday, October 14, 2006 The hijab, or “Muslim headscarf”, is an item of clothing which is regarded by some Muslims as “compulsory” for women to wear. But for the first time in Britain, a Muslim school has declared that all girl students, including non-Muslims, will be required to wear the hijab. Ten-percent of places at […]
Shooting at school leaves one dead in Tennessee, United States
Thursday, August 21, 2008 On Thursday, 15-year-old student, Ryan McDonald, was shot and killed. The shooting occurred at just after 8:00am (UTC-5), at Central High School, in Knoxville, Tennessee. According to Deputy Chief of Police of the Knoxville police department, William C. Roehl stated that the shooting was not “random” and that “they had contact […]
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Marion Schaffer, Oakville
Monday, September 24, 2007 Marion Schaffer is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Oakville riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from […]