Thursday, July 21, 2005 German president Horst Köhler announced today that he has dissolved the Bundestag after a motion of confidence by chancellor Gerhard Schröder deliberately failed on July 1st. He set the 18th of September 2005 as the date for early elections to the Bundestag. In a televised address Köhler stated that Germany is in a serious economic situation […]
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Cheek Reduction Best Buccal Fat Excision Plastic Surgery As A Solution To Medical Problems by Stewart Wrighter Everyone knows that plastic surgery can improve your appearance. People choose to undergo procedures fairly frequently in an effort to change something about their bodies they did not like. Procedures can be extensive and very invasive […]
Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark
Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was resented on Wednesday for the first time) – Apple Inc. – and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose – Cisco. The company claims […]
Doctors who treated John Ritter cleared of negligence lawsuit
Friday, March 14, 2008 Two doctors who treated actor John Ritter for chest pain in Burbank, California were cleared of a negligence lawsuit on Friday. Ritter was an American television and film actor who died of aortic dissection on 11 September 2003. Ritter’s children and widow (Amy Yasbeck) filed a US$67 million lawsuit claiming negligence by the doctors, both at […]
Historic gym the site of Benet Academy, Illinois victory over Oswego
Monday, January 18, 2010 Benet Academy Redwings 40 34 Oswego Panthers The Benet Academy Redwings boys basketball team defeated the Oswego High School Panthers 40–34 Saturday night at Benet’s historic Alumni Gym. Located at Lisle, Illinois, United States, the gymnasium is home to Benet’s winning streak of 102 consecutive home games. The statewide record lasted from November 26, 1975 until […]
NZ man stabbed in the face with a 15-centimetre knife
Friday, July 7, 2006 A 36-year-old man, who is yet to be named, is undergoing surgery after an attacker lodged a knife through one cheek and out the other. The handle broke off, leaving the 15-cm (about 6 inches) blade inside him. The man was rushed to hospital today, July 7, at about 2 a.m. NZST. The attack occurred last […]
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Gaming Chair Australia Picking a TV stand by Mo Tailakh24 Mo Tailakh45 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQiIQDKhnh0[/youtube] The decision to move your child into their own room can be overwhelming in and of itself. However, when you throw having to purchase furniture for that room into the mix, what was already overwhelming can be staggering. There are […]
U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached the Gallery’s copyright in several […]
Home-invaders pose as NYC police
Monday, July 16, 2007 In two separate incidents, men posing as members of the New York Police Department (NYPD), have invaded homes in the New York City area. In both cases, they robbed the residents, but in the most recent, they sexually assaulted a woman. On Saturday, July 14, at 1:09 a.m. EDT (UTC-4), four men knocked on the door […]