Sunday, November 11, 2007 Besides becoming a political stomping ground for the Pan-Green and Pan-Blue coalitions, there are other changes from past years of Taipei Audio Video Fair (TAVF). With those changes in mind, Wikinews reporter Rico Shen interviewed You-peng Wang, chairman of the Taipei Electrical Commercial Association (TECA), the main organizer of TAVF, about the 60th year anniversary of […]
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Freedom Party candidate David McGruer, Ottawa-Orleans
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 David McGruer is running for the Freedom Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Ottawa-Orleans 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 will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic […]
America’s Cup: Alinghi wins
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 File:America’s Cup.jpg Alinghi has defeated Team New Zealand by one second in the seventh race to win the 32nd America’s Cup in a close run race. The final score was five wins for Alinghi and two for Team New Zealand in the best of nine challenge. Skipper Brad Butterworth, coincidently a New Zealander, led the Switzerland-based […]
Wildlife Photography: A Momentum}
Wildlife Photography: A Momentum by Tumbhimall Photography is truly an incredible way to explore the world and express what you perceive of it through your mind’s eye. It’s the ability to see beauty in ordinary, extraordinary and beyond. Amongst all the genres of this art, wildlife photography is, undoubtedly, the most elaborate one. It is simply being at the right […]
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Owner and manager of Moroccan factory arrested over 55-fatality fire
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Police have arrested the owner of a mattress factory in Hay Hassini, Casablanca, Morocco which burned down in a disaster that claimed 55 lives. His son, who was the factory’s manager, was also arrested. Those killed — 35 of whom were women — were trapped inside by locked fire exits, which were barricaded to stop theft […]
News briefs:August 3, 2010
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Why Developing A Customer Retention Program Is Necessary?}
Submitted by: Adam Methew Entrepreneurs, especially the online business vendors are putting in efforts to retain their existing customers because they are worth more than the new clients. There are different facts through which it has been proved that for a business, existing clients are the basic assets, which yield lifelong sales and revenues. From the present-day market scenario, we […]
Founder of the National Ballet of Canada dies at age 85
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada and its training ground, the National Ballet School of Canada, died at age 85 Monday in Ottawa, Ontario. She is reported to have died in an Ottawa Hospital and her cause of death is not known. She went to the hospital last week and stayed there until […]
Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev dies at age 101
Friday, November 2, 2007 Igor Moiseyev, who has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of folk dance, has died today after a long illness. He was 101 years old. Born Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev on January 21, 1906 in Kiev, Moiseyev graduated from the Bolshoi Theatre ballet school in 1924 and danced in the theatre until 1939. His first […]