Friday, March 11, 2005 A Lockheed-Martin built Atlas V launch vehicle, successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 21:42 UTC (4:42 p.m. EST). It placed the Inmarsat 4 F-1 communications satellite into orbit. This was Lockheed-Martin’s second try to launch the satellite. Yesterday’s attempt ended in a scrub when the flight control computer passed a…
Poland: Around 100,000 people attend public memorial for victims of plane crash
Sunday, April 18, 2010 A public memorial for the victims of the plane crash that occurred last Saturday where the Polish president, Lech Kaczy?ski along several members of the Polish government died, was attended by 100,000 citizens of the country in Pilsudski Square of Warsaw. A gigantic white platform having a giant cross across the…
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See More About: Tents For Sale Brisbane Black Series Camper Trailers Site Submitted by: James Munroe Camping is a terrific way to enjoy the great outdoors. It can also be an economical way to take a vacation. There are two main kinds of campgrounds: public and private. Campgrounds have facilities established for campers, including sanitation,…
County Donegal, Ireland crash kills one, injures two
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 A two-vehicle road traffic accident in County Donegal in Ireland has left one person dead and injured two others. The accident occurred when a camper van collided with an oncoming car on the N15 road between the towns of Ballybofey and Donegal at approximately 1540 BST (1440 UTC) on Monday. The…
Flash floods kill at least nineteen campers in Arkansas
Monday, June 14, 2010 Search and rescue workers in Arkansas continue to search the Little Missouri and Caddo Rivers for survivors of Friday’s flash flood. At least nineteen people were killed when the flood swept through the Albert Pike Recreation Area campground in the Ouachita National Forest in the southwestern portion of the state. Initially,…
Choosing From Hotels Made Simple
Submitted by: A.Noton Anyone that travels knows that the process usually requires a large amount of planning and decisions that must be made. This planning and decision making process can quickly become overwhelming when attempting to make sure that each phase of the trip that is under consideration is performed in the most comprehensive and…
Steve Wright, killer of five women in Suffolk, England, sentenced to life imprisonment
Friday, February 22, 2008 Steve Wright, yesterday convicted of the murder of five women in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, has today been sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court to life imprisonment. The bodies of the five women who worked as sex workers in Ipswich were found around the town in December 2006. The judge, Mr Justice Gross…
Wikinews interviews Flame about special effects at New Zealand’s Rock2Wgtn festival
Thursday, August 7, 2008 Across Easter weekend Wellington, New Zealand was host to Rock2Wgtn, an international two-day hard rock festival. Large crowds showed up at Westpac Stadium to see the various acts. The world has never seen an event of this kind before, and New Zealand has never had any kind of major rock festival…
Wikinews interviews Flame about special effects at New Zealand’s Rock2Wgtn festival
Thursday, August 7, 2008 Across Easter weekend Wellington, New Zealand was host to Rock2Wgtn, an international two-day hard rock festival. Large crowds showed up at Westpac Stadium to see the various acts. The world has never seen an event of this kind before, and New Zealand has never had any kind of major rock festival…
United States helped Kyrgyz pro-democracy programs
Sunday, April 3, 2005 Shortly before parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan, an opposition-run newspaper ran photographs of a palace under construction for since-deposed president Askar Akayev. This newspaper received grants from and was printed on a printing press financed by the US government. The US government itself confirms this. In fact, nearly one year…