Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Umaru Yar’Adua A result is expected today on the possibility of an election re-run in Nigeria. Opposition parties claim that current President Umaru Yar’Adua’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) fixed the results of the 2007 election in his favour and are calling to have the result annulled. So far, the tribunal has…
Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version when Ahola challenged himself to create…
Three Major Attractions In The San Francisco Bay Area
See More About: Archaeological Tours Middle East June, 2014 byAlma Abell In the San Francisco Bay Area, apartments may look out on one or all of the 3 major attractions in the region. These are why some come to visit the city. They are even why some people decide to live there. In the San…
United States: Two killed, more than a hundred injured in Amtrak train collision in South Carolina
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Early on Sunday morning, Amtrak’s passenger train number 91, the Silver Star, bound for Miami from New York, slammed into a stationary CSX freight train in Cayce, about ten miles (16 km) south of Columbia, capital of the US state of South Carolina. Two Amtrak employees were killed and at least…
Bush may deploy military if bird flu breaks out
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 President Bush has asked Congress to discuss the option of allowing him to deploy military resources if avian flu breaks out in America. “I’m concerned about what an avian flu outbreak could mean for the United States and the world,” said the president in a conference today. The president also expressed…
President of National Association of Evangelicals resigns over gay sex scandal
Sunday, November 5, 2006 On November 2, Ted Haggard resigned from the presidency of the National Association of Evangelicals and his pastorship in the New Life Church after allegations that he repeatedly engaged in homosexual sex with a prostitute (Mike Jones) and used methamphetamine. Haggard, a critic of gay marriage and homosexuality, is a leading…
Strong earthquake hits Pakistan, north India, Afghanistan
Saturday, October 8, 2005 Epicenter of the quake The strongest earthquake (7.6) that South Asia experienced in the last century caused widespread damage across Pakistan, North India, and Afghanistan this morning. Strongest hit was apparently Kashmir. Tens of thousands of people are feared dead. The epicenter was close to Muzaffarabad, 138 km to the north…
Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive
Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as…
Ford’s US auto sales spike, surpassing GM
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Ford Motor Company said on Tuesday that its sales in the United States rose 43% in February compared to the same period last year, as the automaker outsold rivals Toyota and General Motors. The strength of our new products … are resonating with customers Ford said that total sales improved to…
US: FBI’s work with Orlando shooter’s father is not grounds for mistrial in wife’s case
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Booking photo Omar Marteen, the gunman in the Pulse Nightclub shootingImage: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. (Reuse terms.) Noor Salman, wife of Pulse Nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, was denied a mistrial Monday even as defense filings showed the father, Seddique Mateen, was a confidential informant for the Federal Bureau…