Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working for French oil firm Total and a Turkish container ship. The Turkish vessel’s seizure was confirmed by a US Fifth Fleet spokesman. MV Bosphorus Prodigy is a 330 ft (100 m) […]

Guyanese shadow finance minister Winston Murray dies aged 69

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 The Guyanese shadow minister of finance Winston Murray has died at the age of 69. Murray died on Monday at Georgetown Public Hospital after collapsing on November 11. His death was announced by Ronald Austin, one of Murray’s colleagues. Murray was also the former Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana. Murray collapsed […]

Diesel Exhaust And Cancer

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byAlma Abell IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, has stated that diesel exhaust is a carcinogen. After extensive study, all evidence points to the fact that the fumes from diesel exhaust cause cancer. Diesel fuel is used in most large engines that are used to power trains, buses, construction equipment, standby generators, as […]

BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of […]

Death of Kentucky census worker considered suicide

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Kentucky State Police said yesterday that the September 12 death of census worker Bill Sparkman was suicide. His body was found naked in a Clay County, Kentucky cemetery, with “Fed” written on his chest and his census identification taped to his neck. This prompted widespread speculation that anti-government sentiment was responsible. […]

Jason-2 satellite launched to measure sea levels

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Friday, June 20, 2008 The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), or Jason-2, satellite, has been launched into low Earth orbit. A Delta II rocket carrying the satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2W at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States, at 07:46 GMT this morning. Spacecraft separation occurred around an hour […]

How Much Electricity Do Your Lights Use?

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Read An Opinion On: Business Energy How Much Electricity Do YOUR Lights Use? by SelJones Recent years have seen significant developments in light bulb technology and, in particular, the energy efficiency of light bulbs. Traditionally, the choice of lighting was, generally, limited to incandescent bulbs found in most light fittings, with some fluorescent tubes found […]

New video of captured British troops aired; protests at UK embassy in Tehran

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Monday, April 2, 2007 Iran state television broadcast a new video of two officers among the fifteen British sailors and marines seized by Iran last week. Yesterday, Iranian students demonstrated in front of the British embassy in Tehran over the incident. Demonstrators threw stones, firecrackers and a smoke grenade but were prevented from entering the […]