News briefs:April 15, 2006
Hello and welcome to Audio Wikinews. Today is April 15th, 2006. [edit]
7.4 magnitude hits Pacific near New Zealand
Tuesday, May 16, 2006Yesterday, at 10:39 p.m. UTC, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the Pacific Ocean about 180 miles southwest of Raoul Island, a member of the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand. Witnesses disagreed on the length of the earthquake, which was felt as far south as Christchurch, New Zealand, although they agreed the quake […]
Report: North Korea planning third nuclear bomb test
Sunday, April 8, 2012 North Korea is planning to test a third nuclear bomb according to a report in Yonhap, a South Korean news agency. The news agency quoted an anonymous South Korean intelligence official as their source for the report. “North Korea is making clandestine preparations for a third nuclear test at Punggye-ri in […]
Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal gets final approval by city Planning Board
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, […]
John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired […]
What Can You Expect When You Experience Wichita Dentists?
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Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate ‘green’ on city green
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club’s annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city’s council attempting to revoke permission for the gathering at the last minute, police were happy for it to go-ahead with approximately a dozen […]
Wikinews Shorts: December 7, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, December 7, 2007. Lionsgate Films and Twisted Pictures announced the artists on the soundtrack of Repo! The Genetic Opera, yesterday. Among those contributing the soundtrack are Richard Patrick (Filter), Steven Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), Clown (Slipknot), Ray Luzier (Army of Anyone), Brian Young (David Lee Roth’s band), Richard Fortus […]
Georgian woman celebrates 130th birthday
Thursday, July 8, 2010 Antisa Khvichava, a woman from the country of Georgia, is said to be celebrating her 130th birthday, which would make her the oldest known person on Earth, past or present. Reportedly born in 1880, documents state that Khvichava picked corn and tea for a living in 1965, at the age of […]
Curfew in Haryana as protesters demand reservation for Jat quota
Sunday, February 21, 2016 A growing number of cities in the Indian state Haryana have been under curfew since Friday. At least eight people are reported dead, with government offices, property, dozens of buses, and eight railway stations burned after protests over job quotas for the Jat caste turned violent in several cities including Rohtak, […]