News briefs:June 10, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 10th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Second fire in 24 hours hits Muslim building in the Netherlands 1.2 Pilot with 9/11 links deported from New Zealand 1.3 Australian government to review censorship of “hate material” 1.4 Rebels blow up oil pipelines […]

Dell joins Microsoft-Nortel VoIP Team

Saturday, October 20, 2007 Dell Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will partner up with the Microsoft-Nortel Innovative communications alliance (ICA) team to sell Unified Communications and VoIP products. The announcement on Tuesday the 16th of October 2007 includes Dell selling VoIP, data and wireless networking products from Nortel and the Microsoft Office Communications Server […]

Details emerge of Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One

Monday, December 8, 2008 More details have emerged over the weekend after the surprise announcement last week of Honda‘s intention to sell its Formula One racing team, Honda Racing F1. The team management, Nick Fry and Ross Brawn, have already announced confidence in their ability not only to find a buyer for the team but […]

BC man is selling the boat from old TV series Gilligan’s Island

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 A man named George Schultz in Parksville, British Columbia is selling the boat from old TV series Gilligan’s Island at the cost of $99,000. The cruiser, originally cost about $290,000 in the 1960s. “There have been a couple of modifications, so it doesn’t look exactly like the original,” said Shultz, a […]

Richard Desmond to sell Channel 5 to Viacom for estimated £450m

Thursday, May 1, 2014 Richard Desmond, the owner of Britain’s Channel 5, will reportedly sell the channel to US media company Viacom for an estimated £450m. Viacom also owns TV channels Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon. Desmond’s Northern & Shell — which also owns the Daily Express and Daily Star newspapers — bought Channel 5 […]

Two jockeys killed in fire in North Yorkshire, England

Sunday, September 6, 2009 Two jockeys have been killed in a fire in a block of flats on Saturday. At 0200 BST on Saturday a fire broke out in a three-storey block of apartments in Buckrose Court near Malton, North Yorkshire, England. The two jockeys have been identified as Jamie Kyne, who was only 18, […]