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20 confirmed dead after Kintampo freak tree accident
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 A freak accident caused twenty deaths and some injuries, according to officials, at the well-known Kintampo waterfall, in Ghana, on Sunday afternoon local time. Those affected were reportedly school students from Wenchi Senior High School on a supervised trip, and several tourists, who were swimming at the time of a rainstorm […]
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Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, has been today handed a 50-year sentence for war crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone. The court previously held he financed a war which left an estimated 50,000 dead. Taylor, 64, is considered likely to remain incarcerated for life if the sentence stands, but his […]
Beta Carotene And Smoking
Read An Opinion On: Mdentistry Website Dentist Double Bay Submitted by: Vincent Platania Recent studies have shown that smoking and taking Beta Carotene supplements do not go together. Beta Carotene is an antioxidant, which means that it inactivates free radicals in the body. In the process it oxidizes and can become a kind of pro-oxidant […]
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CIA chief to testify before Congress on interrogations
Sunday, December 9, 2007 The United States Congress has launched its own inquiry into a decision by the U.S spy agency to destroy tapes of interrogations of terror suspects, with Central Intelligence Agency chief Michael Hayden testifying before lawmakers this week. The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, says […]
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Interview with Ton Roosendaal about Elephants Dream and free content movies
Sunday, May 21, 2006 Three days after the Internet release of the free content 3D short Elephants Dream (see Wikinews coverage), we exchanged e-mails with Ton Roosendaal about the reaction to the film, open source filmmaking, and the changes to Blender that resulted from the production. Ton Roosendaal is the lead developer of the Blender […]
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Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]
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U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 An infectious superbug spreading in the United States is to “emerge in force” in Canada, doctors fear. The bacteria have been reported popping up in day care centers and locker rooms across the U.S. Usually elderly or very ill hospital patients get the disease. More than 2 million U.S. residents are […]
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Tropical Depression Six Shows Signs of Organization
Monday, September 4, 2006 An advisory has been issued for Tropical Depression “Six” by the National Hurricane Center. The storm is currently located about 1165 miles East of the Lesser Antilles in the North Atlantic and estimated to be near latitude 16.9 North, Longitude 43.8 West. This depression is moving toward the Northwest at 12 […]
Enjoying Energy Tax Credits To The Home Improvement Campaigns
Read An Opinion On: Bathroom Vanity Adp Vanity Enjoying Energy Tax Credits To The Home Improvement Campaigns by Marie Malacaman So, you’re thinking of eventually getting your home improvement wishes a try however fearful that your spending budget may not go far in these tough economic occasions. You’ve been wanting to set up environment friendly […]
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IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community
Saturday, January 15, 2005 United States –”IBM hereby commits not to assert any of the 500 U.S. patents listed below, as well as all counterparts of these patents issued in other countries, against the development, use or distribution of Open Source Software.” [1] So begins the pledge IBM has made to “any individual, community, or […]