Monday, December 19, 2005 National Security Agency logo In a radio speech from the White House on 17 December 2005, President Bush acknowledged that in the weeks following 9/11 he had “authorized the National Security Agency [NSA], consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept international communications of people with known links to al…
The Qualifications And Experience An Eye Doctor Needs
More Detail Here: Student Telemedicine When selecting an eye doctor, numerous factors need consideration. Your sight is vital to your quality of life. By visiting this professional at least one time per year, you are taking steps to maintain it and potentially to prevent loss of it. The health care provider you select for this…
MySpace to take on iTunes
Thursday, September 7, 2006 The goliath of social networking services, MySpace, is trying to take on the goliath of legal online music download stores, iTunes. Bands will be able to sell MP3 tracks through their MySpace profiles. Most MySpace pages for musicians currently feature streaming audio, which allows web users to listen to a small…
German BND claims U.S. exaggerated Iraq WMD claims
Sunday, November 20, 2005 One of the most important arguments in the run-up to the Iraq war made by Colin Powell in his United Nations speech and President Bush in his State of the Union address was that Iraq had an active biological weapons program and possessed mobile biological weapons labs. According to an investigation…
Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone with Shimon Peres.Image: David Shankbone. This year Israel turns sixty and it has embarked upon a campaign to celebrate its birthday. Along with technology writers for Slate, PC Magazine, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Aviation Weekly, Wikinews was invited by the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Foreign Ministry…
What Are Technical Stone Tiles?
More Detail Here: Concrete Supplier Perhaps you may have heard about antislip tiles which are becoming very popular over the years because it is used both at home and commercial places especially if heavy traffic is on that area in order to avoid accidents such as slipping. Even swimming pool tiles also have a different…
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Dorsa Derakhshani in Baku, 2017 (Image: Gibraltar Chess Festival) In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess…
Drug-resistant staph deaths surpass AIDS in the United States
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Electron micrograph of MRSA Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, killed nearly 19,000 Americans in 2005 alone, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That is more people than were killed by AIDS in the United States. More than 94,000 Americans were…
Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages
Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved…
Plant explosion in Apex, North Carolina
Friday, October 6, 2006 EQ Industrial Services Apex, NC on October 6, 2006 Up to 17,000 people are being evacuated in Apex, North Carolina after a chlorine gas leak occurred during a Hazardous Waste facility explosion and fire. Map showing location of plant (Red dot) and approximate evacuation zone (in Blue). Note: Evacuation zone shown…