Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law Professor, will head the newSoftware Freedom Law Center (SFLC). An initial 4 million dollars has been provided by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to fund the project. The law center will provide free legal service for open source projects and developers. In 2004 OSDL established a […]
Read MoreFormer Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian released on bail
Saturday, December 13, 2008 Taiwan’s former President, Chen Shui-bian (???), has been conditionally released on bail, some ten hours after he was indicted for corruption. Speaking to media at the Taipei District Court, he said: “I want to thank my lawyers, members of the Democratic Progressive Party and my supporters who have given me huge […]
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Here’s An Opinion On: Drilling Machines For Sale Australia Evolutionary Airbrush Makeup by webmaster dinair Skin care products should be chosen very carefully and brand consciously, because choosing a quality air brush is more important than clothes, shoes or any other thing as low quality products do have their side effects. Products like Vivant skin […]
Read MoreNews briefs:January 04, 2008
Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell […]
Read MoreRed Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream; CentOS team discuss implications with Wikinews
Monday, December 14, 2020 On Tuesday, US-based software company Red Hat announced their plans to shift their focus away from CentOS in favour of CentOS Stream. In the blog post Chris Wright, the Chief Technological Officer of Red Hat said Red Hat had informed the CentOS governing board that Red Hat was “shifting our investment […]
Read MoreWikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
Sunday, May 20, 2012 U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate John Wolfe, Jr. of Tennessee took some time to answer a few questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Wolfe, an attorney based out of Chattanooga, announced his intentions last year to challenge President Barack Obama in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. So far, he has […]
Read MorePlatform Trucks, Protective Cases And Safety Steps Reduce Potential Hazards
Here’s An Opinion On: Ems Group Platform Trucks, Protective Cases and Safety Steps Reduce Potential Hazards by Wheels Castors There might be a need to adopt special or specific types of vehicles for commutation in most of the industrial, retail and commercial locations where pieces, goods, raw materials or finished products are huge, heavy, plentiful, […]
Read MoreRuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art
Saturday, October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, but because he did it as […]
Read MoreUS unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]
Read MoreNews briefs:July 15, 2008
Audio Wikinews News Brief for July 15, 2008 Recorded by: DavumayaProblems listening to the file? See media help. RSS Contents 1 Media reports: Israeli warplanes training in Iraq 2 Three hostages return home to Florida 3 IndyMac Bank placed into conservatorship by US Government 4 Sixteen killed in Pakistan during Taliban ambush 5 Bronis?aw Geremek, […]
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