Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Professor of philosophy Daniel Dennett’s (Tufts University) new book Breaking the Spell uses the scientific method commonly employed to analyze natural phenomena in order to examine religion. The New York Times‘ February 20th review by Leon Wieseltier, which was strongly negative, has sparked debate about the merits of this approach. Breaking […]
Read MoreWikinews interviews a Restore the Fourth organizer
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 A grassroots movement known as Restore the Fourth, dedicated to the protection of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, are to hold protests countrywide on July 4. The planned protests come in the wake of information about NSA surveillance leaked last month, notably the PRISM surveillance program and the collection […]
Read MoreJudge orders residents and city to come to agreement on partially collapsed building in Buffalo, New York
Thursday, June 19, 2008 Buffalo, New York —Judge Justice Christopher Burns of the New York State Supreme Court has ordered a halt to an emergency demolition on a 19th century stable and livery on 428-430 Jersey Street in Buffalo, New York that partially collapsed on Wednesday June 11, initially causing at least 15 homes to […]
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Here’s An Opinion On: Soccer Shirts Online Australia byAlma Abell One of the best things about living in a place like Tucson, Arizona is the varying topography around the city. While Tucson is a big city, it is surrounded by a bigger desert; if you drive 15 minutes in any direction out of the city, […]
Read MoreNew Zealand’s South Island and southern North Island struck by storms
Monday, January 2, 2006 New Zealand’s warm sunny New Year’s weather has come to a sudden end as gale force winds and rain assault southern New Zealand. In parts of the South Island New Year campers have finished their holiday early as winds averaging 120km/h (75 m/h), gusting at times up to 180km/h (112 m/h), […]
Read MoreChrysler files for bankruptcy, Fiat Group SpA to run company
Friday, May 1, 2009 The American auto company Chrysler filed for bankruptcy Thursday, however a deal with European auto maker Fiat went through. The emerging Chrysler will be owned 55 percent by the United Auto Workers, eight percent by the United States Government, two percent by the Canadian Government and Fiat would begin with a […]
Read MoreStage collapse at Canadian “Big Valley Jamboree” kills one, and seriously injures four others
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Two probes have been initiated into the collapse of the Big Valley Jamboree stage which killed one person, placed four others in the critical care unit and caused injuries to 75 others in Camrose, Alberta located in Canada. “We are trying to determine from what is left of the evidence what […]
Read MoreIs There Someone Listening? Communications Strategy In Espionage
Here’s An Opinion On: Vehicle Leasing Emerald Submitted by: Jenny Kettlewell The communications strategies of secret agencies are in operation all around us. Huge amounts of top-level boffin brainpower are put into the creating and the cracking of codes and audio surveillance, but much of what they do is already known to us. Leonardo da […]
Read MoreThree men arrested under suspicion of organising dog fights in southern Finland
Wednesday, August 15, 2007File:240-dogFighting.jpg Three Finnish men have been arrested as part of an investigation by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) into apparent illegal dogfights in various locations in the south of the country. Dog fights, in which two dogs are pitted head-to-head for the entertainment of spectators and for gambling, is illegal […]
Read MoreLiving with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has effected their lives
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