U.S. military confirms Qur’ans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo
Saturday, June 4, 2005 Holy Qur’an On Friday, the U.S. military released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison “mishandled” the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually “respectful” of the Qur’an. One incident involved splashing a Qur’an with urine by urinating near an air vent while others involved kicking, stepping on and writing in Qur’ans. Brigadier-General Jay Hood, the commander of the jail, said that these incidents are the exception to the rule. In a statement issued late Friday, he said: “The inquiry … revealed a consistent, documented policy of respectful handling of the Qur’an dating back almost two-and-a-half years.” Gen. Hood looked into the allegations, published and then retracted by Newsweek, that American personnel flushed a Qur’an down a toilet. He said that the inquiry did not find any evidence supporting this particular…
Charles Manson releases album under free license
Sunday, April 6, 2008 Charles Manson’s booking photo. Convicted cult leader and murderer Charles Manson has released his album One Mind under a free content license. The album was already released on April 7, 2005, but now it has become available under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 2.0 License. This means that anyone can remix and share the album for non-commercial purposes, as long as they give proper credit and use the same license. The website Family Jams (Manson’s record label), which offers hard-copies of the CD, says that “ONE MIND is pure Charlie, no additions, no corrections, no added opinions, filters or editing… consisting of songs, trance-poetry, conversations, raps, ramblings, musings and more.” The cover-art is a painting by Manson, liner notes include excerpts from his letters, and, as the sites mentions, song titles and interludes are by friends or editors. The disc has 16 tracks, totalling almost…
Texans vote online for new license plate
Monday, February 4, 2008 The current Texas license plate was introduced in 2000. Image: genvessel. For the first time in Texas’s history, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is conducting an online vote to help decide which license plate design the state will use beginning in early 2009. The week-long vote is being held at dot.state.tx.us. It started Monday at noon and will end on February 11 at the same time. Anyone can vote for one of five license plate designs, including the current design. The designs are: Traditional Texas — This simple design features blue highlights at the top and bottom and a gold star. Lone Star Texas — This design uses a mountainous landscape under a bright, cloudy sky as its background. In the top left corner is a white star amid a splash of red and blue. Natural Texas — The background is a field filled with…
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Grand National winning horse ‘Comply or Die’ dies, aged 17
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Comply or Die won the 2008 Grand NationalImage: Dan Heap. Comply or Die, the racehorse who won the 2008 Grand National has died at the age of 17. His death was announced by his former trainer, David Pipe. He died over at the weekend in Gloucestershire, where he had been staying with jockey Timmy Murphy. He was cremated on Monday and his ashes will return to Murphy. Murphy was the jockey in the saddle when Comply or Die won the 2008 Grand National. Speaking to the Press Association, he spoke about the horse’s death. He said, “He was part of the furniture at home so it’s very sad. He gave me the greatest day of my career, obviously that can never be taken away. He paraded at Cheltenham and Aintree and was getting ready to do some dressage in the summer. I’m not actually sure how…
Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful
Sunday, May 18, 2008 This article is part of the series New Zealand General Election New Zealand General Election Other election coverage Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful Background Wikipedia, Wikinews’ sibling project, has in-depth background articles on: Political parties in New Zealand New Zealand House of Representatives Politics of New Zealand Mixed Member Proportional voting system Previous New Zealand General Elections John Key is the leader of the New Zealand National Party and with the New Zealand General Election this year, Wikinews’ Gabriel Pollard spoke to John Key via email. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Q_and_A_with_New_Zealand_Prime_Minister_hopeful&oldid=4514094”
The Mini Cnc Machine
Click Here To Know More About: Best Web Designer Asheville By Peter Vermeeren The mini CNC machine gives the manufacturer a way to reduce cycle time. The mini CNC machine helps the manufacturer to avoid a long void between the end of one operation and the start of the next operation. The manufacturer who decides to purchase a mini CNC machine has chosen to apply the principles of cycle time to the area of production machinery. The nature of the mini CNC machine creates three ways by which miniaturization can pave the way for cycle time reduction. This article will list three ways by which a manufacturer can reduce cycle time. It will also provide details concerning how the mini CNC machine permits the manufacturer to apply the principles of cycle time reduction to the operation of the mini CNC machine, and ultimately to the process of machine production. The…
Brazilian Medicine Council against Cuban privileges
Monday, February 14, 2005 The Brazilian Regional Council of Medicine has protested against a Ministry of Education decision to accept the diplomas of Cuban medical school graduates without subjecting them to a more rigorous evaluation process. Under the Brazilian 44045 Edict of July 19, 1958, all students of Medicine, Brazilian or non-Brazilian, who studied in a foreign institution must undergo a strict evaluation before their professional registration is granted. The law aims to ensure that the physicians who graduated at foreign universities are properly prepared for and familiarized with the particular medical conditions of Brazil. Some diseases like malaria and dengue for example are very rare in some countries but are more common in Brazilian territory. However the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) has come to an agreement with the Cuban government to allow medical students who studied in Cuba to go through a less rigorous examination. Furthermore the MEC…
Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball coach Tom Kyle
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Toronto , Canada —What experiences makes a coach of an international sports team? Wikinews interviewed Tom Kyle, the coach of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in Toronto for the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Tom Kyle Image: Hawkeye7 . ((Wikinews)) Tell us about yourself. First of all, where were you born? Tom Kyle: I was born in Cooma, in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. Way back in 1959. Fifteenth of June. Grew up in the Snowy Mountains Scheme with my family. At that stage my father worked for the Snowy scheme. And started playing sport when I was very young. I was a cricketer when I first started. Then about the age of 12, 13 I discovered basketball. Because it had gotten too cold to do all the sports that I wanted to do, and we had…
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Click Here To Know More About: Treadmills Sydney How Does the Bodylastics Home Gym Resistance Bands System Compare to Bowflex and Total Gym? by Tom Buck Arguably the three most recognized home gyms are the Bodylastics resistance bands system, and the Bowflex and the Total Gym cable pulley systems. For those who are considering starting a home exercise fitness routine, or for those who are looking for a change to their current routine, the following is a quick comparison based on price, guarantee, convenience and portability, and exercise capability. It by no means goes into great detail, but will give you enough information to allow you to zero in on one of the three alternatives in more depth to finalize your decision. PRICE: -Bodylastics starts at $45.95 for the basic original system for average strength individuals. For above average strength individuals there is a system for $55.95, and for extreme…