Jordan’s King Abdullah meets survivors of Beslan school siege
Sunday, November 5, 2006 On November 5, 2006, King Abdullah II of Jordan met with 90 survivors of the Beslan school hostage crisis during their week long vacation in Jordan, organised at the King’s expense. The King watched the students perform traditional dances and reviewed artworks that they had created celebrating the theme of cross-cultural communication and understanding. The event took place at the King’s Academy, in Madaba, Jordan. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Jordan%27s_King_Abdullah_meets_survivors_of_Beslan_school_siege&oldid=4581713”
Professionals and students continue strike in New Delhi
Sunday, May 21, 2006 New Delhi — Almost 10,000 people marched to Jantar Mantar from Maulana Azad Medical College in an anti-reservation rally on Saturday. Doctors and medical students say they will continue to strike and protest, despite an appeal from the prime minister to call off their agitation. Students from Delhi University and medical colleges around the capital, parents, lawyers, and accountants joined the striking medicos, under the banner of ‘Youth for Equality’. The students and their supporters want total rollback of a proposed quota-hike for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in elite educational institutions, and a review of the present reservation policy. “There are very less seats in the post-graduate streams compared to the undergraduate courses. Hence the reservation move will affect the future of majority students,” said student leader Praful Raj. The students have support from many groups. They were led by the Youth for Equality, an AIIMS…
How To Make Use Of A Storage Garage
Click Here To Know More About: Archaeology Tours Middle East byAlma Abell If you have too much stuff cluttering up your life, maybe you should consider storing some of them. The first thing you will want to do is give some though to the things you need to store so that you can get the correct size. Getting too large of a Storage Garage is a waste of space and money and it might even encourage you to save excess items that you don’t even need so that you can justify having the larger space. You will also need to think about whether the items will need to be in a climate controlled environment. If you’re just storing some paperwork or simple seasonal decorations, it might not matter if the items are exposed to heat or cold, but if you have things like candles, you may want an air conditioned…
Mine explosion in northeastern China kills at least 42, dozens more trapped
Saturday, November 21, 2009 An explosion at a gas mine in northeastern China has killed at least 42 people today, state media reported. 66 more miners are feared to have been trapped as well. Another 400 were able to escape safely. The news agency Xinhua said that 528 workers were in the mine, located in the Heilongjiang province, when the explosion occurred at about 02.30 local time (18.30 UTC). The blast was strong enough to shake buildings nearby, and some survivors said they were knocked unconscious. “I passed out for a while. I found I was shrouded by heavy smoke, when I regained consciousness. I groped my way out in the dark,” said a 27 year-old electrician, Wang Xingang, to Xinhua. Rescue operations are still ongoing for those trapped in the mine. State television said that 156 rescuers were at the scene searching for more survivors. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Mine_explosion_in_northeastern_China_kills_at_least_42,_dozens_more_trapped&oldid=3221955”
House of Supreme Court Justice threatened
Monday, January 23, 2006 In the town of Weare, New Hampshire, a movement is under way to force Supreme Court Justice David Souter to sell his home for “public benefit,” an expansion of the eminent domain provision in the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution that the Supreme Court legalized in the controversial 5–4 decision in Kelo v. New London where Souter was on the majority side. In the June 2005 decision this majority ruled that “public use” included “public benefit,” stating that a local council could use the Fifth Amendment to compulsorily acquire private property for the express purpose of selling it to other private parties whose use was expected to yield increased tax revenues. The decision left many worried that homes would be seized for commercial enterprises or that the decision could be used as a means to remove minority property owners deemed inconvenient. The campaign to have…
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. The boy was today awake and smiling, still in some pain but in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery, according to plastic surgeon, Mr Robert Love. “What we have is parts that are very much alive so the reattached limbs are certainly pink, well perfused and are indeed moving,” Mr Love told reporters today. “The fact that he is moving his fingers, and of course when he wakes up he will move both fingers and toes, is not a surprise,” Mr Love had said yesterday. “The question is more the sensory return…
Gastric Bypass Surgery Preparation For The Big Event
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Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
Thursday, March 31, 2016 Businessman Rocky De La Fuente took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. The 61-year-old De La Fuente resides in San Diego, California, grew up in Tijuana, and owns multiple businesses and properties throughout the world. Since getting his start in the automobile industry, De La Fuente has branched out into the banking and real estate markets. Despite not having held or sought political office previously, he has been involved in politics, serving as the first-ever Hispanic superdelegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention. De La Fuente entered the 2016 presidential race last October largely due to his dissatisfaction with Republican front-runner Donald Trump. He argues he is a more accomplished businessman than Trump, and attacks Trump as “a clown,” “a joke,” “dangerous,” and “in the same category as Hitler.” Nevertheless, De La Fuente’s business background…
Irish Finance Minister Donohoe criticises OECD’s global minimum corporate tax rate
Friday, April 23, 2021 On Tuesday, Finance Minister of Ireland Paschal Donohoe criticised talks co-ordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for a global minimum corporate tax rate, arguing smaller countries like Ireland “need to be able to use tax policy as a legitimate lever to compensate for the real, material and persistent advantage enjoyed by larger countries”. Speaking to virtual attendees at a virtual seminar about international tax, Donohoe said any deal must “accommodate Ireland’s 12.5% rate”. This 12.5% rate benefits large corporations including Apple, Google and Facebook which account for one in eight jobs in the country. According to CNBC, corporate tax receipts in Ireland totalled €11.8 billion in 2020, and the Department of Finance has projected, according to The Irish Times that figure increase from €11.6 billion in 2021 to €12.5 billion by 2025. Donohoe also said Ireland’s low taxes serve as an incentive…
Celebrity Ged Earners
Click Here To Know More About: Restaurant Menus Online Montreal Celebrity GED Earners by Michael Ormsby If you didn’t finish high school, the GED exam is your second chance to get back on track for better jobs, higher education, and more self-esteem. You’ll be in good company. Hundreds of thousands of people earn a GED diploma each year, and many of them go on to important jobs and interesting lives. Singers and actors often focus on their careers when they’re young and sometimes miss out on high school. The GED exam is a way to earn an important credential, even for celebrities who are already successes. Has your favorite celebrity earned a GED diploma? Check out these famous GED earners. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoqo_UNb08E[/youtube] Celebrities Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson earned their GED diplomas. Actor Christian Slater earned his GED diploma to set a good example for his children. Actor and activist Michael…