Saturday, December 4, 2004 Baghdad — Two car bombs were detonated outside an Iraqi police station near the Green Zone here Saturday, killing 16 and wounding dozens. The attacks occurred near the Checkpoint 2 entrance at 9:30 a.m. Immediately after the blasts, a small arms attack was launched by rebels on Checkpoint 1. Entrances into …

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Monday, June 23, 2008 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, the largest trade fair since its inception in 1982, featured several seminars and forums, expansions on show spaces to TWTC Nangang, great transformations for theme pavilions, and WiMAX Taipei Expo, mainly promoted by Taipei Computer Association (TCA). Besides of ICT industry, “design” progressively became the critical factor for …

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Canadian professional wrestler Chris Benoit, who performed for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), was found dead, along with his wife Nancy, 43, and their son Daniel, 7, in their home in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday. Police are calling the deaths a “double murder-suicide.” “There are no further details at this time, other …

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Friday, December 30, 2005 Bolivia’s new president-elect Evo Morales has branded George W. Bush a “terrorist”, and has referred to Condoleezza Rice as “Mrs Condolences” in an exclusive interview for Qatar’s News Channel Al-Jazeera. Before departing for an official visit to Cuba, Morales denounced what he calls a “dirty war” undertaken by Bush against him …

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Sunday, October 7, 2007 There are two things one can expect on a trip to see Michael Musto at the offices of the Village Voice: a 20-minute round-trip wait for the elevator and rapid fire answers from one of the most recognizable gossip columnists in the United States. Musto, in addition to his appearances on …

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A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, May 5, 2012. Contents 1 Dozens dead in the wake of Nigerian market attack 2 Munch’s The Scream sales for US$120 million in auction; sets record 3 Saturn V moon rocket damaged by bullets  Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. A cattle …

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Russia’s Interior Ministry confirmed yesterday that the police will enforce the law banning “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” during the 2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi in February. The statement said “law enforcement agencies can have no qualms with people who harbour a nontraditional sexual orientation” so long as …

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 Art Linkletter, creator of the television show Kids Say the Darndest Things, died peacefully in his Los Angeles, California home Wednesday. Linkletter was best known for his television broadcasting hits, Kids Say the Darndest Things, People Are Funny, The Art Linkletter Show, and House Party. Linkletter was also a famed author, …

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