Denmark blames al-Qaeda for embassy bombing

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 On Monday, June 2, the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, was attacked with a car bomb. The bomb went off in the parking lot of the embassy at around 12:10 pm (UTC+5), killing at least six and wounding at least 30 others. One Danish citizen was killed. “I think we can say with a reasonable degree […]

Israeli rocket targets Press TV building in Gaza

Friday, January 9, 2009 An Israeli rocket has struck the Press TV building in the Gaza Strip. According to the news agency, other television news stations called Al-Alam and Al Arabiya are also based inside the building. At least two people have been injured. The attack occurred at about 15:40 GMT. There was no warning prior to the attack and […]

News briefs:July 13, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on July 13th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Fire fights continue across the Israeli-Lebanese border 1.2 Israeli vessels enter Lebanese waters to enforce blockade 1.3 Investigation into Mumbai train bombings begins 1.4 Several injured in Ben Nevis cable car accident 1.5 Elmwood Village Hotel proposal in Buffalo, N.Y. […]

Controversial medical center demolished in Buffalo, New York

Saturday, May 26, 2007 A medical center, once the site of intense controversy over abortion in the 1990s, which has been vacant for nearly 10 years, was imploded in Buffalo, New York at 6:00 a.m. [eastern time] today. Several streets in about a 2 block radius were shut down until the implosion occurred and the dust settled. At least 200 […]

Google launches Google Spreadsheets

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Google has launched an online spreadsheet site, in a private beta. The site will allow spreadsheets to be shared between up to 10 users, which is aimed to be useful to teams and small businesses. “Many people already organise information into spreadsheets. Where they are struggling is to share it” said the product manager, Jonathan Rochelle. […]

John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing

Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist […]

“Junk” foods may affect aggressive behaviour and school performance

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Dr. Stephen Schoenthaler, a Professor of Criminal Justice at the California State University in Stanislaus, has long argued that there is a link between a healthy diet and decreased aggressive behaviour, as well as with increased IQ and school performance. Dr. Schoenthaler is well-known for a youth detention center study where violations of house rules fell […]