Saturday, February 14, 2009 Philippine fishermen, volunteers and authorities with dozens of fishing boats have joined hands in guiding back to sea about 500 disorientated melon-headed whales that were stranded in the shallow waters near the mouth of Manila Bay delta in the Bataan Peninsula. The gentle mammals were first spotted swimming back and forth and straying very dangerously close […]
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Contents 1 Brazil announces plan to curb deforestation 2 Pound sterling plunges against US dollar 3 Unpaid Zimbabwean soldiers run amok in Harare 4 Dow drops 680 points 5 Election in Romania expected to lead to intense negotiations Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. […]
Saturday, April 12, 2008 On the back of new restrictions being imposed on eBay users in the United Kingdom requiring that sellers offer PayPal payments for all sales, eBay Australia is mandating that only PayPal payments will be acceptable as of June 17. PayPal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay, and charges a 30¢ transaction fee, plus a commission between […]