Wednesday, February 4, 2009 A new historic physics record has been set by scientists for exceedingly small writing, opening a new door to computing‘s future. Stanford University physicists have claimed to have written the letters “SU” at sub-atomic size. Graduate students Christopher Moon, Laila Mattos, Brian Foster and Gabriel Zeltzer, under the direction of assistant […]
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Fatah assaults European Union office
Monday, January 30, 2006 File:02gaza.jpg This article has been archived as published, however, the gunmen, according to sources listed, were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. In a reaction to the ongoing controversy over the September publication of cartoons by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, gunmen from the Fatah assaulted a European Union (EU) office […]
Winners and losers on UK’s East Coast rail line
Friday, January 30, 2009 The British rail regulator has announced new train services for the country’s premier line. New “open access” (unregulated and non-franchised) company Grand Northern is to be given space (known in the industry as “paths”) to run three train services a day between London King’s Cross and Bradford, Halifax, Wakefield and Pontefract […]
Tree car crash kills two in Oxfordshire, England
Friday, February 19, 2010 Two people have been killed as the result of a collision involving a vehicle crashing into a tree in Oxfordshire, England. The two occupants of the Subaru Impreza were four-year-old Bradley Eldridge and his father, 36-year-old Tony Eldridge, who was driving the vehicle. Both were thought to be from the village […]
Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive
Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as […]
Category:Music
This is the category for music. See also the Music Portal. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 13 December 2017: Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam 24 October 2017: Five United States ex-presidents raise relief funds at hurricane event 5 October 2017: US rock artist Tom Petty dies at 66 30 July 2017: […]
On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016 The following is the first edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: a former Republican congressman briefly joins the Libertarian Party and […]
Dorothy’s dress from Wizard of Oz sells for £140,000
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 The auction hammer came down Wednesday, in London, on Judy Garland’s blue gingham dress, worn in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.” It sold for £140,000 (about US$262,157.40). The identity of the buyer, who sealed the deal on the telephone, was not immediately revealed. Bonham auctioneers told reporters there was […]
Wikinews Shorts: February 3, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Contents 1 Christmas day bomber cooperating 2 Fire in Hyderabad hospital; 1 dead 3 China begins urgent sweep for tainted milk 4 Karachi violence escalates, section 144 imposed The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on […]