Tuesday, June 8, 2010 The UK’s Communication Workers’ Union have effectively rejected a belated revised pay offer by telecoms giant British Telecom. Their statement, released early this evening, indicates a formal ballot on strike action is inevitable – unless the company revises their two percent offer for 2010. The deadline set by the Communication Workers’ […]
Read MoreKennedy Center names 2007 honors recipients
Friday, September 14, 2007 The Kennedy Center announced that its 30th presentation of the Kennedy Center Honors would go to pianist Leon Fleisher, comedian Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross, director Martin Scorsese and musician Brian Wilson. The Center was opened to the public in 1971 and was envisioned as part of the National Cultural Center […]
Read MoreWays To Prevent Dog Bites
Find Out More About: Cavoodle Puppies For Sale Buy Cavoodle Puppy Nsw Submitted by: Jack Hazelton We may think that our dog will never bite us or anyone else. However, 4.5 million people in the United States are bitten by dogs every year and most of them are by dogs they know. Of these, 885,000 […]
Read MoreCategory:Animal rights
This is the category for animal rights. A tangentially related topic, for which Wikinews also has a category, is animal sacrifice. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 30 April 2020: Neuroscientists tell Wikinews about empathy and harm aversion observed in lab rats 16 May 2019: Actor Doris Day dies at 97 10 March […]
Read MoreApes and birds are able to plan ahead: psychologists
Friday, May 19, 2006 According to psychologists in Leipzig, Germany, apes and some birds are able to plan their actions ahead of time. Psychologists Nicholas Mulcahy and Josep Call at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology say that apes are able to save tools to use at a later time, that will assist them in […]
Read MoreWhy Shops That Offer Stylish Tattoo Designs Are Becoming Popular
Find Out More About: Verge Site Professional Designer Port Moresby byadmin Don’t be surprised if you notice the family man next door sporting a brand-new tattoo. The colorful body art has gone mainstream, and it is becoming very common for professionals like Da Vinci Tattoo to provide Stylish Tattoo Designs for many segments of the […]
Read MoreOntario Votes 2007: Interview with Communist Party candidate Shona Bracken, Toronto Danforth
Sunday, October 7, 2007 Shona Bracken is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election in Toronto—Danforth. Wikinews interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign.
Read MoreSearch-and-rescue dog that found 9/11 survivor to be cloned
Thursday, July 3, 2008 A German shepherd who recovered the last survivor of the September 11, 2001 attacks is to be cloned. His owner, James Symington, a former police officer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada entered an essay writing contest about why his dog should be cloned. Trakr, the 15 year old German shepherd suffering […]
Read MoreTips For Finding The Best Pool Builders
Find Out More About: Dig It Civil Tipper Truck For Hire Submitted by: Ricky Martin.. Whether you are building a new swimming pool or remodeling or renovating an existing one, you will need to know how to find licensed and experienced pool builders to interview for your project. Although it may feel like a daunting […]
Read MoreEdmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer
Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]
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