Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Manchester United will be taking on eleven of the top players in Europe in a celebration match next Tuesday at Old Trafford, and the lineup for the European XI is coming together nicely. The game is a UEFA-Manchester United collaboration created to commemorate not only the 50th anniversary of the signing […]
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Choosing Your Ideal Flooring In West Chester, Pa
byAlma Abell Every homeowner deserves to have the type of flooring they want in their home. One of the homeowner’s jobs is to maintain their investment and make upgrades and changes to their home. Home improvement is a constant process for homeowners over the years. flooring in West Chester PA can include products like carpeting, […]
‘Cartoons country’ festival in Moscow: in pictures
Thursday, May 30, 2013 This past weekend, a “Cartoons country” festival started in Moscow in Polyot ((en))Russian language: ?flight cinema. The program included free access to cartoons in governmental cinemas network during the next week. The opening ceremony involved watching cartoons, a fair, and a chocolate fountain. The festival is run by “Kinoobedinenie for children […]
Post-mortem examination reveals Stephen Gately “died of natural causes”
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 An autopsy performed on Tuesday revealed that the late Boyzone singer Stephen Gately “had died of natural causes”. Officials from the Spanish island of Majorca that Stephen had suffered from an accumulation of fluid on the lungs, or as it is known in scientific terms, a pulmonary edema. The 33-year-old singer […]
FDA issues proposed rules requiring calorie content on menus
Sunday, April 3, 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued proposed calorie labeling rules requiring most retail food vendors to display the calorie counts in items on their menus and menu boards. The proposed rules, issued Friday and expected to be finalized in 2012, would apply to most restaurants, snack bars, vending […]
KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also […]
US Library of Congress plans archive of Twitter
Thursday, April 15, 2010 The US Library of Congress plans to create an archive of every “tweet,” or post made on Twitter. It announced the move via Twitter. Twitter’s general counsel Alex MacGillivray told the BBC: “I think it shows the tweets are an interesting part of the historical record. This project however is not […]
Explosions near British consulate in New York shatter windows
Thursday, May 5, 2005 Videotape from security cameras appeared to show a cyclist lighting metal canisters that were filled with gun powder, and throwing them toward the building before fleeing the scene, police sources said. The make-shift explosives blew up in a concrete flower box, shattering glass but causing no injuries. Two explosions were heard […]
Belgian LGBT refuge shelter announced during annual Brussels Pride
Monday, May 21, 2018 First-ever Belgian refugee shelter “Refuge” for the victims of violence against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community was announced this Friday by the initiators, one day prior to Brussels’ LGBT Pride rally. The refugee shelter is to open in the Belgian capital Brussels in July. Brussels is to grant […]