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Indian Supreme Court: unconstitutional to bar women of certain age group from entering Sabarimala temple

Posted on August 30, 2018 by August 30, 2018

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 On Wednesday, the Indian Supreme Court declared that preventing women of age 10–50 from entering the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala was “arbitrary” and unconstitutional. The Supreme Court began on Tuesday the hearing for the public interest … Continue reading →

First face transplant performed on French woman

Posted on August 28, 2018 by August 28, 2018

Thursday, December 1, 2005 Surgeons in France have performed a face transplant operation on a French woman who had lost her nose, lips and chin after being savaged by a dog. According to Iain Hutchison, an oral-facial surgeon at Barts … Continue reading →

Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical

Posted on August 28, 2018 by August 28, 2018

Thursday, July 24, 2008 A bus crash in Victoria, Australia has injured at least 20 people, two of whom are listed as critical. One victim is reported to be still trapped in the wreckage. The accident occurred between a bus … Continue reading →

News briefs:January 4, 2007 2

Posted on August 26, 2018 by August 26, 2018

The time is 22:00 (UTC) on January 4, 2007, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Australian Police net $540 million in “liquid ecstacy” 1.2 Record number of bicycles sold in Australia in 2006 1.3 Saddam’s … Continue reading →

U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada

Posted on August 26, 2018 by August 26, 2018

Wednesday, January 3, 2007 An infectious superbug spreading in the United States is to “emerge in force” in Canada, doctors fear. The bacteria have been reported popping up in day care centers and locker rooms across the U.S. Usually elderly … Continue reading →

Interview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky

Posted on August 26, 2018 by August 26, 2018

Saturday, April 4, 2009 Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Linguistics and Philosophy. At the age of 40 he was credited with revolutionizing the field of modern linguistics. He was one of the first … Continue reading →

Wikinews Shorts: August 31, 2006

Posted on August 26, 2018 by August 26, 2018

Thursday, August 31, 2006 … Continue reading →

Hydrogen fuel cell cars promoted in various states, but U.S. federal funding cut

Posted on August 25, 2018 by August 25, 2018

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 American Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is cutting US$100 million dollars from hydrogen fuel cell vehicle research and diverting the remaining $69 million to hydrogen fuel cell research for household current. Former president George W. Bush … Continue reading →

Three babies dead within one week at Madrid Hospital

Posted on August 25, 2018 by August 25, 2018

Sunday, March 4, 2007 A Spanish hospital reported today that three premature babies have died within one week from the same infection. The babies, who were being cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit of Madrid‘s 12 de Octubre … Continue reading →

Criticism over Qingzang Railway as opening nears

Posted on August 24, 2018 by August 24, 2018

Friday, April 28, 2006 Claimed by Tibetan exile groups. Tibetan areas designated by PRC. Tibet Autonomous Region (actual control). Claimed by India as part of Aksai Chin. Claimed by the PRC as part of … Continue reading →