Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Live music venues in Edinburgh, Scotland are awaiting a review later this year on the 2005 licensing policy, which places limitations on the volume of amplified music in the city. Investigating into how the policy is affecting the Edinburgh music scene, a group of Wikinews writers interviewed venue owners, academics, the […]
Continue Reading...Paris Court of Appeals overturns restrictions on Maryam Rajavi, NCRI officials
Sunday, June 18, 2006 On the eve of the third anniversary of the June 17 raid on the central office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran and homes of dozens of Iranian political refugees and dissidents, Paris Court of Appeals in separate rulings revoked all restrictions on Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s […]
Continue Reading...Long Island Wines Offer Something For Everyone
Find Out More About: Plastic Containers Melbourne Pharmaceutical Packaging Australia byAlma Abell One of the most interesting aspects of researching and purchasing different types of wine is the fact that not only are there many different kinds but also many different regions that contain wineries whose sole purpose is to produce a perfect bottle of […]
Continue Reading...Haitian earthquake: in pictures
Friday, January 15, 2010 Haiti was hit by a heavy earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on Tuesday, killing an unknown number of people, and destroying up to ten percent of buildings in the capital, Port-au-Prince. No official death toll has been released as of yet, although the United Nations says that up to fifty […]
Continue Reading...Canadian top court strikes down private medicare ban in Quebec
Thursday, June 9, 2005 Canada’s top court has struck down Quebec’s bans on private health care insurance, citing an increased risk to the life and health of Canadians. [1] The Supreme Court of Canada ruling looked into a patient’s right to pay for faster service in a system that currently treats patients on the basis […]
Continue Reading...UK Wikinews Shorts: February 22, 2010
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, February 22, 2010.
Continue Reading...Driving Lessons: Desirable And Useful Awareness
Find Out More About: Driving Schools Perth Driving Lesson Packages Perth Driving Lessons: Desirable And Useful Awareness by Thomas Cuti Driving lessons for instructors such as Driving Lessons in Weybridge are important milestones in person life, partly because of the wide reaching use of the automobile as the most favoured type of transport available to […]
Continue Reading...Hawaii governor Lingle lobbies GOP for Akaka Bill passage
Friday, May 19, 2006 Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle wrote a letter to Republicans in the U.S. Senate urging passage of the controversial Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (S. 147), commonly known as the Akaka Bill after Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), its main proponent. In a letter dated May 15, 2006 addressed to Senate Majority Leader […]
Continue Reading...‘Sahara’ opens as top film in U.S., Canada
Monday, April 11, 2005Moviegoers who pushed it to No. 1 with a reported $18.1 million take for the weekend ending April 10 at the U.S. and Canadian box office welcomed the premiere of the movie Sahara, starring Matthew McConaughey and Penélope Cruz. Still, the total was $10 million less than Sin City, the top film […]
Continue Reading...France votes no in EU referendum
Sunday, May 29, 2005 In a result predicted by polls, a 54.87% majority of French voters voted non in Sunday’s European Constitution referendum. Of France’s 42 million eligible voters, over 70% turned out at the 55 thousand polling stations across the country, which were open from 8:00 to 20:00 on Sunday (except in Paris and […]
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