Wednesday, February 6, 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Michael Hayden urged lawmakers not to place restrictions on the interrogation methods available to U.S. intelligence agencies. Director Hayden’s […]
Feverfew compound gets at leukemia roots
Wednesday, February 23, 2005A compound in the common daisy-like plant feverfew kills human leukemia stem cells and could form the basis for newer, more effective drugs for the disease. American researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York say that it could take months to develop a useable drug from the compound, parthenolide. However, they are working […]
Aurora Borealis caused by electrical space tornadoes
Wednesday, April 29, 2009THEMIS space probes discovered that the Northern lights are seen when electrical tornadoes, rotating faster than a million miles an hour, hover about 40,000 miles (60,000 km) above the earth. The energy spins down to the Earth’s ionosphere where the tornadoes become unstable, and interact with the Earth’s magnetic field. Professor Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, director of the Institute for Geophysics […]
Moving Interstate? Reduce Stress And Risk With The Right Preparation
Click Here To Know More About: Marc Ching Moving Interstate? Reduce Stress and Risk With The Right Preparation by Bradley Dalton There are many reasons why people choose to move interstate. Some of these could be for new career opportunities, others for a change in lifestyle while many will move closer to family. Moving interstate will cause you some stress […]
Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which cost an estimated 20 million […]
Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?
Thursday, December 20, 2007 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone is currently, courtesy of the Israeli government and friends, visiting Israel. This is a first-hand account of his experiences and may — as a result — not fully comply with Wikinews’ neutrality policy. Please note this is a journalism experiment for Wikinews and put constructive criticism on the collaboration page. This article […]
Road Safety
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