Monday, November 28, 2005 Legendary musician Sir Paul McCartney has boycotted China in response to a preview of BBC news footage that was filmed undercover at a fur market in Guangzhou, China. The footage, some of which is to air during BBC’s Six O’Clock News at 18:00 GMT on November 28, 2005, shows animals (particularly…
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Beware: Living With A Prostitute Can Be Illegal And Land You In Prison
Read More About: Surveyor Melbourne Hatch And Hatch Site Submitted by: Greg Hill In Solano County, California, Defendant Sean ali Grant was convicted of pimping under Penal Code 266h(a), as well as assault with a deadly weapon ( 245(a)(1), corporal injury to a cohabitant ( 273.5(a)) and false imprisonment by violence ( 236). He was…
Pizza ‘lust’ campaign attracts numerous complaints
Friday, November 3, 2006 New Zealand’s Hell Pizza company sparked a storm of protest on Thursday after putting 170,000 condoms in mailboxes. Hell Pizza, located in 18 cities throughout New Zealand, included a condom and explicit instructions on how to use it during sex in its small pamphlet delivered to promote its “Lust” pizza, and…
Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to…
You Are Entitled To Compensation For Your Injuries
Read More About: Marc Ching byAlma Abell Automobile accidents and dog bites are fairly common. In many cases, the injured person is hurt due to the negligence of someone else. This could be because someone else was texting and driving, driving drunk or failed to contain their pet. When you become injured because someone didn’t…
Swedish man uses webcam to broadcast suicide live on internet
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 A 21-year-old Swedish man killed himself and broadcast it over the internet via his webcam feed Monday, after posting to a message board that he had swallowed some painkillers and was going to hang himself. At 11:51 a.m. Central European Summer Time (0951 UTC), Marcus Jannes, a student from Järna, Stockholm,…
5 Ways To Work Smarter Finding Retail Tenants}
Read More About: Emerging Trends Retail Brand Strategies Submitted by: Craig Lawson There are a lot of financial analysts that say commercial rental properties will see improvement in 2011. Unfortunately, that is still in the future and there are a lot of landlords that need help finding quality tenants immediately. Currently there are a lot…
Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie
Friday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia —On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a silver and bronze Paralympic medalist in wheelchair basketball, retired from the game after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Wikinews caught up with her in…
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian released on bail
Saturday, December 13, 2008 Taiwan’s former President, Chen Shui-bian (???), has been conditionally released on bail, some ten hours after he was indicted for corruption. Speaking to media at the Taipei District Court, he said: “I want to thank my lawyers, members of the Democratic Progressive Party and my supporters who have given me huge…
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Read More About: List Of Retirement Villages In NSW Lifestyle Retirement Villages 24-Hour Peace of Mind with Home Security by irfanuddinLiving in a place that is secured from outsiders is something to work on. It would be difficult to stay in a place where you do not have peace of mind especially if you have…