Monday, July 30, 2007 Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, a filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died today at his home on Fårö, Gotland, Sweden. He was 89. The exact cause of death is not known. “It’s an unbelievable loss for Sweden, but even more so internationally,” Astrid Söderbergh Widding,…
Wikinews interviews Frank Moore, independent candidate for US President
Saturday, March 1, 2008 While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. Wikinews has impartially reached…
Suspect in model Jasmine Fiore’s murder found dead
Monday, August 24, 2009 Fugitive Ryan Jenkins was found dead in a motel room in Hope, Canada, about 150 kilometers from Vancouver. Police are still trying to determine how long he was at the Thunderbird Motel before he hanged himself. The RCMP are now looking for an unidentified woman who helped Jenkins check himself into…
Dying Canadian infant moved to U.S. hospital for medical treatment
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 A thirteen-month-old Canadian infant dying from a unknown neurological condition was transferred Sunday night from a Canadian hospital, where he had received treatment since October 2010, to a U.S. hospital. In January, a Canadian Superior Court judge had ruled that the Canadian hospital could remove the infant’s breathing tube against the…
US House of Representatives rejects bail out bill in vote
Monday, September 29, 2008 The US House of Representatives rejected a bill on the USD 700 billion bail out of US banks. The voting on the bill has completed. If passed, the bailout plan would have allowed for the United States government to purchase devalued mortgage backed securities, resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis from…
U.S. military confirms Qur’ans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo
Saturday, June 4, 2005 On Friday, the U.S. military released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison “mishandled” the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually “respectful” of the Qur’an. One incident involved splashing a Qur’an with urine by urinating…
Female lawyers to be granted court access in Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Female lawyers in Saudi Arabia may soon be granted limited court access for the first time. Mohammed al-Issa, the justice minister, said that the law was part of King Abdullah’s ongoing reform to Saudi Arabia’s judicial system. The law would allow female lawyers to represent other women at family-related cases, including…
HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no…
Claims from British quake may run into “low tens of millions of pounds” – Insurance association reps
Thursday, February 28, 2008 Representatives from the British insurance industry have said that the cost of the earthquake which hit Britain early yesterday could be over 10 million GBP. The Association of British Insurers has said in a statement that the cost for the earthquake is “likely to run into the low tens of millions…
Trinity College
Trinity College is the name of a number educational institutions, some of which are below: Trinity College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge Trinity College, Dublin, the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin Trinity College, Melbourne, a residential college of the University of Melbourne Trinity College, Oxford, a constituent college…