Garuda Indonesia increases flights, fleet; may buy rival

22 Sep 2018 By

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Indonesian state-owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has been expanding, with the airline set to add nine new jets to its fleet and double its flights between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. Garuda is also considering a bid for defunct rival Linus Airways. Garuda is expecting the imminent arrival of four new AirbusRead More

NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet

22 Sep 2018 By

Sunday, April 24, 2005 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last Wednesday that it has agreed definitively to merge with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) and form a new publicly traded, for-profit company known as NYSE Group. This announcement was followed two days later by NASDAQ®, which independently announced a definitive agreement to purchase Instinet Group.Read More

Gunman shoots doctor, then kills mother and self at Maryland hospital

21 Sep 2018 By

Thursday, September 16, 2010 A man shot a faculty physician as well as his own mother before killing himself at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting occurred on the eighth floor of the Nelson Building, the hospital’s main building. Baltimore police found the suspected shooter, who had been barricaded inside his mother’s hospitalRead More

Toxic wetlands may be cause of thousands of bird deaths in Western Australia

18 Sep 2018 By

Sunday, January 14, 2007 Western Australian government authorities say they believe a toxin may be responsible for the recent mysterious death of an estimated 5,000 birds found in the area of Esperance – on the state’s south eastern coastline. Autopsies by toxicologists from the WA Department of Agriculture will test for organochlorins, organophosphates and heavyRead More

Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie

17 Sep 2018 By

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 inRead More

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Libertarian candidate Larry Stevens, Kitchener-Conestoga

17 Sep 2018 By

Thursday, October 4, 2007 Larry Stevens is running for the Libertarian Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Kitchener-Conestoga riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, ProgressiveRead More

Green Builder Hardware Associations}

17 Sep 2018 By

Here’s An Opinion On: Land Survey Companies Hatch And Hatch Site Green Builder Hardware Associations by pvyas Green Builder hardware association are those government as well as private bodies that monitor as well as promote sustainable building along with providing information on green builder manufacturers, green building suppliers and manufacturing associations and professional associations inRead More

KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party

17 Sep 2018 By

Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She alsoRead More

“Halo 3” creates new opening day record

09 Sep 2018 By

Thursday, September 27, 2007 The long awaited finale in the “Halo” series, “Halo 3”, has beaten the previous record of opening day sales held by “Spiderman 3” of US$151 million. In the United States, “Halo 3” got $170 million worth of retail sales in the opening day alone. The game by Bungie Studios is availableRead More