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Data for 3 million UK driving candidates lost

October 2, 2018 0

Monday, December 17, 2007 Some personal details of 3 million British learner drivers who had applied for the ‘theory test’ component of their Driving licence have been lost in Iowa, in the USA. The data was lost on a hard drive that was owned by Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd, a private contractor to the UK […]

Biggest Advantages Of Leasing A Heating And Cooling System

October 1, 2018 Management Software 0

More Detail Here: Trust Accounting Applications Australia Property Management Software byAlma Abell These days there seems to be a debate going on about which is the best way to get a heating system. Some homeowners feel that it’s best to buy their heating and cooling system, others want to lease it with a rent-to-own option. […]

Australian PM faces inquiry into Iraqi kickbacks

October 1, 2018 0

Friday, April 14, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Cole Inquiry Australian Prime Minister, John Howard appeared before the Cole inquiry on Thursday, the first time an Australian Prime Minister has appeared before an inquiry with royal commission powers since 1983. Unlike his foreign minister Alexander Downer who gave evidence before the […]

Preliminary report sheds light on SAS landing gear incident

October 1, 2018 0

Friday, September 14, 2007 A preliminary report by the Danish civil aviation authority, SLV, has shed light on the events leading up to a Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) airliner experiencing a landing gear failure upon landing in Denmark, one of two similar crashes that have resulted in the grounding of more than 60 of the […]

Controversial evangelist leader Tony Alamo arrested in child sex investigation

September 30, 2018 0

Friday, September 26, 2008 Controversial evangelist leader Tony Alamo was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona Thursday and faces charges related to child sex abuse allegations at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministry organization. Alamo has previously been convicted on charges of tax evasion. United States federal agents raided Alamo’s compound in Arkansas on Saturday and six girls […]

Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant

September 29, 2018 0

Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]

Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

September 28, 2018 0

Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computer […]

Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s Modern One

September 28, 2018 0

Saturday, March 14, 2015 This weekend saw the opening of two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s National Gallery of Modern Art. Wikinews attended Thursday’s press preview for the event where a full contingent of the capital’s press turned out to see the striking collection of paintings, photographs, and other works. Presented below are a selection of […]

Indian space agency launches five foreign satellites

September 28, 2018 0

Thursday, July 3, 2014 The Indian space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), launched five foreign satellites from the Sriharikota facility on Monday morning, using the PSLV-C23 launch vehicle. The primary payload was an earth observation satellite from France called SPOT 7 which weighed 714 kg. Other satellites included on board were the German AISat, 14 kg; […]

Florida Governor Jeb Bush gives speech on Hurricane Wilma

September 27, 2018 0

Hurricane Wilma InformationCurrent ArticleCategory 5Winds:160Movement:WNW 7mphPosition:17.9N, 83.9W270 miles SE of CozumelPressure:892 MBLive Stream (WFOR) Sunday, October 23, 2005 At 1 p.m. EDT, Florida governor Jeb Bush, as well as others, held a press conference relating to the preparedness of the upcoming Hurricane Wilma. “There is no cause for a New Orleans-like concern,” says Governor Bush. […]