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    US Secretary Rice responds to European enquiries on alleged CIA prisons

    Wednesday, December 7, 2005 The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun to address concerns raised by the EU, the Council of Europe, and several member countries about the CIA’s detention practices upon her arrival in Germany for…

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    Dozens of children killed in childcare center fire in Mexico

    Saturday, June 6, 2009 35 children were killed and more than 40 were injured in a fire which roared through the ABC child care center in Hermosillo, Mexico on Friday afternoon. Among the injured were six adults, most who have…

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    Wikinews interviews Jim Babka, chair of Libertarian organization Downsize DC

    Thursday, April 3, 2008 A reporter from Wikinews recently interviewed Jim Babka, chair of Libertarian organization Downsize DC. The organization claims to have arranged for 22,158 people to send a message regarding the “American Freedom Agenda Act” proposed by Ron…

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    Nigeria swears in new president after death of Umaru Yar’Adua

    Thursday, May 6, 2010 Goodluck Jonathan, the acting president of Nigeria, was formally sworn in today, several hours after president Umaru Yar’Adua died. The oath of office was administered in the capital Abjua. According to the constitution, Jonathan will be…

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    Outbreak of swine flu in Mexico kills at least twenty, infects 1,000

    Friday, April 24, 2009 According to Mexican health officials, an epidemic of swine flu has killed at least 68 people and infected a further one thousand inside the country. Mexican health minister José Ángel Córdova said that the casualty rate…

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    National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

    Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old…

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    Six killed in bridge collapse in Pakistan

    Sunday, September 2, 2007 A bridge collapsed in the southern city of Karachi, Pakistan. At least four people are dead and there are several crushed vehicles under the mounds of debris, say officials. “ Authorities had taken two bodies to…