UK Wikinews Shorts: July 8, 2013
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, July 8, 2013.
A Review Of The Creating Wealth Without Risk Program
Read More About: Retirement Planning Financial Planning Services By Brian Garvin Many people are looking for a way to make money in the real estate game, without losing money in order to make money, and are looking for an easier way to learn how to accomplish this at a low price. You will find that
Man pulls a 126,292-pound truck over 137 feet, sets world record
Thursday, September 18, 2008 Canadian Reverend Kevin Fast has set a new record in the “heaviest vehicle pulled over 100 feet”, beating his previous best. The record was set on “Live’s Guinness World Record Breaker Week”, an annual feature on the American talk show program Live with Regis and Kelly. The previous record for this
Restrictions imposed in China textile trade with U.S.
Saturday, May 21, 2005 In an effort to ease complaints by the U.S. and Europe about a heavy influx of low priced Chinese goods, China will raise export tariffs on 74 categories of textile products in June. This follows plans from the U.S. to impose quotas on Chinese textiles and clothing. Products likely to see
Chrysler files for bankruptcy, Fiat Group SpA to run company
Friday, May 1, 2009 The American auto company Chrysler filed for bankruptcy Thursday, however a deal with European auto maker Fiat went through. The emerging Chrysler will be owned 55 percent by the United Auto Workers, eight percent by the United States Government, two percent by the Canadian Government and Fiat would begin with a
Four year-old boy battered with a brick in East Yorkshire
Saturday, August 26, 2006 In what Humberside Police are describing as a “nasty” attack, a four year-old boy was left with a fractured skull after being battered with a brick. The incident happened on wasteland close to the child’s home in Hessle, East Yorkshire. Charlie Davis was discovered by a couple on Thursday. He was
G20 protests: Inside a labour march
Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London.
State of the health care system in Sierra Leone critical
Saturday, December 5, 2009 According to Médecins Sans Frontières the health care system in Sierra Leone causes loss of life because the poor cannot afford medical treatment.The maternal death rate and the child mortality rate in Sierra Leone are the highest in the world.Experiences of Médecins Sans Frontières had shown that free care or low
Antique Coin Operated Machines An Overview
By Robert Lerch For the last 35 years I have been collection American antique coin operated machines. When people use the term slot machine, this encompasses a larger number of payout type slot machines. in the late 1890’s these machines were primarily wooden cases with single wheels that turned when activated by a coin. The
Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working for French oil firm Total and a Turkish container ship. The Turkish vessel’s seizure was confirmed by a US Fifth Fleet spokesman. MV Bosphorus Prodigy is a 330 ft (100 m)