Canada women’s national wheelchair basketball team gets its first win of London Paralympics

Sunday, September 2, 2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 London, England — Yesterday at London’s Basketball Arena, the Canada women’s national wheelchair basketball team earned their first victory of the London Paralympics when they defeated the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team 57–50. Canada took a one point lead into the […]

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Australian PM announces nuclear taskforce

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Australian nuclear debate As expected by media sources, Australian Prime Minister, John Howard announced on Tuesday that he would be setting up a “Prime Ministerial taskforce” to investigate uranium mining, processing and nuclear energy in Australia.

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Others named in lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal

Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, […]

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Images show new dimension to Saturn’s rings

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 NASA’s Cassini orbiter has sent back remarkable images from Saturn, revealing that the planet’s famous rings are far more bumpy than expected. Astronomers previously thought that the rings were almost completely flat, with changes in height of only a few metres. However analysis of the new images show ridges up to […]

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