Deadly illegal sexual enhancement products appear on the Singaporean market

January 17, 2019 0 Comments

Friday, April 11, 2008 New ‘deadly’ sexual enhancement products have been found in Singaporean markets and can cause serious side effects on users. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) announced the presence of the illegal drugs, known as Power 1 Walnut, Santi bovine penis erecting capsule, Zhong Hua Niu Bian and fake Cialis, which have been …

Workers at Swansea auto parts plant vote to strike

January 16, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Workers at the Linamar automobile parts factory in Swansea, Wales voted by a wide margin today to strike, after an dispute over the firing of one of the worker’s union organisers remained unresolved. An 88% turnout resulted in a vote of 139 in favor of striking to 19 against. Canada-based Linamar …

Rocketeers find possible impact crater in Nevada

January 16, 2019 0 Comments

Friday, March 9, 2007 Imagine coming back from a camping trip in the desert. Then a few months later you notice in your photos from the trip that you camped inside a giant impact crater so big that no one documented it before. Could it happen? During several trips to the Black Rock Desert, mostly …

Australian Tax Office warns against tax return scam

January 15, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has warned against a fraudulent email claiming to be from the ATO. The email, which is similar to previous scams, uses the ATO logo and has the subject line of ‘Notification – Please read’, ‘Australian Taxation Office – Please read’ or other variations. The email directs …

Ireland’s Occupy Dame Street, Occupy Waterford camps cleared

January 15, 2019 0 Comments

Saturday, March 10, 2012 Occupy protests in two Irish cities have been cleared in the last two days. Dublin’s Occupy Dame Street was cleared by police while the local council cleared the abandoned Occupy Waterford site. The early hours of Thursday saw the Dublin site raided and cleared by Gardai (police). Gardai cited health and …

Improving Your Dwelling Through Vinyl Wall Decals

January 14, 2019 0 Comments

Click Here To Know More About: Bq Design Bq Design Site Improving Your Dwelling Through Vinyl Wall Decals by Thomas Camacho Kids are our lives and we want to do everything to make them happy. Playing and sleeping inside a fairytale room makes children happy. Kids wall sticker are generally a huge help on making …

Interview with Innocent Watat, City Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada

January 13, 2019 0 Comments

Saturday, October 21, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Innocent Watat, asking them to answer common questions sent in …

Wikinews interviews Ethan Zuckerman

January 13, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, May 3, 2006 On Friday, April 28, Wikinews interviewed Ethan Zuckerman, the founder of Geekcorps, a non-profit organization that sending people with technical skills to developing countries for development projects. Ethan has also founded Global Voices Online and helped found Tripod.com, the free web-hosting company now owned by Lycos. He serves a fellow at …

Bank of England governor warns housing market is biggest threat to UK economy

January 12, 2019 0 Comments

Sunday, May 18, 2014 The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned that the state of the housing market in the United Kingdom is the current biggest domestic threat to the country’s economy, due to lack of house building, and regulatory issues. In an interview to be aired on Sky News today, …

Mobile operator Orange bills French doctor €160,000 for one month of Internet use

January 12, 2019 0 Comments

Thursday, November 19, 2009 In a third case of staggering sums billed for “unlimited” Internet access reported this week, a French emergency-room doctor from Fontainebleau beats all records with a €159,212 (US$237,417) bill. The telephone-number-sized bill covers one month’s use of an unlimited 3G dongle on Orange‘s network; the beleaguered Dr Jean Spadaro has been …