Afghan women’s rights official shot dead

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban‘s repression of those rights, was shot dead by…

How To Jump Commence A Vehicle

More On This Topic: Desa Submitted by: Marty Hong Battery failure is usually due to alternator failure otherwise you left your headlights on for your whole day or night time. To jump start off an auto, you need to have…

Wikimania jury chooses Alexandria for 2008 location

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. File:BACC.jpg According to an official mailing list post from Wikimedia Volunteer Coordinator Cary…

Doctor Who returns as UK Saturday night timeslot lord

Sunday, March 27, 2005 After almost a decade off the air, the science fiction television series Doctor Who returned with new episodes to BBC airwaves on Saturday night, drawing a large audience. Starring movie actor Christopher Eccleston, the ninth actor…

UK petrol prices rise to five-month high

Tuesday, March 28, 2006Petrol prices across the UK rose to an average of 91.1p per litre (U.S. $6.02 per U.S. gallon) of premium unleaded on Tuesday, which is the highest they have been for five months. Prices have been rising…