Here’s An Opinion On: Dianne Hai Ha An exchange rate is simply a score for one currency against another and represents the number of units of one currency that need to be exchanged for a single unit of another currency. The exchange rate is thus the price of one currency against another and, given the…
Harrier jet crashes in Rutland, England, pilot survives
Monday, June 16, 2008 A Royal Navy pilot has safely ejected from his Harrier GR7 aircraft moments before it crashed in a field near the small village of Ashwell in the county of Rutland in England. The crash occurred at about 1350 BST today. The pilot was taken by air ambulance to Queen’s Medical Centre…
StarOffice 8 launched
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Sun Microsystems has released StarOffice 8 today. StarOffice 8 is a commercial office suite that includes word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database applications. According to Sun, StarOffice 8 “provides excellent compatibility with Microsoft Office”. This new version improves Word, Excel and PowerPoint import and export filters, improving support for password-protected Word…
Jersey child abuse case ‘was not covered up’
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Frank Walker, the chief minister of Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, denies that there was a cover up after a child’s remains were found. The allegations of a cover-up stem from statements by Stuart Syvret. Syvret, the former Minister for Health and Social Services…
Finding A Perfect Heaven For Yourself
Here’s An Opinion On: Granny Flats Newcastle Prices Finding A Perfect Heaven For Yourself by Rohit10 To get the perfect place where you can build your new home, you can always follow the steps given below: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNuULQC3Lnw[/youtube] The Kind Of Home You Want To Buy The first step is choosing your home style. Choose whether…
No injuries after Antarctica research station support plane crashes
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 A Basler BT-67, chartered from Canadian air carrier Kenn Borek Air for the National Science Foundation (NSF), a United States government agency, has crashed whilst attempting take-off during a support assignment in Antarctica. None of the ten people on board were injured, but the modified Douglas DC-3 was substantially damaged in…
Record number of failed banks reported in US for February
Sunday, March 1, 2009 According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a record number of banks for a calendar month have failed in the United States in February. A total of 10 banks failed in February, more than any other month since October of 2000. A total of 16 banks have closed this year…
Non Toxic Cookware How To Avoid Ptfe Exposure For Your Family And Pets.
Here’s An Opinion On: Buy Air Fryer Online Australia Non Toxic Cookware – how to avoid PTFE Exposure for your family and pets. by Claretta Boldo Non-stick cookware is a popular choice for the busy cook since food doesn\’t stick to its surface and the clean-up process is much easier. However, the materials used in…
Crosswords/2005/February/3
Thursday, February 3, 2005 Feel free to use the Wikimedia sites to solve our Wikinews crossword (Please do not fill it out online as it would spoil it for other people, print it out and fill it in at you own leisure!) < Yesterday’s crossword. Contents 1 Quick crossword 2 Across 3 Down 4 Yesterday’s…
Wikinews Shorts: May 7, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, May 7, 2007. A 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has been destroyed by an explosion. Although supplies to Europe via this pipeline have stopped, Ukrainian Energy Minister Georgi E. Boyko said that supplies to Europe would not be affected. “There…