Monday, January 31, 2005 Metlife announced on 01/31/05 that they were going to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup. Travelers Life and Annuity is […]
Month: January 2019
Rower Tuijn halfway across Pacific in record attempt
Monday, July 9, 2007 Dutch adventurer Ralph Tuijn has reached the halfway point of his attempt to be the first person to row across the […]
News briefs:July 12, 2010
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Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam
Sunday, February 13, 2005 New York –”Buy cheap Viagra through us – no prescription required!” Anyone with an active email account will recognize lines like […]
Jokela High School reopens after deadly multiple shooting
Saturday, November 17, 2007 Jokela High School in Tuusula, Finland, scene of the Jokela school shooting, has recommenced classes. Earlier this month, student Pekka-Eric Auvinen, […]
Conductor Jeffrey Tate dies aged 74
Monday, June 5, 2017 Conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate died on Friday. He was born on April 28, 1943 in Salisbury, England with spina bfida and […]
U.S. develops parks above highways
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 In big cities, finding land for new parks is less of an expedition than an all-out land-rights battle with property owners. […]
North Korea launches missile in ‘military drill’
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, North Korea has fired a short-range missile today into the Sea of Japan. Officials believed […]
Scottish Justice Secretary ‘acutely aware of unusual publicity’ in Kular case
Thursday, February 13, 2014 Wikinews has obtained a letter by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to former Conservative justice spokesman John Lamont in response to […]
News briefs:January 04, 2008
Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge […]