Sunday, July 22, 2007 United Arab Emirates (UAE) developer Emaar Properties has claimed that their Burj Dubai commercial and residential tower, currently under construction, has become the world’s tallest building, reaching a height of 512.1 metres (or 1,680 feet) and 141 storeys. The current official record holder, Taipei 101 of Taiwan, has a height of…
Saturday, April 23, 2005 Texas Senate Bill 6 requires foster agencies to inquire of adopting couples their sexual preference. This bill has caused distress to many, especially among the gay and lesbian community. Representative Robert Talton claims that compared with children raised by a heterosexual couple, those in same-sex households are much more likely to…
Read An Opinion On: Find Mortgage Broker Albury Submitted by: James Fu In today s world where life has become way too fast, there are a lot of expenses that one has to deal with. For this purpose, people do go for the option of getting a loan on behalf of their home or apartment.…
Friday, August 24, 2007 A police station of the Spanish Guardia Civil was attacked today Friday by a car bomb in the Basque city of Durango, injuring two policemen. It is believed to be the first serious attack of the separatist group ETA since it unilaterally ended a cease-fire in June. The blast caused serious…
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. The EFF is coming off a series of high-profile successes in their campaigns to educate the public, press, and policy makers regarding online rights in a digital world, and defending…
Monday, October 4, 2010 A school bus, with fourteen students from the Temple High School aboard, crashed in Georgia, United States, earlier today on Georgia State Route 113 going southbound, killing one student and leaving a dozen more injured. It is reported that at the time of the crash there was a trainee driving the…
Read An Opinion On: Fat Analysis It used to be that Vegetarians were considered nuts. Now theyre just another part of a vegan diet. The nuts, that is. Thats because Vegans are the strictest of Vegetarians. They abstain from eating all animals and animal products including poultry and fish. Therefore, nuts are a substitute source…
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 0 A.D. is a historical, open source, strategy game, published by Wildfire Games. It focuses on the period between 500BC and 500AD. The game will be released in two parts: the first covering the pre-AD period, and the second running to 500AD. With development well underway, Wikinews interviewed the development team.…
Sunday, September 14, 2014 National Football League (NFL) commissioner Roger Goodell received a letter from sixteen female United States Senators on Thursday calling for the NFL to adopt a zero tolerance policy on domestic violence. The senators criticized the NFL for their new domestic violence policy enacted in August. The new policy says a player…
Read An Opinion On: Health Insurance For Opt Status Visitors Guide Health insurance is just as essential for children as it’s for adults and in a lot of cases a visit to the pediatrician could help you identify issues with your children that you might not even know existed. Many families are struggling to remain…