President Bush defends NSA domestic intercepts

August 19, 2018 By

Monday, December 19, 2005 In a radio speech from the White House on 17 December 2005, President Bush acknowledged that in the weeks following 9/11 he had “authorized the National Security Agency [NSA], consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist […]

Triple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot

August 19, 2018 By

Tuesday, April 5, 2005Terry Vo, the 10-year old Australian boy who had two hands and a foot reattached by surgeons after losing them in an accident, has had to have the foot re-amputated. He will be given a prosthetic foot in its place. The operation to re-attach three limbs was thought to have been a […]

Natural Cures For Yeast Infections

August 18, 2018 By

Submitted by: Julie Landry It is no secret that especially in the United States, many women are infected or have been repeatedly been victims of yeast infections. A majority of women’s yeast cells, scientifically these are a tiny one-celled fungus called “Candida albicans.” These yeast cells normally grow inside the vagina and in the intestines. […]

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s latest film makes Thailand premiere

August 18, 2018 By

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Following a world premiere during the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, the latest film by Thai auteur Pen-Ek Ratanaruang made its Thailand premiere on Tuesday night in a screening for the press and celebrities. Before the screening of the new film, Ploy, the director and his stars took the […]

Utah father accused of using shock-collars to punish his children

August 18, 2018 By

Monday, March 20, 2006 Scott David Dover, 45, a father of two young boys in Cedar City, Utah, was arrested on Thursday and charges against the father could be filed today. Police say he used electric dog collars to discipline his children. Conviction could result in up to 15 years in prison. Dover is being […]

US: Evidentiary documents released in Golden State Killer case

August 18, 2018 By

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Iconic London mural could be restored

August 18, 2018 By

Monday, September 20, 2010 One of London’s most well known murals could be restored after years of neglect if plans by a group of community activists gain public support. The Fitzrovia Mural at Whitfield Gardens on London’s Tottenham Court Road was created by two mural artists and commissioned by Camden Council in 1980, but the […]

Wikinews holds Reform Party USA presidential candidates forum

August 17, 2018 By

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Three men are currently seeking the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States of America: small business owner Andre Barnett, Earth Intelligence Network CEO Robert Steele, and former college football coach Robby Wells. Wikinews reached out to these candidates and asked each of them five questions about their […]

FEMA employees pose as fake reporters during press conference

August 16, 2018 By

 Correction — September 10, 2013 The headline should not contain the word fake: the employees posed as reporters; they didn’t pose as fake reporters, on the contrary they were fake reporters posing as real reporters. We aopologize for the error.  Friday, October 26, 2007 The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is under fire after […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation files motion to stop AT&T from forwarding Internet traffic to NSA

August 16, 2018 By

Saturday, April 8, 2006 The California-based non-profit organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a brief on Wednesday claiming that AT&T has been illegally forwarding Internet traffic directly to the National Security Agency. The EFF has asked that the forwarding be stopped immediately. According to EFF staff attorney Kevin Bankston, “The evidence that we are filing […]