New ‘clean water’ funding for Djibouti’s drought-stricken rural areas

Wednesday, July 4, 2007 With the announcement Monday of €2 million in new funding from the European Union (EU), the Republic of Djibouti’s Ministry of Agriculture hopes to provide some relief to an estimated 25,000 rural inhabitants suffering through severe drought conditions. The money, to be channeled through UNICEF for its water and sanitation program, … Read more

New ‘clean water’ funding for Djibouti’s drought-stricken rural areas

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Tips On Picking The Right Kind Of Women’s Fashion For You}

Read An Opinion On: Opal Jewellery Australia Australian Opal Rings Tips on Picking the Right Kind of Women’s Fashion For You by Chester Chen No one is more diligent than women when it comes to fashion, beauty, and anything that can help them enhance their looks and boost their self esteem. Women have been finding … Read moreTips On Picking The Right Kind Of Women’s Fashion For You}

Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. operation in Pakistan, White House says

Monday, May 2, 2011 U.S. officials last night said Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader and orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and embassy bombings in 1998, had been killed by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan near the capital Islamabad. White House officials say that four others were killed in the forty-minute … Read more

Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. operation in Pakistan, White House says

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Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo

Thursday, March 31, 2005 Councillors at Dresden City Council in Germany would like to match doggy-doo left by pets on the sidewalk and in parks, against a DNA database storing profiles for all of the city’s 12,000 registered dogs. Karl Jobig, a Christian Democrat politician in Dresden, was surprised when his proposal received a majority … Read more

Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo

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DeLay declares ‘victory’ in war on U.S. budget fat

Monday, September 19, 2005 Republican House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay has declared an “ongoing victory” in spending cuts. He stated that the federal government was running at peak efficiency and that there was nothing left to cut from the U.S. federal budget. DeLay supports additional deficit spending for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, on top … Read more

DeLay declares ‘victory’ in war on U.S. budget fat

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John Vanderslice plays New York City: Wikinews interview

Thursday, September 27, 2007 John Vanderslice has recently learned to enjoy America again. The singer-songwriter, who National Public Radio called “one of the most imaginative, prolific and consistently rewarding artists making music today,” found it through an unlikely source: his French girlfriend. “For the first time in my life I wouldn’t say I was defending … Read more

John Vanderslice plays New York City: Wikinews interview

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Bush EPA nominee abandons insecticide-on-children study after Senate hearing

Saturday, April 9, 2005 Following a Senate hearing in which the Bush administration’s nominee for EPA administrator, Stephen Johnson, stoutly defended his plan to pay parents to document the effects on infants of insecticide use in the home, he reversed course and stopped the program. Among the original requirements for the 60 families requested to … Read more

Bush EPA nominee abandons insecticide-on-children study after Senate hearing

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