Thursday, December 1, 2005 Surgeons in France have performed a face transplant operation on a French woman who had lost her nose, lips and chin after being savaged by a dog. According to Iain Hutchison, an oral-facial surgeon at Barts and the London Hospital, the transplant is the first one to use skin from another person. Doctors say the woman’s new face will be a “hybrid” between her donor’s face and her own face before the attack. In the five hour long operation, the donor’s tissues, muscles, arteries and veins…
Read More12000 Commonwealth Games tickets remain unsold
Saturday, March 11, 2006 With three days until the start of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, organisers still have some 12,000 tickets yet unsold after mailing out some 150,000 invitations to buy tickets to the Games’ opening ceremony. At least 40 invitations were sent to the families of 40 deceased people. Organisers have since apologised for this mistake. Melbourne 2006 chief executive John Harnden says: “Opening ceremony sales are going well…We’ve sold about 4000 tickets over the last seven days, [and] those rates of sales are continuing… Overall,…
Read MoreProperty Management Companies: What You Need To Know
Read More About: Family Lawyers Gosford By Howard Bell Property Management companies come in all sizes and shapes. It seems that many of them are a small business or family business. If you have a large portfolio of properties or a large multi-family income property you can attract a variety of companies because many are paid as a percentage of rental income. If you have a single family home or a smaller rental property its just not that attractive to many companies because they won’t see much income from it…
Read MoreO.J. Simpson lawyer, Cochran, dead at 67
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Johnnie Cochran, U.S. lawyer famous for getting O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder charges in the 1990s, died Tuesday afternoon in his home in Los Angeles, California. He had been suffering from complications of an inoperable brain tumor. “The family of Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. and members of The Cochran Firm are deeply saddened by the passing,” his family said in a statement to the press. “The world has lost not only a legendary attorney, but an outstanding humanitarian.” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=O.J._Simpson_lawyer,_Cochran,_dead_at_67&oldid=4235157”
Read MoreKulov declares newly elected parliament legitimate, Kyrgyz parliamentary conflict deepens
Sunday, March 27, 2005 Kyrgyzstan‘s parliamentary conflict intensified Sunday as Felix Kulov, appointed acting minister of securities by the reconvening former parliament, endorsed the newly elected parliament and threatened to “take measures to arrest” MPs of the former parliament that would not step down peacefully. “The new parliament is legitimate and the old parliament’s term has expired,” Kulov, who was freed from prison by protesters following the overrunning of the presidential palace, said. “According to the law, the new parliament has to start work… There are people whom I don’t…
Read MoreSmall plane crashes on median of Interstate 75 in Michigan
Wednesday, March 8, 2006 A small, single-engine plane crashed in the median of Interstate 75 near Holly, Michigan Tuesday afternoon. The crash site is located about 100 feet from the East Holly Road overpass, near Exit 98, with approximate geographical coordinates of 42.784283° N 83.535847° W. The Piper model PA-28-180 aircraft crashed in the median during mid-afternoon local time, and slowed traffic when police and rescue teams were en route to the scene. According to local television station WEYI-TV, two passengers were aboard the plane, and did not sustain any…
Read MoreChoosing A Good Calgary Dentist To Help With Your Tooth Problems}
Read More About: Double Bay Dentist Choosing a Good Calgary Dentist to Help with your Tooth Problems by Web Design and SEO Expert. In today’s hectic lifestyle, people do not have time to take good care of their health; they prefer having junk food rather than homemade food. Consumption of junk food is also one of the major reasons of tooth decay. However, if you are suffering from tooth decay, you need to immediately consult a Calgary dentist to prevent further complications. Today, most dentists have state of art equipments…
Read MoreGhanaian presidential elections go to run-off
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 This story has updates See Ghanaians elect new President Ghana’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday that a run-off election must be held for the Ghanaian presidency. The commission said that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won 49.13% of the vote, slightly more than the other main candidate, John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who obtained 47.92%. However, neither candidate reached the 50% mark needed to declare an outright winner. Six other candidates were also present on the ballot, stealing…
Read MoreJury convicts Murdoch of outback murder
Wednesday, December 14, 2005A jury has delivered a unanimous guilty verdict in the Darwin trial of the man charged with the murder of missing British backpacker Peter Falconio. It took the jury more than eight hours to reach a verdict. 47-year-old Broome mechanic, Bradley John Murdoch, has also been found guilty of the assault and deprivation of liberty of Mr Falconio’s girlfriend Joanne Lees. Mr Falconio’s body has never been found. Murdoch flagged down Mr Falconio and Ms Lees on a remote Central Australian highway in July 14, 2001. He…
Read MoreFormer Chief Operating Officer of Wikimedia Foundation is convicted felon
Friday, December 14, 2007 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The Register, a British technology news and opinion website, reports that a former Wikimedia Foundation Chief Operating Officer (COO) has a criminal record in at least four U.S. states: Texas, Maryland, Virginia and Florida. Carolyn Doran, born Carolyn Sue Bothwell, was the WMF COO for six months from January to July 2007. The Register reported Doran’s criminal record includes four convictions for driving…
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