46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
 Correction — Nov 1, 2013 The article below claims each passenger paid 4000 to 8000 USD. Each paid 30,000 Rupees, equivilent at the time to about US$375. 
The bodies of 46 Afghan illegal immigrants who suffocated to death in a container truck Saturday near Quetta, Pakistan, returned home Tuesday.
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Interview with John Sanderson, Regional Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada

Friday, November 3, 2006
The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. The candidates for this region are John Sanderson, Susan DiMarco (this wards incumbent), Tibor Bankuti, Theo Goary and Sukhwant Thethi.
John Sanderson spoke exclusively to Wikinews via qRead More…

Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline

Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill has spread along 60 kilometres (37 miles) of the Queensland coast. In addition, Read More…

Police shut down Edmonton pizza restaurant for illegally delivering alcohol

Saturday, October 17, 2015
Edmonton police have closed down an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada pizza restaurant for a single day for delivering alcoholic beverages despite not being licensed to do so. It is unclear when this incident occurred, but the CBC reported that it occurred “recently”, after police searched the shop in September.
The alcohol was being delivered in paper bags and pizza boxes, wiRead More…

Michael Douglas Astrology}

Read An Opinion On: San Diego Nose Job Michael Douglas Astrology by AstrologerMichael Douglas (born September 25, 1944, 10:30 AM in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is a Libra rising with Ascendant degree at 22 degrees and 14 minutes according to Vedic Astrology. Michael Douglas has a tumor in his throat. He will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, and his doctors expect himRead More…

Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development

Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy
Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006
“Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006
“Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006
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Fatal coal mine accident in western Turkey

Thursday, June 1, 2006
A mine accident killed at least nine miners in a coal mine in western Turkey. A methane explosion collapsed a mine shaft about 150 meters below the town of Odakoy, in Bal?kesir Province, near the border with Bursa Province. Rescue work was slowed by the presence of gas, with rescue workers having to be hospitalized for methane poisoning.
Turkey suffers relatively frequenRead More…

Consolidate Credit Card Debt Best Way To Reduce Debts

Read An Opinion On: Debt Collector Not Responding By Carrie Reeder
There is no quick way to reduce credit card debts. Nonetheless, those who outline a realistic strategy for reducing debts, and stick to this plan, will gradually reduce their credit card balances.
Consumers have several options for paying off credit card debts. However, this does not involve the balance miraculously disappRead More…