Wikinews
Monday, November 23, 2009 A transport aircraft belonging to the Italian Air Force has crashed near Pisa. All five on board the C-130 Hercules were killed. The aircraft was on a training mission when it went down onto a railway line close to a military airport...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 It was only after his family's insistance that he be given another PET scan that doctors realised he had been conscious yet unable to move or talk ever since the accident...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 A policeman from the United Kingdom plead guilty to the murder of his fiancée, a female police constable. PC Martin Forshaw, 27, used a steel hammer to bludgeon WPC Claire Howarth, 31, before placing her in her car and staging an accident. More...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 A new survey released today suggests that US President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen below 50% for the first time in his presidency. More...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The European Union said on Tuesday that it plans to train hundreds of Somali security forces and possibly expand its anti-piracy mission off Somalia's coast, in an effort to bring stability to the war-torn Horn of Africa nation. More...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Czechs and Slovaks yesterday celebrated the twenty-year anniversary of the so-called "Velvet Revolution", which brought down the then Czechoslovakian Communist regime, with thousands re-enacting the demonstration that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall, and elections...
Monday, November 16, 2009 English actor Edward Woodward has died today, aged 79. The actor was unwell for several months, suffering from a number of illnesses including pneumonia. He died in hospital in Cornwall, England...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 At least four people have been killed and another 26 wounded after a suspected suicide bomb attack near Peshawar, Pakistan killed four people today, according to police. More...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 A wildlife official in Zimbabwe said today that the amount of animal poaching in the country has increased substantially this year, blaming an international crime syndicate. He said that 65 elephants and 30 rhinoceroses have been killed this year by poachers. More...
Friday, November 13, 2009 Mozambique's main opposition party has rejected the results of last month's national elections, alleging fraud and ballot-stuffing. Official results were released on Wednesday confirming that President Armando Guebuza had won another term in office. More...
Friday, November 13, 2009 Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as "Gold Base", located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California...
Thursday, November 12, 2009 A judge known for jailing pirates and Islamists in Somalia has been shot dead by gunmen. Sheik Mohamed Abdi Aware was shot in the head and chest by two masked men outside a mosque in Bossaso. More...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Enke's daughter died in 2006 when she just two years old. There is speculation that personal problems led to Enke's suicide. More...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 A comprehensive new European pollutant release and transfer register named E-PRTR was launched by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA)...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Somali pirates have seized a cargo vessel with 22 crew members. The Greek-owned MV Filitsa was hijacked on Wednesday in the Indian Ocean, several hundred kilometres northeast of the Seychelles islands. More...
