Australian House of Representatives grows heated over industrial relations legislation

Thursday, November 3, 2005 Australian industral relations reform legislationmade up of 700 pages of bill legislation and 500 additional pages of explanatory memoranda was introduced into the Federal House of Representatives November 2, where the Opposition heatedly attempted to address their perceived problem of the Government’s lack of discussion and …

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Wikinews Shorts: November 26, 2008

A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Contents 1 Leader of Lib Dems, British political party, concerned over lack of men in childcare 2 Pakistani hackers attack Indian website 3 Apple told to drop iPhone ad in UK 4 Deadly shootings in Mumbai leave 10 people dead …

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Indonesian military plane disappears

Friday, June 27, 2008 A Casa-212 aircraft owned by the Indonesian air force disappeared while on a flight from the capital Jakarta to Bogor in West Java Friday morning. The plane was carrying 12 Indonesian military personnel and 6 civilians including a British, Singaporean and Indian national. The plane was …

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Cuba to embrace free software

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 On Tuesday, Juventud Rebelde reported that the Central Administration of Cuba is organizing a migration to free and open source software. The announcement was made during a free software workshop organized at the “Convención Internacional Informática 2005” by the director of the state office of information …

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