Details emerge on how al-Zarqawi’s location was pinned
Friday, June 9, 2006 Someone said to be an informant within Abu Musab al-Zarqawi‘s trusted circle told Coalition forces the insurgent leader was going to have a meeting, it has emerged. This information appears to have led US F-16Cs to a safehouse in the Iraqi town of Hibhid, where the Jordanian and five others, including a child, were killed on Wednesday. “We had absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Zarqawi was in the house. There was 100 percent confirmation,” Caldwell said. The informer is said to want the insurgency to pursue a strategy within the Iraqi political process, which in the informer’s view was in contrast to tactics executed by al-Zarqawi’s leadership that involved ethnic killings. It was one of the last in a long line of breadcrumbs leading the hunt for the Iraqi government’s most-wanted murderer to the doorstep of an attractive isolated house in Hibhid. In a late-April video…
New Zealand Tsunami heroes to receive Special Service Medal
Monday, December 26, 2005 A new medal has been created for New Zealanders who helped in recovery efforts after the Boxing Day Tsunami. Called the New Zealand Special Service Medal (Asian Tsunami) it recognises the work of New Zealanders who went to the region after the tsunami; locating the missing, identifying the dead, and assisting those left behind. Defence Minister Phil Goff says New Zealanders who served in the devastated areas in the first two months after the tsunami, are to receive the medal. In a provisional list; which was released today; 163 New Zealanders are honoured in which 37 are non-military or police personnel (including aid workers). Also, forty-seven police officers will receive the honour for their work identifying bodies in Thailand. Prime Minister Helen Clark said the medal recognised “the special service of those New Zealanders who undertook often harrowing tasks in dangerous conditions”. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Tsunami_heroes_to_receive_Special_Service_Medal&oldid=4539110”
CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Anne Lagacé Dowson in Westmount—Ville-Marie
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Anne Lagacé Dowson. Dowson is a candidate in Quebec’s Westmount—Ville-Marie riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. There is no incumbent in Dowson’s riding, as the area’s Liberal MP resigned earlier this year. A by-election was scheduled, but cancelled at the last minute, once Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a national election. Candidates in the riding are Dowson (NDP), former astronaut Marc Garneau (Liberal), Charles Larivée (Bloc Québécois), Guy Dufort (Conservative), and co-deputy party leader for the Greens Claude William Genest. Judith Vienneau of the joke party Neorhino.ca is also on the ballot. The riding includes the City of Westmount, parts of Old Montreal, the Borough of Ville-Marie, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and The Plateau. The following is an interview with Ms. Dowson, conducted…
Prescott Banquet Hall For Extraordinary Events
Here’s An Opinion On: Restaurant Signage Design Artist byAlma Abell If you are looking for a flawless place with a charming history in Prescott for your next event, business meeting, party, or your big day is coming and you need someplace for the reception, then Plaza View Ballroom is the venue for you. They are able to host groups of up to 299 people and are the only one in the historic downtown area able to host that many. Prescott Banquet Hall Catering When hosting your special event here, there is no need to hire outside caterers. They provide catering in the Prescott Banquet Hall by their exclusive catering service, which everyone at any gathering is sure to be pleased with. They offer several menus to choose from and they are sure to please any crowd. There is buffet pricing or plated meals with full service for an extra charge.…
News briefs:May 3, 2006
The time is 18:30 (UTC) on 3rd May 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 8.1 magnitude earthquake near Tonga; tsunami possible 1.2 Communal tension erupts in Vadodara, India 1.3 BJP leader Pramod Mahajan dies in Mumbai 1.4 New Zealand Government to unbundle local loop 2 Closing words Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:May_3,_2006&oldid=428273”
Volunteers and food needed for flooded Manitoba, Canada
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Local municipal and provincial volunteers in Manitoba, Canada are exhausted in their efforts to divert the rising waters of the Red River of the North. It has been hard work with little sleep for the residents who live on the shores of the Red River to shore up their defences with sandbags, build dikes, clear frozen culverts and break ice jams Volunteers to spell relief for local volunteers and food are desperately needed. “It’s a week now we’ve been doing this … you’re talking four, five, six public works guys. In my one community we’ve got 25 volunteer firefighters and those guys have been going 24/7, so of course it’s wearing them down.” said Paul Guyader, Manitoba’s emergency measures coordinator. “We’re dealing with one of the biggest floods the province has ever seen,” said Steve Strang, mayor of St. Clements, Manitoba “We’ve put out hundreds of…
News briefs:May 31, 2010
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Guided Meditation Script Assistive Info On Meditation}
Here’s An Opinion On: Calm With Yoga Site Guided Meditation Script- Assistive Info On Meditation by deepak kulkarni Finding specific information about a guided meditation script might not be easy, but we have gathered very helpful and relevant information about the general subject matter, with the ultimate aim of helping you out. Even if your search is about another guided meditation script information, such as meditation crystals, easy meditation techniques, zazen meditation or even meditate on techniques, this article will prove very helpful, to say the least. Well, these questions arise in the mind of the beginner, and for a beginner, there are again a variety of choices for daily meditation. It is advisable to follow a guided meditation technique with the help of a meditation CD in a meditation room.You might be asking yourself, where did mediation originate? While many people think of the Buddhist faith when they think…
Cadillac unveils Obama’s ‘Beast’, the 2009 Presidential State Car
Saturday, January 17, 2009 The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday as part of the 56th Presidential inaugural parade after he is sworn in at the Capitol. The First Limo – the 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine – will replace President Bush’s Cadillac DTS Presidential Limousine that rolled out in 2004. Nicknamed “The Beast”, the hulking machine is a new model year 2009, modified limousine. According to General Motors, the new “2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine” is the first not to carry a specific model name. The Obama Mobile was introduced on January 14 with noticeably different styling borrowed from the Cadillac Escalade and STS, while the suspension is most likely related to the Chevrolet Kodiak medium-duty truck. HAVE YOUR SAY Do you like the car? What would you like to see Obama driven…
CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Anne Lagacé Dowson in Westmount—Ville-Marie
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Anne Lagacé Dowson. Dowson is a candidate in Quebec’s Westmount—Ville-Marie riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. There is no incumbent in Dowson’s riding, as the area’s Liberal MP resigned earlier this year. A by-election was scheduled, but cancelled at the last minute, once Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a national election. Candidates in the riding are Dowson (NDP), former astronaut Marc Garneau (Liberal), Charles Larivée (Bloc Québécois), Guy Dufort (Conservative), and co-deputy party leader for the Greens Claude William Genest. Judith Vienneau of the joke party Neorhino.ca is also on the ballot. The riding includes the City of Westmount, parts of Old Montreal, the Borough of Ville-Marie, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and The Plateau. The following is an interview with Ms. Dowson, conducted…