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English court jails policeman over insurance fraud

Thursday, July 1, 2010 A court in England, UK has jailed a policeman for ten months after he was convicted of defrauding his car insurance company. Police Constable Simon Hood, 43, arranged for a friend who dealt in scrap metal…

Want To Buy A New Car? Look Online For Advice}

Read An Opinion On: Loans For Pensioners Australia Aistralian Premier Finance Website Submitted by: Michiel Van Kets Many people leave buying a new car until it just cant wait any longer as they find the whole process nerve-wracking and extremely…

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PM John Howard’s nuclear push causes alarm

Monday, May 22, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Australian nuclear debate Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced he wants a “full-scale nuclear debate”, and three of his senior federal government frontbenchers – Foreign Minister Alexander…

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Search and rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Starting February 1, Cospas-Sarsat will discontinue monitoring the frequencies that are used for analog-based emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB), the 121.5 and 243 MHz frequencies. Search and rescue (SAR) groups worldwide will only monitor the 406…

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Microsoft to buy back US$40 B of its stock over 5 years

Friday, July 21, 2006 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT, HKSE:4338) has announced plans to buy back US$40 billion of its stock between now and 2011. (All further figures in this article are in U.S. Dollars.) Microsoft, the world’s largest maker of computer…

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Sebastian Vettel wins 2009 British Grand Prix

Sunday, June 21, 2009 Red Bull Racing driver, Sebastian Vettel won the FIA Formula One 2009 Santander British Grand Prix from pole at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England. His teammate, Mark Webber, came second. As the current leader of this…

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