Afghanistan prepares for presidential runoff election

Monday, October 26, 2009 Afghanistan is getting ready for a second-round presidential election between President Hamid Karzai and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. The second round comes after the election commission nullified nearly one million votes cast in August’s presidential polls. The investigation brought Mr. Karzai’s vote count below 50 …

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Spacex cancels Falcon 1 launch until 2006

Monday, December 19, 2005 Rocket company SpaceX, notorious for repeatedly pre-announcing its first flight on Wikinews, cancels its latest attempt and defers further flights until 2006. This latest launch attempt on the 19th December was cancelled due to structural issues with the first-stage fuel tank of the Falcon 1 rocket. …

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Getting the exclusive lowdown on The Lowdown

Thursday, January 31, 2008 The Lowdown, is a youth-targeted website aimed at helping young New Zealanders get through depression and other mental illnesses, and curbing New Zealand’s high suicide rates. Wikinews’ Gabriel Pollard spoke to Candace Bagnall who manages the Ministry of Health’s National Depression Initiative which runs The Lowdown. …

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Category:Copenhagen

This is the category for Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 3 January 2018: Scaffolding collapses in Copenhagen 15 February 2015: Netanyahu calls for European Jews to move to Israel 15 February 2015: Police shoot dead suspect in Copenhagen attacks 12 September 2010: …

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