Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant


Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]

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Australia/2005


Contents 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Australia/2005&oldid=804653”

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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean


Thursday, June 23, 2011 This mosaic was created from two high-resolution images that were captured by the narrow-angle camera when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew past Enceladus and through the jets on Nov. 21, 2009. Image: NASA/JPL/SSI. NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. […]

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Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”


Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date […]

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Doctors who treated John Ritter cleared of negligence lawsuit


Friday, March 14, 2008 John Ritter in 1998 Image: Alan Light. Two doctors who treated actor John Ritter for chest pain in Burbank, California were cleared of a negligence lawsuit on Friday. Ritter was an American television and film actor who died of aortic dissection on 11 September 2003. Ritter’s children and widow (Amy Yasbeck) […]

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Norwegian government considers prosecuting Scientology


Sunday, May 31, 2009 The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses. State Secretary Rigmor Aasrud said that the activities in question might be prosecuted as fraud or as violations of existing healthcare regulations. A […]

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Nine presumed dead in helicopter crash in California, United States


Wednesday, August 6, 2008 On Tuesday, a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashed northwest of Redding, California. The helicopter had been carrying 11 firemen who had been battling a wildfire just north of Junction City, and two crewmen. Eight of the firefighters and one of the crewmen are missing and presumed dead. A Sikorsky S-61 similar to […]

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UK Wikinews Shorts: July 8, 2013


A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, July 8, 2013. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=UK_Wikinews_Shorts:_July_8,_2013&oldid=1981592”

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Manmohan Singh threatened on e-mail


Friday, October 27, 2006 The Kerala police have received an email threatening Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his trip to the state. Singh is scheduled to visit Kerala on November 1 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the state’s formation. Three persons have been taken into custody by the Kerala police after an e-mail […]

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Bob Marley birthday celebrations marked by dispute over possible reburial


World locator map with Ethiopia highlighted in green. Sunday, February 6, 2005 Jamaica — The celebrations to mark the 60th birthday of Bob Marley, the reggae musician who died of cancer in 1981, have been marked by controversy. Since his death these festivities have always taken place in Jamaica, but this year they are taking […]

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