Saudi Arabia plans to open embassy in Finland

Saturday, October 20, 2007 It has been announced that Saudi Arabia is planning to open an official embassy in Finland, to signify continuing improvement in relations between the two countries. Teemu Tanner, director general of Africa and the Middle East at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, said to reporters concerning Finnish President Tarja […]

News briefs:June 2, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 2nd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Consensus reached on incentive package for Iran 1.2 Two Iraqi women, one pregnant, killed by US soldiers 1.3 90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler 1.4 World conference of expatriate Greeks to

News briefs:June 2, 2006

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Saturday, November 4, 2017 Yesterday, Spanish tennis player and world number 1 ranked Rafael Nadal withdrew from the ATP Paris Masters suffering from a knee injury. Nadal decided to leave the tournament in Paris for a flare-up of a right knee injury during the third round match against Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas in the Paris tournament.

Tennis: Nadal withdraws from Paris Masters, suffers from knee injury

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Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi

Update since publication This article mentions that Wi-Fi stands for “Wireless Fidelity”, although this is disputed. Thursday, July 7, 2005 A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this month

Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi

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Monday, December 10, 2012 Vail, Colorado, United States — Yesterday, Wikinews sat down with Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine who was participating in a national team training camp in Vail, Colorado. ((Wikinews)) This is Melissa Perrine. And are you like Jess Gallagher and just here training and not competing? Melissa Perrine: I’m not competing

Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine

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