Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Former Salt Lake City mayor and human rights activist Rocky Anderson took some time to discuss his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and the newly-created Justice Party with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Anderson served as mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years (2000–2008) as a member of the Democratic Party. During his tenure, he enacted proposals to reduce the city’s carbon emissions, reformed its criminal justice system, and positioned it as a leading sanctuary for refugees. After leaving office, Anderson grew critical of the Democratic…

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British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being ‘The Salvager’

Saturday, March 14, 2009 Rico Daniels is a British TV presenter living in France who is known for his two television series — The Salvager — whilst he still lived in the UK and then Le Salvager after he moved to France. Rico has been in a variety of jobs but his passion is now his profession – he turns unwanted ‘junk’ into unusual pieces of furniture. Rico’s creations and the methods used to fabricate them are the subject of the Salvager shows. Rico spoke to Wikinews in January about…

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ADP says US economy lost 742,000 jobs in March

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 According to the payroll services company ADP, United States private sector employers cut 742,000 jobs in in March. The figures were almost 80,000 more than the average analyst prediction of 663,000 losses. This is the largest monthly payroll decline since January 2001, when the ADP began tracking job activity. ADP also updated its job loss statistics for February, from 697,000 to 706,000. “The sharp employment declines among medium- and small-size businesses indicate that the recession continues to spread aggressively beyond manufacturing and housing-related activities to almost…

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Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

Monday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other Happy Feet, Monster House, Open Season, and Over the Hedge. But the biggest winner of the night didn’t get a “Best Animated Feature” nod at all. Flushed Away won five feature animation categories including Animated…

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Education

Get Vocational Skills Assessment For Better Job Opportunities}

Read More About: Cert 4 Ageing Support Get Vocational Skills Assessment For Better Job Opportunities by Marlene Deidre Each one of us wants to have better job opportunities in order to have much brighter future. That is the reason why more and more people take up vocational education courses rather than the much longer four year course. Because more and more people take up vocational education courses and programs, most of the companies these days have vocational skills assessment in order to determine the vocational skill and aptitude of those…

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Tram derails in Geneva

Friday, June 16, 2006 A tram derailed on Thursday in the middle of the afternoon on the Boulevard Georges Favon, near Route du Stand, Geneva, causing major traffic jams. By chance, this spectacular incident caused three light casualties. Sometime after 15.42, amazed eyewitnesses saw the tram travel 30 metres across the road, then up the sidewalk. It came, at the closest, to around 30 cm from a shop window. The three casualties are suffering from whiplash injuries to the neck and back according to Raymond Wicky, head of the Service…

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Greek lawmakers pass new austerity law despite violent protests

Friday, October 21, 2011 Despite protests where one person was killed, Greek lawmakers voted to pass a new budget-cutting law. The result was 154 in favour to 144 against. The new law would bring in tax hikes and wage cuts. The law, unpopular with the public, aims to reduce Greece’s enormous national debt, which currently stands at 162% of the country’s GDP. Despite a peaceful start to the protest, violent skirmishes erupted between police and some of the protesters. Tear gas was fired, but “these measures are so tough that…

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Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today

Friday, February 10, 2006 The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will meet in Canberra today for its first meeting of 2006. Members of COAG are the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Australian Capital and Northern Territory Chief Ministers, and the President of the Australian Local Government Association. COAG is chaired by the Prime Minister. On the agenda is a wide range of issues such as health, economic reform, regulation, and education. The state leaders (all of whom are members of the Australian Labor Party), met last night to develop a strategy…

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