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Friday, April 1, 2005 Half of those who won seats reserved for women in the new National Assembly of Iraq are members of a coalition dominated by Shi’a religious parties, and they say they want Islamic sharia-based laws with legal differences in treatment for the sexes, and which permit a certain level of domestic violence. Says Nada al-Bayiati, of the Women’s Organisation for Freedom in Iraq, “It’s weakening our position. How can you argue for women’s rights when the women are undermining you?” Eighty-nine in all, women make up one-third…

The time is 17:00 (UTC) on May 30th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 East Timor: President Gusamo takes emergency powers to quell unrest 1.2 U.S. Military truck crash kills civilians; Kabul riots 1.3 Operation Marham:India rushes aid to Indonesia 1.4 Australian PM doesn’t support Queensland party amalgamation 1.5 Former chaplain at Guantanamo tells about abuse and underage prisoners 1.6 Dutch pedophiles set to go political 1.7 New Zealand to get new postal codes 2 Closing statements

Monday, March 23, 2009 On Monday, Europe’s largest airline, Air France-KLM, stated that it is interested in buying a large part of Czech Airlines (CSA). Last month, the Czech government announced that it is planning to sell its 91.51% stake in Czech Airlines, expecting to generate about US$270 million. The Czech Ministry of Finance owns 56.92% and the Czech Consolidation Agency 34.59%. The remainder is owned by other Czech institutions. Air France-KLM made a non-binding offer on this share: “Air France-KLM in a letter will today make a non-binding expression…

Friday, June 2, 2006 In Vienna, top diplomats from the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, France, and Germany reached an agreement on Thursday on an incentive package to offer to Iran in exchange for its giving up uranium enrichment. The specifics of the incentive package were not revealed, but a delegation from Europe led by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana is expected to formally deliver the offer to Iran in the coming days. Iran would then have several weeks to respond. In a prepared statement, British foreign…

Sunday, November 12, 2006 The New Zealand Head of State, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, unveiled the New Zealand Memorial at Hyde Park Corner today in London. Her Majesty told the audience that New Zealanders had written themselves into a special place in the history books. “Many of them for deeds of exceptional bravery and sacrifice.” “But most of them for simply giving their all in duty, in courage and in dogged determination to fight for peace and freedom from tyranny.” The striking memorial named ‘The…

Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone grafts you got might have been contaminated”. She reacted with shock, “I was flabbergasted because I didn’t even know what he was talking about. I didn’t know I got a bone graft until I got this call. I just thought they put in screws and rods.” The body of Alistair…

Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as a Scientology executive in multiple high-ranking positions, working out of the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base”, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California.

Saturday, May 21, 2005 In an effort to ease complaints by the U.S. and Europe about a heavy influx of low priced Chinese goods, China will raise export tariffs on 74 categories of textile products in June. This follows plans from the U.S. to impose quotas on Chinese textiles and clothing. Products likely to see an increase from the Chinese move include synthetic fiber shirts, trousers, knit shirts and blouses, cotton shirts, and combined cotton yarn. Last week, similar restrictions were imposed by the U.S. on cotton trousers, knit shirts,…