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[edit] Australia
- 5 October 2011: Australian news network under investigation over pokie reform comments
- 1 October 2011: 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
- 30 September 2011: Australian columnist 'offended, insulted, humiliated' fair-skinned Aborigines
- 24 September 2011: Australian TV networks reprimanded for breaching code of practice
- 23 September 2011: NSW Supreme Court upholds non-publication order for lawsuit filed against Australia's richest person
- 15 September 2011: Australia's Channel Seven breaches children TV standards regulations by broadcasting McDonald's advertisement
- 3 September 2011: Australian Greens leader criticises media ethics
- 27 August 2011: Australia's Channel Nine Network sacks two journalists for faking footage
- 24 August 2011: Australian TV network sprung fabricating live crosses by rival
- 17 August 2011: Police social media frenzy threatens to prejudice alleged child killer trial
- 13 August 2011: Phone hacking scandal prompts media review in Australia
- 12 August 2011: Australian politician Karen Overington dies aged 59
- 9 August 2011: Allied WWII spy Nancy Wake dies aged 98
- 15 June 2011: Casey Stoner wins 2011 British MotoGP
- 8 June 2011: New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day
- 6 June 2011: Casey Stoner wins 2011 Catalunya MotoGP
- 3 June 2011: Australia questions involvement in War in Afghanistan after death of two soldiers
- 27 May 2011: UN accuses Australia of 'demonising asylum seekers'
- 17 May 2011: Judge Dannii Minogue exits UK X Factor over 'Australia's Got Talent' scheduling clash
- 17 May 2011: Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
- 10 May 2011: Australian airline Qantas faces engineers strike
- 8 May 2011: Queensland cab conversations to be recorded
- 7 May 2011: Australia, Malaysia closing in on refugee agreement
- 3 May 2011: World leaders react to death of Osama bin Laden
- 2 May 2011: Australian cadets face charges over sex abuse
- 27 April 2011: Dingoes attack toddler on Fraser Island
- 25 April 2011: Australian PM Gillard pressured to address human rights crackdown in China
- 21 April 2011: Riot at Sydney, Australia's Villawood Detention Centre continues
- 17 April 2011: Former Australian athlete jailed for eighteen years for murdering her baby
- 17 April 2011: Australian carbon tax plans hit road block
- 17 April 2011: Australian Defence Force faces a mass of sexual abuse lawsuits
- 8 April 2011: Australian opposition may oppose plain packaging on cigarettes
- 8 April 2011: New South Wales Premier criticised over government structure
- 7 April 2011: ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
- 1 April 2011: Treasury reveals cost of carbon tax on Australian families
- 1 April 2011: Australia to lose $2 billion due to Japanese disasters
- 17 March 2011: Owsley Stanley, icon of 1960s counterculture, dies at 76
- 26 February 2011: Opposition Leader predicts 'people's revolt' in Australia over carbon tax
- 22 February 2011: Australian Governor-General travels to Kuwait amidst terror threats
- 18 February 2011: Australian town to change name to promote road safety
- 27 January 2011: Australia announces levy bill to offset cost of Queensland floods
- 27 January 2011: Indonesians charged with people-smuggling following Christmas Island wreck
- 24 January 2011: 'Bang bang': UK mercenary charged with murdering colleagues gives evidence in Iraq
- 23 January 2011: Premier of Tasmania, David Bartlett, resigns
- 23 December 2010: Australian rules football: Bairnsdale join Gippsland League, will play first game in Warragul
- 17 December 2010: Australian Federal Police say Wikileaks committed no crime
- 15 December 2010: Many unaccounted for in Christmas Island boat incident
- 10 December 2010: Leaked cables cause Australian concern
- 5 December 2010: Much of inland New South Wales, Australia affected by flooding
- 3 December 2010: 'Critical safety issue' with A380 engines
- 2 December 2010: FIFA announce Russia to host 2018 World Cup, Qatar to host 2022 World Cup
- 27 November 2010: Qantas says A380 aircraft are safe to fly after 'serious' incident
- 21 October 2010: Australian jockey Stathi Katsidis found dead at age 31
- 7 October 2010: Australian Dollar reaches a 27 year high
- 3 October 2010: Collingwood win 2010 AFL Grand Final replay
- 26 September 2010: Documentary suggests nuns were excommunicated for exposing paedophilic priest
- 25 September 2010: Collingwood and St. Kilda draw 2010 AFL Grand Final
- 24 September 2010: New Zealand man goes on trial in Cambodia over sex with underage girls
- 20 September 2010: Australian rules football: Maffra win 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final
- 13 September 2010: Australian rules football: Drouin through to 2010 Gippsland Football League Grand Final
- 11 September 2010: Aboriginal primacy bill introduced to the New South Wales legislative assembly
- 8 September 2010: Australian Senate Committee recommends formation of Charities Commission
- 6 September 2010: Independent Member of Australian Parliament calls for better indigenous policy
- 6 September 2010: Wikinews Shorts: September 6, 2010
- 6 September 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League semi finals
- 3 September 2010: New South Wales Legislative Assembly votes in favor of same-sex adoption
- 3 September 2010: Australian teacher drops 'gay' from kookaburra folk song
- 2 September 2010: Four die in Papua New Guinea plane crash
- 1 September 2010: Telstra becomes the first in the world to switch to HSPA+ wireless Internet technology
- 31 August 2010: Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment
- 30 August 2010: Support for an Australian republic slips
- 30 August 2010: Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
- 30 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League finals week one
- 24 August 2010: School on Australia's Sunshine Coast makes staff redundant, requests they apply for 'new' jobs
- 23 August 2010: Australian federal election 2010: Parliament hung
- 22 August 2010: Australian rules football: Warragul gets first win on eve of finals
- 21 August 2010: Australian remake of Iron Chef launched
- 21 August 2010: Australian judge delivers verdict on burqas in court
- 14 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League finals take shape two weeks out
- 8 August 2010: Western Australian court to set precedent on the burqa
- 8 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 16 split round week two
- 2 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 16 split round week one
- 26 July 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 15 - Leongatha v Traralgon
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 21 July 2010: Coalition ups ante on Australian school tax rebates
- 21 July 2010: Australian election debate moved to avoid clash with cookery show
- 19 July 2010: Australian rules football: Traralgon defeat Warragul in round 14 of 2010 Gippsland Football League season
- 18 July 2010: Australian federal election announced for August 21
- 17 July 2010: Australian election debate debacle
- 15 July 2010: Australian Prime Minister denies striking a deal with predecessor
- 15 July 2010: Dog's throat cut in Cairns, Australia
- 14 July 2010: Drunken man is surprised crocodile bit him
- 14 July 2010: Tax breaks promised by Australian Prime Minister as election fast approaches
- 13 July 2010: Australia's Governor-General cuts trip short over looming election
- 12 July 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 13 - Traralgon defeat Sale
- 9 July 2010: Leader of East Timor tells Australian prime minister to fully form asylum seeker policy
- 7 July 2010: Captain and four shipping companies face legal action over 2009 Australian oil spill
- 5 July 2010: Australian rules football: Six goal win moves Morwell to second on Gippsland Football League ladder
- 5 July 2010: Scientists develop 'Smart Bomb' treatment that targets cancer cells
- 1 July 2010: Australian Foreign Minister condemns Fiji media decree
[edit] New South Wales
- 15 September 2011: Australia's Channel Seven breaches children TV standards regulations by broadcasting McDonald's advertisement
- 21 April 2011: Riot at Sydney, Australia's Villawood Detention Centre continues
- 17 April 2011: Former Australian athlete jailed for eighteen years for murdering her baby
- 8 April 2011: New South Wales Premier criticised over government structure
- 5 December 2010: Much of inland New South Wales, Australia affected by flooding
- 11 September 2010: Aboriginal primacy bill introduced to the New South Wales legislative assembly
- 3 September 2010: New South Wales Legislative Assembly votes in favor of same-sex adoption
- 31 August 2010: Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 10 February 2010: ITV fined A$3000 for cruelty to rat on "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!"
- 6 June 2009: Swine flu: recent developments worldwide
- 9 February 2009: More than 160 dead in bushfires in Australia
- 30 June 2008: Three murdered, one injured in axe attack in Australia
- 12 May 2006: Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT
- 9 March 2006: Three charged following release of Cronulla riot wanted photographs
- 8 March 2006: Police release photographs of those of interest in connection with Cronulla riots
- 13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
- 10 February 2006: Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today
- 6 February 2006: New South Wales to introduce 'parenting contracts'
- 23 January 2006: Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost
- 23 December 2005: New South Wales road safety campaign begins
- 8 December 2005: Australian government paves way for nuclear waste dump in Northern Territory
- 12 July 2005: Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
- 2 July 2005: Names of Australians killed in helicopter crash released
[edit] Queensland
- 24 August 2011: Australian TV network sprung fabricating live crosses by rival
- 17 August 2011: Police social media frenzy threatens to prejudice alleged child killer trial
- 8 May 2011: Queensland cab conversations to be recorded
- 27 April 2011: Dingoes attack toddler on Fraser Island
- 27 January 2011: Australia announces levy bill to offset cost of Queensland floods
- 24 January 2011: 'Bang bang': UK mercenary charged with murdering colleagues gives evidence in Iraq
- 6 September 2010: Independent Member of Australian Parliament calls for better indigenous policy
- 30 August 2010: Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
- 24 August 2010: School on Australia's Sunshine Coast makes staff redundant, requests they apply for 'new' jobs
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 15 July 2010: Dog's throat cut in Cairns, Australia
- 15 February 2010: Twelve-year-old schoolboy stabbed, dies in Brisbane, Australia
- 10 February 2010: ITV fined A$3000 for cruelty to rat on "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!"
- 1 February 2010: Cricket: Caloundra defeat Glasshouse in Sunshine Coast, Queensland division one limited overs final
- 30 January 2010: Regional council fights to keep sustainable growth on Australian Sunshine Coast
- 27 January 2010: Cricket: 'Politicians and Pals' defeat Buderim XI in Australia Day Twenty20 match
- 20 January 2010: Cricket: Buderim to fill half Politicians team on Australia Day
- 26 September 2009: Second dust storm hits Sydney, Australia
- 23 September 2009: Red dust storm engulfs Sydney, Australia
- 19 September 2009: International Talk Like A Pirate Day held on Saturday
- 4 July 2009: Three new dinosaurs discovered in Australia
- 21 March 2009: Australian Labor Party reelected to Queensland government: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 21 March 2009: Queensland election candidates on Gold Coast back daylight saving
- 17 March 2009: Wikinews previews the 2009 Queensland state election
- 15 March 2009: Oil spill hits Australia's Sunshine coastline
- 13 March 2009: Wikinews interviews Brenton Clutterbuck, candidate for the electorate of Maroochydore at the upcoming Queensland election
- 9 March 2009: Sunshine Coast Regional Council can't challenge legal appeal by McDonald's Australia
- 2 March 2009: Wikinews interviews the Socialist Alliance about the upcoming Queensland State election
- 27 February 2009: Australian Sex Party to run independents in Queensland election
- 26 February 2009: Australian state of Queensland will go to the polls on March 21
- 20 February 2009: New South Wales, Queensland to have electorates redrawn: Australian Electoral Commission
- 14 February 2009: Queensland Premier denies March 28 election
- 1 February 2009: DS4SEQ discusses daylight savings in Queensland with Wikinews
- 20 August 2007: Woman dies when pet camel tries to mate with her
- 11 September 2006: Wikinews Shorts: September 11, 2006
- 6 September 2006: Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44
- 21 June 2006: Australian House of Representatives has "no rules": Gillard
- 29 March 2006: Jian Seng ghost ship affair brings criticism of Australian government
- 29 March 2006: Australian House of Representatives acknowledges Cyclone Larry efforts
- 4 January 2006: Australia records hottest year on record
- 12 July 2005: Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
- 12 July 2005: High-speed train derailment in central Queensland (Australia)
- 2 July 2005: Names of Australians killed in helicopter crash released
- 2 July 2005: Cyclone Ingrid crosses Far North Queensland Coast
[edit] South Australia
- 8 September 2010: Australian Senate Committee recommends formation of Charities Commission
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 11 November 2008: Australia's Simpson Desert to be closed for summer
- 23 March 2008: South Australian educational blog shut down
- 14 February 2008: South Australian Premier Rann wants apology from Hicks
- 29 December 2007: Australian David Hicks is released from Yatala Labour Prison
- 20 May 2007: David Hicks transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Australian prison
- 21 August 2006: NASA chooses Woomera, South Australia for rocket launch site
- 10 May 2006: Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
- 25 March 2006: Hyshot tests hypersonic "scramjet" in Australia
- 18 March 2006: Labor claims victory in two Australian state elections
- 26 February 2006: Anglican Church offers landmark compensation deal
- 13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
- 6 February 2006: New South Wales to introduce 'parenting contracts'
- 23 January 2006: Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost
- 8 December 2005: Australian government paves way for nuclear waste dump in Northern Territory
- 10 November 2005: Flooding in South Australia
- 12 August 2005: Nine die in bush-fires in South Australia
- 12 July 2005: Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
[edit] Tasmania
- 17 May 2011: Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
- 23 January 2011: Premier of Tasmania, David Bartlett, resigns
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 1 December 2008: Wikinews Shorts: December 1, 2008
- 4 October 2007: Australian government approves Tasmanian pulp mill
- 5 August 2007: Mersey hospital takeover by the Australian government
- 4 August 2007: Body found in Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
- 17 January 2007: Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal
- 28 November 2006: Australian report shows emissions increase "more than doubled since the 1990s"
- 6 September 2006: Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44
- 22 June 2006: Australian government to provide Internet filters for families
- 9 May 2006: Third Australian miner laid to rest
- 8 May 2006: Tasmanian miners rescued
- 3 May 2006: Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners
- 30 April 2006: Trapped Australian miners found alive
- 29 March 2006: Jian Seng ghost ship affair brings criticism of Australian government
- 18 March 2006: Labor claims victory in two Australian state elections
- 6 February 2006: New South Wales to introduce 'parenting contracts'
- 23 January 2006: Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost
- 4 January 2006: Australia records hottest year on record
- 3 January 2006: Miners survive underground fire in Tasmania
- 21 December 2005: Greenpeace activists clash with Japanese whaling fleet in Southern Ocean
- 12 July 2005: Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
- 2 July 2005: AU$1.25M reward offer for proof of living Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
[edit] Victoria
- 20 September 2010: Australian rules football: Maffra win 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final
- 13 September 2010: Australian rules football: Drouin through to 2010 Gippsland Football League Grand Final
- 6 September 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League semi finals
- 3 September 2010: Australian teacher drops 'gay' from kookaburra folk song
- 30 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League finals week one
- 22 August 2010: Australian rules football: Warragul gets first win on eve of finals
- 14 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League finals take shape two weeks out
- 8 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 16 split round week two
- 2 August 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 16 split round week one
- 26 July 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 15 - Leongatha v Traralgon
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 19 July 2010: Australian rules football: Traralgon defeat Warragul in round 14 of 2010 Gippsland Football League season
- 12 July 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 13 - Traralgon defeat Sale
- 5 July 2010: Australian rules football: Six goal win moves Morwell to second on Gippsland Football League ladder
- 28 June 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 11 - Wonthaggi v Traralgon
- 20 June 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 10 - Leongatha v Wonthaggi
- 18 June 2010: Former Australian police media director Stephen Linnell's perjury conviction quashed
- 17 June 2010: Australian rules football: Traralgon to play Moe in Gippsland Football League clash Saturday
- 14 June 2010: Australian rules football: Traralgon get game back as ladder shakes around middle
- 6 June 2010: Australian rules football: Gippsland Football League heavyweights clash, Maffra go two games clear
- 31 May 2010: Australian rules football: Maffra go a game clear ahead of Traralgon clash
- 24 May 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 VCFL Country Championship - Bendigo vs. Gippsland
- 18 May 2010: Australian rules football: Interview with Andy Thissling, statistician for the Traralgon Football Club senior side
- 15 May 2010: Australian rules football: Leongatha upset Traralgon in round six of 2010 Gippsland Football League season
- 10 May 2010: Australian rules football: Traralgon remain only undefeated team after five rounds of 2010 Gippland Football League season
- 3 May 2010: Australian rules football: Traralgon, Maffra two games clear on top of 2010 Gippsland Football League ladder
- 26 April 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 3 - Morwell v Traralgon
- 19 April 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 2 - Leongatha v Morwell
- 18 April 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 2 - Traralgon v Wonthaggi
- 12 April 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 1 - Moe v Traralgon
- 4 April 2010: Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 1 - Wonthaggi v Leongatha
- 30 January 2010: No people or animals hurt in rural Australian fire
- 28 January 2010: Victoria, Australia Police investigate suspicious fire near rural town
- 25 January 2010: Man caught driving 111 kph over limit in Australia
- 10 December 2009: Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League becomes Gippsland Football League as Wonthaggi concedes move
- 20 September 2009: Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Grand Final
- 12 September 2009: Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Finals Preliminary Final
- 7 September 2009: Australian rules football: West Gippsland Football League Semi Finals
- 5 September 2009: Australian rules football: Victorian Football League to be broadcast live around Australia in HD
- 31 August 2009: Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Finals week one results
- 6 June 2009: Swine flu: recent developments worldwide
- 9 February 2009: More than 160 dead in bushfires in Australia
- 13 March 2008: Australian health workers to close intensive care units in Victoria next week
- 14 October 2007: 2007 Australian MotoGP won by Casey Stoner
- 5 August 2007: Mersey hospital takeover by the Australian government
- 10 February 2006: Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today
- 23 January 2006: Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost
- 4 January 2006: Australia records hottest year on record
- 12 July 2005: Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
- 2 July 2005: Thirty hospitalised after Melbourne airport gas leak
[edit] Western Australia
- 8 August 2010: Western Australian court to set precedent on the burqa
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 14 July 2010: Drunken man is surprised crocodile bit him
- 20 April 2010: Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- 17 June 2008: West Australian Premier addresses gas crisis in televised broadcast
- 17 June 2008: Australian growth forecast reduced to 2.7%
- 16 June 2008: Australian government considers controlling fuel supplies
- 15 June 2008: Western Australia gas crisis set to worsen
- 7 June 2008: Western Australian economy at crisis point say builders
- 4 June 2008: Apache pipeline fire - Varanus Island, Western Australia
- 26 December 2007: Record temperatures stoke bushfires in Western Australia, arson suspected
- 4 February 2007: Seven bushfires near Perth, Western Australia
- 18 December 2006: Australia reclaim Ashes in Perth
- 29 March 2006: Jian Seng ghost ship affair brings criticism of Australian government
- 13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
- 23 January 2006: Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost
- 4 January 2006: Australia records hottest year on record
[edit] Environment
- 26 September 2011: Delhi earns UN carbon credits
- 25 August 2011: Japan nuclear disaster: areas to remain off-limits for decades
- 13 August 2011: Shell reports oil leak at North Sea platform
- 13 August 2011: Renewed concern over nuclear response following atomic bomb anniversary
- 15 July 2011: Indonesian volcano eruption prompts thousands to evacuate
- 9 July 2011: Polar bears related to extinct Irish bears, DNA study shows
- 7 July 2011: Bahamas become fourth country to ban shark fishing
- 17 May 2011: Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
- 24 April 2011: U.S. Coast Guard investigation finds 'poor safety culture' contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster
- 24 April 2011: 'Apple's data is dirtiest,' says Greenpeace
- 17 April 2011: Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance
- 16 April 2011: Experts raise serious questions over safety of U.S. oil industry and warn another spill may be 'unavoidable'
- 30 March 2011: BP lose laptop containing sensitive claimant data
- 26 March 2011: Millions to turn off lights for Earth Hour tonight
- 10 March 2011: Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52
- 2 February 2011: Massive snowstorm blasts most of United States
- 25 November 2010: Pichilemu, Chile's Wastewater Treatment Plant to be inaugurated
- 25 October 2010: Hurricane Richard makes landfall in Belize
- 24 October 2010: Richard becomes a hurricane, threatens Belize
- 24 October 2010: Tropical storm Richard nears hurricane strength, soaks Honduras
- 24 October 2010: Cyclone Giri makes landfall in Myanmar, kills one
- 23 October 2010: Typhoon Megi kills seven in Taiwan, heads towards southern China
- 23 October 2010: Tropical storm Richard forms, drifts towards Honduras
- 21 October 2010: Typhoon Megi heads towards China
- 21 October 2010: Scientist demands end to US 'addiction to oil'
- 20 October 2010: Ten dead, nine injured as Super Typhoon Megi clears Philippines
- 18 October 2010: One dead as Super Typhoon Megi makes landfall in Philippines
- 20 September 2010: Greenpeace demands Chilean President create marine parks
- 20 September 2010: Deepwater Horizon oil well finally dead, authorities say
- 10 September 2010: BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
- 4 September 2010: Wikinews Shorts: September 2, 2010
- 3 September 2010: Wikinews Shorts: September 3, 2010/Fuel tanker aground in Northwest Passage
- 1 September 2010: EU ban on 75W bulbs comes into force
- 1 September 2010: The Bahamas halt all new applications for oil exploration
- 31 August 2010: Frenchman climbs skyscraper in 20 minutes without any equipment
- 29 August 2010: Mount Sinabung erupts in Sumatra, Indonesia
- 28 August 2010: Oil-eating microbe found in the Gulf of Mexico
- 24 August 2010: Atlantic storm Danielle strengthens to hurricane force
- 12 August 2010: Plants may adapt faster to climate change than previously thought, new study shows
- 5 August 2010: Wikinews Shorts: August 4, 2010
- 2 August 2010: Cargo plane crashes in Alaska's Denali Park, sparks wildfire
- 1 August 2010: 14,000-acre Southern California 'Crown Fire' at 82% containment, evacuation orders lifted
- 31 July 2010: After 100 days, Deepwater Horizon oil spill still threatens Gulf coast
- 30 July 2010: 'Crown Fire' forces residents in Southern California to evacuate homes
- 28 July 2010: Severe smog blankets Moscow
- 25 July 2010: BP CEO Tony Hayward to resign, say analysts
- 25 July 2010: Brush fire starts in Hawaii's Makua Valley
- 23 July 2010: Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
- 21 July 2010: China launches major cleanup operation after oil spill
- 19 July 2010: ROV detects leaks in Deepwater Horizon well cap
- 19 July 2010: Oil spewing from crack in seafloor of Gulf of Mexico was fifty feet from Deepwater Horizon well
- 17 July 2010: Toyota, Tesla to develop electric SUV
- 14 July 2010: BP: New cap on Gulf of Mexico oil well in place
- 7 July 2010: BP reports progress in oil spill cleanup
- 14 June 2010: Flash floods kill at least nineteen campers in Arkansas
- 14 June 2010: Obama to ask for special BP claims fund over oil spill
- 8 June 2010: Containment capsule captures 10,000 oil barrels a day in Gulf of Mexico
- 30 May 2010: BP: Plug for underwater oil leak in Gulf of Mexico fails
- 30 May 2010: Canada keeping eye on Deepwater Horizon spill
- 27 May 2010: BP says Gulf oil spill slowed as estimates of oil spilled increase
- 27 May 2010: Obama to suspend Arctic oil drilling
- 26 May 2010: Oil spill in Alaska closes 800 miles of pipeline
- 25 May 2010: Oil spilled after ships collide in Singapore
- 25 May 2010: New BP oil spill plan
- 19 May 2010: Oil from Gulf spill reaches major current
- 5 May 2010: BP: One oil leak in Gulf of Mexico plugged
- 3 May 2010: Oil company BP to pay for Gulf of Mexico spill
- 2 May 2010: Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico reported to have reached coast; offshore drilling ban announced by Obama administration
- 30 April 2010: Controversial wind farm approved by US government
- 27 April 2010: Gulf of Mexico oil spill expanding; submarines to try to stop leak
- 4 April 2010: Chinese ship leaking oil near Great Barrier Reef
- 1 April 2010: Obama lessens US ban on offshore drilling
- 31 March 2010: Monarch butterfly population down by as much as 60%
- 31 March 2010: Search for harmful Asian carp in Chicago area turns up nothing
- 25 March 2010: Disputed island disappears beneath sea on India-Bangladesh border
- 13 March 2010: Whaling activist arrested by Japan
- 3 March 2010: Wikinews visits the Pacific Orchid Exposition
- 17 February 2010: Hockey player Georges Laraque joins Green Party of Canada
- 3 February 2010: IPCC chief refuses to apologize for glacier error
- 2 February 2010: Controversial Brazilian dam gets preliminary approval
- 31 January 2010: Asian ministers pledge to increase wild tiger numbers
- 27 January 2010: Healing ozone layer may contribute to global warming
- 26 January 2010: Marine scientist says Australia's blobfish faces extinction
- 25 January 2010: 48 whales beached in New Zealand
- 22 January 2010: IPCC claims about Himalayan glaciers were not based on science
- 6 January 2010: Giant tuna sold for $177,000 at Japanese fish market
- 3 January 2010: US researchers increase tobacco's oil production for biofuel use
- 22 December 2009: China and Indonesia hail deal of Copenhagen summit
- 19 December 2009: Copenhagen climate conference ends with "meaningful agreement"
- 14 December 2009: Africa makes first draft version of UNCCC treaty, with harder goals
- 13 December 2009: Protesters arrested at climate change rally
- 6 December 2009: Tens of thousands protest in London before Copenhagen climate change summit
- 4 December 2009: American botanist Lou Jost discovers world's smallest orchid
- 29 November 2009: Obama declares tougher emission targets before Copenhagen summit
- 20 November 2009: UK family wins asbestos payout in death of railway worker
- 17 November 2009: Poaching in Zimbabwe on the rise
- 16 November 2009: Non-industrial emissions key for meeting Kyoto targets in Europe
- 11 November 2009: Public access to information on emissions from European industries
- 9 November 2009: Cigarette butts kill fish, scientists complain
- 5 November 2009: New ocean forming in African desert
[edit] Climate change
- 26 September 2011: Delhi earns UN carbon credits
- 17 April 2011: Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance
- 26 March 2011: Millions to turn off lights for Earth Hour tonight
- 22 January 2011: Chinese president Hu Jintao visits United States
- 12 August 2010: Plants may adapt faster to climate change than previously thought, new study shows
- 3 June 2010: Second round of Bonn UN Climate Change negotiations continue
- 31 March 2010: Monarch butterfly population down by as much as 60%
- 25 March 2010: Disputed island disappears beneath sea on India-Bangladesh border
- 3 February 2010: IPCC chief refuses to apologize for glacier error
- 27 January 2010: Healing ozone layer may contribute to global warming
- 22 January 2010: IPCC claims about Himalayan glaciers were not based on science
- 13 December 2009: Protesters arrested at climate change rally
- 1 December 2009: Wikinews interviews Stephen Murphy about the upcoming by-election in the Higgins electorate of the Australian parliament
- 29 November 2009: Obama declares tougher emission targets before Copenhagen summit
- 25 November 2009: British Climatic Research Unit's emails hacked
- 11 November 2009: Public access to information on emissions from European industries
- 3 November 2009: Scientists: Snow on Mt. Kilimanjaro to melt in twenty years
- 1 November 2009: Erosion influences Nigerian climate policy
- 26 October 2009: Hopes for treaty on climate begin to wither
- 4 October 2009: Report says global warming may cause 25m malnourished children by 2050
- 7 September 2009: Japan pledges 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
- 18 July 2009: Blob off Alaskan coast identified
- 11 July 2009: G8 leaders set new emissions target
- 26 April 2009: Polar bears deliver environmental petition to Premier of British Columbia
- 23 April 2009: Earth Day 2009 celebrated around the globe
- 5 April 2009: Massive ice shelf expected to break away from Antarctica
- 1 April 2009: Southern California auto maker announces fully-electric sedan
- 24 March 2009: EPA proposes using Clean Air Act to fight global warming
- 16 March 2009: Maldives to become the world's first carbon-neutral country
- 24 February 2009: Rocket carrying NASA carbon dioxide satellite crashes into ocean
- 18 February 2009: Class action launched by Australian bushfire survivors against SP AusNet
- 17 December 2008: Rudd heckled over 5% climate target
- 10 December 2008: "Bali Roadmap" agreed on, applauded
- 22 November 2008: EU may see no reason to go to next major emitters meeting
- 19 November 2008: New Zealand delays emissions trading scheme
- 28 October 2008: Arctic ice thickness decreasing, suggests satellite data study
- 7 September 2008: UN scientist: Eat less meat to tackle climate change
- 28 August 2008: 73M-year-old fossilized fish found in Canada
- 27 August 2008: Canadian military exercise NANOOK 2008 travels through uncharted waters
- 23 August 2008: Calls for bottled water bans grow in Canada
- 11 June 2008: EU, US declare intent to cooperate on climate change at summit
- 6 June 2008: Wikinews Shorts: June 6, 2008
- 23 May 2008: NOAA says Earth's oceans becoming more acidic
- 14 May 2008: US says polar bears are threatened species
- 24 April 2008: Earth Day 2008 marked in various ways
- 17 April 2008: Chair of European Parliament's agricultural committee discusses biofuels with Wikinews
- 11 April 2008: Public consultation on Avonmouth Wind Farm proposal ends
- 19 March 2008: NASA: Old Arctic sea ice continues to melt
- 18 March 2008: Climate change impacts Wyoming
- 27 February 2008: Climate campaigners scale UK Parliament and hang protest banners from the building
- 27 December 2007: Wikinews interviews Christoph Bals of the NGO Germanwatch after conclusion of climate conference
- 17 December 2007: Climate Conference in Bali concluded; opinions on outcome differ
- 13 December 2007: Climate Negotiations soon to conclude in Bali; UN "concerned by the pace of things"
- 12 December 2007: Greenhouse-gas emission targets may come later says Ban Ki-moon
- 11 December 2007: Nobel prize winner Al Gore urges US and China to do more about global warming
- 8 December 2007: Forest preservation plan debated at climate talks
- 7 December 2007: Climate change talks continue in Bali
- 6 December 2007: US Senate Panel approves bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- 6 December 2007: Scientists take strong stance for cutting emissions at Climate Conference in Bali
- 5 December 2007: Opening positions spark debate at Global Climate Change Conference
- 4 December 2007: Developing nations bring technology transfer on agenda against resistance of Canada, Japan and US
- 4 December 2007: Climate change threatens world's poorest says Oxfam
- 3 December 2007: Calls for "critical breakthrough" in the opening speeches of Climate Conference in Bali
- 3 December 2007: Bali climate change conference begins
- 29 November 2007: Climate conference in Bali begins on Monday
- 26 November 2007: Al Gore and Climate Panel awarded Nobel Peace prize 2007
- 25 October 2007: UN report: climate change and food shortage major problems for Earth's future
- 23 October 2007: Study says carbon dioxide levels rising faster than anticipated
- 16 September 2007: Arctic ice levels at record low opening Northwest Passage
- 8 September 2007: APEC countries set "aspirational goals" on climate change
- 17 July 2007: Man becomes first to swim at North Pole
- 7 June 2007: Post-Kyoto agreement is subject of G8 debate
- 1 June 2007: US presidential candidate Dodd applauded by League of Conservation
- 31 May 2007: Arnold Schwarzenegger marks three day visit to Canada
- 16 May 2007: Sarkozy succeeds Chirac as president of France
- 10 May 2007: Canadian government employee faces criminal charges in leak of environment plan
- 2 May 2007: Study: Arctic ice could be gone by 2020
- 28 April 2007: Wikinews Shorts for Canada: April 28, 2007
- 25 April 2007: Wikinews Shorts: April 25, 2007
- 2 April 2007: Sydney holds voluntary one hour blackout
- 23 March 2007: Study: Drying up rivers to cause freshwater crisis
- 16 March 2007: Warmest global winter on record according to NOAA
- 9 March 2007: EU adopts renewable energy measures
- 25 February 2007: Minnesota to require 25% renewable energy production
- 16 February 2007: Canadian government 'will respect' Kyoto law
- 14 February 2007: Wikinews Shorts: February 13, 2007
- 11 February 2007: Canadian government threatens to ignore law respecting Kyoto Protocol
- 1 February 2007: White House refuses to release climate policy documents
- 30 January 2007: Environmentalists: "Turn everything off!" on February 1st
- 26 January 2007: Warming oceans make it harder for fish to breathe
- 17 January 2007: Australian Labor Party announces new Climate Change Policy
- 17 January 2007: Global warming underestimated, say scientists
- 17 January 2007: Researchers say Ozone Hole "likely to contract, may disappear"
- 17 January 2007: Mayors back global warming pact
- 15 January 2007: Arnold Schwarzenegger to visit Canada
- 15 January 2007: New Zealand Green party rates other parties on climate change policies
- 30 December 2006: Ice shelf breaks free in Canadian Arctic
- 29 December 2006: Polar bears reviewed to become "threatened" species
- 24 December 2006: Inhabited tropical island lost to rising seas
- 17 December 2006: Scientist: Sulfur remedy for greenhouse effect backed by data
[edit] Health
- 1 October 2011: 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
- 23 September 2011: Southampton City Council votes against water fluoridation
- 3 September 2011: Study concludes 9/11 firefighters are 19% more likely to develop cancer
- 14 August 2011: New drug may treat virtually all viral infections
- 12 August 2011: Scientists use gene therapy, patients' own immune systems to fight leukemia
- 9 August 2011: Scottish annual drug deaths coming down from record levels
- 4 August 2011: Swaziland to receive financial bailout from South Africa
- 3 August 2011: Study observes masturbation and other sexual trends among US teens
- 3 August 2011: British man survives artificial heart transplant
- 15 July 2011: Drought stricken Somalia nears famine
- 12 July 2011: No single cause of autism, research review concludes
- 12 July 2011: Study shows long-term couples more satisfied with relationships and sex lives
- 10 July 2011: US government reports decline in teen birth rate and binge drinking, rise in poverty and drug abuse
- 30 June 2011: Report finds teen substance abuse is top public health problem in US
- 19 June 2011: US Food and Drug Administration proposes new regulations on sunscreen labeling
- 15 June 2011: Apples top most contaminated produce list
- 7 June 2011: Smoke from Arizona fire spreads to other states
- 5 June 2011: Assisted-suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian dies at age 83
- 4 June 2011: Dan Savage wins Webby Award for It Gets Better Project
- 11 May 2011: World Bank gives Kiribati emergency aid
- 24 April 2011: Massachusetts study finds links between bullying and family violence
- 22 April 2011: All US states could have smoke-free laws by 2020
- 21 April 2011: Riot at Sydney, Australia's Villawood Detention Centre continues
- 14 April 2011: Scientists create schizophrenic brain cells
- 14 April 2011: Barry Bonds guilty of obstruction
- 10 April 2011: Baseball player Manny Ramirez retires after testing positive for performance-enhancing drug
- 9 April 2011: Nitrite poisoned milk kills three babies, sickens 35 in China
- 8 April 2011: Australian opposition may oppose plain packaging on cigarettes
- 7 April 2011: At least fourteen dead after eating toxic fish in Madagascar
- 7 April 2011: Mother charged with hurting baby; Munchausen Syndrome by proxy?
- 4 April 2011: Genetically modified dairy cows produce 'human milk'
- 3 April 2011: FDA issues proposed rules requiring calorie content on menus
- 1 April 2011: Ohio man dies after sitting in chair for two years
- 31 March 2011: US woman sentenced to jail for faking son’s cancer
- 25 March 2011: China plans to ban smoking in indoor public places
- 23 March 2011: Gene mutation produces autism-like traits in mice
- 17 March 2011: Owsley Stanley, icon of 1960s counterculture, dies at 76
- 16 March 2011: Florida prisons ban inmate smoking
- 15 March 2011: Dying Canadian infant moved to U.S. hospital for medical treatment
- 13 March 2011: Researchers identify genetic link to peanut allergies
- 10 March 2011: Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52
- 6 March 2011: High school basketball star dies after making game-winning shot in overtime
- 2 March 2011: Local government officials confiscate London ice cream made from human breast milk for health reasons
- 23 February 2011: Anti-abortion activist Bernard Nathanson dies aged 84
- 10 February 2011: City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water
- 28 January 2011: Nelson Mandela suffers collapsed lung
- 18 January 2011: Two children die after contracting H1N1 virus in Northern Ireland
- 14 January 2011: Fifteen flu sufferers die in Wales in one week
- 3 January 2011: Obama signs healthcare bill for 9/11 emergency workers
- 2 January 2011: Spanish smoking ban takes effect in bars and restaurants
- 31 December 2010: Memorial service held for model found dead in Missouri mansion
- 1 December 2010: Wikinews Shorts: November 30, 2010
- 28 November 2010: 'Astonishing' figures show 800 Scottish NHS staff earning over £140,000
- 27 November 2010: Scottish judge criticises medical care of murdered baby
- 14 November 2010: Over 900 people dead, 14,000 infected in Haitian cholera outbreak
- 4 November 2010: New insulin-resistance discovery may help diabetes sufferers
- 28 October 2010: 'Explosive' Haitian cholera outbreak kills 292, neighboring countries prepare
- 26 October 2010: Over 250 dead in Haiti cholera outbreak, thousands infected
- 23 October 2010: Nearly 200 dead in Haitian cholera outbreak
- 21 October 2010: Whooping cough outbreak kills ten infants in California
- 17 October 2010: Nevada Republican opposes Angle for US Senate over 'extreme' anti-abortion position
- 16 October 2010: Texas Commissioner of Agriculture visits schools to kick off National School Lunch Week
- 12 October 2010: Swedish man uses webcam to broadcast suicide live on internet
- 9 October 2010: Patient in Buckinghamshire hospital was treated in toilet, inquiry hears
- 2 October 2010: Filipino activist arrested for disrupting Manila Cathedral mass in Reproductive Health Bill protest
- 1 October 2010: Man dies in Serbian enclave; could not call ambulance
- 30 September 2010: 9/11 health care bill passed in US House of Representatives
- 27 September 2010: Genetic link to migraines discovered by researchers
- 22 September 2010: Common cold virus may be linked to childhood obesity
- 8 September 2010: Father of David Cameron dies in French hospital after suffering stroke
- 8 September 2010: David Cameron misses Prime Minister's Questions after father suffers stroke
- 8 September 2010: UK researchers discover first antibiotics originating from insects
- 2 September 2010: Study suggests 'sleeping sickness' parasite mutated to evade immune system defences
- 29 August 2010: UK scientists discover multiple antibiotics used by fungus-farming ants to protect colonies
- 25 August 2010: New Zealand scientist Graham Liggins dies aged 84
- 20 August 2010: US food regulators recall 380 million eggs after salmonella outbreak
- 15 August 2010: Wikinews Shorts: August 14, 2010
- 12 August 2010: Early puberty for US girls raises health risk
- 7 August 2010: Wildfires in Russia cover Moscow in smoke
- 29 July 2010: Loneliness unhealthy as smoking and alcoholism, new study says
- 13 July 2010: Six H1N1 cases appear in the Philippines
- 9 July 2010: California jury orders Skilled Healthcare to pay $671 million in damages
- 5 July 2010: Scientists develop 'Smart Bomb' treatment that targets cancer cells
- 4 July 2010: CPSC, ATF warn of dangers of fireworks over US Independence Day celebrations
- 15 June 2010: Women reveal accounts of forced abortion in Scientology
- 12 June 2010: 2010 Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure becomes world's largest Komen race
- 9 June 2010: Hospital in Essex, England fined £50,000 after patient dies due to health and safety breaches
- 6 June 2010: WHO's reaction to H1N1 influenced by drug companies, reports claim
- 5 June 2010: 163 dead after lead poisoning in Nigeria
- 4 June 2010: WHO: H1N1 influenza virus still a pandemic
- 28 May 2010: California Senate prohibits sports drinks in public schools
- 27 May 2010: Bottled water concerns health experts
- 21 May 2010: US scientist creates 'artificial life'
- 6 May 2010: African leaders start drive to eradicate malaria
- 5 May 2010: FDA report criticizes conditions in factory that produced recalled medications
- 25 April 2010: WHO starts simultaneous immunization campaigns in over 100 countries
- 16 April 2010: United Nations: More people with access to cell phones than toilets in India
- 13 April 2010: Study: Women susceptible to high dietary glycemic load
- 31 March 2010: Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO
- 30 March 2010: 21 infants found dead in Chinese river
[edit] Science and technology
- 1 October 2011: 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
- 27 September 2011: Study: Birds learn nest building
- 10 September 2011: Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
- 3 September 2011: Study concludes 9/11 firefighters are 19% more likely to develop cancer
- 18 August 2011: SETI Institute set to re-open
- 14 August 2011: New drug may treat virtually all viral infections
- 13 August 2011: Shell reports oil leak at North Sea platform
- 12 August 2011: Scientists use gene therapy, patients' own immune systems to fight leukemia
- 9 August 2011: DNA components found in meteorites
- 6 August 2011: Juno spacecraft bound for Jupiter
- 3 August 2011: Russian geographer Andrey Kapitsa dies aged 80
- 3 August 2011: British man survives artificial heart transplant
- 31 July 2011: British police launch computer hacking investigation
- 23 July 2011: Aaron Swartz arrested and charged for downloading JSTOR articles
- 22 July 2011: Space Shuttle Atlantis landing concludes program
- 15 July 2011: Lizards are capable of problem-solving, study shows
- 10 July 2011: British Gas to increase electricity, gas prices
- 9 July 2011: Polar bears related to extinct Irish bears, DNA study shows
- 8 July 2011: End of an era: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on final mission in program
- 8 July 2011: Cassini spacecraft captures large storm on Saturn
- 1 July 2011: U.S. space agency NASA sues ex-astronaut
- 30 June 2011: Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
- 29 June 2011: Google introduces the '+1' button
- 29 June 2011: Debris narrowly misses International Space Station
- 26 June 2011: Scientists discover 300 new species on island of Luzon in the Philippines
- 25 June 2011: FTC begins antitrust inquiry of Google
- 24 June 2011: Nebraska's two nuclear plants near Omaha on alert
- 23 June 2011: Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
- 23 June 2011: RIA Novosti celebrates 70th anniversary, uploads 100 images to Wikimedia Commons
- 22 June 2011: Brazil spots unknown tribe of indigenous people in Amazon jungle
- 17 June 2011: US Representative Anthony Weiner resigns over sexual conduct
- 17 June 2011: Study says young stars 'shoot water bullets'
- 15 June 2011: First Libertarian Party presidential nominee John Hospers dies at 93
- 15 June 2011: Chilean deputy's 'homophobic' comment on Facebook causes controversy
- 11 June 2011: Russian reverse engineers Skype; uploads source to public
- 8 June 2011: New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day
- 7 June 2011: Skype suffers downtime in Europe
- 7 June 2011: LulzSec attacks Nintendo server
- 7 June 2011: Apple announces Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud
- 5 June 2011: French broadcasters barred from saying "Facebook" or "Twitter" on air
- 4 June 2011: Dan Savage wins Webby Award for It Gets Better Project
- 4 June 2011: LulzSec claims Sony network hack
- 4 June 2011: YouTube allows users to share videos under Creative Commons license
- 4 June 2011: Space Shuttle Endeavour enters history books after nineteen years following penultimate landing of program
- 4 June 2011: University of Chicago's Mansueto Library suffers power outage
- 4 June 2011: Mars Opportunity rover passes distance milestone
- 26 May 2011: Employees killed in Foxconn manufacturing factory
- 24 May 2011: Police arrest train passenger for a 16-hour loud cellphone conversation
- 22 May 2011: Pope speaks with astronauts in orbit for first time
- 18 May 2011: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches for final time
- 15 May 2011: Solar-powered airplane makes first international flight
- 13 May 2011: Facebook hired PR firm to discredit Google, reveals leaked correspondence
- 12 May 2011: Campaigners angry at new British police tracking system
- 11 May 2011: Swedish Navy confirms investigation of border violation
- 10 May 2011: Australian airline Qantas faces engineers strike
- 10 May 2011: Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia
- 8 May 2011: Passenger flight diverted to New Mexico after 'security threat'
- 7 May 2011: 27 believed dead in Indonesian plane crash
- 5 May 2011: DR Congo transport minister sacked after numerous boat accidents
- 5 May 2011: Flight recorders from Air France Flight 447 found
- 2 May 2011: Australian cadets face charges over sex abuse
- 29 April 2011: Steve Jobs denies 'location-gate'
- 24 April 2011: Tornadoes damage hundreds of Missouri homes, force closure of airport
- 24 April 2011: U.S. Coast Guard investigation finds 'poor safety culture' contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster
- 24 April 2011: 'Apple's data is dirtiest,' says Greenpeace
- 23 April 2011: Apple collecting location data from iPhone, iPad
- 22 April 2011: Amazon server outage affects Reddit, other websites
- 17 April 2011: 'Outraged' LaHood unveils plans to tackle fatigued U.S. air traffic controllers
- 17 April 2011: Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance
- 16 April 2011: Experts raise serious questions over safety of U.S. oil industry and warn another spill may be 'unavoidable'
- 15 April 2011: Senior U.S. aviation official resigns after crisis in control towers termed 'unacceptable'
- 14 April 2011: Scientists create schizophrenic brain cells
- 13 April 2011: A380 collides with regional jet at JFK airport
- 13 April 2011: Eleven dead after Belarus subway bombing
- 13 April 2011: Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight marks fifty years of human space travel
- 13 April 2011: NASA celebrates 30th anniversary of first shuttle launch; announces new homes for retired shuttles
- 12 April 2011: Fatal train fire may have been suicide attempt, British police say
- 11 April 2011: Passenger dies after fire in toilet on train in Bedfordshire, England; serious rail disruption
- 10 April 2011: Investigation launched after small aircraft crashes on Philippines mountain, killing two
- 10 April 2011: Facebook to share the technology 'behind its servers'
- 8 April 2011: Microsoft to release patches for 64 security flaws on Tuesday
- 8 April 2011: Wreckage, victims of Air France Flight 447 found
- 7 April 2011: Train crash in Netanya, Israel injures at least 50; no casualties
- 4 April 2011: Genetically modified dairy cows produce 'human milk'
- 2 April 2011: Southwest Airlines flight diverts due to 'rapid decompression in the cabin'
- 31 March 2011: British haulage managing director Edward Stobart dies at age 56
- 31 March 2011: All change for Nottingham, England trams as new operator announced
- 30 March 2011: First images received from orbit around Mercury
- 30 March 2011: BP lose laptop containing sensitive claimant data
- 29 March 2011: British music royalties suffer first ever decrease
- 28 March 2011: Sheffield tram-train project back on the rails
- 28 March 2011: Nottingham Express Transit extensions get Government approval
- 27 March 2011: MySpace loses over ten million users in one month
- 26 March 2011: Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces bidders for additional Tramlink vehicles
- 25 March 2011: Japanese earthquake death toll surpasses ten thousand
- 23 March 2011: 'Worst song of all time' becomes YouTube sensation
- 23 March 2011: Gene mutation produces autism-like traits in mice
- 23 March 2011: Petition urges Apple to remove 'anti-gay' app
- 22 March 2011: Wikinews interviews 0 A.D. game development team
- 21 March 2011: AT&T to purchase T-Mobile for US$39 billion
[edit] Economy and business
- 6 October 2011: Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs dies aged 56
- 23 September 2011: NSW Supreme Court upholds non-publication order for lawsuit filed against Australia's richest person
- 15 September 2011: Australia's Channel Seven breaches children TV standards regulations by broadcasting McDonald's advertisement
- 25 August 2011: Apple executive Steve Jobs resigns
- 16 August 2011: Japan to use renewable energy
- 14 August 2011: Texas continues to suffer record-breaking drought
- 9 August 2011: BMW announces 7.6% sales rise as US, China demand grows
- 8 August 2011: Boeing rolls out first 787 Dreamliner to go into service
- 8 August 2011: United States Government loses AAA credit rating from Standard and Poor's
- 4 August 2011: Swaziland to receive financial bailout from South Africa
- 3 August 2011: Bill passed to raise US debt limit
- 1 August 2011: US President Obama announces deal reached to avert government default
- 24 July 2011: Protests over housing costs sweep across Israel
- 21 July 2011: Davie Shipyard sale cleared by Québec court
- 16 July 2011: Rebekah Brooks resigns from News International
- 15 July 2011: Euro reaches new lows
- 13 July 2011: Murdoch drops BSkyB bid amid public, political pressure
- 11 July 2011: China's consumer prices rise to a three-year high in June as food prices soar 14.4 percent
- 10 July 2011: British Gas to increase electricity, gas prices
- 10 July 2011: Murdoch empire in crisis after newspaper closes: BSkyB bid halted, former editor arrested, anger at chief executive
- 9 July 2011: June jobs report shows rising US unemployment, economic outlook worsens
- 4 July 2011: Hidden treasure worth billions of dollars discovered in Indian temple
- 1 July 2011: Hundreds of thousands of British public sector workers strike over planned pension changes
- 29 June 2011: Google introduces the '+1' button
- 28 June 2011: Greek workers strike over austerity measures
- 25 June 2011: FTC begins antitrust inquiry of Google
- 23 June 2011: Greek parliament votes in favor of new Papandreou cabinet as debt crisis deepens
- 20 June 2011: Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian Party presidential candidate R. Lee Wrights
- 15 June 2011: BBC Television Centre placed up for sale
- 15 June 2011: Court rules Massey can appeal US restrictions in mine disaster investigation
- 11 June 2011: Russian reverse engineers Skype; uploads source to public
- 8 June 2011: New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day
- 7 June 2011: Skype suffers downtime in Europe
- 7 June 2011: LulzSec attacks Nintendo server
- 7 June 2011: Apple announces Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud
- 29 May 2011: Fiat plans to buy majority stake in Chrysler
- 26 May 2011: Employees killed in Foxconn manufacturing factory
- 24 May 2011: Police arrest train passenger for a 16-hour loud cellphone conversation
- 19 May 2011: Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of IMF
- 18 May 2011: Dominique Strauss-Kahn refused bail after appearance in New York court
- 17 May 2011: Tasmanians protest against pulp mill
- 15 May 2011: Solar-powered airplane makes first international flight
- 15 May 2011: IMF head remains in New York prison; charged over alleged hotel sex attack
- 13 May 2011: Facebook hired PR firm to discredit Google, reveals leaked correspondence
- 11 May 2011: World Bank gives Kiribati emergency aid
- 10 May 2011: Australian airline Qantas faces engineers strike
- 10 May 2011: Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia
- 8 May 2011: Passenger flight diverted to New Mexico after 'security threat'
- 7 May 2011: 27 believed dead in Indonesian plane crash
- 5 May 2011: DR Congo transport minister sacked after numerous boat accidents
- 5 May 2011: Flight recorders from Air France Flight 447 found
- 2 May 2011: Australian cadets face charges over sex abuse
- 28 April 2011: US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference
- 24 April 2011: Tornadoes damage hundreds of Missouri homes, force closure of airport
- 24 April 2011: U.S. Coast Guard investigation finds 'poor safety culture' contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster
- 24 April 2011: California employees owe state US$13.3 million in unpaid loans
- 20 April 2011: Standard & Poor's lowers the U.S. credit outlook to 'negative'
- 19 April 2011: UK union ups strike stakes at services for unemployed
- 17 April 2011: 'Outraged' LaHood unveils plans to tackle fatigued U.S. air traffic controllers
- 17 April 2011: Poverty rises as food prices increase
- 16 April 2011: Experts raise serious questions over safety of U.S. oil industry and warn another spill may be 'unavoidable'
- 15 April 2011: Senior U.S. aviation official resigns after crisis in control towers termed 'unacceptable'
- 13 April 2011: A380 collides with regional jet at JFK airport
- 13 April 2011: Eleven dead after Belarus subway bombing
- 12 April 2011: Fatal train fire may have been suicide attempt, British police say
- 11 April 2011: Passenger dies after fire in toilet on train in Bedfordshire, England; serious rail disruption
- 11 April 2011: Iceland voters reject deal to repay billions to UK, Dutch
- 10 April 2011: Investigation launched after small aircraft crashes on Philippines mountain, killing two
- 10 April 2011: Facebook to share the technology 'behind its servers'
- 9 April 2011: Bailout signals Lisbon's capitulation to financial markets
- 8 April 2011: Wreckage, victims of Air France Flight 447 found
- 7 April 2011: U.S. budget crisis will cause personal budget crisis for U.S. troops
- 7 April 2011: Train crash in Netanya, Israel injures at least 50; no casualties
- 3 April 2011: FDA issues proposed rules requiring calorie content on menus
- 2 April 2011: Southwest Airlines flight diverts due to 'rapid decompression in the cabin'
- 2 April 2011: Daily and Sunday Sport owners to enter administration
- 1 April 2011: Australia to lose $2 billion due to Japanese disasters
- 31 March 2011: British haulage managing director Edward Stobart dies at age 56
- 31 March 2011: All change for Nottingham, England trams as new operator announced
- 29 March 2011: British music royalties suffer first ever decrease
- 28 March 2011: Sheffield tram-train project back on the rails
- 28 March 2011: Nottingham Express Transit extensions get Government approval
- 26 March 2011: Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces bidders for additional Tramlink vehicles
- 23 March 2011: Petition urges Apple to remove 'anti-gay' app
- 21 March 2011: Existing US home sales fall 9.6% in February
- 19 March 2011: Part of California highway near Big Sur falls into the sea
- 18 March 2011: Japanese stocks continue to fall after earthquake
- 18 March 2011: New York Times to start charging for access to web news
- 17 March 2011: UK unemployment increases to 17-year peak
- 13 March 2011: Domestic economic impacts likely after Japanese earthquake
- 13 March 2011: IPad 2 goes on sale in United States
- 12 March 2011: British MP reveals Fred Goodwin superinjunction
- 12 March 2011: U.S. February budget deficit is largest on record
- 10 March 2011: Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim remains the world’s richest man
- 3 March 2011: Telecom Commission of Solomon Islands issues phone company US$1M fine
- 3 March 2011: Apple Inc. unveils iPad 2 tablet
- 2 March 2011: Local government officials confiscate London ice cream made from human breast milk for health reasons
- 24 February 2011: Phones without Internet access join the Facebook revolution
- 15 February 2011: UK inflation rate increases to 4%
- 13 February 2011: Canada's social insurance assets pass $140 billion in fourth quarter
[edit] Education
- 1 September 2011: Florida schools begin to enforce new statewide ban on saggy pants and other revealing attire
- 12 August 2011: School Principal found dead in Tennessee classroom; teen held by police
- 6 July 2011: Over half of Romanian terminal grade students fail baccalaureate exam
- 30 June 2011: Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
- 7 June 2011: Scottish university to introduce comic studies degree
- 18 May 2011: Former Louisiana Tech University President F. Jay Taylor dies aged 87
- 13 May 2011: Lockdown at Missouri university lifted as police apprehend suspected gunman
- 10 May 2011: Wikinews interviews evicted London Metropolitan University occupier
- 24 April 2011: Massachusetts study finds links between bullying and family violence
- 7 April 2011: Twelve dead at Brazilian school after man opens fire
- 11 March 2011: Former adult film actress forced to leave teaching job again
- 6 March 2011: High school basketball star dies after making game-winning shot in overtime
- 24 February 2011: Eleven children injured in Scottish school shooting; two teenagers detained
- 19 January 2011: Two students shot at Los Angeles school, suspect in custody
- 23 December 2010: Berlusconi proposes January elections if government fails to gain parliamentary majority
- 5 December 2010: UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
- 24 November 2010: UK students protest for second time this month
- 16 October 2010: Texas Commissioner of Agriculture visits schools to kick off National School Lunch Week
- 15 October 2010: District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee announces resignation
- 30 August 2010: Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
- 24 August 2010: School on Australia's Sunshine Coast makes staff redundant, requests they apply for 'new' jobs
- 16 August 2010: Hong Kong 'tutor king' applies for bankruptcy
- 10 August 2010: British scholar Tony Judt dies aged 62
- 6 August 2010: Wikinews Shorts: August 5, 2010
- 21 July 2010: Coalition ups ante on Australian school tax rebates
- 14 July 2010: Tax breaks promised by Australian Prime Minister as election fast approaches
- 29 June 2010: Wikimedia Foundation addresses controversial content conflict
- 19 June 2010: Oxford elects poetry professor by email vote
- 8 June 2010: Nurseries not harmful to children, says new UK study
- 28 May 2010: NCAA Basketball: University of Connecticut cited for eight major rules violations
- 21 May 2010: US scientist creates 'artificial life'
- 15 May 2010: Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day
- 29 April 2010: New Jersey students protest proposed budget cuts
- 17 April 2010: Chilean musicians perform concert for Peralillo, Chile residents
- 11 March 2010: Former teacher jailed for murdering father in London, England
- 8 February 2010: 12-year-old girl dies after collapsing in school in Northamptonshire, England
- 28 January 2010: Historian Howard Zinn dies at age 87
- 25 January 2010: Ambidextrous children more likely to have problems at school, say researchers
- 20 January 2010: Oxford University anti-peer-to-peer policy hits legal music service Spotify
- 28 December 2009: Elvish, Klingon and Na'vi: Constructed languages gain foothold in film
- 10 December 2009: Oxford to use online voting for Professor of Poetry election
- 3 December 2009: UK's oldest museum reopened
- 16 November 2009: Austrian students' protests expanding through Europe
- 8 November 2009: China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
- 21 October 2009: Indian Human Resources minister to reform technology sector
- 26 September 2009: Eight children taken to hospital after being hit by car in Suffolk, England
- 21 September 2009: Students in Rhode Island school attacked by wasps
- 19 September 2009: 12-year-old school boy has sex change in Sussex, England
- 12 September 2009: Alleged ghost hunt in Toronto ends in death
- 12 September 2009: Scientology ties at New Village Leadership Academy stir controversy for Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith
- 10 September 2009: American children's show Reading Rainbow ends 26 year run
- 25 August 2009: Women in South Africa advancing in fields of science and technology
- 11 August 2009: School in Edinburgh, Scotland sealed off; put on radioactive alert
- 25 June 2009: Queen's University agree to cut 103 members of staff
- 19 June 2009: Health and safety culture is damaging children's learning in the UK, survey suggests
- 9 March 2009: Wolfram Research’s new product Alpha to compete with Google and Wikipedia
- 28 February 2009: ACLU commemorates anniversary of US Supreme Court decision on student free speech
- 22 February 2009: California's violent video game ban law ruled unconstitutional by US Court of Appeals
- 4 February 2009: Stanford physicists print smallest-ever letters 'SU' at subatomic level of 1.5 nanometres tall
- 3 February 2009: Baby in California born with 12 functioning fingers and toes, in a rare case of polydactylism
- 30 January 2009: Brain chemical Serotonin behind locusts’ swarming instinct
- 28 January 2009: Encyclopædia Britannica fights back against Wikipedia, soon to let users edit contents
- 24 January 2009: Details emerge on fatal stabbing at Belgian day care centre
- 7 December 2008: University's lion mascot out like a lamb after DUI
- 21 November 2008: Gov. Bobby Jindal supports creationism as part of ‘the very best science’
- 8 November 2008: Death toll rises in Haitian school collapse
- 22 October 2008: 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
- 16 October 2008: UK government stops compulsory testing of fourteen-year-olds
- 9 October 2008: Zimbabwe cancels education year for 4.5 million after political and economic troubles
- 18 September 2008: Royal Society education chief forced out in creation row
- 28 August 2008: Australian school at center of child-sex allegations pulls newsletter mentioning 'Penthouse' as recommended reading
- 27 August 2008: Oldest Catholic boarding school in Australia at centre of child-sex claims
- 27 August 2008: Australian Police alerted to child-sex claims at St Stanislaus in 1997
- 21 August 2008: Shooting at school leaves one dead in Tennessee, United States
- 6 August 2008: British schools to inform parents of overweight children
- 19 July 2008: Wikimania 2008 opens at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
- 18 July 2008: Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
- 3 July 2008: Former science director sues Texas over intelligent design e-mail
- 29 June 2008: Jindal signs Intelligent Design law
- 23 June 2008: 'Pregnancy pact' grabs international attention for small Massachusetts town
- 11 June 2008: U.S. teens generally reducing risky behavior says CDC
- 5 June 2008: 'Big Brother Australia' evictee recounts youth in controversial religious group
- 1 June 2008: World Health Organization calls for ban on tobacco ads
- 27 May 2008: Florida teacher lets students vote to remove child from class
- 24 May 2008: Authorities contacted after school death threat made on Wikipedia
- 23 May 2008: Controversial development training cited in religious discrimination lawsuits
- 14 May 2008: Community forum held after attacks on Mormon teens in Arizona
- 3 May 2008: Executives from IT industry focus on 10-year anniversary of Microsoft Research Asia
- 1 May 2008: An Australian child's vocabulary: it's "I" before "we", both before "you"
- 25 April 2008: Teen charged with seven felonies related to threats made on Wikipedia, Wikinews interviews administrator who contacted police
- 24 April 2008: UK teachers strike in first national teachers strike in 21 years
- 22 April 2008: 1200 schools may be closed by UK teachers strike
- 19 April 2008: California student arrested in criminal threats made on Wikipedia
- 14 April 2008: Physicist John Wheeler dies at age 96
- 13 April 2008: Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
- 5 April 2008: Steve Sinnott, leader of the National Union of Teachers, dies aged 56
- 3 April 2008: Australian Defence Department funds controversial development training
- 23 March 2008: South Australian educational blog shut down
- 19 March 2008: UAE launches national authority for scientific research
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