Policeman from Sussex, UK pleads guilty to fraud over lost and found money
July 30, 2021
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Peter Yeats, who until his arrest in September was a sergeant with Sussex Police in England, UK, entered a plea of guilty on Monday to fraud by false representation. The charge related to lost and found cash that a member of the public had handed in to the police after discovering it on a bridle path. Yeats was on duty in Hastings on July 19 this year when Lewes Police Station was...
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Toyota recalls 1.7m cars after new concerns
July 29, 2021
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Car manufacturer Toyota is to recall almost 1.7 million cars in two simultaneous recalls, that include the Toyota Avensis and Lexus IS 250, after concerns over fuel systems, which, if combined, amount to the biggest Toyota recall for six years. Japan's transport ministry stated it was possible for slight cracks to appear in fuel pipes in Avensis models, which may widen if the cars continue to be used. In the United Kingdom,...
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Skeletons found under home in Hertfordshire
July 29, 2021
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Catherine McGuigan, a resident in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK, found skeletons from over a century ago buried under her dining room. She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage, where she has lived for eleven years, and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground. Her cottage was built over a burial ground; from 1697 to 1820 the land was owned by the Religious Society of...
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Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England
July 27, 2021
Monday, December 2, 2013 Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described as "one of the largest [seizures] in the force’s 39 year history", West Midlands Police reported recovering six big cellophane-wrapped cardboard boxes containing cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA...
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Sony refreshes VAIO brand for business and entertainment
July 24, 2021
Thursday, July 31, 2008 From the middle of July, Sony Corporation refreshed their senior laptop brand VAIO from "Video Audio Integrated Operation" to "Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer". According to Sony Taiwan Limited, this refreshment is an attempt to relocate the laptop consuming market for business and entertainment factors. In the "VAIO Experience 2008" press conference in Europe, Sony promoted their new product series for different populations including BZ for business, FW for home entertainment, Z for...
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Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate
July 23, 2021
Saturday, January 29, 2011 U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate Jim Hedges of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania took some time to answer a few questions about the Prohibition Party and his 2012 presidential campaign. The Prohibition Party is the third oldest existing political party in the United States, having been established in 1869. It reached its height of popularity during the late 19th century. The party heavily supported the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which banned...
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CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate David Sparrow in Don Valley West
July 22, 2021
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with David Sparrow. Sparrow is a candidate in Ontario's Don Valley West riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding was set to vote in a by-election on September 22, 2008, following the resignation of John Godfrey, but Stephen Harper's sudden election call nulled that effort. Also...
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Unexploded bombs found in Beirut
July 20, 2021
Friday, February 23, 2007 In Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) found bomb-making equipment in three separate caches on Thursday, two days after a bomb was discovered in Beirut. This had stroke fears among many Lebanese who were still dramatized by recent bus bombings and street clashes. A wooden box, armed with nineteen TNT sticks, was found in Beirut's Christian neighborhood, Achrafieh, by a scrap collector. The box was found in a...
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Remote Assistance service of Windows OS vulnerable to attack
July 20, 2021
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 Until a patch is issued, Microsoft recommends that users close or block TCP port 3389, the port opened when the Remote Assistance service of its Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) is enabled. The Remote Assistance feature is a service of the OS that allows Internet Technology administrators of corporate workgroups remote access to other desktops to perform maintenance and other configuration tasks from their own computer. It can also be used by...
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Rhode Island District Court freezes Palestinian Authority assets in the US
July 19, 2021
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 A Rhode Island district court has frozen all the US assets of the Palestinian Authority (PA), prompting Palestinian finance minister Salam Fayyad to request the aid of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The frozen assets include US holdings in an investment fund worth $1.3 billion, which was used to finance economic development, and $30 million from the Palestinian Monetary Authority. The ruling was passed upon the PA when they refused to...
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