Bush Administration changes official position on legitimacy of Qur’an desecration allegations

Saturday, June 4, 2005 After an investigation of allegations that Islam’s holy book the Qu’ran was mishandled in front of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Bush administration has acknowledged the credibility of some of these reports. According to Robert Burns of the Associated Press, U.S. military officials acknowledged that, “a Muslim holy book was […]

U.S. military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay lack Congressional authorization, violate U.S. law and Geneva Conventions

Thursday, June 29, 2006 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the military commissions set up in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba, to try terrorist suspects are not authorized by the Congress’ Joint Resolution authorizing military action in Afghanistan, and that the President does not have the legal authority to establish military […]

Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan

Thursday, May 18, 2006 Australian opposition leader Kim Beazley is expected to release his workplace plan when he will speak to a union delegate meeting in Sydney today. At the meeting today, there will be delegates from the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), Energy Union, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMFU) and Australian Workers Union […]

Category:Science and technology

This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 31 May 2020: SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight 22 May 2020: Astronomer tells Wikinews about discovery of closest black hole known so far 30 April 2020: Neuroscientists tell Wikinews about empathy and harm aversion observed in lab […]

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