Genetically modified dairy cows produce ‘human milk’

Monday, April 4, 2011 A team from the China Agricultural University is reporting success after transferring human genes into a herd of 300 dairy cows. The cows now produce milk containing proteins associated with human breast milk. Human milk is beneficial to infants due to its high nutrient concentration. Formula milk offers an alternative to breastfeeding, but critics feel it is inferior and...

Mass evictions from Oakland’s public housing

Monday, May 15, 2006 Due to an Oakland housing official's acts of fraud, 34 poor families face eviction from Lockwood Gardens, by order of the Oakland Housing Authority. Fear and panic have set in at some of East Oakland's public housing units, as police agents from the Oakland Housing Authority have been making late-night visits to tenants, and demanding that the families pack up and move...

Michael Schumacher wakes up from coma

Friday, June 20, 2014 Shumacher at the 2012 Italian GP. Image: Francesco Crippa.Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has awoken from a medically induced coma and left the hospital in Grenoble, France. Schumacher was induced after suffering severe head trauma following a skiing accident in the French Alps, December last year. Schumacher's manager, Sabina Kehm, has chosen not to...

The Easiest Way To Compare Home Improvement Loans

More On This Topic: Compare Nsw Green Slip Insurance By Joe R. Maldonado What should you be thinking about when you compare home improvement loans? Well, the first thing to consider is the amount of money that you need to get financed for. This is what will help you to determine what type of loan that you should apply for. Are you going to be renovating your entire home? In this case you are...

FC Bayern Munich sign Jürgen Klinsmann as new coach

Friday, January 11, 2008 Former German national coach Jürgen Klinsmann has been signed as the new Bayern Munich coach for the 2008/2009 Bundesliga season. This will mark Klinsmann's first managerial position at club level, succeeding current coach Ottmar Hitzfeld. Over the past few months Klinsmann was being considered for various coach positions after reforming the German national team and...

Police in Britain uncover suspected terrorist plot

Friday, August 11, 2006 Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, London.The Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist branch and security service in London have claimed that a terrorist plot to detonate bombs on nine planes travelling mid-air from the United Kingdom to the United States has been thwarted. Contents 1 Details of plot emerge 2 Flights disrupted 3 Security...

Australia/2005

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Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate

Saturday, January 29, 2011 Public domain image of Jim Hedges from the Partisan Prohibition Historical Society websiteU.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...

Czech pub food eating experiment resulted in lost weight, lower cholesterol

Friday, March 10, 2006 On February 8, the same day Super Size Me opened in Prague, a Czech film company's volunteer known as Karel Gustav Bozan began a 1 month diet of Czech pub food and beer in a Czech version called "Super Spek Me"; which translates loosely as "Super Flab Me". Zuzana Pudilova of Aerofilms described the volunteer at that time: "He is a well-built man between 45 and 50. He is...

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Dorsa Derakhshani in Baku, 2017 (Image: Gibraltar Chess Festival)In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess...