Armstrong announces retirement from professional cycling

Monday, April 18, 2005 At a press conference Monday, Lance Armstrong announced his intention to retire from professional cycling after going for his 7th Tour de France title in July 2005. “Ultimately, athletes have to retire,” said the 33 year-old American. “The body doesn’t just keep going and going.” Speculation on the retirement of the…Continue reading

Armstrong announces retirement from professional cycling

Cookbook is free reference work community’s most active project

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, March 15, 2005 Wikibooks, an Internet project which seeks to create free content textbooks using wiki technology, has published its February 2005 statistics. The Cookbook project leads the statistics, both by…Continue reading

Cookbook is free reference work community’s most active project

Dungog, Australia residents celebrate continued protection of local forest

Thursday, September 5, 2013 Local residents of Dungog, a small country town in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, held a celebratory nature walk on Sunday after they received assurance that their local forest was deemed worthy of “enduring protection.” Previously, a proposal before the NSW government to log over one million hectares of protected national…Continue reading

Dungog, Australia residents celebrate continued protection of local forest

A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation

Thursday, December 1, 2011 Today saw Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopen following a two-and-a-half-year, £17.6m (US$27.4m) refurbishment. Conversion of office and storage areas sees 60% more space available for displays, and the world’s first purpose-built portrait space is redefining what a portrait gallery should contain; amongst the displays are photographs of the Scottish landscape—portraits…Continue reading

A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation

China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans

Sunday, November 8, 2009 China has offered Africa concessional loans worth US$10 (€6.5) billion as part of a host of new measures aimed at improving the economy of African nations. The announcement was made at the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Leaders of nearly 50 African countries are…Continue reading

China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans

2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development says US women have room for progress

Friday, September 27, 2013 Tuesday, World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. The United States is referred to many times, often as a benchmark to foster understanding of recent gains for women in other parts of the globe. At the same time, United States women still lag behind US…Continue reading

2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development says US women have room for progress