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Wikinews Shorts: April 9, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, April 9, 2007. Contents 1 Three-year-old New Zealander chokes to death on candy 2 Golf: Zach Johnson wins 71st Masters 3 New York couple taking taxi to Arizona 4 Vocational nurse charged with fatal Houston fire 5 Iran starts industrial-scale production of nuclear…

Read Santa Clara marks tenth anniversary

Saturday, September 10, 2005 Santa Clara, California, USA. The adult literacy program Read Santa Clara marked its tenth anniversary today with a gathering of program participants, staff, and supporters from the community. Read Santa Clara trains volunteer tutors and matches them with adult learners who wish to build their literacy…

Habib back in Australia, thankful to supporters

Sunday, January 30, 2005 AUSTRALIA — Mamdouh Habib, a former Guantanmo Bay detainee, arrived back in Australia and was reunited with his family on Friday, after having been held in the US navy base for three years without charge. In a statement through his Australian lawyer, Stephen Hopper, the Habib…

Online Education: Smart People, Smart Choices

Here’s An Opinion On: Trex Flooring Sunshine Coast Submitted by: Extramarks Education There is no doubt that today s Gen X is extremely technology savvy. The world around is changing everyday, so to keep up the pace with it, the generation is leaving no stone unturned. The competitive scenario demands…

Interview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky

Saturday, April 4, 2009 Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Linguistics and Philosophy. At the age of 40 he was credited with revolutionizing the field of modern linguistics. He was one of the first opponents of the Vietnam War, and is a self described…