Wikinews Shorts: January 1, 2009
A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, January 1, 2009.
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Slovakia starts using euro today
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The European country of Slovakia will have the euro replace the koruna as its official currency, starting January 1, 2009. Slovakia is the sixteenth country to start using the euro. The official conversion rate is set at 30.126 koruna to one euro.
Joaquín Almunia, the European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, stated that the conversion will be "a proud moment for the euro area [...] the euro has become the symbol of EU identity and is protecting us against the tremendous external shocks that we have had to cope with since the summer of 2007."
January 1 also marks the tenth anniversary of the euro being introduced as globally exchangeable currency.
Sources
- "Slovakia poised to embrace euro" — BBC News Online, December 31, 2008
- "Slovakia Becomes 16th EU Country to Adopt Euro" — novinite.com, December 18, 2008
- DPA. "Brussels hails Slovakia's 'superb' euro entry" — The Earth Times, December 29, 2008
Attempted baby-theft in Tennessee
A woman in Tennessee, United States dressed up like a nurse and tried to steal a baby from a hospital's maternity room but police arrested her. Adriene Johnson, 24, is now in custody after trying to steal the baby. The woman entered the hospital's maternity room dressed in scrubs and was going to take the baby's temperature said police.
Security was alerted to Johnson when she tried to take the baby out of the hospital. The room was then locked down and the baby was handed over to the doctor. Johnson was on bond after being arrested by police on Monday. She was also charged with trying to steal a baby's rocker from a Wal-Mart which she tried to get a refund on.
Sources
- Associated Press. "Police: Dressed as nurse, woman tries stealing kid" — Yahoo! News, December 31, 2008
- "Woman dressed as nurse tries to steal baby from maternity ward" — The Telegraph, December 31, 2008
Spanish Wikinews reaches 4000 articles
Wikinoticias, the Spanish edition of Wikinews, has reached 4000 articles two days after the Polish edition had published its 9000th article. The news item was published today at 8:27PM (UTC) and it has information about the death of the South African anti-apartheid activist and politician Helen Suzman.
Wikinoticias is the seventh largest Wikinews edition, based on number of published stories.
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This is a complete or partial translation of the article "Wikinoticias llega a los 4000 artículos", from the español language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. |
| This is a complete or partial translation of the article "Wikinoticias llega a los 4000 artículos", from the español language Wikinews, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. |
