News briefs:November 8, 2007

8 January, 2019

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Contents 1 Deadly shooting at high school in Finland 2 Illegal drug found to be used in the manufacture of toys 3 Albanian group claims responsibility for Macedonia clashes 4 New Zealand police blocked from laying terrorism charges [edit]

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Over 60 illegal miners die in South African mine fire

7 January, 2019

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Over 60 miners were killed in an abandoned gold mine shaft near Welkom, in the Free State province of South Africa, after a fire broke out inside the mine. 36 bodies from the Harmony Gold mining company Eland mine shaft were brought up earlier on the weekend from depths up to […]

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Game modified to match New Zealand, police investigate

6 January, 2019

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Saturday, April 26, 2008 A New Zealand teenager’s conversion of the popular Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game is gaining popularity and the New Zealand Police are unhappy at their portrayal. Stacy O’Callaghan talked to Wikinews’ Gabriel Pollard about his mod. The police cars and the police officers have been given a makeover to resemble […]

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Second weekend of protests begins in China

6 January, 2019

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Saturday, April 16, 2005 Defying government warnings against further demonstrations, as many as twenty-thousand Chinese protesters turned out for a second weekend of anti-Japan demonstrations in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tianjin. In Shanghai, a crowd broke many windows at the Japanese consulate, according to Kyodo News. The crowd also busted up a Japanese restaurant and set […]

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Category:Iain Macdonald (Wikinewsie)/Aviation

6 January, 2019

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Aviation articles by Wikinewsie Iain Macdonald. Police warn new drone owners to obey law after disruption at UK’s Gatwick Airport Rescue helicopter crash kills six in Abruzzo, Italy UK Civil Aviation Authority issues update on Shoreham crash response Nigerian jet attacks refugee camp, killing dozens Fighter jet crashes during Children’s Day airshow in Thailand Plane […]

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Evangelist Kent Hovind’s tax trial begins

5 January, 2019

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 Evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, are trying to convince a federal jury that their money from video and amusement park admission sales belong to God and cannot be taxed. The trial began at United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Tuesday October 18, 2006 after […]

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Football CL: All first leg games of second qualifications round are over

4 January, 2019

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 First leg of the second qualifications round of UEFA Champions League is now over. Second leg games will be played on August 2 and August 3. Contents 1 Selected match reports 2 Partizan boycotted by fans 3 All results 4 Sources The biggest surprise of the leg is probably Artmedia Bratislava’s […]

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Australian refugee contractor accused of breaching its duty of care

4 January, 2019

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Friday, December 30, 2005 Contents 1 Richard Niyonsaba 2 Denial of food 3 Background and Criticisms 4 Sources The Australian Centre for Languages, a company which has a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian government to provide refugee services, has been accused of breaching its duty of care following the death of a chronically ill […]

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Sen. Larry Craig claims innocent of lewd conduct

3 January, 2019

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Sen. Larry Craig held a news conference Tuesday in Boise, Idaho to issue a public statement about his arrest in June, 2007 and subsequent guilty plea, August 8, to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. In his statement, Sen. Craig indicated that when he pled guilty to the charge, two months […]

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