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Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

7 May, 2018

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’ […]

Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines

7 May, 2018

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Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in […]

New video of captured British troops aired; protests at UK embassy in Tehran

6 May, 2018

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Monday, April 2, 2007 Iran state television broadcast a new video of two officers among the fifteen British sailors and marines seized by Iran last week. Yesterday, Iranian students demonstrated in front of the British embassy in Tehran over the incident. Demonstrators threw stones, firecrackers and a smoke grenade but were prevented from entering the […]

Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away

6 May, 2018

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Monday, May 14, 2007 Buffalo, New York —A massive warehouse complex of at least 5 buildings caught on fire in Buffalo, New York on 111 Tonawanda Street, sending a plume of thick, jet black colored smoke into the air that could be seen as far away as 40 miles. As of 6:40 a.m., the fire […]

UK firemen cut metal ring from man’s penis

6 May, 2018

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Saturday, December 8, 2007 Fire fighters in the United Kingdom used a hand grinder to remove a metal ring from a man’s penis 2 days ago. They had been summoned after doctors at the Royal Wigan Infirmary in Greater Manchester became worried that the man may have required amputation of the penis as the ring […]

U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

5 May, 2018

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached […]

Kenyan conservancy euthanises last male northern white rhino; only two females remain

5 May, 2018

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Yesterday, Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy announced they had euthanised the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, on Monday, after consulting with wildlife officials. Sudan was 45-years-old, and now only two northern white rhinos, both female and descendants of Sudan, remain. “Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative […]

Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

5 May, 2018

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Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as […]

Four Reasons To Invest In Fire Alarm Systems

5 May, 2018

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Get More Information Here: Financial Planning Advisor Best Financial Advice byAlma Abell It is a major responsibility to own a commercial or residential property. Keeping occupants and property safe is crucial. These losses are devastating and can make a property owner financially liable for damages. Consider four important reasons to invest in fire alarm systems […]

Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones

5 May, 2018

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Monday, October 19, 2009 A report accidentally published on the Internet provides insight into a secretive European Union surveillance project designed to monitor its citizens, as reported by Wikileaks earlier this month. Project INDECT aims to mine data from television, internet traffic, cellphone conversations, p2p file sharing and a range of other sources for crime […]