Blown for Good author discusses life inside international headquarters of Scientology

17 March, 2018

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Friday, November 13, 2009 Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base“, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Headley joined the organization at age seven when his mother became a member, and worked at […]

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New Zealand Police car involved in collision

17 March, 2018

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Friday, November 3, 2006 A New Zealand police car landed on its roof after colliding with a truck in Upper Hutt at 9am NZDT (2100 UTC) today, closing State Highway 2. The highway patrol car flipped, and its siren-lights ripped off, during a collision with two other cars at an intersection of River Road and […]

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Paintings worth millions of Swiss francs stolen in Zürich

17 March, 2018

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Monday, February 11, 2008 On Sunday evening, around 16:30 local time, three armed men wearing ski masks stole four paintings: Claude Monet‘s “Poppy field at Vetheuil,” Edgar Degas‘ “Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter,” Vincent van Gogh‘s “Blooming Chestnut Branches” and Paul Cezanne‘s “Boy in the Red Waistcoat” from Foundation E.G. Bührle museum in Zürich, Switzerland. […]

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Migrant workers in Dominos Pizza ‘slavery’

16 March, 2018

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Friday, August 10, 2007 Eight Hungarian migrant workers sacked from a Domino’s Pizza franchise in Derby, England are said to have taken home virtually no pay for months because of illegal deductions. The claim is refuted by the company who said in a statement “We have begun a thorough investigation during which we have scrutinised […]

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Vestas delays closure of Newport plant

15 March, 2018

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Friday, July 31, 2009 Vestas Wind Systems, whose closing wind turbine blade manufacturing centre in Newport, Isle of Wight, England remains the site of a occupation now in its 11th day, has suddenly announced that the consultation period preceding the closure of the plant has been extended, and that the plant will remain open until […]

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Authorities blockade Chinese town rebelling over land dispute

15 March, 2018

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Thursday, December 15, 2011 Villagers in the Chinese town of Wukan are now in open revolt as, in the fourth month of their land dispute with the government, they expelled all Communist Party officials. Last Sunday they also repelled an attempt by around a thousand police to retake the town using tear gas and water […]

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British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria

15 March, 2018

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 In findings published Sunday in Environmental International, a team from Britain’s University of Exeter reports that surfers and bodyboarders are roughly three times as likely to house antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and other bacteria that could easily become resistant, than other people who recreate in the coastal waters of the United Kingdom. […]

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15 March, 2018

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Get More Information Here: Aistralian Premier Finance Website Australian Premier Finance Submitted by: Richard Mills Question: 1 Which three functions are executed using the Cisco TMS? (Choose three.) A. endpoint system upgrades B. edit call control C. manage phone books D. provision Jabber Instant Messaging E. create voicemail account F. create new conference Answer: A,C,F […]

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Canadian government settles lawsuit over children ‘scooped’ out of indigenous communities

14 March, 2018

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Saturday, October 7, 2017 The Canadian federal government of Justin Trudeau yesterday responded to a group of lawsuits by agreeing to pay C$750 million to the survivors of the “Sixties Scoop” program, in which 20,000 First Nations children were removed from their parents’ households and placed with non-indigenous foster or adoptive parents. The plaintiffs claimed […]

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Last British volume car manufacturer closes down

13 March, 2018

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Friday, April 15, 2005 The last British-owned volume car manufacturer, MG Rover, has closed down, with the loss of 5,000 jobs. International accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCooper was brought in last week to put the company into administration. Today PwC announced that MG Rover’s only hope, the Chinese car company SAIC, had no interest in buying the […]

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