Indonesia’s president visits victims of tsunami

5 May, 2022

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Friday, July 21, 2006 Indonesia’s President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, visited the area worst hit by the tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Java Monday afternoon. Mr Yudhoyono toured the small town of Pangandaran meeting people who were staying in a temporary camp. Many of them are too scared to return home after the huge […]

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Man cuts off his own penis in UK restaurant

5 May, 2022

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 An unnamed Polish man, 35, is being treated at a hospital in London, England after he cut off his penis with a knife at Zizzi’s pizza restaurant on Strand Street in the city of Westminster. “We were called at 9.00 p.m. on Sunday to a restaurant on the Strand to reports […]

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Wikinews interviews Ubuntu developer Fabrice

4 May, 2022

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Saturday, October 9, 2010 The 10.10 version of Ubuntu (codename Maverick Merkaat), a free operative system is to be released in the next few days. French Wikinews contributor Savant-fou (Baptiste) has interviewed Fabrice (fabrice_sp on Ubuntu), an Ubuntu’s MOTU (Master Of The Universe), member of the development team of the operative system. Ubuntu is a […]

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The Onion: An interview with ‘America’s Finest News Source’

2 May, 2022

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Sunday, November 25, 2007 Despite the hopes of many University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) students, The Onion was not named after their student center. “People always ask questions about where the name The Onion came from,” said President Sean Mills in an interview with David Shankbone, “and when I recently asked Tim Keck, who was one […]

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US Senate Panel approves bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

30 April, 2022

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Thursday, December 6, 2007 A United States Senate committee has passed landmark legislation aimed at combating global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions. The vote was timed to coincide with the U.N. conference on climate change taking place in Bali, Indonesia. The bill would set caps on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility, transportation […]

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Lawsuit sends Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal to New York Supreme Court

29 April, 2022

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Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date […]

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Wikinews Shorts: June 14, 2007

28 April, 2022

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A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, June 14, 2007. Contents 1 14 injured in bombing at soccer match in southern Thailand 2 80th bird-flu death confirmed in Indonesia 3 Myanmar reports outbreak of bird flu 4 Hamas takes control of Palestinian Presidential compound A bomb blast during a soccer match at stadium in Pattani […]

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Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later

27 April, 2022

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Ikeda Kanako, a 21-year-old senior student of the Meiji Gakuin University and the first daughter of celebrity surgeon Yuko Ikeda, was kidnapped at about 1225 (UTC+9), June 26, 2006, in Shibuya, Tokyo. A bullet was fired and one officer slightly cut when police stormed a Kawasaki apartment to rescue the girl. […]

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