Thursday, August 30, 2012 London, England — When Wikinews interviewed Oceania Paralympic Committee (OPC) President Paul Bird, the day before the start of this year’s Summer Paralympics, he shared the idea that whilst Oceania may not be the first place one thinks of in connection with “Paralympics” or even “developing countries”, Oceania is represented at […]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 On Tuesday, the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs‘s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing titled “Credit Card Practices: Unfair Interest Rate Increases.” The hearing examined the circumstances under which credit card issuers may increase the interest rates of cardholders who are in compliance with the
US Senate committee investigates credit card practices
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Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell
News briefs:January 04, 2008
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Click Here To Know More About: Spectrum Wealth byAlma Abell Small business owners have a lot of different job titles. In many cases, they have no employees, and they are the only ones taking care of every aspect of their businesses. When it comes to their accounting systems, they may or may not have a
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Saturday, December 7, 2019 On Thursday local time, the government of Samoa began a planned two-day shutdown to make way for a nationwide vaccination campaign to combat the measles outbreak that had, by reports, infected over 4,200 of the island nation’s roughly 200,0000 residents since October and killed at least 62, including, according to government
Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that 200,000 people in Yemen have been displaced by ongoing violence, and that the growing number of refugees is straining the ability of aid agencies to shelter and care for those forced to flee their homes. The refugee agency reports that
UNHCR: 200,000 people displaced by violence in Yemen
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Click Here To Know More About: Kitchen Renovations Ideas Best Kitchen Design Submitted by: Daniely Thomasy Boston Beer Co. is properly acknowledged for their line of fantastic beers and their heavy impact on the microbrewery and craft brewing scenes. Nevertheless, Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer Co., is branching out a little bit. He is
Thursday, September 4, 2008 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not have dropped the writ for an election yet, but his party is airing advertisements on both television and radio. Canadian Federal Elections 2008 Day Stories from the 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 13 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: Libertarian John Kittridge in St. Paul’s 13 October 2008:
Pre-election call in Canada, Conservatives start ads, including during kids TV
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 The Internet-based group “Anonymous” released a new video on YouTube Monday, announcing international protests outside Church of Scientology centers set for February 10. The video “Call to Action” uses the same computer synthesized voice as a previous video titled “Message to Scientology”, which was posted to YouTube last Monday. The “Message
“Anonymous” plans to protest Church of Scientology on February 10
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Monday, February 12, 2007 The Dixie Chicks won the award album in the song of Not Ready To Make Nice. Finally overcame controversy to dominate the 2007 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, winning five statuettes including the two coveted awards for Record and Song of the Year (for “Not Ready To Make Nice”). The country/rock
Dixie Chicks, Blige, Underwood big Grammy winners
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