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    Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau

    Thursday, August 16, 2007 Robert Cailliau in 1995.Image: CERN. The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir…

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    Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

    This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign…

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    Bird Flu found in Africa

    Wednesday, February 8, 2006 The H5N1 Avian Flu virus, also known as Bird Flu, has been found in Nigeria by Italian scientists. Tests done on samples in a laboratory confirm that the strain is the one that can kill people,…

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    Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension

    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 People from all over Europe came to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s party, which coincided with FOSDEM 2008. The European Commission currently has proposals on the table to extend performers’ copyright terms. Described by Professor Martin Kretschmer…

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    Clash of cultures: Somali and Latino workers at U.S. meat packing plants

    Friday, October 17, 2008 Grand Island, Nebraska Image: Shereth. Muslim Somali workers at a meat packing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska wanted to pray. Their colleagues from Latin America wanted to work. A dispute over the company’s break schedule led…

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    Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

    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…

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    British conductor Edward Downes and wife die in double assisted suicide

    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 The Sydney Opera House where Sir Edward conducted the opening public performance Image: Mfield, Matthew Field. British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan took their lives at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic on Friday,…

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    Baby attacked by dog in New York

    Saturday, January 5, 2008 A Doberman. An eight-month old boy, Andrew, was attacked and killed by a Doberman Pinscher in Brooklyn, New York. The dog was a three-year old named Mackabee, who is also neutered. The grandmother was babysitting the…

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    Deaths on South African roads at 1215 for December 2005

    Thursday, January 5, 2006 According to the South African government’s Department of Transport, the number of fatalities on the country’s roads during December 2005 was 1,215. This is compared with 1,234 the previous year, where the total number of deaths…

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    Scottish Borders minibus crash kills one, injures 23

    Monday, December 31, 2018 A minibus overturned on the A6089 road between Gordon and Carfraemill in the Scottish Borders on Saturday night. The rural accident killed one man and injured 23 more. A file photo of the A6089 near Gordon.Image:…