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Foreign investment rises in Romania by 19 percent

• Posted on June 21, 2018
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Thursday, August 4, 2005 Romania’s level of foreign direct investment rose by 19% in the first six months (January-July) of 2005 when compared to the same period of 2004, according to the Romanian Agency for Foreign Investment (ARIS). The country recorded US$750 million of foreign investment in this period, and 56 total investment projects, in

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BBC apologises to Queen Elizabeth II for misrepresentation in documentary

• Posted on June 21, 2018
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Friday, July 13, 2007 The BBC would like to apologise to both the Queen and Annie Leibovitz for any upset this may have caused. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologised to Queen Elizabeth II and photographer, Annie Leibovitz, after a trailer for a documentary suggested she had walked out of a portrait sitting when

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John Vanderslice plays New York City: Wikinews interview

• Posted on June 20, 2018
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 John Vanderslice has recently learned to enjoy America again. The singer-songwriter, who National Public Radio called “one of the most imaginative, prolific and consistently rewarding artists making music today,” found it through an unlikely source: his French girlfriend. “For the first time in my life I wouldn’t say I was defending

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Amsterdam pet shop owner creates beer for dogs

• Posted on June 20, 2018
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Thursday, January 25, 2007  Correction — February 8, 2007 Terrie Berenden’s pet shop is located in the town of Zelhem, not Amsterdam as stated in the article & title. Zelhem is approximately 135 km (85 miles) from Amsterdam  A woman in The Netherlands who uses her dogs to hunt in Austria has decided to give her

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Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie

• Posted on June 19, 2018
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Friday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia —On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a silver and bronze Paralympic medalist in wheelchair basketball, retired from the game after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Wikinews caught up with her in

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Swedish man uses webcam to broadcast suicide live on internet

• Posted on February 19, 2018
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 A 21-year-old Swedish man killed himself and broadcast it over the internet via his webcam feed Monday, after posting to a message board that he had swallowed some painkillers and was going to hang himself. At 11:51 a.m. Central European Summer Time (0951 UTC), Marcus Jannes, a student from Järna, Stockholm,

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CNN medical correspondent to be named US Surgeon General

• Posted on February 18, 2018
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 United States president-elect Barack Obama has chosen Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a medical correspondent from the American television station CNN, to be the next United States Surgeon General. Gupta, also a neurosurgeon, was reported to be chosen because of his background in broadcasting and skills in communication. He is currently the host

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Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?

• Posted on February 18, 2018
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone is currently, courtesy of the Israeli government and friends, visiting Israel. This is a first-hand account of his experiences and may — as a result — not fully comply with Wikinews’ neutrality policy. Please note this is a journalism experiment for Wikinews and put constructive criticism on

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Space Shuttle Discovery landing cancelled for today/Brief

• Posted on February 18, 2018
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NASA has cancelled today’s planned landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Officials initially delayed the landing, but finally cancelled any attempts for today citing the reason as being “unstable, unacceptable cloud cover [with the] potential for showers in vicinity of landing site.” There will be two more opportunities tomorrow morning.