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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Freedom Party candidate David McGruer, Ottawa-Orleans

• Posted on January 30, 2018
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007 David McGruer is running for the Freedom Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Ottawa-Orleans riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from

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New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party

• Posted on January 30, 2018
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Sunday, November 5, 2006 Figures released by Simon Power, law and order spokesman for the National party, show that the New Zealand Labour led government lets 81% of all prisoners not do any work while in prison. Newspaper, Sunday News says that some Christchurch prisoners have been given a barbecue for good behavior. Simon Power’s

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BBC Radio Bristol presenter fired over ‘racist’ phone call

• Posted on January 29, 2018
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 A United Kingdom radio presenter with the BBC was fired on Saturday, and replaced, after an allegedly racist off-air phone call. Sam Mason of BBC Radio Bristol had earlier called up a taxi firm to arrange a booking for her 14-year-old daughter. Mason asked the operator not to send an Asian

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Truck bomb kills at least 80 in Afghan capital city center

• Posted on January 29, 2018
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 In what Afghan president Ashraf Ghani called “a crime against humanity,” earlier this morning, local time, a septic tanker truck filled with explosives detonated not far from the German embassy in Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan area, during the city’s morning commute. According to the country’s health ministry, at least 83 bodies

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Romania, 14th most attractive country for business relocation

• Posted on January 29, 2018
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Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Bucharest, Romania – According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Romania was the 14th most preferred country in the world for foreign companies looking to relocate their activities. This confirms Romania’s growing attractiveness for foreign investment. The study examined the conditions in sixty countries, and took into account nine categories of indices:

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Peter Ormond, Hamilton Centre

• Posted on January 28, 2018
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Peter Ormond is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Hamilton Centre riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Ormond did not answer three questions: “Which of your competitors do you expect to pose the biggest challenge

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Copiapó, Chile mining accident: in depth

• Posted on January 28, 2018
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 The rescue of the Chilean miners trapped in the San José Mine in Copiapó, codenamed Operación San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo Operation), began on Tuesday night, at around 20:00 local time (23:00 UTC). Florencio Ávalos was the first miner to be rescued, at 00:12 local time (03:12 UTC) on Wednesday. He was

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Lorry drops thirteen tonnes of fish in British town

• Posted on January 27, 2018
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 A lorry spilt thirteen tonnes of raw fish on a road in the small British town of Shaftesbury, Dorset, earlier today. Crates of iced fish, worth £80,000, apparently burst out the rear doors of the lorry as it climbed a hill. The BBC reports Dorset Police as saying “It appears as

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Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation

• Posted on January 27, 2018
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Regardless of who wins the prize, people all around the world will be able to experience the mission through high-def video-streams. Saturday, August 28, 2010 Andreas Hornig, Wikinews contributor and team member of Synergy Moon, competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, managed to interview Senior Director of Space Prizes William Pomerantz of the X