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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

• Posted on January 14, 2018
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005 File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of

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New Zealand’s Prime Minister supports daylight savings extension

• Posted on January 14, 2018
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Monday, March 12, 2007 The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark has expressed an interest of extending daylight saving time in New Zealand after a petition to extend daylight saving was closed, gathering 35,000 signatures. The petition was launched by Peter Dunne, leader of the United Future party, and Nelson city councillor, Mark Holmes

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Wikinews attends a ‘Dialogue with Decision Makers’

• Posted on January 13, 2018
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Two weeks ago, on February 1st, it was the second day of the national environmental Focus the Nation teach-in. One of these events, which took place at the same time at other educational institutions across the country, took place in the city of Lynn at the campus of North Shore Community

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More political, soccer-related unrest in Iran follows Bahrain victory

• Posted on January 13, 2018
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Sunday, June 12, 2005 More unrest occurred overnight across Iran following the national soccer team’s June 9 victory over the team from neighboring Bahrain in a World Cup qualification match.

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Congressman Cunningham admits taking bribes

• Posted on January 13, 2018
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Monday, November 28, 2005 U.S. Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R–CA) pled guilty today to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence as a member of the House Appropriations Committee to help a defense contractor get business. In total he pled guilty to one count of income tax evasion and four counts of

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Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life

• Posted on January 13, 2018
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Last night HBO premiered I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA. Since its inception, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made headlines and raised eyebrows. They are almost single-handedly responsible for the movement against animal testing and their efforts have raised the suffering animals

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Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium

• Posted on January 12, 2018
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Thursday, March 22, 2007 When Wouter Van Bellingen became the first black registrar in Belgium, he knew there would be negative reactions, but he admitted that he didn’t expect them to be “so direct, so soon.” In February, three couples refused to pledge their wedding vows in front of the first black alderman of the

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Microsoft Taiwan, IGS, GameFlier, and Softstar win the Popular Game Voting of 2008 Taipei Game Show

• Posted on January 12, 2018
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 During the fourth day of the 2008 Taipei Game Show, held at the Taipei World Trade Center, visitors voted for their favourite participating companies and games at the “Popular Game Voting” competition. According to the organizer Taipei Computer Association (TCA), this is the first-ever vote. It has two main categories, quality

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Transport for London wins first Anti-Social Behaviour Order against graffiti vandal

• Posted on January 12, 2018
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Billy Murrell, a persistent graffiti vandal from South East London, has become the first recipient of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) granted to Transport for London (TfL) by Greenwich Magistrates. The civil order also bans him from the top deck of buses throughout England and Wales for three years. Murrell, a