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Judging the Courts: Wikinews interviews Prof. Lawrence Douglas

• Posted on October 20, 2017
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Wikinews interviews Lawrence Douglas, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, on questions of the fairness and credibility of the Saddam Hussein trial, and the purpose, conduct and impact of courts trying international law crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Prof. Douglas is the

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Bruce Haines, Bramalea-Gore-Malton

• Posted on October 20, 2017
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Monday, September 24, 2007 Bruce Haines is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Bramalea-Gore-Malton 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 Icelandic government to take office today

• Posted on October 20, 2017
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Sunday, February 1, 2009 The newly formed Icelandic coalition interim government will take office today, according to a coalition leader. The new government will also include a new prime minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the country’s and the world’s first openly gay prime minister. “If everything goes as planned now a new government will take over [this]

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Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate

• Posted on October 19, 2017
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Thursday, March 31, 2016 Businessman Rocky De La Fuente took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. The 61-year-old De La Fuente resides in San Diego, California, grew up in Tijuana, and owns multiple businesses and properties throughout the world. Since getting his start in

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Bacterial outbreak forces closure of Toronto hospital neo-natal unit

• Posted on October 19, 2017
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Saturday, March 10, 2007 An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a wing of the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Canada has resulted in the temporary closure of the hospital’s High Risk Perinatal Service in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU, operated by the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, will not accept direct

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Tyrus Wong, Bambi artist, dies at 106

• Posted on October 19, 2017
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Monday, January 2, 2017 On Friday, Tyrus Wong, a Chinese-US painter who inspired the style of Disney animated film Bambi, died at home of natural causes in Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles, according to his daughter Kim Wong. Born on October 25, 1910 in Guangdong province, China, Tyrus Wong left the country with his father at the

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Russian territory expands by 4.5 square kilometres after seismic activity

• Posted on October 19, 2017
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 According to scientists, the land territory of Russia has expanded by about 4.5 square kilometres within the last few years in the Far East due to seismic and volcanic activity. The gained land was recorded in the Sakhalin Peninsula. Boris Levin, head of the Institute for Sea Geology and Geophysics of

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Amazon.com to acquire Whole Foods at US$42 per share

• Posted on October 18, 2017
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Saturday, June 17, 2017 Yesterday, e-commerce giant Amazon.com announced they are to acquire Texas based retail grocery store chain Whole Foods Market at US$42 per share. According to the deal worth US$13.7 billion (£10.7 billion) the retail grocery store chain is to keep the Whole Foods Market brand name and John Mackey is reportedly to