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Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin

26 December, 2020

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Monday, October 14, 2013 Half-a-million people have fled their homes in and around the Indian state of Orissa after Cyclone Phailin made landfall. Wikinews interviewed specialists in meteorology about the devastation the cyclone has caused. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_interviews_meteorological_experts_on_Cyclone_Phalin&oldid=4567510”

Steve Kubby, co-author of California Proposition 215, grows dangerously ill in US custody

26 December, 2020

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Steve Kubby who was facing extradition from Canada, returned to California, was arrested, and is now in custody in Placer County, California Jail, pending a hearing today. He is a medical cannabis patient who relies on the drug to regulate the symptoms of malignant phenochromocytoma, a cancer of the adrenal gland […]

News briefs:July 14, 2010

26 December, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:July_14,_2010&oldid=4584282”

News briefs:January 04, 2008

26 December, 2020

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Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell […]

Turkish teens died of mutated strain of bird flu

26 December, 2020

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Friday, January 13, 2006 Scientists have confirmed that the H5N1 virus found in the DNA taken from one of two Turkish victims, who died from the disease, has mutated and they now believe that Turkey is now a locale for endemic bird flu. However, the WHO, stressed that it is too early to tell if […]

Eurovision ’04 winner Ruslana discusses her paths as singer, spokesmodel, stateswoman and source of inspiration

26 December, 2020

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Monday, March 30, 2009 First becoming famous in her native Ukraine in the 1990s, long-haired self-described “Amazon” Ruslana gained international recognition for winning the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Wild Dances,” inspired by the musical traditions of the Hutsul people of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. In the five years since, Ruslana has decided […]

Category:May 16, 2010

26 December, 2020

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? May 15, 2010 May 17, 2010 ? May 16 Pages in category “May 16, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:May_16,_2010&oldid=1022773”

British computer scientist’s new “nullity” idea provokes reaction from mathematicians

26 December, 2020

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Monday, December 11, 2006 On December 7, BBC News reported a story about Dr James Anderson, a teacher in the Computer Science department at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. In the report it was stated that Anderson had “solved a very important problem” that was 1200 years old, the problem of division […]

Hundreds arrested for ‘dark web’ child porn by international task force

26 December, 2020

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Thursday, October 17, 2019 Yesterday, authorities in the United Kingdom and the United States announced that 337 suspected users in 38 countries were arrested following an investigation of a dark web child pornography site. The website was based in South Korea and accepted cryptocurrency as payment. Law enforcement agencies from Germany, South Korea, the United […]

Red Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream; CentOS team discuss implications with Wikinews

26 December, 2020

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Monday, December 14, 2020 On Tuesday, US-based software company Red Hat announced their plans to shift their focus away from CentOS in favour of CentOS Stream. In the blog post Chris Wright, the Chief Technological Officer of Red Hat said Red Hat had informed the CentOS governing board that Red Hat was “shifting our investment […]