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Competition Commission of India fines Google ?1.36 billion for ‘search bias’

24 December, 2020

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Sunday, February 11, 2018 On Thursday, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), a government anti-trust watchdog, fined US-based internet technology company Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. ?135.86 crore (about ?1.36 billion, US$21 million) for manipulating their search results in favour of its products and syndicates, which affected business of rival companies. In the 190-page […]

BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing to be broadcast from Blackpool Tower

24 December, 2020

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Saturday, November 7, 2009 BBC television programme Strictly Come Dancing is to be broadcast from the Blackpool Tower in the county of Lancashire in England. The ballroom in the famous tower, which is located in the city of Blackpool, is where the show will be broadcast from on Saturday night on BBC One. The show […]

2006 U.S. Congressional Elections

24 December, 2020

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Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Contents 1 Issues 2 Campaigns turn nasty 3 Polling Problems 4 Summaries by state 5 Alabama 6 Alaska 7 Arizona 8 Arkansas 9 California 10 Colorado 11 Connecticut 12 Delaware 13 Florida 14 Georgia 15 Hawaii 16 Idaho 17 Illinois 18 Indiana 19 Iowa 20 Kansas 21 Kentucky 22 Louisiana 23 […]

Category:July 20, 2010

24 December, 2020

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? July 19, 2010 July 21, 2010 ? July 20 Pages in category “July 20, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:July_20,_2010&oldid=1849062”

Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia

24 December, 2020

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Satire site Uncyclopedia, a parody of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has been labeled by the Malaysian government as dangerous. The Internal Security Department of Malaysia issued the warning today, […]

Brazilian President party received money from FARC, say documents

24 December, 2020

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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 Brazil —Documents of the Brazilian Agency of intelligence (Abin) say that the Workers’ Party received 5 million dollars to be used by political campaign of candidates in 2002 from the Colombian communist armed group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP). The information was reported by the Brazilian magazine Veja that circulates […]

Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina

24 December, 2020

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Yesterday in Guatemala, the Supreme Court approved the attorney general’s request to impeach President Otto Pérez Molina. The final decision on lifting Presidential immunity now falls to Congress. The case relates to a corruption scandal known locally as La Linea ((en))English language: ?The Line which has seen Vice President Roxana Baldetti […]

Video of man tasered at Vancouver airport released

24 December, 2020

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Thursday, November 15, 2007 A video showing a man being tasered by police and subsequently dying at the Vancouver International Airport has been released to the media. The cause of his death has not yet been determined. Robert Dziekanski, 40, was immigrating from Pieszyce, Poland to live with his mother, Zofia Cisowski, in Kamloops, British […]

Moldovan government proposes awareness-raising strategy on EU integration

24 December, 2020

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Monday, December 31, 2007 File:MoldovaEU.jpg This week the government of Moldova approved an awareness-raising strategy on Moldova’s integration into the European Union. The strategy was proposed to the Government by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration; the Ministry has argued that Moldova’s citizens must be educated about the impact of the forthcoming European […]

Slovenia adopts euro

24 December, 2020

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Monday, January 1, 2007File:Bruselj euro slovenia.jpg On January 1 2007, Slovenia officially joined the Eurozone and adopted the euro as its new official currency. At the same time, Slovenian euro coins, which were available as a “starter kit” from December 15, became legal tender everywhere in the Eurozone. A period of dual circulation, when both […]