2005 Afghan opium harvest begins

24 December, 2020

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Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Most heroin sold in Europe comes from Afghanistan’s poppies. This past week, the 2005 opium harvest was in full view and going full speed in Afghanistan. The cultivators gathering resin from the crop are operating even near the main road through Kandahar and the farmers are out gathering resin from opium […]

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5-year old American girl dies after visiting the dentist

24 December, 2020

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Friday, September 29, 2006 Diamond Brownridge, a 5-year old girl from Chicago, Illinois, has died after a visit to the dentist. Children’s Memorial Hospital officials say that the girl was rushed to the hospital when she never woke up after being sedated for a dental procedure. She had been in a coma, on life support, […]

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Crosswords/2005/February/2

24 December, 2020

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Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Feel free to use the Wikimedia sites to solve our Wikinews crossword (Please do not fill it out online as it would spoil it for other people, print it out and fill it in at you own leisure!) < Yesterday’s crossword. Contents 1 Quick crossword 2 Across 3 Down 4 Yesterday’s […]

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Australia/2005

24 December, 2020

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Contents 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Australia/2005&oldid=804653”

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RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

24 December, 2020

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Saturday, October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, but because he did it as […]

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Elwood Norris receives 2005 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention

24 December, 2020

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 MIT has announced that Elwood “Woody” Norris, inventor of potentially revolutionary technologies of Hypersonic Sound beams and AirScooter flying vehicles, will receive this year’s Lemelson-MIT prize for invention this Friday, April 22. The prize comes with an award of US$500,000, making it the largest single award for invention given in the […]

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European airspace closed by volcanic ash

24 December, 2020

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Thursday, April 15, 2010 Hundreds of thousands of air travelers had their travel plans disrupted in Europe by volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Tens of thousands of air travelers were stranded when all flights into and out of the United Kingdom were grounded, as it became one of the first nations to be affected. […]

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Wikinews Shorts: February 5, 2007

24 December, 2020

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A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, February 5, 2007. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_Shorts:_February_5,_2007&oldid=775171”

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Canada’s Don Valley East (Ward 33) city council candidates speak

24 December, 2020

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This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Saturday, November 4, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley East (Ward 33). One candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests […]

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World leaders react to Obama win

24 December, 2020

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Leaders from around the world have congratulated re-elected U.S. President Barack Obama on his success at the ballot box. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu stated that he “will continue to work with President Obama to preserve the strategic interests of Israel’s citizens” and described relations between the U.S. and Israel as “rock […]

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