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Boeing 757 makes emergency landing at Vnukovo airport in Moscow

22 December, 2020

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 A Boeing 757 passenger jet, operated by Yakutia airlines, successfully made an emergency landing at the Vnukovo airport in the Russian capital of Moscow on Tuesday. The plane requested the landing after technical problems were reported on board. None of the 174 passengers and nine crew members aboard were injured. “The […]

Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

22 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. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is […]

US President Bush nominates new surgeon general

22 December, 2020

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Friday, May 25, 2007 Yesterday, United States President George W. Bush nominated James W. Holsinger as the next Surgeon General of the United States. “ Today, I have announced my intention to nominate James W. Holsinger, Jr., to serve as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Holsinger is an accomplished physician who […]

Category:Featured article

22 December, 2020

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Shortcut:WN:FA Featured articles are selected by the community to represent the best of Wikinews. See the Featured Article Candidates page for nominations and discussions of candidate articles for this page. Or, subscribe to the RSS feed! [edit] Pages in category “Featured article” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Featured_article&oldid=2870736”

Ethiopia appeals for food aid for over 6 million

22 December, 2020

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Friday, October 23, 2009 The government of Ethiopia has appealed the international community for food aid for 6.2 million people that it says are in danger of starvation. Mitiku Kassa, the Ethiopian State Minister for Agriculture, said that the country needs about 159,000 tonnes of food aid, worth US$121 million, between now and the end […]

Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod

22 December, 2020

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Thursday, January 10, 2019 In late December, Indonesian cargo ship MV Namse Bangdzod vanished in local waters. The tanker, gross tonnage around 1,150 and loaded with crude palm oil, had over ten crewmembers. Wikinews examined data and contacted experts and local authorities in an effort to establish further details. The exact date of disappearance is […]

Category:Science and technology

22 December, 2020

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This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 18 December 2020: Gregory Kurtzer discusses plans for Rocky Linux with Wikinews as Red Hat announces moving focus away from CentOS 14 December 2020: Red Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream; CentOS team discuss […]

Spanish town council electee proposes nudist pool, marijuana field in park

22 December, 2020

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Friday, June 1, 2007 A former mailman who proposed to paint the town hall pink, turn the local town square into a nudist pool, and to plant a marijuana field in the local park has been elected to the Reus, Spain town council. Ariel Santamaria promised to show up to the town’s council meetings dressed […]

Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

22 December, 2020

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The Deadliest Fall

22 December, 2020

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18 December 2004 http://www.ideaexplore.net/news/041116/flu.jpg Emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas (source: National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP). A bout of the flu can be mild. In young, healthy adults, many infections pass unnoticed. But sometimes the influenza virus evolves into a strain that decimates its victims. The worst known strain swept […]