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Officials say co-pilot intentionally crashed Germanwings Airbus

17 December, 2020

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Sunday, March 29, 2015 Officials said on Thursday, after analyzing data from the Germanwings Flight 9525 cockpit voice recorder, that the airbus crashed into the French Alps because its co-pilot deliberately crashed it. On the cockpit voice recorder, the captain can be heard trying to get back into the cockpit. Transponder data indicates the autopilot […]

Wikinews interviews spokesman for Greek far-left party Xekinima

17 December, 2020

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Monday, May 3, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald today interviewed Petros Tzomakas, a Greek far-left activist and member of Xekinima, which is the Greek division of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The party is a member of Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). Tzomakas also sits on his local 5th Athens Municipal District committee, […]

Category:August 2, 2010

17 December, 2020

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? August 1, 2010 August 3, 2010 ? August 2 Pages in category “August 2, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:August_2,_2010&oldid=3818441”

Denunciations of Scandals Threaten UN

17 December, 2020

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Denunciations of corruption, bribe, collection of bribes from refugees [1] and of sexual scandal involving the peacekeepers [2], [3] threaten the Organization of the United Nations (UN). The gravest denunciations involve the aid project to Iraq, called Oil-for-Food. Grave denunciations of bribe exist, superfluous accounting and collaboration with the ex-dictator Saddam […]

Workers at England wind turbine plant stage occupation

17 December, 2020

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 About 30 workers at the Vestas wind turbine plant in Newport, Isle of Wight, England have occupied their factory in protest against the upcoming closure of the plant. The factory, the main site for the manufacture of turbines for wind power in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to close at the […]

Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip

17 December, 2020

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Solar Impulse, the world’s most advanced solar powered plane has just completed the first of the five legs of its trans-continental journey, flying fuel-free from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, in just over 18 hours. The plane was piloted by co-founder Bertrand Piccard, departing San Francisco dawn on Friday […]

Haze in South East Asia worsens

17 December, 2020

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Friday, October 6, 2006 The acrid haze situation in Southeast Asia is worsening. Visibility has been severely reduced in neighboring countries and some schools have been closed due to the health hazard posed. The annual smoke season is caused by illegal slash and burn clearance of land in Indonesia, particularly the island of Borneo. The […]

Wikinews holds Reform Party USA presidential candidates forum

17 December, 2020

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Three men are currently seeking the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States of America: small business owner Andre Barnett, Earth Intelligence Network CEO Robert Steele, and former college football coach Robby Wells. Wikinews reached out to these candidates and asked each of them five questions about their […]

North American Daylight Saving Time to end on November 4

17 December, 2020

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Daylight Saving Time will end on November 4, 2007 at 2:00 a.m. local time for most of the United States and Canada. This change is different from previous years due to a U.S. mandated daylight saving time change, which was caused by […]

CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Don Davies running in Vancouver Kingsway

17 December, 2020

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Friday, September 26, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. New Democratic Party candidate Don Davies is standing for election in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. A lawyer, he has spent the last 25 years fighting for human rights. A two-time student government representative, Davies was […]