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Serbian protesters try to storm Parliament; fourth day of protests

15 December, 2020

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Sunday, July 12, 2020 Friday night was the fourth night in a row that Serbians protested; the protest started out against the government’s anti-COVID-19 measures but has reportedly expanded into more general anti-government protests. Police director Vladimir Rebic said at least 71 people were arrested Friday night. Anti-government protests have been taking place since Tuesday […]

HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

15 December, 2020

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Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no […]

HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

15 December, 2020

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David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise

15 December, 2020

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008 David S. Touretzky, prominent free speech activist and critic of Scientology, discussed his opinions on the recent Internet backlash against the Church of Scientology in an interview with former Scientologist and Wikinews reporter Nicholas Turnbull. The recent conflict on the Internet between critics of Scientology and the Church has been spurred […]

Mars orbiter finds widespread evidence of water-bearing minerals

15 December, 2020

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found evidence of hydrated silica or opal, a form of mineral, over large areas in the Martian surface, including in the large martian canyon called Valles Marineris. The discovery was made by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer (CRISM) instrument on the orbiter. The findings are published […]

Witnesses expose big corruption scheme of the Brazilian ruling party

15 December, 2020

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Wednesday, June 29, 2005 São Paulo, Brazil — Several witnesses are denouncing the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the ruling Workers’ Party (PT). Below are some of the main denunciations and witnesses. In May, the Brazilian deputy Roberto Jefferson was involved in an alleged corruption scheme that involved the Brazilian Postal […]

Caloundra defeat Wynnum in fourth round of 2020 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season

15 December, 2020

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Caloundra defeated Wynnum 45 points to 24 in their Round 4 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union match at Wynnum’s Grenada Street ground on Saturday. “It’s a better performance than what we put on last week”, Wynnum coach Matt Myers said. “We’re a forty or fifty minute team at the moment, not an […]

ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data

15 December, 2020

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]

Senior intelligence official suspended after leaving top secret files on train

15 December, 2020

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Friday, June 13, 2008 A senior intelligence official in the United Kingdom has been suspended from his job pending an investigation into top secret documents that were left on a commuter train on Tuesday. The Cabinet Office confirmed that the documents, including reports on Al-Qaeda and Iraqi security forces, had been found on the train […]

Senior intelligence official suspended after leaving top secret files on train

15 December, 2020

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