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Kentucky faith-based agency under fire for religious coercion

15 December, 2020

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Saturday, May 5, 2007 A lawsuit filed by a former employee of Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children (now Sunrise Children’s Services) and four other tax-payers, has shed light on the possibility of religious coercion by the organization. The lawsuit challenges the faith-based agency’s eligibility for state funds. Specifically, interviews of children conducted by the state […]

Retired U.S. vets sue Donald Rumsfeld for excessive service cutbacks

15 December, 2020

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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 One thousand residents of the Defense Department-managed Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. filed a class-action lawsuit on May 24, asserting that the cut-backs in medical and dental services imposed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld are illegal. The operating budget for the home was reduced from $63 million in […]

Wikinews interviews Craig Farquharson, Liberal Democrat candidate for 2020 Groom by-election

15 December, 2020

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Friday, November 27, 2020 Tomorrow, voters in the Australian electoral district of Groom are scheduled to go to the polls in a by-election following the resignation of Liberal National MP John McVeigh for family reasons. Groom is located in the state of Queensland, and is centred around the city of Toowoomba. At the last federal […]

New Zealand ‘Boobs on Bikes’ parade approved

15 December, 2020

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 The Auckland ‘Boobs on Bikes’ parade for next weeks annual sex industry convention, Erotica Expo which features naked woman on motorcycles has been approved by Auckland City Council’s events and promotion staff despite disapproval by Auckland Mayor, Dick Hubbard and 13 other Auckland City Council councillors. The mayor and the other […]

National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

15 December, 2020

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Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised […]

News briefs:July 21, 2010

15 December, 2020

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Interview with U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo

15 December, 2020

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Tom Tancredo has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the 6th Congressional District of Colorado. He rose to national prominence for his strong stance against illegal immigration and his announcement that he was a Republican candidate in the 2008 Presidential election. David Shankbone recently […]

City to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York

15 December, 2020

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Buffalo, New York —Two weeks after a 19th century stable and livery on Jersey Street partially collapsed and caused 15 homes to be evacuated in Buffalo, New York, residents still do not have answers from the city despite a court order to work with them and come to an agreement on […]

Salvage crew boards grounded ship in Newcastle, Australia

15 December, 2020

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Saturday, June 9, 2007 A salvage team boarded the bulk carrier MV Pasha Bulker that has been stuck on a reef off Nobby’s Beach in Newcastle to assess damage. New South Wales Maritime spokesman Neil Patchett told reporters that an aircraft from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority flew over the ship earlier this morning and […]

Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state

15 December, 2020

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April 7, 2005 The state Premier of Western Australia (WA), Dr Geoff Gallop, gave an apology to children physically and sexually abused in institutional care within the state between the 1920s and 1970s. The statement was given in reaction to an Australian Senate inquiry into institutional child abuse published last year. “We acknowledge our state’s […]