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Judge orders residents and city to come to agreement on partially collapsed building in Buffalo, New York

14 December, 2020

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Thursday, June 19, 2008 Buffalo, New York —Judge Justice Christopher Burns of the New York State Supreme Court has ordered a halt to an emergency demolition on a 19th century stable and livery on 428-430 Jersey Street in Buffalo, New York that partially collapsed on Wednesday June 11, initially causing at least 15 homes to […]

U.S. Coast Guard investigation finds ‘poor safety culture’ contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster

14 December, 2020

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Sunday, April 24, 2011 An investigation by the United States Coast Guard has concluded the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry was partly the result of a “poor safety culture” aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The April 2010 explosion aboard the rig, which is located in the Gulf of Mexico, […]

NASA celebrates 30th anniversary of first shuttle launch; announces new homes for retired shuttles

14 December, 2020

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 NASA celebrated the launch of the first space shuttle Tuesday at an event at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. On April 12, 1981, Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-1, the first space shuttle mission. NASA held a ceremony commemorating the date […]

United States Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announces retirement

14 December, 2020

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Saturday, April 14, 2018 Current United States Speaker of the House and 2012 Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection and plans to retire from the U.S. House of Representatives when his term expires in January. “We all know that I did not seek this job, I took it […]

Zara Kay tells Wikinews about her non-profit organisation Faithless Hijabi

14 December, 2020

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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

14 December, 2020

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]

2005 Afghan opium harvest begins

14 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 […]

US automakers GM and Chrysler seek more government aid

14 December, 2020

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 The United States auto manufacturer Chrysler, which has been badly affected by the ongoing recession, has asked the US government for an additional US$5 billion in aid on top of the four billion it has already received, saying that it plans to fire three thousand employees. At the end of last […]

New study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing

14 December, 2020

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 Archaeologists Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University and Geoff Wainwright, President of the Society of Antiquaries, claimed to have found evidence that Stonehenge was once a center of healing. In an excavation conducted at the site, a large number of human remains were found that display signs of physical injury or disease. […]

Brisbane man granted bail on charge of raping 15-year-old girl

14 December, 2020

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Monday, June 6, 2016 At the Brisbane Magistrates Court, a 19-year-old man from Brisbane, Australia was granted bail on Saturday after being charged with raping a 15-year-old girl late last week. Magistrate John Costello granted the defendant bail on condition he report to the police station three times weekly, stay at home at his current […]