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Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS defeat Boeing for $40 billion US airtanker contract

14 December, 2020

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Saturday, March 1, 2008 Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) have unexpectedly defeated Boeing for a US$40 billion (GB£20.1 billion) contract to supply the United States Air Force (USAF) with 179 new aerial refueling tankers at a rate of 15 a year. It is the biggest […]

Plane crash in California kills three

14 December, 2020

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Thursday, February 18, 2010 A Cessna 310 plane hit an electrical pylon in Northern California shortly after taking off Wednesday. All three of the plane’s passengers were killed. The plane’s wing struck a house which caught fire, along with parked cars. No injuries on the ground were reported. The crash occurred at 7:55 am local […]

European airspace closed by volcanic ash

14 December, 2020

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Thursday, April 15, 2010 Hundreds of thousands of air travelers had their travel plans disrupted in Europe by volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Tens of thousands of air travelers were stranded when all flights into and out of the United Kingdom were grounded, as it became one of the first nations to be affected. […]

Experts raise serious questions over safety of U.S. oil industry and warn another spill may be ‘unavoidable’

14 December, 2020

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Saturday, April 16, 2011 One year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster which caused the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and caused huge environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico, experts have warned there are serious questions over the safety of deep water drilling as the United States government approves more […]

Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006

14 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. Sunday, August 6, 2006 Wikimania 2006 is the second annual Wikimedia conference. Hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it began […]

New environmental housing regulations for Western Australia

14 December, 2020

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Friday, May 25, 2007 The Western Australian Government has announced that after September 1, 2007 all construction approvals for new homes must comply with new Environmental regulations. The new regulations known as Five Star Plus will be implemented in two stages. Michelle Roberts, minister for Housing and Works, announced that the first stage would increase […]

UK public sector workers strike over pension rights

14 December, 2020

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006Local Government workers in the UK withdrew their labour yesterday as part of a dispute over pension entitlements. The members of 11 different trades unions were involved in the 24hr strike. As the day began they declared that support for the strike was solid. Although the strikers work for local councils, their […]

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 […]

Suspect arrested in Los Angeles arson rampage case

14 December, 2020

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012 In the Los Angeles, US arson spree, where more than 50 attacks occurred in four days, local police arrested a German national Monday. The suspect, reportedly 24-year-old Harry Burkhart, was stopped in the vicinity of West Hollywood due to the appearance of his van, matching a description law enforcement authorities issued […]

Strong earthquake near Solomon Islands, tsunami reported

14 December, 2020

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Sunday, April 1, 2007 A magnitude 8.1 undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that has killed at least fifteen people, including six children, in the Solomon Islands. Tsunami warnings have been issued for parts of Australia as well. According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 8.0 quake struck Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 20:39:56 (UTC) […]