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Serbian protesters try to storm Parliament; fourth day of protests

5 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

5 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 […]

Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled amid political turmoil

5 December, 2020

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Thursday, February 24, 2011 A week after Sunni and Shi’ite youth protesters marched on the capital city of Manama, the Bahrain government informed Formula One Management that it would withdraw from hosting the Bahrain Grand Prix. The decision was made in an effort to focus on the pressing national issues facing the country. Demonstrators, who […]

Million Dollar Homepage is close to achieving million-dollar goal

5 December, 2020

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Friday, December 30, 2005 Alex Tew, a student in England, has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: Million Dollar Homepage. He came up with the idea after jotting down ideas before he went to bed on how to become a millionaire before he went to university. Then he came up […]

Copiapó, Chile mining accident: in depth

5 December, 2020

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 The rescue of the Chilean miners trapped in the San José Mine in Copiapó, codenamed Operación San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo Operation), began on Tuesday night, at around 20:00 local time (23:00 UTC). Florencio Ávalos was the first miner to be rescued, at 00:12 local time (03:12 UTC) on Wednesday. He was […]

Costa joins Juventus FC on one-year loan

5 December, 2020

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Saturday, July 15, 2017 On Wednesday, Italian football club Juventus announced an agreement with German club Bayern Munich for a one-year loan of Brazilian winger Douglas Costa for a fee of €6 million, to run until June 30, 2018. 26-year-old Douglas Costa joined Bayern in 2015 under Pep Guardiola’s management from Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. […]

A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation

5 December, 2020

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Thursday, December 1, 2011 Today saw Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopen following a two-and-a-half-year, £17.6m (US$27.4m) refurbishment. Conversion of office and storage areas sees 60% more space available for displays, and the world’s first purpose-built portrait space is redefining what a portrait gallery should contain; amongst the displays are photographs of the Scottish landscape—portraits […]

Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews

5 December, 2020

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version when Ahola challenged himself to create […]

Turkish government stops search of survivors of Aegean Sea earthquake off Izmir

5 December, 2020

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Saturday, November 7, 2020 On Wednesday, the Tuskish government declared they were officially ending the search of survivors of the earthquake in the Aegean Sea. Reports said at least 116 people died due to this earthquake, while the number of casualties rose to at least 1,035 in Turkey and about 19 in Greece. On the […]

European Space Agency seeks volunteers for Mars simulation

5 December, 2020

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking volunteers who would be ready to take a part on three simulated missions to Mars. The anticipated missions will be a joint effort from ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Each crew will consist of six persons – two Europeans and four Russians. […]