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Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection

30 November, 2020

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Saturday, March 5, 2005Simply massaging low birth weight babies with sunflower seed oil can protect them from potentially fatal infections. Infections and complications from preterm birth cause more than half of all neonatal deaths, and very low birth weight babies are particularly vulnerable. Preterm babies have immature skin that lacks a protective film called vernix […]

Category:Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair

30 November, 2020

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Wikipedia has more about this subject: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Welcome to the Wikinews Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair section. For more information about writing and editing see the Newsroom. Refresh for latest articles. Pages in category “Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Abu_Ghraib_prisoner_abuse_affair&oldid=369541”

Bratz picture filmed at high school in rough area of Los Angeles, while in session

30 November, 2020

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Described in press materials as a “low budget” production, the crew of Bratz: The Movie turned to a busy LA high school to film the picture’s main scenes. Shot in 30 days, during February and March 2007, the film had to work around the roughly 3,500 students at Santee Educational Complex […]

Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans graduate students

30 November, 2020

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See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005 NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005 This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, and is intended to make searching […]

Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation

29 November, 2020

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005 People rallied in 300 locations across Australia today to protest the Federal Government’s proposed changes to industrial relations laws, WorkChoices. According to police, around 150,000 people congregated in Melbourne, from where speeches were broadcast throughout the country. In Sydney, thirty thousand gathered in Belmore Park and Martin Place to watch the […]

Australian opposition promises to scrap workplace agreements

29 November, 2020

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Sunday, June 11, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Australian industrial relations legislation, 2005 Kim Beazley leader of the Australian opposition has promised to scrap workplace agreements introduced as part of the Howard government’s controversial Workchoices industrial relations reforms. Speaking at the New South Wales Australian Labor Party today, Mr Beazley promised […]

For fans, by fans: Toronto anime event 2017 among continent’s largest

29 November, 2020

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Anime North is “by the fans, for the fans”, event chair Irwin Tan told Wikinews in an interview at the event, Saturday. Started by a group of university anime clubs in 1997, it has grown to become one of the largest conventions of its kind in North America, spanning three days, […]

Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer

29 November, 2020

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Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]

Judges rule patrons may sue nude bars for lap-dance overcharges

29 November, 2020

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Saturday, April 23, 2005 A three-judge Texas Court of Appeals ruling will allow men who were overcharged at nudie clubs to sue for refunds and damages. The two plaintiffs, Paul Brian Meekey and Michael Fulmer, had their cases heard because they were charged more than a regular lap dance fee when they used a credit […]

National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

29 November, 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 […]