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Documents reveal al-Qaeda wants war between U.S. and Iran, Iraq insurgency weakening

28 November, 2020

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Friday, June 16, 2006 Documents found at the hideout of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi revealed al-Qaeda‘s desire to force a war between the U.S. and Iran. The document was translated by Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie, but the authenticity of the information could not be confirmed to be from al-Qaeda. The documents reveal that al-Zarqawi […]

South African president dismisses deputy on implications of corruption

28 November, 2020

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005File:JacobZuma.jpg Today at about 1600 UTC/GMT, South African President Thabo Mbeki announced in a special session of parliament that he has taken action he feels is necessary, that is to “release [his deputy president], Jacob Zuma, from his responsibilities as deputy president of the republic and member of the cabinet”. Zuma was […]

New Zealand mosque murder suspect appears in court at Christchurch

28 November, 2020

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Sunday, March 17, 2019 An Australian, Brenton Tarrant, aged 28, appeared in Christchurch District Court, New Zealand yesterday, charged with one count of murder pertaining to a mass shooting in Christchurch on Friday, which caused the death of at least 50 people. Judge Paul Kellar ordered the accused remain in custody until his next court […]

Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election race

28 November, 2020

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 On Sunday, En Marche! candidate Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the 2017 French Presidential election, winning about 66.1 percent of the votes, defeating Front national’s Marine Le Pen with the final result declared yesterday. Winning the race with a significant vote difference, Marcon tweeted, “Everyone told us that it […]

Category:April 16, 2010

28 November, 2020

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? April 15, 2010 April 17, 2010 ? April 16 Pages in category “April 16, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:April_16,_2010&oldid=2987667”

Washington, D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad executed by lethal injection

28 November, 2020

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 John Allen Muhammad, the Washington, D.C. sniper spree killer, has been executed in Virginia. Muhammad was convicted for one of ten murders occurring between Oct. 9 and 22, 2002 in and around Washington, DC. Dean Harold Meyers was shot on the Oct. 9 by Muhammad. Lawyers for Muhammad appealed for a […]

Katrina raised gas prices higher than ever

28 November, 2020

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Sunday, September 11, 2005 The retail price of gasoline has risen higher than ever in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The losses from the deadly hurricane include the destruction of oil refineries all around the Mexican Gulf area, and resulted in a cut of nearly 11 percent of U.S. refining capacity. It is estimated that […]

Glasgow’s Common Weal launch; ‘Not me first. All of us first’

28 November, 2020

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Monday, December 16, 2013 Glasgow —Last weekend, December 8, The Reid Foundation, a left-leaning think-tank, launched The Common Weal, a vision for a more socially just and inclusive post-Independence Scotland. Five- to six-hundred turned up for the event, billed as “[a] ‘revolution’ … with T-shirts and dancing” by the Sunday Herald, and held in The […]

Vancouver will run out of office space in 5 years

28 November, 2020

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 In Vancouver, a 20-year urban success story may yet have a sad ending. The city’s downtown population has doubled to 80,000 in the last 20 years thanks to Vancouver’s “Living First” policy – a planning strategy that favors residential development over commercial. And planners are expecting the population to reach more […]

Wikinews interviews Frank McEnulty, independent candidate for US President

28 November, 2020

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Saturday, February 16, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, there are small political parties offering candidates, and those who choose to run without a party behind them, independents. Wikinews is interviewing some of these citizens who are looking to become the 43rd person […]