Bremer Freimarkt, oldest fair in Germany, reaches its climax

28 November, 2020

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Monday, October 29, 2012 The Bremer Freimarkt (Free Fair) — historically one of the oldest fairs in Germany — has its greatest event with the Free Fair Procession “Freimarktsumzug”; this year’s Freimarktsumzug took place Saturday. The procession started Saturday morning on the opposite side of the river Weser in the “Neustadt” and passed the city […]

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State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven

28 November, 2020

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Saturday, January 12, 2019 A bus operated by Viazul, which is run by the Cuban military’s tourist section, crashed on Thursday between Baracoa and Guantanamo. It was carrying a mix of locals and foreigners from Baracoa to Havana. The crash reportedly killed seven. The bus overturned in wet conditions; the bus driver told reporters he […]

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Missing nun found dead

28 November, 2020

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 According to Buffalo, New York Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson, Sister Karen Klimczak, 62, a Catholic nun who went missing on Friday, has been found dead in a shallow grave. Her body was found inside a shed in the backyard of an abandoned house just five miles from her home. Police […]

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Neanderthals ‘knew what they were doing’: Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals’ behaviour with Wikinews

28 November, 2020

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Sunday, June 28, 2020 Last month, a study conducted by archæologist Dr. Naomi Martisius and other researchers concluded Neanderthals living in Europe tens of thousands of years ago were more sophisticated than previously thought. The now-extinct species used to carefully select bones from a particular animal species to manufacture their bone tools, the research showed. […]

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Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas/suicide note

28 November, 2020

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This is the online suicide letter authored by Andrew Stack, the man believed to be responsible for flying a light aircraft into a building in Austin, Texas. It was originally posted at Stack’s site, http://embeddedart.com/. The hosting company, T35, took the site offline per an FBI request. The note is reproduced here in its entirety. […]

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Google Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations

28 November, 2020

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Last Tuesday in Taipei, Google Taiwan held an annual summary press conference named “Collective Intelligence & Innovation” (In Chinese: ?????????). With many products had already been presented to the public like wikis, blogs, and photo albums in the Web 2.0 era, Google served to provide lots of services like Google Apps, […]

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FBI asks Wikimedia Foundation to remove seal from websites, Wikimedia declines

28 November, 2020

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, its projects, and people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, August 3, 2010 The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), host of Wikinews and its sister projects, to take down its image of the FBI seal […]

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IMF approves US$1.13 billion loan to Pakistan

28 November, 2020

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Saturday, May 15, 2010 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that its board has approved a loan package worth US$1.13 billion to be granted to Pakistan. The move came after the IMF reviewed Pakistan’s economic performance with a standby arrangement worth $11.3 billion aimed at improving the country’s balance of payments. According to a […]

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Cyprus seeks EU bailout

28 November, 2020

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Monday, June 25, 2012 Cyprus today became the fifth member state to seek access to funds from the European Union’s bailout fund. The Cypriots join Spain, Ireland, Portugal, and neighbours Greece. The move was triggered after the Cyprus Popular Bank, the nation’s second-largest bank, asked the government for recapitalisation. The bank has been hit hard, […]

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