Grandfather held in Guantanamo dies of cancer

24 November, 2020

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Monday, December 31, 2007 Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) reported a fifth Guantanamo captive, named Abdul Razzak, died in captivity, on December 30, 2007. JTF-GTMO asserted that Razzak had complained of abdominal pains in September 2007, and had begun to receive cancer therapy in late October 2007. JTF-GTMO estimated that he was born in 1939. […]

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Nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s films are restored; 30 years since his death

24 November, 2020

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 At least nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s rare silent films, made at the beginning of his career, will be staged in 2012 in many public screenings, The Independent has reported. These forgotten silent films made by a young Hitchcock are said to feature elements that characterize his later Hollywood works. These footages […]

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Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities

24 November, 2020

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Australian media reports that a recently leaked Northern Territory police briefing paper exposes “shocking” cases of sexual abuse and violence against women and children in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. Central Australian Crown prosecutor, Dr Nannette Rogers, alleged a range of “dreadful” cases she has heard of. Her paper claims details of […]

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Mothers, teachers air more concerns about leukemia cases at California elementary school

24 November, 2020

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 On Thursday night, California State Senator Joe Dunn held the second town hall meeting regarding a recent outbreak of leukemia in schoolchildren, at Franklin Elementary in Santa Ana, California. Representatives from the City of Santa Ana, the Santa Ana Unified School District, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) […]

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News briefs:August 2, 2010

24 November, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:August_2,_2010&oldid=1451857”

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News briefs:June 9, 2010

24 November, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:June_9,_2010&oldid=4486275”

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US Nationwide Pollution Permit Restrictions Upheld

24 November, 2020

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 The US Army Corps of Engineers decision to place restrictions on issuance of nationwide pollution permits has been upheld by a federal court. In National Association of Home Builders v. Army Corps of Engineers, the District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Corps of Engineers had not acted […]

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Thousands of trapped miners rescued in South Africa

24 November, 2020

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Thursday, October 4, 2007 As many as 3,200 mine workers became trapped in the in Elandsrand mine, a gold mine in South Africa about 50 miles (80 km) west of Johannesburg in Carletonville, Gauteng, after an incident on October 3. All miners have been rescued, and none of them were injured. The mine is owned […]

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