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Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip

21 November, 2020

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Solar Impulse, the world’s most advanced solar powered plane has just completed the first of the five legs of its trans-continental journey, flying fuel-free from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, in just over 18 hours. The plane was piloted by co-founder Bertrand Piccard, departing San Francisco dawn on Friday […]

Category:July 19, 2010

21 November, 2020

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? July 18, 2010 July 20, 2010 ? July 19 Pages in category “July 19, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:July_19,_2010&oldid=1333759”

Harper to recognize Quebec as nation within Canada

21 November, 2020

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Correction — November 29, 2006 There has been confusion if Harper is calling Quebec a nation or the people a nation. Editors offer this clarification: Harper also said that he is using the “cultural” and “sociological” sence of the word “nation”. Harper is referring to the people and culture in Quebec as a nation. Thursday, […]

Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau

21 November, 2020

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Thursday, August 16, 2007 The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow from an academic tool to […]

US president Obama, Congress call for blocking of executive bonuses at AIG insurance company

21 November, 2020

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 United States President Barack Obama stated Monday that insurance giant AIG is in financial trouble due to “recklessness and greed,” and called for legal action to stop the company from giving out millions of dollars in bonuses to its executives. “It’s hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any […]

Wikimedia Foundation receives copyright infringement claim from Mormon Church

21 November, 2020

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation has received a copyright infringement claim from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon Church or LDS Church. The […]

Law center helps defend open source

21 November, 2020

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Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law Professor, will head the newSoftware Freedom Law Center (SFLC). An initial 4 million dollars has been provided by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to fund the project. The law center will provide free legal service for open source projects and developers. In 2004 OSDL established a […]

Australian Governor-General visits Wagga Wagga

21 November, 2020

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales —Sunday, Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce and her husband, Michael Bryce, visited the city of Wagga Wagga to launch the Junior Teams event and present the awards to the winners at the 2013 Allen’s Coaches World Championship […]

Category:Sports

21 November, 2020

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This is the category for sports. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 1 September 2020: University defeat Maroochydore in round five of 2020 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season 25 August 2020: Caloundra defeat Wynnum in fourth round of 2020 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season 18 August 2020: Caloundra defeat Maroochydore in third round […]

HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

21 November, 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 […]