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No injuries after Antarctica research station support plane crashes

21 February, 2021

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007 A Basler BT-67, chartered from Canadian air carrier Kenn Borek Air for the National Science Foundation (NSF), a United States government agency, has crashed whilst attempting take-off during a support assignment in Antarctica. None of the ten people on board were injured, but the modified Douglas DC-3 was substantially damaged in […]

BBC to cut Electric Proms for financial reasons

21 February, 2021

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011 File:Bbcr2electricpromslogo.jpg The BBC have announced they are to axe annual music festival Electric Proms from their schedule for financial reasons. The festival first took place in October 2006. The 2011 event will not go ahead, with last year’s festival being the last. Bob Shennan, controller of BBC Radio 2, said he […]

Microsoft disgruntled with partner Dell’s interest in open source

21 February, 2021

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Saturday, January 27, 2007 According to a 2002 email exchange obtained by lawyers in an Iowa case, Microsoft executives wanted to “whack” Dell because it was focusing on Linux deals a little too much. The first email by Bill Veghte, currently a company vice president, describes a Linux panel where a Dell executive explains their […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

21 February, 2021

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Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

21 February, 2021

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

21 February, 2021

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Angolan Supreme Court summons President dos Santos over nepotism claims

21 February, 2021

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016 The Supreme Court of Angola yesterday summoned President José Eduardo dos Santos to explain his decision to appoint his daughter head of the national state-owned oil firm, Sonangol. The pair face claims of nepotism and breach of probity legislation. Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman according to Forbes, is also summoned. […]

Berlin court issues provisional order against the Wikimedia Foundation

21 February, 2021

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, January 19, 2006 A district court in Berlin has issued a preliminary injunction against the Wikimedia Foundation for displaying the true name of a computer hacker on the German Wikipedia. The […]

Senator Ted Stevens loses re-election bid in Alaska ballot

21 February, 2021

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Alaskan U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who turned 85 yesterday, narrowly lost his re-election bid to Mark Begich, the Democratic Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Meanwhile, as Alaska’s counting of the November 4 election is almost complete, Democratic challenger for the US House of Representatives, Ethan Berkowitz, conceded to incumbent Don Young, the […]

Nominations announced for 78th Academy Awards

21 February, 2021

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Today, the nominees for the 78th Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles, California. Best Picture nominees this year are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck., and Munich. The director of each of these films received director nominations. Nominees include George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck.), Paul […]