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Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford

11 November, 2020

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Friday, May 5, 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard and federal industry minister Ian MacDonald today announced that the federal government would be providing Ford Australia with a AU$52.5 million (US$40.4 million) “financial assistance package”. Additional assistance will also be provided by the Victorian state government. According to Mr Howard, the injection will secure Ford’s […]

Sun’s mood swings not so strange after all, say scientists

11 November, 2020

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Monday, July 17, 2017 In findings published Friday in Science, a multinational team of scientists led by Antoine Strugarek of the University of Montreal announced the Sun may not be the cosmic oddball amongst solar-type stars some astronomers had believed it to be. They found that, although the Sun’s cycles appear to differ from those […]

Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel

11 November, 2020

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008 This year Israel turns sixty and it has embarked upon a campaign to celebrate its birthday. Along with technology writers for Slate, PC Magazine, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Aviation Weekly, Wikinews was invited by the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Foreign Ministry to review Israel’s technology sector. It’s part of an […]

Solar-powered airplane makes first international flight

11 November, 2020

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Sunday, May 15, 2011 The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse touched down at the Brussels National Airport late Friday night, after completing a 13-hour flight from its home base in Payerne, Switzerland. It was the first international flight by a fully solar-powered aircraft. The experimental aircraft was piloted by André Borschberg, co-founder and chief engineer for […]

President Bush delivers 2006 State of the Union Address

11 November, 2020

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 United States President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union Address on Tuesday. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=President_Bush_delivers_2006_State_of_the_Union_Address&oldid=4502598”

Home of controversial book publisher set ablaze

11 November, 2020

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Sunday, September 28, 2008 Four people have been arrested on terrorism charges in Islington, London, England, after a suspected petrol bombing on the house of Martin Rynja, owner of book publishing company Gibson Square. HAVE YOUR SAY Should books that could be considered offensive to some religions still be published? Add or view comments His […]

Nebraska’s two nuclear plants near Omaha on alert

11 November, 2020

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Friday, June 24, 2011 Two nuclear power plants in Nebraska, US, near the city of Omaha, remain on alert following flooding. One is shut down pending floodwater receding. The Fort Calhoun nuclear reactor – 19 miles north from Omaha – has been shut down since April 9 partly due to flooding from the Missouri River. […]

Smart-1 probe ends mission with planned crash into the Moon

11 November, 2020

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Tuesday, September 5, 2006 Observatories around the world watched the skies early on Sunday morning as a European space probe, the SMART-1 crash landed on the Moon; the first time a European made object has landed there and, as the first, it made quite a bang. For the culmination of its three-year mission the probe […]

Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend

11 November, 2020

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Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which […]

Banned film ‘The Profit’ appears on Web

11 November, 2020

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 Copies of The Profit, a 2001 film blocked from distribution in the United States due to a court injunction won by the Church of Scientology, appeared on the Internet Friday on peer-to-peer file-sharing websites and on the video sharing site YouTube. Directed by former film executive Peter N. Alexander, the movie […]