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Canada’s Beaches—East York (Ward 32) city council candidates speak

4 November, 2020

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This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Beaches—East York (Ward 32). Four candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for […]

Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark

4 November, 2020

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Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was resented on Wednesday for the first time) – Apple Inc. – and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose […]

Russian territory expands by 4.5 square kilometres after seismic activity

4 November, 2020

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Saturday, November 14, 2009 According to scientists, the land territory of Russia has expanded by about 4.5 square kilometres within the last few years in the Far East due to seismic and volcanic activity. The gained land was recorded in the Sakhalin Peninsula. Boris Levin, head of the Institute for Sea Geology and Geophysics of […]

Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS defeat Boeing for $40 billion US airtanker contract

4 November, 2020

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Saturday, March 1, 2008 Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) have unexpectedly defeated Boeing for a US$40 billion (GB£20.1 billion) contract to supply the United States Air Force (USAF) with 179 new aerial refueling tankers at a rate of 15 a year. It is the biggest […]

Google announces new operating system

4 November, 2020

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Google announced today that they are developing Google Chrome OS. The operating system, announced on their official blog, will be based on their Chrome browser, which is now nine months old. Google said that at first it will be targeted toward netbooks, but in the future, will eventually expand. The company […]

Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia

4 November, 2020

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Sunday, June 8, 2008 Eight people are dead and two more are missing and presumed dead after an explosion and fire on a cargo ship undergoing repairs at a naval dockyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. The container ship MV Yenisey was the scene of an explosion while in drydock at about 3:00 p.m. Moscow time (11:00 […]

Chloroform spill forces evacuation of building at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York

4 November, 2020

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Monday, August 11, 2008 Buffalo, New York —The Buffalo Fire Department and Police were called to a hazmat situation at Canisius College on Main Street after security reported that a one gallon glass container containing chloroform broke, spilling about a pint onto the floor of the college’s science building. According to communications by firefighters, who […]

Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline

4 November, 2020

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Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill has spread […]

‘Naked Guy’ Andrew Martinez dies

4 November, 2020

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Sunday, May 21, 2006 Andrew Martinez, a former student at the University of California at Berkeley who was better known as “The Naked Guy” in the early 1990s, committed suicide on Thursday. He was 33. Guards at the Santa Clara County Jail reportedly found Martinez unconscious in a jail cell, with a plastic bag cinched […]

Family narrowly escapes fiery death in Christchurch, New Zealand

4 November, 2020

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Thursday, May 25, 2006 A family visiting Christchurch, New Zealand from Australia was minutes away from being burnt to death. They were staying in the Meadow Park Holiday Park, Papanui. The fire started about 3 a.m. NZST and Station officer Paul Rodwell said, “From the description, they were a few minutes away from perishing.” New […]