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Possibility of new graphic health warnings on NZ cigarette packs

2 November, 2020

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 New Zealand Associate Minister of Health Damien O’Connor has proposed that warnings, both images and text, should cover 60% of the packaging of cigarettes sold in the country. New Zealand is required to do so under obligations to the World Health Organisation. The new images would depict throat cancer, rotting teeth/gums […]

Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

2 November, 2020

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Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal […]

Queen Elizabeth II unveils New Zealand Memorial in London

2 November, 2020

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Sunday, November 12, 2006 The New Zealand Head of State, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, unveiled the New Zealand Memorial at Hyde Park Corner today in London. Her Majesty told the audience that New Zealanders had written themselves into a special place in the history books. “Many of them for deeds […]

Category:April 16, 2010

2 November, 2020

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? April 15, 2010 April 17, 2010 ? April 16 Pages in category “April 16, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:April_16,_2010&oldid=2987667”

Warren Buffett to host world’s most expensive lunch

2 November, 2020

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Billionaire Warren Buffett, Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway, auctioned lunch with himself on eBay for US$2.63 million. Bidding, which started on eBay a few weeks ago, attracted nine bidders, offering huge sums for the opportunity to have a steak lunch with the man said to be a “legendary investor”. HAVE YOUR […]

U.S. force-feeding Guantanamo hunger strikers

2 November, 2020

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Friday, October 7, 2005 Reports from Amnesty International and an attorney representing some detainees indicate that hunger strikes continue among those held at the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More than 200 prisoners are participating in the hunger strike — of these, 21 are being force fed by military personnel. According to […]

Wikinews attends ComicCon in Bangalore, India

2 November, 2020

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Friday, December 8, 2017 Wikinews attended the Bangalore Comic Con comic-book convention on Saturday. Beginning on Saturday morning, it continued through to Sunday. Organised by Comic Con India, who organised Comic Con in Hyderabad in October and Mumbai in November, this event was held at Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation (KTPO)’s convention hall. Wikinews spoke to […]

British Airways cabin crew begins strike

2 November, 2020

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Sunday, March 21, 2010 Cabin crew workers at British Airways have begun a three-day strike, affecting over 60,000 people, after last-minute talks between BA and the union, Unite, collapsed. The strike will extend for three days, after beginning at midnight in London. After the first strike, the union plans another four days of industrial action, […]

“Massive” oil spill in Alaska

2 November, 2020

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Monday, March 13, 2006 BBC News is reporting “up to 267,000 gallons (one million litres)” of crude oil has leaked from a pipeline in the Prudhoe Bay oilfield. Although not as large as the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, this is thought to be the largest spill on record affecting the Alaska North Slope. […]

Hurricane Dean forecasted to become “catastrophic” Category 5 storm

2 November, 2020

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Saturday, August 18, 2007 The National Hurricane Center in Miami is calling Hurricane Dean “extremely dangerous,” saying that the storm is gaining strength and will likely become a Category 5 storm. The storm’s winds are currently clocked at 150 mph, classifying it as a Category 4 hurricane. A Category 5 hurricane means the storm has […]