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Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student’s Day

19 February, 2021

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Saturday, May 15, 2010 On Friday morning, Student’s Day was celebrated in the most schools across Chile. Student’s Day was created in May 11, 1990 by Chile’s Ministry of Education. The same day, the Supreme Decree N° 524 was validated, whereby also authorized the functioning of Student’s Centres in the High Education schools. At Colegio […]

Eric Bogosian on writing and the creative urge

19 February, 2021

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Thursday, April 17, 2008 Eric Bogosian is one of America’s great multi-dimensional talents. “There’s sort of three different careers, and any one of them could exist by itself, on its own two feet. There was that solo stuff, and then I started writing plays in the late seventies.” Although his work has spanned genres, most […]

International participants showcase different industry cultures at 2008 Taipei Game Show

19 February, 2021

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Friday, January 25, 2008 B2B Trade Area of Taipei Game Show, criticized by trade buyers last year, but accompanied with 2008 Taiwan Digital Content Forum, moved to the second floor at Taipei World Trade Center for world-wide participants with a better exchange atmosphere this year. Not only local OBMs (Softstar Entertainment, Soft-World International Corp., International […]

NASA to beam Beatles song into deep space

19 February, 2021

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Saturday, February 2, 2008 On February 4, NASA will digitally transmit the Beatles song Across the Universe in the direction of the star Polaris, commonly known as the North Star. This will mark the first time music has been sent into deep space. The song will be transmitted from the DSS-63 radio antenna at the […]

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

19 February, 2021

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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 […]

Seeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural ‘insurance policy’

19 February, 2021

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a vault containing millions of seeds from all over the world, saw its first deposits on Tuesday. Located 800 kilometers from the North Pole on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, the vault has been referred to by European Commission president José Manuel Barroso as a “frozen […]

Seeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural ‘insurance policy’

19 February, 2021

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Wikinews interviews India’s first female Paralympic medalist Deepa Malik

19 February, 2021

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Wikinews on Sunday interviewed Deepa Malik, India’s first female Paralympic medalist, who won the silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put F53 event finals, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Malik lost the gold medal to Bahrain’s Fatema Nedham, who had the best throw 4.76 […]

Read Santa Clara marks tenth anniversary

19 February, 2021

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Saturday, September 10, 2005 Santa Clara, California, USA. The adult literacy program Read Santa Clara marked its tenth anniversary today with a gathering of program participants, staff, and supporters from the community. Read Santa Clara trains volunteer tutors and matches them with adult learners who wish to build their literacy skills. In the presentation, program […]

Spanish judge suspended over abuse of power charges

19 February, 2021

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Saturday, May 15, 2010 A prominent Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzón, has been suspended from his post by Spain’s General Council of the Judiciary. The suspension comes after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that an inquiry Garzón opened in 2008 into crimes committed during Spain’s civil war, which lasted from 1936 to 1939. The events are covered […]