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In the spirit of US Thanksgiving tradition, two turkeys receive presidential pardon

17 October, 2020

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Thursday, November 22, 2007 On Tuesday, the press and members of the National Turkey Federation gathered in large numbers at the White House’s Rose Garden in the United States to witness an annual Thanksgiving tradition in the U.S., a presidential pardon of two Thanksgiving turkeys. Every year, a U.S. President gives a pardon to two […]

Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews

17 October, 2020

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version when Ahola challenged himself to create […]

Sculptor to teach animation maquettes at VAB Creative Studio

17 October, 2020

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Friday, May 26, 2006 Brampton, ON — On Wednesday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m., sculptor Alvaro Cervantes will host a meet and greet at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studio. Cervantes will be showing his precise sculptures to guests, and promoting his upcoming multi-week workshop at the studio. The course is open to students who […]

Musharraf quits as chief of army staff in Pakistan

17 October, 2020

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Thursday, November 29, 2007 President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan gave up his uniform in a ceremony yesterday in Rawalpindi. He handed power over to General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the headquarters of the Pakistani Army, after being the leader of the army for nine years. In his final address as leader of the army, he […]

Three firefighters killed in blaze at Chinese plastics factory

17 October, 2020

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Friday, July 18, 2008 A fire at a Rexam Plastics factory in China has claimed the lives of three firefighters. Nine more were injured in the accident in Shanghai‘s Fengxian District. The first emergency call was received by Shanghai Public Security Bureau’s 110 Command Center at 12:20 p.m. and reported the Jinhui Town factory as […]

Category:January 11, 2008

17 October, 2020

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? January 10, 2008 January 12, 2008 ? January 11 Pages in category “January 11, 2008” Media in category “January 11, 2008” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:January_11,_2008&oldid=2960288”

Quality, innovation and competitiveness centre-stage at Taipei Int’l Hardware & DIY Show

17 October, 2020

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Friday, October 19, 2007 The 7th Taipei International Hardware & DIY Show, organized by Kaigo Taiwan (The representative of Koelnmesse in Taiwan) and Koelnmesse GmbH, started on October 18-20 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 3. This show has 183 participants using 300 booths to exhibit accessories and tools on esoteric fabricating, home-living applications, […]

US Senate approves $10.5 billon in aid for Hurricane Katrina victims

17 October, 2020

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Friday, September 2, 2005 The United States Senate has cut short their summer recess and has arrived in Washington to approve a $10.5 billion aid bill to victims of Katrina as requested by President George W. Bush.The United States House of Representatives is expected to pass a similar bill later today. Bush has told Congress […]

Norwegian military security agency accused of conducting illegal surveillance of PM

17 October, 2020

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 Yesterday, Norwegian news outlets reported that Defense Security Service (Forsvarets sikkerhetstjeneste [FOST]) had conducted illegal surveillance against the prime minister’s office and other government offices. Kripos, a division of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police, did a police search of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence’s top-secret intelligence agency’s computer […]

Two slain in knife attack at Swedish IKEA furniture retailer

17 October, 2020

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Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Two people were killed yesterday afternoon and another seriously injured in Västerås, Sweden. The injured man is considered a suspect in the knife attack and was arrested in hospital. Another man was arrested at the scene, which was an IKEA furniture retailer. According to police, the two fatalities do not have […]