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Norwegian military security agency accused of conducting illegal surveillance of PM

14 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 […]

Mouse makes nest in cash machine, eats money

14 October, 2020

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Sunday, April 1, 2007 In Estonia, a mouse made its nest in a cash machine and spent the weekend eating tens of thousands of kroons in bank notes. The critter was discovered after a customer making a withdrawal got half-eaten bills from the machine. “ At some stage over the weekend the chewed money jammed, […]

Over 100 dead and hundreds missing in Indonesia after tsunami destroys island villages

14 October, 2020

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 At least 113 people are now dead and hundreds more are missing after a 10 foot (3 m) tsunami destroyed several villages in a series of remote islands in western Indonesia. The tsunami was caused by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake which struck on Monday at 9:42 p.m. local time (14:42 UTC). […]

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

14 October, 2020

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]

Iran’s morality police crack down on un-Islamic dress

14 October, 2020

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 The Iranian police forces have faced criticism from Ayatollah Hashemi Shahrudi, the head of the judiciary who was appointed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for their re-invigorated campaign to do away with un-Islamic dress. Ayatollah Shahroudi proclaimed, “Tough measures on social problems will backfire and have counter-productive effects.” Others have, of […]

Wikinews interviews Darcy Richardson, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama

14 October, 2020

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Friday, November 25, 2011 U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate Darcy Richardson of Florida took some time to answer a few questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Richardson, 55, is a political activist that helped form the New Democrats in 1989 and founded the progressive Battleground Blog earlier this year. He is also a political […]

Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation

14 October, 2020

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Monday, May 15, 2006 Australian senator Barnaby Joyce (Nationals, Queensland) has moved to oppose the government’s planned changes to the country’s petrol retail industry. The National Party, of which Senator Joyce is a member, governs Australia in coalition with the Liberal Party. The government plans to amend regulations governing the petrol industry to allow oil […]

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

14 October, 2020

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Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford

14 October, 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 […]

NASA calls end to Mars Phoenix mission

14 October, 2020

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 NASA officials have decided to call an end to the Mars Phoenix Mission, after winter took hold of the red planet. NASA calls the mission a total success. “Phoenix has given us some surprises, and I’m confident we will be pulling more gems from this trove of data for years to […]