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Jermaine Pennant jailed for drink-driving

30 September, 2020

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Tuesday, March 1, 2005 Aylesbury, England — The Arsenal F.C. midfielder Jermaine Pennant, currently on loan to Birmingham City, has today pleaded guilty to drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance by Aylesbury magistrates court. Pennant received a sentence of three months imprisonment. Pennant’s lawyer, Bary Warbutton, has said that the footballer will appeal […]

Danish Integration Minister’s car burned

30 September, 2020

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark – The Danish Integration Minister Rikke Hvilshøj’s car was set ablaze outside her family-home on the morning of Wednesday 8 June. From there, the fire spread to the family’s garage, and further on to the side of the house, damaging the roof above the kitchen and children’s room. At […]

News briefs:July 27, 2010

30 September, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:July_27,_2010&oldid=1150993”

OCTranspo’s “new year” of efficiencies?

30 September, 2020

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Monday, January 2, 2006 Anyone riding the OC Transpo Ottawa municipal bus service’s express bus routes this morning and this afternoon, in the Ottawa area, was probably greeted with an empty bus, and inherently, a “fast and efficient” ride. This is in part because most government workers where off from work still celebrating their Christmas […]

France sends special envoy to North Korea

30 September, 2020

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 France has dispatched a special envoy to North Korea for talks that are expected to focus on establishing diplomatic ties with Pyongyang and possibly on the country’s nuclear program. French special envoy Jack Lang arrived in North Korea for a five-day visit that could mark a turnaround in relations with the […]

Oxford University anti-peer-to-peer policy hits legal music service Spotify

30 September, 2020

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 The University of Oxford is preventing students from accessing the legal, peer-to-peer online music service Spotify. Officials in the university’s Computer Services department (OUCS) say too much of the network’s bandwidth is taken up by people using such services, slowing down the network for others. Spotify, which has more than 2.7 […]

News briefs:July 16, 2010

30 September, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:July_16,_2010&oldid=4523874”

2008 COMPUTEX Taipei: Three awards, One target

30 September, 2020

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Monday, June 23, 2008 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, the largest trade fair since its inception in 1982, featured several seminars and forums, expansions on show spaces to TWTC Nangang, great transformations for theme pavilions, and WiMAX Taipei Expo, mainly promoted by Taipei Computer Association (TCA). Besides of ICT industry, “design” progressively became the critical factor for […]

News briefs: May 19, 2012

30 September, 2020

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Saturday, May 19, 2012 Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Saturday, May 19, 2012 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:_May_19,_2012&oldid=1510512”

Wikinews interviews former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party

30 September, 2020

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Monday, November 5, 2012 With the U.S. presidential election looming, former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson spoke with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn on an assortment of economic, foreign, and social issues. In the interview, Johnson makes his final plea to voters before they cast their ballots on Election […]