Demolition to resume at New York skyscraper damaged by 9/11 after deadly fire

29 September, 2020

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Thursday, May 1, 2008 Demolition work is set to resume at the former Deutsche Bank Building in New York after work was halted last August over a fire that killed two firefighters. The city’s Department of Buildings lifted an order to cease work imposed at the time as the buiding’s owners have installed fire control […]

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US VX nerve gas disposal test a success

29 September, 2020

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Monday, May 9, 2005 Workers at Newport Chemical Depot in Indiana have completed a successful test-run of a chemical reactor designed to dispose of Cold War stockpiles of VX nerve agent. After encountering initial difficulties when the temperature in the reactor grew too high, workers were able to adjust the speed of the device. 180 […]

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Israel announces 10 month halt to settlement construction in West Bank

29 September, 2020

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 The prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, told a news conference earlier today that there will be a ten-month stop in the construction of new settlement housing in the West Bank. The Israeli cabinet approved the move by a margin of eleven to one. “We have been told by our friends […]

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Dale Ogden, 2010 California gubernatorial candidate, talks with Wikinews

29 September, 2020

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Dale Ogden, a 2010 California gubernatorial candidate, talks with Wikinews reporter Mike Morales about his platform. Ogden is a member of the United States’ Libertarian Party. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Dale_Ogden,_2010_California_gubernatorial_candidate,_talks_with_Wikinews&oldid=4568868”

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News briefs:May 26, 2010

29 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:May_26,_2010&oldid=1042699”

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Ailing social networking website MySpace loses co-president after four months

29 September, 2020

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Monday, June 21, 2010 News Corp., the parent company of MySpace, announced Friday that Co-President Jason Hirschhorn has decided to leave the social networking website because he wishes to return to his home city of New York. MySpace is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. MySpace was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe […]

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Retired U.S. vets sue Donald Rumsfeld for excessive service cutbacks

29 September, 2020

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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 One thousand residents of the Defense Department-managed Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. filed a class-action lawsuit on May 24, asserting that the cut-backs in medical and dental services imposed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld are illegal. The operating budget for the home was reduced from $63 million in […]

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NFL: Ricky Williams applies for reinstatement

29 September, 2020

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Friday, April 6, 2007 Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, who has applied for reinstatement to the NFL, told ESPN Radio’s Dan Patrick on Friday that he hasn’t gotten high on drugs “in maybe three years.” Williams credited yoga with replacing drugs to ease stress. Williams was suspended in April 2006 for violating the NFL’s […]

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