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National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

21 September, 2020

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Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised […]

South African prosecutors charge ANC leader Jacob Zuma with corruption

21 September, 2020

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Saturday, December 29, 2007File:JacobZuma.jpg Corruption-related charges have been brought against Jacob Zuma, the newly-elected leader of the African National Congress (ANC), according to his lawyer. A trial is scheduled to begin on August 14, 2008. The charges stem from an arms deal with a French company, which is alleged to have involved bribes and fraud. […]

Possibility of new graphic health warnings on NZ cigarette packs

21 September, 2020

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 New Zealand Associate Minister of Health Damien O’Connor has proposed that warnings, both images and text, should cover 60% of the packaging of cigarettes sold in the country. New Zealand is required to do so under obligations to the World Health Organisation. The new images would depict throat cancer, rotting teeth/gums […]

New study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing

21 September, 2020

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 Archaeologists Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University and Geoff Wainwright, President of the Society of Antiquaries, claimed to have found evidence that Stonehenge was once a center of healing. In an excavation conducted at the site, a large number of human remains were found that display signs of physical injury or disease. […]

Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film ‘Sledge’

21 September, 2020

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Thursday, October 23, 2014 Just days away from Halloween, Wikinews interviewed Kristian Hanson, producer-director of independent slasher film Sledge. The film has been a recent source of discussion in horror fan circles, primarily due to its production budget of only US$800. Sledge is Hanson’s fourth film to direct, according to Internet Movie Database. Retrieved from […]

Multiple bombs set off in Turkish resort

21 September, 2020

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Monday, August 28, 2006 The Turkish resort of Marmaris was hit by at least 3 bombs and one bomb went off in Istanbul’s Bagcilar district on Sunday injuring at least 27 people. The blasts come two days after four people were injured in a separate bombing in Adana. “We heard one of the bombs and […]

Charlottetown, P.E.I. residents rally to support restaurant

21 September, 2020

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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 The owners of the Noodle House Restaurant of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Canada were overwhelmed by community support Tuesday when the restaurant overflowed with customers, cards, flowers, and personal pleas to not leave the province. According to CBC News Prince Edward Island, the recent outpouring of support occurred after Tommy […]

Egypt struggles to recover tourism, investment

21 September, 2020

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Friday, February 10, 2012 Standard & Poor’s downgraded Egypt’s currency rating for the second time in four months based on the country’s shorfall in foreign reserves and shaky political transition. It’s the latest development for a nation facing mounting economic diffuclties. Egypt’s foreign reserves fell by over 50 percent last year to about US$16 billion. […]

Prices at the pump spike overnight in U.S.

21 September, 2020

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Friday, August 12, 2005 All this week, prices at the pump have been reaching record levels across the United States. Since yesterday, the price for a gallon of gasoline increased by as much as fifteen cents in some places. Large cities in California, such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, have reported gas prices that […]

Azerbaijani official Samir Sharifov accused of spying

21 September, 2020

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Monday, March 14, 2016 Azerbaijan Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov allegedly worked as a “triple agent” for Russian, Turkish, and US intelligence agencies, according to a report by Ukrainian online newspaper Gordon last Wednesday. Sharifov allegedly worked as a human asset for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service before Turkish intelligence recruited him in South Yemen […]