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Kiribati acquires international funding for solar power

19 September, 2020

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Last Tuesday, AusAID Australia and the World Bank’s Global Environment Fund (GEF) reached an agreement to give the government of Kiribati US$5 million (AU$4,779,000, NZ$5,985,000, €3,885,000) to install solar panels around the country capital, located on the Tarawa atoll. According to Business Desk of the Brunei Times, AusAID promised AU$3.2 million […]

News briefs:July 15, 2008

19 September, 2020

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Audio Wikinews News Brief for July 15, 2008 Recorded by: DavumayaProblems listening to the file? See media help. RSS Contents 1 Media reports: Israeli warplanes training in Iraq 2 Three hostages return home to Florida 3 IndyMac Bank placed into conservatorship by US Government 4 Sixteen killed in Pakistan during Taliban ambush 5 Bronis?aw Geremek, […]

News briefs:July 27, 2010

19 September, 2020

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Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline

19 September, 2020

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Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill has spread […]

Chinese mine blast kills over 200

19 September, 2020

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005 Fuxin city (???; pinyin: Fùx?n shì) – An underground explosion in a mine in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province has left over 200 miners dead. Current figures say 203 miners were killed, and another 22 were injured with 13 miners still missing. The blast occurred at 3:49pm local time on Monday afternoon. […]

Fire erupts in parking structure at Sola Airport, Norway

19 September, 2020

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Friday, January 10, 2020 At about 15:30 local time (1430 UTC) on Tuesday a fire was reported in the “Kiss & Fly” section of a parking structure at Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway. The structure has over 3000 parking spaces; reports said more than half of those were filled. The airport was quickly closed to […]

Category:June 1, 2010

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? May 31, 2010 June 2, 2010 ? June 1 Pages in category “June 1, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:June_1,_2010&oldid=1333764”

South Korean scientists claim they have cloned pet dog

19 September, 2020

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 South Korean scientists have confirmed that they have completed the first ever commercial cloning of a dog to take place. Bernann McKinney, who ordered the cloning for US$50,000, has said that she is pleased with the result of the cloning. “They are perfectly the same as their daddy. I am in […]

Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless

19 September, 2020

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December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After […]

France: Villepin’s cabinet announced

19 September, 2020

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Thursday, June 2, 2005 Newly named Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin has had his cabinet accepted by President of the Republic Jacques Chirac. Head of the majority Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, Nicolas Sarkozy, comes as a second-in-command as Minister of the Interior, with the honorific rank of Minister of State. […]