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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

17 February, 2021

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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. […]

Professor sought after three die in Georgia shooting

17 February, 2021

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Saturday, April 25, 2009 A University of Georgia marketing professor has allegedly killed three people and injured two others today in the southeastern United States. The shooting took place approximately 12:25 p.m around the Athens Community Theater in the Athens-Clarke County, in the northeast part of Georgia. Authorities suspect George Zinkhan in the shooting and […]

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

17 February, 2021

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Lockdown at Missouri university lifted as police apprehend suspected gunman

17 February, 2021

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Friday, May 13, 2011 A suspected gunman has been taken into custody today after a university in Missouri, U.S. was locked down when he entered the campus with an AK-47 assault rifle. Cody Nathaniel Willcoxon reportedly arrived at Missouri University of Science and Technology around 9:00 a.m. CDT (14:00 UTC) Thursday morning after shooting at […]

Indonesia pledges to cut haze-causing forest fires by half

17 February, 2021

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Thursday, June 21, 2007 Seeking to stave off the forest fires that have blanketed five Southeast Asian countries with choking haze for the past two years, Indonesian environmental and forestry officials said yesterday they would be able to reduce the number of hot spots this year by more than half. Meeting in Jambi, Sumatra, cabinet […]

Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B ‘giant Ponzi scheme’

17 February, 2021

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Correction — January 10, 2009 This article incorrectly states that Mr Madoff attended Hofstra University Law School. His education was actually with Hofstra College, which he graduated from in 1960. Friday, December 12, 2008 Top broker and Wall Street adviser Bernard L. Madoff, aged 70, was arrested and charged by the FBI on Thursday with a […]

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

17 February, 2021

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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 […]

Interim report blames ice for British Airways 777 crash in London

17 February, 2021

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Saturday, September 6, 2008 The United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has released an interim report into the crash of British Airways Flight 38. The Boeing 777-ER crashed early this year as it tried to land at London’s Heathrow Airport. The report states that the AAIB believes the crash occurred when ice crystals formed […]

Rachel Weisz wants Botox ban for actors

17 February, 2021

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009 English actress Rachel Weisz thinks that Botox injections should be banned for all actors. The 39-year-old actress, best known for her roles in the Mummy movie franchise and for her Academy Award-winning portrayal in The Constant Gardener, feels facial Botox injections leave actors less able to convey emotion and that it […]

Rachel Weisz wants Botox ban for actors

17 February, 2021

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