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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

18 September, 2020

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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. […]

How the Army Corps of Engineers closed one New Orleans breach

18 September, 2020

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Friday, September 9, 2005 New Orleans, Louisiana —After Category 4 storm Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, on the night before August 29, 2005, several flood control constructions failed. Much of the city flooded through the openings. One of these was the flood wall forming one side of the 17th Street Canal, near Lake Pontchartrain. […]

2012 Olympics clash with Ramadan

18 September, 2020

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Sunday, October 15, 2006 Muslim groups from across the world are criticising the organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London after it was revealed that the games will take place over Ramadan. The most holy month in the Muslim calendar, which will take place from the 21 July to 20 August in 2012, involves fasting […]

60 people still missing after Kenyan house collapse

18 September, 2020

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Monday, May 2, 2016 According to a report from the Red Cross today, about 60 people were still missing after a house collapsed during a heavy rain storm on Friday in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Ten were known dead on Saturday, and a surviving man was dug out of the house after ten hours. […]

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

18 September, 2020

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Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

18 September, 2020

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Jim Reeves, York-Simcoe

18 September, 2020

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Monday, October 1, 2007 Jim Reeves is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the York-Simcoe riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from […]

Satirist Stephen Colbert runs for U.S. President

18 September, 2020

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 The American satirist Stephen Colbert has announced that he will run for the Presidency of the United States. He made his announcement on his mock news show The Colbert Report. However, Colbert said that he would only run in his home state of South Carolina as a favorite son. He also […]

FDA approves therapeutic use of insulin inhalant

18 September, 2020

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of an inhalable form of insulin for treating both forms of diabetes in adults. The product, manufactured by Pfizer Inc. is called Exubera and is a inhaled powder form of recombinant short-acting human insulin (rDNA). Insulin is a hormone produced […]

Danish Integration Minister’s car burned

18 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 […]