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Exclusive interview with prominent blogger, David Farrar

12 February, 2021

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Thursday, May 10, 2007 Freelance journalist writing for Wikinews, Gabriel Pollard, with help from Brian Anderton, has interviewed New Zealand-based blogger, David Farrar on blogging, web 2.0, and the Internet in general. David Farrar is most known for his “fairly popular” blog, Kiwiblog, where he posts on various topics, including politics and technology. He is […]

News briefs: March 17, 2012

12 February, 2021

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Sunday, March 18, 2012 We briefly recap some of the stories appearing on Wikinews this week from around the world. Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Saturday, March 17, 2012 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:_March_17,_2012&oldid=1615343”

New study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing

12 February, 2021

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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. […]

Highly preserved mammoth presents scientists with blood sample

12 February, 2021

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Friday, May 31, 2013 An extremely well preserved woolly mammoth has been found by Russian scientists in Siberia, announced Wednesday. The adult female was found with blood preserved still intact in ice cavities. When palaeontologists excavated the animal, blood flowed from the space below the animal’s abdomen. The discovery was made on the Lyakhovsky Islands […]

New study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing

12 February, 2021

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Wikinews Shorts: March 7, 2007

12 February, 2021

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A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The European Union has banned the 35 planes in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 45 aircraft fleet from flying in EU airspace. The reason provided by EU was that these plans do not fulfill the safety requirement for international planes and thus were banned. PIA […]

New top-level domain names created

12 February, 2021

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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 At the recently held 22nd ICANN International Conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), officially designated three new top level domain names: .jobs and .travel and .eu. Tralliance will operate the new .travel domain and Employ Media will operate the .jobs. domain. Registration […]

MetLife to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup

12 February, 2021

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Monday, January 31, 2005 Metlife announced on 01/31/05 that they were going to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup. Travelers Life and Annuity is an insurance underwriter. MetLife is a large life insurance and annuities underwriter. MetLife will have to borrow a lot of money to pay for the company, so rating agencies like […]

British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being ‘The Salvager’

12 February, 2021

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Saturday, March 14, 2009 Rico Daniels is a British TV presenter living in France who is known for his two television series — The Salvager — whilst he still lived in the UK and then Le Salvager after he moved to France. Rico has been in a variety of jobs but his passion is now […]

Community Television consortium urges Australian government to increase funding for channels

12 February, 2021

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) has urged the Australian government to increase funding for community broadcasters. CBAA is asking for an extra $AU14 million for “vital community broadcasting services.” According to CBAA President Deborah Welch, community television is the training ground for the Australian media industry. “It is the […]