US Secretary Rice responds to European enquiries on alleged CIA prisons

12 February, 2021

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Wednesday, December 7, 2005 The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun to address concerns raised by the EU, the Council of Europe, and several member countries about the CIA’s detention practices upon her arrival in Germany for a European tour that began Tuesday. “As a matter of US policy, the United States’ […]

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Fire brings down two domes of historical Russian cathedral

12 February, 2021

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Friday, August 25, 2006 A fire broke out at the Trinity Cathedral in St. Petersburg, causing the main dome and another dome to collapse, early in the evening of August 25. Firefighters fought the blaze, and a helicopter was pressed into service. Staff, emergency service workers and passers by rescued treasured items from the cathedral. […]

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News briefs:June 4, 2010

12 February, 2021

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:June_4,_2010&oldid=1042714”

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Class action launched by Australian bushfire survivors against SP AusNet

12 February, 2021

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 The largest class action in Victorian history was commenced at the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday the 13th by Slidders Lawyers against electricity distribution company SP AusNet and the Brumby Government in relation to the Kilmore East fire that became part of the Kinglake complex. Because of the lawsuit, SP […]

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Controversial development training cited in religious discrimination lawsuits

11 February, 2021

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Friday, May 23, 2008 A controversial development training course called “Landmark Forum” is cited in religious discrimination lawsuits in United States federal courts in New York and Washington, D.C. The seminars are run by a San Francisco, California-based for-profit training company called Landmark Education. The company evolved from Erhard Seminars Training “est”, and has faced […]

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School Principal found dead in Tennessee classroom; teen held by police

11 February, 2021

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Friday, August 12, 2011 Police authorities say the body of Suzette York, 49, was found shortly after 11am on Wednesday morning in a classroom at Memphis Junior Academy in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Police also state a 17 year-old male student, Eduardo Marmolejo, was later taken into custody and has been charged with first-degree murder. […]

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News briefs:March 26, 2006

11 February, 2021

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Contents 1 Audio Wikinews transcript, 2006-03-26 0800 UTC 1.1 Headlines 1.2 Closing Comments 2 Audio Wikinews transcript, 2006-03-26 0100 UTC 2.1 Headlines 2.2 Closing Comments [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:March_26,_2006&oldid=786014”

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French workers use threats in compensation demand

11 February, 2021

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Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be […]

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US economy added 290,000 jobs last month, unemployment at 9.9%

11 February, 2021

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Friday, May 7, 2010 Latest figures from the US government say that the country’s economy gained 290,000 jobs in April, the largest single-month gain since March 2006. According to the Labor Department, excluding temporary workers for this year’s census, the number of non-farm jobs increased by a seasonally adjusted 224,000. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, increased […]

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