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Former Scottish Conservatives leader Annabel Goldie to stand down as MSP

9 February, 2021

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Friday, June 26, 2015 Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Party leader from 2005 to 2011, has announced she will stand down as an MSP at the next elections in 2016. Goldie, who has been an MSP for the West Scotland (previously West of Scotland) electoral region since the Scottish Parliament’s formation in 1999, said she intends […]

Islamic cleric tries to bypass gender segregation

9 February, 2021

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Monday, May 28, 2007 An Islamic cleric named Ezzat Atiya issued a fatwa to get around gender segregation and hijab in Islam. He stated that symbolic breastfeeding could be used to make it permissible for male and female colleagues to work together alone. Dr. Atiyah had stated that the breastfeeding does not have to be […]

DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election

9 February, 2021

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Thursday, March 8, 2007 Results are coming in for the Northern Ireland Assembly election held on Wednesday 7 March. With all first preference votes counted, both the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin have made gains: the DUP received 30.1% of first preferences, an increase of 4.4 percentage points on the 2003 election, while […]

Australia wins dramatic second Ashes Test

9 February, 2021

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Australia has clinched a dramatic win in the second 2006-07 Ashes Test match in Adelaide. In a massive swing of dominance and control, England forfeited a huge advantage on the fifth and final day after controlling the Test for the first four. England won the toss and batted first on the […]

Green Party refines ‘Buy Kiwi Made’ scheme

9 February, 2021

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Friday, August 11, 2006 The New Zealand Government has asked the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand to start refining its taxpayer funded ‘Buy Kiwi Made‘ scheme to also include products designed in New Zealand but manufactured elsewhere. The Buy Kiwi Made scheme was a NZ$11 million post-election deal between the Labour Party and the […]

Taliban resurgent in Pakistan on enforcement of Sharia law

9 February, 2021

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Friday, May 4, 2007 “Pakistan was un-affected by Talibans and al-Qaeda (in my opinion) until the US flushed them out of Afghanistan. So 9/11 and WTC and the post WTC attacks by the ISAF (read American, for the locals) forces have led to the present condition in NWFP. At least that is the way the […]

Ignatieff leads in tight race in Canadian Liberal “Super Weekend”

9 February, 2021

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Monday, October 2, 2006 File:Ignatieff-1.jpg Michael Ignatieff has maintained his lead as voting concludes in the “Super Weekend” of delegate selection meetings for the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership convention. With 380 of 469 ridings reporting, the former Harvard professor leads with 1162 committed delegates, 30% of the total. Former Ontario premier, Bob Rae, is […]

High school football coach shot dead at school gym in Iowa

9 February, 2021

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 An American football coach has been shot at his school gym in Iowa, United States. Ed Thomas was shot in front of his students at around 8.00 am local time. Thomas was in the weight room at the time of the shooting. An adult male has been arrested suspected of his […]

Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet

9 February, 2021

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 The president of Egypt has suffered a “devastating blow” after the country’s army announced they would not use force against their own people, who continue to protest against the government tonight. The news came hours after six journalists who reported on the protests were released from custody. Hosni Mubarak yesterday announced […]

Category:Denmark

9 February, 2021

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This is the category for Denmark, a country in Europe.. As a kingdom, it includes autonomous Greenland and Faroe Islands. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 21 June 2020: British supermarket chain Tesco to sell its Polish branch to Salling Group A/S 4 July 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018 Last 16: Russia, Croatia […]