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Sunni and Iraqi Shi’ite negotiators to meet in Finland

8 February, 2021

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Mediators will meet in Finland next week with the aim of ending violence in Iraq between Iraqi Shi’ites and Sunnis, two of the country’s largest population groups. The negotiations have been arranged by Finland’s Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari in 2000. […]

Illinois high schools now required to buy insurance for athletes

8 February, 2021

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 This past Sunday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill known as “Rocky’s Law” that requires Illinois high schools, through the local school district, to buy catastrophic injury insurance up to US$3 million or medical costs for up to five years, whichever one comes first, that covers student athletes. […]

Kids TV star Lunar Jim to tour malls in Canada

8 February, 2021

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 Lunar Jim, the star of an stop-motion animated series for preschooler, will be touring Canadian malls this fall. Produced by Alliance Atlantis, the tour will run from September 9 to October 14. The tour will feature part of Jim’s lunar village, an inflated replica of his home on Moona Luna. Also […]

Pacaya volcano erupts; “state of public calamity” declared

8 February, 2021

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Saturday, May 29, 2010 The Pacaya Volcano erupted on Friday. It is located 50 kilometers south of the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City. Throughout the evening and night, volcanic ash fell in the municipalities of Amatitlán, Villa Nueva, and Guatemala City. President Álvaro Colom’s government has decreed a State of Public Calamity in the Escuintla, […]

PV Taiwan 2007 starts with photovoltaic solutions and applications

8 February, 2021

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Thursday, October 11, 2007 After the success of Taiwan Photovoltaic Forum 2006, the organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) held PV Taiwan 2007 Forum and Exhibition at Taipei International Convention Center on October 11 and 12. This forum and exhibitions attracted 74 companies participating with 110 exhibition booths at TICC 1F and 2F, and […]

Category:Sports

8 February, 2021

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This is the category for sports. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 4 January 2021: Uruguayan Language Academy rejects FA sanction against Edinson Cavani as ‘poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge’ 28 December 2020: US professional wrestler Jon Huber dies aged 41 1 September 2020: University defeat Maroochydore in round five of 2020 […]

CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate David Sparrow in Don Valley West

8 February, 2021

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Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with David Sparrow. Sparrow is a candidate in Ontario’s Don Valley West riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding was set to vote in a […]

Drug-resistant staph deaths surpass AIDS in the United States

8 February, 2021

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, killed nearly 19,000 Americans in 2005 alone, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That is more people than were killed by AIDS in the United States. More than 94,000 Americans were afflicted with MRSA infections […]

Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled amid political turmoil

8 February, 2021

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Thursday, February 24, 2011 A week after Sunni and Shi’ite youth protesters marched on the capital city of Manama, the Bahrain government informed Formula One Management that it would withdraw from hosting the Bahrain Grand Prix. The decision was made in an effort to focus on the pressing national issues facing the country. Demonstrators, who […]

Wikinews interviews Kent Mesplay, Green Party presidential candidate

8 February, 2021

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Sunday, June 29, 2008 While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third-party candidates. These prospects represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. Wikinews has reached out to […]