News briefs:June 1, 2010

6 February, 2021

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack, RockerballAustralia 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_1,_2010&oldid=1042710”

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On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020

6 February, 2021

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Monday, November 2, 2020 The following is the sixth and final edition of a monthly series chronicling the 2020 United States presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. This month’s spotlight on the campaign trail: the Free and Equal Elections Foundation holds two […]

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Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia

6 February, 2021

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Six people, including four U.N. staff working for the anti-narcotics department in Bolivia, have been killed in a plane crash in a remote area in the west of the country. Two Bolivian military pilots are also among those killed in the accident, which happened in the Los Yungas area, northeast of […]

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Wikinews interviews Jim Babka, chair of Libertarian organization Downsize DC

6 February, 2021

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Thursday, April 3, 2008 A reporter from Wikinews recently interviewed Jim Babka, chair of Libertarian organization Downsize DC. The organization claims to have arranged for 22,158 people to send a message regarding the “American Freedom Agenda Act” proposed by Ron Paul, in addition to supporting many other laws. The full text of the interview can […]

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Mothers around the world on Mother’s Day

6 February, 2021

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Sunday, May 10, 2009 Mother’s Day was established on the second Sunday in May by Anna Jarvis after her mother passed away. Former United States President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the inaugural Mother’s Day in 1914. “Miss Jarvis thought Mother’s Day should be a day you spend with your mother, or a day when you do […]

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News briefs: February 20, 2014

6 February, 2021

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Friday, February 21, 2014 Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Friday, February 21, 2014 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:_February_20,_2014&oldid=2537397”

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Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

6 February, 2021

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Monday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other […]

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Wikinews discusses DRM and DMCA with Richard Stallman after GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl

6 February, 2021

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This article requires pre-publication review by an uninvolved reviewer (one not substantially involved in writing the article). Note, only qualified reviewers may do this and publish articles. This right requires experience with Wikinews policies and procedures. To request the right, apply here.Reviewers, please use Easy Peer Review per these instructions. -Article last amended: Feb 1 […]

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Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews

6 February, 2021

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version when Ahola challenged himself to create […]

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