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Gregory Kurtzer discusses plans for Rocky Linux with Wikinews as Red Hat announces moving focus away from CentOS

4 February, 2021

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Friday, December 18, 2020 Last week, on December 8, US-based software company Red Hat announced plans to shift their focus away from CentOS in favour of CentOS stream. Started in 2004, CentOS has been a free-of-cost free/libre open source software which provided binary-code compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) — Red Hat’s GNU General […]

National Hockey League news: March 20, 2008

4 February, 2021

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 There were 7 games played in the National Hockey League on March 19, 2008. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=National_Hockey_League_news:_March_20,_2008&oldid=4576355”

Fifteen receive US Presidential Medal of Freedom

4 February, 2021

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Thursday, February 17, 2011 US President Barack Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to fifteen people Tuesday, including former US President George H. W. Bush and current Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. The award—the US’s top civilian medal—is given to those who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests […]

Battle for Trafalgar Square, London as violence breaks out between demonstrators and riot police

4 February, 2021

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Monday, March 28, 2011 Sunday morning showed Trafalgar Square, London damaged during the night by demonstrators. Bottles, cans, and placards littered the concrete ground of one of the most iconic landmarks in London. Demonstrators livid at government cuts had sprayed graffiti on the four bronze lions. “No-one rules if no-one obeys,” one message, next to […]

2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

4 February, 2021

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Saturday, July 19, 2008 This year’s Leisure Taiwan trade show (a.k.a Taiwan Sport Recreation and Leisure Show) started yesterday, with 131 companies participating including sports media companies such as ESPN and VideoLand Television, businesses selling sports equipment and fitness clubs. There were also a variety of sports being played in the arena built for the […]

Wikinews interviews India’s first female Paralympic medalist Deepa Malik

4 February, 2021

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Wikinews on Sunday interviewed Deepa Malik, India’s first female Paralympic medalist, who won the silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put F53 event finals, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Malik lost the gold medal to Bahrain’s Fatema Nedham, who had the best throw 4.76 […]

Reform Party of the United States nominates fitness model Andre Barnett for president

4 February, 2021

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Fitness model Andre Barnett of Poughkeepsie, New York won the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States at its national convention in Philadelphia last weekend. Consultant Kenneth Cross was selected as his running mate. Barnett, who founded the company WiseDome, became a fitness model after suffering an injury […]

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Communist Party candidate Shona Bracken, Toronto Danforth

4 February, 2021

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Sunday, October 7, 2007 Shona Bracken is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election in Toronto—Danforth. Wikinews interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Ontario_Votes_2007:_Interview_with_Communist_Party_candidate_Shona_Bracken,_Toronto_Danforth&oldid=539050”

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

4 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

4 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 […]