U.S. Senate passes landmark health care reform bill

2 February, 2021

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Thursday, December 24, 2009 The United States Senate has approved a hard-fought measure to overhaul the health care system. The vote will be followed by the difficult process of reconciling the Senate-passed bill with one approved by the House of Representatives, in order to get a final measure to President Barack Obama. HAVE YOUR SAY […]

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Stolen minibus recovered 35 years after theft

2 February, 2021

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Friday, November 6, 2009 A 1965 Volkswagen minibus that was stolen in 1974 has been recovered by customs agents in Los Angeles. The vintage minibus was in pristine condition, valued at $25,000, and was found during a routine inspection of a shipping container scheduled for departure to The Netherlands. A routine computer database search on […]

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Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root

2 February, 2021

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Wayne Allyn Root, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Root is the founder and chairman of Winning Edge International Inc., a sports handicapping company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, he is an author and […]

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UK coach driver jailed for triple-death crash near London

2 February, 2021

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Thursday, November 27, 2008 A driver for the UK coach firm National Express has been jailed for five years after causing a crash last year that killed three people. Philip Rooney, 49, was in a double-decker coach near London’s Heathrow Airport which rolled on January 3 last year. The vehicle landed on its side after […]

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Read Santa Clara marks tenth anniversary

2 February, 2021

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Saturday, September 10, 2005 Santa Clara, California, USA. The adult literacy program Read Santa Clara marked its tenth anniversary today with a gathering of program participants, staff, and supporters from the community. Read Santa Clara trains volunteer tutors and matches them with adult learners who wish to build their literacy skills. In the presentation, program […]

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Quaker website editor launches music podcast programme

2 February, 2021

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Friday, July 22, 2005 Simon Gray, Quaker website editor for the Friend and an organiser for the World Gathering of Young Friends today launched radio star one as a podcast linked to birmingham aliveĀ !, the Birmingham what’s on guide. “It’s an eclectic mix of jazz, world, electronic, classical, & folk”, he said, “perhaps in a […]

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Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight murders

2 February, 2021

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Friday, February 1, 2019 Bruce McArthur, from Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday admitted his guilt in eight murders. McArthur pleaded guilty to each crime at the Superior Court. Beginning in 2010 and continuing for seven years, McArthur murdered gay men; all but one victim was found dismembered in large planters at a house he had access […]

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Category:January 11, 2008

2 February, 2021

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? January 10, 2008 January 12, 2008 ? January 11 Pages in category “January 11, 2008” Media in category “January 11, 2008” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:January_11,_2008&oldid=2960288”

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Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life

2 February, 2021

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Last night HBO premiered I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA. Since its inception, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made headlines and raised eyebrows. They are almost single-handedly responsible for the movement against animal testing and their efforts have raised the suffering animals […]

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Polish humanitarian Irena Sendler dies at age 98

2 February, 2021

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Monday, May 12, 2008 Irena Sendler, a Polish humanitarian who saved the lives of 2,500 Jewish people during World War II, died on May 12 in a Warsaw hospital. She was 98. In 1942, when the Germans began liquidating the Warsaw Ghetto, Sendler, who had been active in the ?egota underground organisation dedicated to helping […]

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