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‘Guantanamo’-style detention facility under construction on Australian Island

2 February, 2021

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Monday, November 28, 2005 The Australian Government is currently building a “Guantanamo-style detention facility” – a $210 million, 800-bed Immigration Reception and Processing Centre – on Christmas Island, 1400km off Australia’s northwest coast. The project has residents concerned about the prospect of having imprisoned detainees and possible terrorism suspects as neighbours. Christmas Islanders fear the […]

Stanford physicists print smallest-ever letters ‘SU’ at subatomic level of 1.5 nanometres tall

2 February, 2021

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 A new historic physics record has been set by scientists for exceedingly small writing, opening a new door to computing‘s future. Stanford University physicists have claimed to have written the letters “SU” at sub-atomic size. Graduate students Christopher Moon, Laila Mattos, Brian Foster and Gabriel Zeltzer, under the direction of assistant […]

Viacom delays launch of gay cable channel

2 February, 2021

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Friday, January 14, 2005 New York —Media giant Viacom has delayed the launch of its LGBT-themed LOGO channel by more than four months, according to reports. Originally scheduled to launch Feb. 17, the new channel’s debut was delayed until a planned June 30 sign on. Part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, LOGO has secured carriage on […]

Australian Federal Police say Wikileaks committed no crime

2 February, 2021

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Friday, December 17, 2010 The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has stated that the whistle-blowing website known as WikiLeaks has committed no crimes in Australia by publishing over 250,000 United States diplomatic cables. An investigation by the AFP into the release of the cables revealed that Wikileaks had not broken any laws under Australian jurisdiction. “[The […]

Chrysler files for bankruptcy, Fiat Group SpA to run company

2 February, 2021

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Friday, May 1, 2009 The American auto company Chrysler filed for bankruptcy Thursday, however a deal with European auto maker Fiat went through. The emerging Chrysler will be owned 55 percent by the United Auto Workers, eight percent by the United States Government, two percent by the Canadian Government and Fiat would begin with a […]

US Seeks to Lift Export Sales Ban on the F-22A Raptor

2 February, 2021

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Friday, June 30, 2006 The US House of Reprensentatives is seeking to lift a nine year old ban on export sales of the F-22A Raptor stealth fighter. US lawmakers approved an amendment that would allow Lockheed Martin, the aircraft’s primary manufacturer, to sell the aircraft overseas to foreign nations. Every defence bill since 1997 contained […]

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

2 February, 2021

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Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

2 February, 2021

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Winners of international postcard-sized art exhibit announced

2 February, 2021

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Thursday, August 25, 2005 Visual Arts Brampton has announced the winners of its Second Annual Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show. Currently on display in the Fridge Front Gallery in Shoppers World, The Snail Mail Show features well over 350 entries from 14 countries around the world. This is up from the previous year’s approximately […]

Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

2 February, 2021

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is […]