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2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

29 January, 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 […]

Afghanistan suicide bomb leaves seven Americans dead

29 January, 2021

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Thursday, December 31, 2009 A suicide bomber attacked an American base in the Khowst region on the Pakistani border of Afghanistan, leaving seven American CIA officers dead and six injured. No American or NATO military personnel were killed or injured in the attack on Forward Operating Base Chapman. It appears that the suicide bomber, reportedly […]

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter introduces bill to cut federal funding for Columbia University

29 January, 2021

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Wednesday, October 3, 2007 On September 26, United States Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) introduced a bill to prohibit federal grants to Columbia University in response to Columbia’s decision to allow Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on campus. The legislative bill, titled “Restore Patriotism to University Campuses Act”, states that “[t]hrough their invitation, Columbia University […]

Category:PR

29 January, 2021

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This category contains article that are copied from press releases. We can not publish these because they don’t meet WN:NPOV. They may also be copyvio’s. These articles can be deleted per Wikinews:Proposed deletion after three days (or one if they’re also a copyvio) of not being edited.Refresh [edit] Delete articles in this category posted before […]

Accidental email brings product placement agency under fire

29 January, 2021

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Sunday, September 21, 2008 An email accidentally sent to Jeff Crouse of the Anti-Advertising Agency recently brought the controversial techniques of the advertising firm Kluger Agency under fire. “I’m writing because we feel you may be a good company to participate in a brand integration campaign within the actual lyrics of one of the worlds […]

United States: Two killed, more than a hundred injured in Amtrak train collision in South Carolina

29 January, 2021

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Early on Sunday morning, Amtrak’s passenger train number 91, the Silver Star, bound for Miami from New York, slammed into a stationary CSX freight train in Cayce, about ten miles (16 km) south of Columbia, capital of the US state of South Carolina. Two Amtrak employees were killed and at least […]

MuchMusic Video Awards this Sunday in Toronto, Canada; Wikinews will be there

29 January, 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. Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Wikinews will be attending The 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards this weekend, a popular annual event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. True stars will be out to play, present, and […]

Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant

29 January, 2021

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Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]

Dell joins Microsoft-Nortel VoIP Team

29 January, 2021

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Saturday, October 20, 2007 Dell Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will partner up with the Microsoft-Nortel Innovative communications alliance (ICA) team to sell Unified Communications and VoIP products. The announcement on Tuesday the 16th of October 2007 includes Dell selling VoIP, data and wireless networking products from Nortel and the Microsoft Office Communications Server […]

Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi

29 January, 2021

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Update since publication This article mentions that Wi-Fi stands for “Wireless Fidelity”, although this is disputed. Thursday, July 7, 2005 A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this month […]