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Category:Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair

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Wikipedia has more about this subject: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Welcome to the Wikinews Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair section. For more information about writing and editing see the Newsroom. Refresh for latest articles. Pages in category “Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Abu_Ghraib_prisoner_abuse_affair&oldid=369541”

Ukraine opposition candidate Yushchenko is suffering from a Dioxin intoxication, doctors say

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Saturday, December 11, 2004 VIENNA —Doctors from the Rudolfinerhaus clinic in Vienna say “there is no doubt” Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yushchenko was poisoned with Dioxin. Yushchenko’s body had about 1,000 times more than the normal concentration of the toxin. It is unknown if there were any other poisons in his system. Although it has […]

Wikinews 2014: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014With the English-language Wikinews continuing to increase the amount of original content published, we take a look back at some of the eighty-plus original reports from our contributors during 2014. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_2014:_An_%27Original_reporting%27_year_in_review&oldid=4598651”

Four die in Papua New Guinea plane crash

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Thursday, September 2, 2010 Three Australian citizens and a New Zealander died when the chartered light aircraft in which they were travelling crashed on Misima Island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The plane, a Cessna Citation with five people on board, is said by locals to have overshot the runway in poor weather, […]

NHL: Boston Bruins win Winter Classic in overtime

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Sunday, January 3, 2010 Philadelphia Flyers 1 2 Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins won against the Philadelphia Flyers at Boston’s historic Fenway Park becoming the first home team to win the NHL Winter Classic in front of a crowd of 38,112 Friday. Before the game began, a ceremonial face-off took place between Bruins’ legend Bobby […]

US Representative Elijah Cummings dies at age 68

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Friday, October 18, 2019 Early yesterday morning, United States Representative Elijah Cummings died while in hospice care. Cummings, the Democratic chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, was 68. Elijah Eugene Cummings, first elected to Congress in 1996, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1951. His parents, Robert Cummings Sr. and Ruth Elma Cummings, […]

French teacher in hiding after criticizing Islam

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Robert Redeker, a French writer and college tutor in Toulouse, is now in hiding after receiving a series of death threats from Islamic fundamentalists by phone, email, and on a radical Islamist internet forum. One online posting called upon French Muslims to “follow the lead of Muhammad Bouyeri“, who murdered the […]

Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews

24 January, 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 […]

Apple releases iPhone SDK, announces upcoming update

24 January, 2021

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 During a media event held at its Cupertino headquarters, Apple released the long awaited iPhones Software Development Kit (SDK) and the associated iTunes “App Store” and iPhone Developer Program. The SDK will allow third party software developers to create applications for the iPhone and then distribute them on the iTunes Apps […]

Gordon Parks, African American filmmaker, dies at 93

23 January, 2021

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 Renowned African American artist Gordon Parks, known for his photography, film direction, and autobiographical works, including the book and film The Learning Tree, died Tuesday at his home in New York. He was 93. Parks was a pioneering black artist with an impressive list of honors and accomplishments, including at least […]