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Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip

22 January, 2021

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Solar Impulse, the world’s most advanced solar powered plane has just completed the first of the five legs of its trans-continental journey, flying fuel-free from San Francisco to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, in just over 18 hours. The plane was piloted by co-founder Bertrand Piccard, departing San Francisco dawn on Friday […]

Category:June 8, 2010

22 January, 2021

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? June 7, 2010 June 9, 2010 ? June 8 Pages in category “June 8, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:June_8,_2010&oldid=1040733”

Danish Integration Minister’s car burned

22 January, 2021

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark – The Danish Integration Minister Rikke Hvilshøj’s car was set ablaze outside her family-home on the morning of Wednesday 8 June. From there, the fire spread to the family’s garage, and further on to the side of the house, damaging the roof above the kitchen and children’s room. At […]

Explosion after gas leakage in Madrid residential building kills four

22 January, 2021

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Eleven die in truck-van crash in Kentucky

22 January, 2021

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Saturday, March 27, 2010 At least eleven people have died in a crash between a van and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 65 south of Munfordville, Kentucky. The collision occurred around 5:16 a.m. CDT (1016 UTC) yesterday morning near the 63-mile marker. According to officials the tractor-trailer crossed the median and struck the 18 passenger van […]

Over 60 illegal miners die in South African mine fire

22 January, 2021

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Over 60 miners were killed in an abandoned gold mine shaft near Welkom, in the Free State province of South Africa, after a fire broke out inside the mine. 36 bodies from the Harmony Gold mining company Eland mine shaft were brought up earlier on the weekend from depths up to […]

Tanker truck fire causes collapse on Oakland Freeway

22 January, 2021

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Sunday, April 29, 2007 A tanker truck carrying approximately 8,600 gallons of unleaded gasoline caught on fire on the Interstate 80/880 interchange in Oakland, California early Sunday morning around 3:40 AM. The fire resulted in the collapse of at least two sections of bridges at the interchange, including one carrying I-580. The multi-level freeway interchange […]

Iran to launch its first nuclear power plant

22 January, 2021

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Saturday, August 14, 2010 File:Iran Nuclear power plants map.png Ali Akbar Salehi, chief of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency, announced Friday that Iran is scheduled to launch its first nuclear power plant in Bushehr. Russia said that it will start loading fuel into the reactor on August 21, 2010. Russia has assisted Iran in the construction […]

Wikinews interviews Frank McEnulty, independent candidate for US President

22 January, 2021

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Saturday, February 16, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, there are small political parties offering candidates, and those who choose to run without a party behind them, independents. Wikinews is interviewing some of these citizens who are looking to become the 43rd person […]

Iran’s morality police crack down on un-Islamic dress

22 January, 2021

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 The Iranian police forces have faced criticism from Ayatollah Hashemi Shahrudi, the head of the judiciary who was appointed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for their re-invigorated campaign to do away with un-Islamic dress. Ayatollah Shahroudi proclaimed, “Tough measures on social problems will backfire and have counter-productive effects.” Others have, of […]