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Senator Ted Stevens loses re-election bid in Alaska ballot

19 January, 2021

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Alaskan U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who turned 85 yesterday, narrowly lost his re-election bid to Mark Begich, the Democratic Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Meanwhile, as Alaska’s counting of the November 4 election is almost complete, Democratic challenger for the US House of Representatives, Ethan Berkowitz, conceded to incumbent Don Young, the […]

In the land of the open source elves: Interview with “Battle for Wesnoth” creator David White

19 January, 2021

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Thursday, June 1, 2006 If you’ve always wanted to live in a world populated by elves, dwarves and wizards, you don’t need to pay for a World of Warcraft subscription or buy the Special Extended DVD Trilogy Edition of The Lord of the Rings just yet. You could instead give Battle for Wesnoth a try […]

Category:PR

19 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 […]

Brazilian Vote Buying parliamentary commission present first joint preliminary report

19 January, 2021

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Wikipedia has more about this subject: Brazilian vote-for-cash scandal Monday, September 5, 2005 Brazil —The Post Office and Vote Buying parliamentary commissions of investigation unanimously approved on Thursday (1) their first joint preliminary report of activities. The text was prepared by their redactors, Osmar Serraglio (PMDB) and Ibrahim Abi-Ackel (PP), from Post Office and Vote […]

Interview with Usenet search sites targeted by the MPAA

19 January, 2021

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 Last week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced it had launched seven lawsuits against operators of websites it claims had been “facilitating the distribution of copyright works”. In its announcement, the MPAA said it had commenced legal action against the following BitTorrent tracking sites: isohunt.com, bthub.com, and torrentbox.com, which […]

Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate

19 January, 2021

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Thursday, March 31, 2016 Businessman Rocky De La Fuente took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. The 61-year-old De La Fuente resides in San Diego, California, grew up in Tijuana, and owns multiple businesses and properties throughout the world. Since getting his start in […]

Toronto to have socialized city-wide wi-fi access

19 January, 2021

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Thursday, March 9, 2006 Toronto’s public utility, Toronto Hydro Telecom, will make Canada’s largest city into a huge wireless hotspot. “This is both an exciting and very important initiative for the city of Toronto”, said Toronto’s mayor, David Miller. “It puts us on the leading edge of the telecommunications industry nationwide and globally.” Toronto Hydro […]

Moldovan parliament approves new government

19 January, 2021

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 A new government has been formed in the Republic of Moldova on Monday afternoon EEST (UTC+3), though the vote of confidence in the Zinaida Greceanîi – cabinet came from only 56 members of the 101-seat Parliament of Moldova. New ministers constitute only one – third of the governmental team. For the […]

Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives

19 January, 2021

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Pakistani President met with protest on fifth day of UK tour

19 January, 2021

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Saturday, August 7, 2010 The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, was met with a 250-strong protest today, during his visit to Birmingham, England. The protest was held outside the International Convention Centre (ICC) venue in the British city, where the president addressed supporters of his Pakistan Peoples Party and leading figures of the Pakistani […]