News briefs:June 11, 2010

8 January, 2021

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:June_11,_2010&oldid=1042727”

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Category:August 5, 2010

8 January, 2021

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? August 4, 2010 August 6, 2010 ? August 5 Pages in category “August 5, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:August_5,_2010&oldid=1978056”

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Protesters turn their backs on Australian PM

8 January, 2021

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Friday, May 25, 2007 Protesters in the Central Western New South Wales city of Bathurst gave Australian Prime Minister John Howard a cold reception as he arrived for a Liberal Party luncheon in the city. Around 200 unionists and university students gathered to protest the Howard government’s new industrial relations regime called Workchoices, the lack […]

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Category:April 22, 2010

8 January, 2021

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? April 21, 2010 April 23, 2010 ? April 22 Pages in category “April 22, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:April_22,_2010&oldid=1924710”

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Snap election fails to end political deadlock in Nauru

8 January, 2021

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 A snap election in Nauru has failed to end a political deadlock. The election, called a year early by President Marcus Stephen, had all eighteen members of parliament re-elected. President Stephen’s government is controlled by nine MPs with his opponent holding the same number. Because neither side can decide who should […]

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Wikinews Shorts: March 7, 2007

8 January, 2021

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A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The European Union has banned the 35 planes in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 45 aircraft fleet from flying in EU airspace. The reason provided by EU was that these plans do not fulfill the safety requirement for international planes and thus were banned. PIA […]

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American Samoa received eight minutes warning before 2009 tsunami

8 January, 2021

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Friday, September 24, 2010 People in American Samoa were given only eight minutes warning that a tsunami, which killed 32 people in the unincorporated territory, resulting from the 2009 Samoa earthquake, was approaching. A report published by the United States Congress admits that the warning was issued sixteen minutes after the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck […]

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Bush’s Katrina statement contradicted by emerging evidence

8 January, 2021

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 Recently emerging evidence seems to contradict a statement by United States President George W. Bush during Hurricane Katrina. He stated in an interview with ABC on September 1st that, “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees”. One of the first items to emerge, a video obtained by the […]

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Egypt struggles to recover tourism, investment

8 January, 2021

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Friday, February 10, 2012 Standard & Poor’s downgraded Egypt’s currency rating for the second time in four months based on the country’s shorfall in foreign reserves and shaky political transition. It’s the latest development for a nation facing mounting economic diffuclties. Egypt’s foreign reserves fell by over 50 percent last year to about US$16 billion. […]

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