Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson

8 January, 2021

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Sunday, September 30, 2007 Evan Wolfson, the founder of the modern gay marriage movement, tells the waiter he would like an iced decaf and “the usual.” Wolfson, one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People in the World, is a man who unflinchingly knows what he wants and stays his course, whether it be in his […]

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Apple plans to sell movies on iTunes

8 January, 2021

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Apple Computer is planning to sell full-length feature films for download via the online iTunes Music Store. The store currently sells digital music tracks, and more recently has begun to sell TV episodes. Apple executives are in negotiations with film studios to arrange the deal and settle on pricing structures. It […]

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French teacher in hiding after criticizing Islam

8 January, 2021

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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 […]

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Elvish, Klingon and Na’vi: Constructed languages gain foothold in film

8 January, 2021

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Monday, December 28, 2009 The release of the movie Avatar, written and directed by James Cameron, has generated increased interest in the field of constructed language, also known as conlang. Cameron asked American linguistics professor Paul Frommer to develop a language spoken by the extraterrestrial people in the film known as the Na’vi. Author J. […]

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Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film ‘Sledge’

8 January, 2021

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Thursday, October 23, 2014 Just days away from Halloween, Wikinews interviewed Kristian Hanson, producer-director of independent slasher film Sledge. The film has been a recent source of discussion in horror fan circles, primarily due to its production budget of only US$800. Sledge is Hanson’s fourth film to direct, according to Internet Movie Database. Retrieved from […]

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Google Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations

8 January, 2021

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Last Tuesday in Taipei, Google Taiwan held an annual summary press conference named “Collective Intelligence & Innovation” (In Chinese: ?????????). With many products had already been presented to the public like wikis, blogs, and photo albums in the Web 2.0 era, Google served to provide lots of services like Google Apps, […]

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Wikinews discusses DRM and DMCA with Stallman after GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl

8 January, 2021

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This article requires pre-publication review by an uninvolved reviewer (one not substantially involved in writing the article). Note, only qualified reviewers may do this and publish articles. This right requires experience with Wikinews policies and procedures. To request the right, apply here.Reviewers, please use Easy Peer Review per these instructions. -Article last amended: Dec 30 […]

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Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick

7 January, 2021

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Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Australian researchers say they have scientifically proven that stress causes sickness. The Garvan Institute in Sydney has discovered that a hormone, known as neuropeptide Y (NPY) is released into the body during times of stress. Their findings show the hormone can stop the immune system from functioning properly. “Neuropeptide Y is […]

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UK general election, 2005

7 January, 2021

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Thursday, May 5, 2005 The United Kingdom General Election Results: Labour Conservative Lib Dems 355 197 62 DUP SNP Sinn Féin 7 6 5 Plaid Cymru SDLP UUP 3 3 1 RESPECT IKHH Ind.   1 1 1   Wikinews will have coverage of the election results at: Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election […]

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