UN report says number of “abject poor” tripled in Gaza

6 January, 2021

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Friday, October 2, 2009 One in every five Gazans is living in “abject poverty”, according to a report issued today by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza. People are placed under the “abject poverty” category when they are no longer able to feed themselves or their family, even with UN assistance. […]

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Category:Education

6 January, 2021

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This is the category for Education. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 6 May 2019: Students compete in second international Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia 30 April 2019: Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas 23 June 2018: Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams 19 May 2018: Principal, […]

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Category:May 15, 2010

6 January, 2021

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? May 14, 2010 May 16, 2010 ? May 15 Pages in category “May 15, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:May_15,_2010&oldid=1924506”

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Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

6 January, 2021

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is […]

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Head of US Minerals Management Service resigns following BP oil spill response

6 January, 2021

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 After reports that US President Barack Obama has fired the director of the Minerals Management Service, Elizabeth “Liz” Birnbaum, the Interior Department revealed that she instead resigned “on her own volition”. The resignation occurred amidst growing criticism of the federal government’s response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and the […]

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Category:May 18, 2010

6 January, 2021

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? May 17, 2010 May 19, 2010 ? May 18 Pages in category “May 18, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:May_18,_2010&oldid=1023529”

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SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch

6 January, 2021

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Monday, November 28, 2005 SpaceX called off the much-delayed inaugural launch of their new Falcon 1 rocket on Saturday from Kwajalein’s Omelek Island launch site. The intent was to launch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s FalconSat 2 satellite, which will monitor plasma interactions with the Earth’s upper atmosphere and magnetosphere. The launch was delayed, then […]

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eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal

6 January, 2021

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Saturday, April 12, 2008 On the back of new restrictions being imposed on eBay users in the United Kingdom requiring that sellers offer PayPal payments for all sales, eBay Australia is mandating that only PayPal payments will be acceptable as of June 17. PayPal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay, and charges a 30¢ transaction […]

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Public smoking ban in Virginia snuffed out

6 January, 2021

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Friday, February 24, 2006 The Virginia legislature’s House of Delegates voted unanimously in a sub-committee to kill a bill that would ban public smoking in the Mid-Atlantic state. The vote was reached during a six-member sub-committee meeting on Thursday. The Virginia Senate, the upper house of the General Assembly, passed on Monday a week ago […]

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Chili Finger Incident

6 January, 2021

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 Correction — October 10, 2019 The day of the alleged incident, March 22, 2005, was a Tuesday, not a Thursday.  Friday, May 6, 2005 On Thursday the 22nd of March, 2005, Anna Ayala, a woman from Las Vegas, claimed to have found a human finger in her bowl of chili at a Wendy’s restaurant located at […]

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