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Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy’s restaurant

5 January, 2021

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Story sources Maria Alicia Gaura and Dave Murphy. “Wendy’s diner finds human finger in her chili” — San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 2005 Chuck Carroll and Sandra Gonzales. “Exposure to `finger’ in chili would pose little risk, official says” — San Jose Mercury News, March 23, 2005 Dan Reed, Knight Ridder Newspapers. “Woman finds human finger in […]

Scholastic sued for Harry Potter copyright infringement

5 January, 2021

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Thursday, July 15, 2010 A trustee of the estate of the late author Adrian Jacobs filed a lawsuit against the US publisher of the Harry Potter series, Scholastic Inc, on Tuesday. He claimed that J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, had copied scenes from Jacob’s novel, The Adventures of Willy the […]

Category:PR

5 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 […]

Ban on YouTube spreads to Google services in Turkey

5 January, 2021

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Monday, June 7, 2010 Access to search engine Google has been limited and most of Google’s online services cannot be accessed in Turkey. The access limitation happened due to the blocking of an IP set that belongs to Google. These IP addresses were shared between YouTube and other Google services. The Turkish news site Hürriyet […]

G20 protests: Inside a labour march

5 January, 2021

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Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London — “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. […]

G20 protests: Inside a labour march

5 January, 2021

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Interim report blames ice for British Airways 777 crash in London

5 January, 2021

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Saturday, September 6, 2008 The United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has released an interim report into the crash of British Airways Flight 38. The Boeing 777-ER crashed early this year as it tried to land at London’s Heathrow Airport. The report states that the AAIB believes the crash occurred when ice crystals formed […]

Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama

5 January, 2021

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Sunday, May 20, 2012 U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate John Wolfe, Jr. of Tennessee took some time to answer a few questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Wolfe, an attorney based out of Chattanooga, announced his intentions last year to challenge President Barack Obama in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. So far, he has […]

British government scraps planned rules on pay equality

5 January, 2021

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Saturday, December 4, 2010 The British Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition government has scrapped plans by the previous government to change the rules on equal pay between men and women. The previous Labour government included a provision in the Equality Act 2010—Section 78—to allow the government the option to introduce regulations that would require companies to publish […]

Rachel Weisz wants Botox ban for actors

5 January, 2021

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009 English actress Rachel Weisz thinks that Botox injections should be banned for all actors. The 39-year-old actress, best known for her roles in the Mummy movie franchise and for her Academy Award-winning portrayal in The Constant Gardener, feels facial Botox injections leave actors less able to convey emotion and that it […]