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‘Top Model’ winner Jaslene Gonzalez on her career and being a Latina role model

4 January, 2021

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Jaslene Gonzalez is not your typical model. She rose to fame after winning Cycle 8 of America’s Next Top Model, and since then, has been aggressively tapping into the fashion industry. As a result of her Latin background, Gonzalez has been successful at marketing herself both in the English-speaking and Spanish-speaking […]

Eric Bogosian on writing and the creative urge

4 January, 2021

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Thursday, April 17, 2008 Eric Bogosian is one of America’s great multi-dimensional talents. “There’s sort of three different careers, and any one of them could exist by itself, on its own two feet. There was that solo stuff, and then I started writing plays in the late seventies.” Although his work has spanned genres, most […]

FC Barcelona presents project for new Camp Nou stadium

4 January, 2021

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Saturday, September 22, 2007 British architect Norman Foster and FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta presented today in Barcelona the redevelopment project for the team’s stadium, Camp Nou, built in 1957. The Catalan club expects that this redesign will turn the stadium into a city landmark and that “the external image of the stadium will become […]

US president Obama, Congress call for blocking of executive bonuses at AIG insurance company

4 January, 2021

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 United States President Barack Obama stated Monday that insurance giant AIG is in financial trouble due to “recklessness and greed,” and called for legal action to stop the company from giving out millions of dollars in bonuses to its executives. “It’s hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any […]

Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away

4 January, 2021

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Monday, May 14, 2007 Buffalo, New York —A massive warehouse complex of at least 5 buildings caught on fire in Buffalo, New York on 111 Tonawanda Street, sending a plume of thick, jet black colored smoke into the air that could be seen as far away as 40 miles. As of 6:40 a.m., the fire […]

Michael Moore’s new film ‘Sicko’ leaked via P2P

4 January, 2021

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Thursday, June 14, 2007 A number of reports confirm that Michael Moore’s forthcoming documentary has been leaked onto Peer-to-peer networks. This is the second pre-release leak in a month of a film from Lionsgate Studios. The movie, SiCKO contrasts the U.S. healthcare system with that of several other countries and includes a trip to Cuba […]

CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills

4 January, 2021

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Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Paul Arbour. Arbour is a candidate in Ontario’s Carleton—Mississippi Mills riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding is currently represented by Gordon O’Connor, a […]

Red Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream; CentOS team discuss implications with Wikinews

4 January, 2021

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Monday, December 14, 2020 On Tuesday, US-based software company Red Hat announced their plans to shift their focus away from CentOS in favour of CentOS Stream. In the blog post Chris Wright, the Chief Technological Officer of Red Hat said Red Hat had informed the CentOS governing board that Red Hat was “shifting our investment […]

International conference agrees on plan for Yemen’s terror problem

4 January, 2021

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Thursday, January 28, 2010 An international conference in London on Tuesday came up with a plan to fight al-Qaeda’s presence in Yemen. Delegates present at the conference were from twenty countries, including Yemen, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The conference was called by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown due to the failed Christmas […]

Bangladesh security tightened following Pilkhana massacre and Bashundhara City fire

4 January, 2021

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Friday, March 20, 2009 Following the Pilkhana massacre which occurred February 25 and 26 leaving 74 dead and the inferno at the Bashundhara City shopping mall complex March 13 leaving seven dead, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said security measures are being tightened countrywide across Bangladesh. Fire drills will be enacted at all key-point installations (KPI). […]