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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

4 January, 2021

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached […]

Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan

4 January, 2021

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Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery […]

Controversial Queensland Premier of 19 years dies at 94

4 January, 2021

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Saturday, April 23, 2005Queensland Australia’s Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen, a controversial figure who served as the State’s Premier for 19 years and reigned over the government that later became the subject of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, has died in hospital at Kingaroy, aged 94. “By any measurement, Sir Joh was an exceptional state builder who will […]

Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

4 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 […]

Business Brief for December 16, 2005

4 January, 2021

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Friday, December 16, 2005 Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Business_Brief_for_December_16,_2005&oldid=1093987”

Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review

4 January, 2021

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Friday, January 1, 2021After an active year of original content published on the English-language Wikinews, we take a look back at some of the two dozen-plus original reports from our contributors during 2020. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_2020:_An_%27Original_reporting%27_year_in_review&oldid=4598863”

New edition of Canada’s Food Guide released

4 January, 2021

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Thursday, February 8, 2007 A new version of Canada’s Food Guide was announced by Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement on Feb. 5, 2007. The guide has helped Canadians with healthy eating habits since 1942 but was last updated in 1992. It is the Canadian government’s most-requested publication after income tax forms. Changes to the Food […]

Winners of 2006 New Zealand Music Awards announced

4 January, 2021

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 The 2006 New Zealand Music Awards, or Tuis, were announced yesterday night at Auckland. Campbell Smith, organiser, said it has been encouraging to “see the Tuis spread among a wide group of artists, rather than being dominated by one or two. It shows the New Zealand music scene is vibrant, diverse […]

Study says to clean your sponge, microwave it

4 January, 2021

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Thursday, January 25, 2007 Studies done on germs and bacteria performed by researchers at the University of Florida show that a dirty kitchen sponge can be cleaned and “sterilized” by microwaving it for 2 minutes, but researchers warn to wet the sponge first. “People often put their sponges and scrubbers in the dishwasher, but if […]

Man charged with attempted murder in £40 million London jewel heist

4 January, 2021

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Sunday, September 6, 2009 24-year-old Aman Kassaye, of no fixed abode, is to face a charge of attempted murder for his alleged role in an armed robbery that netted £40 million ($65 million) worth of jewelry from a London store. Kassaye is the seventh man to be charged, and is also facing prosecution for conspiracy […]