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International participants showcase different industry cultures at 2008 Taipei Game Show

1 January, 2021

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Friday, January 25, 2008 B2B Trade Area of Taipei Game Show, criticized by trade buyers last year, but accompanied with 2008 Taiwan Digital Content Forum, moved to the second floor at Taipei World Trade Center for world-wide participants with a better exchange atmosphere this year. Not only local OBMs (Softstar Entertainment, Soft-World International Corp., International […]

Fires burn across eastern Australia amid summer heatwave

1 January, 2021

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Sunday, January 13, 2013 1 2 3 4 Despite earlier cooler weather, heatwave conditions are expected to resume in New South Wales, Australia. Local weather service forecasts expect temperatures to rise above 40°C (104°F), as-experienced earlier in the week. The percentage of uncontained fires jumped as high as 20%. On Friday, local fire authorities have […]

Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root

1 January, 2021

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Wayne Allyn Root, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Root is the founder and chairman of Winning Edge International Inc., a sports handicapping company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, he is an author and […]

AllOfMP3.com to reopen soon

1 January, 2021

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 The controversial Russian music site, AllOfMP3.com, is expected to reopen after a Moscow court ruled that Denis Kvasov, owner of the site, did not break Russian copyright laws and that the site was fully legal. Mr Kvasov argued that although no royalties had been paid to the music industry, the site […]

Fire Fighters Join “TR” Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

1 January, 2021

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Thursday, February 16, 2006 Quoting Theodore Roosevelt, who said that we must do “the greatest good, for the greatest number,” Harold A. Schaitberger, of The International Association of Fire Fighters, (IIAF), announced that the his organization was joining the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, (TRCP). In a press release, Schaitberger, who is IIAF General President, said, […]

Category:May 24, 2010

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37 coaches banned from esports following bug abuse

1 January, 2021

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Category:May 24, 2010

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Californian computer company lodges antitrust suit against Microsoft

1 January, 2021

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006Tangent Computer, a computer services and hardware company based in Burlingame, California has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft. The lawsuit filed on February 14, 2006 claims that Microsoft continues to breach federal antitrust laws. Tangent alleges that Microsoft fosters tactics “to prevent and destroy competition” while raising prices of its software to […]

British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffers defeat in vote on terror laws

1 January, 2021

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Wednesday, November 9, 2005British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has suffered what some consider a humiliating political defeat after the House of Commons dismissed a controversial government proposal to permit the detention of terror suspects for up to 90 days without bringing charges. Under current UK anti-terrorism laws, suspects can be held for up to 14 […]