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Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

31 December, 2020

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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 […]

Greenpeace protest disrupts Tony Blair CBI speech

31 December, 2020

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Two Greenpeace protestors entered the CBI conference at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London and delayed a speech being made by the Prime Minister Tony Blair, in which he was expected to announce the consideration of further nuclear power stations to offset the increasing gas prices being experienced by industry […]

CNN headquarters infected with computer worm, exaggerates global threat

31 December, 2020

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 CNN television news gave extensive coverage starting around 5:30 PM EST today to a new computer virus, a worm dubbed rbot.cbq. Its reporting suggested that it had the potential to become one of the most virulent and costly yet seen. This story was unique among cyber-attacks reports as the network apparently […]

Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review

31 December, 2020

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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

31 December, 2020

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Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal […]

Toothpaste fills cavities without drilling

31 December, 2020

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Thursday, February 24, 2005 A paste containing synthetic tooth enamel can seal small cavities without drilling. Kazue Yamagishi and colleagues at the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo say that the paste can repair small cavities in 15 minutes. Currently, fillers don’t stick to such small cavities so dentists must drill bigger holes. Hydroxyapatite crystals, of […]

Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

31 December, 2020

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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds

31 December, 2020

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Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on […]

Top exorcist says schoolgirl was kidnapped for Vatican sex ring

31 December, 2020

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Thursday, May 24, 2012 Gabriel Amorth, the Roman Catholic Church’s leading exorcist, has suggested missing schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi was kidnapped for sexual abuse at orgies attended by foreign diplomats and arranged by Vatican police. Orlandi was fifteen when she vanished in 1983. Amorth, 85, who was appointed by the late Pope John Paul II, makes […]

UK firms encouraged to make the Web speak

31 December, 2020

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 In the United Kingdom, online retailers are being asked by IMRG, their leading industry body, to apply accessibility technologies to their sites. Although the main reason given is a business one (the sales to potential customers who may have access issues is estimated at £4b p.a. by IMRG’s James Roper), there […]