Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Construction workers in Seattle, Washington located in the United States are nearing completion of a new light-rail trolley, but it is not the trolleys that are making the residents of the city laugh, it is the abbreviation that city officials designated for the new transit system. The new transit system, South […]

Category:Sports

This is the category for sports. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 2 January 2023: “National treasure”: Former Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at age 82 21 December 2022: Brothers Sunshine Coast to join A grade rugby union competition on Australia’s Sunshine Coast 26 June 2022: Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10

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Category:May 27, 2010

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Nancy Many about her book My Billion Year Contract, and asked her about life working in the elite Scientology group known as the “Sea Org“. Many joined Scientology in the early 1970s, and after leaving in 1996 she later testified against the organization. Published in October, Many’s book

Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group

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Thursday, October 4, 2007 Rick Morelli is running for the NDP in the Ontario provincial election, in the Vaughan riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives,

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with NDP candidate Rick Morelli, Vaughan

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 The closure of a mathematics summer camp in ?irince, ?zmir, Turkey by Turkish authorities has drawn scorn from scientists around the world. Professor Alexandre Borovik, who organized some of the opposition, said “We are shocked to learn that the Summer School of Mathematics initiated by Professor Ali Nesin was shut down

Mathematics summer school in Turkey threatened by authorities

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Thursday, September 18, 2008 According to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), pirates have seized a Greek bulk carrier en route to Kenya with 25 crew on board in the Gulf of Aden some 370 kilometers from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Noel Choong, who represents the International Maritime Bureau, advised ships traveling through the gulf

Somali pirates seize Greek freighter, 25 crew in the Gulf of Aden

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Explosion in French college

Friday, March 24, 2006A large explosion ripped through a research building of the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu) in Mulhouse, eastern France. Mulhouse’s mayor, Jean-Marie Bockel, confirmed that the blast killed one person and injured another. Police declared Code Red, and the neighborhood was evacuated. According to the French Press, TF1, the

Explosion in French college

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its first national authority for scientific research (NASR) to coordinate and fund scientific research in the country. The national authority for scientific research was announced on March 7 by Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE minister for higher education and scientific research. NASR

UAE launches national authority for scientific research

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