Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming […]

Monday, October 11, 2010 British journalist Andrew Marr has angered bloggers by suggesting they are “inadequate, pimpled and single.” Marr, who was formerly the BBC’s political editor, also said that citizen journalism is “spewings and rantings of very drunk people late at night”. He made the comments at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, saying: “A lot

Andrew Marr angers bloggers, describing them as ‘inadequate, pimpled and single’

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Friday, January 26, 2007 Ângelo A. Chora et. al. are reporting in the Journal of Clinical Investigation this week that carbon monoxide (CO) and the heme oxygenase-1 protein protect against the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the related mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that affects

Carbon monoxide protects against paralysis in MS mice

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Monday, May 6, 2019 The second International Student Olympiad in Neurosurgery for the prize of the Governor of Tyumen Oblast, Russia took place in the first week of April at the Federal Center for Neurosurgery in Tyumen. The competition was attended by 46 people from cities within Russia as well as from Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Wikinews

Students compete in second international Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia

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Tennis star Sharapova out of Olympics

Friday, August 1, 2008 International tennis star Maria Sharapova will miss the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of a shoulder injury sustained during the WTA Rogers Open in Montreal, Canada. Sharapova, 21, defeated Poland’s Marta Domachowska during the second round of the Open, but was in pain during the three-hour match. “This is something that needs

Tennis star Sharapova out of Olympics

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Sunday, May 3, 2015 The UK’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gave birth yesterday to a baby girl, and Kensington Palace announced, “Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8:34 am.” The announcement also said Catherine and the baby are “doing well.” The daughter of the royal couple was

Royal Birth: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby girl

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 SkyCabs International, a New Zealand company based in Auckland, New Zealand, has announced that it is planning to build a monorail in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington for about NZ$300 million. SkyCabs International’s plans are to build a monorail service that starts in Johnsonville which then travels into the central business district

New Zealand company planning for monorail in Wellington

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News briefs:June 4, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 4th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Explosion in Turkey injures eight 1.2 Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. “wrong moves” 1.3 Suspects deny London bomb plot, say lawyers 1.4 Nigerian kidnappers release 8 oil workers 1.5

News briefs:June 4, 2006

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