Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Workers at the Linamar automobile parts factory in Swansea, Wales voted by a wide margin today to strike, after an dispute over the firing of one of the worker’s union organisers remained unresolved. An 88% turnout resulted in a vote of 139 in favor of striking to 19 against. Canada-based Linamar […]
A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, August 8, 2009. Contents 1 Leader of Pakistan Taliban may have been killed in drone attack 2 Hillary Clinton arrives in South Africa 3 Anniversary of Georgian War marked by mutual accusations 4 Police in the United Kingdom ordered to review policing of demonstrations 5 Son of missing
Wikinews Shorts: August 8, 2009
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The United States Senate Committee on Finance approved a proposal to reform health care on Tuesday, clearing it to move forward. The bill passed by a 14-9 vote, gaining support from the committee’s thirteen Democrats, and one Republican. Senator Olympia Snowe was the only senator from the Republican party to back
US Senate panel approves healthcare reform bill
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Monday, June 16, 2008 Protesters taking part in a demonstration in London’s Parliament Square were caught in violent brawls with the Metropolitan Police as United States President George W. Bush was making his way to meet Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing Street on Sunday evening. The protest, called for by the Stop the
Protesters clash with police as Bush visits London
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone is currently, courtesy of the Israeli government and friends, visiting Israel. This is a first-hand account of his experiences and may — as a result — not fully comply with Wikinews’ neutrality policy. Please note this is a journalism experiment for Wikinews and put constructive criticism on
Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?
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http://www.mst.org.br/multimidia/gfotos/fotos/escolaff8peq.jpg Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes Photo: MST Wednesday, January 26, 2005 SÃO PAULO, Brazil – The Landless Workers Movement (MST) inaugurated on Sunday the school Florestan Fernandes created by the movement. The school is located at the city of Guararema, 60Km (37.282 miles) from São Paulo and is about 30,000 m 2 {\displaystyle m^{2}} .
MST creates Marxist school in Brazil
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See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/OH-WY
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Sunday, July 6, 2008 A man ripped off the head of a wax model of Adolf Hitler during the opening ceremony of a museum in Berlin, Germany. An unknown 41-year old German, reported to be the second one in line at the opening of the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, pushed aside 2 officers then
Man rips off Hitler waxwork’s head in Berlin
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Japanese auto maker Toyota is to temporarily suspend sales of its luxury Lexus GX 460 SUV following an unfavorable verdict from Consumer Reports, which concluded “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk,” the first such warning in almost a decade. After conducting its standard emergency handling tests on the 2010 version of the Lexus
Toyota to suspend sales of Lexus GX 460 over new safety fears
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Where to find beautiful the Ridges Las Vegas homes for sale by Sheratonv Thinking it is high time to look for a new holiday house in Las Vegas? Then, the next step would be to get in touch with an experienced real estate agent as soon as possible. As it turns out, the plan is
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