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Space Shuttle Discovery resumes rollout to launch pad
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 NASA reports that the Return to Flight mission has started to roll toward the launch pad once again. The rollout of the shuttle Discovery, scheduled for April 5 around midnight local time, was moved forward as a precaution when a small crack was discovered in the foam insulation on an external […]
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Robin Cook dead after collapsing/Brief
Robin Cook, the former British foreign secretary and current Member of Parliament, has died of a suspected heart attack after collapsing during a walk on Ben Stack hill in Scotland. Cook, aged 59, was airlifted to a hospital 90 minutes after the collapse. He was reported dead five minutes later. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Robin_Cook_dead_after_collapsing/Brief&oldid=420564”
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Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate
Saturday, January 29, 2011 U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate Jim Hedges of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania took some time to answer a few questions about the Prohibition Party and his 2012 presidential campaign. The Prohibition Party is the third oldest existing political party in the United States, having been established in 1869. It reached its height […]
Going For Gold In Your Small Business
More On This Topic: Yield Advisory Site Going for Gold in Your Small Business by Aisha Jones Scheffel Measuring yourself and/or your business is always difficult. Whether it is weighing yourself after a week on Weight Watchers or waiting for your credit score to pull up after you have applied for a loan. However, without […]
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Canadian PM: Liberal leadership hopefuls ‘anti-Israeli’
Saturday, October 14, 2006 Michael Ignatieff, the frontrunner in the Liberal leadership race, said that Israel committed a war crime when it bombarded the Lebanese village of Qana in July. “This is consistent with the anti-Israeli position that has been taken with virtually all of the candidates of the Liberal leadership, and I don’t think […]
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News briefs:August 2, 2010
Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:August_2,_2010&oldid=1451857”
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Olympic biathlon silver medal stripped due to doping
Thursday, February 16, 2006 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that biathlete Olga Pyleva, Russian Federation, has been excluded from the XX Olympic Winter Games after failing an anti-doping test carried out by the IOC. This is the first instance of an athlete being ejected from the 2006 Winter Olympics. Pyleva, 30, tested positive for […]
Paintball Guns For Beginners How To Choose Your First Paintball Gun
More On This Topic: Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Website Paintball Guns for Beginners – How to Choose Your First Paintball Gun by Emilio Williamson Some items you\’re needing are an air compressor (or perhaps an air cartridge including those the firearms use), some PVC water line that is on the same diameter as your paintballs […]
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Schiphol airliner crash blamed on altimeter failure, pilot error
Thursday, March 5, 2009 Investigators in The Netherlands have announced that last month’s crash of a Boeing 737-800 was caused by a combination of an instrument failure and pilot error. Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed upon approach to Amsterdam‘s Schiphol Airport, killing nine and injuring eighty of the 135 passengers and crew on board. Pieter […]
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World AIDS Day events held around the globe
Sunday, December 2, 2007 The 20th annual World AIDS Day was December 1, 2007. The theme selected by the World AIDS Campaign is “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise” as it will be through 2010. The day was marked by thousands of events around the world. “It is now time for bold leadership at all levels […]