Tuesday, January 30, 2018 On Sunday, female ice hockey players from North and South Korea joined one another for a training session before the upcoming…
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Adele and David Bowie each win five Grammys
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 On Sunday, British singer Adele won five Grammy Awards at the 59th Grammy Awards event in Los Angeles. David Bowie posthumously…
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Experts: obesity is a bigger threat than AIDS or bird flu
Friday, September 8, 2006 From September 3 to 8, experts gathered at the 10th International Congress on Obesity in Sydney, Australia, to discuss what they…
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Guinean military leader in ‘favourable’ condition after attempted assassination
Monday, December 7, 2009 Morocco said earlier today that Guinea’s military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, has undergone successful surgery for gunshot wounds sustained on Thursday…
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Wikinews Shorts: August 18, 2010
A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, August 18, 2010. An unemployed, single mother from South Carolina has confessed to suffocating her two toddler children…
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Belgium stops telegram services
Saturday, December 30, 2017 After 171 years of existence, telegram services were permanently stopped in Belgium as of yesterday. The service was launched in 1846,…
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State of emergency declared in New York over H1N1 swine flu virus
Thursday, October 29, 2009 According to US health officials, New York state governor David Paterson has declared a state of emergency in the state as…
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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
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…
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Obesity and the Fat Acceptance Movement: Kira Nerusskaya speaks
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Opinions rooted in racism, sexism, homophobia are commonly unacceptable to express in public or in polite company. Michael Richards shouted down…
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California employees owe state US$13.3 million in unpaid loans
Sunday, April 24, 2011 The California Controller’s office reports that eleven state agencies have given US$13.3 million in pay and travel advances that have not…
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