Tuesday, January 15, 2008 The Bush administration officially notified Congress Monday of its intention to sell sophisticated precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. The action, coinciding…
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Sealing ships trapped in ice off coast of Newfoundland
Friday, April 20, 2007 For the past week, approximately 100 sealing ships have been trapped in ice floes off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. The…
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Ed Sheeran wins Song of Year Grammy for Thinking Out Loud
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Yesterday, UK singer Ed Sheeran won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his song Thinking Out Loud from…
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Ireland’s Occupy Dame Street, Occupy Waterford camps cleared
Saturday, March 10, 2012 Occupy protests in two Irish cities have been cleared in the last two days. Dublin’s Occupy Dame Street was cleared by…
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Hell Pizza condom advertisements: complaints upheld
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 A record number of complaints, over 600, against the New Zealand restaurant chain Hell Pizza for its advertising campaign using condoms…
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Ontario college teachers begin strike
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 All across the Canadian province of Ontario, college teachers have gone on strike, leaving more than 150,000 students in 24 colleges…
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Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires elected as Pope Francis
Thursday, March 14, 2013 The Roman Catholic Church has elected Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires as the new pope. He is to take…
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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority drop inquiry into culture of banking
Thursday, December 31, 2015 The Financial Conduct Authority, one of Britain’s banking sector regulators, indicated it has decided to drop an inquiry into banking culture,…
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No hotel previously on site of proposed Buffalo, N.Y. hotel location
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal…
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Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101
Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed…
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