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Czech PM calls Obama’s rescue plan a ‘road to hell’

Czech PM calls Obama’s rescue plan a ‘road to hell’

Posted by Admin . Published on 17 January 2023, No Comments Received

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Mirek Topolanek, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and the head of the European Union, called United States President Barack Obama’s plan to spend almost US$2 trillion to revive the country’s faltering economy a “road to hell”. “The US treasury secretary talks about permanent action and we at our [EU […]

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Jan

17

Curious death befalls collaborator days before movie release

Curious death befalls collaborator days before movie release

Posted by Admin . Published on 17 January 2023, No Comments Received

Saturday, February 11, 2006 Alan Shalleck, 76, associate in the children’s book series Curious George, was found dead in his driveway 8 February 2006. Covered in black garbage bags, his body had been disregarded by neighbors and passersby who presumably mistook it for a collection of refuse. Speculation has risen around the case due to […]

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Jan

14

Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

Posted by Admin . Published on 14 January 2023, No Comments Received

Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. […]

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Jan

12

Afghan pilot kills nine Americans

Afghan pilot kills nine Americans

Posted by Admin . Published on 12 January 2023, No Comments Received

Thursday, April 28, 2011 Eight American troops and one contractor were shot and killed by an Afghan National Army Air Force pilot Wednesday. Five Afghan soldiers were also wounded in the attack, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility. The incident, which began around 10 a.m. Afghan time (0530 UTC), occurred in the operations room […]

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Jan

9

Helicopter crash kills eight, injures one in Louisiana

Helicopter crash kills eight, injures one in Louisiana

Posted by Admin . Published on 09 January 2023, No Comments Received

Monday, January 5, 2009 On Sunday afternoon, a Lafayette-based Petroleum Helicopters Inc. (PHI, Inc.) helicopter bound for the offshore oil fields crashed shortly after taking off from its Amelia base, into a marshy area near Bayou Penchant about 100 miles southwest of New Orleans. The helicopter had been carrying oilfield workers and 2 pilots. Eight […]

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Jan

9

Fires at Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in South Australia

Fires at Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in South Australia

Posted by Admin . Published on 09 January 2023, No Comments Received

Saturday, November 12, 2005 34 accommodation units have been destroyed by fire at the Baxter Detention Centre near Pt Augusta in South Australia today. The blaze also gutted a kitchen, laundry, recreational area and officers’ station. The original blaze broke out around 4am ACST in the kitchen of the “White One” compound which houses single […]

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Jan

9

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate John Ogilvie, Carleton—Mississippi Mills

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate John Ogilvie, Carleton—Mississippi Mills

Posted by Admin . Published on 09 January 2023, No Comments Received

Sunday, October 7, 2007 John Ogilvie is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Carleton—Mississippi Mills riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews […]

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Jan

7

Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer

Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer

Posted by Admin . Published on 07 January 2023, No Comments Received

Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]

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Jan

7

Elizabeth May elected leader of Canada’s Green Party

Elizabeth May elected leader of Canada’s Green Party

Posted by Admin . Published on 07 January 2023, No Comments Received

Saturday, August 26, 2006 Elizabeth May has been elected leader of the Green Party of Canada today, winning the position with 2,145 votes or 65.34 per cent of ballot cast. She beat her nearest rival, environmental consultant and Green deputy leader David Chernushenko by a margin of almost 2 to 1. Jim Fannon, the third […]

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Jan

5

Mystery surrounds ricin discovery in Las Vegas hotel

Mystery surrounds ricin discovery in Las Vegas hotel

Posted by Admin . Published on 05 January 2023, No Comments Received

Saturday, March 1, 2008 On February 14, a man staying at the Valley View Extended Stay America hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada was hospitalized after experiencing respiratory distress. The man lapsed into unconsciousness and has been at the hospital ever since. Since the bills at the hotel were going unpaid, Extended Stay America began to […]

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