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IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community

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IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community
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Saturday, January 15, 2005 United States —”IBM hereby commits not to assert any of the 500 U.S. patents listed below, as well as all counterparts of these patents issued in other countries, against the development, use or distribution of Open Source Software.” [1] So begins the pledge IBM has made to “any individual, community, or […]

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Airplane crashes into ocean in Micronesia

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Airplane crashes into ocean in Micronesia
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 A photo of the submerged airplane by US Pacific Fleet. Yesterday morning near the international airport located on Weno island of Chuuk state of the Federated States of Micronesia, Oceania a passenger airplane of model Boeing 737-800 flown by the Air Niugini carrier crashed into sea as its pilot missed the […]

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Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry

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Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 In New South Wales today, thousands of people joined a protest including 15 Labor Members of Parliament about the State Government’s plans to privatise the electricity industry. The MPs included Paul Gibson, Upper House president Peter Primrose, and former MPs Kerry Hickey and Grant McBride. Mr Gibson was reported as saying, […]

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Philadelphia to become largest city in U.S. without Boy Scout building

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Philadelphia to become largest city in U.S. without Boy Scout building
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Thursday, June 7, 2007 The Philadelphia Scout Building, also known as the Cradle of Liberty Council. When the Philadelphia City Council broke its 80 year old building lease with the Cradle of Liberty Council, it set itself on a course to be the largest city in the nation without its own Boy Scout building. The […]

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Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation

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Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 Video showing rocket strike near the camera. Image: Baba-Omer via Bambuser. Syrian forces have been shelling the Baba Amr district of Homs, Syria for almost a month. Civilians and journalists are amongst the dead, and Wikinews spoke to a local citizen journalist, attracting attention both from the world’s media and from […]

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BBC receives 487 complaints after ‘Dancing’ race row

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BBC receives 487 complaints after ‘Dancing’ race row
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Friday, October 9, 2009 The BBC has received 487 complaints after Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Anton du Beke used a racist remark for his dance partner. Actress contestant Laila Rouass, who is of Morrocan descent, was called a “paki” by her dance partner during rehearsals for the show. British tabloid News of the World […]

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RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

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RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art
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Saturday, October 6, 2007 RuPaul: “There is a definite prejudice towards men who use femininity as part of their palette; their emotional palette, their physical palette.”photo: David Shankbone Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking […]

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New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party

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New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party
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Sunday, November 5, 2006 Figures released by Simon Power, law and order spokesman for the National party, show that the New Zealand Labour led government lets 81% of all prisoners not do any work while in prison. Newspaper, Sunday News says that some Christchurch prisoners have been given a barbecue for good behavior. Simon Power’s […]

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