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Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia

2 March, 2023

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Satire site Uncyclopedia, a parody of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has been labeled by the Malaysian government as dangerous. The Internal Security Department of Malaysia issued the warning today, […]

Pakistan coach’s death ‘suspicious’

28 February, 2023

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Bob Woolmer The death of Bob Woolmer, Pakistan’s cricket coach at the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, has been officially labelled “suspicious” by the deputy commissioner of police, Mark Shields, in Jamaica today. “We are now treating [the death of Mr. Woolmer] as suspicious” he said at a […]

Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008

27 February, 2023

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year. What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year that markets collapsed, or perhaps […]

Blair launches third and final manifesto

26 February, 2023

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Tony Blair today launched the Labour Party’s 112 page manifesto for a third term, entitled “Britain: Forward not back”, at London’s Mermaid Theatre this afternoon, promising not to increase income tax or VAT. Blair, with Chancellor Gordon Brown, described the manifesto, which focused on economic policy, as “radical”, “quintessentially New Labour” […]

Man arrested in slaying of six-member family near Tel Aviv, Israel

25 February, 2023

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Monday, November 2, 2009 Police have arrested a man in the murders of a family of six found stabbed to death in their burning apartment near Tel Aviv, Israel. Damian Kirilik, 38, is believed to have killed the Oshrenko family at their home in Rishon LeZion after being fired from their restaurant. Kirilik gave a […]

Details emerge of Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One

23 February, 2023

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Monday, December 8, 2008 Jensen Button driving one of the two 2008 Honda F1 cars at the Malaysian Grand Prix Image: flickr user kuda2001. More details have emerged over the weekend after the surprise announcement last week of Honda‘s intention to sell its Formula One racing team, Honda Racing F1. The team management, Nick Fry […]

China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter

22 February, 2023

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Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 […]

MG Rover sold to Nanjing Auto

17 February, 2023

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A popular MG model: The TF. Friday, July 22, 2005 Administrators PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PWC) have announced that the British car company MG Rover and its engine manufacturer Powertrain Ltd has been sold to Chinese company Nanjing Automobile for an unknown sum of money. The company beat bids from Shanghai Automotive (SAIC), despite being the smaller of […]

Court date “as needed” for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal

17 February, 2023

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Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date […]

David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise

16 February, 2023

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008 David S. Touretzky, prominent free speech activist and critic of Scientology, discussed his opinions on the recent Internet backlash against the Church of Scientology in an interview with former Scientologist and Wikinews reporter Nicholas Turnbull. The recent conflict on the Internet between critics of Scientology and the Church has been spurred […]