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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breachedRead More

U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

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Bomb blast kills at least eleven in Pakistan, over twenty wounded

Saturday, November 14, 2009 Pakistani police said today that a suicide car bombing has killed at least eleven people and wounded more than twenty others, in the latest attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Officials reported that the bomber set off the explosives at a police checkpoint, and added that two police officers areRead More

Bomb blast kills at least eleven in Pakistan, over twenty wounded

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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computerRead More

Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

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New Mars Orbiter arrives for launch

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the latest robotic spacecraft destined for Mars, arrived at Kennedy Space Center‘s Shuttle Landing Facility on April 30 aboard a C-17 cargo plane and was delivered to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to begin processing. Launching is scheduled for August 10, 2005. With a mission timeRead More

New Mars Orbiter arrives for launch

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Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless

December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. AfterRead More

Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless

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Thaksin’s speech played for demonstrators, ex-Thai PM calls for elections

Friday, June 15, 2007 A videotaped address by Thaksin Shinawatra was played for a crowd of around 15,000 supporters today in Bangkok, with the ousted former prime minister calling for the military-installed government of Thailand to hold elections later this year as promised. “Please speed up the new elections and turn the country back toRead More

Thaksin’s speech played for demonstrators, ex-Thai PM calls for elections

Bone Fracture

Here’s An Opinion On: Double Bay Dental Braces Cost Best Cosmetic Dentist Edgecliff Submitted by: Brenda Williams A bone fracture occurs when a bone, anywhere in the human body, is cracked or broken. The break affects the continuity of the bone itself and also causes mild to severe pain at the break and throughout theRead More Bone Fracture

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One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Across Egypt hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets for the day, marking exactly one year since the outbreak of protests leading to 83-year-old longstanding ruler Hosni Mubarak’s downfall. The country’s decades-long emergency rule was partially lifted this week; meanwhile, a possible economic meltdown looms and a newly-elected parliament heldRead More

One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak