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India discontinues ?500, ?1000 denominations; releases ?2000 and new ?500 bills

Monday, November 14, 2016 On Wednesday, India demonetised ?500 (about US$7.50) and ?1000 notes, announced as a measure to fight corruption, fake notes, and black money. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian citizens late Tuesday, and said 500 and 1000 rupee notes would cease to be legal tender at midnight. To minimise possible difficultiesRead More

India discontinues ?500, ?1000 denominations; releases ?2000 and new ?500 bills

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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran.Read More

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

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Stephen Hawking: aliens ‘almost certain to exist,’ could invade Earth

Sunday, April 25, 2010 After three years working on a new television series for the Discovery Channel, Stephen Hawking concludes that aliens are “almost certain to exist” and could even be dangerous. Hawking says that it is rational to assume that intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe, and mathematically unlikely that life is uniqueRead More

Stephen Hawking: aliens ‘almost certain to exist,’ could invade Earth

Bad Debt Unsecured Personal Loans; Erasing Debts Surprisingly}

Here’s An Opinion On: Property Investment Advice In Canberra Bad Debt Unsecured Personal Loans; Erasing Debts Surprisingly by Tim Kelly To payback your debts you might be seeking for an external finance without placing your property. If so, then bad debt unsecured personal loans holds all the features which you are looking for. This loanRead More Bad Debt Unsecured Personal Loans; Erasing Debts Surprisingly}

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12 ‘fire bombs’ found inside Buffalo, New York apartment house

Thursday, November 8, 2007 Buffalo, New York — The Buffalo Fire Department is currently investigating how 12 “fire bombs” ended up inside an abandoned apartment house on 15 Allen Street in Allentown, a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York on Wednesday November 7. In an exclusive report, Wikinews has learned from a witness who wishes toRead More

12 ‘fire bombs’ found inside Buffalo, New York apartment house

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British conductor Edward Downes and wife die in double assisted suicide

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan took their lives at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic on Friday, July 10, 2009, according to a statement from their family. Lady Downes, 74, was afflicted with terminal cancer, and Sir Edward, 85, was nearly blind with increasing hearing difficulties. These disabilitiesRead More

British conductor Edward Downes and wife die in double assisted suicide