At least eight dead as building collapses during construction in China
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Bucharest to be ‘rebranded’ for 800 million euro
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Bucharest, Romania — The city centre of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is set to get…
Millions of old New Zealand coins still to be handed in
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 On November 1, 2006 the old five, ten, twenty and fifty cent coins will be illegal…
Former WorldCom CEO Ebbers sentenced to 25 years
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Bernard Ebbers, founder and former CEO of telecommunications giant WorldCom, now MCI, was sentenced to 25…
Media reports exaggerate cell phone risks again
Monday, September 22, 2008 Several mainstream news outlets have misstated and overstated a possible link between cellular phone use and…
Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
Thursday, January 24, 2013 1 2 3 4 A group of researchers published a paper about their discovery of a…
Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B ‘giant Ponzi scheme’
Correction — January 10, 2009 This article incorrectly states that Mr Madoff attended Hofstra University Law School. His education was actually…
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Israeli chess players barred at chess tournament in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, December 27, 2017 On Sunday, vice-president of World Chess Federation (FIDE) Israel Gelfer told Reuters that visas for seven…
Scottish Midlothian car crash kills three
Monday, December 24, 2012 Two cars have been involved in a road traffic accident in the Scottish Lothian and Borders…