October 3, 2017

Category:Art

This is the category for art. Avoid placing articles in this category. They should be either in a subcategory or in Category:Culture and entertainment. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 5 June 2017: Conductor Jeffrey Tate dies aged 74 3 April 2017: Pop-artist James Rosenquist dies aged 83 18 January 2017: Rape-accused Russian […]

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October 3, 2017

Ottawa plans tax windfall to deal with budget surplus

Sunday, October 9, 2005 Canada’s federal government has announced a new program that plans to share unexpected budget surpluses with ordinary citizens. It should be introduced in Ottawa as early as Friday. The Surplus Allocation Act would share any surplus equally between tax cuts, new spending and debt relief. It would not replace Canada’s $3 […]

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October 2, 2017

P&G to acquire Gillette for US$57 billion

Friday, January 28, 2005 New York –American manufacturing giant Proctor & Gamble (P&G) plans to acquire Gillette Co. for US$57 billion in stock. The purchase plan calls for P&G to swap 0.975 shares of its stock per share of Gillete Co. P&G also announced a stock buyback program in which they would purchase up to […]

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October 2, 2017

Nelson Mandela charity official resigns over ‘blood diamonds’

Thursday, August 19, 2010 Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF) trustee Jeremy Ractliffe has resigned from the charity’s board, twelve days after admitting to the possession of “blood diamonds”. Earlier this month, supermodel Naomi Campbell testified against former Liberian president Charles Taylor when she claimed she received “very small, dirty looking stones” from two men, allegedly […]

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October 1, 2017

News briefs:June 24, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Audio Wikinews News Brief for June 24, 2009 Recorded by: James_PainProblems listening to the file? See media help. RSS Contents 1 About 2 News Brief Transcript for June 24, 2009 2.1 Intro 2.2 Iran and Britain expel diplomats after Iranian presidential election 2.3 Bagram abuse exposed by ex-detainees 2.4 Authorites arrest […]

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October 1, 2017

Crosswords/2005/February/7

Monday, February 7, 2005 Feel free to use the Wikimedia sites to solve our Wikinews crossword. Please do not fill it out online as it would spoil it for other people; print it out and fill it in at your own leisure! < Previous crossword. Contents 1 Quick crossword 2 Across 3 Down 4 Yesterday’s […]

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October 1, 2017

Woman survives being run over by a train in suicide attempt

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 A 56-year-old Israeli woman has been hospitalized after attempting to commit suicide by letting a high-speed passenger train run her over on Sunday. Security cameras caught the entire incident on tape. The video shows the woman walking onto train tracks in the city of Beit Yehoshua as a railroad worker and […]

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