RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia


Friday, February 3, 2006 An Australian Senate inquiry into the abortion pill “RU486” has started public hearings in Melbourne. A controversial conscience vote on the issue to overturn laws which […]

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Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review


Friday, January 1, 2021 After an active year of original content published on the English-language Wikinews, we take a look back at some of the two dozen-plus original reports from […]

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Four arrested in three Naperville, Illinois prostitution stings


Monday, March 15, 2010 An undercover investigation by Naperville, Illinois law enforcement has led to the arrest last Thursday of four people allegedly involved in prostitution. The stings came after […]

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Air safety group says airport was operating illegally without license when Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashed


Monday, June 23, 2008 An Australian air safety group claims that Yogyakarta International Airport was opearating illegally with no license when Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, crashed at […]

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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt up and down U.S. east coast, Pentagon evacuated


Tuesday, August 23, 2011 A 5.8 earthquake struck 4 miles southwest of Mineral, Virginia, 80 miles south of Washington D.C., at 1:51 p.m. EDT (17:51 UTC) and lasted for 15–30 seconds. […]

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Coalition ups ante on Australian school tax rebates


Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott has pledged private school relief if the Liberal/National coalition wins the upcoming federal election. The pledge came in response to the […]

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NASA issues survivability report on Columbia crash


Friday, January 2, 2009 NASA has issued a report on survivability during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, entitled “Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report”. Although the report finds the accident was […]

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Japan’s National Diet passes law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate within three years


Monday, June 12, 2017 On Friday, Japan’s parliament, the National Diet, passed a law to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate. The law gives Akihito three years to become the first […]

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Russian football club signs two Portugal internationals


Saturday, May 14, 2005 Dinamo Moscow came into agreement with FC Porto on a deal bringing two stars of Portugal’s national team, Maniche and Costinha into the Russian club. Their […]

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Harvard University officials update Agassiz Neighborhood Council about local construction in Cambridge, Massachusetts


Thursday, April 28, 2005 Cambridge, Massachusetts —Harvard University planners met with the Agassiz Neighborhood Council to update the community about Harvard’s construction and expansion plans in the neighborhood on April […]

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