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July 29, 2021

Category:Iain Macdonald (Wikinewsie)/Aviation

Aviation articles by Wikinewsie Iain Macdonald. Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California Germany bans Mahan Air of Iran, citing ‘security’ Lion Air disaster: Crashed jet’s voice recorder recovered from Java Sea Iranian cargo plane crashes into Karaj houses Police warn new drone owners to obey law after disruption at UK’s Gatwick Airport Rescue helicopter crash kills six […]

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July 28, 2021

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 prohibit Australian women’s access to the drug, will be held in Federal parliament on February 9. The Senate committee is considering a bill to remove ministerial control of the abortifacient […]

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July 28, 2021

Nigerian “free puppy” scam revealed on the internet

Thursday, September 20, 2007 A Nigerian “free puppy” scam has been circling the internet for months without any reports on television or on the radio. Just yesterday the Toronto Star reported about a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada woman, on September 10, who was scammed by a Nigerian man (Paul) claiming to be a Christian missionary who could no longer take care […]

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July 25, 2021

Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group

Thursday, January 14, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Nancy Many about her book My Billion Year Contract, and asked her about life working in the elite Scientology group known as the “Sea Org“. Many joined Scientology in the early 1970s, and after leaving in 1996 she later testified against the organization. Published in October, Many’s book has gone on to become […]

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July 25, 2021

Voluntary sterilization of poor women proposed by Louisiana state legislator

Thursday, September 25, 2008 A Louisiana representative has proposed a controversial solution to “generational welfare,” which would pay women on welfare to get sterilization. Republican John LaBruzzo said he thought of the idea because of his constituents’ outrage over paying for welfare. “You have these people who are just fed up with working their buns off to try to provide […]

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July 24, 2021

NBC employee wins $266M from California lottery

Thursday, May 6, 2010 An NBC employee won US$266 million from the California Lottery’s Mega Millions drawing. The winner, wishing to remain anonymous, will receive $165 million in total, after federal taxes, reports spokesperson for the lottery Cathy Doyle Johnston. David Reese, a KNBC assistant manager, was informed by the winner around 2:30 local time Wednesday. Reese told the employees […]

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July 23, 2021

How To Evolve Your Business Model As Times Change

Read More About: Mad4 Heli Are You Prepared to Meet New Customer Needs? We’ve been forging our way through uncertainty for a few months now, and I have to say: small business owners are resilient. In a time of stress and sadness we pivoted, we adapted, and I hope everyone, their families and their small businesses are OK. I’ve written […]

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July 23, 2021

Canadian neighbourhood protected from bully for three years

Sunday, March 29, 2009 Ralph Scala was sentenced Saturday for 49 counts of mischief, criminal harassment, and uttering threats during seven years of neighbourhood bullying in Toronto, Ontario. Scala, aged 36, slashed tires, smashed windows, and intimidated and insulted his neighbours. “I had to go and calm her down when she found her property littered with dog refuse, dead squirrels, […]

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