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June 30, 2021

Sadr City suicide bomber uses fruit truck to kill 66 on market day

Sunday, July 2, 2006 A suicide bomber exploded a truck bomb in the crowded Al-Ula market in Sadr City in Baghdad on Saturday, killing 66 people and injuring over a 100. ‘At the beginning of this market, the criminal blew up his dynamite-packed truck after trying to go over the pavement,’ said Iraq’s Deputy Health Minister Sabah al-Hussein. The explosion […]

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June 29, 2021

Researchers create rat kidneys in a laboratory

Monday, April 15, 2013 Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have created laboratory-grown rat kidneys that function when transplanted into rats according to a study published online yesterday in the medical journal Nature Medicine. The kidneys were capable of urine production and excretion without blood clots in both the laboratory and inside living rats. The researchers were able to create […]

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June 29, 2021

Exporting Technology To Africa To Save Lives

Read More About: Cycle Counting Exporting Technology to Africa to Save Lives by Chris Cowper A chance phone call from the Clinton Foundation in Mozambique has changed ours and their lives dramatically. It shows the power of creating appropriate and well constructed websites describing a company’s services and products. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhoYLp8CtXI[/youtube] What was the problem and then the solution: Delayed test […]

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June 29, 2021

US President Obama authorizes airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq

Friday, August 8, 2014 United States President Barack Obama appeared in the State Dining Room at the White House Thursday night saying he was authorizing two operations in Iraq against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgency. They were launched to help religious minorities who are trapped on a mountain without food and water that are “facing […]

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June 28, 2021

On the campaign trail in the USA, July 2016

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 The following is the third edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: two individuals previously interviewed by Wikinews announce their candidacies for the Reform Party presidential nomination; […]

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June 27, 2021

Tips On How To Pack For A Ski Vacation

Read More About: Caravans Geelong Dealer By Anna Notton Many outdoor sports enthusiasts love taking ski vacations. When packing for a ski vacation, there are a number of specific items that should be included which will ensure that you not only have fun, but you will also be well-protected. Below are a number of ski-tested tips to perfect ski vacation […]

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June 27, 2021

Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal Nature. Data from Cassini’s cosmic […]

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June 27, 2021

Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, April 27, 2007. Contents 1 Stephen Hawking goes weightless 2 Saudi Arabia arrests 172 militants 3 Abdullah Gül does not get presidency in first round 4 Chinese cat reportedly gives birth to ‘poodle’ 5 Top al-Qaeda operative reported in US custody 65-year-old scientist Stephen Hawking took a ride on the “Vomit Comet“, an […]

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June 25, 2021

New Zealand airlines relax knife regulations

Saturday, October 1, 2005 New Zealand has relaxed the safety rules imposed on internal airlines in 2002, once more allowing passengers to carry pocket knives with blades less than 60mm long and knitting needles. Other larger items remain banned, including ice-skates, pool cues, hockey sticks, skateboards, cricket bats and harpoons. Other countries more at risk from terrorism such as the […]

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