Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008

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Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year. What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year that markets collapsed, or perhaps […]

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Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced

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Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 In an opinion piece published by CNN on Tuesday, Georgetown University law student and women’s rights advocate Sandra Fluke insisted she will not allow slurs from critics to silence her and other women from continuing to speak out on issues regarding women’s health and contraception. Fluke has faced slurs and personal […]

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Health Subsidy And The Exchange Plans

Read An Opinion On: Sarms For Sale Australia Submitted by: Dennis Jarvis We have had two decade of health insurance experience and the health reform changes still require a great deal of study to understand. We can imagine how it must feel for the average American who is trying to see how it applies to […]

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CEO of GM outlines plan for “New GM” after auto company declared bankruptcy

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CEO of GM outlines plan for “New GM” after auto company declared bankruptcy

Thursday, June 4, 2009 In a New York press conference at 16:15 UTC, June 1st, Fritz Henderson, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors earlier today, outlined a plan for what he called a “New GM”. Speaking to the press under safe harbor provisions […]

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Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

October 31st, 2022 by Admin

Sunday, September 16, 2007 The World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have sent experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assist local health authorities with a recent outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Kasai Occidental province of […]

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Triple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot

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Triple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot

October 27th, 2022 by Admin

Tuesday, April 5, 2005Terry Vo, the 10-year old Australian boy who had two hands and a foot reattached by surgeons after losing them in an accident, has had to have the foot re-amputated. He will be given a prosthetic foot in its place. The operation to re-attach three limbs was thought to have been a […]

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Signs It Is Time To Hire A Child Custody Lawyer

October 26th, 2022 by Admin

Read An Opinion On: Family Attribution Rules byadmin If you are in the process of going through a divorce, you may have questions about whether you need a child custody lawyer in Glenview. In some cases, if the separation is a friendly one, you may choose to go without hiring a professional. However, there are […]

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Signals indicate Texas economy continues to improve

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Signals indicate Texas economy continues to improve

October 25th, 2022 by Admin

Sunday, April 29, 2012 As many states across the US continue to struggle financially, many individuals, including some economists report multiple positive indicators for Texas. The chief economist with Comerica Bank told media sources this week that most of the improvements are attributed to strong creations of jobs in both the energy and manufacturing and […]

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Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state

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Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state

October 25th, 2022 by Admin

April 7, 2005 The state Premier of Western Australia (WA), Dr Geoff Gallop, gave an apology to children physically and sexually abused in institutional care within the state between the 1920s and 1970s. The statement was given in reaction to an Australian Senate inquiry into institutional child abuse published last year. “We acknowledge our state’s […]

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Pope attacked during Christmas Eve Mass

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Pope attacked during Christmas Eve Mass

October 25th, 2022 by Admin

Saturday, December 26, 2009 A woman attacked Pope Benedict XVI during Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, causing a disruption to the ceremonies. The pope was unharmed and got to his feet and completed the Mass, although afterwards he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray […]

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