Monday, June 7, 2010 An acrobatic group known by the name of Spelbound has been declared as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010, a televised variety talent show competition broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. As the winning act of the show, Spelbound have won £100,000 (US$144,580, €120,313, A$175,079) and a place at […]
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Jeremy Clarkson, one of the presenters on the BBC’s motoring programme ‘Top Gear’ has been suspended by the corporation. Clarkson, responsible for several prior controversies, was suspended Tuesday, after allegedly ‘punching’ a producer last week. The next two episodes of ‘Top Gear’ have been pulled from broadcast, with a third —
BBC suspend presenter Jeremy Clarkson over ‘fracas’ with producer
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Submitted by: Rita Welldon When selecting the perfect wedding tux, it s important to take into consideration how formal your wedding will be. And yes, all weddings tend to be more formal than other events in your life, but there are different levels of formal. And these are basically determined by how your fianc e
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 An Amtrak passenger train de-railed after hitting a pickup truck in Plant City, Florida, in the United States. The driver of the pickup truck was killed on impact. The crash occurred at a marked railroad crossing inside of an industrial area, according to an Amtrak spokesperson. None of the 133 passengers
US intercity passenger train collides with truck, derails
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 Bristol, United Kingdom —The most complete dinosaur to be found in the United Kingdom has recently been put on public display. The scelidosaurus dinosaur was discovered on the Dorset coast, from which it was moved to Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery for public display. The director of Geology for the
Most complete dinosaur from Britain goes on display
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Friday, March 27, 2009 Earth Hour 2009 takes place Saturday, March 28, 2009 between 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time when communities will participate by turning out their lights starting in New Zealand and progressing along time zones around the world. Earth Hour began as a symbolic initiative against global warming by the World Wide
Businesses and individuals worldwide to turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2009
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Monday, April 12, 2010 A car bomb has exploded outside an army base in Northern Ireland that is the headquarters for MI5 domestic security services. The attack has been claimed by dissidents from the Real Irish Republican Army, a more radical splinter group of the IRA. According to police, Real IRA members hijacked a vehicle
Car bomb explodes near MI5 army base in Northern Ireland
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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Following the introduction of a “Do Not Track” feature in modern browsers at the end of last year, Wikinews interviewed several companies and groups about the feature. Contents
Wikinews interviews DuckDuckGo, Opera, Mozilla, Wikimedia about DoNotTrack feature
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told the House of Representatives that the federal budget may need to fall into “temporary deficit” if the global economic crisis impacts upon Australia further. The Prime Minister said it would draw upon its budget surplus to stimulate growth and jobs. The Prime Minister said
Australian government concedes the federal budget may be forced into deficit
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