Saturday, August 11, 2007 A posting on the internet has stated that al-Qaeda is planning a dirty bomb attack on New York City, New York (NYC) in the United States. In a statement to the press, NYC police stated that the posting was an “unverified radiological threat” against New York City. Police also stated that […]
Friday, March 10, 2006 Three men have been arrested and a further six “positively identified” following the public release of photographs showing “persons of interest” to police in relation to the Sydney riots last year. A 20-year-old man from Warilla, a suburb of Wollongong, handed himself into police yesterday after seeing his photograph in a
Three charged following release of Cronulla riot wanted photographs
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow from an academic tool to
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 American and European scientists say the upgraded Hubble space telescope has spotted the oldest galaxies ever seen. The images were taken with the telescope’s new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in August this year. The galaxies are about 13 billion light years from Earth, meaning they formed less than one billion
Hubble telescope spots oldest galaxies ever seen
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Wednesday, October 4, 2006 The US Army Corps of Engineers decision to place restrictions on issuance of nationwide pollution permits has been upheld by a federal court. In National Association of Home Builders v. Army Corps of Engineers, the District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Corps of Engineers had not acted
US Nationwide Pollution Permit Restrictions Upheld
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Click Here To Find Out More About: Best Kitchen Design Best Kitchen Design Australia The Fairco French doors are popular among the modern homeowners. Some of these fittings are designed in a stylish and impressive way to complement the overall decor and look of your house, whereas others are designed with a set of strong
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Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming
Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Early on Sunday morning, Amtrak’s passenger train number 91, the Silver Star, bound for Miami from New York, slammed into a stationary CSX freight train in Cayce, about ten miles (16 km) south of Columbia, capital of the US state of South Carolina. Two Amtrak employees were killed and at least
United States: Two killed, more than a hundred injured in Amtrak train collision in South Carolina
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Friday, December 16, 2005 In 2002, as a part of ongoing anti-terrorist operations, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on Americans and others in the United States making contact with persons in other nations. According to a The New York Times report, the NSA monitored the international telephone calls and
President Bush of the United States authorized NSA surveillance of citizens, bypassing court warrants
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Sunday, July 6, 2008 A man ripped off the head of a wax model of Adolf Hitler during the opening ceremony of a museum in Berlin, Germany. An unknown 41-year old German, reported to be the second one in line at the opening of the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, pushed aside 2 officers then
Man rips off Hitler waxwork’s head in Berlin
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