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Tuesday, December 29, 2009 A blaze at an apartment block killed nine people early yesterday morning in Mississippi, US. The dead included six young children, and the building was seriously damaged after fire broke out at 4 a.m. in Starkville. All nine victims were in the same apartment in the two-story building, which was split […]

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Satellite photograph of Baghdad from 1996.Image: NASA. Peter Moore, a British IT consultant and computer programmer who was taken hostage by Iraqi militants during a May 2007 militant raid on the finance ministry in Baghdad, has been released alive and in good health. He is the only known survivor of a […]

Friday, April 13, 2007 TVNZ’s headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. Photograph by Gabriel Pollard. New Zealand’s state-owned broadcaster, TVNZ (Television New Zealand) announced yesterday its proposed redundancy cuts that will see jobs go from various sectors, the most going from their news and current affairs sector. At least 140 people will be told that they […]

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Consumption of grilled or baked fish at least once a week can preserve the brain structure of seniors and reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by three to five times, according to the results of a recent US study. The study, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine […]

Monday, July 9, 2012 File photo of Mark Webber at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix Image: phstop. Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber won the 2012 British Grand Prix yesterday at Silverstone, having started second on the grid behind Alonso’s Ferrari. The second qualifying session of three was red-flagged due to heavy rain; but, despite this, […]

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is […]

Thursday, December 1, 2011 View from first floor into Grand Hall, with Burns’ statue from the Calton Hill Monument. Image: Brian McNeil. Today saw Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopen following a two-and-a-half-year, £17.6m (US$27.4m) refurbishment. Conversion of office and storage areas sees 60% more space available for displays, and the world’s first purpose-built portrait […]

Friday, March 27, 2009 Location of Manaus within the state of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil Portions of a DC-10 jet registered to the Miami, Florida-based Arrow Cargo company fell from the sky over a residential area in the city of Manaus, Brazil on Thursday. Parts of one of the turbines of the aircraft caused some […]

Thursday, October 4, 2007 Pam Hundal is running for the Progressive Conservatives in the Ontario provincial election, in the Bramalea—Gore—Malton riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau requested an interview regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. In response, Hundal’s campaign office did not send replies to the questions asked, but a general statement. Moreau has excerpted […]