At least fifteen dead after landslide in Indonesia

Thursday, February 25, 2010 At least fifteen people have been killed as the result of a landslide which occurred in Indonesia on Tuesday. According to BBC News Online, at least sixteen were killed. It is thought that up to seventy people were killed as a result of the landslide, which occurred in a village near […]

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News briefs:August 17, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 17th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Indonesian health officials investigating possible human to human transmission of H5N1 Bird Flu virus 1.2 Overnight battle for Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula 1.3 House fire in Buffalo, N.Y. leaves two families homeless 1.4 Federal judge […]

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Chile’s President-elect’s battle with delinquency becomes personal

Saturday, February 27, 2010 Late on Thursday, at approximately 21:20 local time, the home of Cristián Larroulet, the nominated Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency under President-elect Sebastián Piñera of Chile, was burglarized while his wife and son were home alone. Two suspects physically assaulted them, before making off with valuables. Future Ministry Larroulet lives […]

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Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Freitas do Amaral resigns

Friday, June 30, 2006 The Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Freitas do Amaral has resigned from his position. Replacing Freitas do Amaral in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be Luís Amado, current Minister of National Defense. Prime Minister José Sócrates requested President Cavaco Silva to relieve Freitas do Amaral of his posts of minister […]

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5 Ways To Fix A Clogged Shower Drain

Get More Information Here: Adp Vanity Units Adp Vanity By Ryan Paulin There can be a lot of reasons for a clogged shower drain. It can be a big thing that was accidentally put inside or perhaps, there is an accumulation of hair strands inside the pipe over the years. But there are also many […]

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Former Russian spy Litvinenko dies, radioactive poisoning suspected

Friday, November 24, 2006 Mr Alexander Litvinenko, reputed to have been an Ex-Russian spy who had defected to Britain, died last night in mysterious circumstances. He had alleged many associations between people in high places and organised international crime, implying that President Putin and Romano Prodi among others had been involved personally. He had sought […]

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2012 Olympics clash with Ramadan

Sunday, October 15, 2006 Muslim groups from across the world are criticising the organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London after it was revealed that the games will take place over Ramadan. The most holy month in the Muslim calendar, which will take place from the 21 July to 20 August in 2012, involves fasting […]

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SAHTECH, SEMI, and Semiconductor Industry to promote “SEMI Safety Guideline” in Taiwan

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 “Localization of ‘SEMI Safety Guideline’”, executed by Safety and Health Technology Center of Taiwan (SAHTECH) and supervised by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), was announced today in Hsinchu, Taiwan. This localization included several fields on health and safety of semiconductor manufacturing, certification testing on electrical devices, evaluations on fire or […]

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