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    Wikinews interviews Jim Babka, chair of Libertarian organization Downsize DC

    Thursday, April 3, 2008 A reporter from Wikinews recently interviewed Jim Babka, chair of Libertarian organization Downsize DC. The organization claims to have arranged for 22,158 people to send a message regarding the “American Freedom Agenda Act” proposed by Ron…

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    Nigeria swears in new president after death of Umaru Yar’Adua

    Thursday, May 6, 2010 Goodluck Jonathan, the acting president of Nigeria, was formally sworn in today, several hours after president Umaru Yar’Adua died. The oath of office was administered in the capital Abjua. According to the constitution, Jonathan will be…

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    Outbreak of swine flu in Mexico kills at least twenty, infects 1,000

    Friday, April 24, 2009 According to Mexican health officials, an epidemic of swine flu has killed at least 68 people and infected a further one thousand inside the country. Mexican health minister José Ángel Córdova said that the casualty rate…

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    National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

    Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old…

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    Six killed in bridge collapse in Pakistan

    Sunday, September 2, 2007 A bridge collapsed in the southern city of Karachi, Pakistan. At least four people are dead and there are several crushed vehicles under the mounds of debris, say officials. “ Authorities had taken two bodies to…

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    Cindy Sheehan arrested inside Rayburn Building in Washington DC

    Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Cindy Sheehan, an Iraq War protester, was arrested inside the Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C. in United States along with 45 to 50 other protesters for disorderly conduct on Monday. “The Democrats will not hold this…

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    New York Representative Eric Massa to retire

    Wednesday, March 3, 2010 New York Representative Eric Massa announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down as Congressman from New York’s 29th congressional district. He cited health reasons for the sudden announcement. Massa is the latest in a string…

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    Indian airliner crashes; nearly 160 presumed dead

    Saturday, May 22, 2010 An Air India Express airliner crashed last night in Mangalore, India, killing an estimated 160 people after a flight from Dubai. According to reports, the plane, a Boeing 737, crashed after landing and overshot the runway,…

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    Princeton media class discusses Wikinews

    This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Saturday, February 26, 2005 Princeton, New Jersey —According to Ryan Walsh, editor of the websites for both…