Wikinews interviews organiser of New Zealand’s Rock2Wgtn festival Phil Sprey

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Across Easter weekend Wellington, New Zealand was host to Rock2Wgtn, an international two-day hard rock festival. Large crowds showed up at Westpac Stadium to see the various acts. The world has never seen an event of this kind before. Day one featured three theatrical acts. Finnish band Lordi, known for their monster costumes, opened the night. They were followed by the US shock rocker Alice Cooper, whose themed set included theContinue reading

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Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation

Regardless of who wins the prize, people all around the world will be able to experience the mission through high-def video-streams. Saturday, August 28, 2010 Andreas Hornig, Wikinews contributor and team member of Synergy Moon, competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, managed to interview Senior Director of Space Prizes William Pomerantz of the X PRIZE Foundation about the competitions, goals, and impacts via e-mail for HDTVTotal.com and Wikinews. By Wikinews, the free news sourceContinue reading

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2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development says US women have room for progress

Friday, September 27, 2013 Tuesday, World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. The United States is referred to many times, often as a benchmark to foster understanding of recent gains for women in other parts of the globe. At the same time, United States women still lag behind US men in a number of areas. In 2012, the authors note women in the United States still face challenges economicallyContinue reading

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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds

Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao where the ship is docked began an investigation into the presence of asbestos dust onContinue reading

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The Variation Of Benefits Provided Through Thai Massage In Honolulu Hi

Here’s An Opinion On: Business Electricity Gas Best Business Electricity byAlma Abell Thai Massage in Honolulu HI is a relatively slow form of therapy that is less vigorous than what people have come to expect with sports and deep-tissue massages. It can induce a meditative state in addition to the profound relaxation people normally experience when they receive massage therapy. Reflexology and Thai yoga massages clear blockages in energy, which restores harmony within the bodyContinue reading

Denny’s Super Bowl free ‘Grand Slam Breakfast’ brings 2 million diners

Friday, February 6, 2009 Denny’s 1,600 chain restaurants across North America, Puerto Rico and Canada, were slammed for eight hours Tuesday with hungry patrons standing on sidewalks for nearly two hours to take advantage of the $5.99 “Grand Slam Breakfast” giveaway. Denny’s, a dining chain with annual revenue of about $900 million, has advertised in a TV commercial Sunday during the Super Bowl XLIII that it would give away its signature breakfast from 6 a.m.Continue reading

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Boston Celtics win 17th NBA championship

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Los Angeles Lakers 92 131 Boston Celtics After 22 years of waiting, the Boston Celtics have won their 17th National Basketball Association championship, adding to the 16 that already hang from the rafters of the TD Banknorth Garden and before that, the old Boston Garden. The Celtics won the game 131 to 92 and won the series with 4 wins over their old rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 2. The gameContinue reading

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‘Greatest parade’ in Pichilemu commemorates First Junta of Chile

Sunday, September 19, 2010 1 2 3 4 5 Winners of local cueca championships dancing before the parade. Image: Diego Grez. The Instrumental Band of Pichilemu (Banda Instrumental de Pichilemu) performing during the parade. Image: Diego Grez. Authorities of Pichilemu, in the Parade main stage. Image: Diego Grez. A boat of Agrupación de Pescadores Artesanales de Pichilemu (Association of Fishermen of Pichilemu) also participated on the parade. The fishermen lost their boats and fishing creekContinue reading

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John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing

Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist attacks on September 11. “The clear references to 9/11 in the apocalyptic ending can onlyContinue reading

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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds

Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao where the ship is docked began an investigation into the presence of asbestos dust onContinue reading

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