On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2016

Monday, June 13, 2016 The following is the first edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: a former Republican congressman briefly joins the Libertarian Party and runs for vice president; the Democratic Party names its National Convention Platform Drafting Committee amid controversy; and Wikinews interviews aContinue reading

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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 Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised by the local Evening News paper to be a VIP guest at the event. Prior to the opening, Wikinews touredContinue reading

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Israeli ex-minister Yaakov Neeman dies aged 77

Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Yaakov Neeman, an Israeli politician who served as justice minister and finance minister under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died in his Jerusalem home on Sunday. He was 77. Born in 1939 in Tel Aviv, Neeman, alongside future President Chaim Herzog, founded law firm Herzog, Fox and Neeman in 1972. He was appointed finance minister in 1979, a position he held until 1981. He was later appointed justice minister by Netanyahu, basedContinue reading

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Surgery In South Africa: Macs, The New Facelift.

Here’s An Opinion On: Best Rhinoplasty In Connecticut Best Celebrity Nose Surgeon New York Surgery in South Africa: MACS, the new facelift. by Janie Withers Surgery in South Africa: The MAC Facelift. This is it. Medical science has finally evolved. Surgery in South Africa, plastic surgery in the UK, LA, Germany and many other medical faculties have discovered a revolutionary new way to perform a facelift on the willing patient, without resorting to the intrusiveContinue reading

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Aviation articles by Wikinewsie Iain Macdonald. Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California Germany bans Mahan Air of Iran, citing ‘security’ Lion Air disaster: Crashed jet’s voice recorder recovered from Java Sea Iranian cargo plane crashes into Karaj houses Police warn new drone owners to obey law after disruption at UK’s Gatwick Airport Rescue helicopter crash kills six in Abruzzo, Italy UK Civil Aviation Authority issues update on Shoreham crash response Nigerian jetContinue reading

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Skeletons found under home in Hertfordshire

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Catherine McGuigan, a resident in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK, found skeletons from over a century ago buried under her dining room. She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage, where she has lived for eleven years, and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground. Her cottage was built over a burial ground; from 1697 to 1820 the land was owned by the Religious SocietyContinue reading

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25 Courses About Cloud Computing You Need To Learn Before You Hit 40}

Here’s An Opinion On: Infectious Buy Medical Scrubs Submitted by: Gayle Boenig Just what is the cloud All About ? The phrase Cloud Computing launched back in the year 2009. The phrase cloud’ is essentially a similitude which is utilized to connect to the online world. In this manner, it’s usually explained as enrolling services, stockpiling, programs, & so on). In other words it’s is installed over the world wide web. In the event thatContinue reading

Skeletons found under home in Hertfordshire

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Catherine McGuigan, a resident in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK, found skeletons from over a century ago buried under her dining room. She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage, where she has lived for eleven years, and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground. Her cottage was built over a burial ground; from 1697 to 1820 the land was owned by the Religious SocietyContinue reading

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Controversy over translation of Norwegian national anthem

Sunday, May 21, 2006 A suggestion to translate the national anthem of Norway into Urdu is causing controversy. The Progress Party opposes the idea, saying that people who cannot understand Norwegian could just hum with the Norwegian citizens. Norway celebrated Syttende Mai, its Constitution Day on May 17 with traditional children’s parades last week. The song is usually sung on this occasion. The editor of Utrop, a newspaper for the minorities in Norway, suggested theContinue reading

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