South African cricketer AB de Villiers announces international retirement

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Saturday, May 26, 2018 On Wednesday, South African cricketer AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket. The 34-year-old batsman uploaded a video message on Twitter saying it was a “tough decision” and he was “tired”. De Villiers joined the national team, the Proteas, in 2004, featuring in a test match against England. Since […]

Experts: obesity is a bigger threat than AIDS or bird flu

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Friday, September 8, 2006 From September 3 to 8, experts gathered at the 10th International Congress on Obesity in Sydney, Australia, to discuss what they call the worldwide “obesity epidemic”. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 billion people in the world today are overweight, and 300 million of those are obese. “Obesity and […]

Russia: Runaway bus kills at least four in entrance to Moscow Metro station

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Tuesday, December 26, 2017 Yesterday, at least four were killed and eleven were injured near the Slavyansky Bulvar Metro station in Moscow, Russia, after a bus ran down the steps at the entrance, officials stated. According to an emergency services source reported through state news media, fifteen were injured, and five died in the incident. […]

NTSB releases updates on status of 3 major US investigations

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Sunday, June 17, 2007 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the agency responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States, released updates on three major investigations on June 14. The NTSB, well known publicly for its involvement in the investigation of aviation incidents which involve harm or loss of human life, is also an […]

Nelson Mandela charity official resigns over ‘blood diamonds’

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Thursday, August 19, 2010 Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF) trustee Jeremy Ractliffe has resigned from the charity’s board, twelve days after admitting to the possession of “blood diamonds”. Earlier this month, supermodel Naomi Campbell testified against former Liberian president Charles Taylor when she claimed she received “very small, dirty looking stones” from two men, allegedly […]

Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting suspect appears in court

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Thursday, January 12, 2017 Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, appeared in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida this Monday. Santiago stands accused of a shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday at 12:55 p.m. local time (1755 UTC) at the lower level baggage claim area in Terminal 2 of the airport. The incident […]

Iran resumes nuclear research

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Iran resumed full atomic fuel research today, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced, adding that “the research will involve small-scale enrichment of uranium, usable in power plants or weapons.” “There is a difference between research and producing nuclear fuel … The production of nuclear fuel is still under suspension,” said Mohammad […]

British sailors detained by Iran “to be tried for espionage”

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 The Australian has reported that an internet website “run by associates of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” states that the 15 British sailors who were arrested by Iranian Revolutionary Guards could face charges of espionage. The source website for this claim remains unknown; however, Rajanews.com, a news website run by some of supporters of […]

Wikinews Shorts: January 13, 2009

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A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, January 13, 2009. Contents 1 Anti-government protests in Riga, Latvia cause riots 2 Obama will close Guantanamo Bay in his first week say advisers 3 Greek shipping magnate kidnapped in Athens 4 Microsoft permits additional Windows 7 beta downloads 5 Cristiano Ronaldo crowned Footballer of the Year 6 […]

Copyright on musical recordings extended by twenty years in EU

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 The Council of the European Union voted yesterday to extend the term of copyright on sound recordings by twenty years, from 50 years to 70, preventing a number of early recordings of 1960s rock musicians including The Beatles from entering the public domain. The 1962 hit “Love Me Do” would have […]