Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014 The death of Scottish artist Alan Davie was announced on Sunday. Davie, 93, was known for his colourful abstract paintings. Davie’s career also saw turns as a jeweler, a jazz musician, a lecturer, and a poet. Born in Grangemouth, near Falkirk, in 1920, he studied painting from 1938 to 40 at […]

Flag-lowering ceremony at Wagah border becomes more peaceful

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Thursday, November 16, 2006 The flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah crossing between India and Pakistan, known for the aggressive and hostile manner in which it is carried out, has become more peaceful; at least on the Indian side so far. To cries of Pakistan Zindabad (Long live Pakistan) and Jai Hind (Long live India) from […]

Wikinews Shorts: August 8, 2009

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A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, August 8, 2009. Contents 1 Leader of Pakistan Taliban may have been killed in drone attack 2 Hillary Clinton arrives in South Africa 3 Anniversary of Georgian War marked by mutual accusations 4 Police in the United Kingdom ordered to review policing of demonstrations 5 Son of missing […]

Two fallen Canadian soldiers return home from Afghanistan

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 The bodies of two Canadian soldiers killed by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan were brought back to Canada. Both were from CFB Petawawa located in Petawawa, Ontario. Their vehicle has intercepted on a road by a suicide bomber. A helicopter came helping all injured and possibly dead soldiers into it […]

News briefs:October 21, 2007

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Audio Wikinews News Brief for October 21, 2007 Recorded by: DavumayaProblems listening to the file? See media help. RSS The time is 6:15 UTC and this an Audio Wikinews Brief for the weekend of Sunday, October 21, 2007. Contents 1 Thousands flee renewed violence in Congo 2 Blast kills 8, injures 126 at a mall […]

Hubble telescope spots oldest galaxies ever seen

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Thursday, December 10, 2009 American and European scientists say the upgraded Hubble space telescope has spotted the oldest galaxies ever seen. The images were taken with the telescope’s new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in August this year. The galaxies are about 13 billion light years from Earth, meaning they formed less than one billion […]

Severe tropical storm Bilis leaves 178 dead in south-east China

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Monday, July 17, 2006 South-east China has been flooded by torrential rainstorms as the Severe Tropical Storm Bilis came ashore on Friday, July 14. The total death toll stands at 178 people but many people are missing, and the figure might rise. Floods, 10 meters high in some areas washed away 19,100 houses, damaged roads, […]

Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 On Saturday, the Trump Tower, in Midtown, New York City, caught fire shortly before 18:00 EST (2200 UTC) on the 50th floor, claiming the life of a 67-year-old resident, Todd Brassner, who lived in apartment 50C. All other residents were evacuated without incident. During the fire, six firefighters received non-life-threatening burns […]