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John Kerry visits Iraq to build regional support against Islamic State

Thursday, September 11, 2014 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Baghdad yesterday to meet Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of the new Iraqi government. The visit came as Kerry toured seeking support in the region — military, political, and financial — against the Islamic State.File:Haidar Al-Abadi.jpg Haider Al-Abadi. Image: RedWolf343.(Image missing from Commons: image;…
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March 6, 2023 0

Category:Cannabis

This is the category for cannabis, a drug with recreational and medicinal uses. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 12 September 2021: Australia: Wikinews interviews Rebecca Jennings, independent candidate for Daly by-election 16 February 2018: United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis 16 April 2017: Canada to legalise…
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March 4, 2023 0

George Zimmerman found not guilty in Trayvon Martin case

Sunday, July 14, 2013 Zimmerman after being arrested in 2012. Image: Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. George Zimmerman, a Florida man charged with the shooting of seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of second-degree murder late Saturday night following 16 hours of deliberation. The case has drawn national attention in the United States because of…
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March 3, 2023 0

Algerian 2012 Paralympic coaches express optimism

Sunday, August 26, 2012 A map of Algeria.Image: CIA Fact Book. London, England — With the 2012 Summer Paralympics due to start in London later this week, Algeria’s athletics competitors are ready to earn medals in their events. According to the team’s athletics coaches in a conversation with Wikinews, the runners have been well prepared…
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March 1, 2023 0

Polyurethane plastic substitute can biodegrade in seawater, say scientists

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 On Thursday, September 22, scientists at the University of California San Diego reported in the journal Science of the Total Environment that a type of polyurethane already used in biodegradable land-based products can also break down when immersed in seawater. This polyurethane is already used as a substitute for plastic in…
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March 1, 2023 0

The Green Party of Canada to elect new leader

Saturday, August 26, 2006 The Green Party of Canada will elect a new leader today. The new leader will replace Jim Harris, who stepped down after holding the position since 2003. The candidates are: Elizabeth May, a former Sierra Club executive director David Chernushenko, the party’s deputy leader Jim Fannon, a real estate agent from…
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February 27, 2023 0

French workers use threats in compensation demand

Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be…
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February 27, 2023 0

American Academy of Pediatrics supports dairy for lactose intolerant children

Wednesday, September 6, 2006 Lactose intolerance by region of the world (African countries are only an approximation). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in the September 2006 issue of its journal Pediatrics, supports the use of dairy by lactose intolerant children. Dr. Melvin B. Heyman, author of the article, says that just because a child…
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February 26, 2023 0

US declares public health emergency over spread of swine flu

Sunday, April 26, 2009 Official image of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today at a news conference that the U.S. has declared a public health emergency in light of the swine flu outbreak. The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States stands at 20.…
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February 26, 2023 0

Isiah Thomas found guilty of sexual harassment

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 The jury in the Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial revealed a guilty verdict Tuesday, ruling that the current New York Knicks coach subjected former Madison Square Garden executive Anucha Browne Sanders to unwanted sexual advances and verbal insults. In a minor victory for Thomas, the ruling also said that Thomas will…
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February 25, 2023 0

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