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Asian countries call for global currency

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Asian countries call for global currency
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Monday, April 6, 2009 Leaders and central banks in Russia, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Kazakhstan have called for an international currency system. Speaking on April 1 in advance of the G-20 summit in London, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued that the international finance system needed a “new construction” including “new currency systems”, saying that […]

December 13, 2022 – 3:26 pm
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Category:Cannabis

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Category:Cannabis
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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 […]

December 11, 2022 – 3:49 pm
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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
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Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

December 11, 2022 – 3:40 pm
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Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail

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Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 Wikinews interviewed one of the owners of a New York City bar about a popular new politically-themed cocktail drink called Santorum. The beverage was inspired by the santorum neologism coined in advice columnist Dan Savage’s column Savage Love in response to comments made by former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum about homosexuality; […]

December 11, 2022 – 3:26 pm
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Riots in Tonga

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Riots in Tonga
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Friday, November 17, 2006 Rioting erupted in Tonga today in protest at the slow pace of democratic reform, with rampaging protesters setting fire to buildings and overturning police and government vehicles. The violence erupted two months after the death of the South Pacific nation’s conservative king. Rioting crowds overturned cars, looted and set fire to […]

December 7, 2022 – 3:04 pm
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Britney Spears fired by management company

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Britney Spears fired by management company
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007File:Britney-Spears082.jpg The Firm, a company which pop singer Britney Spears hired to manage her career just over one month ago, no longer wishes to manage Spears, and has terminated the services they were providing her to promote her new record. “We have terminated our professional relationship with Britney Spears. We believe she […]

December 3, 2022 – 3:55 pm
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Bobby Charlton launches anti-landmine campaign

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Bobby Charlton launches anti-landmine campaign
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Saturday, June 28, 2008 Football legend Sir Bobby Charlton has launched a new campaign he calls “There Must be a Better Way” to find a faster method to clear anti-personnel landmines. The initiative which comes under his “Laureus Sport for Good Foundation” and involves physicists, mathematicians and electronic engineers from the University of Manchester and […]

December 3, 2022 – 3:51 pm
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Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later

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Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Ikeda Kanako, a 21-year-old senior student of the Meiji Gakuin University and the first daughter of celebrity surgeon Yuko Ikeda, was kidnapped at about 1225 (UTC+9), June 26, 2006, in Shibuya, Tokyo. A bullet was fired and one officer slightly cut when police stormed a Kawasaki apartment to rescue the girl. […]

November 30, 2022 – 3:44 pm
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Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet

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Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 The president of Egypt has suffered a “devastating blow” after the country’s army announced they would not use force against their own people, who continue to protest against the government tonight. The news came hours after six journalists who reported on the protests were released from custody. Hosni Mubarak yesterday announced […]

November 29, 2022 – 3:55 pm
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