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Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review
Friday, January 1, 2021 After an active year of original content published on the English-language Wikinews, we take a look back at some of the two dozen-plus original reports from our contributors during 2020. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_2020:_An_%27Original_reporting%27_year_in_review&oldid=4599285”
January 9, 2021 – 3:23 pm
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Last WWII Comanche ‘code talker’ dies
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Charles Chibitty, the last surviving member of the group of 17 who served in World War II as the Comanche “code talkers” died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma nursing home July 20. He was 83. Chibitty was among the 14 Comanches who landed with the D-Day invasion of Normandy Beaches where they […]
January 7, 2021 – 3:14 pm
Here’s An Opinion On: Mobility Products Sydney Why Photo Booth Rentals in Cincinnati are Smiley Photo Booths by wendya We use Canon HDSLR cameras that are 12.2 mega pixels. This means that the photos are huge and if you wish you can shop our gallery store and have them put on anything you can imagine […]
January 1, 2021 – 3:29 pm
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China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 […]
December 26, 2020 – 3:06 pm
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Technology giant Microsoft completes acquisition of GitHub
Monday, October 29, 2018 On Friday, US-based technology giant Microsoft confirmed acquisition of software code hosting and version controlling website GitHub. The announcement was made by Microsoft via their official blog, which also mentioned Nat Friedman was to become new Chief Executive Officer of GitHub. Microsoft had announced plans to acquire GitHub for a price […]
December 25, 2020 – 3:06 pm
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Protestors want ‘carnival not confrontation’ at Forbes conference
Thursday, August 25, 2005 The 30A network has said that it wants to create a carnival atmosphere while protesting at the Forbes Global CEO conference. The protest, which starts on August 30, is expected to attract up to 2,000 protesters. Similar events in the past often had instances of violent confrontations between police and some […]
December 22, 2020 – 3:10 pm
Here’s An Opinion On: Civil Construction Equipment Australia byadmin When it comes to considering your funeral someday, many already know exactly what they want in terms of a burial. There are so many options available to those who can stomach it. One idea that is coming back into popularity from ancient rituals is the idea […]
December 17, 2020 – 3:19 pm
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 In the early Olympic games, athletes used to run a mile and then recite a poem. The first poet-in-residence of an English football team, Ian McMillan, remarked that football chants are like huge tribal poems. Generally, though, sport and poetry have never seemed natural companions in human enterprise. Until the New […]