Ukrainian tow boat ‘Chelyabinsk’ collides with bridge at Baja, Hungary
June 25, 2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 On Monday, Ukrainian towboat "Chelyabinsk" ((uk))Ukrainian language: ??????????? ran its barge caravan into a bridge pillar on the river Danube at Baja, Hungary. The caravan broke up, but it continued its way downstream later that day. According to multiple sources, no casualties were reported. The caravan consisted of six grain barges pushed by Chelyabinsk, a towboat of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company. Its downstream route crossed the rail-road bridge at Baja over...
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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
June 25, 2021
Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd's List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao where the ship is docked began an investigation into the presence of asbestos dust on the...
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French workers use threats in compensation demand
June 24, 2021
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 secure over the next 2 years. JLG Tonneins was acquired in 2006 with its parent JLG Industries, a maker of aerial...
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Looking To Get To Losing Weight Endeavours June 23, 2021
Click Here To Find Out More About: Spirit Treadmills Submitted by: Cynthia Brown Losing Weight? Frustrated? Here's How To Start When trying to accomplish weight loss goals, as many individuals do, it can be a battle to find the right balance of the several choices that exist. Don't locate a strategy that concentrates on a single point, it would not work. As an alternative, analyze a selection of weight-loss methods, including the types in this short...
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Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng
June 22, 2021
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is scheduled to take place this week. Tseng runs a firm called eTranslate, which helps software developers to make the software available...
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Airbus launches world’s largest passenger plane
June 21, 2021
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Toulouse, FRANCE — In a ceremony attended by several European political leaders and 5,000 VIP guests, Airbus unveiled plans for the A380, a twin-deck aircraft that can carry up to 840 people in all-economy class (550 for a Boeing 747), or 555 people in typical three mixed classes layout. The new aircraft will take the world's-largest title away from rival Boeing's 747. Boeing's upcoming new design, the 7e7, does not attempt to...
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Ireland requests replay of FIFA World Cup play-off with France
June 20, 2021
Friday, November 20, 2009 The Football Association of Ireland (FAI), Irish Minister for Sport, Taoiseach and Facebook social network groups are requesting a replay of the controversial FIFA World Cup play-off between Ireland and France in the interests of Fair Play. The FAI lodged an appeal with FIFA and also contacted the French Football Federation (FFF), it appears FAI hopes FFF may agree that a replay is fair play. Both captians, Thierry Henry and Robbie Keane,...
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Governor of Illinois arrested on suspicion of corruption
June 18, 2021
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 The Democratic governor of Illinois in the United States, Rod Blagojevich, 51, along with his chief of staff John Harris, 46, were arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI on federal corruption charges. The Chicago Tribune reports that federal agents raided Blagojevich's home this morning and took him into federal custody. The arrest comes after a three-year investigation into Blagojevich's "pay-to-play politics." Specifically, the Department of Justice alleged that Blagojevich attempted to sell...
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KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party
June 17, 2021
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also hit back at Petros Tzomakas, a member of another Greek far-left party which criticised KKE in a previous interview. The interview...
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Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation
June 17, 2021
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 People rallied in 300 locations across Australia today to protest the Federal Government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws, WorkChoices. According to police, around 150,000 people congregated in Melbourne, from where speeches were broadcast throughout the country. In Sydney, thirty thousand gathered in Belmore Park and Martin Place to watch the broadcast before marching to Chifley Square. Sharan Burrow, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), said that under the...
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