Ricky Hatton regains IBF light welterweight title

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton regained the IBF light welterweight title belt he relinquished less than 12 months ago when he defeated Juan Urango in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight. “The Hitman” won by unanimous decision, as the fight went to 12 rounds. Despite early match odds suggesting Hatton would dominate the fight, […]

Cuba to use open-source software

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007 The government of Cuba decided to change the OS on thousands of its computers. These will run on GNU/Linux instead of Windows. This step made by the Cuban government raises tensions between the country and the U.S. – based company Microsoft. The idea was welcomed by several Cuban ministers. This includes […]

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Brett McKenzie, London North Centre

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Saturday, October 6, 2007 Brett McKenzie is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the London North Centre riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect […]

Japanese tsunami impacts California coastal town

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 The tsunami caused by Japan’s magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday destroyed the commercial fishing harbor of Crescent City, California, a coastal town still recovering from a devastating tsunami in 1964. Although most of the fishing boats were removed in advance, the 198 docking slips that the harbor had provided for boats, […]

Category:Health

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This is the category for Health. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 1 August 2021: Australia: Victorian lockdown lifted 25 July 2021: Australia: Wikinews interviews Reg Kidd, mayor of the City of Orange, about COVID-19 lockdown and local government 24 July 2021: According to recent study, deaths in India number roughly 4 million […]

Category:Tattoos

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This is the category for tattoos, a form of body modification using ink and a needle. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 8 April 2014: Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93 19 March 2014: Texas police name ‘person of interest’ in DeBerry woman’s disappearance 25 July 2012: Wikinews interviews Great Britain […]

Demand for biofuel irrigation worsens global water crisis

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Monday, August 21, 2006 A report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) says rising demand for irrigation to produce food and biofuels will aggravate scarcities of water. “One in three people is enduring one form or another of water scarcity,” states the report compiled by 700 experts. IWMI warns there has to be a […]

News briefs:May 11, 2006

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The time is 23:00 (UTC) on May 11th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Fight Continues, 100 dead in Somalia 1.2 Legislative Assembly election results declared in 5 Indian States 1.3 Marxists retain West Bengal, regain Kerala 1.4 Australian Parliament hears reply to Budget 1.5 AEK Athens fans destroy […]