President Bush signs $162 billion war funding bill

Monday, June 30, 2008 United States President George W. Bush today signed a bill providing $162 billion for the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, which intends to fund the wars for the rest of Bush’s term and well into the first year of the new President’s term. In addition to war funds, the bill […]

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Downer welcomes Australian nuclear energy debate

Monday, May 22, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Australian nuclear debate Australia’s foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer has given his support for a serious debate on nuclear energy in Australia. Mr Downer’s comments follow similar comments made by Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Canada last week. Mr Downer said that […]

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Plan Magazine sold for €300,000 to Commercial Media Group

Sunday, June 19, 2005 Irish architecture magazine, Plan, has been sold for €300,000 to the Commercial Media Group. Commercial Media Group is the publisher of both Construction Industry Magazine, and Off-Site Construction Magazine. Plan, which was founded 35 years ago, is published on a monthly basis and has a circulation of 3,500. Its readers generally […]

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Freedom Party candidate David McGruer, Ottawa-Orleans

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 David McGruer is running for the Freedom Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Ottawa-Orleans 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 interviews from […]

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Wikinews interviews author and filmmaker Peter John Ross

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with American author and filmmaker Peter John Ross. The head of Sonnyboo Productions, an independent film studio based in Columbus, Ohio, he has made numerous short films as well as co-directed a feature, the World War II B-movie Horrors of War. He has also written a […]

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Category:Music

This is the category for music. See also the Music Portal. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 13 December 2017: Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam 24 October 2017: Five United States ex-presidents raise relief funds at hurricane event 5 October 2017: US rock artist Tom Petty dies at 66 30 July 2017: […]

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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached […]

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US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference

Thursday, April 28, 2011 On Wednesday, at the first live public news conference ever given by the Federal Reserve (Fed), Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke explained the US central bank’s recent policy to a small group of reporters and answered some questions. The conference was conducted two hours after the release of a report […]

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Volvo announces all new car models electric or hybrid from 2019

Friday, July 7, 2017 On Wednesday, automobile company Volvo announced all of its cars to be released in 2019 onwards are to use some form of battery-powered engine, leaving conventional petrol-only vehicles altogether. The decision comes after Volvo announced in May their intent to cease production of diesel vehicles. The chief executive of Volvo Cars, […]

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