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News briefs:January 4, 2007 2

The time is 22:00 (UTC) on January 4, 2007, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Australian Police net $540 million in “liquid ecstacy” 1.2 Record number of bicycles sold in Australia in 2006 1.3 Saddam’s co-defendants to be executed Thursday 1.4 Britain makes final World War II debt payments 2 […]

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2007 ING Taipei Marathon warming up competition goes to Kaohsiung

Monday, September 17, 2007 On Saturday of September 15, ING Taipei Marathon South Taiwan Warming Up Competition goes to Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, not only 1615 professional runners but also international runners from Canada, Japan, UK, USA, Germany, and Ireland participated this event. And event organizer Chinese Taipei Road Running Association (CTRRA) presented limited […]

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Former Satyam CEO Raju, his brother and CFO arrested and detained in profit-fraud scandal

Monday, January 12, 2009 Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman of Satyam Computer Services, and his brother, B. Rama Raju, the company’s managing director, were arrested late Friday by Andhra Pradesh police. The brothers were placed under judicial custody in a Hyderabad, India jail and will remain there until January 23. Facing charges of criminal […]

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Should You Buy A Car Now}

Here’s An Opinion On: Sinclairford Site Cheap Car Dealers Sydney Should You Buy a Car Now by Don Issacson With fuel costs still rising and many nations economies struggling to regain their footing, it may not seem wise to buy car now. Many consumers are hesitant because of economy uncertainty. A key concern for many […]

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Haitian earthquake: in pictures

Friday, January 15, 2010 Haiti was hit by a heavy earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on Tuesday, killing an unknown number of people, and destroying up to ten percent of buildings in the capital, Port-au-Prince. No official death toll has been released as of yet, although the United Nations says that up to fifty […]

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Apple unveils new Intel-based Mac

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Apple Computer announced on Tuesday the first generation of their products to use Intel processors. The iMac and the new MacBook Pro – a notebook computer replacing the PowerBook – are said to be up to four times faster than their predecessors (up to two times faster in the iMac, four […]

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Construction for Romania-Italy pipeline to start in 2007

 Correction — August 24, 2015 This article incorrectly describes BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything.  Monday, February 28, 2005 Bucharest, Romania — The construction of the oil pipeline linking Constan?a, […]

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Zimbabwe submits to popular pressure: foreign currencies now legal tender

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Zimbabwe has decided to abandon its currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, in favour of other currencies. Acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced today that Zimbabweans will be allowed to make transactions in other currencies along with the local currency. “In line with the prevailing practices by the general public, [the] government is […]

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Study: Herd animals detect Earth’s magnetic field

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Large herd animals may have the ability to detect earth’s magnetic field, concluded scientists in Germany in a report published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences after performing studies of cattle and deer grazing and sleeping patterns. The animals tended to face north-south oriented toward the earth’s […]