A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, August 8, 2009. Contents 1 Leader of Pakistan Taliban may have been killed in drone attack 2 Hillary Clinton arrives in South Africa 3 Anniversary of Georgian War marked by mutual accusations 4 Police in the United Kingdom ordered to review policing of demonstrations 5 Son of missing […]
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Thursday, October 4, 2007 October 4, 200719:30 (UTC) Belenenses 0–2 Bayern Munich Estádio do Restelo, LisbonAttendance: 7,000Referee: Jacek Granat Costa 15’Amaral 15’Alvim 16’Devic 47’Devic 72’Mendonca 72’Weldon 79’Paulo 79′ Match Report 59′ (2) Toni 62′ Toni 68′ Ribery 68′ Schlaudraff 73′ Roberto 73′ Ottl 77′ (1) Altintop 81′ Schweinsteiger 81′ Kroos Bayern Munich defeated Belenenses 2-0 (3-0 on
2007/08 UEFA Cup: Belenenses vs. Bayern Munich
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Monday, July 16, 2007 In two separate incidents, men posing as members of the New York Police Department (NYPD), have invaded homes in the New York City area. In both cases, they robbed the residents, but in the most recent, they sexually assaulted a woman. On Saturday, July 14, at 1:09 a.m. EDT (UTC-4), four
Home-invaders pose as NYC police
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Friday, October 5, 2007 Richard Roberts, the President of Oral Roberts University, and his wife, Lindsay Roberts, are accused of illegal political contributions, financial wrong-doing, and wrongful firings in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by three former professors who claim “they were wrongfully dismissed after reporting the school’s involvement in a local
Oral Roberts University president accused of illegal political donations and financial misappropriation
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Monday, June 1, 2009 In a televised speech from the White House at 16:00 UTC today, President of the United States Barack Obama presented a reorganization plan following the 12:00 UTC announcement by General Motors that it had filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors, the largest bankruptcy of a U.S. manufacturing
Barack Obama presents rescue plan after GM declaration of bankruptcy
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Submitted by: Denise Wakeman If you have a product, book or service you want people to know about, pitch bloggers!. They know how to create buzz, especially about cutting-edge stuff. Bloggers pride themselves on knowing who is doing what, and love to be first to post about new ideas, products and events. In fact, some
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Sunday, August 19, 2007 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Timothy Hill is the congressional press secretary working for U.S. Representative David Davis (R, TN-1) in Washington, D.C. This news story originally broke as an article appearing within
U.S. House Ethics Committee to examine congressional press secretary vandalizing Wikipedia articles with government computer
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Saturday, February 2, 2008 Many rhythm gamers are anticipating the release of “Taiko no Tatsujin 11: Asian Version”, the Namco Bandai Games Inc. (NBGI) beta version of which was recently showcased at the 2008 Taipei Game Show. In fact, several managers from amusement stores in Taiwan frequently imported large quantities of arcade games, including rhythm
Wikinews interviews Tatsuhisa Yabushita of NBGI
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone is currently, courtesy of the Israeli government and friends, visiting Israel. This is a first-hand account of his experiences and may — as a result — not fully comply with Wikinews’ neutrality policy. Please note this is a journalism experiment for Wikinews and put constructive criticism on
Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?
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