Truth comes out about Suprnova closure

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 Exactly one year since the popular Suprnova BitTorrent link site went offline, its founder, Andrej Preston (known as “Sloncek” to the Internet community), has spoken out about what happened on his website. After twelve months of speculation amongst former users and many sites popping up to …

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Australian government under fire over Haneef visa decision

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Australia’s federal government has come under fire by prominent human rights lawyer Julian Burnside, Q.C. for using migration laws to circumvent the release of Mohamed Haneef after he was granted bail in Brisbane Magistrate’s Court. Haneef is alleged to have provided support to a terrorist organisation, …

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Gunman kills Burundi environment minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru

Tuesday, January 3, 2017 A gunman shot Burundi environment minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru dead early on Sunday, local time (UTC+2). Police said they detained a woman accompanying Niyonkuru. The 54-year-old minister was returning home for the night in Bujumbura. Burundi has seen turbulence since President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term …

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‘Big Brother Australia’ evictee recounts youth in controversial religious group

Thursday, May 29, 2008 David Tchappat, a popular housemate recently evicted from the television reality program Big Brother Australia, has spoken out critically of his childhood experiences in the controversial religious group “Raven-Taylor-Hales Brethren“, referred to in Australian media as “Exclusive Brethren”. Tchappat was a participant in the edition Big …

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Ralph Nader calls out Democrats for financial bailout

 Correction — Aug 2, 2010 Nader referred to the 1999 repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagal Act. The Wikinews article omitted the word “repeal” from the account of Nader’s speech.  Sunday, October 5, 2008 Independent U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader had harsh words for the Democrats who engineered yesterday’s passage of the …

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Evangelist Hovind found guilty for tax fraud

Saturday, November 4, 2006 Evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, was found guilty on all counts of tax fraud concerning merchandise and amusement park admission sales. The trial began at United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Tuesday October 18, 2006, and prosecutors rested their …

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UK Party leaders questioned on BBC ‘Question Time’

Friday, April 29, 2005 With the UK general election on May 5, three party leaders from the largest parties in the election answered questions live on the BBC at 19:30 UTC Thursday. Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats), Michael Howard (Conservative Party, currently Opposition) and Tony Blair (Labour Party, incumbent) were asked …

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