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New Zealand doctor starts smoking in protest

Friday, December 29, 2006 A New Zealand doctor has taken a “stupid step” as he has started smoking in protest of a three-day strike being held by radiographers. Doctor Chris Wynne, clinical director of radiation oncology at Christchurch Hospital and a senior cancer treatment specialist, has described his actions as stupid but has said thatRead More

New Zealand doctor starts smoking in protest

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Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group

Thursday, January 14, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Nancy Many about her book My Billion Year Contract, and asked her about life working in the elite Scientology group known as the “Sea Org“. Many joined Scientology in the early 1970s, and after leaving in 1996 she later testified against the organization. Published in October, Many’s bookRead More

Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group

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Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

Monday, January 26, 2009 On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. In the local court’s decision, 17 accused were indicted for the crimes of “producing, adding melamine-lacedRead More

Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

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Israeli court orders controversial wall rerouted

Thursday, September 15, 2005 The Israeli High Court has unanimously ruled that the controversial wall separating Israel from the West Bank should be rerouted. The panel of nine justices gave their ruling on a petition submitted by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and ordered that alternative routes be investigated around the settlement ofRead More

Israeli court orders controversial wall rerouted

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XM and Sirius submit FCC transfer request

Thursday, March 22, 2007 Today, the satellite radio providers XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio submitted a joint application to transfer control of their ground and space-based transmitters to the new, merged company. This is a major step for the XM/Sirius merger deal, as FCC approval represents a major hurdle for the merger. ThisRead More

XM and Sirius submit FCC transfer request

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Canadian scientists protest Harper’s attacks on science

Monday, October 13, 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 2008 Day Stories from the 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 13 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: Libertarian John Kittridge in St. Paul’s 13 October 2008: Canadian scientists protest Harper’s attacks on science 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Jo-Anne BouldingRead More

Canadian scientists protest Harper’s attacks on science