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Iran says it’s ready for standoff over nuclear activities

This article features in a News Brief from Audio Wikinews: Thursday, January 18, 2007 Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that his country is prepared to have a standoff with the United States. The move comes as the U.S. decided to send another aircraft carrier to the Middle East. According to the U.S. Defense SecretaryRead More

Iran says it’s ready for standoff over nuclear activities

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Che Guevara’s ”Motorcycle Diaries” companion dies

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Alberto Granado Jiménez, the Argentinian biochemist who was Che Guevara’s companion on his transformative motorcycle trip through South America, died in Havana on Saturday, reported Cuban state television. He was 88 and died of natural causes. The politically active Jiménez met Ernesto “Che” Guevara, then a medical student, in Hernando, ArgentinaRead More

Che Guevara’s ”Motorcycle Diaries” companion dies

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Study suggests 48% of US soda fountain machines have coliform bacteria

Saturday, January 9, 2010 A recent study conducted by Hollins University indicates that 48% of sodas from soda fountains in the United States are contaminated with coliform bacteria. The researchers drew the conclusions from a test of 90 beverages from 30 fountains in fast food restaurants. The bacteria found was a form of fecal contamination,Read More

Study suggests 48% of US soda fountain machines have coliform bacteria

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Two pilots dead in Richmond plane crash

Saturday, July 11, 2009 A plane, carrying blood donations, crashed in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada on Thursday night. The plane, a twin engine PA-31 Piper Navajo departed from Victoria, when it nosedived into a parking lot during its final approach to Vancouver International Airport shortly after 10:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7). Witnesses report the plane flyingRead More

Two pilots dead in Richmond plane crash

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Western Australian economy at crisis point say builders

Saturday, June 7, 2008 Western Australian Master Builders Association (MBA) yesterday demanded the Carpenter Government call an emergency cabinet meeting to avoid a “state of emergency” over the energy crisis gripping WA. A MBA spokesperson said that hundreds of workers have already been stood down, many without pay, and that the cost of building materialRead More

Western Australian economy at crisis point say builders