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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Legislation pending in the French Parliament would require that music purchased online for use on digital music players be compatible across all players. It has become popularly known in France as the “iPod bill,” after the popular music player made by Apple Computer, and could pit France against Apple and other distributors of online music. The National Assembly (loweRead More…

Friday, April 3, 2009
A gunman attacked a downtown Binghamton, New York-based immigration services center today, killing up to 13 people before killing himself.
New York Governor David Paterson at a news conference indicated that 12 or 13 people were killed at the American Civic Association. It is unclear whether or not the attacker was included in the number of the deceased.
An anonymous law enRead More…

Thursday, December 18, 2008
A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. Two weeks ago Dr. Siemionow, in a 23-hour marathon surgery, replaceRead More…

Friday, December 31, 2010
A memorial service was held Thursday for Adrienne Nicole Martin, the model found dead two weeks ago in the Missouri, US mansion of former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV. Martin, of Native American ethnicity, was 27 years old when she died of unknown causes, said investigators.
Martin, who had been dating the 46-year-old Busch for “the last several months” according Read More…

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Australian Minister for Vocational Education and Training, Gary Hardgrave has announced the government will provide AU$15.8 million to establish an Australian Technical College in North Adelaide. The minister said the government was entering into a partnership with the Archdiocese of Adelaide and consortium of industrial and manufacturing companies.
The North Adelaide collRead More…

A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, August 13, 2009. Contents 1 Paris suffers second night of violence
2 No concrete progress but North American leaders express solidarity
3 Mexican federal police foil plot to assassinate President Calderón
4 Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to another three years of house arrest
5 Four Rio Tinto employees formally arrested for bribery
6 Michael JacRead More…

Saturday, March 1, 2008
While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms.
Wikinews has impartially reached out to these candidates, throughout thRead More…