Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell…
Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
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Adirondack Chairs: A History}
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Brother of murdered Pakistani social media star sentenced to life
Monday, September 30, 2019 On Friday in Pakistan, Mohammed Waseem, brother of social media personality and feminist Qandeel Baloch, was sentenced for her murder to life in prison by a court in Multan. Waseem confessed to killing his sister by strangling her in 2016 in what has widely been called an honor killing. She was…
Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?
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News briefs:June 1, 2010
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Canada pursues new nuclear research reactor to produce medical isotopes
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CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate David Sparrow in Don Valley West
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Wills Essentials
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