Internet pirates want their own nation

Monday, January 15, 2007 This article features in a News Brief from Audio Wikinews: The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing website based in Sweden, seeks to purchase its own island nation in an attempt to escape copyright laws. A group of people has launched a campaign to collect money via the…

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Japanese tsunami impacts California coastal town

Sunday, March 13, 2011 The tsunami caused by Japan’s magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday destroyed the commercial fishing harbor of Crescent City, California, a coastal town still recovering from a devastating tsunami in 1964. Although most of the fishing boats were removed in advance, the 198 docking slips that the…

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4,400 kilograms of drugs seized in New Delhi

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 In the biggest ever narcotics haul in India’s capital, the New Delhi police have seized over 4,400 kg of Mandrax and Rs. 20 crore from a dealer in the city. The consignment, meant for a customer in the U.S, was seized from a godown in Badarpur,…

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Recycling An Old Refrigerator

Click Here For More Specific Information On: Polypac Website Best Plastic Bags Australia byAlma Abell Although the daily business of a scrap dealer is buying, recycling and selling scrap metals such as steel, aluminum, copper, etc., larger dealers also are involved in refrigerator recycling as well as recycling other domestic…

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Transit strike affects 100,000 in Helsinki

Monday, March 6, 2006 In Helsinki, the Finnish trade union for bus and truck drivers has gone on strike on Sunday evening, mainly over the use of part-time labor. The strike is estimated to affect 100,000 people in the capital area, crowding the remaining transit system on Monday morning. The…

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