Exxonmobil burns off excess fuel in Jurong Island, Singapore

Thursday, November 23, 2006 As of 9 am this morning, flaring is still being carried out by ExxonMobil at Jurong Island, Singapore. This is the 3rd day flaring works are being carried out by the company to burn off excess fuel from the refinery plant. The flame, according to Ms Eva Ho, Communications Manager of ExxonMobil, is dying. ExxonMobil wishes to assure members of the public that no health risk is posed as water and carbon dioxide are produced as a result of the flaring. Meng Yew Choong, Assistant Director…

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Cutty Sark blaze treated as ‘suspicious’

Monday, May 21, 2007 The Cutty Sark, one of the most famous historic sailing ships in the world, was seriously damaged by fire in the early hours of Monday morning, May 21, 2007. The 19th century ship, which is in dry dock in Greenwich, London, England, set a speed record during its working days, and has been a popular tourist attraction for many years. The fire brigade was first called to the blaze on the tea clipper at 4:45 a.m. BST and reported that the flames had been extinguished by…

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News briefs:August 27, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 27th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Many dead after jet crashes in Kentucky 1.2 Canadian soldiers kill Afghan police officer 1.3 British soldier shot and killed in southern Afghanistan 1.4 Deadline to release Muslim prisoners passes, journalists released 1.5 Guantanamo inmate Murat Kurnaz transferred to Germany and released 1.6 Chad orders oil companies out of the country 1.7 Eleven year-old boy arrested on suspicion of assaulting a four year-old boy in East Yorkshire 1.8 Filipe Massa…

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Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams

Saturday, June 23, 2018 In order to prevent cheating in high school diploma exams, the Algerian government ordered a series of two-hour nation-wide internet blockades, starting on Wednesday, reports from tech giant Oracle and Agence France-Presse confirmed. Per the blockage, neither the cellular nor the wired data connections are to provide internet access during the exam hours. Social networking website Facebook has been blocked for the entire period. More than 500 thousand students had to appear for re-examination in June 2016 after question papers were leaked on Facebook. During the…

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Protests at New York’s Hamilton College over controversial professor

Monday, January 31, 2005 New York, USA – Students and professors at New York‘s Hamilton College have raised protests over an invitation to the controversial ethics professor, Ward Churchill, to participate in a panel at the college. The main objection is related to comments by Mr. Churchill, chairman of the ethnic studies from the University of Colorado, who in a paper written after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, compared the victims of the attack to “little Eichmanns“. Churchill’s paper, entitled “Some People…

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Beijing 2008: Michael Phelps wins eighth gold

Sunday, August 17, 2008 American swimmer Michael Phelps, 23, has set a new record for the most gold medals won in one Olympic games by winning his eighth gold medal of the 2008 Olympic games, beating the previous world record of seven that was set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Olympic Games, which took place in Munich, Germany. Phelps’ eighth medal was won in the final of the men’s 4 x 100m medley relay. In addition to Phelps, Aaron Piersol, Brendan Hansen, and Jason Lezak were in the winning…

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Reports of at least fourteen dead this week due to gun-related suicides in the United States

 Correction — February 6, 2013 This article does not conform to our neutrality policy, due to its manner of presentation of an out-of-context selection of facts. The lapse appears to have been unintentional by all parties involved. We apologize for the error.  Sunday, February 3, 2013 A number of suicides as a result of self-inflicted gunshot wounds took place around the United States this week with reports of deaths in Arizona, California, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington. Last Saturday in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina,…

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Family Coalition Party candidate Ray Scott, Algoma-Manitoulin

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Ray Scott is running for the Family Coalition Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Algoma-Manitoulin riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.

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