Airbus launches world’s largest passenger plane

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Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Toulouse, FRANCE — In a ceremony attended by several European political leaders and 5,000 VIP guests, Airbus unveiled plans for the A380, a twin-deck aircraft that can carry up to 840 people in all-economy class (550 for a Boeing 747), or 555 people in typical three mixed classes layout. The new […]

Nigerian Housing Minister fired in anti-corruption drive

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Tuesday, April 5, 2005Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed the Minister of Housing, Alice Mobolaji Osomo, as part of an on-going anti-corruption drive to clean up Nigeria’s world image. A statement from the president’s office said Mr. Osomo was sacked after the sale of public property violated instructions. According to a BBC report, the Minister […]

Shoppers World hosts arts event

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Saturday, August 27, 2005 Shoppers World in Brampton, Ontario, Canada asks its visitors to “look up, look way up” this October. The Highway 10 and Steeles Avenue mall is encouraging Bramptonians to paint a ceiling tile for charity this summer, for their upcoming “Looking Up to the Arts” event. The tiles should represent either what […]

Ryanair sue Associated Newspapers, Mirror Group

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Saturday, August 17, 2013 Irish budget airline Ryanair have added newspaper publishers Associated Newspapers and Mirror Group to their legal targets in a High Court defamation action filed yesterday in Dublin that also targets Channel 4. A Ryanair Boeing 737 pictured in 2006. Image: WikiABG. The move confirms the carrier’s expression of intent to sue […]

City of Edinburgh Council seek to improve local music scene

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Interior (stairwell) of Edinburgh’s Usher Hall Image: Brian McNeil. 1 2 Musicians gather outside the Usher Hall prior to the meeting Image: Brian McNeil. Attendees inside the Usher Hall Image: Brian McNeil. Yesterday evening saw the Usher Hall in Edinburgh host a meeting between representatives of the City of Edinburgh Council […]

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Michael Jackson with his eldest son in 2006. Image: jmerelo. Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on […]

Category:Cannabis

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This is the category for cannabis, a drug with recreational and medicinal uses. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 12 September 2021: Australia: Wikinews interviews Rebecca Jennings, independent candidate for Daly by-election 16 February 2018: United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis 16 April 2017: Canada to legalise […]