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    National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

    Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised by the local Evening News paper to be a VIP guest at the event. Prior to the opening, Wikinews toured the renovated museum, viewing the new galleries, and some of the 8,000 objects inside. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dressed in Victorian attire, Scottish broadcaster Grant Stott acted…

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    Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn

    Monday, September 3, 2012 London, England— Last Friday, Wikinews interviewed Trischa Zorn, 55-time medal-winner. The U.S. Paralympic swimmer’s haul includes 41 golds. Zorn discussed a variety of issues, including frustration with the classification system that has disadvantaged some United States swimmers because of what she sees as its subjective nature. She also talked about the increased visibility of the Games, how things have changed from when she started in 1980 to the current 2012 Summer Paralympics. Zorn discussed how sponsorship has evolved from her early time participating, and issues with the Paralympics inside the United States at the present. This year Zorn was inducted into the International Paralympic Hall of…

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    Category:Graffiti

    This is the category for graffiti. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 8 April 2014: Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93 16 December 2013: Glasgow’s Common Weal launch; ‘Not me first. All of us first’ 23 June 2013: Questions raised over Mosquito device ahead of New South Wales trial 22 August 2011: Libya: Rebels edge closer to Tripoli 26 May 2011: ‘George Davis is innocent – OK’: UK court partially vindicates campaign after 36 years 17 April 2011: Syrian protests met with crackdown 11 April 2011: Shiites protest against discrimination in Bahrain 28 March 2011: Battle for Trafalgar Square, London as violence breaks out between demonstrators…