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    2008 TaiSPO: Interview with Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva

    Friday, March 28, 2008 2008 Taipei International Cycle Show (Taipei Cycle) & Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO) not only did a best reunion with conjunctions of the launch of Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition and the concurrent cycling race of 2008 Tour de Taiwan but also provide opportunities and benefits for sporting goods, bicycle, and athlete sports industries to establish the basis of the sourcing center in Asia and notabilities on the international cycling race. Although the Taipei cycle was split from the TaiSPO since 1988, but the trends of sporting good industry in Taiwan changed rapidly and multiply because of modern people’s lifestyles and habits. After the…

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    North American roads suffer from dramatic thaws and freezes

    Monday, January 8, 2007 Major city roads across North America are suffering from an early surge in potholes due to the dramatic freezes and thaws this month, some several feet across and inches deep. The potholes are caused by water seeping into cracks during warm weather, and pushing concrete apart when it freezes. Traffic erodes chunks of concrete from the cracks to form holes that continuously grow larger. While car repair shops are experiencing a boom in business, city budgets are being hit with the costs of patching potholes. Thierry Larivée, an infrastructure spokesman in Montréal, Canada, says about 20 pothole patrols are working throughout the city. They are expected…

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    Category:Education

    This is the category for Education. See also the Education Portal. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 19 May 2018: Principal, teacher arrested for allegedly whipping two students late for school in Ayetoro, Nigeria 25 April 2018: India: Jammu and Kashmir government orders private tuitions to shut down for 90 days 26 January 2018: United States: Two dead in Kentucky high school shooting 20 October 2017: Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, scientists say 21 January 2016: Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits 28 October 2015: Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to ‘Most Influential Teens of 2015’ 23 October…

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    Riots in Mexico

    Friday, May 5, 2006 There has been a riot in Santiago, a small town 25 kilometers from Mexico City. Violence exploded when three flower sellers were arrested on suspicion of trading without permits. Rioters attacked the police with sticks, machetes and petrol bombs. Thousands of police quelled the crowd with tear gas and batons. Dozens were arrested. The arrested include peasant leader, Ignacio del Valle. All 11 police officers held hostage by rioters were released. Javier Cortes Santiago, a fourteen year old boy, was killed in the riots. In 2002 rioters managed to cancel plans to build an airport in the town.

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    6 Steps On How To Save Your Marriage And Avoid Divorce

    Click Here For More Specific Information On: Retirement Financial Planning Sydney Best Financial Advice By Carson Burnett One of the biggest problems with marriage breakdowns today is instead of asking the question of how to save your marriage, you are asking how do I get out of this relationship? There is little doubt that the financial costs alone that are involved with a marriage break up leading to divorce is beginning to be enough to get people to think twice. The problem is though, finding the answers on how to save your marriage can be confusing. Here are a few steps that you can take to help you get started.…

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    BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon

    Sunday, October 21, 2007 Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of a dungeon, what they charge, what the clients are like and how they handle their needs. When Shankbone rings the bell of “HC & Co.” he has no idea what to expect. A BDSM (Bondage Discipline Sadism Masochism) dungeon is a legal enterprise in New York City, and there are more than a few businesses…

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    50,000 people refuse evacuation after flooding in India caused by river changing course

    Tuesday, September 9, 2008 The Kosi River changed course one week ago to a path which it has not taken for over 100 years. While 900,000 people were evacuated by rescue workers, new data has revealed that 50,000 people, from the town of Saharsa, have refused to leave their homes. Advertisements in local newspapers have been used to encourage the people who are still remaining in the area to leave soon. People are encouraged to go to one of many camps, which are funded by the government, to seek refuge from the continued flooding. People have also started to return to their homes, due to the fact that they have…

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    Czechs and Slovaks celebrate twenty years since Velvet Revolution

    Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Czechs and Slovaks yesterday celebrated the twenty-year anniversary of the so-called “Velvet Revolution“, which brought down the then Czechoslovakian Communist regime, with thousands re-enacting the demonstration that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall, and elections in Poland and Hungary. David Gaydecka, one of the organisers, was thirteen when he went with his father to participate in the demonstration. “I didn’t really understand what was happening, but I could sense something in the air. I knew this was something important,” he said. “The Wall had come down in Berlin, they were holding elections in Poland and Hungary. Everyone knew that it would come here too, but…

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    Democratic holdout agrees to support health care reform in US

    Sunday, December 20, 2009 A conservative Democratic United States senator has agreed to supply the key 60th vote needed for passage of a sweeping health care reform package. Senate Democrats have reached a breakthrough in their struggle to pass sweeping heath care reform legislation, lining up the 60 votes needed to overcome fierce Republican opposition. Senators met Saturday in Washington, D.C. during a driving snowstorm in a frenzied effort to move forward on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. The spotlight was on moderate Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who had been the last holdout as Senate Democrats raced against the clock and against determined Republican opposition to pass…

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    Canada’s Don Valley West (Ward 25) city council candidates speak

    Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley West (Ward 25). Three candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include John Blair, Robertson Boyle, Tony Dickins, Cliff Jenkins (incumbent), and Peter Kapsalis. For more information on the election, read Toronto municipal election, 2006.