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    Eleven die in Libya over Muhammad cartoon T-shirt

    Sunday, February 19, 2006 At least 11 people died in Benghazi, Libya on Friday when about 1,000 protesters surrounded and set fire to an Italian consulate and burned Danish flags. The demonstration was in protest of Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli, who had worn a T-shirt displaying the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons. A Libyan government statement said, “eleven casualties, including dead, resulted from the clashes.” some of the casualties were police officers. After wearing the T-shirt, Calderoli offered to resign. On Saturday, Libya suspended its Interior Minister, Nasr al-Mabrouk. Libya said that “excessive use of force” was used in the riots the day before. The government also said that “all those…

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    Politically concerned movie Zootopia wins Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film

    Wednesday, March 1, 2017 On Sunday, Disney’s Zootopia won the Oscars award for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony held at Los Angeles. Pixar’s animated short Piper won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and Disney’s The Jungle Book won for Visual Effects. Others competing with Zootopia in the category were Kubo and the Two Strings, My Life as a Zucchini, The Red Turtle, and Disney’s Moana. This was the first Oscar for directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore who were previously nominated for, respectively, Bolt and Wreck-It Ralph. In the acceptance speech, director Byron Howard said, “About five years ago, almost six now,…

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    5 Easy Home Storage Solutions

    Click Here For More Specific Information On: School Storage 5 Easy Home Storage Solutions by Paula Morris-Dungan 5 Easy Home Storage Solutions Almost everyone can use extra home storage. Even if your home has a lot of built-in storage, you can always find uses for additional spaces in which to stash items out of sight. Keeping down clutter in your home is a major task, and the more storage you have, the better off you are, and the easier it is to keep everything in its place. 5 Storage Solutions 1. Inexpensive free-standing cupboards are available online and in big box stores. These are a great addition for any free…

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    Asbestos victims file 6.6 billion yen class action lawsuit in Tokyo

    Saturday, May 17, 2008 Construction workers and next of kin of deceased workers filed a lawsuit in Tokyo, Japan Friday seeking damages of approximately 6.6 billion yen (about US$64 million) from the government and manufacturers related to illnesses stemming from exposure to asbestos. 178 plaintiffs; including construction workers and family members filed the suit in Tokyo District Court against 46 building manufacturers and the Government of Japan. According to the Mainichi Daily News, the class action suit is the first that has been filed in Japan related to health damages caused by asbestos exposure at construction sites. The plaintiffs hail from the Japanese prefectures of Tokyo, Saitama and Chiba. The…

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    Wikinews interviews Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles

    Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Recently, Wikinews spent time with with Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles who was in Copper Mountain, Colorado for the IPC Nor-Am Cup. ((Wikinews)) I’m interviewing Jorge Migueles, he is here from Chile. And you’re from Santiago. Jorge Migueles: Yes, from Santiago. ((WN)) What you’re what classification? Jorge Migueles: LW4, I have a prosthetic I ski with, special for skiing, I have an amputation below the knee. ((WN)) When people think of skiing, they don’t automatically think Chile as a great place for skiers, and developing skiers. How did the skier [Jorge Migueles] from Chile become a skier? Jorge Migueles: Yes it is a good place because…

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    Plant Medicine Eliminates Warts Permanently

    Click Here For More Specific Information On: Faac Automatic Gates Opener Submitted by: Vita Li Some HPV types can lead to abnormal cell changes and can cause genital cancers. Researchers say that virtually all cervical cancers are caused by these high-risk HPV viruses. The most common of the high-risk strains of HPV are types sixteen and eighteen, which cause about seventy percent of all cervical cancers. If the body clears the infection, the cervical cells return to normal. But if the body doesn’t clear the infection, the cells in the cervix can continue to change abnormally. This can lead to precancerous changes or cervical cancer. When infection with high-risk HPV…

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    Category:August 3, 2010

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    Efficient Los Angeles Airport Transportation Alternative

    Click Here For More Specific Information On: Melbourne Art Tours byadmin Los Angeles International Airport is one of the most high traffic, active airports in the world. Hundreds of flights are arriving and departing every day. One can only image the amount of people coming in and out of the airport. Arriving at Los Angeles airport is one thing, but finding transportation is a whole different story. Los Angeles Airport Transportation is frequently a hassle for travels who are not very familiar with the airport and terminals. Most people find themselves already defeated when it comes to thinking about traveling to the airport to catch their flights. The hassle of…

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    Iraqi activist forced to change t-shirt with Arabic peace slogan

    Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi peace activist who lives in the United States, was forced to change his T-Shirt, which bore an Arabic slogan, because it was found “offensive”. The incident took place in JFK airport in New York. The activist Jarrar reported in his blog RaedInTheMiddle that he had checked-in his bags and was issued a boarding pass. After waiting near the gate to board his jetBlue airlines flight, and after having to gone through a secondary search, two officials approached him. “People are feeling offended because of your t-shirt,” Raed reported that one of the men said to him. The writings on the T-Shirt said…

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    Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless

    December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable shanties, next in line for demolition are the illegal ‘well-off’ shanties and neighborhoods, according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up Mumbai’s appearance by lowering the dominance of shanties, which make up 62 percent of Mumbai’s housing. “As far as eye can see, there…