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Wikimedia Foundation announces departure of general counsel Mike Godwin

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization which administers online collaborative websites including Wikipedia…

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News briefs:March 04, 2008

This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable. Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after…

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UK general election, 2005

Thursday, May 5, 2005 The United Kingdom General Election Results: Labour Conservative Lib Dems 355 197 62 DUP SNP Sinn Féin 7 6 5 Plaid Cymru SDLP UUP 3 3 1 RESPECT IKHH Ind.   1 1 1   Wikinews…

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Indonesian blackout caused by lack of generation capacity

Saturday, August 20, 2005 A power outage in Indonesia that left about 100 million people without electricity has caused a political crisis. The country’s state-owned energy monopoly, PLN, has not determined the immediate cause, and the country’s president has ordered…

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ACTA rejected by European Parliament; protesters rejoice

Friday, July 6, 2012 The proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was defeated in a plenary session of the European Parliament with 478 votes against versus 39 supporting; 165 parliamentarians chose to abstain. Pressure and activist groups across Europe celebrated the…

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