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Canada’s Parkdale—High Park (Ward 14) city council candidates speak

Wikinews This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Monday, October 30, 2006 On November 13, Torontoians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Parkdale—High Park (Ward 14). One candidate responded to Wikinews’ requests

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North Korean veteran statesman Ri Yong Mu dies aged 97

Saturday, January 29, 2022 North Korean state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported yesterday that high-ranking political and military official Ri Yong-mu died of acute myocardial infarction on Thursday morning at age 97. Ri held positions in the State Inspection Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Traffic Commission and in the General Political Bureau of the

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McCain and Obama face off in U.S. presidential candidate debate

Sunday, September 28, 2008 The two major party presidential candidates in the US, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, faced each other yesterday in the first TV debate. Despite that McCain had asked to postpone the debate, both were present at the University of Mississippi. The debate, which was moderated by PBS‘ Jim Lehrer,

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Shin Corporation defamation suit fails

Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Shin Corporation, the multi-billion baht telecom and IT giant, has lost its defamation suit against Supinya Klangnarong for her comments in an interview with the Thai Post in July 2003. In her interview Supinya, secretary general of the Campaign for Popular Media, had stated that Shin corporation gained revenue following the

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Apple plans to sell movies on iTunes

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Picture of the iTunes Music Store. Apple Computer is planning to sell full-length feature films for download via the online iTunes Music Store. The store currently sells digital music tracks, and more recently has begun to sell TV episodes. Apple executives are in negotiations with film studios to arrange the deal

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Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 People from all over Europe came to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s party, which coincided with FOSDEM 2008. The European Commission currently has proposals on the table to extend performers’ copyright terms. Described by Professor Martin Kretschmer as the “Beatles Extension Act”, the proposed measure would extend copyright from 50 to 95

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Ruling forbids RadioShack brand in Canada

Friday, March 25, 2005 A U.S. District Court in Tarrant County, Texas, issued a summary judgment Thursday against Circuit City’s InterTAN Inc., requiring all 950 RadioShack stores in Canada to stop using the RadioShack brand in store signs, packaging, products and advertising after June 30. RadioShack’s Canadian operations were spun off in 1986 to a

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Brazil’s Minas state stops sales of Toyota Corolla

Friday, April 23, 2010 Minas, one of the largest states of Brazil, has stopped the sale of the Toyota Corolla over safety concerns. The move was made after nine Corolla customers reported that their cars automatically accelerated. The state public prosecutor’s office said in an online statement on Tuesday that the problem is blamed on

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