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Boston rings in the new year

Monday, January 1, 2007 Last night, 1 million people filed into Boston, Massachusetts to celebrate the 31st Annual First Night celebration. The people who attended the First Night celebration enjoyed live musical performances, ice sculptures, and finally, fire works. Tonight […]

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XM and Sirius submit FCC transfer request

Thursday, March 22, 2007 Today, the satellite radio providers XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio submitted a joint application to transfer control of their ground and space-based transmitters to the new, merged company. This is a major step for […]

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Man with knife stabs people in Finnish city of Turku

Monday, August 21, 2017 At 16:02 local time (UTC+3) on Friday a man with a knife stabbed apparently random people at Market Square, Turku, Finland. Police said there were eight injured and two dead. The attacker ran somewhere else and […]

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Warhol’s photo legacy spread by university exhibits

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Evansville, Indiana, United States — This past week marked the opening night of an Andy Warhol exhibit at the University of Southern Indiana. USI’s art gallery, like 189 other educational galleries and museums around the country, […]

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China detains and beats mourners for Zhao Ziyang

Thursday, January 27, 2005 BEIJING, China – The People’s Republic of China intensified security to prevent mourners attending funeral in Beijing for Zhao Ziyang. Mr. Zhao was the former Communist Party secretary general who was purged for opposing the 1989 […]

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News briefs:April 23, 2010

 Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything.  […]

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US prisoner in North Korea ‘attempts suicide’

Saturday, July 10, 2010 File:North korean leader.jpg According to the North Korean government, a US citizen, Aijali Mahli Gomes, has attempted suicide in a North Korean prison. In April, Gomes was sentenced to eight years of hard labour for illegally […]

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China completes “mammoth” Three Gorges Dam hydro-electricity project

Saturday, May 20, 2006 The People’s Republic of China has announced the completion of an enormous dam across the Yangtze River, an important milestone for the world’s largest hydroelectric project. The official Xinhua News Agency reports the event as a […]

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Oil prices at new high on fears of Turkish attack in Iraq

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Crude oil rose to an all-time high during trading in Asia to close at US$86.13 a barrel, up $2.44. The price of Brent Crude futures was at $84.40 at 6:39 a.m.. Crude stock futures at 6:08 […]

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