Canadian held in China faces execution

Sunday, August 6, 2006 China is planning to execute a Canadian national next week according to his wife who is seeking help from the Canadian government to free the man. Huseyin Celil, a Uighur Muslim who immigrated to Canada as a refugee, had been a dissident in China in the …

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Wikinews Shorts: October 26, 2009

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, October 26, 2009. Contents 1 Walpole, Massachusetts car crash kills one, injures one 2 Ireland pledges €1.3 million in emergency aid relief to Ethiopia  Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. A fatal car crash has killed a …

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Heavy hailstorms leave Sydney appearing snowed in

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Extent of hailstorms in suburbs Street covered in unmelted hail Recent heavy hailstorms occurring at approximately 4 o’clock in the afternoon today left parts of Sydney with the appearance of being snowed in, with thick blankets of hail covering streets and sidewalks with layers of hail. …

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On the campaign trail in the USA, September 2016

Friday, October 21, 2016 The following is the fifth edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: an arrest warrant is issued …

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