Six die in France helicopter crash at Verdon Gorge

Thursday, July 26, 2012 An AS532 Cougar helicopter has crashed in the south-east of France, killing all six occupants onboard. The aircraft, owned by manufacturing company Eurocopter, descended in the Verdon Gorge — located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence — at roughly 13:30 CEST (1130 UTC) yesterday. Police lieutenant Benoit Gounine told Reuters “[t]he accident […]

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Wikinews interviews Ruth Bryant White, independent candidate for US President

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. Wikinews has impartially reached […]

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Microsoft to acquire health information search engine

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Microsoft decided to buy a health information search engine called Medstory. This is the company’s first step towards an involvement in the health market. The software that Medstory develops involves artificial intelligence techniques which are applied to both medical and health information stored in medical journals, as well as government documents. […]

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Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

Monday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other […]

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Mars Rover tracks viewed from orbit

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity and its tracks are captured in this enhanced-resolution image. The picture was taken from Mars orbit with the Mars Orbiter Cameraon board the Mars Global Surveyor. The image was captured on April 26, 2004,Opportunity’s 91st martian day. The rover was on its way toEndurance Crater. Also visible […]

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Blown for Good author discusses life inside international headquarters of Scientology

Friday, November 13, 2009 Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base“, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Headley joined the organization at age seven when his mother became a member, and worked at […]

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