Iconic London mural could be restored

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Monday, September 20, 2010 One of London’s most well known murals could be restored after years of neglect if plans by a group of community activists gain public support. The Fitzrovia Mural at Whitfield Gardens on London’s Tottenham Court Road was created by two mural artists and commissioned by Camden Council in 1980, but the […]

Bomb in Dagestan explodes Russian military truck

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Friday, September 2, 2005 An explosion today in Makhachkala, Russia in the Russian region of Dagestan killed one and wounded five others, police say. The bomb detonated in a pile of garbage, where servicemen and a truck had been sent to search for explosives on a street near a military base. When the engineers got […]

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Controlling Weeds In The Landscape

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Submitted by: Chris Meagher A weed is an unwanted, nuisance plant and the bane of gardeners everywhere. Whether gardeners like it or not, weeds must be attended to lest they take over the garden. They are fast growing, prolific reproducers and generally can colonise places where nothing else will, or can grow. In nature, there […]

UK public sector workers strike over pension rights

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Local Government workers in the UK withdrew their labour yesterday as part of a dispute over pension entitlements. The members of 11 different trades unions were involved in the 24hr strike. As the day began they declared that support for the strike was solid. Although the strikers work for local councils, […]

News briefs:July 12, 2006

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The time is 23:30 (UTC) on July 12th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Israeli forces cross over into southern Lebanon 1.2 China and Russia counter resolution against North Korea 1.3 Iraqi group claim deaths of U.S. soldiers avenge rape, murder of Iraqi girl 1.4 Dozens preemptively arrested in […]

World’s biggest polluters won’t cut back on fossil fuel

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Thursday, January 12, 2006 Six of the world’s major polluters, who participated in this week’s Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6 or APPCDC), have launched a multi-million dollar fund to develop clean-energy, but stressed they will be heavily reliant on polluting fossil-fuels for generations to come. Green groups, labelling the talks a […]