Monthly Archives: July 2019

DiCaprio finally wins Oscar for Best Actor

Monday, February 29, 2016 Yesterday Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar, for Best Actor, at the 88th Academy Awards. The award ended DiCaprio’s long wait for an Academy Award — he was first nominated in 1993 and won on his … Continue reading

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Denny’s Super Bowl free ‘Grand Slam Breakfast’ brings 2 million diners

Friday, February 6, 2009 Denny’s 1,600 chain restaurants across North America, Puerto Rico and Canada, were slammed for eight hours Tuesday with hungry patrons standing on sidewalks for nearly two hours to take advantage of the $5.99 “Grand Slam Breakfast” … Continue reading

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Release and pardon of killer jeopardises Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Following Hungary’s release and repatriation of convicted Azeri axe-murderer Ramil Safarov, who Azerbaijan subsequently pardoned, Armenia announced it is “ready for war”. The declaration is in-response to Safarov’s pardon and promotion, despite the Azeri officer having … Continue reading

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Qatari proxy IP address temporarily blocked on Wikipedia

Tuesday, January 2, 2007 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia blocked editing by a proxy IP address [1] belonging to Internet users … Continue reading

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Judge declares mistrial in Bill Cosby sexual assault case

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 On Saturday, Judge Steven O’Niell of Norristown, Pennsylvania declared a mistrial in the trial of U.S. actor Bill Cosby for sexual assault because the jury had become deadlocked, unable to arrive at a unanimous guilty or … Continue reading

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