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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
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U.S. state of Utah begins to accept evacuees from Hurricane Katrina
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Ukraine hurt by Russian gas deal
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 The Ukrainian Parliament voted to oust the Prime Minister and his cabinet Tuesday after the handling of the countries gas crisis with Russia last week. Viktor Yushchenko called the vote “incomprehensible, illogical, and wrong”. Although Russia and Ukraine have solved the crisis, for the time being,…
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Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
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United States spies accused of illegally bugging the United Nations headquarters
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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. Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack…