Thursday, June 14, 2007 In an apparent coordinated attack, 13 schools were set ablaze late yesterday in southern Thailand, an escalation of violence that authorities are blaming on Muslim insurgents. The 13 schools were burned in Pattani and Yala, two of the three restive, Muslim-majority Thai provinces on the border of Malaysia. On Monday in

Saturday, September 5, 2009 American-based online retailer Amazon.com has backtracked from its July decision and actions to remotely delete George Orwell‘s classic dystopian novels, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, from customers’ Kindle e-book readers. Late Thursday, Amazon emailed owners of Kindle readers who had previously lost copies of these novels, offering a new copy of

Sunday, April 2, 2006 President Bush signed the “USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006” into law. In the signing statement, Bush averred that he could withhold information about the administration’s controversial use of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act powers and National Security Letters if he deemed that they impaired foreign relations, national security,

The time is 22:30 (UTC) on July 19th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Second quake in two days strikes Indonesia 1.2 Death toll rises in Indonesian tsunami 1.3 Heatwave hits the UK and Ireland 1.4 Stem cell bills passed by US House and Senate 1.5 Row over NZ

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran.

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