Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved…
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Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by “Made in Ghana” technology
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its projects. Please note that Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Semapedia is not associated with the Wikimedia Foundation. Friday, April 7, 2006 Accra —The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT introduced the Semacode technology and the Semapedia application to a segment…
How To Stop Semen Leakage During Sleep And Improve Male Health?
Find Out More About: Circumcision Doctor Is it really possible to stop semen leakage during sleep? Semen leakage might seem to be the minutest trouble but in reality it is not. Semen leakage is nothing nut nightfall dreams which are natural but if they remain within the limit. Excessive nightfall causes a great harm to…
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Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 In May, periodical cicadas with 17 years life cycle emerged on the East Coast of the USA after underground development as juveniles since 1996. Researchers and scientists worked to map and study the rare wave, and the locals prepared for the noisy event. First recorded in 1666, the Magicicada septendecim species…
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Cookbook is free reference work community’s most active project
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, March 15, 2005 Wikibooks, an Internet project which seeks to create free content textbooks using wiki technology, has published its February 2005 statistics. The Cookbook project leads the statistics, both by…
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NASA to beam Beatles song into deep space
Saturday, February 2, 2008 On February 4, NASA will digitally transmit the Beatles song Across the Universe in the direction of the star Polaris, commonly known as the North Star. This will mark the first time music has been sent into deep space. The song will be transmitted from the DSS-63 radio antenna at the…
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Find Out More About: Australia Motor Insurance Your Credit Report Got Your Car Insurance Premiums Too High? by Shay West Unknown to many, most car insurance companies check your credit history. This changes how much will your insurance cost be. The reason why auto insurance companies do this is because they seem to think that…
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CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Don Davies running in Vancouver Kingsway
Friday, September 26, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. New Democratic Party candidate Don Davies is standing for election in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. A lawyer, he has spent the last 25 years fighting for human rights. A two-time student government representative, Davies was…
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DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
Thursday, March 8, 2007 Results are coming in for the Northern Ireland Assembly election held on Wednesday 7 March. With all first preference votes counted, both the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin have made gains: the DUP received 30.1% of first preferences, an increase of 4.4 percentage points on the 2003 election, while…
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Wikimania 2007 Exhibitions shows the culture of freedom
Saturday, August 4, 2007 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. On the second day of Wikimania 2007 in Taipei, Group Sessions continued, while the Virtual i.d.ea Interactive Net Art 2007 Exhibition attracted visitors and participants. This exhibition shows…