Saturday, February 12, 2005 New Zealand’s Recorded Crime Statistics are now available online from Statistics New Zealand. In an unheralded change to its website on January 20, 2005, Statistics New Zealand now provides the last 10 fiscal years of Recorded Crime Statistics for New Zealand. Using the Table Builder service, the country’s Crime Statistics can […]
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Friday, September 28, 2012 Melbourne, Australia — Monday, following her return from London, Wikinews talked with Amanda Carter, the longest-serving member of Australia’s national wheelchair basketball team (the Gliders). ((Wikinews)) You’re Amanda Carter! Amanda Carter: Yes! ((WN)) And, where were you born? Amanda Carter: I was born in Melbourne. ((WN)) It says here that you […]
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Canada’s Scarborough East (Ward 44) city council candidates speak
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Rhode Island borrows $90 million from US for jobless claims
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Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate
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American Thom Mayne snags Pritzker architecture prize
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2008 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine: A complex to redefine Taiwan’s MICE industry
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