Five Europeans are released in Ethiopia

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in northern Ethiopia 12 days ago have been released, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said. The workers – four British citizens and one French citizen and Ethiopian staff working … Continue reading →

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New search engine to search inside Wikipedia

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, January 18, 2007 A new search engine that was announced yesterday finds articles and links within … Continue reading →

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Google launches online payment service

Thursday, June 29, 2006 Google has today launched its foray into the world online payment processing with Google Checkout. This is considered by many to be a rival to the payment giant PayPal, owned by eBay. This service is currently … Continue reading →

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Voting ends in landmark Congo election

Monday, October 30, 2006 The final round of voting has ended in the first free elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in over forty years. The runoff is between incumbent President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, who … Continue reading →

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