Saturday, March 19, 2022 On Thursday, Peru’s Constitutional Court restored a 2017 pardon on humanitarian grounds for former President Alberto Fujimori, convicted of murder and corruption. Fujimori was scheduled to be released in 2032 if he served his full 25-year sentence, but was pardoned in 2017 by former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski because the now…
Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review
Friday, January 1, 2021 After an active year of original content published on the English-language Wikinews, we take a look back at some of the two dozen-plus original reports from our contributors during 2020. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_2020:_An_%27Original_reporting%27_year_in_review&oldid=4641414”
Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to…
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Award show producers try Emmy Idol
Wednesday, September 7, 2005 The Primetime Emmy Awards will have a unique twist for 2005, as television celebrities will sing the themes of classic series. Similar to the format of reality shows like American Idol and Rock Star: INXS, the audience will be able to vote on their favorite performance during the initial broadcast of…
Brazilian football referee admits he frauduently refereed games
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 The Brazilian football referee Edílson Pereira de Carvalho was detained by the Brazilian Federal Police on Saturday in Jacareí, a city 78 kilometers from São Paulo. According to the Public Prosecution Service, he refereed games in a partial manner so that only predetermined teams could win. The businessman Nagib Fayad was…
Canada tests cow for mad cow disease
Friday, April 14, 2006 Initial tests done on a six-year-old dairy cow in Fraser Valley, a farming community near Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, are inconclusive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or “mad cow disease,” said Canada’s Food Inspection Agency. Further tests are being conducted at Winnipeg’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease and results are…
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U.S. automaker GM plans to close 1,100 dealerships
Friday, May 15, 2009 American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) announced plans Friday to shut down about 1,100 of its dealerships, in an effort to evade bankruptcy and lower its expenditures. GM’s move comes a day after Chrysler, another U.S. car maker, released a list of 789 dealerships that it was closing. Unlike Chrylser, GM…
Greece wins 2005 Eurovision song contest
Sunday, May 22, 2005 The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was won yesterday by the entry from Greece, Helena Paparizou, singing My Number One, second place going to the entry from Malta and third place going to Romania. The competition was held in Palace of Sports in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, after its entry, Ruslana, had won…