Eight men and several Spinka charities charged with tax fraud in Los Angeles

2 March, 2022

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Monday, December 24, 2007 Eight men and five Brookyln-based Spinka charitable organizations have been charged with tax fraud and money laundering. Six have been arrested, and two are still at large. The men charged are Naftali Tzi Weisz, 59, a Grand Rabbi from Brooklyn; Gabbai Moseh E. Zigelman, 60, also from Brooklyn and Weisz’ assistant; […]

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26 Americans, mostly CIA agents, charged for kidnapping in Italy

28 February, 2022

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Friday, February 16, 2007 On Friday an Italian judge ordered 26 Americans, a CIA-led team, to stand trial for kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr in 2003. He was brought to Egypt where he says he was tortured as a subject to CIA “rendition“. He was later released. Also on trial is Nicolo Pollari, Italy’s […]

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Germany to drop ‘lese majeste’ law

25 February, 2022

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Friday, January 27, 2017 On Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet announced Germany is to drop the ‘lese majeste’ law which protects foreign leaders from insult. This law is to come under effect in January 2018. German justice minister Heiko Maas called this law redundant and said, “the idea of lese majesty arose in an […]

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Different Types Of Cat Furniture Worth Looking At

25 February, 2022

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Find Out More About: Barf Raw Dog Food Submitted by: Ella Jasmine Hall Different Types of Furniture Fixtures for Your Cat Like other pets around, cats also have furniture fixtures for added convenience and comfort. If you have cats at home, for sure you get worried with the scratching marks of your furniture pieces and […]

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Large study provides new insights in autism’s genetic code

25 February, 2022

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Thursday, February 22, 2007 In the largest study of its kind, a genetic analysis of 1,168 families with multiple cases of autism has identified genetic links to autism. A previously overlooked stretch of DNA on chromosome 11 implicates a gene called neurexin 1 and increases the evidence for the involvement of neurexins and genes related […]

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Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate

23 February, 2022

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Sunday, December 13, 2015 This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information. Macomb, New York Councilman Steve Burke took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Burke, an insurance […]

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Sonic The Hedgehog: A Video Game Masterpiece

23 February, 2022

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Find Out More About: Film Schools In Australia By Damian Cross When it comes to pleasing the masses, very few games can do it successfully for any length of time. So when along comes a game that continues to entertain everybody for over a decade and a half, it is to be considered as nothing […]

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Anthrocon 2007 draws thousands to Pittsburgh for furry weekend

22 February, 2022

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Local caterers get ready for big business, as almost three thousand fans converge on the David L. Lawrence Convention Center over the Independence Day weekend for the world’s largest ever furry convention, Anthrocon 2007. Many hope to renew acquaintances, or meet new friends. Others look to buy from […]

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

21 February, 2022

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Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

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