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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached the Gallery's copyright in several thousand photographs of works of art uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons, a free online media repository. In a letter from their solicitors sent to Coetzee via electronic mail, the NPG asserted that it

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President Bush to request USD$439.3B defense budget

Saturday, February 4, 2006 The Bush Administration said Thursday that it will request a Defense Department budget of US$439.3 billion for 2007. This is an increase of over 4%. This does not include a planned supplemental bill to fund ongoing actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The proposal's details are still not final, but the budget that President Bush will submit next week will be for planning purposes. $2.3 billion of the budget will go to preparing for a bird flu epidemic. Many weapons programs were tweaked but no major weapon system was cut. Funding for unmanned airc

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Want To Find Some Interesting Information About Dentists Manhattan Beach

Click Here To Know More About: Sydney Dentistry Cbd Dental Want to find some interesting information about dentists Manhattan Beach by Bhrat bbrijIt is better to go to a dentist Torrance or dentist Hermosa Beach earlier than you require one, certainly sooner than a gum or tooth emergency. If you don't yet have an experienced professional dentist, to whom you can go at any time you require universal care for your gums and teeth, in that case, it will be a high-quality thought to opt one. Creating a connection with a high-quality dentist Manhattan Beach is purely s

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Formula 1 new team USF1 sponsored by YouTube co-founder

Thursday, August 20, 2009 2010 Formula One World Championship entrants USF1 have secured an investment deal with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, British magazine Autosport have revealed. Hurley was positive about the future, and hinted at long term involvement with the team. YouTube was bought out by search engine giants Google in 2006, which has consolidated the video-sharing website as a global phenomenon, valued at $1.65bn. However, its relationship with Formula 1 has not always been rosy. Video rights to Formula 1 are under the strict copyright of Bernie Ecclestone's F

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News briefs:January 4, 2007 2

The time is 22:00 (UTC) on January 4, 2007, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Australian Police net $540 million in "liquid ecstacy" 1.2 Record number of bicycles sold in Australia in 2006 1.3 Saddam's co-defendants to be executed Thursday 1.4 Britain makes final World War II debt payments 2 Closing statements [edit]

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Apple introduces iPhone and Apple TV

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Apple Inc. today has introduced the much-anticipated iPhone at the Macworld Conference in San Francisco. The iPhone is claimed to be "a revolutionary mobile phone" as stated on the Apple website. The device appears to be running a mobile version of the Apple operating system Mac OSX. It is approximately the same size as a 5th generation iPod, it has a 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen display that is used to access all features of the phone including number dial, as well as making phone calls. The iPhone plays music, movies, displays pictures and is able

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Church of Scientology’s ‘Operating Thetan’ documents leaked online

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Wikinews has obtained 'Operating Thetan' (OT) documents of the Church of Scientology which were leaked via Wikileaks. Although some portions of the manual have been leaked previously, this is believed to be the first time the full unedited version has been leaked. The file is a 612-page compilation of material written for Scientologists by L. Ron Hubbard, and contains instructions for the eight different Operating Thetan levels including 'clear' and OT8. Most of the documents have been retyped from their original sources. The file does, however, c

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Google launches Google Spreadsheets

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Google has launched an online spreadsheet site, in a private beta. The site will allow spreadsheets to be shared between up to 10 users, which is aimed to be useful to teams and small businesses. "Many people already organise information into spreadsheets. Where they are struggling is to share it" said the product manager, Jonathan Rochelle. Google recently bought the online word-processor Writely, launched a calendar product, as well as a desktop search tool. Many see this as them straying into Microsoft's markets. Google Spreadsheets uses very ad