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Toyota recalls up to 1.8 million automobiles

Saturday, January 30, 2010 The automobile manufacturer Toyota has said that it will recall up to 1.8 million cars across Europe, after a problem with the accelerator pedal was discovered. According to the firm, eight models were affected by the problem — AYGO, iQ, Yaris, Auris, Corolla, Verso, Avensis, and RAV4 — after it was discovered that the accelerator may become stuck in a depressed position, resulting in uncontrollable speeding. On Thursday, Toyota said it would recall 1.1 million cars in the US; a day previous, it had suspended eight models from sales. Last week, 2

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Home-invaders pose as NYC police

Monday, July 16, 2007 In two separate incidents, men posing as members of the New York Police Department (NYPD), have invaded homes in the New York City area. In both cases, they robbed the residents, but in the most recent, they sexually assaulted a woman. On Saturday, July 14, at 1:09 a.m. EDT (UTC-4), four men knocked on the door of a Yonkers, New York, apartment. The 33-year-old male that lives there opened the door, as the men outside wore NYPD hats and t-shirts, and had badges hanging around their necks. The men promptly ordered the male victim to the floor. "When th

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London serial murder accused Stephen Port makes first court appearance

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 A London man charged on Sunday with drugging and murdering four men made his first court appearance yesterday. Stephen Port, 40, was remanded to appear before a higher court tomorrow. Port faces four counts of murder and four counts of "administering a poison with intent to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm". He is alleged to have administered overdoses of recreational drug GHB. He allegedly murdered the men at his home before dumping the bodies, after finding victims online using gay dating services. Three of the deaths were last year

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Businesses and individuals worldwide to turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009 Earth Hour 2009 takes place Saturday, March 28, 2009 between 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time when communities will participate by turning out their lights starting in New Zealand and progressing along time zones around the world. Earth Hour began as a symbolic initiative against global warming by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). "[It is] The largest demonstration of public concern about climate change ever attempted." Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General said. Earth Hour began in 2007 with around 2 million participating, and increased to ab

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Click Here To Know More About: Wfs Canberra Investment Property Advice Submitted by: Douglas R. Williams If you want to make sure that someone's 50th birthday is memorable and appealing, surprise the birthday celebrant with an item that is gold-themed, delight him or her with a trip for two, arrange a party with gold as the motif, compile fifty birthday wishes from the recipient's friends and family, and get the kids involved in the celebration or gift. A 50th birthday is one of the most celebrated events in an individual's lifetime. The event calls for special s

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Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics

Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader's work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. "He's an opportunist." "He only stirs things up." "Why do I always see his face when there's a problem?" Shankbone went to the National Action Network's headquarters in Harlem with this Thanksgiving discussion to inform the

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Germans and Arabs establish a search engine that competes with Google

Wednesday, April 26, 2006 In the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Seekport, a German and Saudi founded technological company, began to start on a web-search engine dedicated to the Arabic language called Sawafi. According to Arabic marketing officials, it is predicted to compete with the popular web-search engines, such as Google or Yahoo. Sawafi's goal is to be as successful as the Chinese web-search engine, Budai, which in China, which has made a great improvement to its marketing businesses. Although internet access is low in the Middle East, Sawafi wishes to reach the oth

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Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine

Monday, December 10, 2012 Vail, Colorado, United States — Yesterday, Wikinews sat down with Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine who was participating in a national team training camp in Vail, Colorado. ((Wikinews)) This is Melissa Perrine. And are you like Jess Gallagher and just here training and not competing? Melissa Perrine: I'm not competing right now. ((WN)) And you competed in 2010 in Vancouver? MP: I did. Yeah. ((WN)) And who was your guide? MP: Andy Bor. ((WN)) Why a male guide? He's got to have different skis, and he can't turn exactly the s