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Australian Police alerted to child-sex claims at St Stanislaus in 1997

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Following the escalation of investigations into St Stanislaus College in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, Wikinews has obtained a police statement from an alleged victim made in 1997 against priest Brian Joseph Spillane. Spillane is facing 33 charges relating to the allegations. It had been believed that Bathurst detectives set up

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Getty taps into Flickr snappers

Sunday, June 20, 2010 Flickr and Getty Images have announced an extension on their one year partnership. The new deal will grant Getty Images access to all 40 million registered users images. To protect privacy, users must opt into the project, though details are yet to emerge. To ensure that Getty Images doesn’t get free

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Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world

Friday, January 13, 2012 This week US citizens observed National Human Trafficking Awareness Day through acts of education, legislation, and enforcement; whilst, around the world, other people highlighted or tackled this global problem in their own countries. According to an annual report on human trafficking released by the US State Department in June last year,

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Ft. Wayne, Indiana burn center treats Afghan child

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Doctors at the regional burn center at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana are treating a patient flown in from war-torn Afghanistan. U.S. Army’s 113th Battalion, which is made up of Indiana National Guardsman, discovered five-year-old Zia after a propane explosion in suburban Kabul] earlier this year destroyed homes and

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Three firemen die fighting office block fire in China

Thursday, January 3, 2008 An office block fire in Ürümqi, northwest China has claimed the lives of three firefighters and injured a fourth. The 12-storey dual-purpose office and market building was completely destroyed in the blaze, which also spread to and severely damaged an adjacent hotel. According to a spokesman for Xinjiang fire brigade, an