Lycos Europe ends its anti-spam campaign

Tuesday, December 7, 2004 EUROPE — Lycos Europe has ended its anti-spam operation: “Make Love Not Spam.” A company spokesperson said the objective of the time-limited campaign was to raise people’s awareness. The reasons why it ended the campaign was variously reported and speculated in media. The operation, while fairly …

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Canadian held in China faces execution

Sunday, August 6, 2006 China is planning to execute a Canadian national next week according to his wife who is seeking help from the Canadian government to free the man. Huseyin Celil, a Uighur Muslim who immigrated to Canada as a refugee, had been a dissident in China in the …

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Wikinews Shorts: October 26, 2009

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, October 26, 2009. Contents 1 Walpole, Massachusetts car crash kills one, injures one 2 Ireland pledges €1.3 million in emergency aid relief to Ethiopia  Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. A fatal car crash has killed a …

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Heavy hailstorms leave Sydney appearing snowed in

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Extent of hailstorms in suburbs Street covered in unmelted hail Recent heavy hailstorms occurring at approximately 4 o’clock in the afternoon today left parts of Sydney with the appearance of being snowed in, with thick blankets of hail covering streets and sidewalks with layers of hail. …

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