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Wikinews Shorts: May 7, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, May 7, 2007. Existing and planned gas pipelines in EuropeA 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has

2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

Saturday, July 19, 2008 Basketball Tournament Arena.Image: Rico Shen.This year's Leisure Taiwan trade show (a.k.a Taiwan Sport Recreation and Leisure Show) started yesterday, with 131 companies participating including sports media companies

Explosion in French college

Friday, March 24, 2006A large explosion ripped through a research building of the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu) in Mulhouse, eastern France. Mulhouse's mayor, Jean-Marie Bockel, confirmed

Explosion in Turkey kills seventeen

Saturday, August 2, 2008 The Taskent of Konya Province is the furthest south. Image: Rarelibra.Reuters, AFP, the Associated Press are reporting that a gas explosion in a Turkish school killed at

Australian government to tackle banks on mortgages

Sunday, January 13, 2008 The Department of the Treasury, Canberra. Image: Adam Carr.In response to higher than expected mortgage rate increases last week, Australian treasurer Wayne Swan flagged changes to banking