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- Mount Sinabung erupts in Sumatra, Indonesia
- Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation
- Air Berlin to code-share with American Airlines and Finnair by November
- Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial
| Mount Sinabung erupts in Sumatra, Indonesia Posted: Mount Sinabung has erupted in Sumatra, Indonesia, spitting smoke and ash 1,500 meters (4,921.3 ft) in the air at 00:08 local time Sunday. Surono of Indonedia's Directorate of Vulcanology said, "Initially we thought the ash and smoke were triggered by rain but now we know the driving pressure was from magma. It's clearly dangerous so we've raised the warning to the highest level, or red level." "The situation is under control. Emergency response teams are already on the scene," says a spokesperson for the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency. More... |
| Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation Posted: Andreas Hornig, Wikinews contributor and team member of Synergy Moon, competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, managed to interview Senior Director of Space Prizes William Pomerantz of the X PRIZE Foundation about the competitions, goals, and impacts via e-mail for HDTVTotal.com and Wikinews.
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| Air Berlin to code-share with American Airlines and Finnair by November Posted: Low-cost German airline Air Berlin, which recently announced that it will join the Oneworld airline alliance, has stated that it plans to begin code-sharing with fellow Oneworld members American Airlines and Finnair as early as November. The airline also said that it could begin code-sharing with British Airways and Iberia in summer 2011. "We're in concrete talks with American Airlines over code share flights that we'd like to start in November. The same applies for Finnair Oyj," Air Berlin chief executive Joachim Hunold said. A code-share agreement with American Airlines would have a predicted "'incremental market potential' of 2.4 million passengers a year," according to Dow Jones. The "incremental market potential" would be an extra 1.7 million fliers a year with a code-sharing agreement. More... |
| Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial Posted: Conservative American political commentator and Fox News radio and television host Glenn Beck plans a "Restoring Honor" rally for August 28 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Critics condemn choosing the 47th anniversary and same location of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to hold the rally. Events related to King's speech will still be held in Washington, DC. Beck and the rally's organizers say the "Restoring Honor" event is meant to recognize those "who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor." Criticized for holding the event on the anniversary of King's speech, Beck claims it was a scheduling coincidence and that he is trying to bring back the spirit of the civil rights movement. Civil rights activist and minister Al Sharpton said, "When you start saying you're going to reclaim the civil rights movement that's not even coded, that's a blatant attempt to hijack a movement that changed America." Reverend Sharpton said in a press conference on Friday that Beck's rally goes against the intent of Martin Luther King, Jr., who advocated unity in national government. He questioned whether Beck understood the message of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, saying Beck's supporters "have the right to rally, ... what they don't have the right to do is distort what Dr. King's dream was about." Sharpton described Saturday's event as "anti-government," saying, "You can't have a march telling government to leave us alone and say you're reclaiming a march where they came to appeal to government to protect us. They're having an anti-government march on a day that King came to appeal to government. You can't have it both ways." More... |
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