Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’

Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming

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Brazil spots unknown tribe of indigenous people in Amazon jungle

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Brazil has located an isolated group of indigenous, uncontacted people in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian National Foundation of Indians (FUNAI) announced today. FUNAI, a state agency, uses aerial expeditions to avoid impacting uncontacted people and invading their land. The agency’s policy is to avoid maintaining any human contact with

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French anthropologist Germaine Tillion dies at 100

Saturday, April 19, 2008 Germaine Tillion, French World War II resistance fighter and anthropologist, died today at the age of 100. She was born on May 30, 1907 in Allègre, Haute-Loire, France. Before 1940 and the fall of France she had already made 4 trips to Algeria, spending time there with the Berber people. During

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Wikinews Shorts: January 10, 2010

A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, January 10, 2010. Contents 1 Croatian president pardons convicted war criminal 2 Saudi Arabian court commutes Canadian’s death sentence 3 Thousands attend murdered Ottawa police officer’s funeral 4 Gunman opens fire at ABB Factory in St Louis, Missouri 5 Sarkozy wins fraud case; awarded one Euro 6 Creator

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European airspace closed by volcanic ash

Thursday, April 15, 2010 Hundreds of thousands of air travelers had their travel plans disrupted in Europe by volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Tens of thousands of air travelers were stranded when all flights into and out of the United Kingdom were grounded, as it became one of the first nations to be affected.

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Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer

Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York,

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Australian remake of Iron Chef launched

Saturday, August 21, 2010 In the wake of the season finale of MasterChef Australia, The Seven Network has announced that they shall be airing an “Aussie” remake of the Japanese cult classic Iron Chef. Production starts in September in Melbourne, Victoria, with Neil Perry, Guy Grossi, and Guillaume Brahimi as the incumbent “Iron Chefs”. Grossi

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Category:July 27, 2010

? July 26, 2010 July 28, 2010 ? July 27 Pages in category “July 27, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:July_27,_2010&oldid=1972164”

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Fiesta Season begins in Colombia

Sunday, December 25, 2005 A Fiesta Season of two weeks begins in Colombia in December 25 with the Feria de Cali followed by the Feria de Manizales and the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto. The 48th Feria de Cali Begins at 1:00 pm in the city of Cali and the opening ceremony includes

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