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My ITN entries that did not get on the ITN

 * Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 80th birthday today. Prince Charles gives a tribute to the Queen. Other events include a 21-gun salute at Windsor Caste, a 41-gun salute at Hyde Park in London and a formal dinner to round off the day at Kew Palace. Second top story on Google News. BBC News. FellowWikipedian 4:03 pm 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Canadian government in row over flag lowering.
 * The Conservative government of Canada announced on Monday, April 24 that it will no longer lower the flag on top of the Peace Tower at Parliament Hill whenever a Canadian soldier has been killed in action, reversing a practice set down by the previous government in 2002.
 * This announcement came after the news of four Canadian soldiers killed by an improvised roadside bomb in Afghanistan. It has been updated on WikiNews. (CBC) FellowWikipedian talk 19:20, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The Canadian federal buget for fiscal year 2005-2006 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, on May 2, 2006. The budget primarily offered tax cuts to middle-income families, and reduced the GST by one percentage point. Canadian federal budget, 2006 is the updated article. FellowWikipedian 23:38, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

My ITN entries that were posted

 * Beaconsfield mine collapse occurred in April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. At 9.23pm on April 25, 2006, a seismic event triggered an underground rock fall at the Beaconsfield gold mine in northern Tasmania. As at 7am AEST on Saturday 6 May, the raise borer had drilled about eleven (11) metres of the 14.5m rescue tunnel. On Tuesday May 9 2006 at around 6am the miners have been recused. FellowWikipedian 3:05 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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