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reports that the two men are convicted murderers who wish to regain anonymity, noting that "Germany's courts allow a criminal's name to be withheld in news reports once they have served a prison term and a set period has expired." This puts German law into conflict with US law, which allows a greater
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reports that despite having a no ads policy, Knowledge was displaying "house ads reiterating the policy that Knowledge will never have ads. But they clearly are ads." A number of commentors on the story pointed out that the fundraiser was an annual event, and the article was amended accordingly.
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reported on the higher target the Foundation hoped to achieve this year, writing that "it's settings its sights higher this time, with a target of $ 7.5 million."
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reports that "Wikimedia questioned the relevance of any judgments in the German courts, since, it said, it has no operations in Germany and no assets there".
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quoted Wikimedia executive director Sue Gardner's words on how the money would be spent, which Gardner had posted to the
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published an interview with Jimmy Wales, in which Wales commented on the
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Things Unknown In '99, Indispensable Now
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