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StarCraft: Ghost is a military science fiction stealth-action video game under suspended development by Blizzard Entertainment. Part of Blizzard's StarCraft series, the game was announced on September 20, 2002, and was to be developed by Nihilistic Software for the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. Several delays in development caused Blizzard to move back the release date and the game has not yet materialized. Nihilistic Software ceded development to Swingin' Ape Studios in 2004 before Blizzard bought the company, and plans for the GameCube version were canceled in 2005. Blizzard announced in March 2006 that the game is on "indefinite hold" while the company investigated seventh generation video game console possibilities. Subsequent public statements from company personnel have been contradictory about whether production will be renewed or planned story elements will be worked into other products. (more...) Recently featured: The Concert in Central Park – Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve – Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that adaptive rower Oksana Masters (pictured) posed for ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue" and won the first ever U.S. Paralympic medal in trunk and arms mixed double sculls? ... that *Scope, once the best-selling English magazine in South Africa, was repeatedly banned during the Apartheid era? ... that the Gibraltar War Memorial* of 1923 rests on an esplanade and steps built by a Governor of Gibraltar two years previously? ... that Jest won the British Classic Epsom Oaks in 1913 in record time? ... that the caecilians Chthonerpeton indistinctum and Typhlonectes compressicauda both give birth to live young? ... that the death of hydroplane racer Dean Chenoweth led to enclosed cockpits being adopted for Unlimited class hydroplanes? ... that in 1648 the English Parliament ordered Starborough Castle to be destroyed? ... that 2012 U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Kevin Madden was listed second of the "50 Most Beautiful" in Washington, D.C. in 2006, according to The Hill newspaper? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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Anticipating violent reactions to a series of cartoons depicting Muhammad in the magazine Charlie Hebdo, France announces plans to close its embassies in 20 Muslim countries. Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russell (pictured), wins the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Attacks on diplomatic missions and widescale protests occur following the release of a short film critical of Islam. British Prime Minister David Cameron apologises after an independent panel on the 1989 Hillsborough disaster finds that negligent police and emergency services manipulated evidence to blame the victims. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy gains a plurality in the Dutch general election. Syrian civil war – Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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September 20 1260 – The second of two major Prussian uprisings by the Prussian tribe of Balts began against the Teutonic Knights. 1498 – A tsunami caused by the Meiō Nankaidō earthquake washed away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha (pictured) at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan. 1697 – The Treaty of Ryswick was signed between France and the Grand Alliance, ending the Nine Years' War. 1977 – A series of celestial sightings of unknown nature was observed in the western Soviet Union, Finland and Denmark. 2008 – An explosive-laden truck detonated in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others. More anniversaries: September 19 – September 20 – September 21 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now September 20, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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The blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) is a species of butterflyfish found in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific Ocean. When observed at night or when frightened, this species changes color; the dorsal portion of the body turns black except for two white patches. These oviparous fish are common on staghorn coral thickets, at depths of 4 to 20 m (13 to 66 ft).

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