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UK bank gets emergency support

September 14, 2007 British bank Northern Rock received emergency loans from the Bank of England yesterday, as it felt the effects of the financial crisis originating in the U.S. subprime mortgage market. Queues formed outside branches as many customers sought to withdraw their savings, and shares fell heavily.

Northern Rock, based in Newcastle, is one of the UK's largest mortgage lenders, with total assets and loans of £113 billion. Pressure has grown on the bank as other institutions have become less willing to buy mortgage debt, following the American subprime crisis.

The support from the central bank was authorised by the Government and the Financial Services Authority, following assurances that the problems were temporary and the bank remained solvent. Some current mortgages are being used as collateral. The lending is an "unlimited" facility, at an interest rate higher than the base rate. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, encouraged customers to carry on as normal, stating that "Northern Rock will be able to carry on its business".

Northern Rock chief executive Adam Applegarth also called for calm, but customers were seen queuing outside branches across the country to withdraw money. It is reported that the company website also crashed under the demand.

Shares in the bank fell 31.5% on Friday, down almost 60% from their highest value this year. Applegarth admitted that profits would be hit, but stated that the bank would adapt to the changes. Shares in other lenders also fell, with Paragon being the most extreme, dropping almost 17%. The FTSE 100 closed down 1.17% (74 points) following a recovery in the afternoon.

The last time the Bank of England acted as "lender of last resort" in this way was in 1973, after the collapse of Cedar Holdings.

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The identities I have
It may happen one day that someone else impersonates me. As a preemptive measure, here are the list of accounts that I lay claim to.

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This proof is taking a ridiculous amount of time (est 3 days, 12 hours) to generate on good hardware, processing 133 kebibytes per second, so make sure you really want to find out. :)

The result of this proof is a sha1 hash which is extremely difficult to forge. This special data stream, combined with my identifying material, produces a pseudo-unique key, which you can generate yourself given the same information that I have right now.

Once the epic calculation is finished, I will post the key here. From that point forward, you can use that information to identify me as this user, as well as the individual.

If I am unable to verify this information on demand (within reasonable time, mind you) consider this account compromised and immediately ban me.

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Chris Langham given ten months for downloading child porn

September 14, 2007

British comedy actor Chris Langham has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment for downloading indecent images of children from the internet, less 43 days for the time he served in custody.

Langham, 58, most famous for his award-winning role in the sitcom The Thick of It was found guilty of 15 counts of downloading of child abuse, including sadism and non-consensual sex between adults and children. The police classified some of the images downloaded as category 5, the most severe grade. Langham claimed that he had used the images as research for a character in the BBC comedy Help, a paedophile character called, "Pedro". Langham was however, found not guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and two counts of a serious sexual offence.

Passing sentence, Judge Philip Statman told Langham, "Some of the children viewed are clearly prepubescent, others are fully developed, some of the children are clearly of Filipino extract. All have had inflicted upon them horrifying sexual abuse and, I want to make this absolutely clear to you, I must think first of those children. When one sees their faces, in my judgment, they are vacant and lacking in expression... you never ever see the faces of the perpetrators. They are too young to consent. Your activity took place in the comfort of your own home, no doubt at the time feeling safe in the knowledge that you would never be caught."


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2007 Twenty20 World Championship: India vs Pakistan

September 14, 2007

India have beaten Pakistan in Group D of the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship at Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa.

After both teams were tied on 141 runs after 20 overs each, India won the bowl-out 3-0.

India were reduced to 36-4 in the seventh over after some effective bowling from Pakistan. Mohammad Asif caught and bowled Gautam Gambhir in the first over and dismissed Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik cheaply, finishing with figures of 4-18. Robin Uthappa scored 50 for India before being caught behind. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 33 runs, but India were restricted to 141-9 after twenty overs.

In response R P Singh bowled Imran Nazir in the third over of Pakistan's innings. Pakistan lost three wickets in quick succession, when Salman Butt was caught behind on 16 followed by Kamran Akmal run out for 15 and Younis Khan bowled by Irfan Pathan in the next over. Misbah-ul-Haq scored 53 to take Pakistan near victory, and just one run was needed off the last two balls. However Misbah-ul-Haq was run out by Sreesanth off the last ball to leave the scores level.

India won the following bowl-out 3-0. Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa all hit the target for India while Pakistan's Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi missed.

Both teams will proceed to the Super 8 stage of the tournament, while Scotland are eliminated from Group D. India will face England, New Zealand and South Africa in the Super 8s while Pakistan will face Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia.

Toss: Pakistan won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gambhir, 0.3 ov), 2-9 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 3-19 (Yuvraj Singh, 4.1 ov), 4-36 (Karthik, 6.4 ov), 5-82 (Uthappa, 12.1 ov), 6-111 (Pathan, 15.6 ov), 7-123 (Harbhajan Singh, 17.1 ov), 8-138 (Dhoni, 19.1 ov), 9-141 (Agarkar, 19.6 ov)

Did not bat: R P Singh

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Imran Nazir, 2.1 ov), 2-44 (Salman Butt, 7.2 ov), 3-47 (Kamran Akmal, 8.1 ov), 4-47 (Younis Khan, 8.5 ov), 5-87 (Shoaib Malik, 14.6 ov), 6-103 (Shahid Afridi, 17.4 ov), 7-141 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 19.6 ov)

Did not bat: Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir

India: A B Agarkar, M S Dhoni (capt, wkt), G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, K D Karthik, I K Pathan, V Sehwag, R P Singh, S Sreesanth, R V Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Imran Nazir, Sohail Tanvir, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik (capt), Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat

Man of the Match: Mohammad Asif (Pakistan)

Umpires: S J A Taufel (Australia) and B R Doctrove (West Indies) TV Umpire: S J Davis (Australia) Match Referee: M J Procter (South Africa) Reserve Umpire: B G Jerling (South Africa)


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Wow.
Only ten months. irid:t 18:28, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

These people who find children attractive are SICK. People don't look remotely attractive until they are 14 or so (into puberty). Contralya 19:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


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Preliminary report sheds light on SAS landing gear incident

September 14, 2007

A preliminary report by the Danish civil aviation authority, SLV, has shed light on the events leading up to a Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) airliner experiencing a landing gear failure upon landing in Denmark, one of two similar crashes that have resulted in the grounding of more than 60 of the model in question across the world.

The aircraft, a Bombardier Q400 (alternatively known as a de Havilland Canada Dash 8), crashed due to a landing gear failure after a nut worked loose, due in turn to rusting on the threads of its bolt, according to the SLV's aircraft accident investigation committee report on Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209. The nut and bolt were vital to the locking mechanism for the starboard landing gear, and consequently the structure collapsed.

The SLV does not specifically address why this occurred, but according to SLV spokesman Thorbjoern Ancker the problem is a design flaw, and not a maintenance issue as previously suspected. In his own words, 'All speculation that this was an error by SAS is now shown to be wrong... It's a constructional weakness.' He explained that Bombardier maintenance documents supplied with the aircraft did not require maintenance personnel to inspect the bolt in question, and that accordingly this had not been done.

Pending completion of landing gear inspections by SAS, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish authorities will make a decision regarding whether the air carrier's Q400 fleet should remain grounded, or be permitted to resume operations.

A spokesman for Bombardier refused to comment on the findings when contacted by reporters, preferring instead to wait until the publication of the final report into the accident. He did, however, make one comment regarding speculation that SAS would be compensated if the accident was proven to be the responsibility of the supplier, saying, "That will be part of the discussions between Bombardier and airlines."

Scandinavian Airlines have canceled 111 flights today as their Q400s are grounded per Air Transport Canada orders, while SAS have concealed 110 flights today and tomorrow while their aircraft are grounded.

Bombardier have circulated a document to all operators of the type, containing advice recommending a revised inspection program.

Shares in Bombardier fell 14 cents, or 2.2%, to CA$6.21 and most recent reports have them at $6.25. The company is therefore currently valued at $11 billion. Goodrich, who manufactured the equipment, fell 9 cents, or 0.1%, to US$65.11. SAS, who own Scandinavian Airlines, fell 2.25 kronor, or 1.9%, to 115.75 kronor. A continuing fall in SAS shares prices over the last six weeks has almost negated all gains this year.


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2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeat England

September 14, 2007

South Africa comprehensively defeated defending world champions England in Pool A of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

South Africa opened the scoring early in the match when Juan Smith scored a try in the sixth minute. Francois Steyn kicked a penalty for South Africa soon afterwards to stretch the lead to 10-0.

England's only chance at goal came in the fourteenth minute when Mike Catt missed a drop goal attempt.

JP Pietersen scored a try for South Africa just before the end of the first half bringing the score to 20-0, and added a second try in the 64th minute. Percy Montgomery kicked 18 points to wrap up South Africa's victory.

South Africa lead Pool A with nine points. England are third on points difference behind Tonga, and must win a difficult match against Samoa next week to be able to advance to the knockout stages.


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Comments:UK bank gets emergency support

That sub prime mortgage thing's domino effect has lasted all of this time? Contralya 22:00, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Yup, and I expect there will be more effects to come, money markets are a weird thing. To steal a ridiculous simile it's "a bit like a blancmange that's been hit very heavily by a spade and it's gone everywhere". the wub  "?!"  10:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

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{On Monday, the Cassini space probe flew by Saturn's moon Iapetus. What is so special about that moon? - It resembles "Death Star" from the Star Wars series + One side is much darker than the other side - Previous photographs showed possible lakes on the moon - The moon has another satellite orbiting it
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 * 1/10 on the preliminary version. Needs to be harder! irid:t 22:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:U.S. ranks 53rd in press freedom index

Two words: Bull hicky!
It is obvious that prejudice has affected the quality of the survey. Besides the fact that loads of French hate all Americans, most of the things that get the U.S. on lower on the list of press freedom occur OUTSIDE THE U.S.! Contralya 23:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Iran unveils part of its nuclear program

I wish that the U.S. could just monitor and help the nuke program, so that everyone would be happy. I wonder if that nut job running Iran would ever agree to that. Contralya 09:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Human Rights Watch implicates 600 in war prisoner abuse

What is wrong with those people? Why can't those morons get it into their heads that the people LIE ABOUT BEING TORTURED!? Retards. Contralya 10:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


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Finland scrambles fighter jet to respond to Russian aircraft

September 15, 2007 On Friday morning, Finland scrambled an  to intercept a Russian  , which had violated Finnish airspace.

The aircraft ventured about 4.5 kilometers (3 miles) into Finland's airspace near over a period of three minutes, according to Finland's defense ministry. Finland's Frontier Guard has initiated an investigation.

has stated that Finland would like an explanation from Russia regarding the reasons for its actions, but he has not made an official protest against Russia.

"These kinds of (violations) must not happen, that's our clear message here," Vanhanen said. "And when they do happen, then they need to be sorted out between the countries in question. That has to be done this time too." Vanhanen also stated that he felt it was important the incident was thoroughly investigated because of safety implications incurred if aircraft stray from their designated flight paths. Defense Minister Jyri Hakamies confirmed that there would be a diplomatic meeting as a result between Finnish and Russian officials in order to discuss ways of preventing similar violations in the future.

Russia apologised to Finland last year following a large number of similar incidents over the space of two years, but only after Finland had protested. Russia also promised to review their charts.

According to officials, such violations as this latest one were still to be expected, due to a combination of international airspace being limited to a narrow strip off the South coast of Finland, and a high level of Russian air force activity over the. Russia regularly uses the area to fly missions, mostly with strategic airlifters, between, capital of and located between Poland and Lithuania, and  in Russia.

Similar incidents have been recorded in other states, particularly in Finland's Southern neighbour, Estonia. The most serious such incident involved the October 2005 crash of a Russian jet fighter in Lithuania.


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2007 Twenty20 World Championship: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

September 15, 2007

Sri Lanka have beaten New Zealand by seven wickets in Group C of the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Both teams advance to the Super 8s after victories against Kenya earlier in the tournament.

New Zealand lost both openers in quick succession as Dilhara Fernando took 2-31 to dismiss Lou Vincent and Brendon McCullum. Peter Fulton and Ross Taylor shared a partnership of 70 runs, but Fulton was caught by Lasith Malinga for 25 runs and Scott Styris fell lbw to Sanath Jayasuriya soon afterwards to leave New Zealand on 97-4. Taylor scored 62 runs before being caught behind, and Jacob Oram scored 33 not out to take New Zealand to 164-7 at the end of the 20 overs.

Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya shared an 82 run opening partnership before Tharanga was caught for 37. Jayasuriya went on to score 61 runs, adding 50 runs with Mahela Jayawardene, before he was caught by Fulton to give Daniel Vettori his second wicket. Jayawardene finished on 35 not out, and Sri Lanka passed the target with seven balls remaining.

Toss: New Zealand won, and chose to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (McCullum, 3.6 ov), 2-25 (Vincent, 5.1 ov), 3-95 (Fulton, 10.5 ov), 4-97 (Styris, 11.3 ov), 5-102 (McMillan, 12.5 ov), 6-153 (Taylor, 18.5 ov), 7-164 (Vettori, 19.6 ov)

Did not bat: S E Bond, M R Gillespie, C S Martin

Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Tharanga, 7.3 ov), 2-108 (Sangakkara, 12.4 ov), 3-158 (Jayasuriya, 17.3 ov)

Did not bat: T M Dilshan, J Mubarak, G Wijekoon, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga, W P U J C Vaas

New Zealand: L Vincent, B B McCullum (wkt), P G Fulton, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, D L Vettori (capt), S E Bond, M R Gillespie, C S Martin

Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, J Mubarak, G Wijekoon, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga, W P U J C Vaas

Man of the Match: S T Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: M R Benson (England) and D J Harper (Australia) TV Umpire: N J Llong (England) Match Referee: B C Broad (England) Reserve Umpire: K H Hurter (South Africa)


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Car bomb kills 15 in Pakistani anti-terror unit

September 15, 2007

15 elite commandos in the Pakistan anti-terror unit have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack.

The car rammed into the brigade headquarters of the Special Operations Task Force, part of the Pakistan military Special Services Group, set up in conjunction with the United States. It is believed to be the work of Islamic terrorists. The bomb destroyed the mess hall, killing at least 15 and injuring 50 more, six critically. It is thought the dead may include members of the CIA.

The wounded were taken to a local military hospital for treatment, while security forces secured the scene of the blast.

The attack coincided with US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte visiting the country. The Special Operations Task Force was heavily involved in last month's storming of the Red Mosque in Islamabad, and is accused by Islamic extremists with links to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban of brutal conduct in the incident. The unit has also attacked terrorists near the border on which Osama bin Laden is thought to be hiding.

"This signals the transformation of the Islamic militants trying to bring down [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf from rag-tag fighters to highly skilled insurgents able to attack at will," a diplomatic observer said last night. "It is an extremely worrying development from the point of view of Musharraf and those who support him." Observers have expressed concern at the fact that the bomber was able to successfully attack such a high-profile and heavily guarded target as the headquarters, especially considering the building's close proximity to the Tarbela Dam generator, considered an important strategic asset.

“This is a high-security zone,” one official said. “Obviously, this was someone who was known and familiar to the soldiers there, and it could be one of the civilians working at the base.”

Earlier this month, an attack aimed at the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence killed 25 people.


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Xbox 360 console sales surge in America

September 15, 2007 The latest console data from the NPD Group shows that Microsoft's Xbox 360 console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 by a ratio of 2 to 1. Earlier in August, Microsoft reduced the price of their console to try and compete with their other main competitor, Nintendo with their Wii console. However, the Nintendo platform is still selling strong with the Wii and the DS taking the top 2 spots once again.

Sales are also expected to increase for Microsoft in the month of September due to the release of Halo 3, the final game in the Halo trilogy. Michael Patcher, an analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, has predicted that the game will sell three million copies in the first 12 days of release.

The big surge in software sales lead to almost US$1 billion spent in the gaming industry in America for the month of August. Even with the software surge, all consoles had fewer sales than the previous month apart from Microsoft.

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Aircraft crashes during mock dogfight at Shoreham Airshow, United Kingdom

September 15, 2007 An aircraft dating back to the Second World War has crashed at Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex, United Kingdom whilst participating in a mock dogfight, killing the pilot. The plane was with the Royal Air Forces Association and had been performing in a Battle of Britain display.

Witness Tim Deakin described the chain of events to BBC News 24: "The main point of the show was a Second World War dogfight between some Messerschmitts and some Spitfires. Midway through the dogfight one of the planes, I'm not sure which one, literally, turned quite steeply, went into almost a straight dive and ploughed into a hill probably about a mile from the airfield. There's still quite a bit of confusion about which aircraft it was."

Witness Holly Russell had some more details: "They were doing a mock dog fight and it looked like the plane was doing a dive, but it was going too fast and smashed straight into the ground. It was nose down... There was a mushroom cloud of black smoke."

Authorities could not confirm any injuries or fatalities, but the missing man formation was performed in a flyby shortly after the crash. The plane went down into a field near the A27, about a mile from the airfield. Emergency services and a police helicopter attended the scene. The plane was a Hurricane, one of three performing alongside the two Spitfires and five Messerschmitts.

The show is thought to have been attended by about 20,000 people, and was delayed by about 30 minutes after the crash. However, eventually a tannoy (PA) announcement stated that the pilot "would have wanted them to carry on", and the show continued. The crash occurred on the first day of the two days the annual airshow is scheduled to take.

Officials have requested for anyone filming the airshow at the time to come forward in the hope that the footage will assist in investigating the cause of the crash.


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2007 Twenty20 World Championship: South Africa vs Bangladesh

September 15, 2007

South Africa have beaten Bangladesh by seven wickets in Group A of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa.

Bangladesh started their innings quickly, and had reached fifty runs by the start of the fourth over. However they had also lost three wickets, as Nazimuddin fell lbw to Makhaya Ntini's first delivery. Both Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful, who scored ten runs off three balls, were caught by Graeme Smith. Aftab Ahmed was bowled by Morne Morkel after hitting 36 runs off 14 balls. Shakib Al Hasan only made 19 before being run out, and Bangladesh were restricted to 144 all out by some effective South African fielding.

South Africa comfortably reached the target with seven balls remaining, and had made 65 runs before Abdur Razzak trapped Jean-Paul Duminy lbw for 36. Graeme Smith was caught behind on 41, and Albie Morkel had also made 41 runs when he was caught at long-off.

Toss: South Africa won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Nazimuddin, 1.1 ov), 2-24 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.1 ov), 3-34 (Mohammad Ashraful, 2.4 ov), 4-58 (Aftab Ahmed, 4.2 ov), 5-77 (Shakib Al Hasan, 7.2 ov), 6-101 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 10.4 ov), 7-119 (Alok Kapali, 15.3 ov), 8-131 (Farhad Reza, 17.2 ov), 9-134 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 18.3 ov), 10-144 (Syed Rasel, 19.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Duminy, 8.4 ov), 2-108 (Smith, 13.4 ov), 3-123 (JA Morkel, 16.1 ov)

Did not bat: M V Boucher, S M Pollock, J J van der Wath, V D Philander, M Ntini, M Morkel

South Africa: G C Smith (capt), J P Duminy, A B de Villiers, M V Boucher (wkt), J M Kemp, S M Pollock, J A Morkel, J J van der Wath, V D Philander, M Ntini, M Morkel

Bangladesh:Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Alok Kapali, Farhad Reza, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak

Man of the Match: M Morkel (South Africa)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and A L Hill (New Zealand) TV Umpire: I L Howell (South Africa) Match Referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve Umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa)


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Hamas preparing for Israeli 'incursion' into Gaza

September 15, 2007

Hamas, the current government controlling Gaza and a labeled as a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States, is claiming that the Israel Defense Forces are preparing for an incursion into Gaza, and they are preparing for any such attempt, performing military exercises and drills to "surprise" Israeli forces with "ferocious fighting." Hamas says that Israel is planning to attack after several rockets were fired into populated cities the southern portion of Israel from Hamas controlled portions of the strip.

"Your brothers, the sons of Hamas ... have the weapons that they claimed as booty from the war of cleansing (of Fatah) and will now fight the state of Israel with them," said Nizar Rayyan a senior Hamas government official in a statement who also added that they would kidnap any Israeli soldiers attempting an attack on the government or the city.

Drills and exercises including training their forces in handling and firing rocket launchers and automatic rifles. They also train in "taking cover" and wear camouflage outfits. An abandoned building was also blown up in a controlled explosion.

Israeli officials don't deny that any military action is not part of possible plans to stop the rocket fire into the country, but also say that there are several other plans to try and stop rocket attacks.

"I think there are a series of actions other than military actions," said Tzipi Livni, the Foreign Minister of Israel.

Some plans include stopping supplies such as water and fuel from going into Gaza, and shutting off the gas and electricity to homes and businesses in the attempt to stop attacks.


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2007 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand, Australia and Ireland win

September 15, 2007 In the 2007 Rugby World Cup, New Zealand overwhelmed tournament newcomers Portugal. The All Blacks scored more than 100 points and 16 tries in their 108-13 victory to hold their position at the top of Pool C.

A dominant first half display from Australia saw them defeat Wales in Cardiff. A strong finish by Wales was not enough to prevent the Wallabies, who lead Pool B, winning 32-20 and picking up a bonus point.

Ireland came from behind to defeat a strong Georgian team 14-10 in Pool D. Georgia led early in the second half and were threatening to score late in the match but Ireland's defence held to secure the four point victory.

New Zealand, one of the tournament favourites, defeated Portugal by 95 points.

Joe Rokocoko scored two tries to open the scoring for New Zealand. Isaia Toeava, Ali Williams, Aaron Mauger, Jerry Collins, Chris Masoe and Andrew Hore each added tries as New Zealand ended the half with a 52-3 lead.

Gonçalo Malheiro kicked a drop goal in the 22nd minute to give Portugal, making their first appearance in the world cup, their only points of the half.

Rui Cordeiro scored Portugal's only try of the match shortly after the restart, which was converted by Duarte Cardoso Pinto. However tries from Brendon Leonard, Nick Evans, Andrew Ellis, Leon MacDonald, Carl Hayman and two from Conrad Smith completed New Zealand's victory.

Duarte Cardoso Pinto added a penalty for Portugal in the 75th minute. Nicky Evans scored 33 points in total for New Zealand, converting 14 tries and scoring one of his own.

New Zealand are top of Pool C with ten points, ahead of Scotland with 5 and Italy with 4. Portugal are bottom, behind Romania, with four points.

Australia took the lead immediately after a second minute penalty from Stirling Mortlock, but Wales equalised five minutes later through Stephen Jones. Australia dominated the first half, and led 25-3 at half time after tries from Matt Giteau, Stirling Mortlock and Chris Latham and a drop goal from Berrick Barnes.

Wales improved in the second half. Jonathan Thomas scored a try and James Hook added the conversion and a penalty to cut the deficit to twelve points. However Chris Latham scored his second try of the match, and Australia's fourth, to restore their hold of the game and secure a bonus point. Shane Williams scored a try for Wales in the 76th minute after a strong finish, but it came too late and Australia won by twelve points.

Australia lead Pool B with ten points. Wales are second with five points, ahead of Fiji on points difference, while Japan have one point and Canada are bottom of the group with no points.

Ireland struggled to defeat a strong Georgian side. Rory Best scored the only try of the first half in the 17th minute, which Ronan O'Gara converted. Merab Kvirikashvili scored a penalty late in the first half for Georgia, taking the score to just 7-3 at half time.

Georgia took a shock lead early in the second half, when Georgi Shkinin scored a try in the 45th minute. Merab Kvirikashvili converted, and Georgia led 10-7. Girvan Dempsey regained the lead for Ireland and another Ronan O'Gara conversion made the score 14-10. Georgia kept up the pressure on Ireland in the late stages of the game, twice reaching Ireland's try line, but they could not get through and Ireland managed to scrape through with a four point lead.

Ireland are second in Pool D with eight points, behind Argentina on nine. France are third with one point from their single match, while Georgia have one point from two defeats.


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Too bad there are no wikinews interviews to U.S. presidential candidates, whoever if going to be elected is going to change the world... Contralya 21:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Well, I've been trying to work on those interviews, however I got distracted after some of the odd questions posed turned me off. If you'd like to help sort out the questions, be my guest, and I'll start contacting them. Story preparation/US 2008 --  Zanimum 18:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


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Explosion, fire on guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf injures five

September 15, 2007

Five civilian contractors have been injured after an explosion and fire onboard the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf at 9:25 a.m. today.

A large explosion erupted from the ship's berthing area where welding work was being conducted during a stop in Norfolk, Virginia. A fire broke out two decks below main deck, but was quickly extinguished. The injured were taken to Norfolk General Hospital for treatment to injuries not believed to be life-threatening, according to John Kowalczyk, a spokesman for BAE Systems Ship Repair, who were conducting the work.

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I wish the Hamas would just die or at least mind their own business. Contralya 21:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


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Foiled HSBC robbers named

September 15, 2007

The two robbers who were shot after an attempted robbery on an armoured van in Chandler's Ford, near Southampton UK have been named as Andrew Markland, 36, and Mark Nunes, 35. They were both from Brixton, London.

Terence Wallace, 25, also from London appeared before a court today on charges of attempted robbery and possession of a firearm. Police also confirmed they had found the blue Volvo that was involved with the robbery and which is now subject to forensic investigation.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission will open next week as part of the investigation into the shooting of the two men who died after being shot by Metropolitan Police marksmen as part of an operation by the Flying Squad.

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Not sure you understand what 2 to 1 means. If the XBox sold 276700 and the PS3 sold 202000, thats not a 2 to 1 ratio.
 * That's the PS2 you are looking at ;-) The PS2 has constantly outsold it's next-gen brother month after month.—Meekel 23:41, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Everyone forgets PC
It sure annoys me how it seems like only people who have gaming computers know they even exist. Contralya 05:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Amen to that. I don't even bother going into Gamestop any more. Their PC section shrinks by the week. The console fan boys working there wouldn't know a good PC game if it jumped up and slapped them in the face. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is being released for 360 PS3, PS2, AND the PSP and DS. Is it being released for the PC? NO!!! 68.196.110.215 20:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


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Colin McRae feared dead in helicopter crash

September 16, 2007 An AS350B2 helicopter registered to former champion World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae has crashed near his home in Lanarkshire. Known to be a keen helicopter pilot it has been revealed that McRae was at its controls when it crashed, and burst into flames, killing all aboard.

A police statement said: "Around 1610 BST on Saturday, September 15, 2007, emergency services were called to a helicopter crash in Jerviswood... There are no survivors... There will be no formal identification of anyone on board this evening." The victims were later named by police as Colin McRae (39), his son Johnny (5), the boy's friend Ben Porcelli, and family friend Graeme Duncan (37).

David Richards and his wife survived a helicopter crash in Essex whilst returning from the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, the day after Colin McRae's helicopter crash, who was his former employee.


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Arctic ice levels at record low opening Northwest Passage

September 16, 2007 According to the European Space Agency (ESA), 200 satellite images from the Danish National Space Center (DNSC) indicate that the Arctic ice levels are at an all time low, since the first images taken in 1978, and as a result the Northwest Passage has completely opened up for the first time since humans began to record history.

The images have shown the melting of the ice has "dramatically increased" more than previously thought and that by 2030, all of the summer ice could be gone with the region being completely ice free by 2070. Researchers call it an "extreme" situation and say that the ice is now shrinking at a level of about three million square kilometers a year, up from one million square kilometers per year in 2005.

"The strong reduction in just one year certainly raises flags that the ice may disappear much sooner than expected," said DNSC spokesman Leif Toudal Pedersen in a statement.

The new findings have put Canada and the United States at a standoff, both laying claim to the passage because it could be a valuable resource for the shipping industry. The passage goes through the boundaries of both nations. In 1985 diplomatic relations on the passage were strained after a U.S. icebreaker passed through without the U.S. notifying Canadian officials.

As a result, the Canadian military is building two new bases at both ends of the areas they claim to be theirs. There will also be at least six new naval patrol ships built, that will be stationed in the passage.

The U.S. claims that regardless which country boundaries the passage passes through, the waterway should be open to anyone who wants to use it.

"We believe it's an international passage," said U.S. President George W. Bush.

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Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

September 16, 2007 The World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have sent experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assist local health authorities with a recent outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Kasai Occidental province of DRC. The illness had been unidentified until laboratory test results confirmed the presence of the virus.

DRC President Joseph Kabila described the situation as being contained. "The village of Kampungu has been quarantined to prevent population movement towards Kananga," Kabila said on Thursday. Kananga is the provincial capital. "The situation is at the moment, I cannot say under control, but at least the problem has been contained very well in the area," he continued. "There is no risk that the whole country will be affected."

WHO is working closely with officials from the DRC Ministry of Health and MSF to improve local facilities in order to better contain the virus. A mobile field laboratory is to be established in order to provide rapid sample analysis and, subsequently, diagnosis of patients. There are concurrent outbreaks of other diseases, such as dysentery (Shigellosis), that have been complicating diagnoses and need to be identified as well.

Ebola haemorrhagic fever generates mortality rates in the range of 50 to 90 percent, typically. There is currently no vaccine or effective treatment for Ebola. WHO describes the symptoms of Ebola as being "characterized by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is often followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding. Laboratory findings show low counts of white blood cells and platelets as well as elevated liver enzymes."

MSF, who now have 14 experts in DRC, arranged for eighteen tons of supplies, such as medical and sanitation material, to be delivered to the province of West Kasai. MSF indicated that the transportation of supplies from the airport to the affected areas has been a challenge, due to poor road conditions. It has taken up to three days to travel the 250 km to the outbreak area from the provincial capital city, Kananga. MSF experts will provide advice on sanitary burial procedures, which would include the use of body bags and spraying. Both the WHO and MSF will disseminate information to the local population regarding the transmission of the virus and measures that could be taken to reduce the spread of the disease.

The MSF emergency team coordinator in Kampungu, Rosa Crestani, described the isolation ward set up at Kampungu's health centre. "Our isolation centre is basically divided in three parts. One is completely isolated, where the sick patients are; another is where the staff dresses with the complete protection uniform and then undresses after having been in contact with the patients; and the third part is a space for disinfection in between," said Crestani. "In the coming days, we will decide with the Ministry of Health and the WHO whether we set up isolation structures in other locations of the health zone."

Neighbouring countries, such as Rwanda and Zambia have issued alerts to their citizens, warning of travel to and from DRC. Zambian Health Minister Brian Chituwo stated that all people coming into Zambia from DRC will be watched for symptoms of Ebola for up to eight hours. Chituwo noted, however that it would be unlikely for an infected person to travel into the country, as the time between onset and death is very rapid and that the symptoms are severe.

There has been a minimum of 395 people affected by haemorrhagic fever, including 160 deaths, in DRC in the past few months. Since arriving in Kampungu in early September, MSF have seen 25 patients admitted with suspected Ebola haemorrhagic fever, of which eight have died.


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Global Warming
Global Warming is not a political issue. It is a scientific theory for which there is broad agreement among scientists. A primary concern among scientists is that the melting of the ice caps in the northern and southern hemisphere will cause the sea level to rise. Further, changes in ocean current temperatures could mean the start of an ice age. Alternately, with ozone depeletion, a superheated earth could mean massive extinctions. Actually, either way, in a superheated earth scenario or an ice age scenario, it could mean massive extinctions.

Venus has an extremely thick atmosphere, the product of greenhouse gases caused by volcanoes, which consists mainly of carbon dioxide and a small amount of nitrogen, creating surface temperatures of over 460 °C. The USSR once sent a spaceship there and it melted.

Although Global Warming is not a political issue, the only reason to doubt these scientists would be to further a political agenda. For instance, Bush doubts these scientists to futher his interests in oil.

Mike Huckabee's political stance on the issue appears to be equivocal. He says it's a "moral issue." He also believes in creationism. I wonder what he thinks about dinosaurs?

Mitt Romney supports drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Didn't the Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower protect that land?

John McCain supports increased use of nuclear energy in the US to move away from dependence on foreign oil. What about Chernoble?

Hillary Clinton believes the scientific consensus on global warming. She supports the protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

One of John Edwards' campaign's main focuses is fighting global warming.

Barack Obama has taken the stance that global warming is human-caused, and that it must be addressed.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming

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Greedy Canadians. Contralya 01:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm a Canadian, and I'm not greedy. I found this revolting to see that the united-states, Canada , Denmark and Russia are fighting like children over fossil resources in this region while they do not feel concerned about the fact that we should never be able to access those resources , let alone harvest more of fossil fuels that made this opening in the first place. I should be discouraging the world from continuing to harvest those resource, NOT encouraging them to harvest more in unexplored and previously unexploitable resources. The populations of those nations should be aware of this greedy and childish competition. "We believe it's an international passage," said U.S. President George W. Bush. For the first time since ... forever, i would tend to agree with Mr bush instead of any other representatives of the concerned countries , including Canada.It's turely the best thing the guy ever said against all odds. --Z E U S0 05:45, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * As a Canadian, I'd personally rather not have bush or anybody else for that matter (except Canadian Military) transversing the NW-passage in a nucular submarine unannounced (As the US did). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually it was an ice breaking ship. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually it was both (there was an icebreaker in 1985 and a nucular submarine a couple years ago). Bawolff ☺☻
 * Yes, nucular, that's the way GW Bush says nuclear. US submarines have travelled through the area 'often'.  I'm from the US, and I think it's entirely normal for countries to claim surrounding ocean as their territory.  Personally I think borders are obsolete, but there seems to be no law that says the US or anyone else has a 'right' to traverse the area.  Then again we are the Untried Status of America, our government reserves the right to do whatever is necessary to serve corporate economic interests. On the other hand, the government should remember that the people are its master and not vice versa. Pedant 05:46, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The way I see it, the north pole and this passage are on neutral territory, and anyone should be able to go through either, without Canada claiming it or Russia trying to annex it. The far north is not for anyone to claim, just a bunch of ice and water. Antarctica is similar, but at least there is stable land down there. 65.27.139.162 07:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Most countries claim the waters surrounding them as theres (Under some UN treaty). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I remember reading in a book there was some guy in the 1800's claiming that the passage was open, but he had orders to come back. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Think about this!
The claim is that the water is open for the first time since recorded history. How can anyone make this claim.

We didn't have good reconnaissance of the area until after WWII. Prior to the 20th century there was little human presence in the area. If the water was open any time before say about 1800 we won't know.

A claim like this shows the stupidity of the author.

 * Because that's exactly what is. It may have been open, but the land so barren and deserted that the only people would have noticed it would be be some polar bears and eskimos who haden't seen civilization in years or at all. Plus, John Cabot tried to find it in the 1490s and had no luck finding and they've tried ever since to find it but never could. --TUFKAAP 19:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Ho, ho, ho
The foreign countries are wrong, the Northwest Passage belongs to Santa Claus and his merry elves! (wink wink) 204.52.215.107 00:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Lol.The speed needed to deliver presents down the chimneys of over 200 million houses in one night would destroy any house he entered, NASA says.Contralya 01:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Canada post would argue that the Santa Clause lives in Canada and has the postal code H0H 0H0 :). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Santa also has a postal address in Greenland. It is ’Julemanden, 2412 Santa Claus Greenland’ and is served by Post Danmark. --SVTCobra 21:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Too bad we couldn't get a quote from him for the article... LOL. If we did, the article would be more NPOV, imo.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:42, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I live in Panama
Where do you think the hot water comes?

I find this situation fascinating.

1. Humans create technology capable of performing amazing tasks 2. Technology requires complimentary items and resources (such as fuel) to perform tasks. 3. Human technology with complimentary items cause harm to the environment. 4. Condition of the planet worsens. 5. As condition of planet worsens, more resources expose themselves. 6. Humans with technology exploit resources 7. Condition of the planet worsens.

 * You clearly don't know about the sun's seasons or the ice age seasons. Contralya 01:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Your "greedy" comment earlier and your scientifically deficient comment here, with their derisive tone, are not very helpful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.189.230.42 (talk) 21:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

The Northwest Passage is a Canadian Internal Water. The other countries can not use it without our permission. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.118.8 (talk) 05:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


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Its unclear in the article if We (canada) Built the military bases because of increased tensions in that area with other countries, because it opened up more then expected, or because that was part of Stephen Harper's campaign promises and has nothing really to do with the new information presented in the article. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Gramar? (pun intended)
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'all of the ice summer could be gone'

'has "dramatically increased" than previously thought'

'opened up the Northwest Passage for the first time since humans began to record history.' Contralya 05:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

"Denmark, Norway, and Russia all also lay claim to the vast amounts of minerals, natural gas, and oil." -- Unrelated to GW and sea transit. Move or link to separate article./gg

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Comments:Finland scrambles fighter jet to respond to Russian aircraft

I am thankful the power hungry Putin doesn't have a USSR to try to enslave the world with, his empire is long gone, with most of the USSR pawns joining the west in having things like free press, and joining NATO. Though, Europe is demilitarizing and the U.S. is tied up in the middle east... Contralya 05:26, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Finnish defense minister Jyri Häkämies is insane and should be in mental hospital. He likes United States and NATO while most of the finnish people doesn't. Hope there's not going to be any problems.
 * Anti-americanism/prejudice rampant in Finland ahe? If that is true, I am sure that this minister you speak of knows what is best for his people. Russia=oppression, watch this educational news video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6598411387536744034&q=putin&total=17081&start=0&num=10& Contralya 09:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Play nice..
"Play nice, now, or I'll put you both in time out. Putin? Do you want to make Matti sit in time out for your misbehavior? Hm? Do you want that?" -UN response if this ever escalated


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Pakistan needs to step up against those guys. Even Barack Obama is for Uncle Sam bombing those terrorists into smithereens, whether the Pakistan government approves or not. Contralya 09:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


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2007 ICC World Twenty20: India vs New Zealand

September 16, 2007

New Zealand have beaten India by ten runs in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Black Caps lost opener Lou Vincent in the second over. Brendon McCullum (45) and Peter Fulton added 58 runs together to take New Zealand to 69-1, but four quick wickets fell and they were reduced to 91-5. Jacob Oram (35) and Craig McMillan (44) shared a 73 run partnership as New Zealand pushed towards 190. However four wickets fell in the last over, as Daniel Vettori was bowled by R P Singh and three other batsmen were run out.

India got off to a quick start chasing 191 to win. Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag had reached 76 runs in the sixth over when Sehwag was caught by Scott Styris for 40 runs. Daniel Vettori caught and bowled Robin Uthappa for a duck and had Gambhir caught behind for 51. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was run out for 24 as the Indian batsmen fell, with Vettori taking four wickets for New Zealand. India finished their twenty overs on 180-9, ten runs short of New Zealand's total.

Toss: India won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Vincent, 1.6 ov), 2-69 (Fulton, 8.6 ov), 3-86 (McCullum, 10.6 ov), 4-89 (Taylor, 11.5 ov), 5-91 (Styris, 12.4 ov), 6-164 (Oram, 17.6 ov), 7-185 (Vettori, 19.1 ov), 8-189 (Bond, 19.3 ov), 9-190 (McMillan, 19.5 ov), 10-190 (Patel, 19.6 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-77 (Uthappa, 6.3 ov), 3-104 (Gambhir, 10.5 ov), 4-116 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.4 ov), 5-128 (Dhoni, 13.5 ov), 6-146 (Pathan, 16.2 ov), 7-151 (Karthik, 16.6 ov), 8-152 (Agarkar, 17.2 ov), 9-163 (Harbhajan Singh, 18.4 ov)

India: A B Agarkar, M S Dhoni (capt, wkt), G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, K D Karthik, I K Pathan, V Sehwag, R P Singh, S Sreesanth, R V Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh

New Zealand: L Vincent, B B McCullum (wkt), P G Fulton, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, D L Vettori (capt), S E Bond, M R Gillespie, J S Patel

Man of the Match: D L Vettori (New Zealand)

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Can someone check out a possible discrepancy? I added the image from Flickr (uploaded to Commons) that apparently shows the missing man formation. It shows six aircraft, with a spot for the seventh (missing), but this article says two Spitfires flew the missing man formation (from BBC source it seems). Not sure which is correct, but just logically it would seem that two planes don't really make a formation? Jcart1534 12:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

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At least 89 dead in Phuket, Thailand air crash

September 16, 2007

A scheduled flight airliner belonging to Thai low-cost carrier One-Two-GO Airlines crashed and split in two on landing at Phuket International Airport in Thailand today. At least 89 people are dead and 41 injured, in the first major incident involving an airliner in Thailand's burgeoning low-cost aviation sector.

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight OG 269, a MD-82 jet, had 123 passengers and seven crew members aboard. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport to Phuket. It departed Bangkok at around 2:30 p.m. local time (0730 GMT) and reached Phuket at around 3:40 p.m. Upon landing, the plane skidded off the runway, crashed into some trees and burst into flames.

There was heavy rain, strong winds, and visibility was poor, officials said. "The airplane asked to land but due to the weather in Phuket – strong wind and heavy rain – maybe the pilot did not see the runway clearly," civil aviation official Chiasak Angkauwan was quoted as saying.

The airline's official website redirects to a web page listing the 42 injured passengers (one of whom has since died). Phuket (pronounced, roughly, "Poock-get") is a popular holiday destination for tourists.

"We sat on the 18th row. The weather was real bad and there were lots of unusual noises during the landing. Something was obviously wrong [during the landing]," a survivor identified as "John" was quoted as saying in The Nation.

Another passenger, Nong Khaonual, told The Nation that he felt the plane had descended at an unusually high speed, and that it immediately caught fire after it skidded off the runway and came to rest in some trees. Nong said he was able to drag his wife from the plane. He said he and some other survivors were seated at the rear of the aircraft, where the impact of the crash was less severe.

One-Two-GO is the domestic, low-cost subsidiary of Orient Thai Airlines, a small airline that operates a fleet of older Boeing 747 jumbo jets and some smaller MD-82 and MD-83 jets. One-Two-GO is one of several low-cost airlines that have started up in Thailand in recent years.


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2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Bangladesh

September 16, 2007

Australia defeated Bangladesh by nine wickets in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa.

Bangladesh were restricted to just 123 runs from their 20 overs. Having reached 40 runs in the seventh over, Bangladesh lost opening batsman Nazimuddin, caught by Ricky Ponting for 11. Ponting also caught Tamim Iqbal, who was Bangladesh's top scorer with 32 runs off 40 balls. Brett Lee took the first hat trick in Twenty20 internationals, first dismissing Shakib al Hasan, then bowling Mashrafe Mortaza and trapping Alok Kapali lbw. Nathan Bracken took two wickets in two balls in the final over, including that of Aftab Ahmed for 31 runs.

Australia cruised to 124 runs from 13.5 overs, with Matthew Hayden hitting 73 runs off 48 balls. Just one wicket fell during the Australian innings, when Adam Gilchrist was run out for 43.

Toss: Australia won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Nazimuddin, 6.6 ov), 2-65 (Tamim Iqbal, 10.5 ov), 3-82 (Mohammad Ashraful, 13.1 ov), 4-108 (Shakib Al Hasan, 16.3 ov), 5-108 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 16.4 ov), 6-108 (Alok Kapali, 16.5 ov), 7-120 (Aftab Ahmed, 19.3 ov), 8-120 (Farhad Reza, 19.4 ov)

Did not bat: Syed Rasel

Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Gilchrist, 11.3 ov)

Did not bat: A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, M J Clarke, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark

Australia: A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, M J Clarke, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark

Bangladesh:Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Alok Kapali, Farhad Reza, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak

Man of the Match: B Lee (Australia)

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A 1-year long strike against FMC Novamed: Women workers allege unfair treatment

September 17, 2007

In a free trade zone in Antalya, Turkey, 80 women workers of FMC Novamed are in strike for almost a year now, since September 26th, 2006. They allege not only low wages but also severe abuses on FMC's part.

Novamed, founded in 2001, is a factory managed by Turkish capitalists and located in the free trade zone in Antalya, Turkey. 95% of its workers are women. It is owned by Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), which is an international corporation with its headquarters in Germany. With factories in 12 countries and a total of 100,000 workers, FMC is a monopoly in the market of dialysis products.

Abuses by FMC Novamed
Following is a list of some of the abuses as alleged by the woman workers of the union:

 * Married woman workers are not allowed to become pregnant without FMC Novamed's approval. Each worker is given a schedule, which specifies during which months they are allowed to become pregnant. If a woman worker becomes pregnant in "breach" of this given schedule, she is terminated without compensation.
 * Woman workers are required to get permission from the employer before getting married.
 * To "save energy" for their work at the factory, workers are being advised:
 * not to accept guests in their own homes when they are off the clock,
 * not to communicate or even have sex with their spouses when they are off the clock,
 * not to see each other when they are off the clock,
 * only to eat and sleep when they are off the clock.
 * Workers are treated inhumanely, and continuously humiliated regardless of whether they make a mistake or not.
 * Managers and supervisors call their workers to their office and accuse and humiliate them in such a way that there are few workers who come out of these accusation-performances without crying.
 * Workers are not allowed to talk to each other during work hours, as well as in the shuttle during their trips from and to work.
 * Workers are allowed inside the factory premises after being "sniffed" by their supervisors, because smoking during work hours is forbidden.
 * During work hours, there is only a 15-minute break and a 25-minute lunch break. During lunch, instead of food, the factory is serving tea and cookies.
 * An average shuttle trip from home to work may take as long as 2 hours because there are not enough shuttles allocated by the factory for the workers.

The Road to Forced Strike
In 2005, FMC Novamed had 264 workers. Workers applied to the Labor Ministry of Turkey for a union license after its union members (162 then) became the majority among the factory's workers. However, they were sued for the license and due to the procedures of the lawsuit, the membership list of the union had to be given to the employer, FMC Novamed. Following pressure from the company, workers started to quit the union, and even the factory itself.

When the union finally managed to start negotiations with FMC Novamed, they were greeted by an attitude of indifference. As the negotiations were blocked, the union had to decide whether to strike. They were inclined to apply to "Grand Arbitrator Committee" (Yüksek Hakem Kurulu), a committee whose duty is to arbitrate between the employer and the employee when they cannot negotiate themselves and are bound for a strike.

However, in the meantime, FMC Novamed employed an unfamiliar anti-union strategy: the factory employed workers and enrolled them in the union, but interestingly not as strike-breakers. While the union workers voted for an arbitrator instead of going to strike, the factory-employed workers, now the majority, voted for the strike and won. In the end, those who voted yes for the strike kept on working during the strike, while those who voted no ended up in a forced strike: if they would not strike, their union license would be revoked...

FMC Novamed's Response
FMC Novamed maintains that all the allegations by the union workers are a lie. According to Cem Günaltay, the Finance Manager for Novamed, the workers who are on strike and all the members of the union are lying. FMC's International Production Manager Antonio Raffa claimed that the union is insincere and hypocritical in its allegations.

The Significance of Free Trade Zones
According to Burn (2005, p. 170-172), Free Trade Zones are established in "Third World" countries because they are generally exempt from tax, labor, safety, health, and environment laws when they do business in these zones. In these zones, women are the preferred labor force because they can be hired for significantly lower pay and under significantly less desirable working conditions than men can. Often from rural areas and unaware of their rights, in a setting with high unemployment rates, left unprotected by their nation-state, and already oppressed by the harsher patriarchal conditions of their societies, women workers in a transnational factory have little choice other than to accept the questionable work conditions imposed on them.

Support Meetings by Other Organizations

 * September 17th, 2007 - 7am - In front of the Şişli Adliyesi, İstanbul.
 * September 17th, 2007 - 5pm - In front of the Eminönü Üsküdar İskelesi, İstanbul.


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It is not acceptable to list someone's email address in a report. The revisions containing it likely require oversight. Remove it and any other personally identifying information prior to republication. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. For the record, I'd like to provide them here:
 * If unacceptable even in the talk page, feel free to delete above information. Thanks Towsonu2003 16:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed. Please don't list email addresses like that. If the union wishes to publish these addresses on their site then let them. By providing the information for a selected group of people from one side of the dispute you are encouraging people to target them. If the company has an info@xyz address - and you can find the corresponding for the union then put them in the article. Addresses such as that are handled by people whose full-time job is to read and respond.
 * I appreciate that the company in question here may just ignore any emails to their helpline. So what? If another section of the press picks the story up and the union is answering they'll get the better coverage. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The union in question has no web site, most probably no email addresses. Towsonu2003 17:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

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Please edit the title. Has wikinews determined the treatment is unfair? This is a common headline tactic for folks with a viewpoint. Please let the reader decide. Women allege unfair treatment would work better.

If they are striking because of the patriarchal conditions of their societies or are forced to work because of that it would help to flesh that out more. I don't know Turkey very well. In many harsher patriarchal societies women can't work outside the home at all. Why does turkey as a society as a whole force these women into the work force?

This feels very viewpoint written. A lot of word choice comes from protest movements. Not a problem, but I think expanding FMC's response would be helpful.

Please expand or cite FMC Novamed's monopoly. Checking their monopoly I find their goal is to achieve a 35% global market share and they are a major player in this space. When people think of monopolies they often think of trains, phone companies, Microsoft which have 90%+ of the market. FMC has some very significant competition. Why has wikinews decided they are a monopoly?

Again this article seems somewhat biased. Can we learn more about who is writing it? Anonymouse5 16:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I will change the name - I just didn't realize it might be biased. An extended discussion on patriachy and free trade zones wouldn't be appropriate in the item I think. People who would like to know more should take a look at the referenced book :) Basically (and I'm oversimplifying), due to historical oppression by men, it is easier to employ women for lower wages because society already doesn't recognize their labor as worthy as men's... All info on Novamed's monopoly is based on references provided (especially from the Radikal newspaper - it's a major newspaper but still, see it's wikipedia entry to get a feel about what kind of a newspaper it is). Wikinews can't decide what is what, but it can report if it is so reported by other news sources. As per who I am: I got to know about this issue two days ago via the Radikal news item and thought this should be spread around. I have no links to the company, to the union (or any other union in Turkey), to the government, or anyone else. I'm basically a passing-by observer. Towsonu2003 17:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Unpublishing due to single english source
It seems someone thought the only english-language source was biased. Although ICEM's resolution against FMC Novamed is a news item by itself, thinking of it as "biased" seems unjust. The link tells you, in English, that an international committee found union demands as logical and just. I included that source because, although this establishes that a news item can have no english-language sources, it usually is preferable to include one or two when available. In this case, it was available. Towsonu2003 15:51, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

 * My friend, the international committee is an international UNION committee. If you would like I'm sure people can find international committees of business that think the workers should be grateful to be given water. Does that make it true? This is an english language news site, and it needs some english language support not written by an interest group. Just a thought, but why not put this on indymedia? I read that too, and this would fit much better there, and is a very interesting story. Anonymouse5 16:13, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I cannot find any other english sources. Towsonu2003 17:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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2007 ICC World Twenty20: South Africa vs England

September 16, 2007

South Africa defeated England by 19 runs in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa.

After suffering an early blow, when opening batsman Jean-Paul Duminy was caught behind off Stuart Broad's first delivery, South Africa were restricted by the England bowlers. Two wickets fell quickly as Dimitri Mascarenhas caught Graeme Smith for 19 runs and Abraham de Villiers was caught behind for 18. After a partnership of 49 runs between Justin Kemp and Mark Boucher, South Africa lost three wickets in quick succession to reduce them to 94-6. However England missed some catches, and dropped Albie Morkel twice. Morkel went on to score 43 runs off 20 balls to take South Africa to 154-8 at the end of their twenty overs.

England opener Luke Wright fell in the first over for a duck, and Kevin Pietersen was run out after losing his bat in a collision with bowler Shaun Pollock. Paul Collingwood was caught first ball at slip, and England were left on 27-3. Matt Prior (32) and Owais Shah (36) shared a partnership of 55 runs, but England scored too slowly. After Andrew Flintoff was bowled by Johan van der Wath for 17 runs, England could only reach 135-7 after twenty overs.

Toss: England won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Duminy, 1.1 ov), 2-33 (Smith, 4.1 ov), 3-42 (de Villiers, 5.1 ov), 4-91 (Boucher, 13.3 ov), 5-91 (Pollock, 14.1 ov), 6-94 (Kemp, 15.1 ov), 7-133 (Philander, 18.1 ov), 8-154 (JA Morkel, 19.6 ov)

Did not bat: M Morkel, M Ntini

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Wright, 0.4 ov), 2-24 (Pietersen, 4.3 ov), 3-27 (Collingwood, 4.5 ov), 4-82 (Prior, 12.4 ov), 5-98 (Shah, 14.3 ov), 6-113 (Snape, 17.4 ov), 7-120 (Flintoff, 18.3 ov)

Did not bat: S C J Broad, J M Anderson

England: M J Prior (wkt), L J Wright, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood (capt), A Flintoff, O A Shah, A D Mascarenhas, C P Schofield, S C J Broad, J M Anderson, J N Snape

South Africa: G C Smith (capt), J P Duminy, A B de Villiers, M V Boucher (wkt), J M Kemp, S M Pollock, J A Morkel, J J van der Wath, V D Philander, M Ntini, M Morkel

Man of the Match: J A Morkel (South Africa)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and A L Hill (New Zealand) TV Umpire: I L Howell (South Africa) Match Referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve Umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa)