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2007 Major League Soccer Playoffs: FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo

November 2, 2007

Houston Dynamo defeated FC Dallas 4-1 (4-2 on aggregate) to advance to the Western Conference semi-finals.

FC Dallas took the lead on what was their only shot on goal in the 1st half. Houston Dynamo, who had 24 shots in the 120 minutes played, equalized in the 67th minute and equalized the aggregate score 72nd minute. The match went into extra time where Brian Ching scored his 2nd of the night to give Houston the aggregate lead. Brad Davis sealed the victory in the 100th minute.

Houston Dynamo will face the winner of the Kansas City Wizards/Chivas USA 2 legged affair.


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Comments:Nebraska Senator sues God

You can't sue God
God did none of the sort, it was morons like u that f up the world Senator Chambers
 * GAY! DUDE YOU CAN'T SUE THE MAN, HES THE MAN

So true —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.199.193.205 (talk) 17:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

What the hell??? That guy is so retarded how can you sue God? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.105.178 (talk) 04:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

This man is brilliant but who is going to represent god on this trial the pope?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.65.9.225 (talk) 02:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

This is a ridiculous lawsuit, for the reasons that one, God is infinite. In His works, all is perfect. He created everything, down to the atom which none of us can see. In this lawsuit, Mr. Chambers is defying God's authority. God is perfect. Read the Bible and find that Jesus is God and the Holy Spirit, that they are one, yet three. Some one should tell Mr. Chambers that he needs to file three lawsuits: One for Jesus, one for God, and one for the Holy Spirit. Or argue with him that they are three, yet one, and make him decide: is this appropriately one lawsuit or three? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christie E.R. (talk • contribs) 01:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I have to agree with the guy filing the lawsuit. "God" if he is omnipotent as he claims had the power to stop all the floods, tornadoes, ect. That's not even including the stuff he did himself like the plagues and flooding the world. Also since he is omniscient he would have known about all these events before hand and could have stopped them or warned people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.217.207 (talk) 22:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * You have to be crazy! I mean, Who the hell would sue God if this is all man's fault? Sinners are given grace that they take for granted by being given air to breathe, people to love. They get what they deserve if they go to hell. Christians know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him. Through trials, God is teaching us how to be like Him. And then we'll get what we never could earn by going to heaven, if we believe in His holy word.

66.168.231.122 (talk) 14:59, 5 November 2019 (UTC)Johnny Reiger

This is horrible! You cannot sue an idealogical, omnipotent, omnipresent being! What, does he expect God to accept some kind of subpeona or court summons? This is ridiculous, and if I wasn't laughing so hard I would be furious!!!!

-Sensible in Kansas ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.244.100.3 (talk) 18:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

LMAO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.40.146 (talk) 16:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

This is, frankly, f-ing hilarious! I just found out about all this and I have this to say: Why do you all care??? Nothing will—and nothing has—come of this and, furthermore, "god" (purposely uncapitalized: I'm an atheist—deal with it) is not "omnipotent," "omniscient," etc. To Senator Chambers: Why doesn't 'god' care enough to empirically exist? — 66.31.127.134 22:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Go ahead, sue God, see where it'll get ya
i think this guy has got balls to sue God. and if he's as well researched about God as he says he is, he will know that God is the one who created life and the universe, so he can do whatever the hell he wants with it..

he would also know that God wasnt the one who created all the bad stuff in the world ex.death, birth defects, floods ect. it was actually mankind, so why dont you sue mankind for screwing things up? whats that you say? its impossible? well good job ding dongs of the world, you just learned something, God cannot be held to something on our side of the spectrum. what i mean is, you cant sue God, because 1, he's God, so back off, and 2,theres nothing to sue him for and finally 3, you cant sue God because lawsuits were something that man made, and only exists on earth. think of it this way geeks and geek-ettes, you're trying to hook up hardware from the year 2098 to a computer from 1998

so go ahead, sue God, see where it gets you. maybe on the front page of the National Inquierer, but no where near any more knowledge of where we're going...

ps. this all came from the mind of a 13 year old, so if you dont get it, than either 1, you're stupid, or 2. you're younger than me so why dont'cha sue God for that too...

ps...s- i could have just as easily said "God doesnt exist" so all you wise-arses out there please dont mercilessly butcher these words caus eyou have no lives otherwise... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.229.124 (talk) 00:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

You have got to be kidding me.
You have got to be kidding me. Someone actually tried to sue god. what was the point? You might as well try to sue Satan in the process. He's the bad one. Now, some people say God doesn't exist, or just don't like him. But actually trying to sue him? This deserves the DEDEDEE award of failure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.211.158.1 (talk) 19:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, this is pretty outrageous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.163.164.147 (talk) 21:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Man. I almost pissed myself laughing when i read this. Utter Load of nothing.--125.236.45.156 03:25, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

O.O;;;
This is idiotic. Honestly. Just stupid, for soooo many reasons. Like seriously, is honestly trying this. Dumbest thing ever. Just...No. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.191.205.11 (talk) 21:15, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

This is so idiotic. No words. If I weren't laughing so hard, I'd be super pissed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.191.205.11 (talk) 21:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Just keep in mind
In my opinion, It's just pretty hilarious. I think of it as a harmless demonstration of frustration with the US Court system. Hell, I'm a faithful Catholic and I only find this slightly offensive. It's not a big deal, all you religious fanatics out there. Matt White (talk) 14:36, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

WOW
God created you man! Even if he did do something to you, he created sex and other things that rock! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.237.136.5 (talk) 20:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Nuts.
This guy really doesn't have a clue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.209.25 (talk) 22:06, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

i guess my only thoughts are that if a church is called the house of god, there must be some legal jargon to serve god at a local church, preferably R.C —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.120.103 (talk) 14:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree, a person should be able to sue anyone, even a god or God, depending on your religion. And to the judge, there should be no religious influences in the judicial system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.144.99.97 (talk) 17:14, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

You should. And screw all you close-minded christians —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.144.99.97 (talk) 17:18, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

classic
Attempts by a Wired News reporter to contact God for comment were not successful.

I'll laugh about that line for years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.175.146 (talk) 20:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Senator Chambers is seeking a Manifestation of God
I believe Senator Chambers' case is not an unusual one. He, like many who seek to hear from God and to experience His Presence is right to put forth his case. The only problem with his case is that he (Senator Chambers) has put forth his case to the wrong place. What the Senator needs is to sincerely call on God in person (with out passing through an intermediary) and God will speak back to him. For God reveals Himself to any one who calls on/invites Him in sincerety and in truth, not for show offs, and not for publicity or fame. Leopold Jamagara Kampala - Uganda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.0.25.58 (talk) 05:37, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

God is perfect and unfortunately he created you (Humans)
God is perfect and God creates eternal life. Man is nothing but dust. Man has created Man's Dead World, Diseases and Misery.

Man his following his own Man's Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and Man does not know anything. If, you are seing the end of the world then it is only happening for the individual who is uneducated about the real world. Man imagine things and man makes them happen. That's imagination of the Dead's Man World.

Your world is ending by man of no intelligence. I don't need useless diplomas to stand strong against Man following Man. You follow man which is only a creation and man is not a creator of life. You want to sue God for man's stupiditly destroying Life and Earth.??? I don't follow creations they are only a pile of Toxic Synthetic Chemicals built by man and the useless creations are following Man which will be returned to the ground to creates good creations.

God doesn't waist any time in the dead world which man has created! So another words you can't sue God because he doesn't exist for non-beleivers and evil people. The true is not in books but in you. All you need is in you but you won't beleive me! Keep following man and you will surely die!!!!

love you all One of God's Creations —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.77.226.83 (talk) 19:11, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

um....
1.LOL!!! 2.OMG!!! 3.No comment... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.197.78.46 (talk) 03:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Dumbass —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.187.195.97 (talk) 03:51, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

What happened to His kids??
This is sad. God's own children have gotten cocky enough to sue Him. Wow.

REDICLIOUS! YOU CAN'T SUE GOD! -71.58.169.114 (talk) 18:01, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

its just..
stupid

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crazy!!! who would sue God. thats my opinion —72.49.88.115 (talk) 20:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, Let's See Here, HEY, I Hope you Like Your Buns Dark on Both Sides.
This guy may be serious or He's Just Looking Forward to seeing His name in the News. Either way, GOD needs no representation. Remember the Motion Picture, Oh, GOD!? I'm Paraphrasing here. ..

Lawyer: I'd like to question this. . . witness.

GOD: Sit Down sonny, it's My Turn to talk.

Nuff Said. ..

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Sues God
Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wants to sue God for His utter negligence on earthly affairs. How can I file a lawsuit against Him at the United States Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice, and the International Court of Justice?

Like Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers, I want to seek a permanent injunction against God.

Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Enming (talk • contribs) 08:27, 25 September 2010

Good job
Well done —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.150.39.25 (talk • contribs) 01:19, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

This is f***ing hilarious
I mean, who would sue God? Man brought sin into this world! This guy needs to be reeducated. 66.168.231.122 (talk) 14:59, 5 November 2019 (UTC)Johnny Reiger

Seriously
This guy can't Sue God. Because God created the world and everything. It was mankind who created this mess T_T or Satan.

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Floods in Tabasco, Mexico impact over a million people

November 3, 2007 Floods have affected over a million people in the Mexican State of Tabasco, mainly in the capital of the state, Villahermosa. This has escalated in the last days into becoming the state's worst catastrophe in its history.

Eighty percent of the state's territory is underwater due to the Grijalva river flooding and heavy rains, which are expected to continue over the next few days.

Mexican president Felipe Calderón defined the situation as critical and urged all Mexicans to give their support.

Helicopters and boats are being used to move people from rooftops and hospital patients are being flown to neighbouring states.

Industry has also been affected as mentioned by Tabasco governor Andres Granier, who said that 100% of the tabasco pepper crops had been lost.

He also compared the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina on the US Gulf Coast two years ago, saying that New Orleans was "small compared to this".


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Musharraf declares emergency rule in Pakistan

November 3, 2007

Pervez Musharraf has invoked emergency rule in Pakistan according to state television. Independent stations have gone off the air. Reports say that police have surrounded the Supreme Court of Pakistan, while the judges are still inside. The court is deciding whether Musharraf was eligible to run in last month's election, which he won. The Supreme Court has stated that Musharraf does not have the authority to declare the state of emergency, which includes a suspension of the Constitution.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who recently returned home, is currently out of the country, visiting family in Dubai.

Dawn News, a private television station in Pakistan had stated that sources said that a declaration of emergency rule was imminent. Dawn News and other private news organizations then went off the air. Some reports are also saying that land and cell lines into the capital are not functioning, but it is not clear if this is deliberate or is due to high traffic or some other concern.

Most other countries have responded negatively to this news. The United States said that it was "disappointed" by the move while the United Kingdom's foreign secretary said that it was vital that Pakistan "abides by the commitment to hold free and fair elections on schedule".


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Wonderful... Spacehusky 19:17, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

A Necessary Evil
It is unfortunate that it had to come to this but extremists taking control of Northern Areas and increase in suicide bombings as well as activist judges trying to govern the country rather than uphold the rule of law,Musharraf had no choice.In order to restore the rule of law these necessary emergency steps needed to be taken and were taken.Don't get me wrong return to democracy is of primary importance but so are the lives of Pakistanis and their security is rapidly deteriorating which needs to be safeguarded.--71.255.245.101 16:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Musharraf
General Musharraf should show respect for the Supreme Court of Pakistan now. Otherwise the world would not show respect for Musharraf.Jaime Saldarriaga. Nov 7 2007.

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Welcome to Wikinews and thank you for your contributions. Unfortuantly, I would highlight that this is the English language version of Wikinews and as such I've deleted Agim Rufati deshmor i kombit sllupcan. You can find links to other language Wikinews projects at http://www.wikinews.org/. Adambro 20:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Second grader suspended from school after drawing disturbing picture

That's not entirely fair. Suspension for drawing a picture that has no serious consequence on the child or who he drew of, is he psychologically impaired? Is he planning to disable someone? I don't think so.
 * It's called thought-policing. The trend has been growing for decades now.  Freedom, if it ever really existed, is long since dead.

Though I don't have a source at this time, I've heard that the boy is being investigated by the FBI for terrorism charges, based on this drawing, an accusation from another student that he "threatened to kill" him, and an accusation that he "sits on the roof and shoots pigeons with an assault rifle." It is claimed that he was planning a school shooting. I am not entirely certain that this is the same boy, but I believe it is. I will find a source as soon as I'm on a computer without a content filter. 65.67.234.254 17:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Beautiful, America. This is a big trend in another mess of controlling your children in whatever direction Big Brother sees fit. Once again, political rights are abused for the mere fact that we are all too obsessed with protecting our children. And their worry about the little kid shooting up a school is absolutely ridiculous. Zero Tolerance is the most inane, overused, stupid and worthless policy that has ever entered the schoolgrounds that -we- pay for, and it's all here because Conservatives who call themselves Liberal are aiming for the goal of controlling the future through kids.RaphaelFaunus 14:04, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Second grader suspended from school after drawing disturbing picture
This is entirely too much! A seven year old child suspended from learning because he drew a water pistol? What's next - incarceration because the water balloon fight scene is construed to represent thermobaric weapons or IEDs? I used to while away my time in school (early 1960s) by drawing battling space fleets and entire planets being blown up. If it was today, I'm sure these same self-righteous persons who were the yound lad's judge and jury would want me executed.


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The title of this article is incorrect, this page should be renamed to "North American Daylight _Saving_ Time to end on November 4"

 * Done. In the future, this sort of remark can go on the article talk page Talk:North American Daylight Saving Time to end on November 4 rather than the comments page; if put on the talk page it will likely get a faster response. JoshuaZ 16:07, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Day light savings time- where does the time go
It has come to the attention of the worlds leading scientists that you can't just make an hour go away. If this were true then every time some bad thing happens we could retroactivly have a daylight savings time and reverse the tradgity.-70.13.10.204


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Peter Andren, Australian MP dies aged 61

November 4, 2007

Australian federal member of Calare, Peter Andren died on Saturday after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was aged 61.

Mr Andren who had held the seat since being elected in 1996 had previously announced his intention to run for the senate after his electorate was changed for the 2007 federal election. After Mr Andren was diagnosed with cancer in July, he announced that he would be retiring from politics at the election.

Mr Andren's 1996 campaign platform was based upon retaining services in regional Australia, particularly banking, health and telecommunications. Over the next 11 years, Mr Andren's primary vote grew and at the 2001 and 2004 elections was elected without preferences, achieving a majority primary vote.

In 2001, Mr Andren disagreed with his electorate on refugees. The electorate supported the government's tough stance but Mr Andren could not support the government's border protection measures. Following this, a vicious letter-box campaign rose up saying "you might like Peter Andren ... but you won't like what he's got to say about keeping our borders safe".

Fellow NSW independent member, Tony Windsor said Mr Andren's stance on asylum seekers was just one sign of his compassion and strong belief in human rights.

Mr Windsor described Mr Andren as the "conscience" of parliament. "Peter Andren was a true representative of the people of the Calare electorate, a man of the highest integrity and the conscience of the Parliament," he said.

"He was subjected to vitriol from time to time within the Parliament over issues, but if he believed in something he stuck to it. He didn't compromise and I think that's a lasting legacy that Peter will leave."

Prime Minister John Howard said despite having a difference of opinion with Mr Andren on many issues, he had a lot of respect for him.

"I respected his skills as a local member," he said.

"Mr Andren and I frequently disagreed on major issues and he made no bones about that and I made no bones about it either but that didn't stop me respecting him and acknowledging the tremendous work he did for his electorate."

Labor leader Kevin Rudd described Mr Andren as a true independent.

"Peter Andren will be a great loss to the Australian parliament," he said.

"He was a man of principle, a man of commitment, a man who was an absolute independent."

Leader of the Greens, Bob Brown said Mr Andren was an example of how a politician should be.

"He was an exemplar of representative politics for his electorate and the people of Calare kept returning him with a bigger and bigger majority," he said.

"[If] anybody ever asks me how a politician should be, I am going to say, 'Look at the record of Peter Andren'"

"He was a great Australian representative and he is a great loss to this country."

During his political career, Mr Andren fought the sale of Telstra, introduced a bill to allow MPs to opt-out of their generous superannuation schemes, opposed the Iraq war and campaigned on environmental issues.

Mr Andren was born at Gulargambone, near Dubbo in Western NSW in 1946. Before he entered politics Mr Andren worked as a teacher before moving into journalism. Mr Andren worked as a news producer in Sydney for the Seven and Nine networks, before moving back to regional NSW where he worked as the news editor for both Radio 2GZ and Prime Television.

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Australia Votes 2007: Labor plan for home buyers

November 4, 2007

Kevin Rudd, Australia's Leader of the Opposition has promised a special home buyers' bank account with tax concessions if Labor is elected on November 24.

Mr Rudd says AU$64,000 could be saved by a couple on the average wage over five years. The plan would cost the Government $600 million dollars.

The Housing Industry Association has welcomed the announcement but says it would be a start and would "avoid a stampede of first home buyers into the market."

Prime Minister John Howard is bracing himself for a possible Wednesday interest rate rise which may decide the election. Howard has defended the rumours, saying that some rise would be 'unavoidable'.


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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

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{Which Mexican state was flooded on November 3? + Tabasco - Quetzacoatl - Tenochtitlan - Tlaxcala
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{The President of Pakistan declared a state of emergency on November 3. What is his name? - Benazir Bhutto + Pervez Musharraf - Tariq Azim Khan - Salman Masood
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{Which American political party declined Stephen Colbert a place on Thursday's primary ballot for South Carolina? - Republican Party - Constitution Party + Democrats - Libertarian Party
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{Which Russian choreographer died age 101 this week? - Vyacheslav Molotov + Igor Moiseyev - Balshlevike Teniyev - Ivan Barigov
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{Genetically engineered mice were dubbed supermice this week and likened to which athlete by the popular press? - Paula Radcliffe - Kimi Räikkönen - Michael Phelps + Lance Armstrong
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{Which Canadian province had a city flooded after a water main broke? - Saskatchewan - British Columbia + Ontario - Quebec
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Chad releases seven Europeans held in alleged kidnap plan

November 4, 2007 Earlier today, the government of Chad set free three French journalists and four Spanish flight attendants, who had been held since October 25. Chadian authorities had been investigating the role of the seven and 14 other suspects with regard to an attempt to fly 103 African children to Europe for placement with host families.

The release of the seven came as French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Chad to hold talks on the case with Chadian officials. The lawyer for the seven, Jean-Bernard Padare, told Reuters that the seven were free to collect their belongings from the courthouse. "They are happy, they are free," said Padare. "It's the end."

A French charity, Zoe's Ark, had arranged for the 103 children to be flown out of Chad in an attempt to rescue them from the humanitarian crisis created as a result of the neighbouring Darfur conflict. However, Chadian officials have since described the operation as "kidnapping" and "extortion", while the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that many of the children involved were not orphans.

According to Radio France, Eric Breteau, the founder of Zoe's Ark charity, spoke at a pretrial hearing in N'Djamena, Chad and stated that the seven released Europeans had not been involved with the charity's plans.

Ten other Europeans are still being held in Chad and are facing child abduction and fraud charges.


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Eleven-day "Taiwan Run for UN" torch relay comes to an end

November 5, 2007 The torch line of the 11-day "Taiwan Run For UN" relay returned to Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei City yesterday. Taiwan’s president, Chen Shui-bian, launched the event as publicity and support for Taiwan's application to join the United Nations as a new member under the name of "Taiwan", alongside China. In a statement prior to the relay, Chen declared that "Taiwan and China are different countries across the Taiwan Strait."

The relay covered more than 1,200 km through 25 cities and counties since its start on October 24. The organizer of the event, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held night-time parties in the cities of Ilan, Hualien, Taitung, Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yunlin, Taichung, Miaoli, and Hsinchu as the relay progressed, and finally in Taipei City to welcome the torch relay team.

Shui-bian Chen, Annette Lu, Frank Hsieh (Taiwan's 2008 presidential candidate), and Cheng-chang Su wore "UN for Taiwan" T-Shirts to the Ketagalan Boulevard rally, lit a flame and led people in a formation of "VT" (abbreviation for Victory Taiwan) line.

The rally was met with protesters from the Red Shirts, which complain of corruption in the Chen government. In addition, the China Unification Promotion Party attempted several aggressive actions but ultimately carried out a peaceful protest. Protesters had demonstrated previously, on October 24 at the start of the relay.

Even though the premier of Taiwan, Frank Hsieh insisted on the use of products made in Taiwan during the celebration party in Taipei, mini torch lights held by supporters were "Made in China" and featured the "MIC" mark, according to Eastern Television in Taiwan. These were eventually removed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The use of Made in China products was criticized by DPP legislator Kuo-ching Lin after the television reports.

The party ended with a queue of "VT" lines and a historical collection of two million signatures of support. The issue of Taiwan's application to the UN may become a variable in the upcoming 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election.


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2007 ING Taipei Marathon: Charity & Kids Running comes back to Taipei

November 6, 2007 After a series warm-up matches at Hualien, Kaohsiung, and Taichung, the special "Charity and Kids Running" event came back to Taipei yesterday at Taipei Municipal Datung Senior High School. Before the event, John Wylie (President & CEO of ING Antai) encouraged citizens in Taiwan to add their signatures to the "Charity Ambassador of ING Taipei Marathon" on the official website of the 2007 ING Taipei Marathon and hoped this competition will renew the scale of participation again next month.

Taipei City Government, the main organizer of 2007 ING Taipei Marathon, invited running experts, ING Running Club delegates, athletes of 2009 Summer Deaflympics, and blind-visual runners (approximately 18 runners) split up into 3 teams (ING Antai Running Team, Taiwan Marathon Scud Team, Taipei City Government Runners Team) for charity funds to Taiwan Foundation For Rare Disorders, Chinese Taipei Blind-Visual Road Running Association, and Foundation of 21st Summer Deaflympics Organizing Committee in this 6-people relay competition. Finally, ING Antai Running Team won this competition. After the charity race to benefit charity organizations and media in Taiwan, ING Antai held "a lap within one minute" special challenge for the Basketball Team of Taipei Municipal Songshan Senior High School. With their excellent performance, the team succeeded in meeting this challenge.

At the end of the event, ING Antai invited 24 elementary schools from Taipei City to the "Kids' Running Championship". Before this event, some participants even won good places at Hualien, Kaohsiung, and Taichung warming-up running matches. Due to the actual strength of participants were too close, the organizer decided to split 4 sections by a group draw. Finally, Dong-hu Elementary School won the champion and qualified the main competition.

According to ING Antai, the sum of Charity Fund of ING Taipei Matathon was multiplied between numbers of finished runners and total running mileage with different groups and added from donations at this event. By the way, Deputy Secretary General of Taipei City Government (TCG) Yong-jen Chen talk to Wikinews Reporter Brock and remarked: "The traffic quality of ING Taipei Marathon will be progressively accepted after the criticism by foreigners at 2004 & 2005. With several coordination between supervisors, organizers, and sponsors, we (TCG) promised participants and runners for a great traffic condition at 2007 ING Taipei Marathon."


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 * "historical countersigning record of 2 million signs" - who signed and what did they sign?
 * "criticized by DPP Legislator Kuo-ching Lin" - was he critizing his own party? or the report?

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 * Reply: In this article, surely Kuo-ching Lin criticized on the "MIC" quality issue, not his party and this event, information can be found at last 2 paragraphs, that the fix of Q3, and Q2's info can be found here at last one paragraph. Brock contact... 10:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


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Hundreds detained under emergency rule in Pakistan

November 4, 2007

Hundreds of people were rounded up by security forces in Pakistan, one day after Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule, effectively martial law. Scores of opposition figures were among those detained.

Javed Hashmi, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) party, the party of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested. "Musharraf's days are numbered. The time has come to end the political role of the army," he told reporters in Multan before being taken away by police. Nawaz Sharif said to an Indian news channel: "We have not witnessed such a grave situation in the 60 years of Pakistan's history."

Also arrested were pro-democracy attorney, Munir Malik, and the leader of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Asma Jehangir. Both have been involved in protests against Musharraf in past years. Troops also arrested the staff of the Commission and began to close off and surround government buildings.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who recently returned home, addressed supporters in Karachi. "This is a situation worse than an emergency. The people of Pakistan will not accept this," Bhutto said.

On Saturday, Musharraf laid out his reasons for the emergency rule. "Please do not expect or demand your level of democracy, which you learned over a number of centuries. Please also do not demand or expect your number of civil rights, human rights or civil liberties … Please give us time. For me and every Pakistani, Pakistan comes first," said Musharraf in a statement.

In a "charge sheet" levied against the judiciary, the government said: "... (T)here has been increasing interference by some members of the judiciary in government policy, adversely affecting economic growth, in particular," adding that there was "constant interference in executive functions."

The government further accused the judiciary of having "weakened the writ of the government, the police force ... been completely demoralised and ...fast losing its efficacy to fight terrorism, and intelligence agencies ... thwarted in their activities and prevented from pursuing terrorists."

Parliamentary elections may be delayed. The current Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz said, at a news conference, that the government is still committed to democracy, but "the government is deliberating on the election schedule."

"Now that we have emergency rule, parliament's term can be extended by one year," said Aziz. Pakistan was due to have a general election on January 15, 2008. Meanwhile, the United States has said it will review the financial aid that is providing Pakistan. United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters, while in Jerusalem: "Obviously we are going to have to review the situation with aid, in part because we have to see what may be triggered by certain statutes."

The US has given an estimated US$10 billion in aid to Pakistan since 2001, primarily for counter-terrorism. This year Pakistan is receiving about $700 million in assistance.

"We have to be very cognizant of the fact that some of the assistance that has been going directly to Pakistan is directly related to counter-terrorism missions. This is a complicated matter," Rice said. She also condemned the declaration of emergency rule, saying "it's highly regrettable that Pakistan's president has declared a state of martial law. The U.S. does not support extra constitutional measures."

US Senator Joe Biden, the chairperson on the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed that a review is needed. "I'm not sure how much good that military aid we're giving him to fight the extremists is doing us anyway," he said on television program, Face the Nation.

Tony Blair, special envoy for the Quartet on the Middle East said on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: "The sooner that we return to the pledges to restore democracy that were set out, the better. But it's a very, very difficult situation this indeed, and it's a situation that if it's not resolved in the right way, I think it's extremely worrying for the whole of the world, not just for Pakistan."