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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events ESPN trades for "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" Wikinews investigates 2000 escaped with a group of In an odd move, ESPN's parent Wikipedia usage by U.S. convicts from their prison last company, The Walt Disney Senate staff members week in SAN'A, Yemen. This is Company, traded the contract of Staff members of the offices of not the first group to have NFL play-by-play analyst Al United States Senators, using escaped. 10 other chief suspects Michaels to NBC Universal in Senate-linked IP addresses, have escaped from custody in Aden exchange for various sports been editing Wikipedia, according during April of 2003 considerations and Oswald the to an investigation conducted by •Egypt's Supreme Council of Lucky Rabbit, a cartoon character Wikinews contributors. In some Antiquities announces the Walt Disney created 79 years ago cases, they have removed discovery of an intact pharaonic but lost him to Charles B. Mintz negative facts about Senators tomb in the Valley of the Kings – when he created his own studio. from the articles. the first to be unearthed since Oswald is generally understood to King Tutankhamun's in 1922. be the precursor to Mickey Mouse. Iran demands that IAEA end surveillance of its nuclear •In Turkey, Istanbul's police chief Michaels, 61, will again join John program said a bomb blast at an Internet Madden in the analyst booth for Shortly after ending its cafe in the city had wounded 14 NBC's Sunday Night Football cooperation with the International people. coverage beginning in the 2006 Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), A suicide bombing ripped season. This follows the the government of Iran has now • through a Shiite Muslim announcement the previous day ordered the IAEA to discontinue procession in northwestern that , surveillance of their developing Pakistan, sparking riots during and Tony Kornheiser would be in nuclear program. the Muslim sect's most important the broadcast booth for ESPN holiday, called Ashoura. At least . It was Featured story 27 people were killed and dozens previously believed that Theismann and Michaels would U.S. expels Venezuelan injured in the violence. announce Monday Night Football diplomat •A large-scale slaughter is for ESPN. Diplomatic staff member from planned at a Nigerian farm where Venezuela given 72 hours to thousands of chickens have died In addition to Oswald for Disney, leave the United States after a from bird flu. ESPN got the following sports diplomatic row erupts following rights from NBC Sports: the expulsion of a U.S. naval •After a second jury failed to Friday coverage for the Ryder Cup attache in Venezuela for alleged reach a verdict in the Billie-Jo golf tournaments in 2008, 2010, spying. Jenkins murder trial, the prosecution decided not to 2012 and 2014, and the right to re-air Saturday and Sunday Wikipedia Current Events attempt to retry the accused. Sion Jenkins, Billie-Jo's stepfather coverage from NBC. •US forces are searching for the was on trial for her murder. Expanded coverage of the USS Cole attacker dude who Kentucky Derby and the Preakness escaped from prison last Friday. •The Manx Parliament votes to Stakes from 2006 through 2011. According to Interpol, an al-Qaida lower the voting age to 16 Expanded access to clips of operative who had been Olympics coverage, beginning with sentenced to death for plotting the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino the bombing of the USS Cole in and ending with the 2012 Summer

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Olympics in London. Nasrallah told the crowds, District Attorney Martha Coakley, Expanded access to clips of Notre estimated to be 700,000 (police of Middlesex County, MA, said that Dame college football games from said the figure was likely to be Entwisle could have been planning 2006 through 2011. even higher). a murder-suicide, but abandoned Promotion of ESPN Monday Night the suicide part of the plot after Football during NBC Sunday Night The Hezbollah leader also told the carrying out the murders. Football through 2011. crowd that protests must continue until laws are passed in Europe "On Thursday night, (January 19) Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was banning insults to Muhammad. Rachel was alive and had spoken created in 1927 by Walt Disney for NATO defence ministers are in with family members," said Charles B. Mintz, and distributed Brussels meeting to discuss the Coakley. She also says that by Universal Studios. Disney controversy's security implications. authorities believe, "at some time directed 26 Oswald cartoons on Friday morning, Neil Entwistle, before a budget dispute with Mintz Neil Entwistle, suspect in with a firearm that we believe he forced Disney to leave and create murder of wife and child, had secured some time before that his own studio. Mintz, however, arrested in England from his father-in-law Joseph owned the rights to Oswald, and Neil Entwistle has been named as Materazzo, shot Rachel Entwistle kept the character. Oswald soon a "person of interest" by in the head and then proceeded to was bought by Universal, who authorities for the murder of his shoot baby Lillian, who was lying would continue to create Oswald wife Rachel and nine-month old on the bed next to her mother. We cartoons on a regular basis until baby daughter Lillian in their believe possibly that this was 1938. Most of the succeeding Hopkinton, Massachusetts home. intended to be a murder suicide, Oswald cartoons were directed by Both were shot to death and found but we cannot confirm that. The Walter Lantz, who would later under a pile of blankets in the murder was effected, the suicide become famous for Universal's bedroom. The family had just was not. Forensic evidence linked most well-known cartoon moved into the home and had only the gun to Mr. Entwistle and his character, Woody Woodpecker. The been living there for ten days. wife, but she had never used it rights to Oswald traded to Disney Entwistle has not been in the (the gun). What we believe include the entire Oswald cartoon United States since the murders. happened next was that Neil library. Entwistle returned the gun to his However; it has been confirmed father-in-law's home, that he then 700,000 march in Beirut; that Entwistle has been arrested in made preparations to leave the Hezbollah leader lambasts England on two counts of murder, country." Bush and Rice and one count of illegal possession massive demonstration march of of a firearm and ammunition. Until She also stated that Entwistle was over half a million Shiite Muslims today he has not been a suspect. observed at Boston's Logan heard Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the International Airport buying a one leader of Hezbollah, tell President "Entwistle was arrested by British way ticket to England. Bush and his secretary of state, authorities and faces murder Rice, to "shut up" after they charges," said Emily LaGrassa, "He was then in Worksop with his reportedly accused Iran and Syria spokeswoman for the Middlesex parents. Authorities went to the of fueling protest demonstrations District Attorney's office. "He is in UK to pursue that investigation. over Muhammad cartoons. police custody in England at this They returned, the investigation time." Entwistle was arrested at pursued. We explored motive, with "Defending the prophet should around noon (7 a.m. ET). witnesses, with information from continue all over the world. Let searches, internet capabilities," Condoleezza Rice and Bush and all A statement was released by the Coakley added. "Based upon that the tyrants shut up. We are an family of Rachel Entwistle saying, information and forensic Islamic nation that cannot "The family is deeply saddened at information late Tuesday afternoon tolerate, be silent or be lax when the arrest of Neil Entwistle for the that linked the 22 handgun owned they insult our prophet and murders of Rachel and Lillian. We by Joseph Materazzo both to Neil sanctities.We will uphold the are heartbroken at the loss - to Entwistle and to Rachel, we messenger of God not only by our understand how this happened." believed we had probable cause to voices but also by our blood," seek an arrest warrant for Neil

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Entwistle's arrest." the European Court of Human coincided with a six week police Rights if necessary. campaign, aimed at reducing the Framingham District Court issued level of alcohol related disorders. the warrant for his arrest last The chairman of Wikimedia Home Secretary Charles Clarke night. Deutschland, Kurt Jansson, said said "[these] figures are a credit they are happy that the court to all those committed to tackling Entwistle has been at his parents "confirmed our interpretation of alcohol related disorder. Delivering home in England since last month the law completely" and hoped results, reducing violent crime and and reportadly refused to that the attorney of the plaintiffs underage sales in local cooperate with Massachusetts would refrain from taking further communities takes us another step investigators when they arrived in legal actions due to the closer to removing such England to question him about the "decidedness" of the ruling. unacceptable behaviour from our deaths. streets." The court in Berlin had issued an So far, Entwistle has not spoken in injunction against Wikimedia The police campaign followed the public nor did he attend the Deutschland on January 17th, introduction of new UK licensing funerals of his wife and child. banning them from redirecting laws which allow pubs and bars to www.wikipedia.de to potentially open for longer than Berlin court repeals de.wikipedia.org. the previous 11PM curfew, with preliminary injunction against '24 hour' opening a possibility. Wikimedia Germany Repeal of ministerial control of Critics, including the opposition The Amtsgericht Berlin- RU486 bill passes Australian Conservative party, had predicted Charlottenburg has repealed an Senate that this would lead to a rise in injunction that it had issued in The bill on whether the Australian drunken behaviour. Culture January against Wikimedia Federal Health Minster Tony Abbott Secretary Tessa Jowell, a strong Deutschland, the German chapter should not exercise ministerial proponent of the new laws, said of of the Wikimedia Foundation. control of the abortifacient RU486 the statistics "thanks to the new has passed the Australian Senate licensing laws, the police and local The court found that identifying February 9, 2006. If the bill passes authorities have joined forces to the deceased Boris Floricic as the the Australian House of use tougher powers to deal with hacker Tron in an article of the Representatives, the Theraputic the problem at the source." German Wikipedia does not Goods Administration (TGA) will constitute a breach of the personal exercise control and evaluation of The Conservative Party are rights of Floricic or his parents, the the suitability of the drug for use accusing the government of plaintiffs in the law suit. It said in Australia. spinning the statistics, suggesting that those rights only protect that the drop in violent crime was deceased persons from libelous or Senators were allowed a free vote due to the police campaign. disfiguring characterisations of on the issue. The result of the vote Shadow Home Secretary David their biography; this is not the on the third reading, the final Davis said "what this shows is that case in the Wikipedia article. The stage of the bill, was 45 for to 28 if you put more bobbies on the court also found that the personal against the TGA exercising control. street you will cut crime. However rights of the parents were not these figures are a result of a six- infringed upon as well, as the Home Office release statistics week crack down on violence article does not enable anyone to showing drop in UK's violent which cost £2.5m - what happens identify them. crime when this money runs out?" The Home Office department of The lawyer of the parents, the UK government have released Bird flu spreading through Friedrich Kurz, called the decision statistics claiming an 11 percent Indonesia and China "arbitrary", "tangibly illegal" and a drop in violent crime over the Two Indonesian women, 23 and "misjudgment" as his clients have 2005 Christmas period, with a 21 27, have tested positive for the a unique surname which would percent drop in 'serious violent H5N1 strain of avian influenza. make it possible to connect Tron to crime'. They are in "serious condition but them. He announced that he seem to be improving," said would appeal the decision, even to This drop in violent crime Hariadi Wibisono, a senior health

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Friday, February 10, 2006 Wikinews Page 4 ministry official. They are being birds. If the rate of human “There shall always be better treated in the designated bird flu infection continues to increase, so alternatives to oil, which means no hospital, Sulianti Suroso in eastern does the chance the virus will house should need oil for heating, Jakarta. It is believed that both change into a form easily and no driver should need to turn women had contact with infected transmitted by humans. solely to petrol.” poultry. This brings Indonesia's number of confirmed cases of the US Senate offices evacuated As part of the program, Sweden virus to 25. Reports say that an office building has recently organized the roles of for members of the United States various agencies in the expansion A 26 year old female farmer in Senate in Washington, D.C. was of its wind power program. Fujian, China whose surname is evacuated after tests detected the Lin, also has the deadly H5N1 presence of a "possible nerve The Royal Swedish Academy of virus. She was admitted to the agent". The hazardous materials Sciences is concerned the oil hospital in January, but it was only division has since determined that supply is peaking and that future confirmed on Wednesday that she it was a false alarm. It is possible high oil prices could cause global had the virus. Some of the people that a cleaning solvent could have economic recession. Sweden that have come in close contact tripped the sensor. currently gets the majority of its with the woman are under electricity from nuclear and observation by local health "At approximately 1830 (2330 hydroelectric power, and 26% of officials. Her current condition is GMT) this evening (Wednesday) all its energy comes from reported as stable. This is China's we received an alarm at the renewables (6% is the EU eleventh confirmed case of the Capitol Police for a nerve agent in average). Sweden's long term virus. the attic of the Russell Building," aims for energy independence are Capitol Police Sergeant Kimberly partially rooted in the 1970s oil Julie Hall of the Beijing-based Schneider said. "This is on the shocks. World Health Organization said Senate side of the Capitol. At this that the latest patient was "highly time we have received negative In related news, Exxon Mobil likely to have had contact with sick results on this testing. At this Senior Vice President Stuart McGill animals," but the WHO is still time, nobody has indicated that claimed on Tuesday that energy waiting for information on how she there are any symptoms present... independence for the United could have gotten the disease. a runny nose or something of that States "is simply not feasible in nature. That would indicate a any time period relevant to our Experts believe that migrating presence of a nerve agent and discussion today." He stated "No birds are playing a role in nobody has reported that thus combination of conservation spreading the virus, but most far." measures, alternative energy believe poultry movement, poultry sources and technological products and poultry manure, are Eight senators and over 200 advances could realistically and the main causes. senate staff members were economically provide a way to evacuated into an underground completely replace those imports As avian influenza confirmed in garage next to the building until in the short or medium term." Nigeria, "We shouldn't assume 2130 (230 GMT). The people were McGill proposed "energy that is just in Nigeria" said David then briefed on the situation and interdependence" as the solution Nabarro, the United Nations' screened, however no one showed best suited to importing nations. coordinator for bird flu and symptoms of exposure to a pandemic influenza. "The outbreak biological agent. George Deutsch resigns NASA in Nigeria means [we] have post after Texas A&M refutes another central point for the virus Sweden reaffirms aims for oil- his resume to become embedded into the free economy George Deutsch, a controversial poultry population." In the past year, Mona Sahlin, the George W. Bush appointee at Swedish Minister for Sustainable NASA, resigned his post as press About 20 countries have reported Development, announced plans to officer the same day that Texas outbreaks of the virus in birds break the nation's dependency on A&M University confirmed that he which has sickened people who oil by 2020, without building new never graduated from the school. come in contact with the infected nuclear plants. She stated that The resume of the 24-year old had

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Friday, February 10, 2006 Wikinews Page 5 claimed he received a "Bachelor of were originally developed to help About Wikinews Arts in journalism, Class of 2003." understand the atmospheres of other planets, such as Venus. We are a group of volunteer Mr. Deutsch gained notoriety when journalists whose mission is to it was revealed he had instructed Mr. Deutsch was given his job in create a diverse community NASA web site designers to insert NASA's public affairs office in where citizens from around the the word "theory" at every Washington after working on globe (including you) can mention of the Big Bang, on the President Bush's re-election collaborate to report the news on grounds that it was a religious campaign and inaugural a wide variety of current events. matter. "This is more than a committee. By making our content science issue, it is a religious perpetually available for free issue. And I would hate to think Today in History redistribution and use, we hope that young people would only be 1258 - Hulagu Khan and the to contribute to a global digital getting one-half of this debate Mongols sacked and burned commons. from NASA." said Mr Deutsch in an Baghdad, a cultural and Got news and no computer? e-mail. commercial centre of the Islamic Call the Wikinews Hotline world at the time, ending the rule +1-866-653-4265 Mr. Deutsch also told public affairs of the Abbasid . (toll-free in the U.S.) workers to limit reporters' access 1763 - Britain and Spain +1-202-742-5918 to James Hansen, a top climate partitioned New France by the (outside the U.S.) scientist and longtime director of Treaty of Paris, and decimated the NASA's Goddard Institute for French colonial empire. License Space Studies. Dr. Hansen's 1840 - Prince Albert of Saxe- This work is licensed under the lectures and papers were also to Coburg-Gotha (pictured) married Creative Commons Attribution have been censored by public Queen Victoria of the United License. Articles published in this affairs workers. Dr. Hansen stated Kingdom at the Chapel Royal. Print edition were created by he would ignore the restrictions, 1962 - "Rudolf Abel," a Soviet spy Wikinewsies. which came through the less arrested by the FBI, was official channels of phone calls. exchanged for Gary Powers, the To view a copy of this license, visit: pilot of an U.S. Air Force spy plane http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Dr. Michael Griffin, NASA chief, shot down in the U-2 Incident. or send a letter to appeared to back Dr. Hansen's 1996 - Deep Blue, the chess- Creative Commons claims of internal censorship, playing computer, defeated 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, California, 94105, USA when he sent a strongly worded International Grandmaster and email message to all NASA World Chess Champion Garry Audio Wikinews employees stating "It is not the Kasparov in a game of chess for Audio Wikinews is a free non job of public-affairs officers to the first time. point-of-view news radio program alter, filter or adjust engineering or recorded daily. scientific material produced by Quote of the Day http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Audio NASA's technical staff." Several "Does it really matter what these About Wikinews Print Edition other NASA employees reported affectionate people do — so long similar tampering after the as they don’t do it in the streets For more information about incident. NASA personnel told the and frighten the horses?" Wikinews Print Edition visit: Times that "Mr. Deutsch ~ Mrs Patrick Campbell http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Print played a small but significant role in an intensifying effort at the agency to exert political control over the flow of information to the public."

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