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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events personnel carrier. It is believed that the APC was privately-owned Reports: Bomb threats close South Korean flagged ship has and was recently restored. 14 supermarkets in UK sunk in the Sea of Oman off the Authorities have closed at nearly coast of Iran with 13 crew The man gained attention of the at least 13 Tesco supermarkets members missing. police shortly after 2 a.m. AEST located in the UK after reports •The President of Russia Vladimir when he was spotted destroying say that authorities received Putin signs a decree suspending an electricity substation in bomb threats. Russia's participation in the Minchinbury. The man then led Conventional Forces in Europe police on a rampage through Mt Reports: Bomb threats close (CFE) pact. Druitt, Dharruk, Emerton, 14 supermarkets in UK Glendenning and Plumpton where Authorities have closed at nearly •A shipment of fuel arrives in he brought down six mobile phone at least 13 Tesco supermarkets North Korea as part of an towers and relay sheds. located in the UK after reports agreement to end its nuclear say that authorities received program. International Atomic The rampage ended in Dean Park bomb threats. Energy Agency inspectors are after the APC stalled as it was monitoring the shutdown of the being driven towards another Yongbyon reactor. North Korea Featured story mobile phone tower. Police moved later advises that it has shut the in and arrested the vehicle's driver. Man takes armoured vehicle reactor down. on rampage through Western •The Australian Federal Police Chief Inspector Guy Haberly from Sydney charge Dr. Mohamed Haneef with Mount Druitt Police said the man Police have arrested and charged "providing support to a terrorist destroyed mobile phone towers by a 45 year-old man from Dharruk organization" in relation to the "crashing through the perimeter in Western Sydney after he went 2007 Glasgow International fence and colliding with structures on a 90 minute rampage Airport attack and the 2007 causing significant damage". throughout Western Sydney in a car bombs. armoured personnel carrier. The man was reportedly charged •The Royal Malaysian Police obtain with break, enter and steal; Wikipedia Current Events a remand order to hold Nathaniel predatory driving; six counts of Tan for four days in connection to •At least 24 Pakistani soldiers are malicious damage; possession of a an investigation of a violation of killed by a suicide attack by prohibited drug; use of a weapon section 8 of the Official Secrets militants on a convoy in to avoid apprehension and driving Act, which pertains to "wrongful Waziristan near the Afghanistan in a dangerous manner. Police communication" of an official border. refused the man bail. secret. •Ten Sri Lankan soldiers die in Fast evolution observed in fighting the Tamil Tigers in the Man takes armoured vehicle on butterflies Vavuniya district of northern Sri rampage through Western Scientists reported that they had Lanka. Sydney documented very fast evolution in •The Roman Catholic Archdiocese Police have arrested and charged a the butterfly species Hypolimnas of Los Angeles settles sexual 45 year-old man from Dharruk in bolina. After infection by abuse claims against its clergy at Western Sydney after he went on Wolbachia, the fraction of the a cost of $ 600 million. a 90 minute rampage throughout population that was male dropped Western Sydney in a armoured •Iranian state radio reports that a drastically to about 1% of the total

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Sunday, July 15, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 population. However, after events. Gerdemann won by 3:38 over the approximately ten generations chasing peleton and took over the (about a year) the male population Reports: Bomb threats close 14 yellow jersey from Fabian had rebounded to about 39% of supermarkets in UK Cancellara of Switzerland. As a the overall population. Authorities have closed at least 14 young rider, Gerdemann also gets Tesco supermarkets located in the white jersey. Iñigo Landaluze In the case of H. bolina, infected Lancashire, Suffolk, Dyfed Powys, was the only one close to females were unable to have male Fife, Leicestershire, Humberside, Gerdemann and took second. offspring since the male embryos West Mercia, West Yorkshire, died early on. However, a gene Nottinghamshire, Strathclyde and All the big names, thought to have arose which suppressed London in the United Kingdom a chance of winning the Tour, Wolbachia's ability to kill the male after receiving a security alert. appeared to be in the peloton. This offspring, and this gene spread includes injured teammates rapidly through the natural H. Witnesses say that authorities Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas bolina population. received a bomb threat and that Klöden. the stores' car parks have been At this time, it is unknown if the blocked off by police. Óscar Freire of withdrew novel gene was a mutation or a ahead of today's stage with back pre-existing gene. However, "Police came and told us it had problems. researchers said that regardless, received a bomb threat. They the findings constituted strong suggested we may want to close, Creationist who threatened evidence that parasites can drive but our manager has kept us biologists threatened others at and substantially alter evolution. open," said an unnamed worker at university The research was performed by a shop near a Tesco in Barrhead, The Young Earth Creationist who scientists at the University of East Renfrewshire. sent threatening emails and letters Berkeley lead by Sylvain Charlat, a to biologists at the University of post-doc at Berkeley. "Police are investigating a series of Colorado at Boulder also sent incidents in a number of locations threatening letters to the Wolbachia is a bacterium that is across the country involving Tesco University chancellor G.P. Peterson very effective at jumping from stores. Tesco is working with the as well as the vice-chancellor of species to species, generally police following a series of undergraduate education and infecting arthropods such as incidents. These stores have been others. insects. Since the bacterium temporarily closed as a precaution resides in the cytoplasm of cells, for public safety," said a police The man who had sent the threats males cannot pass Wolbachia onto officer with the Hertfordshire police has been identified as Menacher their offspring because sperms department. The police are "Michael" Korn, who was an only pass on their nucleus with the treating their enquiries as a Orthodox Jew before becoming DNA, but females can. Wolbachia "criminal investigation." Messianic Jew and who now self- has thus adapted a number of identifies as Christian. (Messianic strategies, such as killing male It is not known why the shops Jews are people who claim to be embryos of infected females or were closed, but authorities have practitioners of Judaism who preventing infected males from stated that a matter of public believe that Jesus Christ is the reproducing with uninfected safety caused authorities to close Messiah. Judaism and mainstream females. the stores. No injuries are reported Christianity consider them to be and police say they will remain at Christians and generally not Wolbachia is dangerous to hosts the stores until further notice. practicing Judaism). Claimed because it is able to easily jump excerpts of the threats were species barriers and so has little Tour de France: Linus posted on The Panda's Thumb, a reason to restrain itself -if an Gerdemann wins stage 7 biology blog that focuses on "the infectious organism kills it's host, Linus Gerdemann of Germany took claims of the antievolution it generally dies along with it. The a large lead up the Col de la movement". bacterium is believed to be Colombière and has won stage 7 of responsible for some extinction the 2007 Tour de France. Among other statements, Korn events as well as some speciation compared evolutionary biologists

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Sunday, July 15, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 to child molestors and discussed recklessness rather than distracted Schwarzer, who dived killing the "enemies of Christian intention". the wrong way. society" who are "terrorists against America". A spokesperon for Dr Haneef was arrested on July 2 The score remained at 1-0 until Colorado University said that the at Brisbane International Airport half time. Two minutes after the excerpts were "consistent" with where it is alleged that he was break, Australia equalised through the threats but refused to confirm trying to leave Australia for India striker . The Australian if they were actual excerpts. Korn on a one-way ticket. He claims captain managed to head a curling had apparently distributed fliers on that he was going to visit his wife cross by midfielder Brett Emerton campus before and harassed and newborn daughter although back across Iraqi Noor Hassan's professors however over the last police have openly stated they do goal and into the top corner. few days the threats had become not accept Haneef's explanation. more extreme. Up until his arrest, Dr Haneef had However, scored twice to win been working at the Gold Coast the match, the former through a Australian police charge Indian Hospital. defensive error by Australia. doctor over failed UK bombings Hawar Mulla Mohammed was Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef Under Australian counter-terrorism played through with a lovely ball has been formally charged in laws, Dr Haneef faces a maximum from a teammate, who had Brisbane by the Australian Federal penalty of 15 years imprisonment attracted the Australian central Police after being held without if convicted. defence out-of-position. charge for the past 12 days in Mohammed slotted the ball home connection with the failed Glasgow Rural New Zealand crash from 15 yards to re-take the lead. Airport and London car bombings. leaves one child dead A 12-year-old girl has died after Iraq sealed the three Group A Dr Haneef, a distant cousin of the car they were travelling in points when Karrar Jassim Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed who are slipped on ice and rolled off the Mohammed scored in the eighty- accused of plotting the attacks side of the road near Darfield, sixth minute. He managed to get provided Sabeel with a SIM card. Canterbury. on the end of a deflected shot and It is alleged that UK police found calmly tap the ball into an empty the card in the possession of Mr A Westpac Rescue Helicopter was net, after goalkeeper Schwarzer Ahmed when he was arrested and also at the scene to offer services had dived to defend the initial informed Australian authorities. and help. Two were taken to shot. hospital for a check up. During a bail hearing, the AFP The win puts Iraq on equal-top of claimed that Haneef had given his State highway 77 was closed while the group with hosts Thailand. If SIM card to the Ahmed brothers the scene was cleared up, creating Iraq defeats or draws with Oman when he left the UK in July, 2006. a detour along Zigzag road. It in their final Group A encounter, It is alleged that he also shared a reopened at 5.00 p.m. (NZST). they will progress through to the house in Liverpool with his cousins quarter-final stage. Australia must for up to 2 two years before AFC Asian Cup: Iraq shock defeat Thailand to remain any moving to Australia. Police Australia, overcome UAE chance of progressing through to opposed bail for Dr Haneef, Iraq has defeated Australia 3-1 in the next stage. however the magistrate has their 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A reserved her decision until Monday match at the Rajamangala In the event that Australia win (ie. due to the large amount of Stadium, , Thailand. are on four points) and Iraq win or paperwork involved in the case. Dr draw (ie. are on seven or five Haneef remains in custody. Iraq took the lead after twenty- points), Australia will progress three minutes when midfielder through to the next stage on head- Speaking at a news conference in Nashat Akram scored. He curled in to-head rather than Thailand Canberra, AFP Chief Mick Keelty a free kick from around thirty despite having a possibly-worse told reporters that Haneef had yards out, and Salih al Sadwn goal difference. Goal difference been reckless in giving his cousins rushed towards Australian (goals for minus goals against) is a SIM Card. He further claimed goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. Al only used to separate two teams if that the "allegation involves Sadwn's presence sufficiently they drew in their head-to-head

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Sunday, July 15, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 match in the group stage. it will come down to goal "Though she's blond, beautiful and difference if two sides are equal on nearly 25 years younger than her If Iraq lose to Oman and Australia four points. The UAE cannot reach husband, Kehn Thompson, a win, all four teams will end up on the quarter-finals stage. political media consultant who four points. It is unclear how the previously worked for the Senate head-to-head rule will be applied Political pundits debate Fred Republican Conference and a by the AFC in this situation, and it Thompson's younger wife prestigious law firm, is probable that goal difference will Political analysts widely regard doesn't appear to fit the typical be used. Fred Thompson as a potential, if description," wrote Emily not likely, candidate in the United Friedman. In Group B, Japan defeated United States presidential election in Arab Emirates 3-1 at the My Dinh 2008. Thompson is a lawyer, Karen O'Connor, a political scientist National Stadium, , Vietnam. lobbyist, character actor and and the director of the Women & former Republican Senator for Politics Institute at American Defending champions Japan took Tennessee now residing in McLean, University, said Thompson may the lead when Virginia near Washington D.C. lose support from Republican scored after twenty-two minutes. women, a group he needs. It may Takahara doubled their advantage A recent article in The New York also make it difficult to gain the five minutes later when he sent a Times (NYT) labelled his wife, Jeri support of the "value voters", who lovely volley into the right-hand Kehn Thompson as a "trophy wife" already looking with skepticism side of the net after twenty-seven and a potential liability in the 2008 when it was revealed he lobbied minutes, leaving Emirates race. The NYT article described her for an abortion-rights group. goalkeeper Majed Maqdemi as having "youthfulness, stranded. permanent tan and bleached "You have a situation where a blonde hair" and wonders if "so- candidate happens to have an made it 3-0 called values voters" would "accept attractive wife, therefore it’s open before half time when he this union." season for smutty thoughts and converted a penalty kick awarded lowbrow humor, and no concern to Japan on forty-two minutes. The Thompson and Kehn, married in for the fact that this is a wife and Emirates scored a goal after sixty- June 2002, when he was 60 years mother, a professional woman?" six minutes through Saeed Alkas, old and she 35. said Mark Corallo, a former Justice but no comeback eventuated and Department official who is a the final score was 3-1 top Japan. Television commentator and consultant and the chief media former Republican congressman adviser to the Thompson It leaves Japan equal on top of the Joe Scarborough compared Kehn campaign. "One picture on the Group B table with Vietnam on two to a stripper and asked if "she Internet and all of a sudden she’s points, with the teams locked on works the pole." reduced to being a bimbo?" four points each. The winner of the match will take top spot in the According to the Associated Press, Two teenagers charged in group. In the event that the "trophy wife" originally "meant the alleged school attack plot Japan-Vietnam match is drawn, second (or third) wife of a Two Long Island, New York both teams have a goal difference corporate titan, a woman who was teenagers, aged fifteen and of +2. However, Japan have scored younger, beautiful and — equally seventeen, have been charged for one more goal than Vietnam, and important — accomplished in her their alleged involvement in a will take top spot in the group on own right." suspected plot to attack their that basis. school next April, on the ninth ABC News says that the current anniversary of the Columbine High Qatar, the other team in Group B, definition of "trophy wife" suggests School shooting massacre. must win against UAE and hope for Donald Trump's ex-wife Marla a winner in the Japan-Vietnam Maples and the late Anna Nicole The plot was uncovered when the match to progress, or else defeat Smith as examples. fifteen-year-old suspect lost his the Emirates by three goals or journal at the McDonalds more. Qatar drew both matches However, ABC News also questions restaurant where he worked. The with Japan and Vietnam, meaning whether Kehn fits this definition. journal was found by a fellow

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