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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Washington, Pennsylvania and California to determine if the new E. coli outbreak kills 1 sickens •Taliban insurgency: The Taliban cases are linked to the current nearly 100 have ousted Afghan security outbreak. An E. coli outbreak linked to fresh forces from a district bagged spinach in at least 11 headquarters in the western "Based on the current information, states, has killed 1 person and Farah province after days of FDA advises that consumers not has made more than 50 sick, heavy fighting, police say. eat bagged fresh spinach at this some severely and affecting •Yemen foils two attempts by four time. Individuals who believe they people anywhere from 3 to 84 suicide bombers to attack two oil may have experienced symptoms years old. Michigan, Oregon, New refineries, Al Jazeera reports. of illness after consuming bagged Mexico, New York, Indiana, Ohio, spinach are urged to contact their Wisconsin, Idaho, Connecticut, •Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone health care provider," said a Kentucky and Utah all report becomes new Cardinal Secretary statement on the Food and Drug human cases of the illness linked of State of the Holy See, and Administration's website. to the contaminated spinach. Archbishop Dominique Mamberti is named new Secretary for Health officials report that the Explosives found in Malegaon, Relations with States (foreign symptoms from eating any Nashik, India minister). At the same time, contaminated spinach are kidney A bomb has been found at the Angelo Cardinal Sodano retires failure or Hemolytic Uremic Mohammadiya Madrassa shopping after sixteen years as Cardinal Syndrome [HUS] which can occur complex in Malegaon, detonators Secretary of State. easily in children and elderly and gelatin sticks have been •Close to one million people stage people, bloody diarrhea, mild fever recovered by police in Nashik. a march in Taipei to demand the and in some cases death. At least resignation of President Chen 14 of the infected have suffered Featured story Shui-Bian. kidney failure. NASA: Arctic Sea's icecap is "Given the severity of this illness melting E. coli outbreak kills 1 sickens and the seriousness of the According to images captured by nearly 100 outbreak, FDA believes that a NASA's QuikSCAT satellite, the An E. coli outbreak linked to fresh warning to consumers is needed. Arctic icecap has lost at least bagged spinach in at least 20 We are working closely with the 14% of its 'perennial' ice between states, has killed 1 person, a 77 U.S. Centers for Disease Control 2004 and 2005. Data shows that year old woman in Wisconsin and and Prevention [CDC] and state at least 280,000 square miles of has made more than 95 sick, some and local agencies to determine ice, at least the size of Texas has severely and affecting people the cause and scope of the been lost. anywhere from 3 to 84 years old. Michigan, Oregon, New Mexico, problem," added the statement. Wikipedia Current Events New York, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Idaho, Connecticut, Consumers are urged to throw out •Pope Benedict XVI is criticized Kentucky and Utah all report any fresh spinach they may have throughout the Islamic world for human cases of the illness linked as washing it does not help, but comments he made on to the contaminated spinach. All officials say that cooking the September 12 regarding individuals sickened by the spinach could kill the bacteria Mohammed and Islam, provoking outbreak have the same strain, E. though officials still urge street protests in South Asia. coli O157:H7. Officials are consumers to throw out all currently investigating cases in spinach.

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"We are telling everyone to get rid terribly upset about these illnesses this explanation: "Applying a of fresh bagged spinach right now. and death and their potential database update, will be in read- Don't assume anything is over," relationship to a product that is only mode for a few minutes." said Wisconsin Govenor Jim Doyle. ordinarily a very healthy food Wisconsin has seen the worst of choice. We are committed to Instead of a few minutes, it took the outbreak with one death producing exceptionally fresh and an hour. reported and over 30 people healthy produce. Quality and food infected. safety continue to be our top As of 21:38, Wikipedia and other priorities," said Natural Selections projects are now working. "If you wash it, it is not going to in a statement on its website. get rid of it," said the Center for Natural Selections is operated by Nickelodeon to cease Food Safety and Nutrition director, Earthbound Farm. broadcasting temporarily in Robert Brackett. US, to encourage play "It is possible that the recall and Those trying to view the Health officials also say that they the information will extend beyond Nickelodeon on Saturday, do not know what caused the Natural Selection Foods and September 30th need not be contamination and do not know involve other brands and other alarmed. The popular children's where the spinach originated from. companies, at other dates," said channel will be airing a black Officials believe that the chief medical officer with the FDA's screen, starting at 11 a.m. contamination was not Center for Food Safety, Doctor "deliberate." David Acheson. To promote the Worldwide Day of Play, the channel "goes dark from "It is too early to say where the Natural Selection sells many 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. CT, to encourage spinach has come from. This is an different brand names of spinach kids to play outside. In its third active investigation and we will including Dole, Trader Joe's, Green year, the Viacom-owned channel provide more information as it Harvest, Ready Pac, Earthbound attempts to stop childhood obesity becomes available. We have no Farm, Rave Spinach and their own through encouraging activity. evidence that this was deliberate," brand of spinach, Natural said a spokeswoman for the FDA, Selections. Nickelodeon has set up "Let's Just Laura Alvey. Play", a website that lists possible Officials say that more cases are activities for parents and kids to A company which produces natural expected to be reported, but many participate in. Nickelodeon also foods in California is suspected to individuals will recover from the awards one grant to an be the source of the illness. illness within a week. organization in each state. Natural Selection Foods LLC. located in San Juan Bautista, E. coli, on average, affects more The program, or lack thereof, is California has recalled all of their than 75,000 people a year and can presented by The Alliance for a spinach voluntarily, including any kill as many as 60. Healthier Generation, a food items containing the partnership of The Clinton vegtable. Some of those infected Wikimedia sites database Foundation and the American with the illness have reported locked, takes hour to get back Heart Association. eating spinach which came from to normal the company, but officials say that Today at 20:30 (UTC), Wikipedia, ABC Family, Cartoon Network, the outbreak may not be entirely the free encyclopedia, and other Discovery Kids, The Disney isolated to just Natural Selection projects hosted by the Wikimedia Channel, and MTV are all among and that the investigation into the Foundation suffered downtime. the alternatives for those youth origin of the outbreak is still The datebase was locked so no not wanting to participate in this ongoing. edits could be made. The Recent event. changes on Wikipedia were very "We have temporarily stopped slow. shipping spinach products, and have taken spinach out of our The message said: The Wikimedia Paris Hilton too costly to salads that contain them. Foundation system administrator ridicule, says Charlotte Church Everyone at Earthbound Farm is who locked the database offered Opera singer-turned-talk show

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, September 16, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 host Charlotte Church wanted to given enough choice of food at book hotel heiress Paris Hilton on The Charlotte Church Show has lunchtime. her program, to insult her. Church aired on Britain's Channel 4 since says Hilton is too expensive September 1, 2006. The parents are standing outside though, charging USD$650,000 for the school gates in a cemetery to an appearance, and her producers Larry Sanger announces take the orders of food from the dropped the idea. Wikipedia fork children, and then go and pick up Larry Sanger announced the food for them. Parents say Church told a British radio show Citizendium.org, a fork of the that this is because the children do "We asked Paris to be on the English Wikipedia, at the Wizards not like the quality of food being program because I could take the of OS conference in Berlin today. served in the school cafeteria, and mick out of her and not feel at all so the parents are only giving the bad about it — she's such a Sanger was employed by Jimmy children what they want - which is complete airhead. But she Wales to work on Nupedia and a hot and tasty lunchtime meal. demanded a ridiculous amount of later Wikipedia from 2000-2002. money — like the price of a big He currently works on the Digital Head Teacher John Lambert has house just to say a few stupid Universe initiative with lashed back at the parents, calling things. She's hardly going to entrepreneur Joe Firmage and the delivery of food through the announce anything world- astrophysicist Bernard Haisch, but gates immoral and stating that it changing, is she? It's absolutely does not anticipate Citizendium is not "helping the children or their pathetic, isn't it?" being part of Digital Universe. school" by bringing the junk food in. He also stated that "[The While Church was hoping to dish Citizendium will be free content, School] aims to provide good insults and ridicule, she has licensed under the GNU Free quality food which is within proven she isn't willing to take Documentation License as government healthy eating them. Wikipedia is, but with a different guidelines and helps the children's editorial structure. learning in the afternoon". Parents Comedian Johnny Vegas peeved have defended the delivery of food Church during his appearance. She Brad Patrick, General Counsel and by saying that not only are they slapped him, and shouted "Shut interim Executive Director of the receiving orders for burgers and the f*** up", after he made Wikimedia Foundation, said "A chips, but also for salad rolls, numerous rude comments and great strength of the free culture jacket potatoes, and other healthy stared down female audience movement is in the freedom to foods. members. experiment. It is good to see Mr Sanger continuing to push forward Canadian Governor General The comedian suggested Church with freely licensed content in his speaks on Montreal shooting looked tense, and offered the new project." Canadian Governor General former smoker "have a cigarette." Michaëlle Jean issued a statement Church has appeared in a national Many static mirror sites exist of regarding the recent fatal shooting anti-smoking campaign. the English Wikipedia. The only at Dawson College, near Montreal, fork that is actively edited is Quebec, Canada. When Church commented that the Wikinfo.org, run by Fred Bauder, "It was with great sadness that my she and he sang karaoke together an administrator and arbitrator on husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and I in a hotel owned by her mother, the English Wikipedia. learned of the terrible tragedy that Vegas replied "Yes and I sh*gged unfolded this afternoon at Dawson your grandma too." Pupils fed through gates, College in Montreal. My first school criticised thoughts went immediately to the Mentioning his 2004 movie Sex Schoolchildren at Rawmarsh wounded, students, parents, and Lives of the Potato Men had bad Comprehensive School in South college staff for whom this has reviews, he replied "Well I listened Yorkshire, England, are being fed been a very trying time. We are all to your album and it was sh*t." fish and chips by their parents stunned and saddened by this Her album, "Tissues and Issues", through the school gates at inexcusable act but remain firm in reached #5 on the UK music lunchtimes because parents do not our resolve to condemn violence in charts. believe their children are being all its forms. I commend all those

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, September 16, 2006 Wikinews Page 4 who reached out to those affected Many Muslim leaders have "The derogatory remarks of the by this tragedy: the police, condemned the comments, some Pope about the philosophy of jihad emergency services, ordinary of them stating that the Pope had and Prophet Mohammed have citizens who responded with fallen into "the trap of bigots and injured sentiments across the caring, professionalism and racists". Muslim world and pose the danger urgency." of spreading [bitterness] among Mohamed Mahdi Akef head of the religions.” At 12:41 p.m. local time (UTC-5), Muslim Brotherhood has asked a man opened fire at Dawson Islamic nations to break off Din Syamsuddin, the chairman of College, in Westmount, Quebec, relations with the Vatican, until the Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's Canada; the college is located Pope apologises for his second largest Islamic near the heart of downtown statements. organisation, said: "The Pope's Montreal. The shooter and student statements reflect his lack of Anastasia DeSousa were both He said, "The Pope has aroused wisdom." killed in the incident. Police report the anger of the whole Islamic at least 20 people being injured, world and strengthened the "It is obvious from the statements some of which are still in critical argument of those who say that that the Pope doesn't have a condition. the West is hostile to everything correct understanding of Islam." Islamic.” Muslim world condemns Pope's Hamid Ansari, chairman of the criticism of Islam "The remarks do not express Indian National Commission for Pope Benedict XVI has enraged correct understanding of Islam Minorities said, "The language the Islamic world by quoting a and are merely wrong and used by the Pope sounds like that 14th century emperor who said distorted beliefs being repeated in of his 12th-century counterpart Islam had brought "things only the West," he also said in a who ordered the crusades." evil and inhuman", on Tuesday, statement. August 12. In Qatar, prominent Muslim Other than that he said that the scholar shaikh Youssef al- Whilst speaking on his six-day visit comments "pour oil on the fire and Qaradawi discounted The Pope's to Germany he quoted a book ignite the wrath of the whole comments and said that Islam was recounting a conversation between Islamic world to prove the claims a religion of peace and reason. 14th Century Byzantine Christian of [hatred] of politicians and Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and religious men in the West to Thought-controlled cybernetic a Persian interlocutor. whatever is Islamic". arms demonstrated Jesse Sullivan has two cybernetic "The emperor comes to speak "I do not think any good will come arms, after electrical burns about the issue of jihad, holy war," from a visit to the Muslim world by suffered while working as an the Pope said. a person who has such ideas electrical utility lineman resulted in about Islam's prophet. He should amputation of both his arms at the "He said, I quote, 'Show me just first of all replace the grudge in his shoulder. Claudia Mitchell has a what Mohammed brought that was heart with moral values and similar cybernetic left arm, after a new, and there you will find things respect for others,” said Ali motorcycle accident resulted in only evil and inhuman, such as his Bardakoğlu, head of Turkey's amputation. Sullivan and Mitchell command to spread by the sword Religious Affairs Directorate, on shook hands with these thought- the faith he preached'." the Pope's plan to visit to Turkey controlled prosthetic arms at an in November. event staged Thursday in "It certainly wasn't the intention of Washington, D.C. by the Defense the Pope to carry out a deep The Pakistani parliament Advanced Research Projects examination of jihad and on unanimously passed a resolution Agency (DARPA) and Center for Muslim thought on it, much less to saying, “This House demands that Artificial Limbs at the offend the sensibility of Muslim the Pope should retract his Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. believers," Vatican spokesman remarks in the interest of harmony Reverend Federico Lombardi said. between religions.” Unlike traditional prosthetic limbs, these are actuated through muscle

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, September 16, 2006 Wikinews Page 5 reinnervation; nerves are grafted astronauts' sleep pattern "is driven by-election onto specific muscles, controlling by the rendezvous that we do with The their contraction, which are then the station. That time is the key has scored an upset victory in a detected by electrode sensors and milestone and then we arrange hotly contested provincial by- control the prosthetic limb. our sleep schedules around that." election in the riding of "Basically it is connecting the dots. "But you can tell your son that Parkdale—High Park. New Finding the nerves. We have to sleeping in space is wonderful. We Democrat Cheri DiNovo defeated free the nerves and see how far all sleep down on the main deck, candidate they reach," says Kuiken. By this some of us right side up, some of Sylvia Watson by over 2,000 chain of communication the us are on the side and some of us votes. DiNovo received 41% of the prostheses utilize thought- are upside down. There's more vote compared to 33% for Watson. controlled biomechanics. orientations up here, basically." Progressive Conservative Dave According to Sullivan, "When I use Hutcheon was third with 17% of the new prosthesis I just do Harper told MacLean that the the vote while Green Party leader things. I don't have to think about country is proud of his was fourth with it ... I do all the yard work. I take achievements. "I'm sure it's an 6%. out the garbage." adventure of a lifetime and ... I expect your mission will inspire The by-election was an important DARPA, as an agency of the United millions of Canadians, young one for the ruling Ontario Liberal States Department of Defense, people, and even some who are Party as the province enters an seeks to eventually provide such talking to you today to become election year. The Liberals held the prostheses for soldiers losing their interested in space and science riding until former MPP Gerard organic limbs in combat. "We're and technology," Harper said. Kennedy resigned, earlier this excited about collaborating with year, to focus on his bid to win the the military," said Dr. Todd Kuiken, Harper wished MacLean well as the leadership of the federal Liberal developer of the prostheses and mission winds down. "I know you Party of Canada. In the 2003 director of neuroengineering at the said ... you wanted to bring home provincial election he held the Rehabilitation Institute. 411 U.S. a gold medal for Canada, from riding with a commanding 57% of troops in Iraq and 37 in everything I've seen on your the vote. Afghanistan have had wounds that performance yesterday, you are cost them at least one limb well on your way," Harper said. Speaking Thursday night, NDP according to the Army Medical leader said Command. Canadian school children also got "There are no safe seats for the a chance to ask MacLean about his McGuinty government. People see Astronaut Steve MacLean talks time aboard the shuttle. us as a viable option." with Canadian PM over phone The PM Stephen Harper spoke with MacLean walked in space on Despite having been considered Canadian astronaut Steve Wednesday. MacLean with fellow one of the safest Liberal seats in MacLean over the phone yesterday Atlantis crew member Dan the province the by-election from Ottawa. MacLean was on the Burbank started their six-hour campaign has gone badly for the STS-115 (space shuttle Atlantis). spacewalk at the international Grits who have pulled out all the He is also the second Canadian to space station at 5:05 am ET. They stops in the past week after walk in space. are focusing their attention and internal polling showed them in tools on a ferris-wheel-like rotary danger of losing. On Monday, Harper, congratulated him and joint that will allow two solar Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty asked him questions, including one arrays, once unfurled, to always and eleven of members of his from his son, Ben. The question face the sun as the space station cabinet spent much of the day was: "What time do the astronauts circles Earth. The solar arrays will campaigning in the riding. The last go to bed?" "On our mission, with supply a quarter of the space lab's seven days has also seen a series where the sun is, we have 55 power when it is completed by of aggressive accusations aimed at minutes of daylight followed by 75 2010. DiNovo, a United Church minister. minutes of darkness ... and that The allegations, which were does affect your circadian New Democrats score upset in initially made on blogs and rhythm," MacLean replied. The Ontario's Parkdale-High Park anonymous fliers have, in the past

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