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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Turkey sends thousands of 2008 United States •The U.S. warns the Serbian troops into northern presidential election government that it has a Turkey has sent The race for the responsibility to protect its assets at least 10,000 White House includes after protesters set fire to the troops into Democrats and U.S. embassy in response to northern Iraq in Republicans, as well Kosovo's declaration of an attempt to as independents and independence. take down third party candidates: militants from the Independents: Ruth Bryant American Airlines plane Kurdistan Workers Party and their White, Tom Millican, Richard H. diverted to Miami after landing bases of operations. Reports also Clark, Brad Lord-Leutwyler, Frank gear problem say that thousands more Turkish McEnulty, Steve Kissing An American Airlines (AA) plane troops are prepared to enter Iraq made a safe emergency landing if needed. Libertarian: James Burns, Bob after it was diverted to Miami, Jackson, Florida after the pilot reported that treaty to ban cluster National Socialist Order of there was a problem with the bombs reached in New America: John Taylor Bowles plane's front landing gear. Zealand Republicans: , An international meeting in New The plane, an McDonnell Douglas Duncan Hunter, Zealand has produced a draft MD-80/MD-90 flight 862, took off treaty to ban http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Category: just before 2:00 p.m. (eastern cluster bombs. 2008_United_States_presidential_election time) from Palm Beach Campaigners International Airport and was en Wikipedia Current Events say the meeting route to Chicago, Illinois when the has given a The White House announced that problem was reported just after decisive push to U.S. Army National Guard Master takeoff. It circled above Miami efforts to create Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble will International Airport to burn off a meaningful global agreement, posthumously receive the Medal fuel and made a safe and however, some say success is far of Honor for his heroism in the uneventful emergency landing. from guaranteed. Korean War. The plane made a flyby of the •The Swedish Academy, the body Robert Gates hopes to airport's tower where officials that awards the Nobel Prize in continue US troop cuts in Iraq could make a visual observation. Literature, names the professor US Defense Secretary Robert The front gear appeared to be of literature Anders Olsson as one Gates, en route to slightly bent in live footage shown of its members to succeed poet AUSMIN consultations by the Channel. in Australia, says that and writer Lars Forssell, who died in July 2007. he hopes the US will None of the 138 people on board be able to reduce •Turkey sends between three the plane were injured. troop commitments in thousand and ten thousand Iraq, but a pause in troops into northern Iraq. Draft treaty to ban cluster cuts may be needed after bombs reached in New Zealand Australia withdraws its troops •The Northern Rock bank is formally nationalized by the An international meeting in New British Government. Zealand has produced a draft

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en ..org Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews Page 2 treaty to ban cluster bombs. is inevitable. right you should spend your whole Campaigners say the meeting has life in prison." given a decisive push to efforts to "If we, you know, have 80 create a meaningful global countries that subscribe to it at the Speaking after the sentencing, agreement, however some say end of Dublin, that will be in Deputy Chief Constable of Suffolk success is far from guaranteed. terrific, and the signing will be in Police, Jacqui Cheer said, "At the December and we will use all of start of the inquiry we could not The draft accord drawn up in New that time to bring more countries have asked for anything more. It Zealand declares that cluster on board," she said. "I think we're is a tribute to all the people who bombs cause unacceptable harm going to see a very exciting new have been involved - not only to civilians, and that their treaty banning cluster munitions, police officers but their support production, stockpiling and use demonstrating that even in this teams and all the members of the must be banned. difficult time we can continue to public who phoned-in offering ban weapons that are information." The proposed accord has been indiscriminate and cause untold named the "Wellington civilian casualties and harm." Turkey sends thousands of Declaration," after talks this week troops into northern Iraq in the New Zealand capital Cluster bombs are designed to Reports say that Turkey has sent involving 122 countries. The explode above the ground and at least 10,000 troops into conference was organized by the release thousands of small northern Iraq in an attempt to Cluster Munitions Coalition, a bomblets primed to detonate on take down militants from the network of 200 private impact. Many do not explode Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and organizations that includes leaders immediately, and can lie in fields their bases of operations. Reports of the Nobel peace prize-winning or villages, where they later kill also say that thousands more International Campaign to Ban and maim people who come across Turkish troops are prepared to Landmines. them. enter Iraq if needed.

Activists hope the draft, which was Efforts toward an international ban "The Turkish Armed Forces, which signed by representatives of 82 of began in Norway last year. The attach great importance to Iraq's the attending nations, will be meeting in Wellington, and May's territorial integrity and stability, turned into a binding treaty at a follow-up in Ireland, are part of will return home in the shortest follow-up meeting scheduled in what is being called the "Oslo time possible after its goals have Ireland in May. Process." been achieved," said a statement posted on the Turkish military's However, British negotiators have Steve Wright, killer of five website. warned that tough discussions lie women in Suffolk, England, ahead before a binding treaty is sentenced to life imprisonment The United States military in Iraq finally signed. Steve Wright, yesterday convicted is "aware" that Turkish troops of the murder of five women in have begun to enter the country There is opposition to a global ban Ipswich, Suffolk, England, has and Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, a by the United States, Russia and today been sentenced at Ipswich U.S. military spokesman states China, as well as India, Pakistan Crown Court to life imprisonment. that "Turkey has given its and . All are major producers The bodies of the five women who assurances it will do everything of cluster munitions and none worked as sex workers in Ipswich possible to avoid collateral damage attended the Wellington summit. were found around the town in to innocent civilians or Kurdish Washington opposes a ban December 2006. infrastructure." because of the weapons' military effectiveness. The judge, Mr Justice Gross said "The United States continues to that a "substantial degree of pre- support Turkey's right to defend But Jody Williams, who was meditation and planning" was itself from the terrorist activities of awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in involved meaning the requirments the PKK and has encouraged 1997 for her work to ban for a whole life sentence for Wright Turkey to use all available means, landmines, says she believes an was met. He said, "This was a to include diplomacy and close international ban on cluster bombs targeted campaign of murder. It is coordination with the Government

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews Page 3 of Iraq to ultimately resolve this The warning to be included on the depression and that "suicidal issue," stated Smith. Consumer Medical Information tendencies may be present", Ms sheet inside the packaging will say Cross says doctors who prescribed On Thursday February 21, Turkish that the drug "may be associated the drug did not warn her about troops began to take out buildings with potentially dangerous these side effects. in abandoned villages believed to complex sleep-related behaviours be hideouts for militants of the … sleepwalking, sleep driving and A spokeswoman for the drug's PKK. other bizarre behaviours". manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis said it supported the TGA's decision. Australian drug regulator It will also warn patients not to requires warning on Zolpidem mix zolpidem with alcohol or other The criticism was a "largely Australia's Therapeutic Goods Central Nervous System Australian-specific phenomenon Administration (TDC) will require depressants and the drug should and in our view does not makers of the sleeping pill, "limit use to four weeks maximum accurately reflect [its] safety Zolpidem (marketed as Stilnox in under close medical supervision". profile", she said. Australia) to provide a warning about its "bizarre" and "potentially Some patients have been wins Democrats dangerous" side effects. The prescribed the drug for a number Abroad primary warning follows a decision by the of months, including 30-year-old Barack Obama, the junior senator National Drugs and Poisons Sydney woman Mairead Costigan, from Illinois and 2008 US Schedule Committee (NDPSC) not who fell to her death from the presidential candidate won another to reschedule the drug. Sydney Harbour Bridge nearly six primary this time in the support of months ago. Costigan had been Democrats living outside the The NDPSC had considered prescribed the drug for at least United States winning the changing zolpidem from a eight months, but just six days Democrats Abroad Global Primary Schedule 4 drug to a Schedule 8 before her death she switched to after the results from the contest drug, which would have placed it another sleeping pill (zopiclone). held across the globe have been in the same category as drugs like tallied. morphine and made it more Ms Costigan's sister Siobhan said difficult for doctors to prescribe. her family was disappointed but Obama got about 65 per cent of The NDPSC said zolpidem did not was not surprised by the TGA's more than 20,000 votes submitted meet criteria to become a decision. overseas. Democrats in more than Schedule 8 drug because there 160 countries cast ballots by mail, was insufficient evidence to "I understand that the committee fax, in person and for the first suggest a "substantial risk of received well over 100 time, online. The group set up abuse, dependence or misuse for submissions from members of the voting sites in more than 30 illegal purposes". public who have been adversely countries. The polls were open for affected or lost loved ones," she one week, starting on February 5 The warning follows more than said. and ending February 12. Most 1000 reports of the drug causing were not typical polling stations - people to walk, drive, eat and Independent ACT politician and balloting was held in bars, private have sex while they slept, among staunch opponent of the drug, clubs, or coffee shops. other suspected reactions. A TGA Helen Cross said that after being spokeswoman said the Adverse prescribed zolpidem, she became Democrats Abroad is a officially Medicine Events Line had also addicted to it and tried to commit sanctioned organization recognized received 19 reports of deaths, suicide three times. In one case, by the national Democratic party. most of them suicides, where the she sent friends a text message This means that Democrats Abroad patient had been taking zolpidem. saying "goodbye" without gets 14 of the 4,000-plus votes at remembering anything about the the national convention and is The spokeswoman said coronial incident when police arrived to treated like a "state committee" inquests on most of these deaths rescue her. despite not being an American had found no link between the state. However, the votes are half death and zolpidem. While prescription information for votes and not full votes. So far 9 the drug says it can increase delegates have been awarded due

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews Page 4 to the Global Primary, the other 5 Iraq over the next 10 months, at the same time we don't let this will be chosen at a Democrats although he and other thing fall back down the hole Abroad convention in Denver in commanders are leaning to a July again," Admiral William Fallon April. pause in cuts. said. Fallon, the commander of United States Central Command, The chair of Democrats Abroad Secretary Gates was en route to was speaking today in Ottawa, India, Carolyn Sauvage-Mar said, attend the Australia-United States Canada at a defense conference. "There were 100 and something Ministerial Consultations in He made no mention of a pause. voters who brought their kids, Canberra, Australia. The meetings, their friends, their families. also known as AUSMIN, have been Another topic at AUSMIN will be Because they wanted that sense of held annually since 1985. the military effort in Afghanistan, being together for a really but Gates says he is not worried important political moment." Also Australia has recently announced that Australia, now headed by adding, "This really gives plans to withdraw troops from Prime Minster Kevin Rudd, will Americans an opportunity to Australia, but Gates indicated that reduce troop levels there. participate." this would not be a source of friction between the two allies. "I've had two meetings with their Sauvage-Mar noted that new and defense minister at this , and younger voters showed up to the "We're concerned about the stress I don't have any sense of a change events, including a couple of 18 on our own forces. The Australians in direction in Afghanistan," Gates year olds, Indian-Americans and are confronting that challenge said. naturalized citizens from Ghana themselves," he told reporters and the United Kingdom. Giovanna aboard the plane. Australia is expected, according to Melandri, the Italian Minister for US defense officials, to request a Youth and Sports holds dual Gates said a brief pause "is greater role in decision-making citizenship in Italy and the United probably necessary in order to be process. The International Security States, and is a Democrat, cast able to assess the pacing of any Assistance Force in Afghanistan is her vote for Obama. subsequent drawdowns." led by NATO, of which Australia is not a member. "It wasn't an easy choice for me. I Although he did not say how long would still love seeing a ticket with a pause would be, his comments 46-passenger Venezuelan Obama and Hillary, a drive for suggested that reductions could plane reported missing change is what is needed in the begin again before the end of the A Venezuelan plane with 46 U.S. and I think that Obama has year. passengers onboard has been that drive," Melandri noted in a reported missing in western telephone interview with the "I don't think there's a need to be Venezuela, officials say. . doing any trust-building at the AUSMIN meeting tomorrow," said The Santa Barbara Airlines plane The Republicans have their own Australian Defence Minister Joel took off just before dusk from the organization for citizens overseas, Fitzgibbon on Friday. "The city of Mérida en route to Simón Republicans Abroad, however, it is relationship remains very, very Bolívar International Airport not treated as a "state committee" strong," he said. "The level of trust outside the capital city of Caracas. by the Republican National has never been higher and I look Committee which heads the forward to working forward Noel Marquez, director of Republican Party. As such, they do together with our American Venezuela's emergency not hold a primary and do not seat friends." management agency in Mérida, delegates at the convention. said the plane has failed to contact "As the winter accelerates into the control towers. Civil Defense chief Robert Gates hopes to continue springtime and the summer, that's General Antonio Rivero told US troop cuts in Iraq going to increase in pace, and reporters that it is unknown Speaking aboard a military we're hopeful that we can continue whether or not the plane crashed aircraft, Defense Secretary Robert that in a measured way that or is simply missing. Gates said that he intends to enables us to turn over the bulk of continue US troop reduction in the responsibility to the Iraqis, but Mérida a town roughly 680

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews Page 5 kilometers (422 miles) from on the scoreboard to tie the game half. Ryan Malone put the Caracas is a popular tourist 1-1. Moments later, a Ryan Bayda Penguins back up by two with a location. put Carlina back on top. power play goal at 6:59 in the Sergei Samsonov gave the second. Christopher Higgins would news: Hurricanes a 2 goal advantage get Montreal closer on the February 22, 2008 12:25 into the second period. Canadiens' second power play. @ New York Atlanta cut the deficit in half when Michael Ryder tied the score 21 Islanders Mark Recchi scored on a Thrashers seconds into the third period, and Chris Simon made his return to power play. Scott Walker made the Roman Hamrlik gave Montreal the Islanders lineup, as New York score 4-2 3:51 into the third their first lead of the game a few win their 6th straight, and the period. A Keith Aucoin goal minutes later. Lightning lose their 3rd straight, in increased Carolina's lead to 4. scored his 35th goal of the year to this low scoring game at Nassau Todd White scored for Atlanta in retie the score 4-4. Sergei Veterans Memorial Coliseum in the closing minutes of the game, Gonchar scored the go-ahead goal Uniondale, New York. Miroslav but it wasn't enough to catch up to for Pittsburgh as they retake the Satan broke the scoreless tie 5:37 Carolina, who now snapped a 2 lead 11 minutes through the final into the third period, assisted by game losing streak. period, and take their third win in Sean Bergenheim and Drew Fata. a row. Malkin and Whitney each Rick DiPietro picked up his third @ Toronto Maple had three points for the Penguins. shutout of the season and Leafs improved his record to 26-21-7. Brian Campbell put Buffalo in the Simon, who was suspended on lead 2:36 into the first period. Less @ Ottawa December 19 for an on-ice incident than a minute into the next period, Senators where he stepped on Penguin Thomas Vanek, coming off of a hat Cory Stillman scored in the 's skate, played 9 trick performance against Tampa opening minute of the game to shifts, on the ice for 6:17 of the Bay 24 hours earlier, increased the give the Senators an early 1-0 game. Buffalo lead to two goals. lead. Rick Nash tied the score with Toronto's Pavel Kubina scored on a his 32nd goal of the season 4:07 San Jose Sharks @ Philadelphia Leafs power play moments later to into the second period. Andrej Flyers cut Buffalo's lead in half. Vanek Meszaros scored on Ottawa's Jonathan Cheechoo put San Jose assisted in the next two Buffalo, power play to retake the lead for up 1-0 15:56 into the first period. first when Ales Kotalik scored 8:59 the Senators. Sergei Fedorov tied The Flyers tied the score on a Mike into the second period, then again it up 5:28 into the third to send it Knuble goal, his 22nd of the when Derek Roy scored on to a shootout. Nash and Nikolai season. Milan Michalek put the Buffalo's 4th power play of the Zherdev each scored on Ottawa's Sharks back on top early in the night at 14:49. Kotalik scored his Ray Emery. Pascal Leclaire third period, and Douglas Murray second of the night on an empty stopped Daniel Alfredsson and scored on a San Jose power play net in the closing minute of the Antoine Vermette. Columbus came to put them up by 2. Joe Thornton game. Buffalo has their 10th win in from behind to win just their third had 2 assists for the Sharks, his 14 games, and Vanek picks up his game in 12. 52nd and 53rd of the season. 22nd point in his last 17 games. Evgeni Nabokov picked up his 33rd Buffalo goaltender Ryan Miller Boston Bruins @ Florida Panthers win of the season, stopping 26 made 34 saves. Jay Bouwmeester scored for shots while allowing only 1. The Florida 2:40 into the game to give Sharks break a 5 game losing @ Montreal the Panthers an early lead. Marco streak; Philadelphia is now winless Canadiens Sturm tied the game early in the in their last 9. Ryan Whitney scored 6:46 into the second period for Boston. Florida game to put the Penguins up 1-0. were up by 2 after Steve Montador Atlanta Thrashers @ Carolina Jarkko Ruutu scored an unassisted and Rostislav Olesz each scored Hurricanes goal with 1:13 left in the opening goals. Dennis Wideman cut the Ray Whitney scored after a period to give Pittsburgh a two Florida lead in half on Boston's scoreless first period to give goal advantage. Montreal captain second power play, but Kamil Carolina the first lead of the game. Saku Koivu picked up his 12th goal Kreps put Florida back up by two 1:40 later, Eric Perrin put Atlanta of the year to cut their deficit in with a second remaining in the

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews Page 6 second period. Zdeno Chara and puck Mike Cammalleri shot, to give Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Phil Kessel tied the score with the Kings a 5-0 lead 3:31 into the Brian Eno, and Radiohead. He was goals 1:38 apart to send the game third, which also gave O'Sullivan 82 to overtime. Sturm scored on his 5th point of the night from an Tomas Vokoun for the only assist. Martin Rucinsky ruined Dan Today in History shootout goal, as Boston sneaks Cloutier's shutout attempt by 1820 – British authorities arrested past the Florida Panthers, who scoring with 4:02 left in the game. the conspirators of the Cato Street have now lost their third straight. Cammalleri had 3 points, assisting Conspiracy, an attempt to murder on all of Frolov's goals. Chris Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and Vancouver Canucks @ Nashville Beckford-Tseu made his NHL all the British cabinet ministers. Predators debut, replacing goaltender Manny 1903 – The Cuban-American Kevin Bieksa made his return to Legace in the second period after Treaty was finalized, allowing the the Canucks lineup tonight against giving up 4 goals in 19 shots. United States to perpetually lease the team he was playing when he Cloutier, who filled in for the Guantánamo Bay from Cuba for suffered a deep gash to his right injured Jason LaBarbera, made 32 the purposes of operating coaling calf November 1. Mason Raymond saves. and naval stations. put Vancouver ahead first in the 1945 – American photographer Joe closing minute of the opening Other news Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize- period. Jason Arnott put Nashville Philadelphia's Simon Gagne was winning photograph Raising the on the board 5:42 into the second told by concussion doctors that he Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle period on a 5-on-3 power play. should take the rest of the season of Iwo Jima in World War II, an Alexander Edler retook the lead for off. Gagne, who has 18 points in image that was later reproduced Vancouver on a Canucks power 25 games this season, suffered his as the U.S. Marine Corps War play 12:49 into the period, his 6th third concussion in 5 months on Memorial. of the year, which was assisted by February 10 in a 4-3 loss to the 1947 – The International Raymond and Ryan Shannon. Penguins. Organization for Standardization Marek Zidlicky gave Nashville their (ISO) was founded. It is second power play goal to tie the Firefox hits 500,000,000 responsible for worldwide score 2-2 and send it to a downloads industrial and commercial ISO shootout. Raymond scored the The Firefox browser has been standards. only shootout goal on Nashville downloaded 500 million times. The 2005 – The controversial French goalie Chris Mason. Roberto Firefox community is celebrating law on colonialism was passed, Luongo made 49 saves to keep by raising 500 million grains of rice requiring lycée teachers to teach Vancouver in the game, and at FreeRice. That, says Mozilla, is "the positive role" of French stopped all three Nashville enough to feed 25,000 people for colonialism to their students. attempts in the shootout, as a day. February 23 is Defender of the Vancouver picks up their third win Fatherland Day in Russia; in a row. Obama wins in the Netherlands Mashramani in Guyana; National U.S. president candidate Barack Day in Brunei. St. Louis Blues @ Los Angeles Obama has won the primary Kings election for the Democratic Quote of the Day After a scoreless first period, the nomination in the Netherlands. There is but one coward on earth, Kings had a flurry of goals in the According to Democrats Abroad and that is the coward that dare second period. First, Anze Kopitar Obama won 443 votes, against not know. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois scored on Los Angeles' first power 222 for opponent . play of the game. Soon after, Word of the Day Alexander Frolov scored a pair of Record producer, Teo Macero didgeridoo n back-to-back goals. Patrick dies 1. A musical instrument O'Sullivan, after assisting on the Teo Macero best known for his endemic to Australia, first three Kings goals, scored one work with Miles Davis on many of consisting of a long of his own on Los Angeles' second his albums in the 1960s and 1970s hollowed out log, which power play, to give them a four has died. Other artists he worked produces a low, deep drone goal lead after two periods. Frolov with included J. J. Johnson, when blown into. picked up a hat trick, deflecting a Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Mathis,

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