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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events NASA observes largest •6 men from the former Yugoslavia •Scotland's John Higgins beats on record and the Middle East are arrested England's Mark Selby in the World SN 2006gy in a plot to attack Fort Dix, New Snooker Championship 2007 final was the Jersey to "kill as many soldiers as by 18-13 frames. brightest, possible". •Hebrew University archaeologist largest •Former US President Bill Clinton Ehud Netzer lays claim to supernova announces a deal with drug discovering the tomb of Herod the ever companies to lower the price of Great in Herodium. discovered, anti-AIDS drugs in Third World scientists countries. announced. NCAA Sports: Mid-Con name to The was •Andre Boisclair resigns as the be dropped in favor of Summit in the NGC 1260 , in the leader of the Parti Quebecois. League same direction as the A major change for one of the •The Treasurer of Australia Peter and may be a type of United States Division I NCAA Costello delivers his twelfth supernova previously predicted by member conferences was budget with significant tax cuts theory but not observed. accidentally leaked to the news and increases in government media a week early. It appears the spending on education and health. President-elect Sarkozy Mid-Continent Conference has promises change for France •The Movement for the secretly been planning to change Nicolas Sarkozy has Emancipation of the Niger Delta its name to the "Summit League," been elected as the blows up three oil pipelines in the for some time, according to a 23rd President of Niger delta in the south of Nigeria. television report by Indiana's News Center in Fort Wayne. the French Republic •Home rule returns to Northern with 53% of the Ireland. DUP leader Ian Paisley The secret was planned by the vote. France and and Sinn Féin's Martin the world reacts. league officials to be revealed in a McGuinness take office as First May 15 news conference, when the Sarkozy outlines Minister and Deputy First Minister, policies. Mid-Con was also scheduled to respectively. unveil a new conference logo. •A suicide bomber kills at least 10 Featured story people and injures many more in The local television station noticed Iran's leader appoints new an attack on the Shi'ite city of the change when new 2007-2008 members to cultural council Kufa in Iraq. telephone directories were released The Supreme for Fort Wayne by Verizon •Tomislav Nikolić, the temporary Leader of Iran, Communications. It included an leader of the Serbian Radical Ali Khamenei, advertisement stating that IPFW, Party, is elected as the Speaker of appointed 22 the local NCAA Division I university, the National Assembly of Serbia. members to the main body that would be joining the "Summit determines the cultural policy of •Former Prime Minister of Australia League" as a member school in Iran. The body is known as the Gough Whitlam gives evidence to 2007. Previously the university said Supreme Council of the Cultural the coronial inquest into the death it was joining the Mid-Continent Revolution. of the Balibo Five in Balibo, East Conference as of July 1, 2007. Timor in October 1975. According to the television report,

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 when asked to clarify the matter, grievance case, at which point the resignation today as leader of the IPFW confirmed that the Mid-Con franchise owners went to the Parti Québécois (PQ). He said he will be changing its name to police. She was subsequently would stay as an MNA for his riding "Summit League," that the decision arrested and put in jail for two of Pointe-aux-Trembles in Montreal, had been made some time ago. hours 20 days after being Quebec. An interim leader has yet According to the report, the suspended. The video shows that to be named. "Summit League" moniker will take Ms. Lang took a break following her effect in June. friend coming into the workplace. "I want to thank from the bottom of She then shares her drink, gets a my heart everyone who has Dunedin Subway manager free refill and leaves it with her supported me up until now," he sacks New Zealand worker for friend while she continued her said. "I will no longer lead the Parti sharing drink, lays theft work. Quebecois. I was honored to charges represent the Parti Quebecois's A worker at a Dunedin, New At 12.00 p.m. (NZST) the Otago members." Zealand Subway has been sacked University Young Labour branch from her full-time job for "serious organised a protest, starting at the His party finished third in the 2007 misconduct". Her manager sacked university and finishing at the Quebec general election winning 36 her when, she shared some of her George Street Subway. President of seats in the province sparking free Diet Coke with a friend in the university's Young Labour rumours of a Confidence Motion distress. After being sacked, she branch, Ashley Murchison said, "I’m reviewing his leadership. His was also charged with the theft of disappointed that any employer resignation also follows last Friday's two NZ$4.00 drinks by the New would treat their workers like this, Radio-Canada broadcast talking of Zealand Police. especially over a matter this trivial, rumours of federal Bloc Québécois which could have easily been leader Gilles Duceppe interested in Jackie Lang, the employee, was resolved internally." going federal with the Parti entitled to a free drink while she Québécois, if Boisclair stepped was working at the George Street Before the incident, Jackie Lang down or a Confidence Motion was franchise of Subway. "They are had a clean employment history proposed. Both party's share the allowed endless amounts of soft and no criminal record, which is some ideology aimed at separating drink if they work there. Her friend why she is surprised the case Quebec from Canada. came in all upset and distressed, so wasn't handled internally. "It's a Jackie took a break, poured a drink human thing to do to offer a drink Speaking outside the House of and sat down with her," Bill Clark, as comfort. If Subway doesn't like Commons Tuesday, Duceppe from the Autonomous Workers it, they have internal procedures to remained coy about his own plans. Union, said. deal with that," she said. "We are here to pay homage to Andre Boisclair. It is not for me to Mr. Clark said it was the most Prior to the protest, Young Labour make a decision," said Duceppe. vicious action that a company has announced a nationwide boycott of "He made a noble decision in the done in relation to the offence that Subway, though promoting a focus best interests of the sovereigntist he has had to deal with, a view on Dunedin. movement," continued Duceppe, in shared with Ms Lang. Ms Lang said, reference to Boisclair's resignation. "I shared my drink with my friend. The franchise co-owner, Rob Nicol, I was only trying to comfort her. has refused to comment on the Boisclair, 41, started his career Isn't it what most people would do? matter stating it is a matter when, just at 23, represented the I mean, I wasn't trying to do between herself, her business Quebec riding of Gouin with the anything wrong. I did what I partner, the police and the Parti Québécois in 1984, becoming thought any person would do in the employee. the youngest member ever elected situation." to the Quebec National Assembly. Ms. Lang will appear in Dunedin He later became a cabinet minister Ms. Lang was suspended for two District Court later this month. twice; from 1996 to 2001 under PQ weeks following the incident after premier Lucien Bouchard and again management was shown video Parti Québécois leader steps from 2001 to 2003 PQ premier footage on March 19. After being down Bernard Landry. He resigned in suspended she filed a personal André Boisclair announced his August 2004 in order to attend

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Harvard University's John F. access to the Persian Gulf and meet with an arms dealer where Kennedy School of Government, beyond. they wanted to purchase five AK-47 attending speeches by Michael automatic machine guns and three Ignatieff. On the 2005 Parti Later, President Rakhman met with M-16 assault rifles at a residence in Québécois leadership election Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, the Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It was at Boisclair became the sixth leader of speaker of the Islamic Consultative this point they were arrested. the party. Assembly of Iran, and expressed support for the nuclear program of U.S. Attorney for New Jersey He admitted to using cocaine Iran,“ It is the legitimate right of Christopher J. Christie called the during his time in the legislature. the Islamic Republic of Iran to the camera store owner who tipped Boisclair is also the first ever benefit from peaceful nuclear off the FBI to the terror cell "an publicly gay politician in Quebec. energy. American hero", according to Richard Degener of The Press of Tajik president meets Six arrested in plot against US Atlantic City. Christie spoke at the Khamenei in Tehran army base in New Jersey Flanders Hotel on Tuesday to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Federal investigators in the United Ocean City Regional Chamber of Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, States have arrested six men on Commerce. "The camera store received the president of Tajikistan, Monday evening on charges of owner saw Muslim men in military Imomali Rakhman, in Tehran today. conspiracy to kill US servicemen. garb toting weapons in the woods. Their meeting focused on The men are alleged to be He heard them talking about jihad expanding bilateral ties between members of an Islamic radical and how Allah was great. He called the two nations and trilateral talks terror cell who were planning a the FBI and became a hero," among the three Persian-speaking heavily armed attack against Christie said. nations. Moreover, both heads of soldiers at the United States Army state expressed the desire to facility at Fort Dix in New Jersey. One member of the terror cell was expand ties with the Islamic world. able to gain detailed knowledge of The US Attorney's Office said that the military base from his work as Khamenei stated that the past of some of the men were living a pizza delivery driver. The plot was Iran and Tajikistan are intertwined illegally in the US, while others to take over guard posts and "kill religiously and culturally. This is were legal immigrants. It identified hundreds of Fort Dix soldiers", because Tajikistan was part of Iran the men as Dritan Duka, Eljvir Christie said. U.S. Marshal James before the late 1700s. Duka, Shain Duka, Serdar Tatar, Plousis joined Christie at the Nevertheless, Khamenei said the Mohamad Shnewer and Agron Chamber of Commerce luncheon the true religion of Islam is the key Abdullahu. They were said to be with 50 area Atlantic City to Islamic unity among all of the four ethnic Albanians (from the merchants to talk about the value Islamic Countries. Rakhman agreed former Yugoslavia), one from of reporting suspicious activity. with Khamenei and said, “Enemies Turkey, and the sixth man from of Islam and the Islamic Republic Jordan. "They are not being charged with are not willing to see the expanding being members of an international levels of ties between Iran and the Reportedly, the FBI had the men terror organisation," said White regional countries or the world of under surveillance for 16 months as House spokesperson, Tony Snow. Islam, nevertheless, Iran's unity- they trained with both paintball "However, their involvement in inspiring policies besides its guns and real weapons in the the weapons training, operational progress has become source of Poconos Mountains area of surveillance and discussions about pride and opportunities for the Pennsylvania. The men video-taped killing American military personnel region and the whole world of their training and brought the tapes warranted a strong law Islam. ” to a camera store to be copied to enforcement response." DVD. The camera store owner The Tajik president also said that alerted the FBI, which then began NASA observes largest should Iran, Afghanistan, and its investigation. supernova on record Tajikistan become linked through SN 2006gy was the brightest and railway, then the flow of many The Star-Ledger reports that the largest supernova ever discovered, resources to Central Asia and China men were lured by an FBI scientists announced. The star was will be made possible due to Iran's informant into a sting operation to in the NGC 1260 galaxy, in the

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 same direction as the constellation MEND, said in an e-mail. Perseus and may be a type of The victim, a 27-year-old supernova previously predicted by behavioral science student, was Up to 25% of the usual production theory but not observed. The stabbed several times in the chest is said to have been lost last year. conclusion was reached after by a masked female stranger in a extended observations of the toilet block outside the Bundoora NATO forces attacked, civilians supernova by both optical campus library. Students quickly caught in the cross fire and X-ray telescopy. evacuated the library after seeing At around 1am local time NATO Currently, there are two possible the victim running from the forces came under attack from explanations for the supernova's bathroom, screaming that she had insurgents in Kandahar City, brightness, but both require the been stabbed and leaving a trail of Afghanistan. During the battle one star in question to have been at blood behind her. The 23-year-old civilian was killed and another two least a hundred times as massive attacker has been charged with were injured with conflicting as the sun. Although the supernova attempted murder. Witnesses to the reports as to who was to blame. is brighter than SN 1987A, which event are being offered councelling First hand reports lay blame on the was bright enough to be seen by services. NATO troops however there has the naked eye, SN 2006gy is too been no official confirmation either far away to be seen by the naked Sarkozy criticized over way as yet. The nationality of the eye. vacation cruise NATO soldiers involved in the President-elect of France, Nicolas incident has not been released. The star , which is in Sarkozy was criticized for going on Both NATO and the Afghan Police our galaxy, is similar in size to the a luxury cruise in Malta with his are investigating the civilian death star which became SN 2006gy. It is family, right after winning the and injuries. possible that Eta Carinae could election on a platform that supernova in a similar fashion. emphasized hard work. The Associated Press states that Dave Pooley, one of the discoverers 151 Afghan civilians have been of SN 2006gy said that if Eta "It sends a disastrous signal to the killed in combat during the first 4 Carinae exploded in a similar country, notably the 53 percent of months of 2007, and that 51 of fashion, it would be bright enough French people who earn less than these died from NATO and/or US that one could read by its light. 800 euros a month and who voted fire. However, Pooley estimates the for him," said Patrick Menucci, likelihood of the star exploding former advisor to Ségolène Royal. DOE awards management of soon is small and estimates that, US nuclear lab to UC-led team even if it did explode, the risk to However, Sarkozy last week In Washington DC, Department of life on earth would be minimal. explained the reasons for taking Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman what was supposed to an announced the awarding of the Israeli archaeologists find unpublicized retreat. He said he Management & Operation (M&O) tomb of Herod the Great needed time to prepare himself for contract for Lawrence Livermore The Hebrew University of Jerusalem the heavy burden of state. National Laboratory today in a announced that it has uncovered press conference. The M&O the grave and tomb of King Herod, Nigerian rebels force further oil contract was awarded to a who ruled Judea for the Roman shutdowns consortium comprised of the empire from circa 37 BCE. The Attacks by Movement for the University of California, Bechtel Tomb was found at Herodium, 12 Emancipation of the Niger Delta National, BWX Technologies, km south of Jerusalem. (MEND) in Nigeria have reportedly Washington Group International, forced Italian oil company Eni to and Battelle, to be known as Woman stable after La Trobe shut down production of some 150 Lawrence Livermore National University stabbing thousand barrels of oil per day. Security (LLNS) LLC. An Australian female science student is in a serious but stable "We intend to destroy between now "Livermore National Laboratory is a condition at the Royal Melbourne and May 29 more pipes than we critical part of our nuclear weapons Hospital after being stabbed by have destroyed in the last one complex and has been for the last another female student at La Trobe year," Jomo Gbomo (suspected to 55 years," Secretary Bodman said. University this morning. be a pseudonym), spokesperson for "For the first time since the

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