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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Brookings Institution researchers Clifford Gaddy and Igor Danchenko UK public sector workers agreement by operating their claim that Putin's dissertation, strike over pension rights iTunes Music Store. which earned him a candidate's Government workers in the UK •Afghan Christian convert Abdul degree in economics from the St. withdrew their labour on March Rahman takes political asylum in Petersburg Mining Institute, copies 29 as part of a dispute over Italy. Many Islamic clerics and almost verbatim from the text. pension entitlements. The members of Afghanistan's Putin's biography at the Kremlin members of 11 different trades parliament protest his release. web site describes a candidate's unions were involved in the 24hr degree as equivalent to a Ph.D.. strike. •A total solar eclipse may be observed from 08:36 GMT (09:36 Gaddy states, "I'm convinced that Airbus A380 safety test BST) to 11:48 GMT (12:48 BST) Putin did read that textbook. This injures 33 in Eastern Brazil, West and North is exactly the style of governing Thirty-three people were injured Africa, Turkey, Central Asia and the country that he has used in during a test of the Airbus A380, Mongolia. Russia. He's actually taking their a double decker superjumbo jet, Former Liberian President ideas and treating Russia as if it's in Hamburg, Germany. Injuries • Charles Taylor is captured after a corporation -- 'Russia include friction burns from sliding disappearing in Nigeria and is Incorporated.'" down the escape ramps and one extradited to Sierra Leone. broken leg. 853 volunteer Many Russian government officials "passengers" and 20 crew •The chief prosecutor in Austria at the time would pay a members took about 80 seconds seeks an arrest warrant for ghostwriter for such publications, to evacuate the aircraft, beating former Refco chairman Phillip as gaining a degree could add the test's requirements by 10 Bennett and former Refco client legitimacy to one's governing seconds and over 200 people Wolfgang Floettl on suspicion policy. In that sense, it is possible "rescued". they helped defraud Austria's Putin bought or paid for the Bawag Bank. dissertation and did not read over Featured story - in essence, passing plagiarised U.S.A. researchers claim work off as his own, but not Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal Putin's dissertation contains himself committing plagiarism. gets final approval by city plagiarism Gaddy states: "It's very clear he Planning Board Researchers at the Brookings never wrote the thing in the first In an unanimous vote, the City of Institution, a non-profit think tank case, this is a clear diploma-mill- Buffalo's Planning Board located in Washington D.C., have type operation. This is a approved the Elmwood Village recently accused Russian President dissertation, paid for, made-to- Hotel proposal. Although the Vladimir Putin of making improper order." meeting was not a "public use of almost 16 pages and six hearing", citizens lashed out at figures from a 1982 translation of Although Gaddy and Danchenko the board members for not a 1978 textbook in his economics set out searching for Putin's views letting them speak. dissertation. Strategic Planning on economics and sustainable and Policy, written by University of development, they noticed in Wikipedia Current Events Pittsburgh professors William R. reading his dissertation that • The Beatles' record label Apple King and David I. Cleland, was certain sections seemed out of Corps accuse Apple Computer in published in 1979. place. It was in the Russian court of breaching a trademark translation of the only English-

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Thursday, March 30, 2006 Wikinews Page 2 language source cited that they peacekeepers to the region. commercial vessels have discovered what they believe to be absolutely no role in looking out plagiarism. Jämtin had earlier stated a desire for Australia" and that Ellison will to visit Darfur after receiving "rely on reports to our hotline and King and Cleland have no plans to worrying reports of the go out and inspect vessels". sue. humanitarian situation there. Her visit had been cleared by the Later, Senator Kerry O'Brien UN Security Council calls on government in Khartoum. The (Labor, Tasmania) criticised the Iran to suspend uranium Foreign Minister will continue her Government's implementation of enrichment trip to other parts of Sudan, coastal defense, and highlighted The U.N. Security Council has including a visit to the Vice the dangers of ignoring the ship unanimously approved a non- President. for seventeen days, saying that "it binding statement earlier today posed and possibly still poses calling for Iran to suspend its Jian Seng ghost ship affair unknown environmental and uranium enrichment. brings criticism of Australian quarantine risks" and that the Jian government Seng "has been refused admission The five permanent members of Criticism was targeted to to Weipa harbour...It could have the U.N. Security Council agreed Government efforts in the affair of been carrying literally anything. It on the statement earlier today, the Jian Seng in the Australian could have been carrying setting the stage for the first Senate March 28 and 29 over the chemicals. It could have been action by the Security Council over handling of the ghost ship, the carrying guns". fears that Iran wants to join the tanker Jian Seng, which was found growing list of nations possessing abandoned and unlit in the Gulf of Senator David Johnston (Liberal, nuclear weapons. Carpentaria. ) went on to debate that there are no shipping The Security Council will ask the Senator Joe Ludwig (Labor, lanes in the area where the Jian Internation Atomic Energy Agency Queensland) asked of the Minister Seng was found, and that devoting to monitor Iran's compliance with for Justice and Customs Senator resources to a harmless ship it's request. Russia and China, two Chris Ellison in Question Time would leave gaps in the coastal members of the Security Council, whether he stood by his claim that defenses elsewhere. have stated opposition to using he made yesterday that the force or imposing sanctions on discovery of the Jian Seng Search for body fails on New Iran. demonstrated that the Australian Zealand's Raoul island Government had in place "aerial According to a statement by a The IAEA will have thirty days to and maritime surveillance to police officer sent to Raoul Island file a report. intercept a vessel in these in order to find the body of Mark circumstances, and that was Kearny, 33, who worked on Darfur declares Swedish done", and asked why it took the researches on volcanoes on Raoul Foreign Minister unwelcome Government two weeks to Island, Kearny was checking the According to the governor of intercept the vessel after it temperature of the crater lake on Darfur, Swedish Acting Minister for entered Australian waters. Senator March 17 when it erupted, blowing Foreign Affairs Carin Jämtin is not Ellison responded that at the trees over, throwing boulders into welcome in the region due to vessel's first sighting on March 8 the air, and burying the Sweden's involvement in the "it was not doing anything illegal", surrounding area in mud up to 5m Mohammed Cartoons controversy. and criticised the Opposition's deep. A team of specialists has Her planned visit has now been claim that the ship was drifting for been sent to the island, but it is cancelled for security reasons. seventeen days, saying that "it likely that the immense heat has Jämtin's press secretary, John was not stated as having drifted destroyed the body of Mr Kearny. Zanchi, believes that the true for the whole of the 17 days". motivation is that Darfur's Ludwig went on to note that it was Blair challenges New Zealand governor wants as little foreign not Customs that spotted the ship to fight against global warming involvement as possible in the but a "passing Australian barge", British Prime Minister Tony Blair local conflict. Sweden has been but Ellison had defended this, sees New Zealand facing the actively working to send UN stating that Ludwig "thinks that challenge of playing a significant

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, March 30, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 role in the fight against global staff to continue to retire at 60 Australian House of warming. He mentioned in a video while local government staff will Representatives acknowledges conference between Auckland and be forced to work until they are efforts a conference hosted by Victoria 65. Civil servants work for national The Australian House of University of Wellington that the government, teachers work for Representatives today country could be a important local councils but have their own acknowledged the impact of the factor in performing that change. pension arrangements and most recent devastating Cyclone Larry It could persuade others to adopt health workers are employed by and the efforts of the support reasonable policies for the state-controlled National given to the residents and sustainability, he told a conference Health Service. communities of north Queensland in Te Papa. in order to restore normal life. The Local Government Association Tony Blair, who visited New claims that if council workers Phillip Ruddock (Liberal, Berowra) Zealand for 24 hours, said that the continue to be able to retire at 60, moved a motion expressing this pressure must be kept on it will increase the levels of Council after Question Time today, which governments to address climate Tax (a tax on people living in included a description of the change whether or not they are properties which funds a devastation wrought on the area, signatories to the Kyoto Protocol. proportion of local government the response by the Australian He encouraged ordinary people as expenditure) by 2%. Government and the Australian well to take part in solving this Defence Force, and thanked the great task: "One of the things you The striking workers provide a efforts of people for their and other people can do is keep wide range of services from "willingness to roll up their sleeves up the pressure... there are going assisting teachers in the class and get on with the job of cleaning to be some difficult decisions for room, through inspecting kitchens up and rebuilding their towns and government". for hygiene to provising care to centres." the vulnerable in society. In some UK public sector workers strike places council workers collect tolls The Leader of the Opposition, Kim over pension rights for road tunnels or manage Beazley (Labor, Brand) supported Local Government workers in the ferries. Mainstream media have the motion, and congratulated the UK withdrew their labour reported on the strike all day with move to put General Peter yesterday as part of a dispute over heavy coverage of disruption to Cosgrove in charge of operations, pension entitlements. The commuters where transport has stating that soldiers "know how to members of 11 different trades been affected. The unions have work through logistics issues...how unions were involved in the 24hr emphasised the large number of to work around officialdom or strike. As the day began they their members who are women blockages", praised both local declared that support for the strike working in low paid jobs. federal and state members of was solid. Although the strikers Parliament, and especially the work for local councils, their pay The Government which regulates Labor Queensland state premier, and conditions are agreed the scheme claimed that the early Peter Beattie. nationally. The Local Government retirement provisions (called the Association which represents the rule of 85) were age- Bob Katter (Independent, local councils in England and discriminatory and had to be Kennedy) was more critical in his Wales declared predictions that removed. speech. Katter thanked Beattie for 1.5 million people would stay away his immediate response, but also from work as "wildly optimistic". The strike ended at midnight. The described his confrontation with Unions have not declared any him and said how first responses The Unions' complaint is that local further strike days. were "simply not working", but government workers are being also praised Beattie's decision on treated unfavourably compared to The Unions involved were AEP, Cosgrove. Katter also described other public sector employees. AMICUS, CYWU, GMB, NAPO, how the incident was "the worst They say that agreements on NIPSA, NUJ, NUT, TGWU, UCATT natural disaster in Australian pensions that have been reached and UNISON. history" and how the banana with civil servants, teachers and industry in north Queensland was health workers will allow those decimated. Katter went on to

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