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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events New PlayStation 3 lines wear the burqa. (BBC) to Barry Bonds, is ordered to go people up in stores today to prison for the third time for •Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant The new PlayStation 3 is getting contempt of a grand jury for reports that officers of the more people lining up in stores refusing to testify against Bonds Military Intelligence and Security than people walking out. Ebay regarding alleged perjury in Service of the Netherlands have has pages full of PlayStations at connection to an earlier steroids physically abused prisoners in the about US$3,000 up to US$5,000. investigation. Iraqi governorate of Al Muthanna.

Alleged Russian spy captured •Australian and New Zealand Wild storm forces Vancouver to in Montreal military forces are on standby to issue boil water advisory An alleged Russian spy was fly to Tonga following riots in the Wednesday's storm has caused the arrested in Montreal. He had Tongan capital Nuku'alofa entire Greater Vancouver area to threatened national security. The yesterday. Eight people died in issue a boil water warning. The man is identified as a Russian spy the riots. The Tongan government storm overwhelmed three local and has been living under a false declares a state of emergency water reservoirs which serves name. and passes emergency laws more than two million people. giving security forces the right to stop and search people without a Featured story The local medical health officer warrant. advised that tap water not be used Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. •Kazakh President Nursultan for anything. hotel reportedly dead: parcels Nazarbayev calls on the for sale "by owner" Government to switch the "We know that with turbidity levels A proposed hotel that was alphabet used in the Kazakh this high there is an increased risk supposed to be built at the corner language from Cyrillic letters to of gastrointestinal illness. So of Elmwood and Forest Avenues Latin. people need to be aware of that, in Buffalo, New York is apparently although it's their choice," warned off the table and properties are •Former Uruguayan dictator Juan Dr. Patricia Daly, medical health for sale. María Bordaberry is arrested in officer for Vancouver Coastal connection with the 1976 Health Authority. "If I'm asked, I'm Wikipedia Current Events abduction and assassination of 2 telling the public: Don't drink the congressmen. • UK prime minister Tony Blair has water from the tap at this time. admitted that Iraq is 'pretty •President of the United States Drink bottled water or boil your much a disaster' in an interview George W. Bush and Prime water for a full minute." broadcast today on Al Jazeera Minister of Australia John Howard English. discuss Iraq strategy over lunch. The Greater Vancouver area has The two leaders are attending an received a total of 236.8mm of •The Government of the rain this month. The rainfall record Netherlands announces it will Asia-Pacific Economic of 350.8mm was set in 1983, introduce a bill banning the Cooperation meeting in . according to measurements taken wearing of the burqa in public, •The Chinese Government blocks at Vancouver International Airport. stating that burqas disturb public internet access to Wikipedia in order, citizens and safety. About less than one week after a Starbucks, a coffee shop, in 5% of the Dutch population is year-long ban was lifted. downtown Vancouver had to stop Muslim, but only a few dozen •Greg Anderson, personal trainer serving coffee and grocery stores

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Saturday, November 18, 2006 Wikinews Page 2 had to turn off the produce It has gotten so bad that two repeatedly refused to show ID sprayers used to cool vegetables. gunmen in Putnam, Connecticut, while the officers were making a came up to 15 to 20 people usual 11:00PM safety sweep of a BC Hydro are busy at the moment standing outside Wal-Mart a little campus library. Tasers are meant repairing power and telephone after 3:00 a.m. and demanded to be non-lethal weapons which lines blown down in the heavy money. One man resisted and he immobilize people by discharging winds. It left over 220,000 was shot. Police are now on the an electrical charge into their customers without electricity. scene and are searching for the bodies. Their use has been suspects. considered controversial. 2006 MLS championship goes to Houston Dynamos Ebay is restricting PlayStation 3's A statement put out by the Ninety minutes wasn't long enough to only experienced ebay sellers University of California, LA police to decide the Major League with high ratings. Only one PS3 department says that the student, Soccer's 2006 Championship game can be listed per eBay account. Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23, was last Sunday between the Houston The listing has to include a photo asked to leave multiple times Dynamo and the New England of the pre-order receipt and the during the incident and refused. It Revolution. At the end of seller must guarantee shipment goes on to say that when officers regulation play the score stood at within 30 days starting from the tried to escort him out of the 0-0. date of purchase. library he continued to refuse to cooperate. Two 15 minute overtime periods Convoy attacked in Iraq, 5 commenced. In the 113th minute kidnapped Some witnesses refute this Revolution striker Taylor Twellman Five contractors, four Americans statement saying that finally put the ball into the net and an Austrian, working for Tabatabainejad had been walking from 18 meters out, giving New Crescent Security Group were toward the door of the library England a 1-0 lead. Minutes later - kidnapped in Iraq after their when police grabbed him. one commentator mentioned it convoy was attacked and hijacked happened while New England was by militants. At least 2 of the Police tasered Tabatabainejad still celebrating its goal - Houston's American men have been freed by multiple times after the student Brian Ching, with a header assist police officers, but the security attempted to encourage other from Brian Mullan, brought the guard from Austria, a 25 year-old students to join him in his act of score back to a tie at 1-1. former soldier, has been killed. His resistance. This action was caught body was found in Safwan, Iraq by another student via a cell Five minutes later the according to a police officer for the phone. The video has been posted championship game went into a Basra, Iraq police force. to YouTube. best-of-five penalty kick period. "Police were able to free two of the This is the third incident this Making the final score 4-3, Brian foreigners kidnapped and they are month where a LA police Ching made the winning kick that in good health," said the Basra department has been taped finally gave Houston the 2006 provincial governor, Mohammed al- engaging in critical behavior. Major League Soccer championship Waili. as the record crowd of 22,427 in Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams Frisco's Pizza Hut Park watched. The men were on their way to in a statment promised an Nassiriya, Iraq and were taking a investigation saying that the safety New PlayStation 3 lines people road that is supposed to be of the university students is a up in stores today guarded to ensure the safety of paramount concern. The new PlayStation 3 is getting convoys traveling in the region. more people lining up in stores China reinstates ban on than people walking out. eBay has The fate of the other two missing Wikimedia after short-lived pages full of PlayStations worth at men is not yet known. loosening about US$3,000 up to US$5,000. HEFEI, China (Wikinews) After Machines sold out in minutes at UCLA student tasered about one week of free access to stores across the US. repeatedly Chinese Wikipedia, millions of UCLA police tasered a student who netizens in mainland China found

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, November 18, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 their acess blocked once again. All look. Thursday. Police secured 3 mobile requests for pages on the site are phones. Police say that securing now answered only with the error She was 5'8'' tall and weighed only the phones ensures the movies message "The page cannot be 88 pounds. Doctors consider this don't get published on the Internet displayed." weight normal for a 12-year-old and cannot spark potential copycat girl who is no more than 5 feet acts. According to test results and tall. Her mother has revealed to feedback available so far, the press that her diet, since the The alleged act took place in the everything has been reverted to last two months, consisted only of flat of an 18-year-old colleague of what it was before mid-October. apples and tomatoes. a 15-year-old friend of the victim. No direct access to any project The victim and four of the arrested page under the Wikimedia Reston's death is set to strengthen suspects attend the same school in Foundation is available, and the claims of links between the fashion Zurich Oerlikon. keyword "zh.wikipedia.org", which industry and eating disorders. It is the URL of Chinese Wikipedia, is comes shortly after one of Verena Lang Temperli, a school a banned search term. Attempts to Europe's most prestigious catwalk official, told 20 Minuten that this search for that string in any search shows, in the Spanish capital, case is a problem of society itself, engine outside mainland China banned underweight models, using not a problem of the school. (Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, etc) their body mass index as a guide. results in the blocking of access to Islamic groups protest that search engine for several It was the death of another model, Pakistani rape law reform minutes. Luisel Ramos from Uruguay that Islamic fundamentalists have first cast light on the problem of vowed large scale protests after The Chinese government had lifted models starving themselves to Pakistan's Parliament amended its ban on all non-Chinese versions achieve "the perfect form". Ramos laws to transfer rape cases from of Wikipedia in mid-October, and died of a heart failure during a Sharia courts to civil courts. the Chinese version on November fashion show. 12. Whether the five-day partial Sharia courts in Pakistan, based on absence of censorship (with Anorexia is a common eating Islamic religious law, try rape politically sensitive contents still disorder in which people strive to cases under "Hudood" laws forbidden) was intentional or get thin because they think that instituted in 1979. The laws say accidental is still unknown, they are overweight. that a rape victim must herself however it had allowed millions in face adultery charges unless she China to witness the Chinese Teenage boys rape 13-year-old can produce four Muslim male Wikipedia's attainment of 100,000 in Zurich, film act on cellphone witnesses to the rape. The entries. Many netizens had A group of 13 teenage boys raped maximum sentence for adultery is expressed their delight on online a 13-year old school girl in Zurich death by stoning. bulletin boards and chat rooms all last weekend, reports the website over the country. of the German language The laws are widely condemned by newspaper 20 Minuten. The report women's and rights groups as an No reason has been given as to says that the girl was raped almost impossible burden of proof. why this happened. repeatedly and the act filmed on Human rights groups have long mobile phones. campaigned for changes to the Brazilian model dies of religious laws. On Wednesday, anorexia Six of the suspects are Swiss Parliament voted overwhelmingly Anorexia nervosa claimed the life nationals, two come from Serbia in favor of the amendments. of another model. Ana Carolina and Montenegro, one comes from Reston was 21 years old when she Italy, two from the Republic of A coalition of Islamic parties, the died on November 14 in Sau Paulo Macedonia, one from the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), from a generalized infection Dominican Republic and one from which forms the Parliamentary caused by anorexia, an eating Bosnia and Hercegovina. All live in opposition, has opposed the disorder in which sufferers Zurich. changes, saying it encourages obsessively deprive themselves of "free sex". The MMA says that its food in pursuit of an ultra-slim All the suspects were arrested on members will resign from national

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, November 18, 2006 Wikinews Page 4 and provincial assemblies in Harper agreed to it. They said they extremist groups in his native protest. would signal at the eleventh hour province. that its president would meet with US Soldier gets life in prison Mr. Harper. They added that China Tommy Thompson shows for Iraq rape-slayings rejects any criticism of its human- interest in 2008 run for the Specialist James Barker, a US rights situation. White House Army soldier in the 502nd Infantry Ex-Wisconsin Governor, Tommy Regiment, pleaded guilty to raping Harper vowed to speak his mind Thompson has decided to launch a 14 year old Iraqi girl before on human rights issues regardless an exploratory commitee early murdering her and her family and of Chinese sensibilities. "We'll talk next year to explore a possible was sentenced to life in prison. in a frank manner and we won't 2008 White House bid. Thompson accept conditions on the subjects is one of three large Republican Barker could face up to 90 years in of discussion," Harper said. candiates to form exploratory jail, but is eligible for parole in 20 commitees in the past week. Sen. years. "I think Canadians want us to John McCain (R-Arizona) and promote our trade relations Former New York Mayor Rudolph The incident took place in the town worldwide. We do that. But I don't Giuliani both have formed of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad think Canadians want us to sell out commitees, Giuliani's has already in March, 2006. Five soldiers are important Canadian values of begun work and McCain's will facing charges in connection with belief in democracy, freedom and begin work after the Christmas the rape-slayings, which sparked human rights — they don't want holiday. outrage in Iraq, and led Iraqi us to sell that out to the almighty leaders to call for a review of the dollar," said Harper. "I will be forming an exploratory immunity from prosecution given committee for president after the to coalition forces operating in "This is not the only incident of the first of the year, and then I will be Iraq. Chinese demanding or asking for a spending time in Iowa and other meeting and then declining it once states across the country," Baker testified in detail about what it is accepted and it is a pattern Thompson said in an interview. had taken place, which led to the that kind of perplexes us," he said. Thompson went on to say that his court-martial proceedings against experience as a former Wisconsin three other soldiers, Pfc. Jesse China's human rights has been governor and as health secretary Spielman, Sgt. Paul Cortez, and raised by former Prime Minister during President George W. Bush's Pfc. Bryan Howard. A fifth soldier, Paul Martin when Hu visited first presidential term would be Steven D. Green , who is no longer Ottawa last year. Martin said he valuable assets in what is in military service, faces trial in a had a full discussion of human becoming more crowded and is civilian court in Kentucky. rights with the Chinese president expected to be quite competative. and had raised the cases of 10 Canadian Prime Minister to Falun Gong members. Other potential Republican meet Chinese President Hu candidates include Massachusetts Jintao in "The Chinese government attaches Gov. Mitt Romney, Arkansas Gov. is set to meet with great importance to China-Canada Mike Huckabee, Sens. Bill Frist of Chinese President at the relations," said Jiang Yu, a Beijing Tennessee and Sam Brownback of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign affairs spokeswoman. Kansas and former House Speaker summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. "During the APEC meeting, Newt Gingrich. California President Hu Jintao and Canadian Representative Duncan Hunter Harper arrived in Hanoi at about Prime Minister Stephen Harper will already began his run last month. 7:30 a.m. ET on yesterday. meet." Virginia Bill of Rights to deny On Wednesday, the Chinese Ottawa said it would like to discuss legal status to same-sex and government proposed the meeting a number of issues, including the unmarried relationships during the APEC conference case of, Huseyincan Celil, a Virginia, United States – A ballot between the two leaders, the Chinese-Canadian who is being referendum to amend the Virginia Chinese government withdrew held in a China prison for allegedly Bill of Rights that denies to same- from the meeting right after having links to Muslim separatist sex and unmarried couples any

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, November 18, 2006 Wikinews Page 5 legal status that approximates that section that explicitly prevents the modification affectively transfers granted to married couples was government from recognizing the broad power to the 7-member approved by state voters during legal status of any relationships Supreme Court to interpret how the U.S. midterm election by a outside of heterosexual marriage. this amendment affects the 57% to 43% margin. Though paragraph one of the existing laws, benefits and rights amendment specifically bans that unwed partners currently The Virginia result, along with same-sex marriage, paragraph two enjoy. This would be in contrast to voters from seven other U.S. prevents the government from instead creating public policies, states who decided on similar recognizing the legal status of any which could be adjusted through constitutional amendments, brings relationship of unmarried democratic processes as social the total to 27 states that now individuals that would in anyway understandings of the underlying constitutionally ban the recognition approximate marriage. issues evolve. of same-sex unions at the state level. Arizona voters failed to pass The Judge’s argument, which is a similar ballot initiative this That only a union between one consistent with Tim Kaine’s and election cycle, making it the first man and one woman may be a Senator-elect Jim Webb’s position, and only U.S. state to reject a marriage valid in or recognized by is that there will be significant constitutional ban. this Commonwealth and its costs to the society and many political subdivisions. years of uncertainty, as these Both the governor of Virginia, Tim issues are worked-out in the Kaine, and Senator-elect, Jim This Commonwealth and its courts. Webb, publically opposed the political subdivisions shall not amendment before the vote. create or recognize a legal status For instance, the domestic partner Governor Kaine said the broad for relationships of unmarried benefits that are offered by many language against the recognition individuals that intends to companies operating in Virginia of the "legal status for approximate the design, qualities, are a concern. Since corporate relationships of unmarried significance, or effects of policies must be consistent with individuals” within the referendum marriage. Nor shall this Virginia law, these domestic might have negative consequences Commonwealth or its political partner benefits are at risk. This on the state's business climate. subdivisions create or recognize uncertainty may then discourage Further, that "it would invite another union, partnership, or both the talent and the employers protracted court challenges in other legal status to which is who need to attract that talent areas including contracts, custody assigned the rights, benefits, from doing business in the state. cases and end-of-life decisions." obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage. Making “murky” modifications to The Attorney General of Virginia, — Section 15-A. "Marriage" which the very foundation of Robert F. McDonell argued that the was amended to the Virginia Bill of government, which in-turn rights of unmarried individuals are Rights underlies the most complex social still protected, because such legal system in history, argues for protections flow from common law, Transfer of power and business prudence and pause. not solely from marriage. concerns Judge Warren argues that one of Potential for unintended impacts However, the Bill of Rights is the the greatest dangers of this on current law basis and foundation of amendment is that “no body All of Virginia’s current laws were government. Thus, as discussed by knows what the sentence means”. formed on the foundation that Raymond A. Warren, any portion The Judge’s position is reinforced they needed to secure the rights of common law that is determined by the views of an eminent identified in the Bill of Rights. by the seven-member Virginia Professor of Law within Virginia, However, that foundation has now Supreme Court to be in conflict who is a recognized expert on the fundamentally changed. The state with the amendment would no social issues surrounding is now forbidden from recognizing longer provide any such protection marriage. The professor described a broad set of previously within Virginia. the amendment as “murky”. recognized rights associated with unwed relationships. So many The amendment establishes a Judge Warren argues that this existing laws may now be

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, November 18, 2006 Wikinews Page 6 unconstitutional, or will no longer (Buckley and Ribstein) Security of Individual Rights safeguard same-sex or unwed The 1776 Bill of Rights was the couples and their families. Since the recognition of same-sex first document in the Americas to marriage represents a significant declare protection of Individual For example, in 2004 Ohio passed departure from these traditions, Rights to all people, to define a similar amendment with Virginia law has prohibited same these rights as forming the practically identical language. They sex marriage for over 30 years. foundation of the government and also had a 27-year-old domestic- Judge Warren argues that it would to recognize Individual Rights as violence law that was applied to all have been unlikely that Virginia's being superior to all other Laws domestic partners. But on May 30, rather conservative judges would instituted by the government. 2006, Ohio’s Third Appellant Court have changed the definition of ruled that that law was now marriage, even without the Rights differ fundamentally from unconstitutional due to Ohio’s amendment. other instituted laws. Individual 2004 “Defense of Marriage” Rights are an inherent power or amendment. Though Ohio’s However, supporters of the liberty, not awarded by human Supreme Court must still hear this amendment are also concerned power, to which one is justly case, it does demonstrate how the that the recognition of new entitled and which cannot be amendment threatens the stability standard form relationships, such legally deprived or restricted by of existing laws concerning unwed as same-sex unions could have government. Laws, on the other relationships. An excerpt from the unintended consequences. hand, are the obligations and ruling follows: restrictions instituted by For example, a writer of The governments that are needed to Weekly Standard, Stanley Kurtz, a secure those rights. Since rights In doing so [finding Ohio's fellow at the Hudson Institute, are considered superior to laws, domestic violence law blames same-sex marriage in the the judicial branch should unconstitutional], we noted that it Netherlands for an increase in necessarily strike down the was unlikely that this was an parental cohabitation contracts. He passage of any law that violates intended result of the Defense of asserts that same-sex marriage any of these rights. Marriage Amendment. However, has detached procreation from we felt constrained to apply the marriage in the Dutch mind and The state Supreme Courts of amended provision of the Ohio would likely do the same in the Massachusetts in 2003 and of New Constitution as written, and held United States. Jersey last month, have ruled that that the relationship established in anti-same-sex marriage laws were the statute for cohabitants However, in the 1999 case of unconstitutional because they intended to “approximate the Baker v. State, the Vermont court found that the state had to give design, qualities, significance, or rejected as illogical and lacking the same rights to gay couples as effect of marriage” in violation of empirical support, the argument they did to heterosexual couples. the Amendment. that giving the same benefits to — May 30, 2006, State v. Shaffer, same sex and heterosexual To avoid this outcome, proponents 2006-Ohio-2662 couples would have unpredictable of preserving only heterosexual effects on the institution of marriage as an acceptable Stabilizing the marriage tradition marriage(Buckley and Ribstein). partnership, have chosen to The institution of marriage, as a However, it stopped short of amend marriage laws, which union between one man and one requiring the recognition of same carried the risk of being found woman has been a dominant sex marriage. The court noted that unconstitutional, into the Bill of tradition within our society for at arguments about destabilization of Rights. least 2 thousand years. The the institution of marriage are “not existence of a fundamental altogether irrelevant. A sudden The following sections of the tradition that is rooted with the change in the marriage laws or the Virginia Bill of Rights may be in procreation of the human species statutory benefits traditionally conflict with the “Marriage” argues for a conservative and incidental to marriage may have amendment: measured approach when faced disruptive and unforeseen Section 1 That all men are by with absorbing the changes consequences.” nature equally free and demanded by an evolving society. independent, and have certain

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, November 18, 2006 Wikinews Page 7 inherent rights, of which, when at the low end of the spectrum. I imposed by an October 14 they enter into a state of society, agree that schools need to be resolution of the United Nations they cannot, by any compact, vigilant especially as the end of Security Council. deprive or divest their posterity; year approaches, however I think namely, the enjoyment of life and they may have gone a little over The UN passed Resolution 1718, liberty, with the means of the top in punishing students for imposing new sanctions on North acquiring and possessing property, what is traditionally a harmless bit Korea, in response to a nuclear and pursuing and obtaining of fun." weapon test in October. The ship happiness and safety. was searched at the small French — Sections 1 of the Virginia Bill of Dunne said: "The tradition of undie island of Mayotte. The BBC reports Rights runs at Christchurch high schools that this may be the first search of has been going on for many years a North Korean vessel under the The Bill of Rights is also a vehicle in good spirits. Such heavy- new sanctions regime. whereby Virginia decided what is a handedness is political correctness right. gone mad. It is traditional for Update: November 17, 2006, Press Christchurch schools to get up to agency AFP reported last night such antics at this time of year. that French authorities plan to That all power is vested in, and While the public expects a certain continue inspecting the ship until consequently derived from, the standard of behaviour I would the end of the week. people, that magistrates are their doubt if many people would be trustees and servants, and at all offended by such an event as House Democrats name Pelosi times amenable to them. occurred on Monday." speaker — Article 1, Section 2. Constitution Nancy Pelosi was chosen by of Virginia It is said by a person that works Democrats in the U.S. House of for Mr. Dunne that he may have Representatives to take the title New Zealand girls planned participated in the the "undie runs" and role of House Speaker on "undie run" defended by when he was a teenager. Thursday. Unanimously chosen, politician Pelosi will be the first woman New Zealand politician and head of Simon Leese, principal of Christ's Speaker in US history. the United Future party, Peter College, said: "Underwear runs Dunne, has defended the group of were a dangerous practice." While calling for unity within the 12 girls from St Margaret's College Democratic party as the party who attempted to do an "undie Claudia Wysocki, executive votes as to who gains leadership run" through Christ's College. Both principal of St Margaret's College, positions within the House and schools are located in did not comment as it is private Senate for the first time in 12 Christchurch, New Zealand. and only concerns the girls years. Within moments of being involved, their parents and the officially chosen Speaker-Elect she According to newspaper, The school. pushed forward her nomination of Press, the 12 year 13 (seventh Representative John Murtha for the form) girls were stopped by staff Dunne said: "Kids will be kids; if No. 2 post in the House -- majority who worked for Christ's College we are unnecessarily pedantic they leader. Voting is now going on in when they arrived at the school in will inevitably be compelled to this contested race between their underwear. rebel in more destructive ways." Murtha and Representative Steny Hoyer, the current Democratic It has been reported that the girls' French inspection: North Party second-in-command. punishment is to banned from the Korean ship has no illegal Leavers Dinner that takes place at cargo Pelosi takes the position in the end of the year. Dunne replied Officials on the Indian Ocean January, taking over for Dennis to this report by saying: "Let’s put island of Mayotte said that a North Hastert. Hastert confirmed that he this into perspective. It's simply Korean vessel they searched today would not seek election as House end of year hijinks. There is no had no illegal cargo. Minority Leader in 2007. malice involved and in comparison with other activities that teenagers The ship was searched by French get themselves into, this really is Customs to enforce sanctions

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