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March 5, 2009 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events International Criminal Court A riot at a prison near Ciudad escapes a Somali pirate attack in in The Hague issues arrest Juárez, Mexico, kills at least 20 the Gulf of Aden. warrant for leader of Sudan inmates and injures seven •The Netherlands' Safety Board The International Criminal Court others. finds that Turkish Airlines Flight (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands •Gordon Brown becomes the 1951 crash-landed near has ordered the arrest of the United Kingdom's fifth Prime Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport president of the African country Minister to address a joint because of a faulty altimeter. of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. session of the United States The warrant was issued after the Congress. ICC found al-Bashir guilty of Marine jet crash into San Diego seven charges of crimes against •President Nicolas Sarkozy and house blamed on string of humanity and war crimes, in the eight other top French politicians errors Darfur region of the country. receive death threats. An internal investigation by the United States Marine Corps into •China plans to increase its Two-time Eurovision entrant the crash of an F/A-18 jet into a military budget by 14.9% in Edsilia Rombley discusses San Diego house has blamed 2009. music, love, and her errors on the part of the pilot, his contrasting Contest •U.S. Secretary of State Hillary superiors and maintenance experiences Clinton and Palestinian National personnel for the accident which Edsilia Rombley's career Authority President Mahmoud killed four people. skyrocketed when she sang for Abbas meet in the West Bank. the Netherlands at Eurovision in The report found that mechanics •President Asif Ali Zardari says had noticed the aircraft had a 1998, and earned the country Pakistan will not negotiate with their first Top 5 placing in over 20 faulty fuel transfer system in June the "extremist Taliban and 2008 but repairs were never years. More than a decade later, terrorists." she is still very much in demand. made, with the defective jet In an exclusive interview, she •The International Committee of performing 146 more sorties in talks with Wikinews about her the Red Cross warns of an this state before the December achievements. impending humanitarian crisis in accident. northeastern Sri Lanka as civil Scientists say study proves war continues. "While we did not find any evidence of criminal wrongdoing, chimps create termite •Independent Television reports a gathering tools the responsible parties are being loss of £2.7 billion for 2008 and held accountable for their part in Researchers say that a study of will cut 600 jobs. chimpanzees in the Republic of this tragic accident," said Maj. the Congo in Africa, show that •The International Criminal Court Gen. Randolph Alles of the 3rd they specifically create and issues an arrest warrant for Marine Aircraft Wing. Four Marine design tools to catch termites Sudanese President Omar al- squadron officers have been living underground. The study Bashir for a five-year campaign relieved of duty, as well as Navy has led researchers to conclude of violence in Darfur. officers. Eight enlisted Marines and one Navy sailor have been that the chimpanzee methods •Ukraine's Security Service raids reprimanded. The pilot has been have evolved. Naftogas's headquarters in Kiev. grounded. •British-Norwegian cruise line Fred Olsen's cruise ship Balmoral On the day of the accident the If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Thursday, March 5, 2009 Wikinews Page 2 pilot, Lt. Dan Neubauer, had just the left engine of fuel, causing it to grounded and inspected. The taken off from the aircraft carrier flameout. At this point the jet fell Marines issued a bulletin to all USS Abraham Lincoln when he towards the ground and the pilot other operators of the aircraft reported that the aircraft's right attempted to aim the aircraft for a worldwide to warn them of the engine had low oil pressure. canyon, where it could crash circumstances. safely. However, the plane did not Neubauer, who was still in stay airborne and struck a house So far, the Marines and the United training, shut the engine down as at an estimated 150 mph. It is States Navy have identified 40 a precaution, leaving the plane thought that two more seconds F/A-18 Hornets with the same operating on the left engine. The would have been enough for the problem. None of these have Abraham Lincoln's captain and the plane to reach the canyon. crashed. 'air boss' suggested an emergency landing at the North Island military Instead, the crash killed four Raúl Castro shakes up cabinet base, which was about 100 miles people inside the house; a in Cuba from the carrier. This would have grandmother, her daughter and On Monday, Raúl Castro, the given an approach from over the her two granddaughters. The President of Cuba, announced ocean. children's father, Dong Yun Yoon, several changes of ministers in his was among those briefed on the cabinet. This is the first major Neubauer contacted his squadron publication of the report, alongside reshuffle since Raúl took over as bosses and instead opted to try to politicians in Washington and San President after his brother Fidel land at Marine Corps Air Station Diego. The pilot safely ejected Castro. A total of twelve ministers Miramar, which was 11 more miles after holding on as long as were replaced. away and involved a flight path possible, the report stating that a over San Diego. Neubauer also second or two more would have One of the highest profile changes failed to read his own emergency likely resulted in his death. was Carlos Lage Dávila, the checklists, instead having sections executive secretary of the Council read to him by air traffic The investigation has a number of of Ministers, who was replaced by controllers. The controllers were implications. The fuel problem was General José Amado Ricardo unaware of all the details of the not followed up on as it was not on Guerra. According to senior situation on board and did not a list of faults requiring immediate research associate at the read out all the relevant sections. repair, but nonetheless 3rd Marine University of Miami, José Azel, Aircraft Wing operations officer Lage was responsible for rescuing Officers at Miramir were informed Col. John Rupp said keeping it in the Cuban economy from the of the fact that a warning light the air "was collectively poor downturn that followed the indicated the remaining engine judgment on the part of the collapse of the Soviet Union in was running low on fuel. However, squadron's maintenance 1991. It was not announced they did not take heed in what was department." The commanding whether Lage will continue to described by the report as a officer, operations officer, aviation serve in his other position as the "critical mistake". In fact, the maintenance officer and operations vice president of the Council of plane's tanks had plenty of fuel, duty officer have all been relieved State of Cuba. but the engine trouble was caused of duty, while eight other marines by the faulty fuel flow system, and a sailor were reprimanded. "It looks like Raúl putting some of which fed the left engine. Officers his own people in," said Wayne also failed to watch the plane's Maintenance standards have been Smith, who heads the Cuba location properly. upgraded and emergency training program at the Center for enhanced as a result. Flight International Policy. Smith added Upon final approach to Miramir, simulators are set to include a that this "is the biggest shake-up Neubauer thought, incorrectly, scenario based on the accident. Lt. that I've seen in a very long that he could not turn right, Dan Neubauer has been grounded time ... for the last 30 or 40 towards his inoperative engine. and it is up to the deputy years." Instead, he conducted a long commandant for aviation whether leftwards loop to line up. The he will be allowed to return to the "This is one more sign that Raúl manoeuvre took around ninety air. Immediately after the Castro is consolidating his power," seconds to complete and starved accident, all F/A-18s were José Azel said. "He's putting his If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, March 5, 2009 Wikinews Page 3 people in there." people have been killed, or died as in the day. Stephanie Robb Martin, a result of the fighting. Countless a Flint Board of Education Trustee "It is a new direction, we're just millions have fled the country, was one of eight more potential not clear what direction Castro is seeking shelter in refugee camps. candidates that pick up petitions planning — a return to communist since then. orthodoxy or pragmatism? During a rally protesting the However, Castro does seem to be decision on Wednesday, Al-Bashir Darryl Buchanan, former City trying to put in position people spoke, calling the charges Administrator and "Deputy Mayor", closer to him than to his brother, worthless and told the ICC to "eat" announced he is the running for Fidel," said Al Jazeera's Latin the warrant. "[It is] not worth the the office of Mayor on Tuesday America editor, Lucia Newman. ink it is written on. It is a flawed February 17. Williamson just decision". Egypt says it is also not replaced Buchanan as City Among other ministers replaced in favor of the warrant and the Administrator on February 4, were foreign minister Felipe Pérez government states it will ask the keeping him from succeeding Roque, finance minister Georgina United Nations Security Council to Williamson as Temporary Mayor Barreiro Fajardo, labor minister stop the implementation of it.