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Top Stories Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Zenit rocket launches that "removing Saddam Hussein such autonomy...which could be DirecTV-11 satellite from power was the right decision seen as a move towards A Ukranian-built Zenit-3SL rocket — and this is a fight America can independence." The Foreign has had a and must win." The speech Ministry also linked the events in successful lift-off marked five years since the start Tibet with the declaration of from a Norwegian of the Iraq War. independence by Kosovo, launch platform to showing a growing movement of carry a groups seeking independence. communications •The Parliament of elects satellite for DirecTV Wikinews interviews author Fahmida as its first female into orbit. and filmmaker John Gaspard speaker. Launching at Author and filmmaker John 22:47:59 (UTC) yesterday Gaspard spoke with Wikinews on evening, the mission marked the his three low budget feature films Hubble detects methane on 13th orbital launch of 2008 and and books. He told us how he distant planet the 25th commercial launch to be was able to make his latest NASA's Hubble Space Telescope conducted by the international movie, Grown Men, for under has detected methane in the Sea Launch consortium. $13,000 and how his popular atmosphere of a planet 63 light- book, Digital Filmmaking 101, years away, marking the first Three of Serbia's neighbors came to be. He even had a few discovery of an organic compound recognize Kosovo tips for the amateur filmmakers on a planet outside our Solar Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary, all reading this. System. of which border Serbia, Wikipedia Current Events The methane was found on a Jupiter-sized planet named HD announced in a Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin 189733b. The planet closely orbits joint statement Laden releases an audio tape HD 189733, a yellow dwarf star in Wednesday that criticizing the European Union for the constellation Vulpecula. they will recognize Kosovo as an allowing publication of cartoons independent state. The three that he claims insulted the Although methane can play a key nations expressed their interest in Prophet Mohammed and role in the chemical reactions helping the European Union threatening a strong reaction. stabilize the region. Serbian needed to form life, the planet is foreign minister Vuk Jeremić •Early elections are called for May too close to its parent star to criticized their decision. 2008 in Kuwait after a crisis support life, scientists say. It is between the cabinet and known as a "hot Jupiter" - a planet George Bush discusses Iraq 5 parliament leads the emir Sabah whose mass is comparable to that years after invasion al-Sabah to dissolve parliament. of Jupiter, but orbits nearer to the parent star than Mercury, our George W. Bush, the President of •Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Solar System's innermost planet. the United States Monaco jointly recognize delivered today a Kosovo's independence. speech regarding This particular hot Jupiter takes Iraq and the •Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey just two days to completely orbit "global war on Lavrov states that "the Albanians its parent star, and the terror." He said in Macedonia have already made temperatures in its atmosphere demands that they be granted can reach 1,650 degrees

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Fahrenheit, around the melting spectroscopy. "With this films spend on coffee and rolls." point of silver. observation there is no question whether there is water or not - Gaspard has written two other “This observation is proof that water is present," Swain said. books as well. Fast, Cheap and spectroscopy can eventually be Under Control: Lessons Learned done on a cooler and potentially The ultimate goal of these studies From the Greatest Low-Budget habitable Earth-sized planet is to identify the molecules of Movie of All Time features orbiting a dimmer red dwarf-type more Earth-like planets in the interviews with some of the star.” —Mark Swain habitable zone of stars, where world's most well known low conditions may be favorable for budget filmmakers, including "The methane here, although we life. Roger Corman and Academy can call it an organic constituent, Award winner Jonathan Demme is not produced by life - it is way Adam Showman at the University (The Silence of the Lambs). Fast, too hot there for life," said of Arizona said, "We are thus now Cheap and Written that Way: Top Giovanna Tinetti, part of the NASA seeing but the opening salvo in a Screenwriters on Writing for Low- team that made the discovery. revolution that will extend Budget Movies features interviews humankind's view of planetary with successful screenwriters who However, scientists believe the worlds far beyond the provincial have written for low budget films. spectroscopic methods used to boundaries of our Solar System." detect the methane can be used to Interview find organic compounds on other Giovanna Tinetti, who co-authored Wikinews: You've directed three distant planets. "This observation the Nature article, believes the films (Resident Alien, Beyond Bob is proof that spectroscopy can concept of life on other planets is and Grown Men). Tell us about eventually be done on a cooler and not too unlikely. "My personal view them. potentially habitable Earth-sized is it is way too arrogant to think Mr. Gaspard: Since I despise the planet orbiting a dimmer red that we are the only ones living in process of trying to raise money to dwarf-type star," said Mark Swain, the Universe," she says. finance movies, each movie was a NASA scientist whose paper on written specifically to be shot on the discovery will appear in the Wikinews interviews author an ultra-low budget. scientific journal Nature. and filmmaker John Gaspard Resident Alien and Beyond Bob Wikinews held an exclusive were produced on 16mm film, and Spectroscopy is the splitting of interview with author and each cost a little under $30,000 to light into its components. As the filmmaker John Gaspard. His films produce. light from the star passed through Resident Alien, Beyond Bob and Resident Alien, a science fiction- the planet's atmosphere, the Grown Men, besides opening to comedy feature film, is the story of atmospheric gases imprinted their positive critical response, were all a UFO crash that changes the lives chemical signature onto the light, made on very low budgets; costing of two down-on-their-luck people allowing the atmosphere's around US$30,000. He says this is in a small Midwestern town. The chemical composition to be because "I despise the process of Minneapolis Star Tribune analyzed by Near Infrared Camera trying to raise money to finance newspaper said, "Resident Alien is and Multi-Object Spectrometer. movies." the best low-budget project to come out of the area." To their surprise, astronomers He has also written several books Beyond Bob, an award-winning found much high levels of methane on filmmaking, most notably comedy from the other side, is a than had been predicted for hot Digital Filmmaking 101. He says story of love and friendship, of Jupiters. "This indicates we don't that it was "originally.....a series of passion from beyond the grave, of really understand exoplanet notes to ourselves, to remind us of a love that was made in heaven ... atmospheres yet," said Swain. the steps we took to make a and was just too darned important feature for very little money. We to stay there. Beyond Bob was This discovery also confirmed the later expanded those notes into a recently awarded the "Best presence of water molecules in the complete book to provide Feature" award at the Forx Film planet's atmosphere, which was beginning filmmakers with the Festival; it also received an found by NASA's Spitzer Space tools they would need to make a Honorable Mention at the Seventh Telescope last year using feature for what most Hollywood Annual George Lindsey UNA Film

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Festival, and a Bronze Award at generation (Swingers, The Blair this? the WorldFest Houston. Witch Project, Open Water, etc.). Mr. Gaspard: See as many movies Grown Men is a digital feature, The latest book, Fast, Cheap and as you can -- low-budget consisting of five interlocking Written that Way: Top independent films, Hollywood stories from four Minnesota Screenwriters on Writing for Low- films, classic movies from the writers: Rewired by David Fields, Budget Movies, does just what the Golden Era. You can learn It’s A Date and The Late Mrs. title suggests. I spoke to over something valuable from every Boynton by John Gaspard, The twenty top screenwriters who had movie you watch, so the more you $1,000 Wedding by Tom Poole, previously worked on low-budget see the more you learn. and Red Velvet Handcuffs by films and got their secrets on how Read scripts to learn how to write Matthew G. Anderson. to write for a tiny budget. one. And I mean real scripts, not Grown Men premiered at the Interviewees included George transcriptions of finished movies. Ashland Independent Film Festival. Romero, Tom DiCillo, Stuart Learn what the words look like on It was named "Best of the Fest - Gordon, Bob Clark and Kenneth the page and how that gets Best Feature Screenplay" at the Lonnergan, among others. translated into images on the Black Point Film Festival in Lake screen. Geneva. It was also featured at WN: Your films were made on very And, most important, don't ever the New York International low budgets. Grown Men cost try to fund your movie with credit Independent Film & Video Festival; under $13,000. How did you cards. Don't believe what you read the Waterfront Film Festival; the manage this? about other filmmakers doing this Oxford Film Festival; and the Mr. Gaspard: Well, as soon as you -- it flat out doesn't work. Tambay Film Festival. realize that you won't be paying Happy filmmaking! anyone, that cuts your costs WN: You're the author and co- significantly. Second, you should Pakistan's parliament elects author of several books, most write the script to conform to first female speaker notably Digital Filmmaking 101. locations and props that you can The National Assembly of Pakistan Tell us about them. What inspires get for free. Third, you should has elected of the you to write? shoot as quickly as you can -- 12 (PPP) as its Mr. Gaspard: We wrote Digital to 15 pages of script a day is not first female speaker, weeks after Filmmaking 101 originally as a uncommon. the general elections which ousted series of notes to ourselves, to The main reason to make a movie President Pervez Musharraf's party remind us of the steps we took to for such little money is not just to and gave the PPP the most seats make a feature for very little save money -- it's also to help you in Parliament. money. We later expanded those maintain control of the movie. notes into a complete book to Without backers breathing down Mirza, a former medical doctor provide beginning filmmakers with your neck, you can make the who has previously served three the tools they would need to make movie you want at the pace you terms in the National Assembly, a feature for what most Hollywood want. You may never see that was the joint candidate of the PPP, films spend on coffee and rolls. money again -- a high percentage the Pakistan Muslim League (N) My second book, Fast, Cheap and of low-budget movies never see (PML-N), the Under Control: Lessons Learned the light of day, let along turn a (ANP), and other allied parties. From the Greatest Low-Budget profit -- but the satisfaction of Movie of All Time, was designed to making the movie YOU wanted to She received 249 votes out of the help keep new filmmakers from re- make greatly outweighs the cost. 324 who were present. Her main inventing the wheel every time rival candidate, Israr Tareen from they go out to make a feature. WN: Will you be doing anymore the former ruling party Pakistan There is a wealth of knowledge in films in the near future? Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q), the low-budget movies that have Mr. Gaspard: We're mulling over received only 70 votes. come before ours, and it's a foolish some script ideas, but currently filmmaker who doesn't heed those don't have anything we're dying to The result was announced by lessons. In the book I talked to do. Chaudhry Amir Hussain, the both old-school low-budget outgoing speaker. "Fahmida Mirza filmmakers (like Roger Corman) WN: Do you have any advice for is declared to have been elected and people from the current the amateur filmmakers reading speaker of the National Assembly,"

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, March 20, 2008 Wikinews Page 4 he said, as other Parliament (NASR) to coordinate and fund University, UAE, told Science and members pounded their desks in scientific research in the country. Development Network approval. (SciDev.Net) that, "This initiative The national authority for scientific is another boost to the research "This is my third tenure in the research was announced on March and development activities that National Assembly and I believe it 7 by Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak are carried out in the UAE. It will is time that we all work together to Al Nahyan, UAE minister for higher definitely provide researchers with address the challenges facing the education and scientific research. the appropriate funds to sustain country," Mirza told reporters. "I NASR will begin with an annual such activities and promote best am sure we will be able to face budget of AED100 million practices in the community." these challenges with the support (approximately US$27.2 million). of parliamentarians, our people The authority hopes to receive Said Elnaffar, assistant professor and Pakistani media." additional contributions from the at the college of information public and the private sector. technology at the United Arab , a central Emirates University, told PPP leader, said, "The election of NASR will look to fund research SciDev.Net that, with this Fahmida Mirza as speaker will be a projects in various fields, including initiative, the UAE is taking the big step towards the engineering, technology, medicine, lead and setting a good example empowerment of women in water and agriculture, proposing by building a strong development Pakistan." specific projects to be competed infrastructure founded on for by researchers at universities knowledge discovery and research. Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, and private research institutes. parliamentary leader of the pro- George Bush discusses Iraq 5 Musharraf PML-Q, told Mirza, "This "Projects are going to be selected years after invasion is a big test and I hope that with to help promote scientific research George W. Bush, the President of the honour that Allah has and the growth of UAE society and the United States delivered today bestowed upon you, you will be we will compare them with a speech regarding Iraq and the able to live up to expectations." international scientific research "global war on terror." Bush criteria," Gulf News quoted Al claimed that the war in Iraq had Later, in elections for the deputy Nahyan as saying at the launch. been successful. He said that speaker, PPP candidate Faisal "removing Saddam Hussein from Kundi defeated Khush Bakhat NASR will also train scientists and power was the right decision — Shujaat of the Muttahida Qaumi develop programmes for and this is a fight America can and Movement, which is allied with the promoting public science must win." The speech marked five PML-Q. awareness. It will also coordinate years since the start of the Iraq with government authorities on War. The coalition government headed the issue of intellectual property by the PPP has yet to name a rights, by providing advice on how Bush said that "five years into this Prime Minister, but they are companies and research centres battle [the war in Iraq], there is an expected to announce their should go about protecting their understandable debate over nomination in the next few days. discoveries in the form of patents whether the war was worth Party insiders say the prime or licenses. It will also provide fighting, whether the fight is worth minister, who will be named by scholarships for researchers in the winning, and whether we can win 's son Bilawal UAE to work on international it. The answers are clear to me: Bhutto Zardari, will only hold office research programmes, and Removing Saddam Hussein from for a few months until Bilawal's organise national scientific power was the right decision — father, , becomes conferences. NASR forms part of and this is a fight America can and eligible for the post. the UAE's strategic plan to must win." He continued saying improve higher education and that "The men and women who UAE launches national scientific research. crossed into Iraq five years ago authority for scientific research removed a tyrant, liberated a The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zakaria Maamar, associate country, and rescued millions from has announced its first national professor at the College of unspeakable horrors. Some of authority for scientific research Information Technology at Zayed those troops are with us today,

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, March 20, 2008 Wikinews Page 5 and you need to know that the enemy in Iraq will make it less announcement Thursday. American people are proud of your likely that we'll face the enemy Yesterday, Bulgaria's security accomplishment -- and so is the here at home." council held a meeting regarding Commander in Chief." This was Kosovo. Angel Naidenov, followed by applause from the Bush claimed success in Iraq when spokesman of the Bulgarian audience. he said that "the successes we are Socialist Party, praised Kosovo for seeing in Iraq are undeniable — their efforts in establishing a Bush also praised the troops who yet some in Washington still call "multi-ethnic and democratic worked in Iraq. He said that for retreat. War critics can no country." "operation Iraqi Freedom was a longer credibly argue that we're remarkable display of military losing in Iraq — so now they argue The statement says Kosovo's effectiveness. Forces from the UK, the war costs too much. In recent declaration of independence was Australia, Poland and other allies months we've heard exaggerated prompted by the international joined our troops in the initial estimates of the costs of this war. community's failure to work out a operations. As they advanced, our No one would argue that this war solution between Serbia and troops fought their way through has not come at a high cost in Kosovo. "In these circumstances sand storms so intense that they lives and treasure — but those the change of the unsustainable blackened the daytime sky. Our costs are necessary when we status quo was unavoidable," the troops engaged in pitched battles consider the cost of a strategic statement said. with the Fedayeen Saddam — victory for our enemies in Iraq." death squads acting on the orders The three nations express their of Saddam Hussein that obeyed Bush concluded the speech by interest in helping the European neither the conventions of war nor saying that "The best way we can Union with stabilizing the region, the dictates of conscience. These honor them [the US troops] is by and they wish to develop ties with death squads hid in schools and making sure that their sacrifice a Kosovo that "maintains good they hid in hospitals, hoping to was not in vain. Five years ago relations with its neighbors, enjoys draw fire against Iraqi civilians. tonight, I promised the American economic growth, and keeps its They used women and children as people that in the struggle ahead, European orientation." human shields. They stopped at we will accept no outcome but nothing in their efforts to prevent victory. Today, standing before Serbian foreign minister Vuk us from prevailing — but they men and women who helped Jeremić criticized their decision. couldn't stop the coalition liberate a nation, I reaffirm the "Every country that decides to advance." commitment. The battle in Iraq is recognize the illegally declared noble, it is necessary, and it is state of Kosovo breaches In the speech, the Iraqi elections just. And with your courage, the international law," he said, adding were also mentioned. Bush said battle in Iraq will end in victory. that countries who recognize that "over the past five years, we God bless." Kosovo "cannot have good ties have seen moments of triumph with Serbia." and moments of tragedy. We have Three of Serbia's neighbors watched in admiration as 12 recognize Kosovo "I call on states, particularly those million Iraqis defied the terrorists Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary, all of the region, not to take this step. and went to the polls, and chose of which border Serbia, announced Do not injure our country's their leaders in free elections. We in a joint statement Wednesday territorial integrity and have watched in horror as al- that they will recognize Kosovo as sovereignty," Jeremić said. Qaeda beheaded innocent an independent state. captives, and sent suicide bombers Boris Tadić, Serbia's president, to blow up mosques and markets. "The decision on the recognition of had previously warned Croatia that These actions show the brutal Kosovo is based on thorough recognizing Kosovo would have a nature of the enemy in Iraq. And consideration," the statement said. negative effect on their relations. they serve as a grim reminder: "We want to have the best The terrorists who murder the Croatia and Hungary later possible relations with this innocent in the streets of Baghdad confirmed they had officially country," Tadić said. "But want to murder the innocent in the recognized Kosovo, while Bulgaria recognition of Kosovo is certainly streets of America. Defeating this is expected to make an not an act of goodwill between

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, March 20, 2008 Wikinews Page 6 neighbors." McCanns granted newspaper George Bush and Irish Prime apologies Minister attend reception at Croatian Prime Minister Ivo The parents of Madeleine McCann, White House to commemorate Sanader says he does not expect the four-year-old British girl who St. Patrick's day relations to worsen. "I do went missing in May 2007, have Bertie Ahern, the Prime Minister of understand this is a difficult one won a court case against the Ireland visited the White House for Serbia to swallow. That's one of Express Newspapers group in the Monday to commemorate St. the reasons we have waited until settlement of a libel case regarding Patrick's Day. Mr. Ahern makes now. But I don't expect a the group's coverage of their this visit annually, for what he worsening of political and daughter's disappearance. In a calls a "very substantial and useful economic relations because there statement read outside London's meeting." Mr. Ahern started his is no alternative to good High Court on behalf of the speech by saying "Mr. President neighborly relations." McCanns, the couple say that the and Mrs. Bush, thank you for the outcome was 'the only just and welcome and honor which you've Kosovo's deputy prime minister, proper response' to the 'utter extended to our delegation, and to Hajredin Kuçi said the decision was falsity' of the reports. all the Irish guests, from North "very good for the Serbian and from South, who are here at perception and the people of The Express Newspapers' four the White House this morning to Serbia that everybody who is in publications, including the Daily mark St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's the neighborhood is recognizing Express and Daily Star, will also National Day. I'm very grateful, the new reality." print front-page apologies to the Mr. President, for the opportunity couple, in which the papers admit which we have just had to hold a Moldova's Prime Minister they were wrong to suggest the very substantial and useful Vasile Tarlev resigns couple were responsible for their meeting with you in the Oval Moldova's Prime Minister Vasile daughter's death. Kate and Gerry Office. We appreciate it, and we Tarlev resigned on McCann explained they welcomed appreciate the amount of time that Wednesday(March, 19, 2008) at the outcome of the case, and that you've given to us." the Government meeting. The the £550,000 settlement will be president of the Republic of paid to the Find Madeleine Mr. Bush commented on the Moldova Vladimir Voronin took part Campaign. relationship between the US and at the meeting. Ireland, saying that "we've [the US Madeleine's parents have been and Ireland have] had a long Vasile Tarlev expressed his named as suspects by Portuguese relationship, Taoiseach. Our satisfaction with the results the police, but the Daily Express history has been one where the Government has attained so far, admits that they hold "no evidence United States and Ireland have which, according to him, have whatsoever" to suggest that their made liberty our common cause, been appreciated by many reports that Madeleine's parents and both of our nations are richer international structures. were involved in her death and for it. Our partnership is based disappearance were true. The upon principles, and it's also based According to Tarlev, within the front-page apology in the Daily upon people. Ireland founded itself period he headed the Government, Express reads "We accept that a -- found itself in the grip of a range of the Government’s number of articles in the poverty and famine in the 19th representatives have been trained, newspaper have suggested that century, and millions of Irish came so that now they are ready to the couple caused the death of here to our soil. They were drawn function as members of any their missing daughter Madeleine here by a promise that success Government. and then covered it up," and goes would be attainable to all those on to explain that Madeleine's who were willing to work hard. Vasile Tarlev was appointed as parents are "completely innocent" And that's certainly what premier in 2001 and is the prime- of any involvement. happened." minister who has been in office longer than anyone, after the "And that's what we celebrate on proclamation of independence. St. Patrick's Day. Our countries are more than just partners, we are family, Taoiseach. And today

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