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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Dixie Chicks, Blige, Underwood big Grammy winners US claims Iraqi militants •A suspicious white substance is The Dixie Chicks finally overcame armed with Iranian weapons found in envelope at the Virginia controversy to dominate the 2007 United States military and Supreme Court building in Grammy Awards on Sunday night, intelligence officials have Richmond, Virginia, United States, winning five statuettes including presented material they say link on the same day that Senator the two coveted awards for Record weapons used by Iraqi fighters to John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at the and Song of the Year (for "Not Iran. Jefferson Hotel. Ready To Make Nice"). The •Iranian President Mahmoud country/rock trio, led by Martie Australian Prime Minister Ahmadinejad states in an Maguire, often criticized for their targets Obama on Iraq interview that Iran does not fear political views, also won for their Australian Prime Minister John the U.S. and that any foreign album Taking the Long Way. Howard has attacked US attack would be "severely presidential candidate Barack punished". Mary J. Blige, who went into the Obama on his pledge to introduce Grammies with the most a bill that would withdraw •United States Assistant Secretary nominations, ended up winning American troops from Iraq by of State for East Asian and Pacific three, while American Idol winner March 2008. Affairs, Christopher R. Hill, Carrie Underwood won two, announces that tentative including Best New Artist and for agreement has been reached over Featured story her song "Jesus Take The Wheel". North Korean nuclear With completion of the "big three" Cars big winner as 34th disarmament pending review by music awards (which includes the Annual handed the signatories. American Music Awards held in out •Iraq's High Tribunal sentences November, and the Billboard Music Cars drove home the big prize last former Vice President Taha Yassin Awards held in December), Blige night, from the 34th Annual Annie Ramadan to death for his role in and Underwood were the only two Awards, while Flushed Away won the 1982 killing of 148 men and artists to sweep all three major five awards, the most of the night. boys in Dujail following an awards this season. The industry's highest unsuccessful assassination honor, ASIFA-Hollywood's Annies attempt against Saddam Hussein. Ontario, Canada Health recognise contributions to Minister set to marry this animation, and Wikinews was •Italian police arrest in raids 15 summer there, capturing moments on the people who the police claimed Ontario's Health Minister/Deputy red carpet. were associated with the Red Premier George Smitherman, 43, Brigades terrorist group. will wed his long time partner this Wikipedia Current Events •At least 76 people are killed in summer -August 5. The couple also • India's Hindalco Industries buys four bomb attacks in Baghdad. hopes to adopt a child. Atlanta-based Novelis for US$6 •An earthquake of a magnitude of billion. Christopher Peloso, 33, who is 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes Smitherman's partner, works for a •Approximately 60,000 people in about 160 km east of Cabo de São large chocolate company called Mozambique are evacuated in the Vicente, Portugal, at 11:36 am Lindt. The couple met 10 years ago. Zambezi River valley due to floods (CET). Smitherman proposed on Christmas caused by three weeks of heavy Day in Peloso's home of Sudbury, rain. Ontario.

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Hossein termed the accusations lethal". Explosives, leftowers from "Christopher had decided that he, baseless propaganda and said that former iraqi army, have been a big at least, should wear a white or the U.S. had a long history of killer of both Iraqi civilians and cream-coloured tuxedo, so I bought "fabricating evidence". Allied forces in Iraq. Tens of him one and slipped a little note in thousands of civilians and over there," said Smitherman. "This is American officials displayed 3000 Allied troops have died in the my greatest foray into romance to weaponry including Explosively nearly four-year-old Iraq war. date." Formed Penetrators (EFPs) and thermal detectors used for The exchanges come during a The wedding will take place at remotely exploding bombs. Some period of heightened tension Laurentian Lodge, a wilderness of the weapons parts bear the between Iran and the U. S. over resort near the northern city of markings that the officials Iran's nuclear programme. The U.S. Sudbury, Ontario. It will not be associated with Iranian deployed a second aircraft carrier formal and a beach party will take manufacture. The officials claimed strike force in the Persian Gulf last place after the wedding. that such sophisticated weaponry month. could not have been assembled by Smitherman is the first openly gay the Shia militia and said that it Cars big winner as 34th Annual cabinet minister in the province of must have been supplied from Annie Awards handed out Ontario. neighbouring Iran. The U.S. view is Cars drove home the big prize last that only a state arms company night, from the 34th Annual Annie When asked what Smitherman will would have the ability to Awards. The animation industry's wear to the ceremony, he was manufacture weapons of this kind highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood's quoted jokingly saying: "Probably a and the officials maintained that Annies recognise contributions to thong." the weapons were smuggled in to animation, writing, directing, Iraq by the Qods Force of the storyboarding, voice acting, US claims Iraqi militants armed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps composing, and much more. with Iranian weapons (IRGC) and have estimated that During a press conference such an operation was known to As mentioned, Pixar took home the yesterday, United States military the Iranian government and big prize last night, after facing stiff and intelligence officials presented encouraged by it, but did not competition from four other Happy material they say link weapons present any evidence to support Feet, Monster House, Open Season, used by Iraqi fighters to Iran. the claims. and Over the Hedge. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in Madrid on Friday The U.S. evidence is being met with But the biggest winner of the night that the there was "pretty good" close scrutiny, after the experience didn't get a "Best Animated evidence that Iranians are of pre-Iraq war U.S. intelligence Feature" nod at all. Flushed Away supplying either weapons or estimates of Saddam Hussein's won five feature animation technology to Iraqi militants. weapons capability and links with categories including Animated Al-Qaeda, which were found to be Effects (Scott Cegielski), Character Reacting to the U.S. claims, Iran's inaccurate. When asked why this Animation (Gabe Hordos), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad information was being released at Production Design (Pierre-Olivier said in a television interview that this specific moment, even though Vincent), Voice Acting (Sir Ian the allegations were "excuses to the information had accumulated McKellan as Toad), Writing (Dick prolong the stay" of the U.S. since 2004, the officials explained Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris military in Iraq, and that the U.S. that they saw a near doubling of Lloyd, Joe Keenan, and Will was pointing fingers at others in an EFP attacks in 2006. Davies). effort to "hide its defeats and failures"; however in an interview The U.S. claims that the such Over The Hedge won awards for with Diane Sawyer on February weapons have killed at least 170 Directing (Tim Johnson and Karey 12th, Ahmadinejad refused to troops and a much higher number Kirkpatrick), Storyboarding (Gary address accusations that his of Iraqi civilians. Secretary Gates Graham), and Character Design country was supplying weapons to said that the EFPs did not form a (Nicolas Marlet). insurgents in Iraq. Iranian Foreign large proportion of roadside bombs Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali but that they were "extremely Of little surprise, Randy Newman

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 won an Annie for Cars in the "Music Animation (Yu Jae Myung for Avatar launch its new desktop software in an Animated Feature Production" episode "The Blind Bandit"). system for businesses. IBM's new category. Newman has won many product is called “Open Client Oscars for his movie music, and ASIFA also hands out "Juried Offering”. The company hopes that has a nomination this year for the Awards" to various notable figures its product will put Macintosh or song "Our Town". Newman didn't in animation. , Genndy Linux software on a more equal attend the Annies, instead picking Tartakovsky, and will footing with Windows. up a Grammy for "Best Song each win the Winsor McCay Award, Written For Motion Picture, in recognition of lifetime or career The Open Client Offering software Television Or Other Visual Media". contributions to the art of was developed by IBM in-house, as animation. Bill Matthews, Michael well as with partners like Novell DisneyToon Studios' Bambi II won Fallik, Marc Deckter, and Eric Graf Inc. and Red Hat Inc. It is to "Best Home Entertainment will each win a Certificate of Merit. answer the questions regarding the Production", while "Best Animated The Award will go to cost-effectiveness of managing Short Subject" went to Blue Sky , for his "significant Linux or Apple desktop personal Studios' No Time For Nuts, which is and benevolent or charitable computers alongside Windows PCs. based on Ice Age. impact on the art and industry of animation." The Award IBM officials stated that Open Client "Best Animated Video Game" went and Special Achievement award will Offering will allow enterprises to to Flushed Away The Game, while a not be handed out. use the same software on United Airlines ad named "Dragon" Windows, Linux or Apple's OS X. It won a "Best Animated Television The awards were started in 1972, will be unnecessary for companies Commercial" Annie for DUCK after voice actress June Foray using Open Client to pay Microsoft Studios. noticed the industry lacked a formal for licenses for operations because way to acknowledge its these will no longer rely on Foster an Annie fav on TV achievements. Performing in over Windows-based software. Not only did Foster's Home for 202 productions, Foray's most Imaginary Friends take home "Best known characters are Rocket J. Scott Handy, IBM's vice president Animated Television Production", Squirrel (Rocky and Bullwinkle) and of Linux and open source, stated but it also saw wins for Music Granny (Looney Tunes). that the company worked together (James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes with the open source community Remington for Foster's Home for Wikinews was there and in the end found a way to Imaginary Friends episode "One Professional photographer John B. develop a software that is able to False Movie") and Production Mueller was at the Annie Awards function regardless of the operating Design (Martin Ansolabehere for red carpet, taking photos for system. Foster's Home for Imaginary Wikinews. This is the first time Friends episode "Good Wilt Wikinews has sent a photographer To create an alternative to Hunting"), to an awards show red carpet, Microsoft, IBM is going to offer something this news organization Open Document Format software Other ASIFA Television animation hopes to do with increasing that the company developed for statuettes were handed out for regularity. All of the photos taken word processing, spreadsheets or writing (Ian Maxtone-Graham for at the event will be released under presentations, instant messaging The Simpsons episode "The the Creative Commons By and blog tools and Internet Seemingly Neverending Story"), Attribution license, which allows Explorer's long time rival – Firefox Voice Acting (Eartha Kitt as Yzma, them to be used freely by anyone Web browser. for The Emperor's New School for any purpose, so long as they episode "Kuzclone"), Storyboarding credit both Mueller and Wikimedia. The software developers at IBM (Li Hong for The X's episode "You believe that the usage of Open Only Sneeze Twice"), Directing IBM to launch software that Client Offering can cut the cost of (Giancarlo Volpe for Avatar episode works on Linux, Windows and managing applications as well as "The Drill"), Character Design (Mike Macintosh maintenance and cost regarding Kunkel for The Life & Times of On Sunday the representatives of customer support on company Juniper Lee episode "Party International Business Machines networks that require other Monsters"), and Character Inc. said that the company will software rather than Windows.

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Mr Obama dismissed Howard's "And it has an impact on not only PSA Peugeot Citroen, being the comments as "empty rhetoric", our allies, but also our second largest car manufacturer, unless he was to send another adversaries." signed a multi-year agreement with 20,000 Australians to fight in Iraq. Novell, which is the provider of "So, if he's (inaudible) if to fight the Roy Ryden, another US Democrat Linux software, to run Linux on its good fight in Iraq, I would suggest said Mr Howard's comment was 20,000 desktop PCs. In addition that he calls up another 20,000 "bizarre" and accused the Prime Linux will be installed on 2,500 Australians and sends them to Iraq. minister of interfering with US server computers. I would also note that we have politics "The most charitable thing close to 140,000 troops on the you can say about Mr Howard's RedMonk's analyst, Stephen ground now, and my understanding comment is bizarre. You know, we'll O'Grady, said that today there is a is that Mr Howard has deployed make our own judgements in this strong appetite for Windows 1,400", said Mr Obama. country with respect to elections alternatives. However, he said, this and Barack Obama is a terrific doesn't mean that the alternatives The Australian government said its public servant." are to displace Windows contribution to the war in Iraq was wholesales. O'Grady outlined that appropriate given Australia's Mr Howard has drawn criticism no one is going to significantly population and military size and from some conservative damage the desktop dominance of that Obama's response failed to Republicans with John Cornyn Microsoft. address the "substance of the saying Howard should stay out of issue". Foreign Minister Alexander US domestic politics. Australian Prime Minister Downer said 20,000 troops would targets Obama on Iraq be "half of our army". The Australian Prime Minster Australian Prime Minister John further defended his statement Howard has attacked US Mr Howard, considered a close ally today, claiming Obama's plan presidential candidate Barack of the United States government, threatened Australia's national Obama on his pledge to introduce a has faced attacks and support from security. bill that would withdraw American US politicians. troops from Iraq by March 2008. "If the United States were to Democrat Terry McAuliffe said withdraw her combat units from On Sunday, Prime Minister Howard "Firstly, the Prime Minister has Iraq by the early part of next year said the move would hand victory been a great friend of George it could only be represented as a to insurgents in Iraq. "I think that Bush's. He has been with him lock- defeat for the United States in would just encourage those who step from day one on this war in Iraq," he said. wanted completely to destabilise Iraq." and destroy Iraq, and create chaos "I hold the strongest possible view and victory for the terrorists to Republican presidential candidate that it is contrary to the security hang on and hope for (an) Obama Duncan Hunter said Howard had interests of this country for America victory," Mr Howard said “If I was earned a right to comment about to be defeated in Iraq." running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would Obama's policy "I think the Aussies put a circle around March 2008, have earned a right to comment on Australia's strong links to the and pray, as many times as the world stage about their partner United States and its support for possible, for a victory not only for in this endeavour, because they've the U.S.-led war on Iraq were key Obama, but also for the been fighting side-by-side with us issues for Howard's fourth straight Democrats.” —John Howard, in Iraq," said Hunter. election win in late 2004. The Australian Prime Minister Australian opposition has used the "And so I think that John Howard, comments as an opportunity to "If I was running al-Qaeda in Iraq, while it wasn't a very attack the government. Opposition I would put a circle around March complimentary statement, he is leader Kevin Rudd said Howard 2008, and pray, as many times as basically stating the truth and that needed to avoid taking sides in possible, for a victory not only for is that what we say on the Senate American politics as it was Obama, but also for the floor on or the House floor goes to important for the Australia-U.S. Democrats." a world audience." alliance that leaders could deal with each other despite their political

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Wikinews Page 5 affiliations. 'Waverley'... story breaks and "Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll parents find they weren't told at never be happy." Jones is currently New Zealand political party the time," Ms Rich said. writing a book detailing his asks for names of schools relationship with Haggard due out under NZQA investigation Ted Haggard reaches financial in summer 2007. The New Zealand National party, settlement with New Life opposition to the New Zealand Church According to interim senior pastor Government, has called for the The New Life Church in Colorado Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday names of the five schools under Springs, Colorado has reached a February 18 the panel will "provide investigation by the New Zealand financial settlement with its founder any necessary clarification of Qualifications Authority (NZQA) for (and former head of National (Haggard's) restoration process and alleged breaches of the National Association of Evangelicals) pastor give us a report on the New Life Certificate of Educational Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped staff." Achievement (NCEA) regulations. aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male Baghdad bombs kill dozens The breaches that are being alleged prostitute claimed that he had At least 90 people were killed and are that the unidentified five engaged in a three year around 180 were injured in a string schools are helping the students to relationship with Haggard and that of bombs in Baghdad on Monday. memorize the answers and allow the two used methamphetamine. Two car bombs and a roadside their students to cheat during bomb went off in the capital. The assessments. NZQA has confirmed Haggard, who was publicly critical car bombs set buildings on fire, this. of homosexuality, has agreed to reports said. leave the church he founded and Waverley High School, Taranaki, led for two decades with a promise has already been suspended from that he will not discuss the scandal, Wikipedia Current Events administering internal NCEA will move out of Colorado Springs, assessments after it was confirmed and will not reveal how much his •A German court orders the in December that they were letting financial settlement is. release of Brigitte Mohnhaupt, a their students cheat. The high former member of the Red Army school is supposed to be very close On February 4th, Haggard sent an Faction, also known as the to being closed. e-mail to New Life members "Baader-Meinhof Gang" after stating, "We all wanted to know serving 24 years in prison for her Katherine Rich, National's why I developed such incongruity involvement in kidnappings and education spokeswoman, has said in my life. Thankfully, with the tools murders in the 1970s. that the public, especially parents, we gained there, along with the •Unions in Guinea resume a have a right to know if a school is powerful way God has been general strike to protest the possibly endangering the credits, illuminating his Word and the Holy President of Guinea Lansana the education and future Spirit has been convicting me and Conte appointing Eugène Camara employment of a student, which Ms healing me, we now have growing as Prime Minister of Guinea. At Rich said NZQA does not have a understanding which is giving me least 17 people have died in right to do. "The credits being some hope for the future." protests over the weekend. The earned this term will have their protest started on the morning of credibility hugely undermined if, Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard the 12th with a march from the down the track, reports conclude completed a three-week counseling centre of Conakry to the palace. that the school's NCEA breaches program, "He [Haggard] is Widespread problems with armed were not rectified." "... when a completely heterosexual." bandits taking advantage of the school develops a reputation for insecurity have also been being slack on assessment, it's the However, Mike Jones, the man who reported. Lansana Conte has now young person who strikes trouble had allegedly had a 3 year declared a state of emergency. when they look for work." relationship with Haggard publicly replied, "Give me a break." Adding, •China's trade surplus increases by "Parents will be livid if one or two "He’s been performing oral sex on 67%, increasing pressure on the years down the track when NZQA's me for three years. You don’t government to float the yuan. investigation is complete, another change that in three weeks." And

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