September 3, 2007 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Hurricane Felix strengthens to Category 4 Hurricane Felix now Category •Scores of Taliban are killed in Hurricane Felix, the sixth named 5 heavy fighting in the Kandahar storm and second hurricane this Hurricane Felix has and Arghandab regions of season, has strengthened to a been upgraded to a Afghanistan. Category 4 hurricane. As of 5:00 Category 5 •Egyptian police find 2.75 tonnes EDT Sunday, it is located 440 miles Hurricane of explosives in the el-Gefgafa off the coast of Kingston, Jamaica, area of Sinai, believed to be en in the Caribbean Sea. Two pilots killed in head-on route to the Gaza Strip. collision at Radom Air Show, It has maximum sustained winds Poland •The Ogaden National Liberation of 140mph, and 165mph gusts. It Two pilots were Front declares a unilateral is moving at approximately 20mph killed in a head-on ceasefire so that a United Nations to the northwest, into the warmer collision at the team can investigate claims of waters of the eastern caribbean. It Radom Air Show in human rights abuses by the is still strengthening, and expected Poland. Ethiopian government. to reach Category 5 as it continues •The United Kingdom withdraws in warm waters. Featured story troops from its base at Basra Palace as part of an eventual Jamaica is on storm watch, as 200 yard spider web found in handover of Basra Province to the after being hit by Hurricane Dean Lake Tawakoni State Park, Iraqi government. last month there is a possibility of East Texas more damage. It is expected •The President of Iran Mahmoud A massive 200 yard however that it will be outside the Ahmadinejad claims that Iran spider web has been main areas of affect, which will be now has 3,000 centrifuges. The discovered in Lake further south. The risks are mainly International Atomic Energy Tawakoni State Park, torrential rain, flash flooding, Agency estimates the number at Eastern Texas, United mudslides, and slips. States. 2,000. •Christopher R. Hill, the United It is likely to affect the western Wikipedia Current Events States negotiator in talks with coastal areas of Mexico with strong At least two people are killed and North Korea, states that they winds and 4 to 8 inches of rain a dozen injured in three have agreed to declare and when it passes through there simultaneous explosions in disable all of its nuclear facilities sometime this week. Kathmandu in Nepal. by the end of the year. Republican leaders accused of •The military-backed interim •India successfully launches double standard after Larry government of Bangladesh files Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Craig's resignation corruption charges against Vehicle, GSLV-F04, two hours Republican leaders have been former Prime Minister of after its scheduled launch. accused of double standards after Bangladesh Khaleda Zia and her •Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed, forcing Idaho Senator Larry Craig younger son. the Education Minister of Jammu to resign, while letting Louisiana •Sudan postpones a census that is and Kashmir survives an Senator David Vitter stay, after a crucial for the success of two assassination attempt by Islamist being accused of being involved in national elections. militants near Patan. an escort service. If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Monday, September 3, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 According to Democrat leaders, North Korea to dismantle scoring 51 runs. After 47 overs of they let Vitter stay in as he would nuclear facilities this year the Indian innings, rain stopped be replaced with a Democrat, North Korea has agreed to both play with India at 286-4. Play soon whereas Craig will be replaced with identify and dismantle all of their resumed however, and after a Republican. The republicans have nuclear facilities by the end of this Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught responded stating that Vitter had year, said U.S. Assistant Secretary behind for 24 and Rahul Dravid run not been found guilty or charged, of State Christopher Hill. This is a out on 24 runs, India completed only accused. step that will help normalize their fifty overs with a score of relations between the two 324-6. "The fact is that Sen. Craig pled governments, said Hill. guilty to a crime, and therefore Chasing a substantial target of 325 was convicted of a crime. Sen. On February 13, 2007 North Korea runs, England suffered an early Vitter has not been charged with a agreed with the U.S., China, blow when Alastair Cook was crime, let alone convicted of one. Russia, South Korea and Japan caught behind off Ajit Agarkar's So there's a pretty big distinction that they would dismantle their bowling. Ian Bell and Matt Prior here." said Ed Gillespie, President nuclear program in return for aid shared a 90 run partnership before George Bush's counselor and ex- as well as security and diplomatic Prior was stumped by Mahendra republican party leader. He stated guarantees.“ We will have to work Singh Dhoni for 46 runs. Soon that by 2008, the party "will not out some of the details of this in afterwards Kevin Pietersen was have candidates who have any the six party process, Hill said. But caught behind for a duck while Ian kind of ethical considerations that we had a very good understanding Bell was caught behind for 44 will be a concern to the voters". of this today and an understanding runs. Rain once again interrupted that we need to pick up the pace the match and when play resumed Minor earthquake strikes and get through this phase in England faced a revised California 2007. ” Duckworth-Lewis target of 311 According to the United States runs off 45 overs. England captain Geological Survey (USGS) a Paul Collingwood hit 91 not out, moderate earthquake occurred in Kim Kye-gwan, the head of North but the rain returned after 39 southern California at 10:29 a.m. Korea's delegation, told reporters overs and the match finished with (Pacific time) (17:29 UTC) Sunday that they had very substantive England still 38 runs behind the morning. talks and that North Korea will new Duckworth-Lewis target of provide a full declaration of all of 281 runs from 39 overs. The magnitude 4.7 quake occurred their nuclear programs and will 13 kilometers (8 miles) west, disable their nuclear programs by England lead the seven match northwest of Lake Elsinore with a the end of this year, 2007. series 3-2. The sixth match will be depth of 1.6 miles (2600 m). A played at The Oval, London on 5 small 2.5 aftershock then occurred Cricket: India defeat England September. about two minutes later. in fifth one-day international India have beaten England by 38 Two die after passenger ship There are no reports of damage or runs (Duckworth-Lewis method) in and cargo ship collide near injuries. the fifth One-Day International of Haifa, Israel the series at Headingley, Leeds, Divers have recovered two bodies "There were no injuries reported to England. after a passenger ship accidently us at this time. When there's an rammed a cargo vessel two miles earthquake over 4.3, we send out Indian opening batsmen Sourav from the port of Haifa, Israel. an order to all of the stations so Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar firefighters take all of their started quickly, recording an The Israeli cargo ship Shelly sank apparatus out of the basement opening partnership of 116 runs after being struck by Cypriot until we are sure that everything is before Tendulkar was caught passenger vessel Salamis Glory cleared," said firefighter for the behind for 71 runs and Ganguly where she was anchored two miles Riverside County Fire Department, was dismissed for 59. Gautam from the coast. None of the nearly Jody Hagemann. Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh shared 700 people on the Salamis Glory a 94 run partnership, with Yuvraj were harmed, but two of the Singh reaching 72 and Gambhir Shelly 's thirteen-man crew were If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Monday, September 3, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 unable to escape the sinking killed more than 100 people. 19 South Koreans return home vessel. Their bodies were after release from Taliban recovered twelve hours after the The illness, first thought to be captivity accident by Isreali divers. typhoid fever but now more likely Nineteen South Korean Christians a haemorrhagic fever, was first are released from insurgents after Some of the survivors climbed on noticed in early June in Kasai being held captive for six weeks. board a rescue launch lowered by Occidental province in the DRC. The 19 South Koreans return to a the Salamis Glory, and were There have been 103 reported nation that is glad the hostage subsequently rescued by the navy, deaths from a total of 217 situation has been resolved and is whilst the others were picked up patients, for a mortality rate of over. However, they also face a by a rescue helicopter. The crew nearly 50 percent. Health country that is angry with their members on the Shelly were all authorities are, however, unsure of decision to travel to Afghanistan foreign, with one of the deceased the full extent of the outbreak. despite the Afghan government being an Ukrainian and the other advising them not to.“ We owe being an Indonesian. They were In a press release, WHO described a big debt to the nation and the vessel's first mate and the the symptoms as "fever, headache, people, said Yoo Kyung Shik, the ship's engineer.