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January 20, 2007 the Free-Content News Source That You Can Write! Page 1 January 20, 2007 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Regional High School in Sudbury has left a 15-year old student Turkish-Armenian journalist the attack. dead. killed in Turkey •A close aide to UK Prime Minister An Armenian Tony Blair is arrested in a The stabbing happened around journalist, Hrant corruption probe. 7:20 am EST, before classes had Dink, was started. A fight broke out in a assassinated •Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish boy's bathroom between the 15- today at the age writer, is shot dead in Istanbul. year old victim, James Alenson and of 52 in front of Dink was convicted in 2005 for 16-year-old suspect John Odgren, the Agos 'insulting Turkishness' by writing the fight spilled out in the hallway, newspaper office, an article on the Armenian where the stabbing occured. at the Istanbul district of Genocide. Osmanbey, where he worked as •Hurricane force winds claim at The school was sent into a the editor and a journalist. least 40 lives in Western Europe "lockdown" and students were including 10 lives in Britain and ushered into the gym, cafeteria H5N1 Avian Flu virus mutates; 11 in Germany, and other victims and various classrooms. Alenson shows resistance to drugs in The Netherlands (6), Poland was rushed to Emerson Hospital A mutation in the H5N1 Avian Flu (6), Czech Republic (3) and where he was pronounced dead at or Bird Flu France (3). 8:15 am EST. Odgren admitted to virus has the stabbing and was in the •Robert Gates, the United States been found principal's office saying "I did it, I Secretary of Defense, visits in two did it," to police. However, Odgren Basra, Iraq to consult with US humans also reportedly said "Is he OK? I and allied commanders. infected with the virus located in don't want him to die," according the Gharbiyah Province of Egypt •Twelve of the thirteen suspects in to a police report. All students which is located about 50 miles Norway's NOKAS robbery case were released at 10:20 am EST. outside of Egypt's capital, Cairo, from 2004, are found guilty and Egypt. given sentences from 4 - 19 Odgen is being charged with years in prison. "murder, assault and battery with Featured story a dangerous weapon, and carrying •Following the furore over the a knife onto school property" and China shoots down weather treatment towards contestant was arraigned in Framingham satellite with ballistic missile Shilpa Shetty in Celebrity Big District Court where he pleaded China has shot down one of their Brother 2007 by contestants not guilty to the charges. old weather satellites including Jade Goody have with a ballistic resulted in Jade being evicted by Shapiro also asked if his client missile and the popular vote from the show, to could go to secure facility at United States is an empty crowd due to heighten Children's Hospital in Boston. concerned about the test. concerns over safety after the Judge Paul Healy denied the issue reached a highpoint in UK- request saying he did not have Wikipedia Current Events Indian relations. "enough assurance that Children's •Somalia's presidential palace is Hospital would be secure." hit by two mortar shells. It's Stabbing at Massachusetts Instead, he will be held at unknown if Somali President high school leaves one dead Middlesex Jail in Cambridge Abdullahi Yusuf is inside during A stabbing at the Lincoln-Sudbury outside of the general population. If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 According to the school's website, 77-90-15 for the United Kingdom announced a 15-day mourning there will be a community meeting and Ireland. following the assassination. Mr. tonight in the school's auditorium Mutafyan called the assassination at 7pm EST. Turkish-Armenian journalist "barbarian, treacherous, and killed in Turkey dastardly". Consumer database of several A Turkish-Armenian journalist, major North American stores Hrant Dink, was assassinated While the body was taken away, a hacked today at the age of 52 in front of group applaused Dink, uttered TJX Companies, a U.S. chain, that the Agos newspaper office, at the "Long live peoples' brotherhood", owns big box stores Winners, a Istanbul district of Osmanbey, "The assassin state will pay", and fashion outlet, and HomeSense, a where he worked as the editor and "Hrants will not die". They then home accessories store, has a journalist. Witnesses say that marched to the Taksim Square. revealed they had their computers after being shot, he was able to Another protest march was hacked back in mid-December. stand up for a while, extending his organized at the capital of Turkey, hand in search of help, which Ankara. It also affected the U.S. and never came. Puerto Rico stores Marshalls, T.J. Turkey witnessed 62 journalist Maxx, HomeGoods and A.J. Dink, a brave journalist who was assassinations after 1909, the last Wright, which are also owned by not afraid to discuss one of before Hrant Dink being Ahmet TJX Companies. The intrusion Turkey's most controversial issues, Taner Kışlalı in 1999. could also affect stores in the clearly called what happened to United Kingdom and Ireland. Armenians in 1915 when the land Canada beats USA 5-0 in ice was being governed by the hockey at World University They discovered the hacking in Ottoman Empire the Armenian Games mid-December and revealed the Genocide. As BBC reports, he said In his first play of Winter information to the public on “the word did not need to be Universiade 2007 Hockey team of Wednesday. accepted by other Turks for it to Canada defeated USA 5-0, while in remain true in his mind.” another game the home team of "The company is committed to Italy lost to Kazakhstan 3-1. providing its customers with more His body was kept for an hour on information when it becomes the pavement by Turkish security Italy won its first gold medal in available," TJX Companies said in a forces. Giant Slalom when Aronne Pieruz statement. was first in both runs of Skiing The assassin was reported to be competition. Czech Filip Trejbal The computers contain credit card, about 18-19 years old, wearing a was second and American Adam debit card, check, and white hat and jeans. Two other Cole was third. merchandise return transactions suspects were taken into custody information. The hacker could at the Taksim district. A Turkish TV Medal table is leaded by Poland have accessed transactions during station broadcasted the images of who won two gold medals: in 2003 and from May through the killer. Speedskating Katarzyna Wojcicka December 2006. was first in 1,500 metres and in Following his father's Cross-Country Katarzyna Wojcicka Jefferies analyst Timothy Allen said assassination, Dink's daughter, won 5 km Classical Individual. the chain should use this as an referring to the fascist obsession Other gold medalists in the day opportunity for excellent customer with pure blood, said: “They shot were Dutch Mark Ooyevaar in service. He added that they should my father. Is their blood purer Speedskating 5,000 m, the offer coupons to customers to get now? They were afraid to face him, Russian Alexander Lasutkin in them back to shopping in stores they shot him in the back.” 10km Classical Individual Cross- owned by TJX. Country, the Austrian Daniela All vacations were canceled for Iraschko in K95 Ski jumping and Customers with questions can call Turkish security forces in Istanbul. Japanese Daisuke Takashasho in one of the help lines at 866-484- Single Figure Skating. 6978 in the United States, 866- The patriarch of Turkish 903-1408 in Canada, and 0800- Armenians, Misrob Mutafyan, In Men's Curling Switzerland beat If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, January 20, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 USA 8-5, and South Korea won the project will deprive them from Media, a technical manual against Italy 7-5. Following results the expected profits from books publishing company, that in the are to be highlighted in Women's sold in bookstores and online time of revolutionary changes, Curling: Sweden- USA 8-7, marketplaces. brought by the development of Switzerland-Great Britain 9-7 and digital technologies, it was Japan-Italy 7-2. The speech of Jim Gerber, important for their industry manager of content partnerships segment not to ignore but World's oldest living woman at Google, opened the event. Mr. embrace the forthcoming changes. dies at age 115 Gerber noticed that their meeting He also mentioned that the Library The world's oldest woman, was aimed at mutual Project and Book Search tool Montrealer Julie Winnefred understanding of changes the carried out by Google represented Bertrand, died in Thursday, book-publishing market was about an opportunity to become part of passing away peacefully in her to face in the 21st century. Among the newly-born media culture. sleep. the speakers there were those closely related to the publishing Intoxicated New Zealand She earned the distinction as the business - authors, publishers and policeman keeps job oldest living woman when 116- analysts, including Cory Doctorow, Mokau, Taranaki, New Zealand year-old Elizabeth Bolden of a science fiction writer and co- policeman, Constable Jonathon Tennessee U.S.A. died on Dec. 11, editor of Boing Boing, as well as "Jono" Erwood has been 2006. agents of the leading publishing discharged without conviction by a stores such as Harper Collins and judge at the New Plymouth District Bertrand was born on Sept.
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