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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events sentence of Raymond Mata Jr., who was convicted in the murder Hamas militants launch nearly 20 of three-year-old Adam Gomez. rockets at nearby Israeli towns. Mata's sentence was upheld by the •A fire in a nursing home in Egg, court but stayed it stating that Austria kills at least 11 people. when petitioning for a date, the state should establish that it has a •A student shoots two students "constitutionally acceptable and kills herself at Louisiana method of carrying out Mata's Technical College in Baton Rouge, sentence." Louisiana. •Scotland Yard detectives Greece defeats Finland 2-1 in suspends his investigating the death of former friendly football match United States presidential Prime Minister of Pakistan The Greek national football team campaign Benazir Bhutto say that she died has defeated the Finnish from the effect of a bomb blast equivalent 2-1 in a friendly football Niece of Scientology's leader not gunfire. match. goes public with criticism •A woman attacks two pilots on The niece of Finland scored the first goal in the Eagle Airways flight 2279 from the Church of 66th minute when Alexei Blenheim to Christchurch, New Scientology's Eremenko managed to get the ball Zealand. The aircraft lands safely top leader to uncovered player Jari Litmanen, at Christchurch and the suspect David Miscavige, Jenna Miscavige who in turn put it past substitute is arrested and charged with Hill, has come forward publicly goalkeeper Chrisostomos hijacking and three counts of with criticism of the organization Michailidis. Just one minute later assault. and of Scientology practices, Greece equalised when Angelos speaking on Inside Edition on •The man accused of the multi- Charisteas headed a free kick from Tuesday to criticise practices of crore, Gurgaon kidney scandal is Giorgos Karagounis into the the Church. arrested in Nepal. Finnish goal.

Featured story Nebraska court bans the In the 72nd minute Greece moved electric chair into the lead as Benfica midfielder 'Top Model' winner CariDee The Nebraska Supreme Court has Costas Katsouranis scored a English on her modeling banned the use of the electric distant but powerful shot, career and her battle with chair in the execution of bouncing it beneath goalkeeper psoriasis murderers. The court found that Peter Enckelman. Wikinews interviews the application violated the former America's Nebraska constitution's prohibition Both sides missed chances, with Next Top Model against cruel and unusual Finn Jonatan Johansson failing to winner CariDee punishment. Since July 2002, capitalise on opportunities in the English on her Nebraska has been the only state 7th and 4th minutes, causing struggles with in the United States to use Finland to lose out on having psoriasis and about electrocution as its only dominated the first half. Greek her current career executional method. defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos kicked a as a New York shot over the bar shortly before fashion model. The case developed from death half time.

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Also competing in the four-nation were killed in 2007. According to often held in abysmal conditions, tournament, held in Cyprus, are the report, 32 of these deaths cut off from their lawyers and their Poland and the Czech Republic. were in Iraq, which has had the families.” Greece are the current European highest number of deaths for the champions, whilst Cyprus and second year running. wins Poland both qualified for Euro Missouri Libertarian primary 2008, making Finland the only The report says that "journalists Wayne Allyn Root, one of the team in the line-up not to be were killed in unusually high leading competitors for the competing in this year's European numbers in 2007, making it the Libertarian Party's nomination for championships. deadliest year for the press in the 2008 U.S. presidental election, more than a decade." According to won the Missouri primary on Super Judge dismisses copyright the report, the number of deaths Tuesday. lawsuit against Uri Geller has increased by eight from the Today Judge Vaughn R. Walker previous year and is more than He came second in Arizona, ahead dismissed the Electronic Frontier double the figure for a decade ago. of Barry Hess, a native of the Foundation's lawsuit against Uri state. In he was beaten Geller. Walker dismissed the case, The African director of the CPJ said by Steve Kubby, taking third concluding in his 25 page opinion that , in general, the government place. Mr. Root did not campaign that the United States District of the Democratic Republic of in any of these states. Court in did not Congo, which came fourth in the have jurisdiction over Geller, a list, “is fairly antagonistic to the The Libertarian Party will hold their British subject, or Explorologist, independent press, and national convention on May 22, LTD, an English company that unfortunately we [the CPJ] monitor ending on May 26. During this holds certain rights to him. a lot of cases [in the Democratic time, nearly 1,000 delegates will Republic of Congo] of harassment, meet at the Adam's Mark Hotel in The lawsuit was filed in May 2007 imprisonments, and even murders Denver to choose their presidential by the EFF on behalf of Brian that are carried out with and vice presidential nominees. Sapient and his organization the impunity." Rational Response Squad. Sapient Currently, Mr. Root has raised the has posted a excerpt from the PBS The report also shows that the highest amount of money out of all documentary Secrets of the number of journalists imprisoned the Libertarian candidates, Psychics, starring James Randi, on in 2007 has decreased from the $14,330. YouTube. Geller claimed he owned 2006 figure, with the 2007 figure, the video clip and forced YouTube which was 127, being Gunman opens fire at Missouri to remove the video. However, approximately the same as the city council meeting Sapient filed a counter-DMCA 2005 figure. It also states that On Thursday, a local man known claim and the video has since been 57% of those imprisoned are done for his outbursts and disruptive restored pending the lawsuits. so on antistate charges, and that behavior with city officials killed 17% have no publicly disclosed five people at a city council Walker suggested that the case be charge pressed against them. The meeting in City of Kirkwood, moved to Philadelphia where director of the CPJ criticized these Missouri, United States. During the Explorologist, LTD (Geller's imprisonments in the report, melee, he was shot dead by police. business) filed an earlier lawsuit saying that “imprisoning against Sapient, claiming that the journalists on the basis of Among those killed were YouTube post violated English assertions alone should not be Councilwoman Connie Carr, two Copyright Law. confused with a legal process. This police officers and two others at is nothing less than state- the meeting. 65 journalists killed in 2007 sponsored abduction.” He according to Committee to continued by stating that he The suspect shot and killed a Protect Journalists believes "every one of these 127 Kirkwood Police officer on the way In it's recently released report journalists should be released," into City Hall where he shot a called Attacks on the Press in and that the CPJ are "especially second officer. He then proceeded 2007, the Committee to Protect concerned for those detained to shoot five more people in the Journalists has said 65 journalists without charge because they’re room, killing 3 more. Kirkwood

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Police called to the scene for shots Swoboda, council members from receiving these rebates and fired, returned fire killing the Michael H.T. Lynch and Conne also claimed that stimulus plan suspect. According to St. Louis Karr, and Public Works Director would increase the deficit more County Police Department Kenneth Yost were shot, said the and noted the cause of the spokesperson Tracy Panus. Post's McNichols. looming recession was because of "credit problems." "He came from the back of the Thornton fled the building and was room," said Janet McNichols, a St. shot by responding Kirkwood The United States Senate voted Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent. police outside the building. hours earlier on the bill which "He kept yelling 'shoot the mayor' passed in the Senate, 81-16. after and he just walked around About 30 people were in the having to shed some incentives shooting anybody he could." meeting according to McNichols. included by Senate Democrats which caused the bill to fail. Some The two wounded are a Suburban House approves Senate of the incentives that were left out Journals reporter and Mayor Mike amended economic stimulus of the plan in a compromise to Swoboda. Swoboda underwent package gain Republican support were emergency surgery to treat a The United States House of demands for benefits for long-term gunshot wound to the head Representatives has passed the unemployed workers and Thursday night at St. John's Mercy bipartisan US$152 billion economic stipulation that would allow low- Hospital in Creve Coeur. Hospital stimulus package that gives one- income citizens to pay off heating spokesman Bill McShane delined to time rebates to United States bills and let home builders pay off discuss Swoboda's injuries. He did citizens, US$600 for individuals or losses off the current year against note that another Suburban US$1,200 for couples plus US$300 previous tax years. Journals reporter Todd Smith was for each child. US$300 checks in satisfactory condition. Smith would be sent to people on low- President Bush approved of the was shot in the hand. income including retirees on Social package, noting in a statement, Security which was not included in "This plan is robust, broad-based, According to McNichols, the the original bill backed by timely, and it will be effective, this gunman was Charles Lee "Cookie" President George W. Bush. The bill will help to stimulate consumer Thornton who was arrested two plan would begin to decrease spending and accelerate needed years ago in the same council rebates for citizens with taxable business investment." chambers for refusing to leave a incomes of US$75,000 for meeting after a confrontation with individuals and US$150,000 for Woman attacks aircraft pilots Swoboda and the council. He was couples. The checks would go out in New Zealand hijacking asked to stop and was arrested to more than a 130 million attempt when he refused to leave the Americans according to Treasury A 33-year-old Somalian woman chamber. secretary Henry Paulson. was arrested after she stabbed two pilots in an attempt to hijack a According to KSDK, an NBC The House overwhelmingly New Zealand passenger plane. The affiliate, Thornton had been approved the more broad Senate 19-seater on Eagle Airways Flight banned from City Council amended bill which included the NZ2279, was travelling from meetings, but had made it known low-income portion mentioned Blenheim to Christchurch when the that he would be at Thursday above along with provisions that incident occurred. Eagle is a night's meeting and extra police would keep illegal aliens from regional commuter carrier division were assigned ahead of time. receiving a rebate check. Depsite of Air New Zealand. some opposition from some KSDK also reported that the Congressmen, such as John B. T. According to media reports, the shooter fired at City Attorney John Campbell III of California's 48th pilots sent a mayday call around Hessel who had thrown chairs at congressional district, the plan 07:40 NZDT to report that a the assailant in an attempt to stop passed overwhelmingly 380-34. female passenger had breached him. The assailant then moved the cockpit and attacked them behind a curved desk where Campbell called the plan "wealth before being removed from the council members sat to fire on redistribution" and noted it did not flight deck area. Local police them. have safeguards to prevent illegals confirmed that the woman also

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