July 9, 2006 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events Canadian Prime Minister •USS Mustin, which has surface- from entering Japanese ports. Harper meets with U.S. to-air and Tomahawk cruise •Seven terror suspects escape President Bush missiles has been deployed to a from a Saudi Arabia prison. Canadian Prime Japanese port. This is regularly Minister Stephen scheduled and not in response to Harper met with North Korea's missile test. Western Province defeat Blue President George Bulls (rugby) •Israel has rejected a call by the W. Bush at the The Western Province has defeated head of the Hamas-led White House today. The meeting the Blue Bulls in a regular season Palestinian government for a was a short one and focused Currie Cup fixture between the old ceasefire to end several days of primarily on global security, rivals at the Bulls' home of Loftus fierce fighting in the Gaza Strip. particularly bilateral security Versfeld in Pretoria. Western issues addressing the two •EU warns Israel on Gaza attacks Province won the match 15 points countries. - The EU has accused Israel of to 10, and became Western using "disproportionate" force Province's first win over the Bulls Montreal man urinated on and making a humanitarian crisis in three years, and their first win Canadian National War worse during operations in the at Loftus Versfeld since 2001. Memorial Gaza Strip. A man urinated on National War The Bulls entered the match as •US diplomat Christopher R. Hill Memorial in Ottawa. A retired favourites, however, it was the indicates US support for the Canadian military major, Michel Western Province that scored the informal resumption of six party Pilon, saw the man and two of his first try of the match, when Egon talks aimed at resolving the friends urinate on the memorial Seconds made it over the line after North Korean nuclear crisis. at about 11 p.m. Saturday. The 12 minutes of play in the first half. man was photographed urinating •Israel expands its offensive in Western Province's second try on the National War Memorial in the Gaza Strip - An Israeli came in the 37th minute of the Ottawa. armoured company enters the match, minutes from the half-time Gaza Strip via Karni crossing, break, with Joe Pietersen getting advancing to within 500 meters the try. Western Province entered Featured story of Gaza city, reportedly in search half time with a 15 points to three One year on, London for tunnels used by Palestinian lead over the Bulls. 10 minutes remembers 7/7 victims militants. Israel has also into the second half, two Blue Bulls Londoners are launched large air strikes in the found themselves with yellow commemorating Gaza Strip and will not stop its cards; Frikkie Welsh and Heini the one year offensive until Israeli Corporal Adams. The Blue Bulls scored their anniversary of Gilad Shalit is released. first try in the second half, with the terrorist attacks on its Stefan Basson scoring two minutes •Shoichi Nakagawa, Japanese transport networks that claimed from full-time. The final score was agriculture minister, announces 52 lives. On this day last year, a 15 points to 10, with Western Japan will no longer provide food series of coordinated suicide Province scoring two tries, along aid to North Korea, and that bombings struck London's public with a conversion and penalty goal Japan is considering restricting transport system during the from Naas Olivier, whilst the Blue agricultural trade between the morning rush hour. Bulls scored one try, with a two countries. Earlier Japan conversion and penalty goal from banned a North Korean ferry Morne Steyn. If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Sunday, July 9, 2006 Wikinews Page 2 U.S. government seeks to own," he said last month. "I Dictionary has added Google, examine Guantanamo inmates' believe this was not an act of along with Googling, to their documents desperation, but an act of dictionary. According to the Lawyers asked a federal court asymmetrical warfare waged dictionary, correction Friday to allow the government to against us." pronunciation is goo-gle, with inspect written materials that it other forms including googled and seized from inmates at The Center for Constitutional googling. Guantanamo Bay last month and Rights, which has provided legal requested approval to use "filter assistance to about 200 The word 'google' is defined as a teams" to look at documents that Guantanamo detainees, has been transitive verb meaning to use the may contain privileged lawyer- critical of the conditions at Google search engine to look for client communication. Guantanamo Bay that they say information on the Internet. finally led the detainees to kill In documents they filed with the themselves in desperation. This announcement comes on the U.S. District Court for the District heels of Merriam-Webster adding of Columbia, government lawyers Barbara Olshansky, a deputy legal 'IM' as both a noun and a verb, argued that three inmates who director at CCR, described the and including 'santorum' as a committed suicide last month by government's latest legal activity noun, after usage of the word took hanging themselves coordinated as a tactic to impede detainees' off following internet support of their actions by using attorney- access to legal representation "and advice columnist Dan Savage's client confidentiality to to make these lawyers fight for yet coining of term with a sexual communicate with each other. another thing." connotation. Government officials said that among papers marked "Attorney Last month after the document U.S. Army Surgeon Client Privilege" were instructions seizures, defense attorney Richard General:Many Soldiers with on how to tie knots and a Wilson, who represents a Personality Disorders Perform classified memo on camp activities Canadian detainee, said in an Well and inmate locations. affidavit that the military had told The U.S. Army's surgeon general, him that they were conducting no Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, told Military officials seized more than investigation into the role of reporters Friday that soldiers 1,100 pounds of documents from attorneys in the prisoners' deaths. exhibiting personality disorders inmates after the suicides on June would not be automatically 10. They have since stopped He added, however, that at least discharged because many can defense lawyers from sending any one detainee claimed that camp continue to perform their duties documents to inmates. officials had confiscated his written well. However, the army did materials and told him that they discharge more than 1,000 In an affidavit that lawyers for the were looking into "whether soldiers last year for personality government filed with the court, lawyers had actively encouraged disorders. Among them was Rear Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., detainees to commit suicide." Steven Dale Green, who now the naval commander of the camp, stands accused of raping a young described evidence of a "larger The Merriam-Webster's Iraqi female and murdering her plan or pact for more suicides" Collegiate Dictionary has and her family. among detainees. His statement added Google as a verb implied that the investigation Google became a verb in the Kiley also said; "There is might extend to defense attorneys Merriam-Webster dictionary something very demanding and as third parties who "encouraged, yesterday. tough about being in combat. And ordered or assisted" the detainees anything that would be perceived in killing themselves. First founded in September 1998, as being weak and not ready and Google quickly became a tough carries with it some Harris earlier described the phenomenon, overtaking the then stigma." suicides as part of a pattern of top search engines Yahoo and hostile actions on the part of Lycos etc. U.S. Defense Department officials terror suspects. "They have no announced last month that they regard for life, either ours or their Merriam-Webster's Collegiate have set up a task force to study If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Sunday, July 9, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 the mental health of American the pilot was forced to release fuel two Russian pilots - one of them troops. The 14-member Mental for safety reasons. The release of still receiving formation - and an Health Task Forceâs primary job is the fuel started small wildfires Portuguese pilot that was to produce a required report for across the area, reaching some observing the operations. Defense Secretary Donald houses, that were quickly Rumsfeld and Congress before extinguished by firefighters and Two years ago, the Italian June 2007 that lays out a long- helitack units of the GNR's authorities tested the Beriev in the term plan to improve the Intervention, Protection and same mission type. Having the effectiveness of the militaryâs Rescue Group. Portuguese Government sent mental health treatments, observers to evaluate the according to a Pentagon press The airplane was able to do an performance of the aircraft. release. emergency landing at the Monte However, some limitations were Real Air Base, where it's currently found in the performing of the On May 4, prior to the creation of operating from, thanks to the Russian aircraft in Italy's wildfire the task force, U.S. Senator flight experience of one of the scenarios. Having the Italian Civil Barbara Boxer said the military Russian pilots. When contacted to Protection reached the conclusion faces a "mental health crisis" and the Lusa news agency, National that the Beriev 200 is not criticized the Pentagon for Service of Firefighters and Civil prepared to operate in inaction. In a letter to Rumsfeld, Protection, vice-president mountainous terrain.