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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events 2007 World Cup - 2nd Newly discovered extra-solar •Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Semi-Final: Australia vs South planet may be Earth-like Russia is buried following a Africa A planet with a radius 1.5 times funeral service in central Moscow. Australia have beaten South Africa larger than Earth and a mass five •Former Polish government by 7 in the second Semi- times greater has been discovered minister Barbara Blida commits Final match in the World Cup at the over 20 light-years away. suicide during a police searching Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Scientists claim that the planet is of her house. Saint Lucia. likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water at its surface. •U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Australia progress to the Final to of State for European and play yesterday's winners Inmates take over Indiana Eurasian Affairs David Kramer, with a chance to win their third prison, two employees injured speaking on behalf of the U.S. consecutive title. Order has been restored after government, offers to normalize inmates took over an Indiana relations with Belarus if it releases After winning the toss, South Africa prison today at about 2:00 pm imprisoned politicians. decided to bat. They lost EDT after local and state police •The French centrist and pro- Smith in the second over followed were called to the scene. European Union leader of the by the rest of the top-middle order Union for French Democracy collapse - including McGrath taking Featured story François Bayrou announces the the wickets of and foundation of the Democratic in successive balls. Rare rhino caught on Party in the run-up to the 2007 He almost claimed his first World videotape legislative election after his strong Cup hat-trick but the third ball A camera set up in the jungles of showing in the presidential sailed inches wide of 's Malaysian Borneo in Sabah by the election. off stump. 149 is the worst World Wide Fund for Nature or performance in this World Cup for WWF, has captured, for the first •China detains four United States South Africa. time, a Borneo Rhino on citizens who were protesting for videotape. Tibetan independence and against Despite losing Adam Gilchrist in the the Beijing Olympics at the Mount 2nd over, Australia never really Everest base camp. struggled. Helped by another 40 •Japanese police raid the offices of from this year's top scorer Matthew a pro-North Korean group in Hayden (who is now only 52 runs relation to the alleged kidnapping behind Sachin Tendulkar's record of of two children in the 1970s. 673 runs in a single World Cup, achieved in 2003) and 60* from •Buddhist monks protest in the Michael Clarke they eased towards streets of Bangkok, demanding their place in the final inside 32 that Buddhism be made the overs. official religion of Thailand under a new constitution. Toss: South Africa won, and elected •Astronomers announce the to bat first. discovery of the Earth-like Man cuts off his own penis in exoplanet Gliese 581 c, which UK restaurant may support liquid water and is An unnamed Polish man, 35, is potentially habitable.

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Thursday, April 26, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 being treated at a hospital in and painstaking operation," said feedback from the populace when London, England after he cut off his Francis Chinegwundoh a urologist he said, "People are unhappy with penis with a knife at Zizzi's pizza at St Bartholomew's Hospital which the social and moral status of the restaurant on Strand Street in the is located in London. society. They expect that the fight city of Westminster. Chinegwundoh also said that that against social insecurity be properly the victim will not feel his penis and implemented." Thus, Hujjat al- "We were called at 9.00pm on it will not be possible for him to Islam Pour-Mohammadi re-iterated Sunday to a restaurant on the maintain an erection unless he uses the necessity of proper Strand to reports of a man in a special machine, even if the implementation and methodology possession of a knife. Officers operation were a success. towards the restoration of morality attended to discover a man in the Islamic Republic. This is believed to be 30-40 years old Iran's morality police crack indispensable to promote suffering from an injury. He was down on un-Islamic dress righteousness and curb sin. taken to a south London hospital in The Iranian police forces have faced a stable condition. No one else was criticism from Ayatollah Hashemi Following the Islamic Revolution in injured and his injuries are believed Shahrudi, the head of the judiciary 1979, hijab became mandatory in to be self inflicted," said a Scotland who was appointed by Grand Iran for everyone including Yard spokeperson. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for their re- foreigners after the over 98% of invigorated campaign to do away citizens voted for an Islamic Police had to use CS tear gas on with un-Islamic dress. government. In this recent the victim in order to subdue him crackdown, the authorities have to get him to the hospital to receive Ayatollah Shahroudi proclaimed, arrested many citizens throughout medical attention. "Tough measures on social the country. Not only have women problems will backfire and have been taken into custody for their Witnesses say that the man came counter-productive effects." Others hair being uncovered on their into the restaurant, picked a knife have, of course, made it clear that foreheads and tight clothes that up off the floor of the kitchen and un-Islamic dress can lead to moral show body shapes, but men have then got onto a table and cut off his corruption, engender innumerable also been arrested for wearing penis. vices, and hurt the Islamic sleeveless T-shirts or spiky hair character of the nation. even in inside all-male dormitories. "At around 9pm on Sunday, a man Even a foreign journalist was walked into the Zizzi restaurant on Some believe that no one had any detained because the photograph The Strand, down the stairs to the issue with the creation of an on her press card was indecent. basement restaurant area and tried Islamic atmosphere. The core of to enter a kitchen. Members of staff the matter revolves around the It has not been clear whence the stopped him, at which he ran into a implementation of the Islamic dress directive for the re-newed second kitchen area. The man then code; additionally, heavy-handed clampdown emanated. Some have picked up a kitchen knife and measures should be shunned. For blamed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slashed himself across the wrist instance, Mehdi Ahmadi, while Gholam Hossein Elham, the and groin areas before running information head of Tehran's police, government spokesman, stated to back into the restaurant, where he told Al Jazeera: "Some citizens may reporters, "The police work as continued to stab himself," said a complain about the way the law is agents of the judiciary to confront spokesperson for the restaurant. being enforced but they all agree crimes. The government as an with the plan itself." executive body does not interfere in Surgeons are attempting to the affairs of the judiciary." reattach his organ in what doctors According to one student, "You call the first time this kind of simply can't tell people what to Rare rhino caught on videotape surgery has been performed in the wear. They don't understand that A camera set up in the jungles of U.K.. It is not yet known if the use of force only brings hatred Malaysian Borneo in Sabah by the operation was successful. towards them, not love." World Wide Fund for Nature or Nevertheless, Hojatoll-Islam WWF, has captured, for the first "If it doesn't take, then you would Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, Iran's time, a Borneo Rhino on videotape. have to reamputate it. Attaching interior minister who is in charge of the penis is a very long, complex policing, prognosticated positive "This astonishing footage captures

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, April 26, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 of one of the world’s most elusive The carillion war memorial in humbled by efforts to clean up the creatures. Tremendous progress Bathurst in Central Western NSW graffiti. He said an effort involving has been made in recent years to was vandalised just hours before a RSL members, local army secure the rhino’s habitat but so dawn ANZAC day service. Police personnel, council workers, much more needs to be done allege that five teenage girls aged volunteer firefighters and a group considering this species may very 15 and 16 were involved. of young men on their way home well disappear in the next 10 after a night out. years," said President and CEO of 'Diggers' who had been looking the World Wildlife Fund in a press forward to the dawn service said "We had about a dozen young fellas release, Carter Roberts. they were bought to tears after that were going home from the they learned that statements pub, they sort of stopped and said: In the video, the rhino comes out of saying "ANZAC murderers" and 'What's going on here?'," said Mr the jungle brush and then proceeds "Aussies don't fight" were painted McFerran. to sniff the camera and equipment on the war memorial. surrounding it. The video also "When they got told, they sort of shows the rhino getting a bite to Police say they were called to the walked over, bloody downed their eat. memorial after reports that a group things, grabbed ... pads and rags of vandals had covered the shrine and starting getting in there with It is estimated that there are only with offensive graffiti. Sergent the rest of us." 25 to 50 of the rhinos alive on the Andrew Holand from Bathurst planet, and they can only be found police said "Police arrived a short NSW Premier Morris Iemma in the jungles of Sabah, or better time later and observed that they condemned the vandalism, saying known as the "Heart of Borneo." had painted approximately one "They need a history lesson and a For the past 20 years, the rhino has metre high, [beige coloured] good kick up the backside as well." not been reported anywhere else in slogans all the way around the Sabah and researchers say that it exteriors of the war memorial using Accused killer of Canadian is likely "extinct" in the rest of words such as "ANZAC murderers" police officer released on bail Malaysia. and "Aussies don't fight" along with The man accused of killing a Laval, peace symbols". Quebec police officer on March 2, Researchers say that poaching to 2007 was released Tuesday on a use the rhino's horn in medicene "They've then taken the remnants CA$200,000 bail. and encroachment into their of the four-litre paint cans and habitats are causing them to splashed these on the doors and Basil Parasiris has been charged decline. Researchers also say that external steps of the war with several offences stemming because the rhino is so isolated memorial," he said. from a drug raid carried out by from the rest of Malaysia, that they police in the early morning hours of are rarely able to breed together. When police located the group of March 2. Among the alleged five teenagers some were still offences are a first-degree murder "The rhino is very sensitive to the covered in paint. All were taken to charge in the shooting death of presence of human beings. Till now, Bathurst Police Station where the Constable Daniel Tessier, attempted we can still see the rhino, but if we 16 year-old girl was charged with murder in the wounding of Tessier's cannot develop any kind of maliciously damaging a shrine or partner, Stephane Forbes, and protection method, I think the war memorial and malicious several weapons offences. Parasiris rhinos will survive less than 10 damage to police property. It is will remain free on bail pending a years," said a project manager for alleged after she was arrested she preliminary hearing to be held in the WWF for elephants and rhinos damaged a police cell. August of this year. in the Borneo region, Raymond Alfred. The four other girls involved, all For his part, Parasiris has not aged 15 will be cautioned under the denied that the shooting took In 2006, the first ever still image state's Youth Offenders Act. place, and has apologized to was captured of the rhino. Tessier's family. He claims that he Bathurst War Memorial Jim McFerran from the Bathurst was acting in self defence, as he vandalised before ANZAC Returned and Services League of didn't know that it was police service Australia (RSL) said he was entering his house in a planned

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, April 26, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 raid, and instead believed intruders mineral which matches with other main opposition paties. The had broken in. "I'm really, really Kryptonite, a fictional rock in the new one is entitled Turning the sorry (about) what happened. My famous Superman series. Natural Corner. condolences to the Tessier family," History Museum in London, England Parasiris told CTV News. "I honestly and the National Research Council Rosie O'Donnell to leave The thought there was a home invasion of Canada are calling it a new View or something." mineral after tests were done by Rosie O'Donnell has been ordered scientists. The rock is white and to quit ABC's The View for not The judge overseeing the bail powdery and it does not have agreeing to her contract. ABC proceedings, ruled that Parasiris fluorine and is non-radioactive. stated they wanted her for three would not pose an immediate more years but O'Donnell declined threat to society, but did place The chemical formula of Kryptonite saying she wanted only one more strict conditions on his release. is sodium lithium boron silicate year. She will officially leave the While awaiting trial, Parasiris, 41, hydroxide, which British popular morning show in June, will have to live with his father, mineralogist Dr. Chris Stanley when her contract agreement ends. obey a curfew, and not travel matched with the rock being held in outside Canada. London's Natural History Museum O'Donnell's position has had ups after searching on the internet. and downs since she started. In what is believed to be the first More infomation about the new O'Donnell just this year had two ruling of its kind in Canada, mineral can be found at the Natural fueds with famous American releasing on bail a defendant History Museum's website. entrepreneur Donald Trump and charged with killing a policeman, claimed producer and co-host the judge criticized some of the "I was amazed to discover that Barbara Walters did not come to police tactics used during the raid. same scientific name written on a her side. Justice Jean-Guy Boilard of the case of rock containing kryptonite Quebec Superior Court noted that stolen by Lex Luthor from a She makes a total of US$3 million the police didn't use a "knock museum in the film Superman for co-hosting the show. notice" before entering Parasiris' Returns," he said. house, but rather used a battering "Just didn't dovetail with what ABC ram to break down the door. When Parts of Canada's new was able to offer me. To all the serving a warrant under normal environment plan revealed viewers out there, I just want to conditions, police are to knock at Environment Minister John Baird say thank you for opening up your the door and identify themselves. announced some details today that hearts and your homes to me this Jacques Larochelle, Parasiris' the Canadian government will past year," O'Donnell said in a lawyer, indicated that he will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions formal announcement. contest the warrant's legality. by 20 percent by 2020. Industrial pollution will be reduced in three to Today in History The prosecution argued that, even five years and air pollution would 1865 - Boston Corbett shot and if it was not clear to Parasiris that be split by 2015. killed John Wilkes Booth, the police were entering his home, he assassin of U.S. President Abraham should not have been so reckless Baird was expected make his Lincoln. with a gun. formal announcement on Thursday 1925 - Paul von Hindenburg until, accidentally, the Conservative defeated Wilhelm Marx in the During the fatal raid on the governments' documents were second round of the German Parasiris home in March, police faxed to the Liberal Party, Canada's presidential election, becoming the collected four loaded handguns, as main opposition party. first directly elected head of state well as a small amount of drugs of the Weimar Republic. and cash. According to reports, the This is the second time the 1937 - Spanish Civil War: The 357-magnum handgun allegedly Conservative government has made bombing of Guernica in Spain by used by Parasiris to shoot the an alternative plan to Koyto since the Condor Legion of the German officers was legally registered. 2006. The first one entitled the Luftwaffe resulted in a devastating Clean Air Act, proposed by former firestorm. Kryptonite found by geologists Environment Minister Rona 1964 - Tanganyika and Zanzibar Geologists in Serbia have found a Ambrose, was rejected by the two merged to form Tanzania.

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