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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events council was criticised for naming an uninspiring piece of by-pass UN to send troops to Darfur, •Sudan pledges support for a joint Alan Turing Way, and a statue Sudan United Nations and African Union erected by public subscription At least 26,000 United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur. bears a plaque pointing out the (UN) troops will •Sixty-nine Chinese coal miners failure of the computing industry be sent to the are rescued from the Zhijian to contribute. Darfur region of mine in Henan province. (AFP via Sudan in an ABC News Australia) The new building deliberately attempt to stop attempts to provide a conducive violence from •The US House of Representatives atmosphere for mathematical spreading and passes a resolution to lift travel collaboration with a design that to protect restrictions on Taiwan's president aims to promote chance encounter civilians from and other high-level officials in public spaces. It also aims to the fighting. visiting the United States. save energy with solar panels •The Prime Minister of Spain Jose fitted to the roof. News Corp. acquires Dow Luis Rodriguez Zapatero visits the Jones & Co. Canary Islands to inspect the The building also houses the The Bancroft family, which damage caused by five days of Astronomy and Astrophysics controls Dow Jones' shareholder fires on the islands of Gran Group, and the Photon Sciences votes, approved the deal amid Canaria and Tenerife. Institute. opposition from some key •Norihiko Akagi resigns as Japan's members who were fearful that UN to send troops to Darfur, agriculture minister after Journal's reputation and content Sudan scandals involving him adversely would be altered under its new At least 26,000 United Nations affected the Liberal Democratic owner. (UN) troops will be sent to the Party's performance in the Darfur region of Sudan in Africa Japanese House of Councillors Featured story under resolution 1769 in an election, 2007. attempt to stop violence from Alan Turing Building opens at spreading and to protect civilians University of Manchester Alan Turing Building opens at from the fighting. The force The University of Manchester includes at least 19,555 troops and Manchester The School of Mathematics, nearly 7,000 civilian police officers University's University of Manchester finished in a force being called the "United School of moving in to its new building Nations-African Union Mission" Mathematics Monday. The building is named (UNAMID). The UN Security moved into its after one of its most widely known Council voted unanimously to send new building academics Alan Turing, one of the troops to the region. named after founders of computer science and one of its most a Reader in Mathematics at At least 200,000 people have been widely known Manchester. killed in four years of fighting in academics, Alan Turing, one of the region and more than two the pioneers of computer science. Although Turing is one of the city million have been displaced. and university's most famous sons, there are very few things Troops will be sent to the region named in his honour. The city under Chapter 7 of the UN charter

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 which states that the UN "shall Blogs have speculated it may be respected hackers." determine the existence of any simply a server upgrade, or it may threat to the peace, breach of the be new features. One web Scholarships awarded to peace, or act of aggression and development blogger has even isolated pacific islanders in shall make recommendations, or raised the theory that the site was Micronesia decide what measures shall be hacked, with the login box showing The Habele Outer Island Education taken to maintain or restore multiple random email addresses, announced Tuesday that it will be international peace and security." through "" coding. Another awarding over US $3,500 in tuition user replied to this posting, saying assistance scholarships to students Language authorizing the troops to that they were even able to read from the Outer Islands of Yap seize illegal weapons caches and the other, random user's inbox. State, in the Federated States of mentions of possible future Both a blogger who works at a Micronesia. sanctions if Sudan does not co- computing company's office in operate was removed during Johannesburg, South Africa and a The fund is a South Carolina based negotiations. The resolution does Norwegian news outlet reported 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, allow troops to monitor weapon similar troubles. Many blogs administered by unpaid caches. received comments from people volunteers, including many with similar circumstances, returned Peace Corps Volunteers "If any party blocks progress and worldwide. who have served time in the killings continue, I and others Micronesia's public schools. will redouble our efforts to impose A white paper by Adrienne Felt, further sanctions. The plan for posted on July 27, 2007, explained The scholarships were awarded to Darfur from now on is to achieve a step-by-step how to use an exploit two female high school students cease-fire, including an end to to hijack a user's account. The from the Atoll of Ulithi. These aerial bombings of civilians; drive white paper was then partially students will be traveling to the forward peace talks ... and, as censored by the author, until the neighboring Republic of Palau to peace is established, offer to begin vulnerability has been fixed by attend classes at the private all- to invest in recovery and Facebook. Regardless of whether girls Bethanaia High School. reconstruction," said the new the change was prompted by this British Prime Minister Gordon paper, both the XSS hole and Habele was incorporated in 2006, Brown on Tuesday while visiting problem with forms described by and began informal scholarships the UN headquarters in New York. the author were fixed during the three years earlier in 2003. In upgrade. addition to providing scholarships Troops are expected to be in the to students who attend private region no later than December of The site read "We're upgrading. schools, the organization also this year but may take upto an We'll be back soon." with no gathers and distributes donations year to fully deploy. This will be further explanation. of school supplies to the public the largest peacekeeping force schools in the Outer Islands of ever deployed and cost over two This is the first known global Yap. billion (USD) a year to keep the outage for the site. force in the region. The resolution US Chief Justice John Roberts does not allow for more than This comes as a rival site, hospitalized 26,000 troops to be deployed. ConnectU, has filed a lawsuit Chief Justice John Roberts was against Facebook founder Mark hospitalized after having a seizure Facebook down for Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing in his summer home in Maine. A "upgrades"; multiple blogs the idea and the code. The hearing statement released by Supreme suggest site was hacked is scheduled for tomorrow. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg Popular social networking website stated that Justice Roberts took a Facebook went down for unknown Also on Wednesday, the Black Hat minor fall from the seizure, and upgrades, possibly to circumvent Briefings computer security has been transported to the multiple holes that were published conference begins. The conference Penobscot Bay Medical Center. In in a white paper earlier. From unites people from "government addition, she said that Justice roughly 1:00 to 4:15 pm ET, users agencies and global corporations Roberts has undergone a, reported the site was down. with the underground's most "thorough neurological evaluation,

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 which revealed no cause for breakthroughs early in the scored 124 runs concern." innings to dismiss on day four and shared a 112 run and Michael Vaughan. R P stand with (63), Justice Roberts, 52, had a similar Singh then trapped and Andrew Strauss scored 55. incident in 1993, when he suffered lbw to reduce England to 47-3. However England's last seven a "isolated, idiosyncratic seizure," Although Paul Collingwood and fell for just 68 runs with according to White House doctors. shared a partnership taking 5-75. England of 54, India's bowlers found some were all out for 355, leaving India The Justice was returning from a swing and reduced England to to chase a target of just 73 in their boat ride at around 2 p.m. EDT 169-7 at the close of day one. second innings. Three overs of (UTC-4) Monday when he fell on a India's second innings were played dock near his home in Port Clyde On the second day England were before the close of play on day on Maine's Hupper Island, Arberg soon bowled out for just 198, with four, with India on 10-0, needing said. He was taken by boat to the Zaheer Khan leading the just 63 runs for victory. mainland, and transferred to an attack with 4-59. In response, the ambulance, said St. George Fire England bowlers did little to Indian bowler Sreesanth was fined Chief Tim Polky. Doctors have trouble the Indian batsmen, and half of his match fee for colliding determined that this incident was and Wasim Jaffer with England batsman Michael caused by "a benign idiopathic soon reached half centuries. The Vaughan during the fourth day's seizure." Both descriptions, breakthrough came just before Tea play, breaking the ICC Code of according to Arberg, hint that when Jaffer was caught off Conduct which prohibits doctors could not determine the Tremlett's bowling, while Karthik "Inappropriate and deliberate cause of the seizures, or link them followed just after the interval. physical contact between players to any known condition. India soon surpassed England's during play". The match was also first innings total, and Sachin marred by incidents of . : India defeat England Tendulkar scored a fifty and his in second Test 11,000th run in . A On the final day India were hardly India have beaten England by partnership of 97 was brought to troubled in reaching their target seven wickets in the second Test an end when Rahul Dravid was although took three cricket match of the Indian tour of caught by , and bad wickets, including that of Sachin England at , weather forced the close of play Tendulkar for just one run. Nottingham, England. soon afterwards with India on 254- 3. New Zealand's copyright bill Despite the loss of three wickets report strikes criticism on the final day, the Indian England struggled in the field on A report by Parliament's commerce batsmen comfortably reached the day three as India's lead passed select committee has been 73 run target set by England. 100. scored fifty released on the bill seeking to and shared a partnership of 96 amend New Zealand's current India lead the three-match series with . After lunch, copyright law. InternetNZ has 1-0 after the first Test ended in a Tendulkar was dismissed by a voiced their disappointment in the draw, and England must win the controversial lbw decision, nine report and the bill. final Test at to avoid their runs short of his . After V. first home Test series defeat since V. S. Laxman was dismissed for Currently under New Zealand law 2001. 54, India's tail-enders did not add it is illegal, but common, for much to their total and they were example, to copy a CD's music for The start of play was delayed on eventually bowled out for 481, playing on a digital music player. the first day as the outfield was leading England by 283 runs. The Copyright (New Technologies wet following heavy rain. Before took 4-101 and and Performers' Rights) play finally got underway after Chris Tremlett took 3-80. Play Amendment Bill now makes this lunch on Friday, India won the toss ended for the day sixteen overs legal as long as there is only one and captain Rahul Dravid chose to into England's second innings, with copy for anyone in the same field first. England still 240 runs behind on household, the original CD is kept 43-0. and it is not sold. The bill had Zaheer Khan made two previously included time

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 restrictions for this, but they have formal talks since Brown took also together: nuclear now been removed.... office in June. proliferation, climate change, “copyright law in New Zealand global poverty and prosperity, the needs to be completely re-thought Gordon Brown arrived at Camp Middle East peace process, [...] in the context of modern David on Sunday, July 30. Monday, and most immediately, technology and the Internet.” they addressed the press in a joint international terrorism.” —Prime —Keith Davidson. press conference. According to Minister Brown reports, the talks focused on Iraq, The report also wishes the bill to Afghanistan, Darfur, world trade Prime Minister Brown be amended to give more power to and climate change, amid acknowledged a responsibility to the copyright holders. The speculation whether the two support the Iraqi government and proposed amendment would allow leaders could work together. said the the U.S. and the U.K. had the copyright holders to decide Correspondents say they appeared a threefold aim: security for the whether or not they wish their relaxed as they faced reporters Iraqi people, political works to be exempt under the after their talks.... reconciliation, and a stake for new, proposed law. The only “Everybody is wondering whether Iraqis in their future. condition is that the consumers or not the Prime Minister and I are informed of this decision. were able to find common ground, The Prime Minister spoke of a step to get along, to have a meaningful by step transfer of control to the Commentators have cried out discussion. And the answer is, Iraqi government and security against this, they state that there absolutely.” —President Bush forces, with the British forces is not much of a point if they can moving from a combat to decide not to be applicable to the Both reiterated a commitment to overwatch mode in three of the law. The Internet Society of New fighting terrorism, which Prime four provinces under their Zealand (InternetNZ) executive Minister Brown called "a crime responsibility. He said military director, Keith Davidson, has said, against humanity", and discussed commanders will determine when "The removal of the two year ways of making sure that the two a similar transition will be made expiry is good, but what’s the countries' security systems are for the remaining province - Basra point of offering format shifting to "properly aligned" and share and that the recommendation will the public when the music industry information. be placed before parliament. The can opt out of allowing it?" head of the British military said President Bush spoke of waging an last week that that the transfer is It will also be illegal for people to ideological struggle between those likely by the year end. try and bypass security that who "believe in freedom and disables copying, like that found justice and human rights and Seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, on DVDs. A conviction would pose human dignity, and cold-blooded mostly in the Shia dominated either a NZ$150,000 fine or five killers who will kill innocent people south and the Kurdish north, are years in jail. to achieve their objectives" and now formally under the control of said that defending the "young Iraqi government and security Davidson says that InternetNZ democracies" of Afghanistan and forces. On being asked if U.S. does not support the bill in its Iraq was a way to defeat "an deployment will continue till after amended form by the committee. ideology of darkness" with a "more the presidential elections next "Overall, the Bill as reported back hopeful ideology". year, President Bush reiterated does contain improvements on the that this was going to take a long draft. [...] The Committee is "It's very important for us to make time, and said he will not prejudge recommending legislation that is it clear to those who are in harm's a report by U.S. Commander in not fit for purpose." way that these missions will be Iraq, General David Petraeus, on driven not by local politics but by how the recent troop 'surge' has UK PM Brown meets with US conditions on the ground," the altered the security situation. President Bush at Camp David President added.... United Kingdom Prime Minister “It's in Britain's national UK Prime Minister proposed setting Gordon Brown met United States interest that with all our energies up a Basra economic development President George W. Bush at Camp we work together to address all agency to bring jobs and David in Maryland for their first the great challenges that we face businesses - "economic hope" for

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