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Top Stories Dead body left in UK hospital Wikipedia Current Events alongside living patients for Musharraf spokesperson Thursday', U.S. officials said. seven hours denies resignation Senior U.S. General James A dead body was left in a ward in The chief spokesperson for Cartwright claims that 'Russian Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Pakistan's President forces seemed to be complying Scotland for seven hours before it Pervez Musharraf with an internationally-mediated was removed. Christine Martin, denied the reports cease-fire'. U.S.: Russia who saw the body, said that on Thursday that preparing for Georgia exit. although there were curtains said the president around the body, they "were •Georgia's Prime Minister Lado would step down open sufficiently for me to see Gurgenidze claimed that more within days. this man, whom we had got to than 100 Russian vehicles, some Meanwhile, the ruling coalition know over a period of 10 days, of them armoured, had gathered said that it intends to press lying dead, face uncovered." outside the major western forward with Musharraf's Georgian town of Zugdidi. impeachment. Wikipedia Current Events However, mr. Robert Gates, the US Secretary of Defence, said Olympic highlights: August Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister that the Russian army is 13, 2008 of Poland, announces that the 'withdrawing their forces back August 13, 2008 is the sixth main United States and Poland have towards Abkhazia and towards day of the 2008 Olympic games, reached an agreement on basing South Ossetia' US warns Russia Wikinews' article missile defense in Poland. of lasting impact. lists some of the •The Consumer Price Index in the highlights. Visit the •Russian forces say they will start United States rises by .8 per cent article to see the full medal table, to return control of the key town in July 2008 giving an annual in addition to summaries of all of Gori to Georgia soon. 'For inflation rate of 5.6 per cent, the the major events. another two days Russian troops highest in 17 years. will stay in the region to ... hand US to deliver humanitarian aid •Russia says it will support over control functions to to Georgia whatever decision the people of Georgian law-enforcement George W. Bush, the President of breakaway republics of Abkhazia bodies, after which they will the United States, has announced and South Ossetia will make leave," Major-General Vyacheslav that his country during referendum on the future Borisov as quoted by Russian will "begin a of their land. news agencies. humanitarian •Analysts, the CNN say, 'see the •Georgian police return to the mission to the conflict as a gamble initiated by town of Gori as the Armed Forces people of Georgia, headed by the Georgia, which is seeking EU and of the Russian Federation leave. United States military." Speaking NATO membership, to test the •China's Liu Zige wins the 2008 at 11:10 EDT (15:10 UTC) today, strength of its Western allies in Beijing Olympics' women's 200- Bush also said that "the United the face of Russia's unwillingness meters-butterfly gold setting a States of America stands with the to see the West encroaching on world record of two minutes and democratically elected its doorstep.' U.S.: Russia 04.18 seconds. government of Georgia. We insist preparing for Georgia exit. that the sovereignty and •The Australian team of Stephanie •Russia appeared 'to be handing territorial integrity of Georgia be Rice, , over a key Georgian city respected." and wins the

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Wikipedia Current Events degrees of inclination, at a U2 fan ordered to destroy CDs longitude of 125° West. AMC-21 A man living in South Wales, 800 metre freestyle relay was constructed by Thales Alenia United Kingdom was ordered to breaking the existing world Space, based on a STAR-2 bus destroy his entire music collection record by six seconds. China and produced by Orbital Sciences after creating a ruckus by listening the United States finish second Corporation. It will be operated by to the music at an extremely high and third respectively. SES Americom, a United States volume. Police seized his stereo •Judge Jamie S. Perri of New based subsidiary of equipment in a raid. Jersey's Superior Court rules that Luxembourgian company SES the Communications Decency Act S.A.. It is the first SES satellite to Karl Wiosna, a 44-year-old exempts the Wikimedia be launched since the AMC-14 resident of Graig in Newport, was Foundation from liability in a satellite was lost in a launch failure playing Cher's album Believe at defamation suit filed by literary on a Proton rocket earlier. AMC-14 extremely high volume. His agent Barbara Bauer. has since been sold to the US neighbors complained under the Government for technology Environmental Protection Act and Ariane 5 rocket launches development experiments he was warned to not to play the Superbird 7 and AMC-21 including radar targeting. album at such high volume. satellites However, he thought the warning At 20:44 GMT on Thursday, an The satellites were enclosed in a was only for the Cher album, and Ariane 5ECA rocket lifted off from long payload fairing, which he then started to listen to a U2 ELA-3 (Launch Area 3) at the separated shortly after the rocket album a week later. His neighbors Guiana Space Centre in French reached space, around three said they could hear the lyrics in Guiana, carrying the Superbird 7 minutes and ten seconds after their living room. and AMC-21 satellites for the launch. A SYLDA-5 dual payload Space Communications adapter was used, with Superbird Before the Rhondda Magistrates' Corporation (SCC) of Japan and 7 located in the upper position, Court Wiosna admitted breaching SES Americom respectively. Just and AMC-21 underneath. The the noise abatement notice, with under thirty minutes later, AMC-21 launch was conducted by which he was served. He was separated from the upper stage of Arianespace, a French Launch ordered to pay a £200 fine. He the carrier rocket into a Service Provider was also ordered to pay £50 in geostationary transfer orbit, costs to destroy his music marking the successful completion Speaking after the launch, Jean- collection and £15 in victim of the launch. Yves Le Gall, the CEO of surcharge. Arianespace said that he was "very Superbird 7 was constructed by happy to share this new success". "They took £500 to £600 worth of Mitsubishi, and will provide Yukata Nagal, the Chief Executive stuff," complained Wiosna. "I don't multimedia broadcasting to Japan, of SCC, said that he was "very think they should be able to do it, and other parts of Asia. It is the glad" that the launch was it isn't right." first commercial satellite to be successful. Rick Starkovs, one of built using the DS-2000 bus, the Vice Presidents of SES said "A legal notice under the although three DS-2000 satellites that he felt felt "very good" Environmental Protection Act was have already been launched for watching the successful launch. served on Wiosna demanding he the Japanese Government. It will reduce the volume or stop playing be placed in a geostationary orbit This was the 39th launch to orbit music," read a statement by the at a longitude of 144° East. It is so far this year, and the 38th to Rhondda Cynon Taf County the last satellite to be launched for reach orbit. It is the fifth of seven Borough Council. "Just a week SCC, prior to its planned merger planned Ariane 5 launches this after the legal notice was received, into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group year, and the 41st Ariane 5 launch officers were called to the address overall. The next Ariane 5 is during an out-of-hours emergency AMC-21 will be used for television scheduled to launch in October, by a neighbour." broadcasting to North America. It with the Hot Bird 9, NSS-9, and will be placed into a Spirale satellites. "In this case, the swift and geosynchronous orbit with two effective actions of environmental health officers enabled the issue to

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Friday, August 15, 2008 Wikinews Page 3 be dealt with and I hope it serves professional officer for the and Hugues Duboscq of France as a reminder to others, that we organization. "This case highlights took the bronze medal with a time can take them to court and seize the campaign we're running and of 2:08.94. their belongings if they do not highlights the kind of problems cease causing a nuisance to nurses come across, because no Women's skeet others," said Councillor Mike nurse would want a deceased In the qualification rounds of the Forey, the cabinet member for patient lying on a ward for seven women's skeet, the Italian Chiara environmental health. hours." Cainero set a new olympic record with a score of 72, two points Dead body left in UK hospital Olympic highlights: August 14, behind the current world record. alongside living patients for 2008 seven hours August 14, 2008 is the sixth main Cainero's best scoring round was A dead body was left in a ward in day of the 2008 Olympic games, the first round, where she won 25 Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, the below article lists some of the points. She got 23 points in the Scotland for seven hours before it highlights. second round and she added 24 was removed. points to her score in the final Women's 200m butterfly round. Christine Martin, who saw the China won both the gold and silver body, said that although there medal in the final of the women's Cainero will now go on to compete were curtains around the body, 200m butterfly, with the gold in the final. they "were open sufficiently for me being taken by Zige Liu and the to see this man, whom we had got silver being taken by Liuyang Jiao. Women's 12 arrows match to know over a period of 10 days, The South Korean Sung-Hyun park lying dead, face uncovered." With her time of 2:04.18, Liu set a set a new Olympic record in the new world record. This new world women's 12 arrows match with her Officials from the hospital have record in over one second quicker score of 115. She set this record apologized for having allowed the than the previous world record, when competing in the individual incident to occur. The son of the which was set by the Australian 1/8 eliminations round of the dead man said that the hospital in 2006. competition against the Greek acted with "utter compassion" Elpida Romantzi. when permitting his request to see "I myself was shocked with the his father's dead body in the ward. result," said Liu after the race. "I Women's 4x200m freestyle relay just swam at my own pace, not The Australian womens's 4x200m National Health Service Greater caring about the others, my coach freestyle relay team have set a Glasgow and Clyde said in a said to me, 'We have two Chinese new world record an won the gold statement that, "we have swimmers in the final, so you don't medal with their time of seven acknowledged to the Martins that, need to force yourself to win gold, minutes and 44.31 seconds, beyond this, there was some delay you just need to try your best.'" almost six seconds ahead of the in the transfer of the patient to the previous world record. The winning mortuary and steps have already Men's 200m breaststroke team consisted of , been taken to ensure that this Japan's Kosuke Kitajima has Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and does not happen again." beaten his own Olympic record and Linda Mackenzie. won the gold medal in the final of The Royal College of Nursing also the men's 200m breaststroke. "I feel amazing I just finished such released a statement on this Kitajama's time of 2:07.64 was a great meet," said Rice after incident. "The normal practice if 0.97 secinds quicker than his completing the relay. "It is such a someone has died in a four- previous Olympic record, which great feeling and there was not as bedded ward is to access a single was set the previous day. It was, much nerves [in the relay], just a room where the deceased could be however, slightly behind the world lot of excitement." viewed by the family and the record for the event, which is also family can have some time with set by Kitajima. The Chinese, American and Italian the relative, and for that to be teams, which were in second, third done in as dignified manner as Brenton Rickard of came and fourth place respectively, all possible," said Lynn McDowall, a in second with a time of 2:08.88 finished with a time quicker than

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Friday, August 15, 2008 Wikinews Page 4 the previous world record. official told Interfax that Russian troops were in Senaki to "prevent A previous court ruling had denied Russian troops advance into attacks by Georgian military units relief to the plaintiff stating that its Georgia, violating truce against South Ossetia." Artistic License only demanded According to Georgian officials and contractual promises; that a scattered news reports, Russian "To begin to repair the damage to violation thereof would not be, in soldiers and South Ossetian its relations with the United fact a copyright infringement. paramilitaries have marched into States, Europe and other nations the Georgian city of Gori. This and to begin restoring its place in Today in History comes one day after a truce was the world, Russia must keep its 778 – A Frankish army led by made by both nations to put an word and act to end this crisis," US Roland was defeated by the end to the six-day war that has president George W. Bush said. Basques at Roncevaux Pass in the killed many and uprooted Pyrenees on the border between thousands. Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign France and Spain, a tale retold in Affairs Minister, responded to the the Old French epic poem The "Russia has treacherously broken US statement by calling Georgia "a Song of Roland. its word," said Georgia's Security special project of the United 1248 – The foundation stone of Council chief Alexandre Lomaia. States. And we understand that the Cologne Cathedral, built to Georgian officials also said that the United States is worried about house the relics of the Three Wise Gori was looted and bombed by its project." Men, was laid. the Russians, though the latter 1914 – The Panama Canal opened denies this claim. At the United Nations, Russian to traffic, providing a shortcut ambassador Vitaly Churkin said from the Atlantic to the Pacific An Associated Press (AP) reporter Russia would not sign a French- Ocean through the Isthmus of witnessed dozens of tanks and drafted cease-fire resolution. "We Panama. military vehicles leaving Gori in a will look at the draft and try to 1945 – The surrender of Japan southeast direction. One Russian bring it to a standard where it can during World War II: The soldier jokingly said to a play a role in this," Churkin said. Gyokuon-hōsō was broadcast in photographer, "Come with us, Japan, announcing the beauty, we're going to Tbilisi!" US Court of Appeals upholds unconditional surrender of the Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia. free licenses Japanese army and naval forces. Wednesday, the United States 1947 – The British Raj was A CNN crew observed thousands of Court of Appeals for the Federal partitioned into the Union of India Georgian troops packing up and Circuit reversed a lower court and the Dominion of Pakistan. leaving Gori at high speed. ruling and held that licenses such 1998 – A car bomb attack carried Georgia has said it was recalling as Creative Commons (CC) out by the Real Irish Republican the troops to defend Tbilisi. licenses set conditions on the use Army killed 29 people and injured According to the AP, a BBC of copyrighted work as opposed to approximately 220 others in reporter witnessed Russian tanks covenants. This means that if a Omagh, Northern Ireland. in the streets of Gori, while South creative work is being used outside August 15 is Ghost Festival in the Ossetians were seizing Georgian the terms of the license, the Chinese calendar (2008); Victory cars and looting homes. person modifying or republishing over Japan Day; Independence the work is guilty of copyright Day in North Korea & South Korea Georgian President Mikhail infringement for failing to attribute (1945), India (1947), and Congo Saakashvili has stated that he the original work. (1960); Flooding of the Nile begins thinks the Western response to in Egypt this situation has been inadequate. Academic and political activist "I feel that they are partly to Lawrence Lessig stated it was "a Quote of the Day blame," he said. "Not only those very important victory" for free A form of government that who commit atrocities are licensing, and expressed his is not the result of a long sequence responsible ... but so are those gratitude for the part Stanford of shared experiences, efforts, and that fail to react." Center for Internet and Society, a endeavors can never take root. project he founded, played in ~ Napoleon I of France A Russian ministry of defence achieving the finding.

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