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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events Gordon Brown becomes Prime Scotland Yard investigates the assembles his government. Minister of the United "unexplained" death. •Brown begins contact by Kingdom •At least ten people drown and telephone with U.S. President Gordon Brown has become Prime thousands move to higher ground George W. Bush, French Minister of the United Kingdom. as a cyclone hits Balochistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Queen Elizabeth II invited him to Pakistan. Chancellor of Germany Angela form a government in a meeting Merkel, Prime Minister of Italy at Buckingham Palace on •Longstanding tradition is Romano Prodi and Irish Taoiseach Wednesday afternoon. abandoned in the House of Bertie Ahern, discussing working Commons as every serving closely together. Audio tape released of Member of Parliament, and missing Israeli soldier others, clap and give a standing •The wreckage of PMTair Flight U4 Kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad ovation to Tony Blair after he 241 is discovered in Kampot Shalit, 20, is believed to be alive, finishes his last Prime Minister's Province, . All 22 and Hamas has released an audio Questions. people on board were killed in the tape where Shalit says he needs crash. •Queen Elizabeth II accepts the to be hospitalized and that he resignation of Tony Blair as Prime •The Government of Kyrgyzstan regrets that Israel has not met Minister. abolishes capital punishment. the demands of the kidnappers. •Gordon Brown, MP for Kirkcaldy •Jamaican-born Floridian and Cowdenbeath and former Barrington Irving becomes the Featured story Chancellor of the Exchequer, youngest person, and the first Paris Hilton released from jail accepts Queen Elizabeth II's black person, to fly solo around Paris Hilton is out of jail, after invitation to form a new the world. serving three weeks in the same. government, becoming the new She was released early based on Prime Minister of the United Tony Blair becomes the "a standard credit applied for Kingdom. Quartet's envoy to the Middle good behavior." •Tony Blair takes the Chiltern East Hundreds to stand down as MP On the same day that Tony Blair Wikipedia Current Events for Sedgefield and accepts a role resigned as Prime Minister of the •At least 18 people die in fights as the main Middle East envoy for United Kingdom and quit as a between police and gangsters in the Quartet on the Middle East. Member of Parliament, he was a Rio de Janeiro favela. His appointment is announced at appointed envoy to the Middle East the United Nations headquarters. for the Quartet on the Middle East. •Protesters take to the streets in The Quartet is made up of the Iran as the government Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States Ambassador to the United United Nations, the European introduces petrol rationing and Union, the United States and raises prices. Nations, welcomes the appointment of Blair as envoy. Russia. •Dr. Ashraf Marwan, who had previously been accused of being •Journalists learn that Patricia The Quartet outlined Blair's duties a senior Mossad agent operating Hewitt and Margaret Beckett will in a statement:“As Quartet in Egypt prior to the Yom Kippur not be re-appointed as Health Representative, he will: War, is found dead below the Secretary and Foreign Secretary ● mobilise international balcony of his home in London. respectively, when Brown assistance to the

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Palestinians, working closely Mahmoud Abbas, told reporters with donors and existing that Abbas "hopes [Blair] can help Brown, who has been Chancellor of coordination bodies relieve the suffering of our people the Exchequer for the past ten ● help to identify, and secure and provide basic needs". years, succeeds Tony Blair who appropriate international tendered his resignation to the support in addressing the The Hamas organization who are Queen earlier on Wednesday. In an institutional governance the de facto rulers of the Gaza emotional Prime Minister's needs of the Palestinian Strip said the appointment of Blair Questions, Blair received a state, focusing as a matter "was not helpful in solving the standing ovation from MPs and of urgency on the rule of conflict in the Middle East." tributes from opposition leaders. law ● develop plans to promote Ian Paisley, the First Minister of Tony Blair has led the Labour Party Palestinian economic Northern Ireland, credited Blair's since 1994 and became Prime development, including efforts in that nation, saying: "I Minister following a landslide private sector partnerships, hope that what happened in victory in the 1997 general building on previously Northern Ireland will be repeated election. agreed frameworks, and at the end of the day he will especially concerning access be able to look back and say it was Gordon Brown was confirmed as and movement well worthwhile." leader of the Labour Party on 24th ● and liaise with other June after running unopposed in countries as appropriate in Young bridge player wins at the recent leadership election. He support of the agreed Antalya, Turkey is expected to announce Quartet objectives ” After having beaten the famous appointments to the Cabinet over Zia Mahmood in the quarter of the next few days. Tony Blair said, in his final address finals, the 22 years old Thomas to Parliament on Wednesday, that Bessis established an Later in the day, Tony Blair "The absolute priority is to try to unprecedented record of winning resigned his parliamentary seat for give effect to what is now the an international bridge open title the constituency of Sedgefield to consensus across the international both so young and facing his become an envoy to the Middle community -- that the only way of father Michel. East for the Quartet, the nations bringing stability and peace to the and entities involved in seeking a Middle East is a two-state The full competition was scheduled resolution in the Middle East peace solution," Blair continued, "I on five days ; this morning, the process (the United States, United believe it is possible to do that but young boy felt quite exhausted Nations, European Union and it will require a huge intensity of with no substitution allowed after Russia). focus and work." yesterday 56 deals. At most other tables, the lead against three No- No survivors in Cambodian air According to the Quartet Trumps was Jack from J 10 9 8 4 crash statement, "Tony Blair will be but Thomas played the 4... No survivors were found today supported in this work by a small when searchers reached the crash team of experts, based in His aggressive style of bidding site of PMTair Flight U4 241 in Jerusalem." Also, he will "report to compensating those lacks of Cambodia, a government minister and consult regularly with the concentration, he won his first said. Quartet and be guided by it as major international competition necessary." against six Indian bridge players. "All have died. It is confirmed," Information Minister Khieu A statement from the office of Gordon Brown becomes Prime Kanharith told reporters. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Minister of the United Kingdom said that as envoy, Blair could Gordon Brown has become Prime The wreckage of the PMTair "allow for progress in the peace Minister of the United Kingdom. Antonov An-24 was spotted by a process." Queen Elizabeth II invited him to helicopter crew early this morning, form a government in a meeting at two days after the plane went An aide to the President of the Buckingham Palace on Wednesday missing from radar screens while Palestinian National Authority, afternoon. on a flight from Angkor

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International Airport in Siem Reap 1963, is common in Cambodia's aboard. There were no injuries, to the beach-resort town of civil and military aviation fleet. but the airline was temporarily Sihanoukville. grounded after the incident. In Sar Sareth, director of PMTair, told another incident, a plane had to the Associated Press yesterday return to the airport after takeoff The crash site is located in the that he did not know what year because of engine failure. Dâmrei Mountains, or Elephant the crashed plane was built. He Mountains, northeast of Bokor Hill said it was in "good condition" The crash is Cambodia's first Station in Kampot Province, about before taking off, and "was always major aviation accident in nearly 150 kilometers south of Phnom in compliance with flight technical 10 years. In September 1997, a Penh, the capital. and safety procedures." Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashed while trying to land in Rescue helicopter pilot Tep Sitha, The airline had begun regularly heavy rain at speaking to Reuters by mobile scheduled Siem Reap- International Airport, killing 65 telephone, described the crash site Sihanoukville flights in January, people and one person, a toddler, as "high on the mountain." providing a direct link between the surviving. two popular tourist towns. A search operation involving America's Cup: Team New around 1,000 people had scoured In addition to domestic service, Zealand wins third race the mountainous jungle territory PMTair has international routes, Team New Zealand have won the since the plane crashed on including direct flights from third yacht race in the bid for Monday. Monsoon rains, thick to Siem Reap, feeding a large America's Cup, beating the jungle and rugged terrain had influx of tourists from South Korea defending champion, Swiss hampered the search. in the past few years. Last year, syndicate, Alinghi. Sport around 250,000 South Koreans commentators and yachties are The 44-seat plane had 22 people visited the country. describing the win as one of the aboard – 16 passengers, plus a greatest races in the history of the flight crew of six – a Russian pilot, Yesterday, a South Korean Cup. two Cambodian co-pilots, a government agency said it was Cambodian flight engineer and two putting PMTair on a list of carriers Team New Zealand finished the Cambodian flight attendants. it was checking for safety. race 25 seconds ahead of Alinghi, Among the passengers, 13 were despite the leader changing three from South Korea and three were "As PMT also does business at times throughout the race. This from the Czech Republic. Incheon International Airport, a new win for Team New Zealand special safety inspection for the puts the overall score at 2 wins for Around a dozen Korean family airline will be carried out until July Team New Zealand and one win for members arrived in Phnom Penh 6," Chung Sang-ho, head of the Alinghi. The winner of the yesterday from Seoul, and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, was America's Cup will be the first to Cambodian government said it quoted as saying by Yonhap News reach five wins. would pay for their Agency. accommodations. By the first mark of the race, Team One other Cambodian carrier, New Zealand had a lead of one The cause of the crash is yet to be Royal Khmer Airlines, was also on minute and 23 seconds. However, determined by an examination of the South Korean list, as was at this turn, their spinnaker got the flight data recorder, but Garuda Indonesia, and three caught in the genoa gear and officials had earlier speculated that Russian carriers, SAT Airlines, Richard Meacham, mid bowman, weather may have played a part. Vladivostok Air and Dalavia. almost went over board. Due to this mistake, Alinghi were able to The airline, PMTair, is a small Before Monday's crash, the worst catch up and lead the second mark Cambodian carrier that listed its incident for PMTair was a hard by 15 seconds. Grant Dalton, head fleet at five planes, including two landing in 2005, when a piece of of Team New Zealand, said, "The Antonov An-24s, which it used for landing gear snapped off an An-24 trouble we had at the leeward domestic flights. The type of on landing at Banlung, Ratanakiri, mark let [Alinghi] back into the Soviet-built plane, introduced in overcrowded with 59 passengers race and [Team New Zealand] paid

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, June 28, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 the price." German version of Wikipedia. of wages and revoking some Entries on this topic will be recent law changes that worsened But Team New Zealand managed managed by a private-sector body. working conditions, but were to win, 25 seconds in front. Team violently repressed the following New Zealand navigator, Kevin Hall The challenge will be to motivate day. said, "My heart rate would be experts to get involved in the 1969 - In response to a police raid doing about 180 right now but it's community lexicon. Such expert at the Stonewall Inn in New York nice to be towing in and looking at are used to publish in the normal City, groups of gay and them back there instead of in front newspapers. But Wikipedia is transgender people began to riot of us like they were in the second radically different: articles there against New York City Police beat." continually grow with input from officers, sparking the modern numerous authors, who often worldwide LGBT social movement. The head of Alinghi, Ernesto remain anonymous. The end 1978 - The United States Supreme Bertarelli believes that the race product is constantly changing, Court, in Regents of the University committee should not have started and third parties can publish their of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. the race, which it did so at 4:59 own texts or even change them. 265 (1978), barred quota systems p.m.. The race cannot be in college admissions but affirmed announced after 5.00 p.m.. "We Two-year old girl becomes the constitutionality of programs waited for two hours..." second youngest ever member giving advantage to minorities. of Mensa June 28 is Vidovdan in Serbia. Team New Zealand strategist, Ray A two-year old girl, Georgia Brown Davies said, "There was certainly a of Hampshire, United Kingdom has Quote of the Day bit of dice rolling." become the second youngest ever To renounce liberty is to renounce member of high-IQ society Mensa being a man, to surrender the President of the Nelson International. She was tested by rights of humanity and even its Marlborough Yachting Association, professor Joan Freeman, an duties. For him who renounces Doug Mckee described the race as educational psychologist from everything no indemnity is the most exciting one since Middlesex University, using the possible. Such a renunciation is Australia winning the America's Stanford-Binet IQ test, receiving a incompatible with man's nature; to Cup when the Australians won the score of 152. At two years, nine remove all liberty from his will is to Auld Mug from the New York Yacht months old, Brown is the youngest remove all morality from his acts. Club who had held it for 132 years. current member of the society, one ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau "We are definitely good enough to of only 30 members under the age win the cup." of 10, and the youngest female Word of the Day member ever. She is the youngest egregious; adj Hall said, "It probably hasn't of five siblings, the daughter of 1. Exceptional, conspicuous, happened very often that you see Martin Brown, a carpenter, and outstanding, usually in a three passes in an America's Cup Lucy Brown, chief executive of the negative fashion. race. It's a testament to the charity Disability Initiative. strength of both teams." About Wikinews Today in History We are a group of volunteer journalists The wind speed was around 8-9 1389 - In the Battle of Kosovo, whose mission is to create a diverse knots. Turks defeated Serbs and community where citizens from around Bosnians. the globe (including you) can Alinghi beat Team New Zealand in 1914 - Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo collaborate to report the news on a 2003, also winning the America's Princip assassinated Archduke wide variety of current events. By Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. Franz Ferdinand of Austria, making our content perpetually available for free redistribution and use, sparking the outbreak of World we hope to contribute to a global digital German Wikipedia receives War I. commons. state funding 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was German authorities will dedicate signed, ending World War I. Got news and no computer? resources of the federal budget to 1956 - Workers in Poznań, Poland Call the Wikinews Hotline improve information about held massive protests demanding +1-866-653-4265 (toll-free in the U.S.) renewable resources on the the lowering of food prices, rising

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