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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events part of the Peabody Collection. Firefighters are attempting to Protests in Turkey over Sahara. salvage some of these items. Presidential candidate •General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Hundreds of head of the British Army, confirms DC Fire and EMS dispatched units thousands of Turks that Prince Harry will deploy with at approximately 12:30 p.m. on rallied on Sunday the Blues and Royals regiment on April 30, 2007 to a report of smoke to protest Abdullah a six-month tour of duty in Iraq. in the building. The first arriving Gül's presidential fire fighters reported heavy smoke candidacy, which they fear would •The Governor of Virginia Timothy and began an initial attack. Fire threaten Turkey's separation Kaine tightens gun laws after the fighters were soon pulled out of the between religious and state Virginia Tech massacre. building because of fears that the affairs. Prime Minister Erdoğan in •Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is building might collapse. a national television address on criticised in a high-level report for Monday called for national unity. taking Israel to war in Lebanon The fire has been upgraded to a 3rd last year "hastily". alarm fire with numerous fire Stephen McNeil becomes apparatus responding. The fire has •A smoking ban comes into effect leader of the Nova Scotia been largely knocked down as of in Northern Ireland, three years Liberals 1:45 p.m., though many units after the Republic of Ireland; this Stephen McNeil, MLA remain on the scene. for Annapolis, was now means the entire island of Ireland is smoke-free. voted the new leader Traffic on Wisconsin Avenue and of the Nova Scotia •A meeting of the other area streets is being detoured Liberal Party at the Intergovernmental Panel on around the fire area. leadership convention Climate Change starts in Bangkok on Saturday. to discuss approaches to climate Protests in Turkey over change. Presidential candidate Featured story Hundreds of thousands of Turks •The US-led Coalition claims to rallied again in the capital Istanbul Report claims that Pakistani have killed scores of Taliban forces on Sunday to protest Abdullah Gül's cricket coach Bob Woolmer in Afghanistan. presidential candidacy, which they was poisoned •Five men arrested in 2004 as part fear would threaten Turkey's Woolmer, who was of Operation Crevice are convicted separation between religious and found dead in his at the Old Bailey of a plot to state affairs. hotel room after explode fertiliser bombs in the UK. Pakistan's shock- defeat to Ireland, was poisoned before being Historic Georgetown library on strangled, according to a TV fire report due to be broadcast on the The Georgetown branch of the BBC News programme Panorama. District of Columbia library is currently on fire in Washington, DC. Wikipedia Current Events In addition to books, the National symbols were prominently •Morrocco and the Polisario Front Georgetown Public Library has a present during the rally. agree to United Nations sponsored large collection of historic Credit: Michel talks about the future of Western documents and paintings that are

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The "Çağlayan Demonstration for directly by the parliament, and Gül point, it's enough that we protect the Republic" was centered around failed to get elected in the first the environment of stability, it's the Çağlayan Square. While round of the elections, when enough that we protect the security forces estimated the opposition lawmakers boycotted the environment of peace. Enough that number of demonstrators at 700 vote. The opposition also appealed we don't harm the environment of 000, estimates around 1 million to the Constitutional Court to confidence we have worked so hard and more are reported in the declare the process unlawful. A to attain." Turkish media. second round is to be held on Wednesday, and a third one on May In reaction to the ongoing The scene of the previous "Protect 9. uncertainty, the E.U. enlargement your Republic" demonstration was commissioner warned the Turkish repeated, with uncountable Turkish Gül's wife Hayrunisa wears a head Army about interfering: “It is flags and many posters of Atatürk, scarf and has appealed to the important that the military leaves founder of the modern Turkish European Court of Human Rights to the remit of democracy to the state. The protesters shouted be allowed to wear it at a democratically-elected government slogans like: "Turkey is secular and university. But secular Turks want and this is the test case if the will remain secular!". to keep the current ban on wearing Turkish armed forces respect such scarves in public places. democratic secularism and the democratic arrangement of civil- military relations,” commissioner Olli Rehn said. Erdoğan and Gül support Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.

The Turkish stock market lost 4,01 per cent on Monday, which analysts attribute to the current political crisis. Between 700 000 and 1,2 million Turks are reported to have demonstrated near the Çağlayan Square. Credit: Michel Ex-CIA Director George Tenet's memoir published File photo of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Former Director of the The demonstrators fear that Credit: Bertil Videt current Foreign Minister Abdullah Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet Gül, the presidential candidate of Prime Minister Erdoğan in a the ruling AK Party of Prime has released his national television address on memoir, At the Center Minister Erdoğan, will allow Islamic Monday called for national unity: influences in Turkey to become of the Storm: My Years "Unity, togetherness, solidarity, at the CIA. more powerful. The party officially these are the things we need most. George Tenet denies having such a hidden We can overcome many problems agenda. The book outlines Tenet's version of so long as we treat each other with 9/11, the War on Terrorism, the love." The army, traditionally loyal to the 2001 War in Afghanistan, the run- Turkish pro-secular side, accused up to the 2003 Iraq war, rough "Even four and a half years ago, interrogation and other events. the government on Friday of this country was riven by serious tolerating radical Islam. But Gül problems, which thank goodness replied: "It is out of the question to Tenet spoke about his memoir on have been overcome one by one," 60 Minutes yesterday, outlining the withdraw my candidacy." In 1997 the Prime Minister said, referring to the democratically elected Islamic- contents of his book including the many reforms his government allegations that are contrary to the oriented President Necmettin has implemented since it came into Erbakan was removed from office George W. Bush administration power. He also pointed out Turkey's positions. by the army, with public support. steady growth rate during the last years. To maintain this, he asked In Turkey, the president is elected Tenet faced accusations of the nation for stability: "At this hypocrisy from former espionage

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 officials on the book's release date, released in June, and will be an Stephen McNeil becomes for not speaking out earlier against alternative to Adobe Creative Suite leader of the Nova Scotia the White House's push to invade 3 (CS3). Liberals Iraq. Stephen McNeil, Iranian Supreme Leader seeks Member of the An error was found in the book worker justice Legislative where a key conversation with then Leader of the Islamic Revolution Assembly (MLA) for Pentagon advisor Richard Perle on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a Annapolis County, September 12, 2001, in which public address before Labor Day Nova Scotia in Tenet claims Perle told him that wherein he commended the Canada, is now the "Iraq had to pay for the attack" workforce for its contribution to the head of an even could not have occurred as Perle economic growth of the Islamic bigger family. was stranded in Paris and didn't Republic of Iran. The address Neil makes his acceptance speech return to Washington, D.C. until ensued the Minister of Labor McNeil, the 12th of Saturday, at the three days later. Mohammad Jahromi presentation of Dartmouth 17 children, was an economic report. Sportplex, after voted the new Microsoft Silverlight released winning on the leader of the Nova into first test phase Khamenei affirmed that the Islamic second ballot. Scotia Liberal Party Microsoft has System is superior to the at the leadership convention on finally materialistic ones of the West that Saturday. released its trample upon workers' rights when long awaited he indicated that the "West-linked "For the people who said Liberalism "Silverlight" establishments has shown in in Nova Scotia is on life support, I into Alpha practice they hold no mercy for say look at this room," said McNeil. Testing for the workers". In fact, the "The Tory [Conservative] general public. "concentration and accumulation of government in Nova Scotia is on "It's the wealth and maximization of profit" life support." biggest is deplored in Iran's Constitution. challenge for Microsoft right now," Moreover, he emphasized that "We know with your support we can said Brent Thill, an analyst from solutions must be sought within the be the next government of Nova Citigroup. This is the most direct framework of Islam. In the Islamic Scotia," he said. threat to date, that Microsoft has school of economy, "respect of posed to Adobe (makers of the investor comes along respect of Just under 1400 delegates came popular Flash platform). worker" while the balance should out to the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia tilt towards the worker to promote Sportsplex to vote for the new The creators of Silverlight have justice. leader of the party. McNeil won the been promising a single plug-in leadership on the second ballot, which will work across all browsers Khamenei also indirectly lashed out receiving 718 votes. and operating systems and will against the enemies who want to offer a rich video and interactive sow discord among classes through The second ballot came down to media experience which can be trade unions. This may have been a just McNeil and Diana Whalen, MLA embedded within Web sites. reference to Mansour Osanlou who for Halifax-West Clayton Park. led a strike of bus workers in Whalen finished with 650 votes. Microsoft has also promised to Tehran in 2005 and others. make some of the Silverlight McNeil is taking over from interim technologies open source. This has Khamenei also decried "the rage in leader Michel Samson, who held been a popular decision among the the pre-Islamic-Revolution era" the position after former leader computing industry, and has been a over foreign products. The was Francis MacKenzie resigned after step away from the usual chiefly a reference to the the dismal 2006 provincial election protection of their products. termination of American products in that left the Liberals with only nine Iran such as Coca-Cola, vehicles, seats. MacKenzie had been leader While at MIX07, Microsoft also electronics, et cetera. He went on of the party since 2004. discussed its new package called to proclaim that the humiliation of Expression, which is set to be the nation is over. “Our Liberal Party stands at the

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Wikinews Page 4 threshold of immense promise and supporters McNeil t-shirts in hopes of the Pakistani cricket team to opportunity. Each of us has an of gaining their support. Whalen's lowly-ranked Ireland during the important role to play in helping supporters cheered on the other Cricket World Cup, was poisoned achieve this goal. Let's make it our side. before being strangled, according primary objective to restore the to a TV report due to be Nova Scotia Liberal Party as a Then, in a move that surprised broadcasted on BBC News unified force in Nova Scotia politics. many of Smith's supporters, he programme Panorama. As Leader, I will work together with hugged Whalen and offered her his each of you to build our party's support. According to the programme, a unity through hard work and toxicology report prepared after dedication and to re-establish the However, unlike the MacKinnon Woolmer's death indicates that he Liberal Party's rightful place in Nova supporters who waved both had a substance in his bloodstream Scotia politics. "Kenzie" and McNeil placards, which would have incapacitated Smith's supporters were seen him, leaving him helpless. This As your leader, I am committed to waving Smith/McNeil and would explain how Woolmer, a large making sure that every time this Smith/Whalen signs. Support was man over six feet tall, was government turns its back on the split. But by the end of the first strangled with little sign of a people of Nova Scotia, they will ballot, McNeil only needed just over struggle. hear me roar.” — Stephen McNeil, a third of the bottom two on winning the Liberal leadership candidates' supporter's votes to Speculation has been rife in the win. cricketing community that McNeil has a lofty task before him. Woolmer's death is connected to The Nova Scotia Liberals have been McNeil thanked his competitors match fixing, a practice which stuck as a third party for the past after the win, and said he hoped to rocked the sport in the late 1990s. eight years. The party has also see Smith and MacKinnon in the Jamaican police, however, have struggled to fine unity and direction legislature after the next election. consistently refused to comment as —this was the third Liberal He also thanked his mother —the to whether they have any leads on leadership convention since 2002. woman he credited with introducing the case. him to Liberalism, and his "I understand the awesome constituency. Queensland prisoners put to responsibility I asked for," said work manufacturing water McNeil. "This has truly been a great "To the people of Annapolis—look tanks campaign and a rebirth of our how far you've taken this country Prisoners in the Australian state of party." boy," said McNeil. Queensland have been put to work manufacturing rainwater tanks to The first ballot required a majority During his campaign, McNeil also help meet a shortfall in supply. of 699 votes to win. McNeil promised to hold a youth summit received 571 votes, Kenzie within 30 days on winning the The southeast corner of MacKinnon 169, Mike Smith 255 leadership and a presidents' Queensland, which is currently and Whalen 402. summit within 90 days. He said undergoing one of its worst tomorrow—after his son's droughts on record, is experiencing After the results of the first ballot, confirmation, he would begin work a boom in the rainwater tank fourth-place candidate MacKinnon on these two events. industry. Households, encouraged marched his cheering supporters to by subsidies introduced by the the other side of the stadium to The leadership convention was Beattie government, have lend his support to Whalen. hosted by the Nova Scotia Federal enthusiastically begun installing Liberal Caucus. rainwater tanks as well as other There was a dramatic pause as water-saving devices. These delegates waited to see if Smith Report claims that Pakistani subsidies have led to a shortfall in would stick around for the second cricket coach Bob Woolmer supply however, with some ballot or free his delegates. was poisoned households waiting months for Pakistani cricket coach Bob tanks to be installed. McNeil supporters stood in front on Woolmer, who was found dead in Smith's section and tossed Smith his hotel room after the shock loss The new initiative, announced by

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Premier Peter Beattie as well as under section 4(1) of the 1974 detailing the extent of the efforts Corrective Services minister Judy Time Act. by the Iranian government to purge Spence will see prisoners at Western cultural influence in Iran Woodford Correctional Centre, The Department of Internal Affairs that is deemed un-Islamic. Based Australia's largest gaol, and the Internal Affairs minister, on Iran's Islamic Sharia law, non- constructing tanks for $A4 a day. Rick Barker, also received a lot of compliance results in legal Spence has pledged not to use the support for a change, including punishment because the state sees cheap labour to undercut existing from the Federated Farmers. itself responsible in executing tank suppliers. Beattie also pointed Farmers had usually opposed a punishment for Islamic theological out that the programme would give change to the daylight savings sins. prisoners constructing the tanks period because it hampered with valuable work skills for when their operations. Newspaper headlines such as sentences are completed. If the "Western hairstyles ... have been programme is successful, it may be Helen Clark, the Prime Minister of banned" re-iterated the legal status extended to other gaols around the New Zealand, stated that she of Western hairstyles; barbers who state. personally did not support a change offer to what officials consider un- to the start of daylight savings in Islamic hairdos, provide make-up The Beattie government has been March. However the main reason services, and pluck eyebrows have increasingly criticised over recent that the start was altered was to been warned that they can face months for its failure to handle the avoid clashes with the fourth school month-long suspension or water crisis engulfing Southeast term. revocation of their licenses. Barber Queensland. Opponents accuse the clients who violate government Government of a lack of planning Rick Barker says that they will be policies will be subject to lashes, foresight with regards to water working with various companies in fines and imprisonment. Iranian supply for the booming area, which the information technology sector male youth are not supposed to includes state capital Brisbane, as to make sure computers are sport outlandish hairstyles or use well as other cities such as Ipswich, updated and ready for the first new gel to make their hair stand. Toowoomba and Gold Coast. daylight savings period change since 1990. Additionally, the ban on neckties Daylight savings extended in remains in place. This ban evades New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs the attention of those outside Iran The New Zealand Government has will monitor the amount of energy albeit attentive observers realize announced that the daylight has been saved because of the that, for example, not one of non- savings period has been extended longer amount of daylight, and the clerical members of the Iranian by three weeks. Clocks will be effects it has on the economy. government wears a necktie. Vice brought forward by one hour for 27 squad police are in place to bring weeks in a year beginning a week In a press release, Mr Barker said, non-compliant individuals to earlier on the last Sunday of "The decision means people will Islamic justice. September and ending on the first have an extra hour of daylight in Sunday of April. the evenings from late September Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called to early April to enjoy the outdoors. for moderation and consideration The extension is due primarily to a This builds upon the extra half an for Iran's image worldwide petition signed by 42,000 New hour already built into New emphasizing the need for a Zealanders backed by Mark Zealand’s time throughout the "cultural rather than disciplinary Holmes, Nelson city councillor, who year." approach." Hard-line clerics stress says it will benefit those workers that both approaches are needed. who work from 9.00 a.m. till 5.00 The United States and Canada have Many Iranian women have p.m.. It was also backed by both also recently extended their appeared on state television politician Peter Dunne, leader of daylight savings to a 34-week whereon they praised Islamic dress minor political party, United Future. period. code effusively and advocated the arrest of offenders. The change is done by an Order-in- No un-Islamic hairdo, makeup, Council signed by the Governor- or ties for Iranian men The Supreme Cultural Revolution General, Anand Satyanand, acting New reports have emerged Council, created during the Islamic

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Cultural Revolution, indicated that such as is required in the oil sands, it would filter immoral video and NAOSC is an Alberta-based oil is "energy intensive and audio messages sent using cellular company founded in 2001. It challenging in an environmental phones. According to Iranian manages 1,110 square kilometres perspective." The company said it television statement, "In order to of oil sands leases located in intends to capture the carbon prevent possible misuse of MMS, northern Alberta. It is estimated dioxide (CO2) emissions from its oil immoral actions and social that the NOASC oil sands hold sands production and store it problems, the Telecommunications approximately 2.2 billion barrels of underground. Ministry will filter immoral MMS." oil reserves. The company is No details of how immoral planning to develop an extraction Under new environmental messages would be filtered such project and an upgrading facility. regulations announced Thursday by naming the type of software to be When the project is completed, Canadian Environment Minister used were divulged. NAOSC expects it to produce over John Baird, companies that can't 200,000 barrels of bitumen per meet new intensity targets for CO2 Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei day. The upgrading facility would emission reductions will be able to explicitly delineated the threats then process the bitumen into purchase offset credits or Iran faces on the cultural front, synthetic crude oil. contribute to a technology fund, at “More than Iran's enemies need an initial cost of $15 per tonne of artillery, guns and so forth, they The NAOSC board of directors has emissions. New plants would have need to spread cultural values that approved the bid from Statoil three years before they were lead to moral corruption. They have unanimously, and has obligated to begin reducing their said this many times. I recently recommended that its shareholders emissions. read in the news that one of them, accept the offer. One of the largest a senior official in an important shareholders of NAOSC currently is However, Julia Langer, director of American political center, said: Paramount Resources Ltd. the World Wildlife Fund's global "Instead of bombs, send them (TSX:POU). Paramount announced threats program, told the Globe miniskirts." He is right. If they Friday that it had entered into a and Mail that the initial exemptions arouse sexual desires in any given lock-up agreement with Statoil, for new plants and the technology country, if they spread unrestrained which calls for Paramount to sell its fund contributions would mixing of men and women, and if 30.9% interest in NAOSC to Statoil undermine the government's new they lead youth to behavior to ASA for a cash deal worth environmental plan. "This is a which they are naturally inclined by approximately CA$682 million. regulatory plan that is geared to instincts, there will no longer be business as usual for the tar sands any need for artillery and guns "We are impressed by the sector," said Langer. against that nation.” performance and competence held by the employees in NAOSC,” said The Statoil-NAOSC transaction is Following the Islamic Revolution, Helge Lund, chief executive of expected to close by the end of the the Revolutionary Guards is Statoil. “Combined with Statoil’s second quarter of 2007. reported to have cut women’s lips experience and commitment to with razors because the women prudent operations, we are well- Shooter at Kansas City mall were wearing lipstick. This was positioned to develop the resources kills three done in public view to deter others. in a sustainable manner, creating A gunman killed three people and value for Statoil and its wounded two others Sunday after a Norway purchases Canadian oil shareholders." shooting occurred at the Ward sands company Parkway shopping center in Kansas Statoil ASA (Statoil), a Norwegian Statoil suggests that the City, Missouri. The shooting took state-owned oil company, entered development plans for the NAOSC place at around 4 p.m. local time into an agreement Friday to oil sands includes an application of (2200 UTC). The gunman fired purchase all outstanding common Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage shots from the parking lot, then shares of the privately held (SAGD) technology, which, entered the mall and continued Canadian firm, North American Oil according to the company, leaves a shooting. He himself was then shot, Sands Corporation (NAOSC). The smaller environmental footprint presumably by local police. deal is reported to be worth CA$2.2 than strip mining. Statoil admits, billion in an all-cash transaction. however, that heavy oil production,

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