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June 19, 2008 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Bush calls for US offshore oil before the 24 hour period was Indian state of Rajasthan exploration over. achieves a compromise US President Bush has called for recognition as a special category offshore oil exploration, of Other Backward Class in the Wikipedia Current Events something that has long been state's affirmative action prohibited. Democrats and The Parliament of the UK ratifies program, comparable to the environmentalists object. the Treaty of Lisbon. status of Banjaras and Rabaris. •The United States and China •American golfer Tiger Woods will Over 50 dead after Iraq agree to negotiate an investment miss the rest of the golf season bombing treaty and to cooperate more to have additional surgery on his According to local police, a closely on energy security and left knee. bombing in the Iraqi capital of global pollution. Baghdad killed 51 people on Tuesday. The car bomb exploded •The European Parliament passes Blue Coat and AT&T take parts near a bus stop in the Hurriya legislation to allow of FOSI for Internet Security area, which is mainly populated undocumented aliens to be held Recently in Sunnyvale, CA, Blue with Shia Muslims. 75 people in detention centres for up to 18 Coat Systems and AT&T are were also wounded by the attack. months and banned from confirmed to join the Family Online European Union territory for five Safety Institute (FOSI), an Boston Celtics win 17th NBA years. international non-profit championship organization dedicated to •Mexico reaches an agreement identifying and promoting best After 22 years of waiting, the with industry groups to fix the Boston Celtics have won their practices, tools and methods for prices of 150 food items as a online safety. 17th National Basketball result of accelerating inflation. Association championship, adding to the 16 that already hang from •Sudan and former southern “A safety online experience should the rafters of the TD Banknorth rebels start deploying joint forces be established. Kids often spend Garden and before that, the old in the troubled Abyei region as most time on Internet surfing, but Boston Garden. part of an agreement. [their] parents often ignored critical awareness on risks of the •Russian prosecutors charge three Internet. To decrease risks, we Mozilla sets record for most men in the murder of journalist encourages parents to notice on software downloads in 24 Anna Politkovskaya. hours children's Internet activity and Mozilla's new browser Firefox 3.0 •China and Japan agree to joint educate them about the risks they has been downloaded over 8 development of the Chunxiao gas face online to protect themselves.” million times in 24 hours. The field in a disputed area of the —Brent Olson, Assistant Vice Mozilla Foundation has East China Sea. President of Public Policy of AT&T. encouraged users worldwide to •Relatives of Srebrenica massacre Apart from AT&T, Blue Coat download their latest browser in victims open a case in a Dutch recently announced "K9 Web an attempt to enter the Guinness court against the United Nations Protection" software and promoted Book of World Records, with what and the Netherlands for the "Community Outreach Program" is referred to as Download Day failure of the Dutchbat force to for parents to strengthen Internet 2008. The target of five million prevent the killings. downloads was reached long security on kids. In addition, •The Gujjar community of the Laurie Coffin, Director of Marketing If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Thursday, June 19, 2008 Wikinews Page 2 Communications at Blue Coat, was application were downloaded every Wikinews has learned that confirmed to join FOSI's board of second. according property records with directors to assist in governing the city, the stable was converted FOSI's strategic direction and John Lilly, the CEO of Mozilla into a gasoline station and auto initiatives. commented on the release of repair shop in 1950, and is Firefox 3. “We’re really proud of designated as a body shop. During Mozilla sets record for most Firefox 3 and it just shows what a that time at least four fuel storage software downloads in 24 committed, energized global tanks were installed on the hours community can do when they work property. Two are listed as 550 Mozilla's new browser Firefox 3.0 together,” he said. square feet while the other two are has been downloaded over 8 2,000 square feet. All of the tanks million times in 24 hours. The Boston Celtics win 17th NBA are designated as a TK4, which Mozilla Foundation has encouraged championship New York State says is used for users worldwide to download their Los Angeles Lakers "below ground horizontal bulk fuel latest browser in an attempt to 92 131 Boston Celtics storage." The cost of installing a enter the Guinness Book of World tank of that nature according to Records, with what is referred to After 22 years of waiting, the the state, at that time, included as Download Day 2008. The target Boston Celtics have won their 17th the tank itself, "excavation and of five million downloads was National Basketball Association backfill," but did not include "the reached long before the 24 hour championship, adding to the 16 piping, ballast, or hold-down slab period was over. that already hang from the rafters orring." of the TD Banknorth Garden and The 24 hour download session before that, the old Boston Property reports give the tanks a ended at 18:16 UTC on June 18th, Garden. 'construction code' of a "C - one hour later than the original Average", meaning the tanks were time of 17:00. This delay is due to The Celtics won the game 131 to not designed to last for a technical problems which included 92 and won the series with 4 wins significant period of time. That the servers being overwhelmed. over their old rivals, the Los rating has residents concerned For a while after the specified Angeles Lakers' 2. The game was that the tanks could pose an launch time, the Firefox website highlighted by Ray Allen's seven 3- environmental hazard if they are linked to a download for Firefox 2. pointers, tying the NBA Finals not properly taken care of. single game record, as well as the Over 2.88 million of the downloads Celtics 18 steals, easily a single Wikinews has not been able to were from the European Union, game record also. Paul Pierce has determine if the tanks have been 2.56 million from the United been chosen series MVP. removed or if they were emptied States, while only two of the when the gas station closed downloads were from Chad, and The season is noted for the biggest sometime in the 1980's. Wikinews one from the Falkland Islands. single-season turnaround in NBA has also contacted the city of North Korea, Svalbard and Jan history as the last Celtics season Buffalo for a comment regarding Mayen,Guinea-bissau, Western was considered to be one of the the tanks, but has yet to receive a Sahara, Comoros, Solomon worst in franchise history. response. Islands, Central African Republic, Liberia and French Guiana all had Residents fear environmental The building was scheduled for no downloads. hazard on site of partially emergency demolition on Thursday collapsed building in Buffalo, June 12, but was stopped by police The unofficial, unaudited final New York after residents raised concerns for number of downloads during the Buffalo, New York – Residents in the safety of those living around 24 hour marathon was 8,320,331. Buffalo, New York fear that the building. According to New This figure still needs to be demolishing a nearly 200-year-old York law, since the city ordered checked by the Guinness Book of livery and stable which partially the demolition, they are required Records for validity. collapsed on Wednesday June 11, to perform an 'Environmental could cause an environmental Impact Assessment' or SEQR when If the unofficial figure is accurate, hazard. a project or demolition has the almost 100 copies of the possibility of posing an If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, June 19, 2008 Wikinews Page 3 environmental hazard. injunction. Residents are states that the orders, which they concerned demolition crews moved obtained, were to fix the building According to New York law, a too fast, and are not doing enough "to a safe condition." SEQR should be performed "to to protect them and their incorporate the consideration of surrounding properties. They are Freudenheim gave the city environmental factors into the also concerned that the city did permission to demolish the existing planning, review and not consider all the options or risks building on Thursday June 12 decision-making processes of before ordering the building to be during an emergency Preservation state, regional and local demolished. Board meeting, because he would government agencies at the not be "rehabilitating the building earliest possible time. To On June 15, Judge Jerome C. anytime soon." Freudenheim, accomplish this goal, SEQR Gorski ruled that the city can along with his wife Nina, were requires that all agencies resume demolition, but "on a part-owners of the Hotel Lenox at determine whether the actions limited basis" only to remove fallen 140 North Street in Buffalo and they directly undertake, fund or rubble that landed on properties, were advocates to stop the approve may have a significant and to remove any loose bricks or Elmwood Village Hotel from being impact on the environment, and, if material from the building, but not built on the corners of Forest and it is determined that the action below its truss line.