September 16, 2007 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events A bus crash in western Mexico •Melting sea ice in the Arctic kills at least 18 and injures 13 Ocean opens up the Northwest with many of the passengers Passage between Europe, Asia being from a diverted flight from and North America. Phoenix, Arizona to Guadalajara. •Negotiations between General •Over 160 anti-war protesters are Motors and the United arrested outside the United Automobile Workers continue in States Capitol. Detroit, Michigan past the deadline with a strike to start if •A helicopter registered in the Hawker Hurricane crash negotiations fail. name of former World Rally during mock dogfight Championship champion Colin •September 2007 Sumatra A Hurricane crashed during a McRae crashes killing four people earthquakes: The death toll rises Battle of Britian mock dogfight at near McRae's home in Scotland. to 21 with 88 people injured. the Shoreham Airshow •Sierra Leone's ruling Sierra •Nineteen people are killed in Sri Large earthquake rattles Leone People's Party seeks an Lanka as a result of a roadside Indonesia; Seventh in two injunction against the National bomb and fighting between the days Electoral Commission publishing Sri Lankan Army and the Tamil A 6.4 to 6.9 further results of the Sierra Tigers. magnitude Leonean general election, 2007 •Zhao Yan, a Chinese journalist quake has hit with results published so far working for the New York Times, Indonesia, the showing Opposition candidate for is released from jail in China after seventh president Ernest Bai Koroma in serving a three year sentence for substantial the lead. "leaking state secrets". quake in the •2007 Atlantic hurricane season: last two days. Tropical Storm Ingrid weakens to Queues form outside struggling a tropical depression. UK bank; calm urged Featured story •At least 10 people are killed and Nervous savers have re-formed YouTube user gets internet 15 wounded in a suicide bombing queues this morning outside many fame after defending Britney outside a Baghdad bakery as branches of Northern Rock, after Spears residents prepared to break their the £2.68 billion bank took an YouTube user Chris Crocker is Ramadan fast. emergency loan from the Bank of having his week of fame right England, the UK central bank. •Floods in Ghana displace now, after his video on YouTube, 260,000 people with similar LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!, became Shares in the bank had dropped problems in Mali and an instant hit. The video is a top- 25% by lunchtime yesterday in neighbouring countries in West down view of his face, as he London – and stood nearly 60% Africa. defends Britney Spears, about lower from their high of February – how everyone is using her to •The Australian Labor Party holds after the Bank of England acted in make money. The video has only the seats of Williamstown and its capacity as "lender of last been on the Internet for 48 hours Albert Park in the Victorian resort" to provide Northern Rock and has received more than 4.2 Legislative Assembly as two by- with short-term financing to million views. elections are held. enable it to continue operations. If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Sunday, September 16, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 Terence Wallace, 25, also from reduced the price of their console The Bank of England hasn't acted London appeared before a court to try and compete with their as lender of last resort since 1973, today on charges of attempted other main competitor, Nintendo when the collapse of Cedar robbery and possession of a with their Wii console. However, Holdings – a pioneer of second firearm. Police also confirmed they the Nintendo platform is still mortgages to UK home-owners – had found the blue Volvo that was selling strong with the Wii and the threatened a crisis in the country's involved with the robbery and DS taking the top 2 spots once banking industry. which is now subject to forensic again. investigation. Northern Rock has been hit hard Sales are also expected to increase since June this year by the turmoil The IPCC commission will open for Microsoft in the month of in world credit markets. Although next week as part of the September due to the release of only 0.24% of its assets are investigation into the shooting of Halo 3, the final game in the Halo exposed to subprime US housing the two men who died after being trilogy. Michael Patcher, an analyst debt, the bank's business model shot by Metropolitan Police for Wedbush Morgan Securities, saw it grow its loan book by 43% marksmen as part of an operation has predicted that the game will in the first six months of this year. by the Flying Squad. sell 3 million copies in the first 12 Rather than lending money days of release. deposited with it by savers, Explosion, fire on guided Northern has borrowed missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf The big surge in software sales aggressively in the short-term injures five lead to almost $1 billion spent in capital markets. Five civilian contractors have been the gaming industry in America for injured after an explosion and fire the month of August. Even with "Northern Rock is not a reckless onboard the Ticonderoga-class the software surge, all consoles lender," said Angela Knight, head guided missile cruiser USS Leyte had fewer sales than the previous of the British Bankers Association Gulf at 9:25 a.m. today. month apart from Microsoft. on national radio this morning. Urging the bank's savers not to A large explosion erupted from the Below are the full results provided withdraw their money in panic, ship's berthing area where welding by NPD: "the mortgage lending it does well work was being conducted during and it does in a high quality, high a stop in Norfolk, Virginia. A fire 2007 Rugby World Cup: New calibre way," she added. broke out two decks below main Zealand, Australia and Ireland deck, but was quickly win But savers queuing to withdraw extuiguished. The injured were In the 2007 Rugby World Cup, their money from Northern Rock taken to Norfolk General Hospital New Zealand overwhelmed today said they were "horrified" by for treatment to injuries not tournament newcomers Portugal. the Bank of England needing to believed to be life-threatening, The All Blacks scored more than step in. according to John Kowalczyk, a one hundred points and sixteen spokesman for BAE Systems Ship tries in their 108-13 victory to hold "I am going to take out the lot, Repair, who were conducting the their position at the top of Pool C. every penny," said one Northern work. Rock saver to Bloomberg as he A dominant first half display from queued outside the bank's West He added that the fire appeared to Australia saw them defeat Wales in End branch in London. be an isolated incident. The ship Cardiff. A strong finish by Wales has been layed up for repairs and was not enough to prevent the Foiled HSBC robbers named modernising since may Wallabies, who lead Pool B, The two robbers who were shot winning 32-20 and picking up a after an attempted robbery on an Xbox 360 console sales surge bonus point. armoured van in Chandler's Ford, in America near Southampton UK have been The latest console data from the Ireland came from behind to named as Andrew Markland, 36, NPD Group shows that Microsoft's defeat a strong Georgian team 14- and Mark Nunes, 35. They were Xbox 360 console outsold Sony's 10 in Pool D. Georgia led early in both from Brixton, London. PlayStation 3 by a ratio of 2 to 1. the second half and were Earlier in August, Microsoft threatening to score late in the If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Sunday, September 16, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 match but Ireland's defence held Wales improved in the second half. Israel, Hamas preparing for to secure the four point victory. Jonathan Thomas scored a try and 'incursion' James Hook added the conversion Hamas, the current controlling New Zealand, one of the and a penalty to cut the deficit to government of Gaza is claiming tournament favourites, defeated twelve points. However Chris that the Israel Defense Forces are Portugal by 95 points. Latham scored his second try of preparing for an incursion into the match, and Australia's fourth, Gaza, and they are preparing for Joe Rokocoko scored two tries to to restore their hold of the game any such attempt, performing open the scoring for New Zealand. and secure a bonus point. Shane military exercises and drills to Isaia Toeava, Ali Williams, Aaron Williams scored a try for Wales in "surprise" Israeli forces with Mauger, Jerry Collins, Chris Masoe the 76th minute after a strong "ferocious fighting." Hamas says and Andrew Hore each added tries finish, but it came too late and that Israel is planning to attack as New Zealand ended the half Australia won by twelve points. after several rockets were fired with a 52-3 lead. into the southern portion of Israel Australia lead Pool B with ten from Hamas controlled portions of Gonçalo Malheiro kicked a drop points. Wales are second with five the strip. goal in the 22nd minute to give points, ahead of Fiji on points Portugal, making their first difference, while Japan have one "Your brothers, the sons of Hamas appearance in the world cup, their point and Canada are bottom of ..