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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events Luciano Pavarotti dead Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to •China and Australia agree to hold Opera singer mark the sixth anniversary of the yearly security meetings. has died of September 11, 2001 attacks on •Eleven members of the cast and cancer at the U.S. cities. crew of the ABC's The Chaser's age of 71 •12 people, including 11 New War on Everything are arrested Jersey public officials, are and charged with breaching arrested by the FBI on corruption security regulations including charges. Among those arrested Chas Licciardello who was German police arrest three in are Mayor Samuel Rivera of dressed as Osama bin Laden. imminent terrorist plot Passaic and Mayor Mims Hackett Three Islamic •The President of the United Jr. of Orange. militants of the so- States George W. Bush meets called Jihad-Union •A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits with the President of China Hu were arrested by off shore of Taiwan near the Jintao with Bush accepting an German police. capital city Taipei. invitation to attend the 2008 They were found in possession of Summer Olympics in Beijing. •Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal, large amounts of the chemical undergoes angioplasty operation •Fiji reintroduces martial law. used in the suicide bombings in after a heart attack. London in July of 2005. •British RAF Tornados intercept Former Canadian Prime eight Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Minister Trudeau criticised in bombers as they approach UK new book "Brian Mulroney: Featured story airspace. Memoirs 1939-1993" New Zealand's anti-spam Written in his new book "Brian •Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti legislation kicks in – exclusive Mulroney: Memoirs 1939-1993", a dies at 71, after suffering from report 1,100-page to-be-released book, pancreatic cancer for more than Wikinews interviewed Joe former Progressive-Conservative one year. Stewart, the Unit Manager of the Canadian Prime Minister Brian Department of Internal Affairs •A study published by United Mulroney, who was PM of Canada new Anti-Spam Compliance Unit, States and Czech researchers from 1984 to 1993, has revealed and David Farrar, Chair of claims that there is a 90% in his book that he called former InternetNZ’s Public Policy chance that the object that Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Committee, on the new anti- caused the Chicxulub crater in Pierre Trudeau a "coward" and spam legislation that came into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and criticised his decisions on the effect in New Zealand. probably led to the extinction of Meech Lake Accord, questions the dinosaurs came from the Trudeau's moral leadership, his Wikipedia Current Events Baptistina family of asteroids. refusal to fight against Nazis, his admiration for leaders such as The death toll from Hurricane •The President of China Hu Jintao Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitic and anti- Felix in Nicaragua is raised to 65, and Prime Minister of Australia immigration views, and his belief with a high casualty level John Howard agree to six deals in the independence of Quebec. amongst Miskito Indians who including an agreement whereby failed to evacuate. China will purchase A$35 billion According to the Canadian Press, worth of liquefied natural gas •An Islamist website claims it will Mulroney was quoted saying after soon carry a new video of al from Woodside Petroleum. Trudeau died that he was "an

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Friday, September 7, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 exceptional individual who served Liberal leader Stephanie Dion and vandalised with graffiti showing his country effectively and well . . . many others rebucked Mulroney neo-Nazism expressions, as well a gallant political warrior who for his comments. as swastikas. Broken windows and loved his country." walls were found ripped open. "While Mr. Mulroney's track record In his book, one quote says "Pierre in politics may indeed explain his The terms "Kike", "Fuck Jews," and Trudeau, Captain Canada? I think frustrations with Prime Minister "White Power" were graffitied in not." Another quote says Trudeau Trudeau, they do not qualify him white around the house, as well as was "opposed to enlightened as a historian," Dion fought back. a large green swastika. policies designed to wipe out the "If Mr. Mulroney wanted to fight curse of Nazism." with Mr. Trudeau when he was The woman's husband Mr. Allan alive, that's one thing. But Mr. Schwarz, a Holocaust survivor, was "'Bunglers', 'cowards', 'snivelers' -- Trudeau is not there any more and returning home to their house on Trudeau knew whereof he spoke," Mr. Mulroney should respect the King Street East, the town's Mulroney also writes. man and respect what he did for centre, to bring home a present the country and for the world." for their 40th wedding anniversary The book not only criticises when he found the house not the Trudeau, but former Liberal Prime "I wasn't angry when I read it; I way he left it. Minister Jean Chretien and former was just kind of sorry for him," Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard. said Tom Axworthy, Trudeau's Bought to start an antique store, principal secretary. "I just think it's the Schwarz's rented it out The book hits stores next Monday. sad that this former prime minister instead. Ten years ago their tenant A 90-minute special television (Mulroney) is still so consumed by started to rent the house, just five interview conducted by news his predecessor that he's spending months ago he stopped paying anchor Lloyd Robertson entitled time attacking a man who's dead rent saying he was on welfare. Ms. "Triumph & Treachery: The Brian rather than talking about his own Schwarz offered to lower his rent. Mulroney Story" will air on Sunday accomplishments. I'm sorry that He vandalised and fled from the night on CTV. [1] Quebec French- he still obviously feels so house on Tuesday morning, the language channel TVA will air a threatened by the achievements of day he was to be evicted. She was version in french. Trudeau." accompanied by her son Alan, two police officers, and a locksmith. "This is a Brian Mulroney Trudeau's sons, Justin, a Liberal Canadians have never seen candidate for a Quebec riding, and "I don't know what happened to before," a news release written by Alexandre, a journalist, have not him ... Up until the last while, I Robertson said. "He opens up and yet commented. never had a day's trouble with shares intimate details about world him. He was friendly," Ms. Schwarz leaders such as Ronald Reagan, In 2005, secret recordings taped said. Margaret Thatcher and Nelson by German-born arms dealer Mandela. He also lashes out at his Karlheinz Schreiber of his Durham Regional Police are now political opponents and deals with conversations with Mulroney, 68, investigating what they refer to as the controversies that have were released in a book. In them, an "incident", and what lobby followed him through the years." Mulroney made hard statments group B'nai Brith Canada has and used bad-language. Schreiber argued constitutes a "hate crime" Trudeau, who died in 2000 at the said he paid Mulroney age of 80 from Parkison's disease, CAN$300,000 ($285,000) during "A swastika on its own, as per the was prime minister of Canada from the ongoing Airbus affair. They are Criminal Code of Canada, is not a 1968 to 1984. He is considered the currently in a legal battle. hate crime," said Sgt. Paul most well-recognised prime McCurbin. "It doesn't have the minster and particularly popular Police called to investigate proper components to be with many in Canada. after tenant draws swastikas in considered a hate crime. For landlords house example, if I said that I was going Trudeau and Mulroney are both 82-year-old Jewish Bowmanville, to kill a race of people or we from Quebec. Ontario woman Ms. Marion should kill a race of people, that Schwarz's house has been found would be considered a hate crime."

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A local neighbour, who asked not Angels game, and trail the Games not completed to be named, swept glass from the Yankees by 3 games in the ● Bot 3rd: Red Sox 2, Orioles broken windows off the sidewalk, AL Wild Card race. 1: The Orioles' only worried that dogs could cut their Other games came off a feet. She said the tenants were ● Dodgers 7, Cubs 4: Alfonso 1st inning RBI , while private people. Soriano hit two homers and the Red Sox scored two drove in all four Cubs runs, runs in the 3rd, off an RBI Mr. Schwarz fled from Germany to but the Dodgers scored one single by Julio Lugo and an Canada in 1938. Marion, a Toronto run in the eighth inning and RBI groundout by David native, and her husband moved to four in the ninth inning, Ortiz. Bowmanville to start a new life. dropping the Cubs into a tie ● Indians at Angels, 10:05 with the Brewers in the NL p.m. Scheduled pitching "In 1938, we found safe haven in Central. Andre Ethier hit a matchup: Paul Byrd vs. Bowmanville," said her son Alan. pinch-hit three-run homer Kelvim Escobar. "It was wonderful place to settle (11) to win the game for and my parents have been here the Dodgers. Joe Beimel (4- Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti basically for 70 years. They never 1) picked up the win, dies at age 71 anticipated ever facing the same pitching 1 2/3 perfect World-famous opera singer kind of symbolism they had to innings. Ryan Dempster (2- Luciano Pavarotti died early leave Germany for." 5) got the loss, giving up Thursday morning, according to a four runs in 2/3 inning for message from his manager. On The investigation still continues. his third blown save. August 10, Pavarotti, 71, was The tenant's name has not been Takashi Saito picked up his admitted to Modena University released. 37th save in a perfect ninth Polyclinic in Modena, Italy because inning. The Cubs (71-68) of a high fever. The cause of the next face the Pirates, while fever was unknown, however some roundup: September 6, 2007 the Brewers play the Reds. reports stated that he was being Tigers hit another walkoff single to The Dodgers, meanwhile, treated for pneumonia. win trail the Diamondbacks by ● Tigers 3, White Sox 2: After 3.5 games in the NL West, "The Maestro fought a long, tough winning on Wednesday with and trail the Padres by 2.5 battle against the pancreatic a walkoff single in the 11th games in the NL Wild Card cancer which eventually took his inning, the Tigers overcame race. life. In fitting with the approach a 2-1 deficit in the bottom ● Cardinals 16, Pirates 4: Rick that characterised his life and of the 9th inning with two Ankiel led the Cardinals, work, he remained positive until RBI singles to win, 3-2. going 3-4 with seven RBI finally succumbing to the last Pinch hitter Sean Casey and four runs, including a stages of his illness," said Terri drove in the tying run off a three-run and a two-run Robson, Pavarotti's manager in a one-out single, and Omar homer (8, 9), and a two-run statement to the press. Infante, who came in to . The game was pinch run for Casey, scored called due to rain in the Pavarotti had been diagnosed with off a two-run single by ninth inning. Kelvin Jimenez pancreatic cancer last year, and in Placido Polanco. For the (2-0) picked up the win, July of 2006 he underwent surgery second game in a row, pitching to just one batter to remove a cancerous mass. Bobby Seay (3-0) pitched (recording a ). According to Nicoletta Mantovani, one hitless inning for the (0-1) got Pavarotti's wife, he had also been win, while Bobby Jenks (3- the loss, pitching 3 innings receiving radiation treatments. 5) got the loss, giving up and giving up five runs. The two runs and receiving his Cardinals (69-68) are just Pavarotti's death came only one sixth blown save, his first one game back of the Cubs day after becoming the first since July 17. The Tigers and the Brewers in the recipient of the new "Excellence in (75-65) trail the Indians by heated NL Central race. Italian Culture Award" from the 6.5 games, pending the Italian government, the Italian results of the Indians- Culture Ministry reported on

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Tuesday evening. The tenor during the running section. Sofie New South Wales minister for received the award for promoting Goos followed, while Marjolein police denied that the security Italian culture abroad and within Truyers managed to keep her services had been embarrassed by Italy itself. The opera house where advantage before Inge the event. A police statement said he performed for the first time 40 Vancauwenberghe and Anne-Marie that the shows producers had years ago, the La Scala opera Dupont. The winners from each been cautioned a week beforehand house in Milan, stated it will race took home €2500. about trying any stunts during the organise a singing contest in APEC meetings. honour of the Italian tenor. Almost 1000 athletes came to Knokke for the triathlon, The Chaser had tried Belgian triathletes race at professional and recreational, men unsuccessfully yesterday to breach North Sea coast and woman, and also hand-bike security when they dressed up as Yesterday, the 2007 edition of the athletes. A typical element of this a NSW Police horse. Zwintriathlon took place. This triathlon is the fact that some short course Triathlon starts in the competitors finish the race in a On April 25, 2007 The Chaser canal in Sluis, the Netherlands, costume. Among these, Spiderman successfully asked Jimbo Wales 10 where the athletes swim 1000 was the first to cross the finish questions during his visit to metres. Then the 41 kilometres line. Other characters came from Sydney as a part of a segment for cycling part of the race goes the Belgian comic albums of Tintin, The Chaser's War on Everything through the nature domain Het from the fairy tale Peter Pan, there series. Zwin, to the city of Knokke in was a Roman soldier, a Tarzan Belgium, where the athletes had look-a-like, a Chiquita Banana, and Major League Baseball 10 kilometres of running on the more. roundup: September 5, 2007 seawall ahead of them. The finish Tigers win in 11 innings was at the casino in Knokke. Australian TV show The Chaser ● Tigers 2, White Sox 1, 11 breaches APEC security; 11 inn: Timo Perez hit a walk- In the Men's race, Stijn Goris charged off single in the 11th inning surprisingly beat living legend Luc Eight cast and crew members of to win the game for Detroit, Van Lierde and Rutger Beke, the Australian television show The a key win for the Tigers as known for being acquitted from Chaser successfully breached the they try to stay in the AL allegations that he had used EPO. security surrounding the APEC Wild Card race. Tigers' Goris, the leader in the overall sumit meeting in Sydney, reliever Bobby Seay (2-0) ranking in the Olympic distance, Australia. pitched a hitless 11th inning could just follow Luc Van Lierde for the win, while Heath during the swimming part. He Using a cavalcade of three cars Phillips (0-1) gave up two completed the cycling race and two motorcycles branded with hits and one run in 2/3 together with Van Lierde, but had the Canadian Flag, the crew inning for the loss. Tigers better legs during the footrace. passed through two security check starter Kenny Rogers Number four was Bart Aernouts, a points before being stopped returned from the disabled duathlete champion who outside the InterContinental Hotel list, giving up two hits and increasingly focuses on triathlon. where United States President one run in five innings of Young talents Marc Geerts and George W Bush was staying. work. The Tigers (74-65) Lander Dirken followed, before remain 3.5 games behind Frederik Van Lierde and Koen Eleven people have been charged the Yankees in the race, but Hoeyberghs, who won the over the incident, the eight cast gained a game on the competition in the age group of 40 and crew members and the three Mariners, who lost to the years and older (40+). drivers. Comedian and cast Yankees on Wednesday. member Chas Licciardello was Kristien Vleugels was the first dressed up as Osama bin Laden Other games female athlete, before Knokke's during the event. ● Diamondbacks 9, Padres 6: local favourite and category 40+ The Diamondbacks win two athlete Françoise Wellekens. All 11 have been bailed to appear out of three against the Another favourite, Joke Coysman, in court on October 4, 2007. Padres, taking a 1 game stopped her race after fainting lead in the NL West. Chris

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Young hit a three-run 4 with a solo homer (5) and pitched three innings, giving double to break a 5-5 tie for an RBI single. Joe Blanton up seven runs for the loss. the Diamondbacks, and (12-9) pitched eight The Brewers (71-68) trail Miguel Montero hit two solo innings, giving up two runs the Cubs in the NL Central homers (9, 10). Livan and six hits for the win, by a half-game. Hernandez (10-9) pitched while the Angels' Joe ● Pirates 8, Cardinals 2: five innings, giving up five Saunders (7-3) pitched 6+ Ronny Paulino hit a three- runs for the win. Padres ace innings, allowing four runs run homer, and Jack Wilson Jake Peavy (16-6) takes the and seven hits for the loss. hit a three-run double for loss, giving up eight runs in The Angels (82-57) lead the the Pirates. Rick Ankiel hit a four innings. Jose Valverde AL West by 7.5 games. two-run homer (7) for the picked up his 42nd save. ● Indians 6, Twins 2: Victor Cardinals in the loss. Tony The Diamondbacks (78-63) Martinez hit a two-run Armas pitched six innings, lead the Padres (76-63) by double in the 1st inning to giving up two runs and five a game in the NL West; the score what would turn out hits for the win. Matt Mulder Padres lead the Dodgers to be the winning runs. pitched four innings, giving and the Phillies by 3 games Fausto Carmona (15-8) up six runs for the loss. The in the NL Wild Card race. pitched 7 1/3 innings, Cardinals (68-68) trail the ● Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 4: allowing two runs for the Cubs in the NL Central by 2 Jason Varitek hit a two-run win. Scott Baker (8-7) games. homer (13) to take the lead pitched 5 innings, giving up ● Reds 7, Mets 0: Edwin for the Red Sox, but Troy eleven hits and three runs Encarnacion went 3-4, with Glaus responded with a solo for the loss. The Indians two RBI and a run. The homer (20) to tie the game (81-58) lead the AL Central Mets were held to just three again, and Vernon Wells hit by 7 games. hits in the game, all singles. the game-winning two-run ● Cubs 8, Dodgers 2: Mark Tom Shearn (2-0) pitched homer (16) in the 9th DeRosa went 3-4, with a six scoreless innings, inning. Jeremy Accardo (4- two-run single and two allowing three hits for the 3) pitched the last 1 2/3 runs, and Aramis Ramirez win. John Maine (14-9) hitless innings for the win, hit a two-run homer (20) allowed six runs in 4 1/3 while Hideki Okajima (3-2) for the Cubs. Ted Lilly (14- innings for the loss. The got the loss. The Red Sox 7) pitched 6 2/3 innings, Mets (78-61) lead the NL lead the Yankees by 6 allowing two runs and six East by 5 games over the games in the AL East. hits for the win, while Eric Phillies. ● Yankees 10, Mariners 2: In Stults (1-3) pitched 4 2/3 ● Braves 9, Phillies 8: The an eight-run 7th inning, innings, giving up four runs Braves scored four runs in Alex Rodriguez hit his (three earned) for the loss. the 8th inning and three league-leading 47th and The Cubs (71-67) lead the runs in the 9th, led by Matt 48th homers. Joba NL Central by a half-game Diaz, who hit an RBI infield Chamberlain (1-0) got the over the Brewers, and 2 single in the eighth, and a win, pitching a perfect 7th games over the Cardinals. three-run double to win the inning, while Jarrod The Dodgers (73-66) trail game. Rafael Soriano (3-3) Washburn (9-13) pitched the Padres by 3 games in picked up the win, while 6+ innings, giving up three the NL Wild Card race. Brett Myers (3-6) pitched 1 runs (two earned) for the ● Brewers 14, Astros 2: 1/3 innings for the loss, and loss. The Yankees (78-62) Brewers' 3-4-5 hitters Ryan his 2nd blown save of the lead the Mariners (74-64) Braun (28), Prince Fielder year. The Phillies (73-66) by 3 games in the AL Wild (41), and Corey Hart (20) trail the Mets by 5 games in Card race. each hit three-run homers the NL East, and trail the ● Athletics 6, Angels 2: Mark in the game. Yovani Padres by 3 games in the Ellis had 4 RBI, including a Gallardo (7-4) pitched NL Wild Card. three-run homer (17) to seven scoreless innings, ● Giants 5, Rockies 3: Barry start the scoring for the A's, allowing six hits for the win, Bonds hit a two-run homer and Donnie Murphy went 3- while Matt Albers (4-7) (28, 762nd career), and

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Pedro Feliz went 3-4 with a Padilla (5-9) pitched six defeated Ayyubid troops under solo homer (18) and an RBI innings of two-hit, scoreless Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in triple. The Rockies scored ball for the win, while Kyle Arsuf, present-day Israel. two in the bottom of the 9th Davies (2-4) gave up two 1901 – With Peking occupied by off a Troy Tulowitzki single, runs (one earned) and three foreign troops from the Eight- but were not able to score hits in five innings for the Nation Alliance, Qing China was again. Kevin Correia (4-6) loss. Joaquin Benoit pitched forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, pitched six innings, giving a perfect 9th for his third an unequal treaty ending the up six hits and one run for save on the season. Boxer Rebellion. the win. Ubaldo Jimenez (3- 1940 – World War II: The German 3) pitched five innings, Ousted PM Thaksin bemoans Luftwaffe changed their strategy in giving up three runs and freezing of Swiss assets the Battle of Britain and began getting the loss. Brad Following on from the seizure of bombing London and other British Hennessey pitched 2/3 US$1.5 billion in former Thailand cities and towns for 57 consecutive inning, giving up one hit for Prime Minister Thaksin nights. his 18th save. The Rockies Shinawatra's Thai bank accounts, 1977 – Panamanian de facto (72-67) trail the the ousted PM is claiming assets in leader Omar Torrijos and U.S. Diamondbacks by 5 games Swiss bank accounts have been President Jimmy Carter signed the in the NL West, and they frozen. Torrijos-Carter Treaties, agreeing trail the Padres by 4 games that the United States would in the NL Wild Card. When queried, the Swiss embassy transfer control of the Panama ● Nationals 6, Marlins 4: in Bangkok said that there had Canal to Panama at the end of the Austin Kearns went 3-4 with been no request for an asset 20th century. The transfer three runs and a solo homer freeze, and that such action would eventually took place on December (13), scoring the winning only take place in the event of a 31, 1999. run in the 7th inning. successful prosecution. September 07 is 200th Nationals Luis Ayala Anniversary of the birth of (1-2) got the win, pitching a Thaskin was removed from power Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de perfect seventh inning, in September, 2006 by Thailand's Buffon (b. 1807), Independence while Matt Lindstrom got military in a bloodless coup and Day in Brazil (1822). the loss, giving up two runs was accused of corruption. Aside in 2/3 inning. Chad Cordero from having his Thai accounts Quote of the Day picked up the save, giving frozen, Thaskin is the subject of Why not be oneself? That is the up a hit and striking out the arrest warrants in Thailand for whole secret of a successful side in the 9th. "official misconduct"; charges that appearance. If one is a greyhound, ● Devil Rays 17, Orioles 2: he denies. "Neither my family nor I why try to look like a Pekingese? Carlos Pena had 7 RBI and has done anything illegal," Thaskin ~ Edith Sitwell four runs, going 2-3 with said in a newspaper interview. "It two home runs (36, 37), a is defamation." Word of the Day grand slam in the 4th and a haggard; adj two-run shot in the 6th, and On the reputation of Swiss banking 1. Looking exhausted and a sacrifice fly. Andy discretion, Thaskin was critical. unwell. Sonnanstine pitched 6 "Good old bank secrecy is no 2. Wild, untamed. innings, giving up two runs more," he commented. "Absolute for the win. Radhames Liz discretion is a thing of the past." About Wikinews pitched just 1 2/3 innings, We are a group of volunteer journalists giving up four runs for the The ex-premier currently resides in whose mission is to create a diverse loss. the United Kingdom where he has community where citizens from around ● Rangers 3, Royals 2: purchased Manchester City football the globe (including you) can Rangers' designated hitter club for £81 million. collaborate to report the news on a Hank Blalock went 2-3, with wide variety of current events. By an RBI double, and the Today in History making our content perpetually available for free redistribution and use, game-winning RBI single in 1191 – Third Crusade: Forces we hope to contribute to a global digital the 6th inning. Vicente under Richard I of England

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