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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events 6.6 magnitude quake shakes • The United Nations General •Swedish Minister for Culture Hawaii Assembly elects Belgium, Cecilia Stegö Chilò resigns after A magnitude Indonesia, Italy and South Africa 11 days in office, the second 6.6 earth quake to two-year terms on the UN resignation within the Cabinet of shook the Security Council, commencing 1 Fredrik Reinfeldt. Hawaiian January 2007. The fifth seat •The government of Hong Kong islands today at remains deadlocked after ten will not appeal a court ruling 17:07:49 UTC rounds of voting between striking down the territory's (07:07:49 local Guatemala and Venezuela and sodomy law. time). The may be thrown open to other quake, centered approximately 6 candidates from Latin America •American and Russian scientists miles southwest of Puakō on the and the Caribbean. announce the discovery of a new west side of Hawai`i Island, was chemical element with the atomic •United Nations Secretary-General felt throughout the entire state, number 118, temporarily Kofi Annan condemns movement causing a statewide power designated as Ununoctium. by Eritrea of 1,500 troops and 14 outage. tanks into the UNMEE-monitored Temporary Security Zone with Microsoft backtracks on Vista "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New Ethiopia as a "major breach" of delay accusations York snow storm in pictures the ceasefire agreement that Last month Microsoft Corporation At least 340,000 ended the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. made accusations against the people and European Commission, stating that businesses are still •2006 North Korean nuclear test: it may cause delays in the final without power as The United States confirms that release of their latest operating the City of Buffalo, North Korea conducted a nuclear system, Windows Vista (formerly New York begins to clean up after test on October 9, 2006. known as Longhorn). the worst October lake effect •The government of Sudan and snow storm in "137 years of the Eastern Front rebels sign a Microsoft's general counsel, Brad records" being kept, according to peace treaty in Asmara, Eritrea. Smith, stated: the National Weather Service. •The Industrial and Commercial "We recognize that the European Bank of China starts its dual IPO Featured story Commission does not give 'green in Hong Kong Stock Exchange lights' for new products, and we New roadmap unveiled for and Shanghai Stock Exchange, in have not asked for one. We Northern Ireland devolution what would be the world's largest appreciate the constructive Irish Taoiseach ever IPO. dialogue we have had with the Bertie Ahern and •In one of the worst attacks in Sri Commission and the guidance the British Prime Lanka's history, suicide bombers Commission has provided," Smith Minister Tony Blair detonate a truck packed with added. Based on this guidance, we have unveiled a new explosives amongst a convoy of have made changes to ensure that roadmap for the buses carrying naval personnel in we're in compliance with our Northern Ireland devolution the country's northeast. competition law obligations.". process. The roadmap sets a Approximately 102 people are target date for a new Northern killed, and 150 people are The news should be welcomed by Ireland Executive to be set up. wounded. all those anticipating Windows

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Vista within the European February 1993, and also for taxpayer." He is selling it so he can community, with Microsoft showing tranporting weapons and raise money to take Labour to compliance to follow the possessing illegal arms. court alleging that Labour regulations set out by the misappropriated public funds so European Commission. Tulsiram Dhondu Surve, watchman they could pay for the pledge of high security Wangani cards. The entire debate started when microwave tower in Raigad district, Microsoft were responding to a was found guilty of allowing Tiger's Labours attempt at trying to sell letter received by the European men to use government property their version of the pledge card is Competition Commissioner, Neelie for the purpose of loading arms because of $768,000 they have Kroes, that showed concerns over into vehicles which then been forced to pay back by the "The possible bundling into Vista of transported them to Mumbai. CBI Auditor-General. Auditor-General, certain products, such as internet investigations also revealed that Kevin Brady ruled that $1.17 search and certain security Surve had concealed 59 bags of million of taxpayers' money had features that are currently explosives in his field, before been spent unlawfully on available on a standalone basis handing them over to the electioneering. from Microsoft and other vendors". bombers. The watchman was In July, Smith had made a convicted under Section 202 of the There have been a numerous statement that Microsoft had Indian Penal Code for "not amount of questions on the offered to create changes to its informing authorities of the Libertarianz auction, mostly system to comply with the smuggling of arms and explosives humourous, including: "Do I earn commission, and that it had asked despite having knowledge of the FlyBuys when I use the card?" with the commission to state which activities." the response: "No. Labour doesn't changes would make Vista apply to need to earn your loyalty. Your its standards and regulations. Judge Kode, however, acquitted loyalty is demanded." Anant Bhoir, who had allowed his "We told the Commission that we dumper to be used for disposing of There is also a 1936 autographed would be prepared to do any one RDX in the Nagla Bunder Creek. book which includes the signatures of four things and they could The court said that Bhoir had not from the MP's of Labours first simply tell us which of those things been aware that the sacks government, a deck of Labour they wanted us to do" said Smith. contained explosive material. The party cards said to be from the court also ruled that Bhoir and his 1980's or a sport jacked branded Since Bill Gates announced the co-accused's confessions were Labour, described as "old-skool removal of WinFS from its new inadmissible since they "appear to style meets new-skool textile operating system in October 2003, have been taken under duress." technology." the company has been plagued by many setbacks and legal issues. New Zealand Labour party sells Today in History Only time will tell whether pledge card 1346 - King David II of Scotland Microsoft decides to fight the The New Zealand Labour Party led an invasion of England during commissions regulations or if it will attempted to sell one of their the Hundred Years' War, but was comply and change its system. pledge card at online auction site, captured in the Battle of Neville's TradeMe. It only fetched NZ$30. Cross. Four more found guilty in 1993 But a similar auction run by 1604 - Kepler's Star: German Mumbai blasts case Libertarianz leader, Bernard astronomer Johannes Kepler The TADA court in Mumbai held Darnton is fetching in the upwards observed an exceptionally bright four accused guilty of assisting of $400, however the current bid star which had suddenly appeared Tiger Memon in smuggling arms (at time of writing this was) at in the constellation Ophiuchus. and RDX that were used in the $440,000 is probably a fake bid. 1662 - King Charles II of England serial blasts. Four others were sold Dunkerque to France for acquited for want of evidence. The pledge card Darnton is selling £40,000. Muzamil Umar Kadri, Khalil Ahmed has described it as being: "Mint 1977 - German Autumn: Four days Sayyed Nazir and Gulam Hafeez condition original 2005 Labour after it was hijacked, Lufthansa Shaikh were convicted of helping Party pledge card, nicely framed - Flight 181 landed in Mogadishu, land RDX on the Shekhadi coast in just like the New Zealand Somalia, where a team of German

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