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June 30, 2007 the Free-Content News Source That You Can Write! Page 1 June 30, 2007 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Twenty20 international of the West Indies tour of England at The Oval, Chris Benoit mystery editor organizations, removing Anti- London, England. confesses: claims "terrible Imperialist Territorial Units, Unit coincidence" for Revolutionary Proletarian England's victory tied the two The anonymous individual who Initiative, and Units for match series 1-1 after West Indies wrote about Nancy Benoit's death Proletarian Initiative while adding won the first Twenty20 yesterday. hours before police discovered Revolutionary Struggle. her body says the comment was •After 16 years of existence, the Chris Gayle got the West Indies off a "terrible coincidence". National Football League to a good start with 61 runs off 37 announced that it would shut balls, but the England bowlers and Former Japan Prime Minister down its European operation fielders restricted their score to Kiichi Miyazawa dies at 87 known as NFL Europa with 169-7 after 20 overs despite some Former Japanese Prime Minister immediate effect. big hits from Marlon Samuels. Kiichi Miyazawa, serving from 1991 to 1993, died at his home in In reply, England faltered, losing Tokyo yesterday at the age of 87. Shares in Blackstone Group fall below IPO price three wickets in 14 balls followed Stock in the Blackstone Group, a by the dismissal of Kevin Pietersen Featured story major private equity founded by for 19. However Owais Shah scored 55 to help England past the International Red Cross Peter G. Peterson and Stephen target. condemns Myanmar regime Schwarzman, has fallen below its In an unusual move, the ICRC initial public offering price of The tour now moves on to a series publicly criticised Myanmar's US$31.00. of three One-Day International military government for human matches starting on 1st July. rights abuses. The ICRC said Blackstone L.P. (NYSE symbol: BX) Earlier in the tour, England won a private and confidential dialog initially soared 13% after being four match Test series 3-0. with the Burmese government offered on the New York Stock had not yielded results. Exchange last week. However, lately the the stock has dropped to Cricket: 2007 Future Cup-2nd ODI Wikipedia Current Events below US$30. The stock was issued to brokerages for US$31 a In the 2007 Future Cup, India beat •Rebels unsuccessfully try to share. South Africa by six wickets in the assassinate Guillaume Soro, second One-Day International Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, but Some fear that the so-called (ODI) held at the Civil Service kill three others in a rocket "Private Equity Boom" may be at Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, attack. its peak. Others attribute the Belfast, Northern Ireland. •British police defuse a bomb in falling price to recent discussions The best of three series now Central London. A second bomb in Washington of closing, what stands level at 1-1 after South is found hours later. critics call "loopholes," that allow such firms to pay capital gains tax Africa's victory in the first ODI. •At least 13 people die in clashes instead of income tax. between militants and Indian Sachin Tendulkar, in posting a security forces in Jammu and West Indies cricket team in score of 93, became the first Kashmir. England 2007 - 2nd Twenty20 batsman to score 15,000 runs in •The European Union revises its England have beaten West Indies one day cricket. list of designated terrorist by five wickets in the second If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Saturday, June 30, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 NFL Europa ceases after 15 List of air carriers banned in the One unnamed EU official was seasons EU. The ban is scheduled to come reported by The Guardian to have NFL has informed that their into effect on July 6. Just hours described Indonesia's civil aviation "farmer-league" NFL Europa has after the ban a Boeing 737 authority as "not very reliable", been discontinued after 15 operated by one of the blacklisted referring to a lack of reaction to seasons. Instead the NFL will focus airlines, TAAG Angola Airlines, warnings of an imminent ban and on "the focus of its international crashed into a house during requests that Indonesia reassured business strategy to presenting landing with at least six fatalities officials that the problem was the NFL to the widest possible in Northern Angola. being dealt with. global audience, including broader media visibility and the staging of Indonesia currently has 51 Indonesia has responded to the international regular-season airlines, having grounded several ban by saying that, according to games". "The time is right to re- and revoked the licences of others information unseen by the EU, focus the NFL's strategy on on June 25. The EU said that Indonesian safety standards are initiatives with global impact, substandard maintenance and rising. Director-general of civil including worldwide media operation and a slow reaction by aviation at the Indonesian coverage of our sport and the Indonesia to solve the problem transport ministry Budhi Mulyawan staging of live regular-season NFL were the main causes of the ban. Suyitno said that "Our data can games," said Mark Waller, senior EU holidaymakers who have show them that we have improved vice president of NFL International, booked flights with banned airlines on every line," to Reuters The US to NFL.com via travel agents will be refunded had already downgraded for the services. Indonesia's safety rating earlier The NFL are focusing on the this year. international market now. In EU transport commissioner October the owners passed a Jacques Barrot said of the ban Also affected by the bans are resolution to set up to two regular- "Once more, the EU blacklist will Ukraine's Volare Aviation, while season games in international prove to be an essential tool not Russia has imposed bans on four stadiums per year. The first of only to prevent unsafe airlines of its airlines after consulting the these games are played on from flying to Europe and to EU and restricted six others, Wembley Stadium in London on inform passengers travelling Bulgaria has revoked the licences October 28 when the Miami worldwide, but also to make sure of six cargo airlines and Moldova Dolphins and New York Giants that airlines and civil aviation has banned eight airlines. meet. authorities take appropriate actions to improve safety." Meanwhile, Pakistan International In 2006 NFL Europa changed its Airlines, subject of a controversial name from NFL Europe to NFL Operations and safety editor at EU ban earlier this year, had Europa to focus more on the Flight International David restrictions on some of it's aircraft German and Dutch markets. When Learmount commented that lifted. The airline's fleet of Boeing the NFL Europa shut down, it had Indonesia, whose airline industry 777s and some of their Boeing 6 teams based in Holland and was deregulated the early 1990s, 747s and Airbus 310s will now be Germany. Hamburg Sea Devils is one of a handful of cases where allowed back into European won the last World Bowl (number deregulation has lowered safety airspace. 15) last Saturday. standards instead of improving them, saying of the move by the The announcements come after EU bans all Indonesian airlines EU "Standards in aviation safety three accidents involving as well as several from Russia, have been going up dramatically Indonesian airliners - the New Ukraine and Angola on a worldwide basis, but there Year's Day crash of Adam Air Flight The European Union banned all of are still places where they are [of 574, which killed 102 people, the Indonesia's air carriers yesterday, the standards of] the 70s and 80s. subsequent accident involving none of which presently operate In Indonesia the safety watchdog Adam Air Flight 172, which services to Europe, as well as was told earlier this year to pull its cracked in half on a hard landing several from Russia, Ukraine and socks up, but the EU is clearly but held together, preventing Angola. They are the latest convinced that it has not done so." serious injury, and the March crash additions to the already extensive of state-run Garuda Indonesia If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, June 30, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 Flight 200, which claimed 23 lives. sentenced in January to 10 years times". All the accidents involved ageing in federal prison. Boeing 737 aircraft. Disruption has been caused to According to the Pensacola News transport in the area with roads "Mrs. Dino" sentenced to one Journal, Jo Hovind’s attorney, Jerry closed and bus routes diverted. year in prison Barringer, plans to appeal the Piccadilly Circus tube station has Jo Hovind, wife of Kent Hovind, guilty verdict as well as the prison reopened after an earlier closure was sentenced to one year and sentence. one day in prison for 44 counts of Police are reviewing major events evading bank reporting Car bomb defused in central to be held in London over the requirements. In November 2006 London weekend. Jo was convicted of 44 counts and A car containing an large explosive Kent was convicted of 58 counts, device has been defused in the CBS News has reported that a and both decided not to present a Haymarket, London. A second message appeared on the widely defense at trial. device was later found in a car used jihadist Internet forum Al- park in Park Lane. Hesbah at 08:09 a.m. June 28, Kent Hovind, self-styled as Dr.
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