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March 18, 2009 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events 7:30 PM on Sky1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and be Latin America suffers drop in At least 11 people are killed and paired with "Sex, Pies and Idiot remittances four injured in an automobile Scrapes". The special broadcast is Slumping economies in the United accident outside Saltillo, part of FOX's year-long "Best. 20 States, Spain and Japan are Coahuila, Mexico. Years. Ever." celebration which causing reverberations in the •Madagascar's military installs commemorates the 20th countries of Latin America as former Antananarivo Mayor anniversary of the show. To migrant workers send less money Andry Rajoelina as President, promote the broadcast, executive home. The Inter-American replacing Marc Ravalomanana. producers Al Jean and James L. Development Bank reported that Brooks, as well as Nancy remittances to Latin America •Nokia will cut 1,700 jobs. Cartwright visited Ireland and are declined in the fourth quarter of •The Seattle Post-Intelligencer scheduled to participate in the 2008, dropping 2% relative to the publishes its final print edition Saint Patrick's Day parade in fourth quarter of 2007. and becomes an online Dublin. The episode was screened newspaper. at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin Fossilized remains of small on March 16. The American debut •North Korean Premier Kim Yong- dinosaur rediscovered in of the episode will be March 22, il begins a five-day goodwill tour Canada 2009. Scientists in Alberta, Canada have of China in Jinan, Shandong. discovered a new species of •The European Space Agency's Executive producer Al Jean stated dinosaur in remains left Gravity Field and Steady-State the episode is intended to be "an untouched for 25 years. The find Ocean Circulation Explorer affectionate love letter to Ireland" has been published in the launches from the Plesetsk because many of the writers have Proceedings of the National Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Irish roots. The episode will Academy of Sciences. Oblast, Russia. feature Irish landmarks including Giant's Causeway, the Blarney •United States President Barack Namibia struck by floods, Castle and the Guinness Brewery. president declares state of Obama meets Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Northern Irish emergency Previous episodes of the show First Minister Peter Robinson and Hifikepunye Pohamba, the where the Simpson family visits Deputy First Minister Martin president of Namibia, declare a other countries have been McGuinness at the White House. state of emergency in in the controversial. For example, the country on Tuesday after heavy •Twelve people are arrested two episodes, Simpsons visited flooding killed 92 and displaced during a disturbance in Belfast, Australia in "Bart vs. Australia" 5,032 since January. Northern Ireland. and Brazil in "Blame it on Lisa", generated controversy and Seattle's oldest newspaper to The Simpsons episode to negative reaction in the visited become online-only premiere on Sky1 countries. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the "In the Name of the Grandfather", 146-year-old Seattle newspaper, the fourteenth episode of the The Rio de Janeiro tourist board will make its final print edition on twentieth season of the American claimed that the city was today, before becoming an animated television series The portrayed as having rampant online-only news agency. Simpsons will today become the street crime, kidnappings, slums, first episode of the show to and monkey and rat infestations; premiere in Europe. It will air at and threatened FOX with legal If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Wikinews Page 2 action. When asked whether he British actress Natasha Richardson's husband, actor Liam thought this episode would Richardson reportedly brain Neeson, has left Toronto where he generate similar controversies, Al dead after skiing accident was filming a movie and will be Jean replied "I'm Irish American According to conflicting reports, with Natasha when she arrives in and I know Irish people have an British actress Natasha Richardson the U.S.. He was acting in the excellent sense of humor so we is brain dead following a severe movie 'Chloe', which was being weren’t very worried." head injury from a skiing accident filmed in the area. Both were on Monday, March 16. The New staying at the resort in Mont- FIFA receives eleven bids for York Post reported that friends of Tremblant. The couple have two 2018 and 2022 World Cups Richardson said she "was brain children who were also staying FIFA has received 11 bids to host dead," after earlier reporting that with them, Daniel Jack age 12 and the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World she was "dead". They later issued Micheal Richard Antonio age 13. Cup tournaments, an international a correction which said she was They are said to have been skiing football competition contested by brain dead. Other media reports with their mother when she fell. the men's national teams. The say that her brain is severely countries vying to host the swollen. Fox News Channel also "Liam Neeson left the Toronto set tournament are Australia, England, reports Richardson as brain dead. immediately to fly to Montreal Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Qatar, upon news of his wife’s accident. Russia, South Korea and United Richardson is currently being We do not have any details at this States, who have individual bids transported by plane from Sacré- time, but we hope for the best and and the joint bids are from Coeur Hospital in Montreal, our thoughts and prayers are with Belgium-Netherlands and Spain- Canada to a care facility in New Natasha and Liam and their Portugal. York City in the United States. She family," said spokespeople for remains in very critical condition Nesson in a statement to the Select bids are for 2018 and 2022 and reports say she is not likely to press. Richardson's family and tournaments and two bids are just survive. Once in the U.S., she will spokespeople are expected to for the 2022 tournament. Qatar be taken off life support. issue a statement sometime after and South Korea are vying just for she arrives in New York City. the 2022 tournament. The two Richardson, 46, was taking a winning bids will be chosen on private skiing lesson in Mont- Namibia struck by floods, December 2010 by the 24-man Tremblant in Quebec when reports president declares state of executive committee of FIFA. say she fell, hitting her head. emergency Despite the fall, witnesses say she Hifikepunye Pohamba, the Said FIFA president Sepp Blatter: did not appear to have been president of the southern African "We are very pleased about the seriously injured. An hour after the country of Namibia, declared a fantastic level of interest in our fall and after she returned to her state of emergency in in the flagship competition, with all initial hotel room, Richardson began to country on Tuesday after heavy bidders confirming their feel ill and was taken to a local flooding killed 92 and displaced candidature." hospital. She was later transported 5,032 since January. to Sacré-Coeur Hospital. Among the individual bidders, "It is with a heavy heart that I England in 1966, Mexico in 1970 "She was talking and making jokes declare an emergency for the and 1986, Japan and South Korea and there was no sign of any north-central and north-eastern in 2002, and the United States in apparent injury. She said she was parts of Namibia," the president 1994 have previously hosted the okay and didn't want to go to said to reporters. "Crop fields are World Cup tournament. From the hospital or see a doctor. About an submerged in water and I send out joint bidders, Spain hosted the hour later she said she was not an urgent appeal to the tournament in 1982. feeling that good after all. She said international community for she had a headache. They agreed assistance [...] as the current flood The 2010 World Cup will be held in to dial 911 and an ambulance is worse than a year ago and could South Africa, and Brazil will host came to take her away," Mont- be one of the worst in recent the 2014 World Cup. Tremblant resort ski station memory." spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse to The Daily Telegraph. 100,000 children were unable to If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Wikinews Page 3 attend classes due to the disaster, homicide detective Ervens Ford. which closed 218 schools. Mr Rajoelina installed himself in Lopez fled the scene in a red the Presidential Palace in upper Severe flooding occurred in Toyota Tacoma pickup truck to his Antananarivo, which troops had Namibia about the same time last home, which was about 3 miles (5 seized yesterday. A cabinet loyal year, when 42 people were killed km) from the original scene. He to him has been in operation since by the disaster. set both the house and truck on the end of January, when Mr fire and committed suicide. Rajoelina proclaimed Mr This year's floods appear to be Ravalomanana's rule to be worse, as President Pohamba Police and firetrucks responded to illegitimate. The Madagascan stated that the Zambezi River had a second 911 call regarding the opposition accuses Mr reached 7.1 metres, compared to blaze at the 700 block of Ravalomanana of mismanaging the last year's peak of 5.37 metres. Southwest 33 Avenue where the country while restricting personal assailant's body was found with a freedoms. Flooding has also reached gunshot wound.