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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events Soldier gets killed by bomb in •A tape of senior Al Qaeda figure in the last two months. Afghanistan Ayman al-Zawahiri is released in A Canadian soldier was just killed which he brands US President Ex-Liberal president declares in Afghanistan by a bomb as he George W. Bush a "lying failure" for mayoralty patrolled an area west of over the war on terror. He goes The field of candidates running to Kandahar on foot. He died around on to condemn Pope Benedict XVI lead the City of Toronto became 1 pm in Panjwaii. One soldier was as an "impostor" for his recent more larger today as former slightly hurt. Military officials controversial speech and labels president have not yet released the name Roman Catholicism a religion Stephen LeDrew threw his hat in of the solider. "made of myths". the contest for mayor of Canada's •Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigns largest city. LeDrew is running Sony plans global replacement from the United States House of against incumbent Mayor of of laptop batteries Representatives in the wake of Toronto David Miller who is seeking After several laptop producers questions about e-mails and a second term and city councillor recalled a total of about 7 million instant messages he wrote to a who was considered products containing Sony former Capitol page. Miller's main challenger until batteries, the Sony Corporation today. With LeDrew entering the said it will "initiate a global •Soyuz TMA-8, with the race there are a total of 38 replacement program... in order Expedition 13 crew and Iranian- candidates running for the to address concern related to American space tourist Anousheh position. The election takes place recent over-heating incidents." Ansari on board, lands safely on on November 13, 2006. the Kazakh steppe. Featured story •Typhoon Xangsane lashes the Miller is a centre-left politician with northern Philippines, killing at links to the New Democratic Party New York City considers least 48 people and causing though he also has support from stricter regulations on trans extensive damage. some Liberals and Conservatives. fat His opponents have been looking The Health Board of New York •Lenovo recalls 526,000 Sony for a candidate to challenge him in City on Tuesday presented a plan laptop batteries due to fire risk. light of what has been perceived to ban trans fatty acids (or trans •A general strike is being as Jane Pitfield's faltering fat) from the eateries in the city. observed in Indian-administered candidacy. LeDrew considered Snacks and fast food often Kashmir to protest the planned supporting Pitfield but, calling her contain an elevated level of trans execution of Jaish-e-Mohammed "Calamity Jane" because of the fat, which has been linked to militant, Mohd Afzal, set for mistakes she's made in her coronary heart disease. The plan October 20. campaign, concluded she could not would have serious implications unseat the mayor. After other for both fast food chains and •The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission high-profile figures such as former restaurants. submits its report to the Members of Parliament Dennis government and the LTTE rebels. Mills and Sergio Marchi and former Wikipedia Current Events The report accuses both sides of police chief Julian Fantino declined human rights violations and • A Brazilian Gol Transportes to enter the contest as a centre or breaking the terms of the cease- Aéreos flight with 155 passengers centre-right, LeDrew decided to fire, citing over 200 civilians onboard, has disappeared from enter the race. Today was the last killed and over 200,000 displaced radar. day to register as a candidate.

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LeDrew has never run for public beefed up with 44 F16s from released the name of the soldier. office though he has many years America. They have a clearly The soldier is from CFB Petawawa of experience as a "back room" defined goal of attaining parity located in Ottawa. operative in the Liberal Party and with the IAF. With China supplying in municipal politics. In 2005, he J 10 and JF 17 aircraft (fitted with His remains were taken by a declared bankruptcy and was Russian engines), PAF force levels helicopter to the Kandahar Airfield. ordered to pay 74% of the of combat squadron will increase. One soldier from Hamilton, Ontario $364,000 he owed in back taxes. Unless steps are taken to move was reported to have suffered ahead with procurement, the IAF's minor hearing loss as a result of "The evidence is that LeDrew combat strength will deplete to a the blast. consciously and continually level, which would entirely neglected to pay income tax neutralise the conventional Earlier today at 12 pm, there was installments when due and superiority held by IAF since our a rally called Red Friday for the appeared to regard his obligation Independence. PAF will have 19 to Canadian troops in Afghanistan to pay income tax as subordinate 26 squadrons by 2011-12, while held in the Younge-Dundas Square to all other personal obligations," the IAF could reduce to 26.5 by in Toronto, Ontario. All of Toronto wrote Justice John Ground of the 2015. wore red in support for the troops. Superior Court of Justice. It was annonced at the rally that Additional Director of Air Power the Canadian solier was killed by a LeDrew says he was trying to pay Studies, Kapil Kak said, "This bomb. off his tax debt but also had to pay aircraft induction will take at least personal expenses such as school 10 years from today and in those Ten Canadian soldiers have died in fees for his children. 10 years, the MiG 21's will September. Thirty-seven progress if they get wound down. Canadians have died in "I'd gone through a divorce. I was Their total technical life and design Afghanistan since 2002. in a law firm ... that broke up and life will end and we will have the I lost money in that. I had four Air Force combat force strength Sony plans global replacement children to put into schools." winding down, worryingly fast." of laptop batteries After several laptop producers "I was also working 2,000 hours a Several inductions planned by the recalled a total of about 7 million year (as a) volunteer as Liberal IAF, such as the HAL Tejas and the products containing Sony Party president. I said , `I owe proposed Multirole Medium Range batteries, the Sony Corporation taxes. The taxpayer can wait. My Combat Aircraft, have been said it will "initiate a global children can not.' delayed. In his letter, the Air Chief replacement program... in order to Marshal has asked the address concern related to recent "I was proud of my choices, my Government to acquire 40 Su-30 over-heating incidents." priorities," he told the Toronto MKIs from Russia as soon as Star. "I'd do it again. Any father possible, induct the 126 Multirole Sony previously admitted the knows his children are the most Medium Range Combat Aircraft at recalls anounced by Apple and Dell important thing." the earliest and also urge Russia would cost up to 30 billion yen, to honour their commitment of not which is a quarter of Sony's profits Indian Air Chief Marshal warns allowing China to sell planes with in 2005. Several news sources of impending Pakistani air Russian engines to Pakistan. expect this to reflect badly on the superiority company, as it adds to problems The top-brass of the Indian Air Soldier gets killed by bomb in with the PlayStation 3 and Blu-Ray Force (IAF) has sent a three-page Afghanistan DVD. Since Dell announced recalls letter to Defence Minister Pranab A Canadian NATO soldier was in August, Sony's stock has lost Mukherjee, warning him that the killed today in Afghanistan by a almost 9% of it's value. IAF is in danger of losing its long- bomb while on patrol in Panjwaii standing air-superiority over district, west of Kandahar on foot. Keeping up with competitors like Pakistan. In the letter, Air Chief He died around 1 p.m. local time Apple and Dell, Toshiba and Marshal Tyagi writes, (UTC+4:30). Lenovo have started recalling laptops with the lithium ion Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is being Military officials have not yet batteries. Dell expanded it's

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, September 30, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 program to include about 4.2 inside the room while dentists September 22, when day-care million portables. Following Sony's were operating on the girl to centres across the city were statement, Fujitsu too declared it repair two cavities and to have at blockaded by parents, teachers would replace the batteries least two caps replaced. Travis and other city council employees. involved. A spokesperson for says after thirty minutes she was At one point, the city council asked Toshiba added that the company asked to come back in and found the police to intervene to break doesn't expect there to be any Brownridge not breathing, in the the blockades of the day-centres, problems with personal dentist chair. although a last-minute change of computers, but it will replace their heart by the council averted direct Sony batteries anyway, over Hicham Riba, a specialist and confrontation. customer concerns. However, the professional in anesthesia, who company doesn't expect to pick up was also licensed, was the dentist The parents feel that the quality of the tab for it. in charge of the procedure. day-care centers has declined, which they attribute to budget A Lenovo laptop with the problem "My family and I are so sad. May cuts. Further ire was seen when battery caught fire in Los Angeles God bless Diamond and her family. Mayor Henning G. Jensen Airport earlier this month. Every time you have a tragedy like "magically" found an additional 60 Consequently, Virgin Atlantic this, you pray more. I don't think I million DKK for his budget. The added them to a blacklist of will ever go back to a normal life protesters saw this as evidence prohibited laptops on their flights. after an experience like this," Riba that he had tried to hide money. According to Sony, microscopic said in a statement on Wednesday metal particles are to blame for September 28. Denmark's Interior Minister Lars overheating and potentially Løkke Rasmussen has also voiced catching fire "under certain rare According to the family, the girl concern that the mayor knew that conditions". had been given at least a triple the money was there all-the-while. dose of medicine that sedated her. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Those drugs include: nitrous oxide The strike is ongoing and has now Commission advised ThinkPad gas, a single dose of an "oral spread widely in Denmark and users who want to continue using agent" and an IV. even some some localities near their portable to switch it off, Copenhagen, the Danish capital, remove the battery and continue A judge has ordered that all have been experiencing strikes by with the AC adapter and power equipment and materials used public sector employees. cord. during the operation be protected and examined. The girl's medical Filmmaker Peter Jackson to 5-year old American girl dies records have also been ordered to make Xbox games after visiting the dentist be examined. New Zealand filmmaker, Peter Diamond Brownridge, a 5-year old Jackson and screenwriter wife, girl from Chicago, Illinois, has died There is no word on whether or Fran Walsh announced at the X06 after a visit to the dentist. not any charges will be filed convention, Wednesday, that they Children's Memorial Hospital against Riba or any of the dentist's are teaming up with Microsoft to officials say that the girl was staff. create Xbox and Xbox 360 games rushed to the hospital when she with their new company, Wingnut never woke up after being sedated Protesters block day-care Interactive. for a dental procedure. She had centres in Denmark been in a coma, on life support, A standoff is forming in Aarhus, Wingnut Interactive will initially since being admitted to the Denmark's second largest city, create another video game based hospital early in the weekend. located mainly in the Region on sci-fi series Halo with help from Central Jutland, with politicians Microsoft and Bungie Studios, but "She passed very peacefully and seeking to make budgetary cuts staffed locally in Wellington. His beautifully," said the hospital in a for 2007 on one side, and parents, second project can be whatever he statement that the family issued. paedagogs and elderly-care likes, while trying to bring new professionals on the other. people into the world of gaming. Ommettress Travis, the mother of the girl, was asked not to remain The dispute broke out on Friday, Peter Jackson spoke to New

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Zealand news broadcaster, 3 News including state-of-the-art facilities, and said: "I want to able to Kerry Prendergast, mayor of exciting and vibrant downtowns, experiment with ways of telling Wellington said: "The venture's and a clear enthusiasm from the stories that's not using the potential boost to Wellington's community to host our structure of a movie. It's economy is enormous. Certainly convention," said RNC Chairman immersive and interactive, but it the early advice I have is that it is Ken Mehlman. goes beyond (today's) games. It's worth millions of dollars and more what we've been looking forward jobs in our city." Details have not been announced, to for 10 years. I'm sure it will but the Xcel Energy Center is likely start small and if things go well it Peter Jackson is the producer for to be the main venue. The will expand to fit whatever this the movie version of Halo which is convention is expected to fill most turns into." to be shot next year, in Wellington. hotel rooms in the area, and rank Jackson also worked with Ubisoft among the largest events ever Simon McCallum, computer to produce the King Kong video held in the area. The last major scientist from the University of game. national convention in the area Otago, said: "For the new was when 1892 Republican company to succeed it would Jackson said: "Xbox has National Convention was held in probably need to employ a mix of fundamentally changed how Minneapolis. industry veterans and about 20 or people think about games. My 30 top computer science vision, together with Microsoft The Twin Cities area was also graduates. However, at the Game Studios, is to push the under consideration for the 2008 moment New Zealand would boundaries of game development Democratic National Convention struggle to fill any new jobs. In and the future of interactive four days earlier. The first day of the past two years demand for entertainment." the Republican convention will be computer science graduates had Labor Day, the last day of the tripled while supply had halved." Microsoft also announced at X06 Minnesota State Fair. that it is releasing a HD-DVD The New Zealand Game addon for the Xbox 360, which will Today in History Developers Association said come bundled with a free HD-DVD 1399 - The Duke of Lancaster around 140 people work in the version of King Kong for a limited deposed Richard II to become development of video games in time only. Henry IV of England, merging the New Zealand. They say the Duchy of Lancaster with the industry is worth between NZ$8 2008 GOP convention to be in crown. million and $10 million each year. Minnesota 1939 - General Władysław Sikorski "There is a lot of potential to do The Republican National became Prime Minister of the something very very big and Committee Site Selection Polish government in exile. something very revolutionary. Committee will recommend 1966 - Seretse Khama became the We'll just have to see what Minneapolis-St. Paul to host the first President of Botswana when happens when the game comes 2008 Republican National the Bechuanaland Protectorate out in a few years time, whether Convention, on September 1-4, gained independence from the they deliver on that," said Mario 2008. RNC confirmation will be United Kingdom. Wynands, from the New Zealand done in January, 2007. Cleveland, 1980 - Ethernet specifications Game Developers Association. New York City, and Tampa-St. were first published by Xerox, Petersburg had also submitted Intel and Digital Equipment David Mclean, director of Australia bids. Corporation. and New Zealand Xbox, said: "The 1991 - Haitian President Jean- whole ten billion dollar video "We are thrilled to accept the bid Bertrand Aristide was overthrown games business will be looking at from Minneapolis-St. Paul to host in a coup d'état and replaced by New Zealand and what Peter our 2008 convention . The host General Raoul Cédras. A large- Jackson produces. There is no committee put together a scale exodus of boat people release date yet, because Jackson tremendous bid and we are ensued. will take as long as necessary to confident that we will partner for a ensure the games meet his successful event. Minneapolis-St. Quote of the Day exacting standards." Paul has outstanding assets "Mankind must remember that

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