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Top Stories New Jersey court rules Wikipedia Current Events Spanish citizens can sue over UK study highlights child new Constitution of Nepal. ship asbestos abuse by humanitarian A New Jersey state appeals court •The Nepalese Constituent workers ruled Tuesday that fifteen Assembly declares Nepal to be a A study by the non-profit Spanish citizens can sue over federal, democratic republic organisation claims of health issues related to abolishing the 240 year old Save the asbestos exposure while working Nepalese monarchy. Children UK aboard United States Navy and claims that a Coast Guard ships docked at number of aid workers and FLDS couple reunited with United States-Spanish military peacekeepers from organisations child, Texas fear families will installations. The defendant, such as the United Nations and flee justice Ohio-based company Owens Save the Children itself have One of the children, who on April 6 Illinois, Inc., had sought a trial in engaged in sexual abuse of was removed from the a Spanish court, an opinion which children in the course of their Fundamentalist Church of Jesus was shared by the Superior Court humanitarian efforts. The study Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) which heard the case. also says that many of these compound in Texas, has been incidents remain unreported, and reunited with his/her parents after Wikipedia Current Events those involved often go a deal was struck between the unpunished. The Governor of New York David Texas Department of Family and Paterson directs New York state Protective Services and the wins the Libertarian agencies to recognise gay parents. Party presidential nomination marriages performed in other At the 2008 Libertarian Party jurisdictions such as Canada, Although the Texas authorities National Convention California and Massachusetts. retain legal control over the child, in , Colorado the parents have been given the •In Dublin, over 100 countries, former Republican temporary right to look after their though not including the United Congressman Bob child. Dan Jessop, one of the States, Russia, or , agree to Barr (GA) was parents, commented on the a treaty banning cluster nominated as the development. "It's one step closer bombs. presidential candidate to my family being together." Credit: Bob for the party. He •Ehud Barak, the Defense Minister Barr - CC-BY served in Congress of Israel and Leader of the Labor 401 allegedly abused children were from 1995-2003. Party, calls for the resignation of taken into state custody last the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud month after officials received a call Florida teacher lets students Olmert to step aside to face from a distressed 16-year-old girl. vote to remove child from corruption allegations. The children were found in a 1700- class acre compound belonging to the •The Majlis of elects Ali Fundamentalist Church of Jesus A kindergarten teacher in Port St. Larijani as its new Speaker. Lucie, Florida, United States is Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is being reassigned following an •The Nepalese Constituent now believed that the original incident last week in which her Assembly meets for the first time phone call was actually a hoax. students voted to remove a since the Nepalese Constituent possibly autistic child from the Assembly election, 2008 with the The agreement follows an appeals classroom. Assembly expected to establish a court-ruling that Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) should

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Thursday, May 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 2 not have taken the children from children are very young. The FLDS men were deported to the FLDS. said in an open letter the the concentration camps where few Governor of Texas that a "critical survived. Meanwhile, CPS filed court papers crisis" was unfolding due to these today, saying that the families recent incidents. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit may choose to flee Texas if they stated that he regrets the lengthy are reunited per the appeals courts In addition to Texas, the group has time it took to honor the Nazis' ruling. If they did that, they would compounds in Hildale and many gay victims. suddenly be outside the court's other locations. The church has jurisdiction, putting them at risk of around 10,000 members in total, The federal government financed abuse. and was founded in the 1930s. The the €600,000 building costs, while church split from the Church of Berlin's city government provided Lawyers for the mothers of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the site. children, filed a counter-motion, due to the fact that it abandoned stating that the children face polygamy. Germany has allowed gay couples "continuing, irreparable harm to become registered partners at every day that they are separated The Fundamentalist Church of registry offices since 2001, from their parents." Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is however the law falls short of led by Warren Jeffs – jailed last permitting formal marriage. Berlin Police were monitoring the year for the rape and forced has a large gay community, as do compound ever since it was marriage of a 14 year old girl – is other major German cities such as bought by the group one year ago. a breakaway branch of The Church Cologne, Hamburg and Munich. According to Texas law there must of Jesus Christ of Latter-day have been "a danger to the Saints, which abandoned the International ban on cluster physical health or safety of the practice of polygamy in 1890. bombs "very close" says British child which was caused by an act Prime Minister or failure to act of the person New Nazi victims' monument British Prime Minister Gordon entitled to possession and for the opens in Berlin Brown has said that an child to remain in the home is A new memorial opened in Berlin international treaty aimed at contrary to the welfare of the on Tuesday in honor of banning the use of cluster bombs child". homosexual victims of the Nazis. is "very close" to being achieved. The monument also aims to It is hoped that many other In addition to the above there address the discrimination towards countries, whether present at the must also be "the urgent need for and social stigma surrounding talks or not, such as the United protection required the immediate homosexuality in today's society States and Canada, will sign up to removal of the child and by confronting visitors with an the treaty. reasonable efforts, consistent with image of a same-sex couple the circumstances and providing kissing. Cluster bombs have been used in for the safety of the child, were countries such as Cambodia, made to eliminate or prevent the The monument is a sloping gray Kosovo, Afghanistan and Lebanon. child’s removal" concrete slab on the edge of More than 100 countries and Berlin's Tiergarten park, which multiple humanitarian Finally, for state custody to be echoes the vast field of smaller organisations have supported a allowed there must also have been slabs that make up Germany's ban on their use, as they can "reasonable efforts have been memorial to Jewish victims of the remain dangerous for many years made to enable the child to return Holocaust, opened three years ago after being dropped and can cause home". A lower court was given 10 across the road. "unacceptable harm to civilians". days to make a decision on whether the above requirements Nazi Germany declared Brown's comments come after ten are met. Although originally the homosexuality a deviation that days of talks in Dublin between mothers were allowed to stay with threatened the German race and 109 nations, but countries such as the children, they are not required convicted some 50,000 the United States, Russia and to be separate unless the parents homosexuals as criminals. An China oppose the treaty. A final are aged under eighteen or the estimated 10,000 to 15,000 gay draft is due to be shown to

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, May 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 3 delegates at a talk this afternoon Monaco Grand Prix and could result in a deal "by the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver This race became the 600th race end of the week, possibly sooner" Lewis Hamilton has won the FIA for Frank Williams as his team's according the the British Foreign Formula-1 2008 Grand Prix de young driver Kaz Nakajima scored and Commonwealth Office. Monaco on the Circuit de Monaco 2 points. Heikki Kovalainen, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on May 25. Hamilton's teammate closed top The move by Brown would mean It became the first time in the 23 eight with one additional point. that the entire stockpile of cluster year old Briton's career in F1. Last bombs owned by the UK would be year, he finished in second place Lewis Hamilton is now leading the scrapped, costing taxpayers after his former teammate Championship with 38 points, 3 millions. While many countries Fernando Alonso. In this race ahead of Räikkönen, 4 ahead of such as Britain, Germany, Japan Alonso finished on a distant 10th Massa and 6 ahead of Kubica. and Switzerland have asked for 7 place in his Renault car. The last Ferrari team still 16 points ahead to 15 years to fully implement the British winner at Monaco was of McLaren and 17 points ahead of rules, many humanitarian Graham Hill in 1969. Rain over the BMW. organisations have criticised this weekend causes a wet start to the suggestion. Sunday race, causing driver The race finished about 43 mistakes, however no rain fell seconds after 2 hour limit expired. Toilet on International Space during the race or qualifying. Station breaks UK submarine hits rocks in Red According to a NASA status report, Robert Kubica from BMW Sauber Sea the lone toilet on the International finished behind Hamilton, after HMS Superb, a navy submarine Space Station (ISS) has broken, gaining 3 positions since the race from the United Kingdom, crashed leaving the astronauts on board start. Strategists at Ferrari into rocks in the northern half of having to use a rigged-up system underestimated the weather the Red Sea on May 26. The UK of bags to collect any liquid waste. condition and the pace of their Ministry of Defence (MoD) released McLaren and BMW rivals, so Felipe a statement saying, "there were According to NASA, the collection Massa dropped to the third place no casualties and the submarine fan motor broke sometime last starting from the brilliant pole. remains watertight, is safe on the week after one of the crew used surface and able to operate under the Russian-made toilet in the Adrian Sutil was set to win 4th its own power." space station. The NASA status place until he was hit in the rear report quotes the crew as hearing by Kimi Räikkönen, who lost The MoD also said that "the "a loud noise and the fan stopped control of his car while braking at submarine's nuclear reactor is working". Russian officials have the chicane after the tunnel. completely unaffected, and there yet to solve the cause of the Räikkönen himself dropped from is no environmental impact." breakage and fix it. The seven- 5th to 9th place and Sutil was out year old toilet has broken once of the race. Sutil qualified only BBC News has reported that an before but not for a long period of 19th only ahead his Force India investigation will be launched to time. teammate Giancarlo Fisichella. discover the cause of the incident. Later Sutil was warned by the race The crew had been temporarily stewards that he overtook other According to the MoD, "no other using the toilet in the Soyuz cars (Rubens Barrichello, Kazuki vessel, military or civil, was capsule, but this had a very Nakajima and Nelson Piquet Jr.) on involved in the incident." The MoD limited capacity. lap 13 under a waived yellow flags has stated that the process of condition, but went unpunished. informing the relatives of the crew NASA officials are now considering is underway. flying in replacement parts for the Australian driver Mark Webber toilet and putting them on Space secured 4th for Red Bull-Renault New Jersey court rules Spanish Shuttle Discovery, which is due to after Sutil and Räikkönen collided. citizens can sue over ship launch on Saturday and scheduled Sebastian Vettel scored his first asbestos to arrive at the ISS on Monday. points in 2008 season as the Toro A New Jersey state appeals court Rosso's STR3 car debut. Rubens ruled Tuesday that fifteen Spanish Lewis Hamilton wins 2008 Barrichello made 6th for Honda. citizens can sue over claims of

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, May 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 4 health issues related to asbestos the ruling: "In sum, we conclude (among other defendants) in exposure while working aboard that defendant has failed to carry asbestos cases filed in Ohio and United States Navy and Coast its burden to demonstrate that other states. In an April 30 press Guard ships docked at United Spain is an available adequate release the company reported that States-Spanish military forum to adjudicate the parties' asbestos-related payments had installations. The defendant, Ohio- dispute and therefore the motion decreased slightly, stating: based company Owens Illinois, to dismiss on forum non "Asbestos-related cash payments Inc., had sought a trial in a conveniens grounds should have during the first quarter of 2008 Spanish court, an opinion which been denied without consideration were $40.2 million, down slightly was shared by the Superior Court of public- and private-interest from $41.0 million during the first that had heard the case earlier. factors." The decision reversed the quarter of 2007." According to the The three-judge panel appellate ruling of the Superior Court and press release, the company had court overturned the decision of remanded the suit back to that 14,000 pending asbestos-related the Superior Court in a 3-0 ruling. court for trial. lawsuits as of March 31, 2008. In its balance sheet for the first The Spanish citizens worked “Spanish law will not allow, under quarter of 2008, the company aboard U.S. ships between 1950 the facts of these cases, to file a reported US$835 million in and 1998, and claim that they claim in Spain.” —Mitchell S. asbestos-related liabilities. were exposed to asbestos dust and Cohen, attorney for plaintiffs fibers from piping insulation “We exited the business 50 years produced by Owens-Illinois. The "I find it difficult to understand ago and have been dealing with piping insulation was originally how an appellate division court can the legal issues for almost 30 manufactured in Sayreville, countenance keeping the cases in years” —Edward C. White, Owens- Middlesex County, and Berlin, New Jersey when there is Illinois Chief Financial Officer Camden County, New Jersey. The absolutely no relation to New workers say they suffer from Jersey. There is barely any In a May 2 earnings call with diseases related to asbestos such relationship to the United States of financial analysts, Owens-Illinois as asbestosis. Owens-Illinois has America. They've made their Chief Financial Officer Edward C. headquarters in Toledo, Ohio and decision," said counsel for Owens- White addressed asbestos-related is a Delaware corporation. Illinois, John Garde, in a statement expenses. "Only a small portion of in The Star-Ledger. No decision our first quarter asbestos The New Jersey appellate panel has yet been made on whether the payments related to the ruled that the Superior Court company will appeal the ruling. company's proactive legal strategy judge did not consider where the to reduce risk and accelerate plaintiffs wanted their case heard, Mitchell S. Cohen, attorney for the asbestos resolution on favorable and also held that the U.S. ships Spanish workers, said that the terms. Nevertheless, this strategy are considered U.S. territory and Superior Court judge should have continues and additional expected thus the workers' claimed health considered that the New Jersey spending is reflected both on the issues did not begin on Spanish court was the only location where current liability portion of our land. Attorneys for Owens-Illinois the lawsuit could have been tried balance sheet as well as in our argued that U.S. ships, when before dismissing the case. full-year cash flow projection," said docked, are subject to the law of "Spanish law will not allow, under White. "We exited the business 50 Spain, and so the case should be the facts of these cases, to file a years ago and have been dealing heard in Spanish courts. claim in Spain," said Cohen to the with the legal issues for almost 30 . Cohen said that years. For OI, this remains a “In sum, we conclude that Spanish law states that a case limited declining liability, which we defendant has failed to carry its cannot be filed in Spain because will continue to manage in a burden to demonstrate that Spain the alleged injuries occurred on conscientious and responsible is an available adequate forum to U.S. territory. manner." adjudicate the parties' dispute.” —Judge Anthony Parrillo This is not the only asbestos- Asbestosis is a disease resulting related lawsuit in which Owens- from asbestos exposure which The court's opinion, written by Illinois is cited as a defendant. The causes lung scarring and can lead Judge Anthony Parrillo, explained company is also a defendant to lung cancer. Exposure to

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, May 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 5 asbestos can also lead to a more of the year. electorate as "want[ing] and serious condition known as need[ing] another choice" and mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a Bob Barr wins the Libertarian stating that "that choice is Bob cancer which develops in the sac Party presidential nomination Barr." surrounding the lungs and chest At the 2008 Libertarian Party cavity, abdominal cavity, or the National Convention in Denver, “I just ended my political career, sac surrounding the heart. Patients Colorado former Republican from 15 years old to now, my with malignant mesothelioma Congressman Bob Barr (GA) was political career is over, and it's no generally do not have positive nominated as the presidential big deal” — outcomes, and once diagnosed candidate for the party. He served typically have six months to a year in Congress from 1995-2003. Barr's nomination made former to live. Alaskan senator Mike Gravel who Barr officially entered the race on recently switched from being a IE8 Beta 2 will be released May 12, two weeks before the Democratic candidate to a soon convention amidst months of Libertarian candidate for President Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 is speculation. He won the back on March 25, 2008 to end his expected to be released in the nomination on the sixth ballot of political career. third quarter of 2008, which is the convention edging Mary between 1 July and 30 September, Ruwart 324-276. Gravel said, "I just ended my says Microsoft employee Nick was nominated as his running political career, from 15 years old MacKechnie in a blog written and mate after losing on the fifth ballot to now, my political career is over, posted yesterday. The beta will be and throwing his support to Barr. and it's no big deal. I'm a writer, aimed at end-users, whereas beta I'm a lecturer, I'm going to push 1 was aimed at web developers. Barr's main opposition in the the issues of freedom and liberty. Libertarian race highlighted his I'm going to push those issues The long awaited browser is said vote in Congress in favor of the until the day I die." to comply with HTML and CSS USA in 2001 following standards. These are codes that the . He has Florida teacher lets students are used to create the appearance since renounced the vote, and has vote to remove child from class and structure of a web page. worked to repeal the act. Barr's A kindergarten teacher in Port St. Internet Explorer is notorious for candidacy was also seen by Lucie, Florida, United States is not complying with these Libertarian "radicals" as an being reassigned following an standards, so this release is attempt by conservatives to take incident last week in which her expected to be an important over the party. students voted to remove a release in its history. In beta 1, possibly autistic child from the many websites have failed to Following his nomination Barr classroom. display in the "IE8 standards remarked that he "will not let [the mode," but many bug reports have Libertarian Party] down" and that According to school officials, been submitted to Microsoft it "will be a historic and positive Morningside Elementary School regarding this issue, so rendering campaign that will succeed." To teacher Wendy Portillo held a vote may improve. detractors who say he will take in her kindergarten classroom votes away from Republican concerning the removal of 5-year- The beta 2 release is expected to candidate John McCain, Barr old Alex Barton. The boy's mother, improve its standards compliant stated that "If Senator McCain ... Melissa Barton, says her son is in mode even more as well as adding does not succeed in winning the the process of testing for a more customisable graphical presidency ... it will be because Asperger's syndrome, a form of user interface that is expected to Senator McCain did not present, high-functioning autism which can be similar to Microsoft Office 2007. and his party did not present, a impair social skills and behavior. This is the first version of Internet vision, an agenda, a platform and She says Alex has had disciplinary Explorer that will have this a series of programs that actually problems stemming from his customisable interface. resonated positively with the condition. American people." Party The final version of Internet spokesman Andrew Davis Alex's mother gave her account of Explorer 8 is expected at the end described the situation among the the events. She said each of his

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Thursday, May 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 6 classmates was allowed to say when he came back to class, Quote of the Day what they didn't like about him; Portillo asked the students if they Those who make peaceful this included comments such as were ready for him to return. She revolution impossible will make "disgusting" and "annoying", allegedly had told her class that violent revolution inevitable. Barton said. After that, the teacher the vote was part of a lesson on ~ John F. Kennedy held a vote in which the class tallying. voted out Alex by a margin of 14 Word of the Day to 2. "He was incredibly upset," Portillo, who has taught in St. leer v she said. "The only friend he has Lucie County for 12 years, has 1. To look, often sideways, ever made in his life was forced to been reassigned out of the with sexual desire or do this." Barton says that after the classroom at the district offices for malicious intent. vote, the teacher asked Alex how the time being. Alex's mother he felt, to which he replied, "I feel believes that Portillo has "no About Wikinews sad." business being near children at all" We are a group of volunteer journalists and should be fired, calling her whose mission is to create a diverse “The only friend he has ever made reassignment "just a slap in the community where citizens from around in his life was forced to do this.” face". the globe (including you) can —Melissa Barton, Alex's mother collaborate to report the news on a The school board has advised wide variety of current events. Alex then left the classroom and Portillo not to speak with the Got news and no computer? spent the rest of the day in the press. Call the Wikinews Hotline school nurse's office, his mother +1-866-653-4265 says. The nurse reportedly told Today in History (toll-free in the U.S.) Barton to talk with the child's 363 – Roman Emperor Julian +1-202-742-5918 teacher, who told the mother what defeated Sassanid Emperor Shapur (outside the U.S.) had happened. Barton says her II outside the walls of the Sassanid License son will not be returning to capital of Ctesiphon, but was Morningside Elementary anymore. unable to take the city. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Articles "I'll never be able to send him to 1167 – A 1,600-man force of the published in this Print edition were school again without worrying if Holy Roman Empire led by created by Wikinewsies. Other content something is going to happen," Christian of Buch and Rainald of released under the GNU Free she said. Dassel defeated a 10,000-man Documentation License. Papal States army. Barton says she is considering 1848 – Wisconsin became the 30th To view a copy of the CC-BY license, whether to file a lawsuit. The state U.S. state admitted to the Union. visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ attorney's office decided that no 1913 – The Rite of Spring, a ballet or send a letter to criminal charges would be filed, with music by Russian composer Creative Commons since the incident did not meet the Igor Stravinsky, was first 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor criteria for emotional child abuse. performed at the Théâtre des San Francisco, California, 94105, USA But the school district is Champs-Élysées in Paris. To view a copy of the GFDL, visit: investigating Portillo's actions, 1953 – New Zealand explorer http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html says St. Lucie County School Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Wikipedia Current Events District spokeswoman Janice Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events Karst, and it could be up to two Norgay became the first people to Today in History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page weeks before a conclusion is reach the summit of Mount Quote of the Day reached. Everest. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo took Word of the Day http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page After being contacted by Barton, office as President of Nigeria, the the school's resource officer first elected and civilian head of About Wikinews Print Edition interviewed Portillo about the state in Nigeria after 16 years of For more information about Wikinews incident. According to police military rule. Print Edition visit: http://en.wikinews.org/ spokeswoman Michelle Steele, the May 29 is Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna wiki/Wikinews:Print teacher said Alex had been sent to Day in Fiji the office earlier that day, and

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