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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Governor of Puerto Rico Popular soap opera 'The •Eamon Sullivan (Australia) indicted in campaign finance Young and the Restless' breaks the 50m Freestyle World probe celebrates 35 years on the air Record, his time 21.28 seconds. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, the Governor Wikinews interviews of the Commonwealth of Puerto three actresses of Zimbabwe prepares for Rico, was indicted the popular U.S. election with 19 counts daytime soap opera A parliamentary election will be related to The Young and the held in Zimbabwe tomorrow, along irregularities found Restless to commemorate the with a presidential election on the in the financing of serial's 35th anniversary, which same day. The election is for both his campaigns for was celebrated Wednesday. the House of Assembly and the public offices on Actresses Melody Thomas Scott, Senate. Voice of America has and off the island. Michelle Stafford, and Tricia Cast reported that analysts in took part in the largest Wikinews Zimbabwe have predicted a victory United States Army suspends interview to date. for Robert Mugabe. ammo contract for Afghan security forces Wikipedia Current Events With the last parliamentary The United States Army has Dwain Chambers: BBC, Sky election having been held in 2005, suspended their nearly $300 Sports & The Sun newspaper are the subsequent election was million contract with a Miami- all carrying reports that initially planned to be held in based company run by a 22 year- Chambers is to announce he is to 2010, but after an abortive plan to old that delivered old and become an English rugby league delay the 2008 presidential corroding ammunition from China player with Castleford Tigers. election to 2010, it was decided to for use by Afghan army and Chambers was previously an instead bring the parliamentary police force in a way that violated athlete and American Football election forward by two years so the contract terms. player. that it could be held concurrently with the 2008 presidential election. Tom Cruise spoofed in •2008 unrest in Tibet: About 18 protesting Tibetan exiles scale 'Superhero Movie' The House of Assembly is being the walls of the United Nations Clips of the film Superhero Movie expanded from 150 to 210 compound in Kathmandu, Nepal have been released on the members, all elected, in the 2008 as Nepalese police arrest another Internet that parody a Church of election, while the Senate is being 40 protestors. Scientology promotional video expanded to 93 seats, 60 of which featuring celebrity Scientologist •North Korea fired a volley of will be directly elected (six from Tom Cruise. Actor Miles Fisher missiles into the sea warning that each province). There are 29 imitates Cruise in what has been it might stop disabling its nuclear constituencies in Harare, 28 in described as a "dead-on facilities unless the United States Midlands, 26 in Manicaland, 18 in impersonation". Scientology's dropped its demands for more Mashonaland Central, 23 in attempts to force video sharing details about North Korea's Mashonaland East, 22 in sites to remove the promotional nuclear arsenal. A day before, Mashonaland West, 26 in interview with Cruise sparked North Korea expelled 11 South Masvingo, 13 in Matabeleland worldwide protests on February Korean officials from an industrial North, and 13 in Matabeleland 10 and March 15. park north of the border that South, and 12 in Bulawayo. Unlike separates the two Koreas. in past elections, when

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Saturday, March 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 2 constituency voter rolls were used, compared to about 4,000 polling company that delivered old and ward voter rolls will be used in the stations in the 2005 parliamentary corroding ammunition from China 2008 election. The Zimbabwe election. for use by Afghan army and police Electoral Commission delimited forces in a way that violated the 1,958 wards. Poison drummer Rikki Rockett contract terms. arrested for rape On January 25, 2008, the specific Rikki Rockett, drummer for United The ammunition was supplied by date of the election was States glam metal band Poison, the Miami-based AEY Inc., a announced as March 29. A was temporarily arrested today on company run by a 22-year old spokesperson for the faction of the an outstanding rape warrant after named Efrain Diveroli. The nearly Movement for Democratic Change exiting a plane arriving at Los US$300 million contract stated (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai Angeles International Airport that bullets were coming from denounced this as "an act of (LAX), California from New Hungary, but were actually madness and arrogance", while Zealand. decades-old, damaged and the leader of the other MDC corroded bullets from China. faction, Arthur Mutambara, said The arrest stems from an alleged that a free and fair election could incident on September 23, 2007, Officials from the Army Legal not be held under the existing while Rockett — real name Richard Services Agency notified Diveroli, conditions, calling for a new Ream — was staying at the Silver via a letter, that his company is constitution to be adopted prior to Star Hotel & Casino in Mississippi. suspended from future contracting the election. A female guest alleges Rockett with any U.S. government agency. raped her in his hotel room. The letter came as part of an Army Prior to the election being held, Several days after the attack is investigation since November ZANU-PF has already won two claimed to have occurred, she filed regarding violation of the contract. seats where it was unopposed: the a report with the Neshoba County House of Assembly seat from Sheriff's department. They According the to the New York Muzarabani South, won by Edward determined there were sufficient Times, Diveroli signed papers back Raradza, and the Senate seat from grounds to arrest him and issued a on November 25, 2007 certifying Rushinga, won by Damien warrant. that 28 pallets of ammunition for Mumvuri. Afghanistan had been Los Angeles Police Department manufactured by MFS 2000, a While not inviting any observers arrested him on his arrival at LAX Hungarian company, according to from the European Union or the and booked him into Los Angeles a memo written by investigators. United States, Zimbabwe has County Jail but the 46-year-old invited 47 observer teams, was released because Mississippi AEY violated the contract by including observers from the authorities decided not to extradite breaking two clauses, one stating Southern African Development him while official charges from the that the ammunition could not be Community (SADC), the African Neshoba County District Attorney acquired directly or indirectly from Union, China, Russia, and Iran. On are pending. the People’s Republic of China, March 11, the arrival of the first 50 which is a violation of American observers from SADC was Rockett had been in New Zealand law. The other clause specified reported, with more expected. to play at Wellington's Rock2Wgtn that it must be packaged to SADC had already conducted a festival with the rest of Poison, comply with best commercial preliminary mission in February, in who opened day two and were practices for international which its team looked at joined by Whitesnake and Ozzy shipment. constituencies, their boundaries, Osbourne. The previous day and the number of candidates, and featured Lordi, Alice Cooper and According to the Times, says the used that information to determine KISS. ammunition arrived in the number of observers that decomposing cardboard boxes would be necessary. United States Army suspends which contained ammunition ammo contract for Afghan dating as far back as 1966. There are about 5.6 million security forces However, Army officials believe registered voters and there will be The United States Army has some ammunition even dates back about 11,000 polling stations, suspended its contract with a further to 1962.

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The Army had contracted with AEY “As the United States government contract like that?" in January 2007 to supply various does business, they are obviously types of nonstandard ammunition always trying to ensure they get The United States Army Criminal for use by the Afghan National the best value,” he said. “But that Investigation Command is Army and Afghan National Police, does not mean that, in achieving continuing their investigation, an Army official said on the best value for the taxpayer, according to officials. background. The company was that we will accept something that required to purchase the is below standard for what it is we 2008 TaiSPO: Interview with ammunition and deliver it to Kabul are purchasing, either.” Ideal Bike Corporation and International Airport in Gary Silva Afghanistan. AEY was recently “I would prefer he became a nice 2008 Taipei International Cycle awarded a delivery order amount Jewish doctor or lawyer rather Show (Taipei Cycle) & Taipei of $48,717,553 on March 17, 2007 than an arms dealer. He's never International Sporting Goods Show as part of the $298,004,398 asked for my approval on the (TaiSPO) not only did a best contract. company. He doesn't always take reunion with conjunctions of the my advice, I don't influence him. launch of Taipei World Trade Also according to the Times, when As a father of a boy genius he's Center Nangang Exhibition and the purchasing the ammunition, AEY hard to control.” concurrent cycling race of 2008 worked with middlemen and a —Michael Diveroli, Efrain's father Tour de Taiwan but also provide shell company which has been opportunities and benefits for placed on federal list of entities According to an Army official, the sporting goods, bicycle, and suspected of illegal arms suspension of the contract will not athlete sports industries to trafficking. Also, from the Times, have an impact on Afghanistan establish the basis of the sourcing Diveroli was secretly recorded in operations and other contractors center in Asia and notabilities on conversation that suggested are expressing interest into the international cycling race. corruption on his company's entering into a contract. “Besides, purchase of 100 million aging there’s no shortage of ammunition Although the Taipei cycle was split rounds from Albania. already in Afghanistan. This will from the TaiSPO since 1988, but have no impact," he said. the trends of sporting good Bryan Whitman, The Pentagon's industry in Taiwan changed rapidly spokesperson told reporters that Michael Diveroli, Efrain's father, and multiply because of modern suspension of the contract was who originally founded AEY as a people's lifestyles and habits. After due to the violation of the origin of small printing business, said of his the "TaiSPO Innovation Award" the ammunition and the packaging son's career choice to CBS' Miami was established since 2005, the of the ammunition, not the safety affiliate, WFOR, "I would prefer he fitness and leisure industries and performance. became a nice Jewish doctor or became popular stars as several lawyer rather than an arms dealer. international buyers respected on “Safety and performance has not He's never asked for my approval lifestyle and health. apparently been a factor, on the company. He doesn't according to our folks in always take my advice, I don't For example, some participants Afghanistan. They have had no influence him. As a father of a boy participated Taipei Cycle and safety incidents reported and no genius he's hard to control." TaiSPO with different product lines reports of any ammunition that to do several marketing on bicycle has malfunctioned associated with Angelo Diveroli, Efrain's and fitness equipments, this also this particular contract,” Whitman grandfather said the young man echoed the "Three New told the press. frequently accompanied him to Movements" proposed by Giant gun shows when he was younger Co., Ltd. to make a simple bicycle He also denied that the issue and became an expert at weapons. with multiple applications and happened because the Army functions. As of those facts above, awarded the contract to the lowest A friend of Diveroli said to WFOR, Wikinews Journalist Rico Shen bidder and that he was not aware "The government came here and interviewed Ideal Bike Corporation of of AEY's qualifications to fulfill checked him out and gave him the and Gary Silva, designer of "3G the contract. contract. How do you give Steeper" to find out the someone, a 21 year old kid a possibilities on the optimizations

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, March 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 4 between two elements, fitness and Ideal: Originally, we [Ideal Bike] those two (bicycle and sporting bicycle. promoted the 3G Stepper mainly good) industries. to the bicycle and sporting goods Wikinews What are the market in United States for leisure WN What do you think about a conceptions on the design of 3G and fitness because of a DAMN combination on TaiSPO, Taipei Stepper? bad lifestyle especially not sporting Cycle, and Tour de Taiwan? and bad beverage culture, which Ideal: (As Gary Silva in will cause several cardiovascular Gary: Tour de Taiwan? demonstrations) We merged some diseases. By the way, we also basis on a elliptic and a simple designer a smaller version for kids WN A cycling race. fitness stepper, all designed for because we hope 3G Stepper is indoor fitness sporting. After this, not just a "simple scooter" but a Gary: Very nice, this combination the 3G Stepper became a great invention. With this will bring visitors on those two functional bicycle with fitness and conception, we hope kids can be shows. transportation. As its steppers interested in this stepper and do were originally designed with lever several trainings on balance. In WN Will this combination provide theory and without bicycle seat, the past, several people were benefits on sporting good, bicycle, not only its speed was determined afraid of a bicycle because its and athlete sports industries? by its frequency when stepping, dynamic balance should be done but also an user should use one's when riding. Last but not least, the Gary: Yes, surely. Because buyers physical strengths and torques 3G Stepper has no limitations on a and visitors from those three main (turnings) to balance the 3G rider's heights and clothes. activity can understand their each Stepper and make a high intensive own backgrounds, and this works on sporting. WN What do you think about the optimization will improve concurrent schedule on TaiSPO notabilities on two shows and the WN Although the show schedule is and Taipei Cycle showcased in cycling race. concurrent for TaiSPO and Taipei different venues? Cycle, but why did you participate Woman, 87, raped in her own the innovation award for the 3G Gary Silva: As you know, even home in UK Stepper at TaiSPO? though the bicycle (industry) is Between the hours of 3:00 pm and important, but we [Ideal Bike] 8:45 pm GMT on Monday, March Ideal: As of mentioned functions chose the TaiSPO because of its 24, 2008, an 87-year-old woman before, it can't be fully thought as nature on fitness. I hope that "a was raped in her own home in a bicycle because of fitness bicycle is not just a simple Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. functionality. bicycle". Specially trained officers WN So you [Ideal Bike] consider to WN More than 20 years ago, the interviewed the victim, who is participate at TaiSPO with fitness Taipei Cycle was ever included in described as being in a vulnerable factor? TaiSPO, but after the maturity of state, and a team of 20 detectives export market on bicycle industry, are working on the case. House- Ideal: Traditionally, a bicycle often the Taiwan External Trade to-house inquiries are being made worked on a person's lower-body, Development Council (TAITRA) in the area of the attack between but we promoted "3G Stepper" by finally split the bicycle (industry) St Peter's Road and Victoria Road, considering its fitness factor to from sporting goods (industry), Great Yarmouth. hope everyone do a great full-body and currently, it became the work with its coordination because current condition as two trade A 41-year-old man arrested for an a rider should use strengths on shows showcased each other... unrelated incident of rape in the one's upper-body to step on the nearby town of Gorleston is being stepper. Gary: It sounds like a good idea questioned regarding last and a proper split even though the Monday's crime. WN Not only fitness, but also industry natures of bicycle and artificial intelligence? And the sporting good are similar, and Anyone with information is asked other features? some buyers also want to gain to contact Det. Insp. Armes at some sourcing resources from Yarmouth CID on 0845-4564567.

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Tom Cruise spoofed in Denton of Gawker.com video, by actor Jerry O'Connell. 'Superhero Movie' commented: "It's newsworthy, and Craig Ferguson also spoofed the Producers of the film Superhero we will not be removing it." The video in a clip on his show on CBS, Movie, out today, released clips video later appeared on websites The Late Late Show, as did the from the film on the Internet other than Gawker.com, including comedy website Super Deluxe. parodying a Church of Scientology the New York Post, Independent promotional video featuring Television News and the BBC. Christopher McDonald plays the Scientologist Tom Cruise. villain "Hourglass" in Superhero Attempts by the Church of Movie, and told MTV News he was Superhero Movie is written and Scientology to remove the video surprised at some of the parodies directed by Scott Mazin, director of from the Internet motivated an that successfully appear in the the 2000 comedy about Internet-based group known as film: "The thing I didn't think we'd superheroes The Specials. The film "Anonymous" to take action in a get away with was the actual Tom stars Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, movement called Project Cruise stuff. There may be Christopher McDonald, Pamela Chanology. Members of lawsuits there." Anderson, Tracy Morgan, Regina Anonymous bombarded Hall, Craig Bierko, Simon Rex, Scientology websites and were A post at Slashfilm wrote positively Leslie Nielsen, Marion Ross, Kevin successful in taking some of them of Fisher's performance: "Slashfilm Hart, Jeffrey Tambor, Ryan down, including Scientology.org. would like to salute young actor Hansen, Brent Spiner and Keith Anonymous later changed tactics and Harvard alum Miles Fisher for David. towards legal measures, and held easily giving the best impression of international protests against Tom Cruise we’ve ever seen in the Drake Bell plays Rick Riker, a Scientology on February 10 and yuk-yuk comic book spoof." A post young man figuring out how to use March 15, with another at MoviesOnline commented: "The his superpowers. The film parodies international protest planned for actor hits every point he needs to blockbuster superhero movies April 12. and it is almost scary how close he including Spider-Man, Batman, X- is to the actual Tom Cruise way of Men, and Fantastic Four. According to Scientology critic thinking." Thomas Leupp of David S. Touretzky, the ReelzChannel.com called the scene In the original Scientology video, Scientology terms used in the "a dead-on spoof of Tom Cruise's Cruise discusses his faith and his video by Cruise have "entered the now-infamous Scientology video". opinion on what it means to be a national lexicon", and the Ryan Parsons of CanMag wrote Scientologist, while the theme Scientology video itself has that Fisher impersonates Cruise music from his Mission: Impossible become something of an Internet "perfectly", and Ryan Tate of series of films plays in the phenomenon. Touretzky also Gawker.com called the clip "the background. The video, which was referred to the negative effect on slickest crazy-Cruise imitation yet, not intended for public distribution Cruise's publicity as a consequence as well as one of the funniest". outside of the Church of of the leak. Scientology, is nine minutes long Cassini discovers organic and contains heavy use of “Miles Fisher does an eerily dead- material on Saturn moon Scientology terminology. The video on impersonation of Cruise’s The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft appeared on YouTube January 15, infamous leaked Scientology has discovered "organic material" two days before the release of a indoctrination video.” and water spewing from a geyser biography on Cruise by Andrew —Liz Shannon Miller, NewTeeVee on one of Saturn's moons, Morton: Tom Cruise: An Enceladus. According to NASA, the Unauthorized Biography. In the excerpt released online from discovery was made when Cassini Superhero Movie, actor Miles flew by the moon on March 12. The Church of Scientology sent Fisher imitates Cruise in what Liz legal letters to YouTube and to Shannon Miller of NewTeeVee "A completely unexpected surprise Gawker.com, sites which were described as "an eerily dead-on is that the chemistry of Enceladus, hosting the Cruise video at the impersonation of Cruise’s infamous what's coming out from inside, time, and requested that they take leaked Scientology indoctrination resembles that of a comet. To it down. YouTube complied, but video". She also compared the clip have primordial material coming Gawker.com did not, and Nick to a different spoof of the Cruise out from inside a Saturn moon

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Saturday, March 29, 2008 Wikinews Page 6 raises many questions on the At closest approach, Cassini was Gradaščević began an uprising formation of the Saturn system," only 30 miles from Enceladus. against Sultan Mahmud II and the said Hunter Waite, principal When it flew through the plumes it Ottoman Empire. investigator for the Cassini Ion and was 120 miles from the moon's 1911 – The M1911 single-action, Neutral Mass Spectrometer at the surface. Cassini's next flyby of semi-automatic pistol developed Southwest Research Institute Enceladus is in August. by American firearms designer located in San Antonio, Texas. John Browning became the Russian oil depot burning after standard-issue side arm in the The Ion and Neutral Mass explosion United States Army. Spectrometer saw a much higher An oil depot in Russia is burning March 29 is Earth Hour (20:00 density of volatile gases, water after an explosion at the facility local time in various areas). vapor, carbon dioxide and carbon near the Caspian Sea in Dagestan. monoxide, as well as organic A female worker has been Quote of the Day materials, some 20 times denser hospitalised with burns covering I have known exile and a wild than expected. This dramatic her entire body. passion increase in density was evident as Of longing changing to a cold the spacecraft flew over the area A 10,000 tonne oil reservoir has ache. of the plumes. been burning since the explosion King, beggar and fool, I have been at 4:10 p.m. local time (13:10 all by turns, New high-resolution heat maps of GMT). Eyewitnesses describe thick Knowing the body’s sweetness, the the south pole by Cassini's plumes of smoke rising from the mind’s treason; Composite Infrared Spectrometer area. Taliesin still, I show you a new show that the so-called tiger world, risen, stripes, giant fissures that are the At least 20 fire engines are using Stubborn with beauty, out of the source of the geysers, are warm foam to try and quench the blaze. heart’s need. along almost their entire lengths, Dagestan's Emergencies Minister ~ R. S. Thomas ~ and reveal other warm fissures Murtazali Gadzhiyev went on nearby. These more precise new Russia's Vesti-24 channel to Word of the Day measurements reveal discuss the current situation. "We pervasive adj temperatures of at least minus 93 managed to open the taps ... and 1. Manifested throughout; degrees Celsius (minus 135 now this oil is being pumped out," penetrating or affecting Fahrenheit.) That is 17 degrees Gadzhiyev said. "We are trying to everything Celsius (63 degrees Fahrenheit) keep the fire away from other warmer than previously seen and reservoirs." About Wikinews 93 degrees Celsius (200 degrees We are a group of volunteer journalists Fahrenheit) warmer than other Today in History whose mission is to create a diverse regions of the moon. The warmest 1461 – Yorkist troops defeated community where citizens from around regions along the tiger stripes Lancastrian forces at the Battle of the globe (including you) can correspond to two of the jet Towton in Yorkshire, England, the collaborate to report the news on a locations seen in Cassini images. largest battle in the Wars of the wide variety of current events. By Roses up till that time with making our content perpetually available for free redistribution and use, "Enceladus has got warmth, water approximately over 20,000 we hope to contribute to a global digital and organic chemicals, some of casualties. commons. the essential building blocks 1638 – Swedish settlers founded needed for life. We have quite a New Sweden near Delaware Bay, Got news and no computer? recipe for life on our hands, but we the first Swedish colony in Call the Wikinews Hotline have yet to find the final America. +1-866-653-4265 (toll-free in the U.S.) ingredient, liquid water, but 1807 – German astronomer +1-202-742-5918 Enceladus is only whetting our Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (outside the U.S.) appetites for more," said Dennis discovered 4 Vesta, the brightest +44-871-218-6397 Matson, Cassini project scientist at known asteroid and the second- (U.K. / Europe) NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory most massive body in the asteroid License in Pasadena, California. belt. 1831 – Bosniak general Husein This work is licensed under the Creative

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