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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events thousand Malayan and British troops and civilians lost their lives. Earthquake kills thousands in incumbent president Salvatore Indonesia Cuffaro of the House of Freedoms The film features "interviews with Over 2,500 people have been leads over Rita Borsellino. the people in the towns [Peng] killed and thousands more injured •In Kabul, Afghanistan, thousands lived from birth to national in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in demonstrate against the United independence" that is Indonesia. States after several civilians were "interspersed with specially killed in a car accident in which 3 composed songs in the mould of Iraq roadside bomb kills four, US humvees collided with a traffic old-fashioned propaganda films." including two journalists jam. The film made its world debut at A roadside bomb in the Iraq the Berlin Film Festival. It also capital Baghdad has killed four •The Times reports on appeared at this year's Seattle people, including two journalists investigations into an incident in International Film Festival and the working for television network al-Haditha, Iraq, where US London Film Festival. CBS. Marines are accused of having covered up the murder of 24 The ban comes after Berita Harian, Featured story civilians after a soldier had been a conservative Malay daily, printed killed in an attack. a series of articles critical of the Keep your eyes peeled for film and the Censorship board. In cosmic debris •The Lebanese-based Hezbollah the first article, the reporters ask Stardust@home will use group threatens Israel with government ministers and distributed computing which will Iranian-made rockets. professors to comment on the allow participants to discover impact of the film. interstellar dust. Andrew Malaysia bans film "The Last Westphal is the director of Communist" Lebanese Hezbollah militants Stardust@home and Wikinews Malaysia – Manjit Kaur of the threaten Israel with long range interviewed him. Malaysian Star reports the rockets controversial documentary The http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Keep_your According to the Israeli newspaper Last Communist or Lelaki Komunis _eyes_peeled_for_cosmic_debris Haaretz, the Lebanese militant Terahkir has finally been banned group Hezbollah has new long- by the Home Ministry under the Wikipedia Current Events range rockets. These replace the Film Censorship Act 1991. • In Toronto, Canada, a labour short-term rockets that Hezbollah fire occasionally on Israel, since dispute at the Toronto Transit The film was passed without any 1995. The last rocket attack was Commission shuts down the city's cuts by the National Film on May 28, 2006. A few rockets public transit system Censorship board in March but the were fired toward a military base unexpectedly, leaving commuters Home Ministry retracted the on the Meyron Mountain, about 10 stranded. approval ten days before film was km. away from the Northern scheduled to start screening. •In the Italian municipal elections, border. The base was damaged, centre-left incumbent mayors and one soldier was injured. Walter Veltroni, Sergio The film is described as a "semi- musical documentary" and is Chiamparino and Rosa Russo The long-range artillery rocket inspired by the leader of the Iervolino lead in Rome, Turin and Zelzal-2 is made in Iran. If disbanded Malayan Communist Naples, respectively. In the obtained by Hezbollah and fired Party, Chin Peng and the Malayan regional election of Sicily, from south Lebenon the rockets Emergency during which over ten
If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Wikinews Page 2 are capable of hitting targets and episodes of the new Doctor Who. said, would divide the country on causing damage on most of It is based upon the collapse of the basis of caste thereby Israel's large cities, including Tel- Moffat’s first marriage. threatening India's integrity. The Aviv and southern center Be'er Bench said that the questions Sheva. The show stars Robert Bathurst, posed to it had serious social and who played David in Cold Feet, political significance and would Iraq roadside bomb kills four, and Fiona Gillies, who appeared in hence be dealt with appropriately. including two journalists Peak Practice. The cast say that The two petitions were filed by A roadside bomb in the Iraq they are often approached by Shiv Khera and advocate Ashok capital Baghdad has killed four people who remember the show. Kumar Thakur. Additional Solicitor people, including two journalists Bathurst, Gillies, Moffat and co- General Gopal Subramianam, who working for television network star Tracie Bennett recorded was representing the respondents, CBS. The two journalists, interviews and a commentary for accepted the notice and cameraman Paul Douglas and the disc in central London in appreciated the Court's view that soundman James Brolan, both January. agitating medical students should British, were embedded with the return to work in the interest of American 4th Infantry Division and The disc, available from today, is the patients. were on a routine patrol when a being distributed via Robins’ nearby car packed with explosives website. He hopes to release The medical students welcomed was detonated. A US army officer further forgotten classics. this move and have decided to and an Iraqi interpreter were also start running parallel outpatient killed. CBS correspondant Moffat says: "I would be clinics from tomorrow onwards. Kimberly Dozier, who the absolutely delighted if this was a They have however clarified that journalists were working with, was success." their movement will continue seriously injured and was flown to despite the government's a U.S. military hospital to receive Indian Supreme Court issues assurances that the number of surgery. notice to government over seats in institutes will be quota issue increased. The main opposition CBS President Sean McManus said A vacation bench of the Indian party, the BJP has said that it it was "a devastating loss". Supreme Court comprising supports the reservation policy, Justices Arijit Pasayat and L.S but that financially disadvantaged Fan resurrects sitcom Panta issued a notice to the students from the "forward" castes A fan who set up his own company Central Government questioning should also be given consideration. and bought the rights of his the basis for the government's favourite sitcom has today decision to reserve 27% of the Boeing delivers final 717 to released the DVD. seats in universities for members AirTran, ending Douglas era of the Other Backward Class group Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Craig Robins, 41, was so frustrated of castes. The notice also asked Tuesday delivered the final 717 jet that Joking Apart, originally shown the government to explain how ever built to AirTran Airways in on BBC Two in 1993, had not been this move would be implemented ceremonies in Long Beach, released that he secured the rights without depriving meritorious California, bringing production of from the BBC and did it himself. As students from the "forward" castes McDonnell Douglas jets to an end. a video technician, he was able to their fair chance at securing seats. produce the DVD, and has The court also wanted the Centre "AirTran Airways would like to established a label to sell the to explain the basis on which thank the many Boeing employees product. castes would be classified as for their hard work and dedication "backward" or "forward". over the years and enabling us to He is thought to be the first build a world-class aircraft fleet individual to have achieved such a The government has been granted that is unparalleled in the aviation feat. eight weeks time by the Bench to industry," said Joe Leonard, file an affidavit in regard to this Chairman and Chief Operating Joking Apart was written by notice. The apex court also said Officer of AirTran Airways. Steven Moffat, best known for that it would examine the effects writing Coupling and some of this policy, which, the petitioner The final Boeing 717 was the
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15,599th plane built by the Long suddenly changed direction. The report last year, which found that Beach plant, the original home of woman tried to move out of the election terms should be fixed for Douglas Aircraft and McDonnell fire's path but tripped when she three-years at the least could be Douglas. It also marked the end of was climbing a fence where she used to push for reform. Mr the popular DC-9 family of jets, was engulfed by the fire. Whitlam added that it has long which has sold over 2,400 units been Labor party policy for over its 41-year history. The woman was rushed to Australia to have fixed four-year Bathurst Base Hospital before terms for both houses of In 1995, McDonnell Douglas being airlifted to the Royal North parliament. introduced the MD-95, which later Shore Hospital in Sydney where became the Boeing 717 when she died at 1:30AM this morning. Mr Whitlam said the issue of McDonnell Douglas merged with electoral reform was urgent. Boeing in 1996. The 717 had Opposition should push for "Referendum proposals must be suffered from slow sales Australian federal electoral submitted to the electors... not throughout its history, with 155 reform: Whitlam less than two nor more than six planes ordered. In January 2005, Former Australian Prime Minister, months after they have been Boeing announced that it would Gough Whitlam has attacked the passed by an absolute majority in cancel the 717 program after Labor party's stance on electoral each house of the Parliament. The completing all outstanding orders. reform during a speech at the issue is urgent." opening of Labor member Kevin The 717 program's demise leaves Rudd's new office in Brisbane. Mr Whitlam also warned that if the C-17 military cargo jet as the Labor won the next election that it only remaining jet aircraft built in Mr Whitlam said that the would be frustrated by a coalition California. Some workers from the Australian opposition's recent majority in the senate. Senators 717 program have transferred to record of defending the rights of are elected for six-year terms with the C-17 program. Its future is citizens and improving the half of them due for re-election also uncertain as Boeing's contract functioning of governance was every three-years. to produce the aircraft expires in "abysmal". 2008. NSW school maintenance a He also said that the Labor party "disgrace": Opposition Australian woman dies in seemed to have ignored the fact New South Wales opposition backburning operation near that the incumbent government leader, Peter Debnam has called Bathurst has an advantage in determining the maintenance backlog in NSW A 42 year-old woman has died election dates. "They don't seem schools a disgrace following an following an accident during a to care that the national elections announcement by the Iemma backburning operation on a farm are held on the date which the government to spend AUD$120 at Black Forest, near Bathurst in incumbent prime minister million over four-years. New South Wales' central west. calculates will give the biggest According to police the woman advantage to his party," he said. Mr Debnam challenged the died after suffering burns to 98 government to fix the problem percent of her body. "In this way, he restricts the before the election in March next capacity of the alternative year and said that the plan was a A backburn is carried out to government to choose candidates, "fraud". reduce the amount of material prepare policies and plan which could fuel a fire during the campaigns." In 2005, the NSW Auditor-General bushfire season. In Australia, it is released a report which found that common for these backburns to be As well, Mr Whitlam voiced his there was a $116 million carried out this time of year, in belief that Labor should push for maintenance backlog in schools preparation for the fire season. fixed four-year terms, much the across the state. It found that same as those which operate in there were 1,000 outstanding At around 2PM on Sunday, the some Australian states. maintenance jobs, ranging from woman and a group of people leaking roofs and fraying carpets were conducting the backburn on Mr Whitlam said the joint standing to classrooms in need of paint the property when the wind committee on electoral affairs' across the states' 2,224
If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Wikinews Page 4 government-owned schools. Libertarians flock to New Porcfest '05 brought an estimated Hampshire for annual festival 500 freedom activists from around On Sunday, NSW Premier, Morris Less than five years ago, a Yale the country, including former Iemma announced that his University grad student by the Presidential candidate Michael government will be spending $120 name of Jason Sorens wrote an Badnarik. While the press million over a four-year period to essay for The Libertarian attended the event, Free Staters clear the backlog. During the Enterprise, a libertarian news and used the festival as an opportunity announcement, he admitted that commentary site published by to socialize and relax. the government needed to do science-fiction author L. Neil more to clear the backlog. “It is Smith. Frustrated by a lack of According to the agenda, the part of our plan to ensure our political clout, Sorens proposed group intends to have a variety of children have the best possible that libertarians - people who are activities ranging from activist education and the best possible socially tolerant and fiscally education, to hiking, and just learning environment” he said. conservative - could move to a socializing with other porcupines. single state and have a much Teachers have said that the level greater impact. Sorens received The festival runs from June 23rd of funding and time frame were more than 200 messages in through July 1st in Lancaster, New not enough to clear a backlog response, and the Free State Hampshire. More information on spanning 10 years. President of Project was born. the movement and the annual the NSW Teachers Federation, festival at the group's website. Maree O'Halloran said "Why should The strategy has matured since children have to wait four years for that announcement, but the core Tauranga man charged with overdue maintenance work which idea remains intact. In a state the robbery of a bank forms the maintenance backlog?" with a population of 1.3 million, Adam Leatham, 22, was arrested 20,000 activists can break beyond on Saturday for armed robbery of "In 2005, the Auditor-General the novelty value of American a Cherrywood Westpac bank identified a $115 million third-party viewpoints. branch last week, Tuesday May 23. maintenance backlog and Professor Tony Vinson called for an As of this writing, over 7100 Leatham appeared in Tauranga additional $90 million dollars for people have made that original District Court this morning for five maintenance per year, over two pledge. This year, spurred by the charges relating to the robbery. years." said Ms O'Halloran. success of early movers, a second pledge was created. Known as the Police say that he was wearing Opposition education "First 1000", this pledge has a orange overalls, a balaclava and a spokesperson, Brad Hazzard said strict timeline for success; 1000 pistol when he stole $6300 from that the government's plan is a people must agree, by the end of Cherrywood at about 3.15 pm. fraud and that the reason students 2006, to move to New Hampshire are leaving school is because of by the end of 2008. Like the Outside the bank he was trying to the out-dated infrastructure. original statement of intent, hijack a car, he threatened an old should the signers fall short of the man with his pistol, eventually "The announcement of extra goal, none of them are obligated stealing a black Mitsubishi Mirage. money is a fraud because it is over to follow through. As of today, The car was found later around four years," said Mr Hazzard. nearly 300 people have signed on Fairmont Terrace, Glenn Terrace or to the First 1000. Ridge Street area, abandoned. "The State Government has shown no foresight about the major Most Free Staters, or "Porcupines", He will be back in court Friday. problem that causes … students to (so named for the group's walk away from the public school mascot), are known to each other Police are wanting any information system annually - 1960 only by way of communicating from anyone who saw "suspicious infrastructure in the 21st century." over the Internet. Once per year, activity" around the bank on said Mr Hazzard. they shed their online monikers Tuesday, around 2.00 pm. and meet in real life, at the annual Porcupine Freedom Festival, known affectionately as "Porcfest".
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