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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Wikipedia Current Events Pakistan and China sign free- •A U.S. F-16 fighter aircraft has including high-ranking officers. trade deal gone down near the city of •Australian Attorney-General Chinese president, Hu Jintao has Fallujah in western Iraq. The Philip Ruddock tables the multi- signed a free-trade deal with his United States Air Force said the volume Cole Inquiry report. It Pakistani counterpart, General plane's pilot was missing and an finds that the Prime Minister of Pervez Musharraf during ongoing investigation into the cause of the Australia John Howard, his talks in Islamabad. incident had been launched. ministers or Australian •Kofi Annan, the Secretary- government departments were Pope Benedict to visit Turkey General of the United Nations not aware of AWB Limited paying among anti-pope protests warns that Iraq is close to civil kickbacks to the regime of Security concerns are on the rise war unless "something is done Saddam Hussein to buy as protests progress following a drastically and urgently to arrest Australian wheat under the Oil for trip from the Pope. On his visit, the deteriorating situation". Food program. the Pope is expected to make peace with Muslims and meet •Somali Civil War: The Islamic • is elected leader of the with other Religious leaders. Courts Union that controls much opposition National Police are taking full measures to of southern Somalia has revealed Party, with as his ensure the Pope is safe during his they would attack Ethiopian deputy. Both were unopposed. trip. forces in Galkayo in Mudug province, central Somalia. Canadian Cabinet Minister Featured story •Just weeks before he was resigns over Harper's Quebec poisoned, former Russian spy motion Judging the Courts: Wikinews Alexander Litvinenko travelled to Michael Chong, Minister of interviews Prof. Lawrence Israel with a secret oil dossier on Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister Douglas the Kremlin's takeover of of Sport, and MP for the riding of Wikinews interviews Lawrence bankrupt oil company Yukos, Wellington—Halton Hills, has Douglas, Professor of Law, which had been one of the resigned over Stephen Harper's Jurisprudence and Social Thought world's largest energy providers. Quebec motion. The motion asks at Amherst College about the trial MPs if Quebec is a nation "within a of Saddam Hussein and the •The British government rejects united Canada". purpose, conduct and impact of proposals to increase the length courts trying crimes such as of sound recording's copyright Chong opposed the vote saying genocide. protection from 50 years to 95 that it was akin to ethnic years. This means that Sir Cliff nationalism, which he opposes. Wikipedia Current Events Richard's earliest songs will come out of copyright in 2008, and the • Michael Grade, the Chairman of "It is nothing else but the the BBC, is hired as the new boss earliest songs recorded by recognition of ethnic nationalism, of its biggest rival ITV. Beatles in 2013. Songs composed and that is something I cannot and/or written will still have support. It cannot be interpreted •The Supreme Court of the copyright for 70 years after the as the recognition of a territorial Democratic Republic of the Congo author's death. nationalism, or it does not refer to confirms that Joseph Kabila had •An airplane crashes in Tehran the geographic entity, but to a won the 2006 presidential group of people," Chong said. election. killing 28 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

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"I am resigning as minister so I Dawei, vice foreign minister of Seven Members of Parliament can abstain from the vote tonight," China attacked him for his controversial Chong said at a news conference statements. One of them even in Ottawa, the nations capital. The DPRK's Vice Foreign Minister threatened a privilege motion "While I am loyal to my party and Kim Kye Gwan, may also visit against the coach. to my leader, my first loyalty is to Beijing shortly. my country. I believe in one nation Minister for Women and Child undivided called Canada." Spanish cyclist Isaac Gálvez Development Renuka Choudhary dies after crash in Ghent, said, "If Members of Parliament Chong remains a Conservative Belgium are willing, a privilege motion can member of Parliament. World Madison champion Isaac be moved against Chappell,". Gálvez Lopez died in the early Michael Ignatieff, the front-runner hours of Sunday morning after On Sunday, after 106-run defeat in in the Liberal leadership race, has crashing on the fifth day of the Six Capetown, Chappell said that the proposed a similar motion. Liberal Days of Ghent track cycling race. key players are not playing well leadership candidate, Gerard enough and that many players are Kennedy, said he opposes the He collided with Belgium's Dimitri out of form. motion and finds it divisive to DeFauw during the second national unity and could advance Madison of the evening and hit a Rajnath re-elected as chief of the separatist agenda. metal barrier. He was immediately Bharatiya Janata Party knocked unconscious, and despite Bharatiya Janata Party chief The vote will be held tonight in the being resuscitated, he was Rajnath Singh has been re-elected House of Commons. pronounced dead at the Gent as the president of the party University Clinic hospital. second time. Korea: Multilateral negotiations may resume soon The race was immediately Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Negotiations, about the suspended, and the final day's Vajpayee and opposition leader Lal denuclearization of the Korean racing was cancelled. Krishna Advani proposed him to peninsula may be resumed soon. retain the post of the party Talks which had included China, At the time of the accident, Gálvez president. the Democratic People's Republic and team-mate Juan Llaneras of Korea (DPRK) in Norther Korea, were lying second in the overall Singh filed his nomination to O P the Republic of Korea (ROK) in standings, one lap behind the Kohli, at the party headquarters in South Korea, the United States, Belgium/German pair Iljo Keisse New Delhi. Kohli recieved other 15 Russia and Japan broke down last and Robert Bartko. nominations to support Rajnath as November when USA took party chief. sanctions against the DPRK Greg Chappell under fire for his alleging that it had engaged in remarks on Indian MPs The former Uttar Pradesh Chief money laundering. Members of Indian Parliament Minister, Singh has been holding have attacked cricket coach Greg the position from December, last The DPRK alarmed the world and Chappell over his comments about year after taking charge from provoked international the criticism levelled against him Advani. denunciation by conducting an by certain politicians. underground nuclear test on New term for singh is expected to October 8, 2006. Since then the Chappell fuelled the controversy by follow the saffron brotherhood DPRK has indicated its willingness making controversial statements agenda to tighten the RSS control. to resume talks on nuclear and said that he was not surprised disarmament, but no date has yet by the sharp criticism from the Eden Park to be upgraded for been fixed for a formal meeting. MPs over the team's poor New Zealand's Rugby World performance in one-day Cup Kenichiro Sasae, head of Japanese international matches. He added he New Zealand Government has Foreign Ministry's Asian and that they were doing the "job they announced that it is ditching its Oceanian Affairs Bureau has were paid for". preferred option of building a new arrived in Beijing to meet Wu stadium on 's waterfront

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 and instead is going to upgrade could be overcome, or to support a at the announcement of the new Auckland's current stadium of redevelopment of Eden Park, leader and deputy leader that he Eden Park for the 2011 Rugby which was the was honoured that he was chosen World Cup final that New Zealand Council's second option, subject to to be the new leader of the is hosting. further work," Mr Mallard said. National Party and also honoured that Mr English would be his The decision is only if Eden Park "Cabinet decided to explore an deputy. "Can I tell you I think we can do a "...redevelopment design, alternative stadium site after it will make a formidable team," he and on governance and funding became clear - in August - that the said. Key said the public placed a issues going forward, with a report cost of an Eden Park high value on unity. back to Cabinet by December 13. redevelopment had gone from This report back date will not around $150 million when the "The new leadership represents affect building timelines," Trevor hosting bid was won, to an the future," and , Prime Mallard, minister for sport, said. estimated $320 million. The latest Minister of New Zealand, and Eden Park version is estimated to deputy PM, Michael Cullen The waterfront stadium was to cost $385 million. If the "represent the past," Mr Key said. cost NZ$497 million compared to government had been advised of the upgrade of Eden Park which the escalation of these costs Mr English had supported Mr Key will cost $385 million. earlier, then the timeframe would as long as he was promised the not have been so tight, and the position of deputy. John Alexander, chief executive of process of evaluating options and Eden Park, said: "This decision is consultation would have been Murray McCully, strategy manager, the right one for Auckland and for much different," met Mr English, Mr Key and Simon New Zealand. The Eden Park of noted. Power, supporter of Mr English, in 2011 will make Auckland and New Auckland where they discussed Zealand proud. Not only will it John Key new leader of New and finalised the takeover of the preserve our rich sporting and Zealand National Party party. social history, and provide sports Today at a special caucus meeting, viewing of an international quality, member of parliaments (MP) for Mr Key said: "...It was critical that our plans will put the Park back National agreed that the new we proved we can manage into Eden Park." leader of the opposition, New ourselves. If we do that Zealand's National Party, is John successfully then we can earn the Mr Mallard said: "The decision on a Key and the deputy leader is Bill right to manage the country. stadium had always been one for English. They are taking over from People definitely took the view Auckland to make but past leader, Dr Don Brash and past they were putting the party before unfortunately Auckland has been deputy leader, . themselves." unable to agree to a preference, with Auckland City Council in Dr Brash quit last week as he Mr English said that he believes favour of a waterfront site, and the thought he was damaging the that he and Mr Key will be the Auckland Regional Council not image of the National Party and leaders for several elections. favouring such a site." Gerry Brownlee didn't seek leadership or to continue being the The political editor for Newstalk ZB The North Harbour stadium has deputy. and Prime News, Barry Soper, been announced as the back up said: "The two forty-somethings option, "It has also been agreed Bill English, 45-years-old, is the give the party a new, young look. that North Harbour be considered former leader of the National It is a meteoric rise for John Key. as a reserve option for the time Party. He was outed in 2003, for a The 45-year-old only rejoined the being..." Mr Mallard said. bad performance at the 2002 New National Party less than 10 years Zealand elections, and replaced by ago, and became an MP just over "Cabinet today considered two Dr Brash. Mr English only four years ago. However, it is still options given this lack of managed to get 22% of the votes not as meteoric as Don Brash's unanimity - either to convene a cast. rise to the job - he had only been group of all key parties to see an MP for a year when he was whether issues with the waterfront John Key, also 45-years-old, said made leader."

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