SEPTEMBER 2008 WIKINEWS
- News agencies suggest that campaign operative for Republican Party ed article on vice presidential nominee
- Government of the Bahamas isssues warning over Hurricane Hanna
- Wikinews Shorts: September 1, 2008
- Bush to skip Republican convention to monitor Gustav
- US presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead increases after Democratic National Convention
- Pakistan's military offensive suspended for Ramadan
- Sinkhole reported in Buffalo, New York
- Burj Dubai becomes world's tallest tower
- Intel acquires mobile Linux developer, OpenedHand
- Illinois budget cuts to close historic sites and parks
- Google launches web browser, dubbed Chrome
- UK government sued over deaths in 2006 Nimrod crash in Afghanistan
- UN aid plane crash kills 17 in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Professional wrestler Walter "Killer" Kowalski dies at age 81
- DHS relies on Wikipedia for asylum information, appeals court rules against use
- Service held in Nova Scotia on tenth anniversary of Swissair crash that killed 229
- Wikinews Shorts: September 3, 2008
- US Senator Joseph Lieberman speaks at Republican National Convention
- Questions raised about McCain's choice of Palin, aides insist "thorough vetting" process
- Great White offers US$1 million settlement over Station nightclub fire
- Dow falls 340 points amid unemployment and retail sales rates news
- Pre-election call in Canada, Conservatives start ads, including during kids TV
- Google removes ownership claim from Chrome EULA
- Tropical Storm Ike upgraded to Hurricane status
- Frank McEnulty continues White House run for New American, Reform parties, independently; talks to Wikinews
- Sony recalls 440,000 laptops due to wiring faults
- Jack Grimes continues White House run for United Fascist Union, talks to Wikinews
- Record number of viewers watched McCain's acceptance speech
- Much of UK placed on flood alert by Met Office
- Françoise Demulder, French war photographer, dies age 61
- Storms hit UK, five dead
- NSW Premier Iemma quits, replaced by Rees
- Japan's Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation
- 'Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008' starts, new slogan for 2009 Summer Deaflympics unveiled
- Interim report blames ice for British Airways 777 crash in London
- Rachel Rice wins Big Brother UK's 2008 series
- Bristol Organic Food Festival 2008 lauched, 100 thousand expected to attend
- Asif Ali Zardari elected as President of Pakistan
- 'Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008' Day 2 features martial art events
- Poland wins the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest
- Early Canadian federal election set for October 14
- Paralympic highlights: September 7, 2008
- UN scientist: Eat less meat to tackle climate change
- Papua New Guinea wins Australian rules football International Cup
- Paralympic highlights: September 8, 2008
- Church of Scientology in France accused of fraud; ordered to stand trial
- Wikinews at Toronto film fest party, with Diddy
- Silent film actress Anita Page dies at age 98
- Hurricane Ike makes landfall on Cuba
- Alleged 'rights group' tries to have 4,000 anti-Scientology videos removed from YouTube
- US presidential candidate John McCain now leads slightly in the polls
- 'Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008': Review of soccer preliminaries
- Records reveal US Senator John Sununu had ties to convicted lobbyist
- 50,000 people refuse evacuation after flooding in India caused by river changing course
- Alleged 'rights group' involved with removal of anti-Scientology videos from YouTube doesn't exist; says EFF
- Felipe Massa wins 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Hamilton first to cross the finish line
- Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as President of Pakistan
- Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il reported to have suffered 'serious' stroke
- Norwegian airline opens new domestic destinations from Moss Airport, Rygge
- Large earthquakes reported in Indonesia and Japan
- US - India nuclear deal sent for US Congress ratification
- Child stabbed in West Bank arson, Israeli settlers retaliate
- New polls show third party U.S. presidential candidates varying radically in popularity
- Channel Tunnel between France and Britain resumes limited service after major fire
- Los Angeles commuter train collides with freight train; over two dozen killed
- UK's XL Leisure Group enters administration
- Sebastian Vettel takes pole for 2008 Italian Grand Prix
- Work on Lehman Brothers' rescue to continue over weekend
- Plans set in motion for the removal of Bob Barr as the Libertarian Party's U.S. presidential nominee
- Delhi rocked by bomb blasts
- Alaska Airlines set to cut up to 1000 jobs
- Researcher claims unmarked grave contains 1950 Lake Michigan plane crash victims
- Noel Edmonds, British TV presenter, starts boycott of TV license fee in UK
- Canada's leadership debate: the Green Party will take part
- Russian Boeing 737 crashes with 88 aboard
- Zimbabwean rivals sign power sharing deal
- Oasis star Noel Gallagher assaulted on stage in Toronto
- Libertarian National Committee in fierce deadlock over how to address growing Bob Barr controversies
- Helicopter crash in Australia kills four
- Bank of America attempts takeover of Merrill Lynch
- Despite threats, "Alaska Women Reject Palin" rally held
- Decade worth of messages, interviews from bin Laden leaked to web
- Large particle accelerators to explore the frontiers of physics
- TV presenter Vernon Kay has to deny death claims after Wikipedia article claims he is dead
- Wikinews visits the 2008 Reno Air Races
- Economics take over Canadian leaders' talking points
- IMF and EU approve aid for Georgia
- Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy
- Doha round negotiations might restart in a matter of weeks
- WWE Raw Results from Memphis, TN for September 15, 2008
- Controversy after leak of preliminary report into Spanair disaster
- Discovery sheds light on flow of water in carbon nanotubes
- Russian stock markets suspended amid market turmoil
- Stock markets worldwide fall dramatically
- Tarja Turunen to perform at Doro Pesch's 25th anniversary concert and record duets with her
- US Federal Reserve prepares to take over AIG
- Libertarian National Committee motion to chastise Ron Paul for not endorsing U.S. presidential nominee Bob Barr released
- World record set for balloon blowing with nose, on US talk show
- Libertarian U.S. presidential nominee Bob Barr trying to remove running mate Wayne Allyn Root, reports say
- Somali pirates seize Greek freighter, 25 crew in the Gulf of Aden
- Man pulls a 126,292-pound truck over 137 feet, sets world record
- Markets rally as world's central banks infuse cash
- Two largest known prime numbers discovered just two weeks apart, one qualifies for $100k prize
- New I-35W Minneapolis bridge opens
- Russian markets to remain closed until Friday
- Royal Society education chief forced out in creation row
- Flu shots for pregnant women protect newborns after birth
- Clearing the air: Positions of Canadian parties vis-à-vis the environment
- Wikinews Shorts: September 19, 2008
- CanadaVOTES: Christian Heritage Party leader Ron Gray running in Langley
- CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Steven Elgersma running in Haldimand—Norfolk
- CanadaVOTES: Liberal David Remington running in Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox & Addington
- Shares worldwide surge due to US government plan
- Marriott Hotel in Islamabad bombed
- Scientists to study near-death experiences
- Alaskan Governor and Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's email account hacked
- South African President Thabo Mbeki agrees to resign
- No evidence of engine fire at Aeroflot-Nord Flight 821 crash site
- United Nations requests US$700 million in aid for East Africa to avoid famine
- 15 killed, 30 injured attempting to steal fuel from train in India
- Indonesian parliament approves privatising of three major state firms
- False cancer cure claims lead to federal charges against five US companies
- 'Buried' video surfaces of police making mass arrests during the Republican National Convention
- Website of Bill O'Reilly, FOX News commentator, hacked in retribution
- Wikinews interviews Prince Christopher I of the Principality of Vikesland on his micronation's recent space launch
- WWE SmackDown Results from Nashville, TN for September 19, 2008
- 2008-09-21: CCTV footage shows bombing of Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan
- Two people die in bus crash in North Yorkshire
- Violence erupts in Germany between left and right wing protesters
- KJ Noons stripped of EliteXC Lightweight Title
- Large Hadron Collider damaged, to be shut down for repairs
- Award winning singer George Michael cautioned after caught with drugs in London public toilet
- Fresh floods in India claims sixteen lives
- Rumors of Oprah Winfrey's death a hoax
- Accidental email brings product placement agency under fire
- Cancer trial patient dies after hospital computer system error
- Media reports exaggerate cell phone risks again
- Misaki stops Riggs at 'Strikeforce at the Mansion II'
- Pakistan says its military fired on U.S. aircraft 'violating' its airspace
- Julie Ditty wins ColemanVision Tennis Championship
- South African couple killed after being hit by train while having sex
- 2% of British pound coins are counterfeit according to research
- ETA bomb kills soldier in northern Spain
- Dr. Aafia's son freed by Kabul, flown to Islamabad
- Contaminated baby's milk induces wave of child illness in China
- Australian frog is rediscovered after 17 years
- CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Katy Austin running in Simcoe—Grey
- Adam Cooney wins Brownlow Medal
- Swiss cabinet reorganised, Finance Minister in coma
- Stressed plants produce aspirin-like chemical
- WWE Raw Results from Cincinnati, OH for September 22, 2008
- School shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland kills eleven
- Gordon Brown: I can lead Britain through economic crisis
- First Google Android phone unveiled, will be available soon
- Mass delivery of anti-Islamic DVDs in swing voting states
- American war deserter given stay of deportation in Canada
- Republican Congressman Ron Paul endorses Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin for President of the United States
- CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Hana Razga running in Edmonton—Leduc
- McCain delays campaign, Obama says continue the debates
- Economic opportunities for women still lagging: World Bank and OECD
- First play after retirement a success for former Czech president
- Wikinews interviews Frank McEnulty, New American Independent Party nominee for President of the United States
- President Bush: U.S. respects Pakistan's sovereignty
- Senate Committee hears bailout proposal
- Newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky gives birth to baby boy
- Pakistani, United States troops in gun battle
- Voluntary sterilization of poor women proposed by Louisiana state legislator
- CanadaVOTES: NDP incumbent Wayne Marston running in Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
- Nine children abandoned at hospital emergency room in Nebraska, USA
- New study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing
- UN inspectors banned from North Korean nuclear facility
- FBI begins widespread financial probe of 26 firms
- Bush addresses nation on economic crisis; Congress debates bailout
- Incomplete data may mislead doctors into overprescribing expensive medicines
- Explosion at new shopping centre in Bath, United Kingdom
- More worries of further contamination of food from China
- Somalian pirates capture military ship, weapons, tanks
- Controversial Florida attorney Jack Thompson disbarred
- Swiss man successfully flies in jet pack across English Channel
- Controversial evangelist leader Tony Alamo arrested in child sex investigation
- Spies warn of October Al-Qaeda operations
- Seventh Guantanamo Prosecutor resigns over ethical issues
- CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Max Lombardi running in Cambridge
- CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Henry Zekveld running in Durham
- CanadaVOTES: Liberal Sandra Gardiner running in Perth—Wellington
- CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Don Davies running in Vancouver Kingsway
- CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Pastor George D. Campbell running in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
- CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate John M. Wierenga running in Yellowhead
- CanadaVOTES: NDP incumbent David Christopherson running in Hamilton Centre
- CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Michael McMahon running in Prince Edward—Hastings
- UK government's Information Commissioner takes enforcement action against Liberal Democrat party for cold calling voters
- Study suggests oldest rocks are from Quebec
- Libricide plans on ice at University of Oslo
- Felipe Massa takes pole for the first night Formula One race at Singapore
- Chinese astronaut walks in space
- Hollywood legend Paul Newman dies of cancer age 83
- At least nine dead after Indonesian ferry burns and sinks
- Seventeen killed in Syrian car bomb blast
- Hawthorn wins 2008 AFL Grand Final
- CanadaVOTES: Libertarian Kevin Stricker running in Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
- CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Jerome Dondo running in Brandon—Souris
- CanadaVOTES: Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis running in Thornhill
- CanadaVOTES: Liberal Andrew Lang running in Toronto—Danforth
- Vancouver-Kingsway riding is clash between NDP and Liberals
- Wales loses all BBC TV and Radio services
- Wikileaks claims news organisations pressured to remove articles on billionaire fraudster
- Home of controversial book publisher set ablaze
- United Kingdom to introduce graphic images on cigarette packets
- US pastors plan to defy law and endorse candidates
- Vatican accepts Juan Pablo Cafiero as Argentine Ambassador
- McCain and Obama face off in U.S. presidential candidate debate
- Fire hits Egyptian national theatre
- US House of Representatives rejects bail out bill in vote
- SpaceX rocket successfully orbits on fourth attempt
- Wikinews Shorts: September 29, 2008
- Anti-Scientology protest material removed from YouTube following threats of legal action
- Over 100 people die in stampede at Hindu temple near Jodhpur, India
- Hundreds of victims still unidentified three months after Typhoon Frank
- George Bush: Rescue plan will get through
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