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Saturday, April 14, 2012
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Today on Wikinews: We briefly recap some of the stories appearing on Wikinews this week from around the world.
Today is Saturday, April 14, 2012. I am [INSERT SPEAKER'S NAME] and this is Wikinews.
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Airlines modify flight routes amid North Korea rocket launch plans / Report: North Korea planning third nuclear bomb test (0:30)
Story: The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said flight plans will be modified to avoid the path of a long-range rocket being launched by North Korea between April 12th and 16th. Approximately twenty flight routes for various airlines will be affected. The launch will coincide with the 100th birthday of late North Korean president Kim il-Sung. US and South Korean officials see the test as a threat to regional security.
Also this week, a South Korean news agency reports North Korea has plans to test a third nuclear bomb. An anonymous South Korean intelligence official said there is evidence to suggest that North Korea is planning to test a nuclear bomb at the same site that their previous two tests were held at. In February, North Korea agreed to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range rocket launches in exchange for more food aid.
A pump leak and a fire led to a nuclear reactor in France being shut down this week. The French Nuclear Safety Authority shut the reactor down after an oil leak in one of the cooling pumps caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished and the reactor remains shut down due to damage to the cooling pump. According to Électricité de France, no one was injured and the environment was not harmed.
Former Senator Rick Santorum abandoned his bid for the White House this week, solidifying Mitt Romney as the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States. Santorum, who won 11 contests and 285 delegates, said he decided to concede over Easter weekend while in a hospital with his daughter Bella, who suffers from a genetic disorder. Santorum has not officially endorsed any candidate yet.
Indonesia was struck with an eight-point-six magnitude earthquake Wednesday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami watch for twenty-eight countries. Two hours after the initial earthquake, the tsunami watch was lifted and they were no longer at risk of further danger.
Former third grade teacher, Eric Justin Toth of Washington, DC, became one of the FBI’s top ten most wanted fugitives. Toth’s investigation began when he allegedly used a school video camera that contained child pornography. Toth is believed to be responsible for installing a camera in a student restroom near his classroom. There is a reward for up to one hundred thousand US dollars for his arrest.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that Germany does have the power to ban incest after a German man convicted of incest claimed it was a breach of his right to a family and private life.
The infamous Charles Manson, leader of the Manson Family, was denied parole for the twelfth and final time on Wednesday. Manson is serving a life sentence at the Corcoran State Prison in California where he has been held since nineteen sixty-nine. Manson is seventy-seven years old.
Legendary television corespondent Mike Wallace passed away last weekend at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. The 93 year old worked for the CBS news show 60 minutes for 40 years and won 21 Emmy Awards during his career. Wallace interviewed US presidents, foreign dignitaries, and pop-culture icons alike. CBS plans a tribute broadcast in honor of Wallace, scheduled for April 15.
Facebook purchased the Instagram photo-sharing mobile app, which applies vintage filters to photographs, Monday for one billion U.S. dollars in cash and stock. The app allows users to share photos with each other and through posts to other social networking sites.
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And those are the headlines for this week.
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