News briefs:February 27, 2008
Contents
- 1 Wikinews News Brief, February 27 2008 0430 UTC
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc.
- 1.2.1 Kenya peace talks put on hold
- 1.2.2 Jersey child abuse case ‘was not covered up’
- 1.2.3 Nigerian election result will not be annulled
- 1.2.4 Iraq demands immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops
- 1.3 Non-disastrous local events with notable impact and dead celebrities
- 1.3.1 Massive blackouts hit Florida
- 1.3.2 Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry
- 1.3.3 Pakistan’s ban on YouTube lifted
- 1.3.4 Minor earthquake shakes England
- 1.4 Business, commerce and academia
- 1.4.1 Seeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural ‘insurance policy’
- 1.4.2 Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off
- 1.4.3 Microsoft Network users experience international outage
- 1.4.4 Video hosting website Stage6 to shut down
- 1.5 Arts and culture
- 1.5.1 N.Y. orchestra helps forge relations with North Korea
- 1.6 Footer
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