Wikinews Shorts: June 8, 2007
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===Space shuttle ''Atlantis'' has launched===
[[Image:STS-117 launch flag.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[w:Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] ready for launch]]
After a three-month delay, [[w:Space Shuttle Atlantis|space shuttle ''Atlantis'']] has launched. The reports say that there were no major technical problems with the shuttle and forecasters predicted good weather for this evening. The shuttle launched this evening at 7:38:04 p.m. ET (22:38:04 UTC) to continue the construction of the [[w:International Space Station|International Space Station]]. The crew members plan to stay 11 days in orbit and their goal is to carry out the two missions that were left incomplete from the previous flight due to broken and jammed equipments.  During the flight, the shuttle and its seven astronauts will deliver a new segment and will install energy-producing solar panels to the [[w:International Space Station|International Space Station]].
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*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/07/space.shuttle.ap/index.html
|title=NASA: Atlantis is ready to launch
|author=
|pub=CNN News
|date=June 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-06-07-atlantis-lessons-learned_N.htm
|title=Atlantis crew learns from previous mishaps
|author=Traci Watson
|pub=USA Today
|date=June 8, 2007}}
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===British police officer banned from driving===
[[Image:Beverley 2.jpg|right|150px|Town center of Beverly in Yorkshire]]
A [[United Kingdom|British]] police officer has been banned from driving after drinking over the limit of alcohol. [[w:Constable#United Kingdom and the Commonwealth|PC]] Andy Walker, 51, drank a glass of wine and two glasses of beer at a "family party". When a police officer stopped his car to investigate, after Walker was having trouble parking his car Sunday morning, he found that his fellow officer's blood alcohol level was 61 micrograms, while the limit is 35 micrograms. At a court hearing today, Walker admitted the charges and has been since banned from driving for 16 months.

"I made a monumental mistake in my judgement when I decided I was fit enough to drive," Walker admitted.

Walker has been active in many anti-drinking-and-driving campaigns throughout the years.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6733969.stm
|title=Officer banned for drink-driving
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=June 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news?articleid=2940198
|title=Drink drive PC gets ban
|author=Simon Bristow
|pub=Yorkshire Post
|date=June 8, 2007}}
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===Turkish armed forces agitating to fight PKK===
[[Image:Iraqi Kurdistan.jpg|right|150px|Map of Iraqi Kurdistan]]
The prime minister of [[w:Turkey|Turkey]], [[w:Recep Tayyip Erdogan|Recep Tayyip Erdogan]], said that the parliament won't block if the [[w:Turkish Armed Forces|Turkish Armed Forces]] ask for authorization to attack. The armed forces had an exercise today at [[w:Cizre|Cizre]], [[w:Turkey|Turkey]], 10 kilometers away from the Turkish-Iraqi border. After a series of attack by the [[w:Kurdistan Workers' Party|Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (PKK), Turkey has commenced large scale exercises and operations within Turkey. Local news also reports that many troops and artilleries have been delivered from [[w:Diyarbakir|Diyarbakir]], [[w:Turkey|Turkey]] to the Turkish-Iraqi border regions.

'''Related news'''
*{{wikinews|title=Turkey secures Kurdish zone border with Iraq|date=June 7, 2007}}

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*{{source|url=http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3127/Turkish_Military_Agitating_for_Fight
|title=Turkish Military Agitating to Fight PKK
|author=
|pub=IraqSlogger
|date=June 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.haberturk.com/haber.asp?id=25595&cat=110&dt=2007/06/08
|title=Sınıra sevkiyat sürüyor
|author=
|pub=Haberturk
|date=June 8, 2007}}
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===Bus bombing kills one, injures 10 in Philippines===
[[Image:Ph locator map cotabato.png|thumb|right|120px|Map showing the location of Cotabato province.]]
A bomb aboard a bus parked at a public market in [[w:Cotabato|Cotabato]] on [[w:Mindanao|Minandao]] in the southern Philippines exploded today, killing one person and injuring 10 people.

Earlier in the week, the U.S. Embassy in Manila had issued a warning about such attacks in the region.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/june/09/yehey/top_stories/20070609top3.html
    |title=Cotabato bomb blast hurts 10
    |author=Anthony Vargas
    |pub=Manila Times
    |date=June 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/06/09/11.wounded.in.bus.bomb.in.southern.philippines.html
    |title=11 wounded in bus bomb in southern Philippines
    |author=Associated Press
    |pub=Sun.Star
    |date=June 9, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-06-08T141945Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-302147-1.xml
    |title=Blast kills one, injures 10 in Philippine south
    |author=
    |pub=Reuters
    |date=June 8, 2007}}
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"I made a monumental mistake in my judgement when I decided I was fit enough to drive," Walker admitted.

Walker has been active in many anti-drinking-and-driving campaigns throughout the years.

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Earlier in the week, the U.S. Embassy in Manila had issued a warning about such attacks in the region.

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