Wikinews Shorts: June 14, 2007
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===14 injured in bombing at soccer match in southern Thailand===
[[Image:Flag of Thailand.svg|right|150px|border|Flag of Thailand]]
A bomb blast during a soccer match at stadium in [[w:Pattani Province|Pattani]] injured 14 police officers who were providing security for the game between two local teams.

Police said the bomb was placed inside a flower planter and detonated via cellphone, and that five officers were seriously injured.

'''Related'''
*{{Wikinews|title=13 schools torched in southern Thailand|date=June 14, 2007}}

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=119451
|title=Soccer match bomb wounds 14
|author=Agencies
|pub=Bangkok Post
|date= June 14, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/06/15/national/national_30036920.php
|title=Bomb at soccer injures five
|author=
|pub=The Nation (Thailand)
|date= June 14, 2007}}
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===80th bird-flu death confirmed in Indonesia===
[[Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg|right|border|150px|Flag of Indonesia]]
A 29-year-old man in [[w:Riau|Riau]] was confirmed today to have died of the [[w:H5N1|H5N1]] strain of [[avian flu]], making him the 80th person in [[Indonesia]] to die from the virus.

"Before showing bird flu symptoms, he slaughtered and cooked sick chickens," Muhammad Nadirin of the Health Ministry's Bird Flu Center was quoted as saying by [[w:Kyodo News|Kyodo News]].

Indonesia has the highest number of human deaths from H5N1, and the highest number of cases at 100.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/282248/1/.html
|title=Indonesia confirms 80th bird flu death
|author=Agence France-Presse
|pub=Channel NewsAsia
|date= June 14, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070614/kyodo/d8poi0k00.html
|title=Indonesia bird flu cases top 100, death toll rises to 80
|author=Kyodo News
|pub=Yahoo! News
|date= June 14, 2007}}
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===Myanmar reports outbreak of bird flu===
[[Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg|right|150px|Flag of Myanmar]]
An outbreak of [[w:H5N1|H5N1]], the [[avian flu]] virus, was reported today by a livestock official in [[Myanmar]]. He said about 1,000 chickens were slaughtered after the virus was found on June 3 in 28 chickens on a farm in Bago, about 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of [[w:Yangon|Yangon]].

It is the first outbreak of the bird flu in Myanmar, also known as Burma, since April.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/282149/1/.html
|title=Myanmar reports fresh outbreak of bird flu
|author=Agence France-Presse
|pub=Channel NewsAsia
|date= June 14, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=7461
|title=Burma reports new bird flu outbreak
|author=Associated Press
|pub=The Irrawaddy
|date= June 13, 2007}}
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===Hamas takes control of Palestinian Presidential compound===
[[Image:Flag of Palestine.svg|border|right|150px|Flag of Palestine]]
[[w:Hamas|Hamas]] has said that their forces have taken control of the main compound of [[Palestine|Palestinian]] President [[w:Mahmoud Abbas|Mahmoud Abbas]] located in [[w:Gaza City|Gaza City]].

Abbas was not in the compound at the time.

Reports also say that [[w:Fatah|Fatah]] members fled the compound just before it was attacked.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813036875&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
|title=Report: Hamas forces take over Abbas's compound
|author=
|pub=Jerusalem Post
|date=June 14, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/14/africa/ME-GEN-Palestinians-Gaza.php
|title=Hamas takes over presidential compound in Gaza City
|author=
|pub=International Herald Tribune
|date=June 14, 2007}}
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Police said the bomb was placed inside a flower planter and detonated via cellphone, and that five officers were seriously injured.

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"Before showing bird flu symptoms, he slaughtered and cooked sick chickens," Muhammad Nadirin of the Health Ministry's Bird Flu Center was quoted as saying by Kyodo News.

Indonesia has the highest number of human deaths from H5N1, and the highest number of cases at 100.

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It is the first outbreak of the bird flu in Myanmar, also known as Burma, since April.

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Abbas was not in the compound at the time.

Reports also say that Fatah members fled the compound just before it was attacked.

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