Wikinews Shorts: October 14, 2007
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===US Crude Oil reaches new high===
[[Image:Gas prices, July 2006, San Francisco, California 01.jpg|right|120px|[[California]] gas prices in 2006.]]
Oil prices in the [[United States]] briefly hit a new all-time high at [[w:United States Dollar|US]]$84.05, but later fell to just under that to $83.69. [[w:Brent Crude|Brent Crude]] also rose to $80.55, up 40 cents in the [[United Kingdom]].

The high prices are amid fears that [[Turkey]] is planning to attack [[Iraq|Iraqi]] [[w:Kurdish people|Kurdish]] militants that killed 13 Turkish soldiers last Sunday. 60,000 Turkish troops are stationed at the Iraq-Turkey border.

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*{{source|url=http://www.domain-b.com/industry/oil_gas/20071013_worries.html
|title=Crude oil hits record $84.05 as Turkey-Iraq row fuels supply worries
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|pub=domain-B
|date=October 13, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/12/markets/oil_record/?postversion=2007101308
|title=Oil prices end at a record high
|author=Steve Hargreaves
|pub=CNNMoney.com
|date=October 13, 2007}}
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[[Image:A1GP New Zealand wins.jpg|thumb|100 px|right|Jonny Reid on the podium celebrating his double win. {{image credit|[http://a1gp.com A1GP].}}]]

=== Team New Zealand won double A1GP race at Brno ===

[[w:A1 Team New Zealand|A1 Team New Zealand]] won sprint and feature [[w:2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season|A1GP]] race at [[w:Brno|Brno]], [[w:Czech Republic|Czech Republic]].

[[w:Jonny Reid|Jonny Reid]]'s ''Black Beauty'' stayed in the lead for all 10-laps of the sprint race. [[w:Robbie Kerr|Robbie Kerr]] managed to resist an [[w:A1 Team Ireland|Irish]] rooky [[w:Adam Carroll|Adam Carroll]], finishing second for [[w:A1 Team Great Britain|Team Great Britain]].

In the feature race starting from seventh place Jonny Reid finished on top of the podium. Second place was owned by [[w:Jeroen Bleekemolen|Jeroen Bleekemolen]], competing for [[w:Team Netherlands|Team Netherlands]] and [[w:Neel Jani|Neel Jani]] for [[w:Team Switzerland|Team Switzerland]].

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=39317
|title=Brno double for New Zealand
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|pub=A1GP.com
|date=October 14, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=39308
|title=New Zealand wins Brno Sprint
|author=
|pub=A1GP.com
|date=October 14, 2007}}

[[Image:Edward Moore Kennedy.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Senator Kennedy]]

== Senator Kennedy released from hospital ==

[[w:Senator|Senator]] [[w:Edward M. Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]] was released from Massachusetts' Hospital yesterday. Kennedy was admitted to the hospital for a one hour operation to remove a blockage in an artery in his neck. The surgery was to prevent a stroke in the future.

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|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/14/senator_kennedy_released_from_hospital/ |title=Senator Kennedy released from hospital 
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|pub=The Boston Globe
|date=October 14, 2007}}
*{{source
|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/13/kennedy.surgery/ 
|title=Kennedy out of hospital after surgery 
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=October 14, 2007}}

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The high prices are amid fears that Turkey is planning to attack Iraqi Kurdish militants that killed 13 Turkish soldiers last Sunday. 60,000 Turkish troops are stationed at the Iraq-Turkey border.

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Jonny Reid on the podium celebrating his double win. 

A1 Team New Zealand won sprint and feature A1GP race at Brno, Czech Republic.

Jonny Reid's Black Beauty stayed in the lead for all 10-laps of the sprint race. Robbie Kerr managed to resist an Irish rooky Adam Carroll, finishing second for Team Great Britain.

In the feature race starting from seventh place Jonny Reid finished on top of the podium. Second place was owned by Jeroen Bleekemolen, competing for Team Netherlands and Neel Jani for Team Switzerland.

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 Senator Kennedy

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