August 22, 2020 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 [edit]
