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Aid agencies say logistical difficulties hamper Burma aid deliveries; to date, the United Nations reports about 180 planes carrying relief supplies have been unloaded in Rangoon. (VOA)
Fishermen in Spain, Portugal and Italy strike to protest against high fuel prices; Spain's economy minister says his government cannot cut fuel taxes, but is looking into ways to help fishermen. (VOA)
Sadr supporters protest against a planned U.S.–Iraq security agreement to replace the current United Nations mandate for U.S. troops in Iraq, which expires at end of 2008. (VOA)
Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai claims ruling party status as the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, delivers a "state of the nation" address to elected lawmakers from his party, and promises a "new era of opportunity" for Zimbabwe. (VOA)
I added a citation to the updated content and posted this. Please make sure that candidates have referenced updates. Thanks, BanyanTree00:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
The trial system seems vulnerable to having nominees removed from the current events page by editors that don't like stories. Never was an issue with the old system, sigh --Lemmey talk16:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
Well that's easily solved--just have nominators rewrite them here. By the way, I oppose mentioning the spelling bee, which is of little interest even in the United States. The Mirko Norac story is much more significant. Mangostar (talk) 16:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
The Mirko Norac one is not that bad. Alternatively I could see the Texas polygamist child custody one, it's not that significant but an ongoing story and we could link the relevant articles nicely. Hobartimus (talk) 18:27, 31 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
I consider this to be more of a "sporting" story - along the lines of the seemingly endless types of football that get posted to ITN, so am not against it. But I would hold off on this to see if the article, which actually seems to be 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee, becomes better formed. It currently has a lot of single sentence paragraphs and very few citations. - BanyanTree00:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply