User:Blood Red Sandman/Contest points

I will use this page to track points for the writing contest.

• Wrote Dima Bilan wins the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia - 3 pts (I view as 'significant contribution' not 'saved from abandoned')

• Wrote Boeing 747 cargo plane breaks in two after failed takeoff at Brussels Airport - 3 pts

• Wrote Fire and explosions kill at least 30 at Iranian chemical factory - 3 pts

• Not from the region - 1 pt

• Wrote Nine killed as Russian cargo plane crashes in Siberia - 3 pts

• Wrote At least 30 dead after bus crashes off cliff and into river in South Africa - 3 pts

• Not from the region - 1 pt
• Rarely covered region - 2 pts

• Wrote Silverjet ceases operations and enters administration - 3 pts

• Wrote Helicopter carrying quake survivors crashes in China - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote US B-2 bomber crash in Guam caused by moisture on sensors - 3pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote UK tabloid Daily Star pays libel damges to Ozzy Osbourne - 3 pts

• Wrote Explosion and fire kill three at Indian petrochemical plant - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote Founder of UK sports car manufacturer TVR dies in Spain - 3 pts

• Wrote Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia - 3 pts

• Wrote Indonesian police hand over Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 report to prosecutors - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote Finland, Estonia and Greece ratify the EU's Treaty of Lisbon - 3 pts

• Wrote Cuba reforms wage laws to pay workers based on amount done - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote Report finds LOT Airlines plane was lost over London due to pilot error - 3 pts

• Wrote Gas leak kills six and injures 28 at Chinese fertiliser factory - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote Foam manufacturer settles for US$25 million over Station nightclub fire - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote (substantially contributed content to) Wikinews interviews Finnish 'Rock 'N' Troll' band Kivimetsän Druidi - 3 pts

• OR - 2 pts

• Wrote Peacekeeping helicopter crash kills four in Bosnia - 3 pts

• Wrote Sudan Airways grounded - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt
• Rarely covered region - 2 pts

• Wrote Air safety group says airport was operating illegally without license when Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashed - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote Sugar silos at centre of Georgia, US refinery blast that killed 13 demolished - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote US claims to have killed al-Qaida in Iraq leader - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt

• Wrote Cargo plane crash in Sudan leaves seven dead with one survivor - 3 pts

• Not from region - 1 pt
• Rarely covered region - 2 pts