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/*

Common CSS for all skins

Notice to Administrators!

Any changes to Monobook.css or Common.css should be first proposed to Village Pump.

Always check with the W3C CSS Validation Service (CVS version) after any changes.

Thank you.

(In Mozilla and Opera, you can test style changes dynamically with the test styles bookmarklet from squarefree.com. It pops up a window for adding style rules, and updates the page as you type.)

See also the catalogue of CSS classes.

*/

/* Main page fixes */ .interwiki-completelist { font-weight: bold; }

/* make the list of references look smaller */ ol.references { font-size: 100%; }

.references-small { font-size: 90%;}

/* VALIDATOR NOTICE: the following is correct, but the W3C validator doesn't accept it */ /* -moz-* is a vendor-specific extension (CSS 2.1 4.1.2.1) */ /* column-count is from the CSS3 module "CSS Multi-column Layout" */ /* Please ignore any validator errors caused by these two lines */ .references-2column { font-size: 90%; -moz-column-count:2; column-count:2; }

.same-bg { background: none }

/* Highlight clicked reference in blue to help navigation */

ol.references > li:target { background-color: #DEF; }

/* wikitable/prettytable class for skinning normal tables */

table.wikitable, table.prettytable { margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; }

table.wikitable th, table.wikitable td, table.prettytable th, table.prettytable td { border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em; }

table.wikitable th, table.prettytable th { background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; }

table.wikitable caption, table.prettytable caption { margin-left: inherit; margin-right: inherit; font-weight: bold; }

/* default skin for navigation boxes */ table.navbox { background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #aaa; clear: both; font-size: 90%; margin: 1em 0em 0em; padding: 5px; text-align: center; width: 100%; }

table.navbox th { background-color: #ccf; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; }

table.navbox tr:not(:first-child) th { background-color: #ddf; }

@media print { .navbox { display: none; } }

/* Infobox template style */

.infobox { border: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; } .infobox td, .infobox th { vertical-align: top; } .infobox caption { font-size: larger; margin-left: inherit; } .infobox.bordered { border-collapse: collapse; } .infobox.bordered td, .infobox.bordered th { border: 1px solid #aaa; } .infobox.bordered .borderless td, .infobox.bordered .borderless th { border: 0; }

.infobox.sisterproject { width: 20em; font-size: 90%; }

@media print { .infobox.sisterproject { display: none; } }

/* styles for bordered infobox with merged rows */ .infobox.bordered .mergedtoprow td, .infobox.bordered .mergedtoprow th { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: 1px solid #aaa; }

.infobox.bordered .mergedrow td, .infobox.bordered .mergedrow th { border: 0; border-right: 1px solid #aaa; }

/* styles for geography infoboxes, e.g. countries, country subdivisions, cities, etc. */

.infobox.geography { text-align: left; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 90%; }

.infobox.geography td, .infobox.geography th { border-top: solid 1px #aaa; padding: 0.4em 0.2em 0.4em 0.8em; } .infobox.geography .mergedtoprow td, .infobox.geography .mergedtoprow th { border-top: solid 1px #aaa; padding: 0.4em 0.2em 0.2em 0.8em; }

.infobox.geography .mergedrow td, .infobox.geography .mergedrow th { border: 0; padding: 0 0.2em 0.2em 0.8em; }

.infobox.geography .mergedbottomrow td, .infobox.geography .mergedbottomrow th { border-top: 0; border-bottom: solid 1px #aaa; padding: 0 0.2em 0.4em 0.8em; }

.infobox.geography .maptable td, .infobox.geography .maptable th { border: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; }

/* Style for "notices" */ .notice { margin: 1em; padding: 0.2em; }

border-top: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; }
 * 1) disambig {

border-top: 2px solid #ddd; border-bottom:2px solid #ddd; }
 * 1) spoiler {

/* Standard talk template style */

.Talk-Notice { border: 1px solid #C0C090; background-color: #F8EABA; margin-bottom: 3px; width: 85%; border-spacing: 3px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

.Talk-Notice:after { content: "The CSS for this template should be changed. See Template Standardisation."; }

/* Make template background appear correctly on all browsers */ .Talk-Notice td { background: inherit; }

/* Persondata */ table.persondata { border: 1px solid #aaa; display: none; speak: none; } .persondata-label { color: #aaa; }

/* Makes redirects appear in italics on Special:Allpages */ .allpagesredirect { font-style: italic; }

/* Choose whether to have AD/BC dates or CE/BCE dates*/

/* First, the default : display both : See templates ADCE and BCEBC for how these are used*/ .Use_Default_Date_Convention { display: inline; } .Use_AD_and_BC { display: none; } .Use_BCE_and_CE { display: none; }

/* If you want to display AD and BC add the following to User:You/monobook.css page */ /* .Use_Default_Date_Convention { display: none; } .Use_AD_and_BC { display:inline; } .Use_BCE_and_CE { display:none; }

/*If you want to display CE and BCE add the following to User:You/monobook.css page */ /* .Use_Default_Date_Convention { display: none; } .Use_AD_and_BC { display:none; } .Use_BCE_and_CE {display:inline; }

/* Class for links with loudspeaker icon next to them */

.audiolink a{   background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png") center left no-repeat !important; padding-left: 16px !important; padding-right: 0 !important; }

/* Icons for medialist templates Template:Listen, Template:Multi-listen_start, Template:Video, Template:Multi-video_start */

div.listenlist { background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Gnome-speakernotes.png/30px-Gnome-speakernotes.png"); padding-left: 40px; }

div.videolist, div.multivideolist { background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/Tango-video-x-generic.png/40px-Tango-video-x-generic.png"); padding-left: 50px; }

/* Style rules for media list templates */

div.medialist { min-height: 50px; margin: 1em; background-position: top left; background-repeat: no-repeat; }

div.medialist ul { list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; margin: 0; }

div.medialist ul li { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }

div.medialist ul li li { font-size: 91%; padding-bottom: 0; }

/* Change the external link icon to an Adobe icon for all PDF files */ /* (in browsers that support these CSS selectors, like Mozilla and Opera) */ background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif/15px-Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif) center right no-repeat; padding-right: 16px; }
 * 1) bodyContent a[href$=".pdf"].external,
 * 2) bodyContent a[href*=".pdf?"].external,
 * 3) bodyContent a[href*=".pdf#"].external,
 * 4) bodyContent a[href$=".PDF"].external,
 * 5) bodyContent a[href*=".PDF?"].external,
 * 6) bodyContent a[href*=".PDF#"].external {

/* Change the external link icon to an Adobe icon anywhere the PDFlink class */ /* is used (notably Template:PDFlink). This works in IE, unlike the above. */ span.PDFlink a { background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif/15px-Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif) center right no-repeat !important; padding-right: 17px !important; }

/* Content in columns with CSS instead of tables Template:Columns */ div.columns-2 div.column { float: left; width: 50%; min-width: 300px; }

div.columns-3 div.column { float: left; width: 33.3%; min-width: 200px; }

div.columns-4 div.column { float: left; width: 25%; min-width: 150px; }

div.columns-5 div.column { float: left; width: 20%; min-width: 120px; }

/*Add formatting to make sure that "external references" from Template:Ref do not get URL expansion, not even when printed. The mechanism up to MediaWiki 1.4 was that the HTML code contained a SPAN following the anchor A; this SPAN had the class "urlexpansion", which was not displayed on screen, but was shown when the medium was "print". The rules below ensure (a) that there is no extra padding to the right of the anchor (displayed as "[ ]"), (b) that there is no "external link arrow" for the link, and (c) that this SPAN of class "urlexpansion" is never shown. ~

.plainlinksneverexpand { background: none ! important; padding: 0 ! important; }

.plainlinksneverexpand .urlexpansion { display: none ! important; }

/* Make sure that ext links displayed within "plainlinksneverexpand" don't get the arrow... .plainlinksneverexpand a { background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; }

/* With MediaWiki 1.5, the mechanism has changed: instead of a SPAN of class "urlexpansion" following the anchor A, the anchor itself now has class "external autonumber" and the expansion is inserted when printing (see the common printing style sheet at  http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/commonPrint.css) using the ":after" pseudo- element of CSS. We have to switch this off for links due to Template:Ref! ~ .plainlinksneverexpand a.external.text:after { display: none !important; } .plainlinksneverexpand a.external.autonumber:after { display: none !important; }

/* Messagebox templates */

.messagebox { border: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 1em auto; padding: .2em; } .messagebox.merge { border: 1px solid #c0b8cc; background-color: #f0e5ff; text-align: center; } .messagebox.cleanup { border: 1px solid #9f9fff; background-color: #efefff; text-align: center; } .messagebox.standard-talk { border: 1px solid #c0c090; background-color: #f8eaba; }

/* Put a checker background at the image description page only visible if the image has transparent background */

 * 1) file img {background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Checker-16x16.png") repeat;}

/* Support for Template:IPA, Template:Unicode and Template:Polytonic. The inherit declaration resets the font for all browsers except MSIE6. The empty comment must remain. Please copy any changes to Template:IPA fonts and Template:Unicode fonts. */ .IPA { font-family: "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Doulos SIL", Gentium, GentiumAlt, Code2000, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", "Matrix Unicode"; font-family /**/:inherit; } .Unicode { font-family: Code2000, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Doulos SIL", "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Bitstream CyberBase", Thryomanes, Gentium, GentiumAlt, "Lucida Grande", "Arial Unicode MS", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-family /**/:inherit; } .latinx { font-family: Code2000, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-family /**/:inherit; } .polytonic { font-family: Athena, Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Code2000; font-family /**/:inherit; } .mufi { font-family: Alphabetum, Cardo, LeedsUni, Junicode, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", ALPHA-Demo; }

font-weight: bold; }
 * 1) wpSave {

/* class hiddenStructure is defunct. See hiddenStructure */ .hiddenStructure { display: inline ! important; color: #f00; background-color: #0f0; }

/* Removes underlines from links */ .nounderlines a { text-decoration: none; }

/* Remove underline from IPA links */ .IPA a:link, .IPA a:visited { text-decoration: none; }

/* Removes useless links from printout */ @media print { #privacy, #about, #disclaimer {display:none;} }

 * 1) EnWpMpBook { background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/MP-open-book.png); }
 * 2) EnWpMpSearch { background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/MP-magnifying-glass.png) no-repeat top right; }
 * 3) EnWpMpSearchInner { float: right; width: 20em; text-align: center; }
 * 4) EnWpMpBook2 { background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/MP-open-book2.png); }

.messagebox.small-talk { width: 238px; font-size: 85%; float: right; clear: both; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; line-height: 1.25em; background: #F8EABA; }

/* Standard Navigationsleisten, aka box hiding thingy from .de. Documentation at NavFrame. */

div.Boxmerge, div.NavFrame { margin: 0px; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; } div.Boxmerge div.NavFrame { border-style: none; border-style: hidden; } div.NavFrame + div.NavFrame { border-top-style: none; border-top-style: hidden; } div.NavPic { background-color: #fff; margin: 0px; padding: 2px; float: left; } div.NavFrame div.NavHead { height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; background-color: #efefef; position:relative; } div.NavFrame p { font-size: 100%; } div.NavFrame div.NavContent { font-size: 100%; } div.NavFrame div.NavContent p { font-size: 100%; } div.NavEnd { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1px; clear: both; } a.NavToggle { position:absolute; top:0px; right:3px; font-weight:normal; font-size:smaller; }

/* Coloured watchlist numbers */ .mw-plusminus-pos { color:darkgreen; }

/* .mw-plusminus-null currently at developer default */

.mw-plusminus-neg { color:darkred; }

.dablink { font-style:italic; padding-left:2em; }

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User:TheDudeiv

TheDudeiv
Welcome to my homepage!

== New York Hit by Nuclear Warhead == Yesterday, I noticed an article with the above title. I imagined that a major story this that would have made cable news. Well it didn't. The reason being that it never happened. New York is doing just fine.

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User:Kamope

User:Kamope

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Spokane Mall evacuated after fumes sicken people

February 11, 2007

Thousands of people were evacuated from Northtown Mall, in Spokane, WA following complaints that unknown fumes were causing throat irritation and blocked throats at around 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday. Eight people were moved to hospital by ambulance while others reached hospital on their own. None are believed to be in a life-threatening condition.

Firefighters on scene used specialized equipment to attempt to identify air contaminants, but initial tests were "unconclusive". Hazardous materials crews continued to investigate the nature of the fumes during the later afternoon after closure of the mall.

Firefighters have deemed the mall safe, and mall security allowed certain staff to perform the mall closing operations. The mall is expected to open as usual on Monday.


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User talk:Johnpletsch

Seattle, Washington (10-Feb-07) - Electric Pen(www.ElectricPenDesign.com) is one of the fastest growing Seattle graphic design companies. Till date this Seattle based logo and graphic designing company has successfully accomplished assignments from almost of 3 dozens of private and public organization. Associations like Foster Pepper, Microsoft, The American Red Cross are some the satisfied Electric Pen (www.ElectricPenDesign.com) clients.

Electric Pen (www.ElectricPenDesign.com) was founded in 1998 by John Pletsch. Early on he was working as a chief designer for an international law firm - Perkins Coie. The logo and graphic designing company was entirely formed on Pletsch’s designing expertise and experience. The most exciting thing about this company is that top Northwest professional law firms like Foster Pepper including Perkins Coie are now in their client-list.

Electric Pen is very unique and innovative in its designing process. Their targeted and systematic design approach facilitates them to deliver the result at the right time. Quicker understanding of client’s requirement and brand image is the secret of Electric Pen’s (www.ElectricPenDesign.com) success. From conceptualization to accomplishment, Electric Pen’s logo graphic designers adopt a strategic approach that consistently provides the best outcomes for their client’s businesses.

The founder of Electric Pen (www.ElectricPenDesign.com), John Pletsch says, “we've had a great passion for listening to our customers, asking the appropriate queries and creating graphics that describes our client’s business strategy aptly. This passion inspires us to build focused, proper and influential collateral that attains client specific objectives.”

About Electric Pen Electric Pen (www.ElectricPenDesign.com) is basically a logo and graphic design company based in Seattle. The company has got almost eight years of logo and graphic designing expertise and experience. It has already worked with 21 law firms, 11 private and public companies and five not-profit organizations. For more detail, you can Contact Us.

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User talk:Esl coach

I am new here and need all the help I can get. I look forward to soon being an active participant here at wikinews once I figure out how things work here... :) -- Esl coach - (talk)
 * Well I'll start of by giving you the standard welcome template. IS there any paticulur part you're especially interested in? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Bawolff ☺☻ 04:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * If you're interested in audio recordings, Audio Wikinews could always use more contributers
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:71.233.74.235

Hello,

Your recent contributions constitute vandalism and have been reverted. Should you believe that your contributions are *not* vandalism, please argue your case on your talk page, or in WN:ALERT.

Further vandalism will result in a 24 hour ban. Please contribute to Wikinews in a constructive fashion instead. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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Ted Haggard reaches financial settlement with New Life Church

February 11, 2007

The New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado has reached a financial settlement with its founder (and former head of National Association of Evangelicals) pastor Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male prostitute claimed that he had engaged in a three year relationship with Haggard and that the two used methamphetamine.

Haggard, who was publicly critical of homosexuality, has agreed to leave the church he founded and led for two decades with a promise that he will not discuss the scandal, will move out of Colorado Springs, and will not reveal how much his financial settlement is.

On February 4th, Haggard sent an e-mail to New Life members stating, "We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future."

Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard completed a three-week counseling program, "He [Haggard] is completely heterosexual."

However, Mike Jones, the man who had allegedly had a 3 year relationship with Haggard publicly replied, "Give me a break." Adding, "He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks." And "Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy." Jones is currently writing a book detailing his relationship with Haggard due out in summer 2007.

According to interim senior pastor Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday February 18 the panel will "provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard's) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff."


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User talk:60.32.196.214

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Ted Haggard reaches financial settlement with New Life Church

POV..Disgrace
Well as much as he MIGHT be a disgrace, this is indeed the writers opinion of the situation...unless Ted calls himself a disgrace of course. DragonFire1024 05:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * "Disgraced" in the sense that he was forced to step down from the very church he started, and then apologize. Doesn't seem POV as he apologized and his church is embrassed. C56C 06:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I donno how it was used, but you can't ever say "Haggard is a disgrace" no matter what, as that is an opinion. But you can say "disgraced minister", which implicitly means he disgraced the church in its own eyes.  Clearly "disgraced minister" is a prefectly acceptable title.  Nyarlathotep 15:49, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, yes, I see it was the title. Yes, "Disgraced minister Ted Haggard ..." is an acceptable title since its not expressing an editorial opinion, just relaying his status in the churches eyes. Otoh, "Ted Haggard reaches settlement after his disgraceful ..." is a POV title. Nyarlathotep 15:53, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree that Ted Haggard was very decietful in his attempt to cover up his sin by preaching so passionately against it. But the Word of God does say "Be sure your sins will find you out". Just as Jimmy Swaggart so passionately preached against porn and it was the very sin that took him down. There is more in the Word of God that must be preached as equally passionate and lived. Both men need grace and God will be the judge of their progress. We all deserve a second chance, no one is beyond falling from Grace, but we must keep our eyes, hearts and minds on God and in His Word at all times, lest we find ourselves in situations that will cause us shame. Don't throw stones if you are secretly involved in activities that could one day be brought to light. God is a God of second chances. (User: Amazing Grace)6:42pm 12 February 2007.


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User talk:210.210.46.111

Welcome!

210.210.46.111, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the date.

If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! — Doldrums(talk) 06:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Kozhikode article
First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! — Doldrums(talk) 06:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

 * hi, the article u've posted appears to be a copyright infringement and has therefore been blanked till its status is verified. pls help establish the copyright status and find sources or rewrite the article instead of recreating the same article again after it has been blanked with a copyvio notice. — Doldrums(talk) 06:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:TheDudeiv

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Bawolff ☺☻ 06:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * If you're interested in audio recordings, Audio Wikinews could always use more contributers
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Torsten

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So if someone's suprised by the arrival of a French aircraft carrier they kidnap British sailors? I'm not sure that's logical. There COULD be a link, but until it's directly suggested by a credible news source it is original research and so should not be included. Cueball 17:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If you want. Cueball 18:36, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Graphic in UK sailor abduction
Sorry if I was incorrect in how I labelled the picture. Its position in the article made it look as if it was for the prior incident we give background on. Since you know more on this than me (as the graphic creator) go ahead and clarify the caption and perhaps reposition the picture in the article.

Sorry for the mistake! As I say, it was down to where the graphic was placed in the article. Perhaps swap it with one of the earlier photos so it is attached to a more relevant paragraph. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Right ok for this, if this is what the image was based on at this time then this is fine. Thanks for the reply. --Mark Talk 21:20, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Australian Prime Minister targets Obama on Iraq

February 12, 2007 Australian Prime Minister John Howard has attacked US presidential candidate Barack Obama on his pledge to introduce a bill that would withdraw American troops from Iraq by March 2008.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Howard said the move would hand victory to insurgents in Iraq. "I think that would just encourage those who wanted completely to destabilise and destroy Iraq, and create chaos and victory for the terrorists to hang on and hope for (an) Obama victory," Mr Howard said.

"If I was running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008, and pray, as many times as possible, for a victory not only for Obama, but also for the Democrats."

Mr Obama dismissed Howard's comments as "empty rhetoric", unless he was to send another 20,000 Australians to fight in Iraq. "So, if he's (inaudible) if to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest that he calls up another 20,000 Australians and sends them to Iraq. I would also note that we have close to 140,000 troops on the ground now, and my understanding is that Mr Howard has deployed 1,400", said Mr Obama.

The Australian government said its contribution to the war in Iraq was appropriate given Australia's population and military size and that Obama's response failed to address the "substance of the issue". Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said 20,000 troops would be "half of our army".

Mr Howard, considered a close ally of the United States government, has faced attacks and support from US politicians. Democrat Terry McAuliffe said "Firstly, the Prime Minister has been a great friend of George Bush's. He has been with him lock-step from day one on this war in Iraq."

Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter said Howard had earned a right to comment about Obama's policy "I think the Aussies have earned a right to comment on the world stage about their partner in this endeavour, because they've been fighting side-by-side with us in Iraq," said Hunter.

"And so I think that John Howard, while it wasn't a very complimentary statement, he is basically stating the truth and that is that what we say on the Senate floor on or the House floor goes to a world audience."

"And it has an impact on not only our allies, but also our adversaries."

Roy Ryden, another US Democrat said Mr Howard's comment was "bizarre" and accused the Prime minister of interfering with US politics "The most charitable thing you can say about Mr Howard's comment is bizarre. You know, we'll make our own judgements in this country with respect to elections and Barack Obama is a terrific public servant."

Mr Howard has drawn criticism from some conservative Republicans with John Cornyn saying Howard should stay out of US domestic politics.

The Australian Prime Minster further defended his statement today, claiming Obama's plan threatened Australia's national security.

"If the United States were to withdraw her combat units from Iraq by the early part of next year it could only be represented as a defeat for the United States in Iraq," he said.

"I hold the strongest possible view that it is contrary to the security interests of this country for America to be defeated in Iraq."

Australia's strong links to the United States and its support for the U.S.-led war on Iraq were key issues for Howard's fourth straight election win in late 2004. The Australian opposition has used the comments as an opportunity to attack the government. Opposition leader Kevin Rudd said Howard needed to avoid taking sides in American politics as it was important for the Australia-U.S. alliance that leaders could deal with each other despite their political affiliations.


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New Zealand political party asks for names of schools under NZQA investigation

February 12, 2007

The New Zealand National party, opposition to the New Zealand Government, has called for the names of the five schools under investigation by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) for alleged breaches of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) regulations.

The breaches that are being alleged are that the unidentified five schools are helping the students to memorize the answers and allow their students to cheat during assessments. NZQA has confirmed this.

Waverley High School, Taranaki, has already been suspended from administering internal NCEA assessments after it was confirmed in December that they were letting their students cheat. The high school is supposed to be very close to being closed.

Katherine Rich, National's education spokeswoman, has said that the public, especially parents, have a right to know if a school is possibly endangering the credits, the education and future employment of a student, which Ms Rich said NZQA does not have a right to do. "The credits being earned this term will have their credibility hugely undermined if, down the track, reports conclude that the school's NCEA breaches were not rectified." "... when a school develops a reputation for being slack on assessment, it's the young person who strikes trouble when they look for work."

"Parents will be livid if one or two years down the track when NZQA's investigation is complete, another 'Waverley'... story breaks and parents find they weren't told at the time," Ms Rich said.


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User:Torsten

Hi, I'm mostly active in the german Wikinews - So this is my User profile there. There seem to be quite many things that work different from each other in the english and the german version of Wikinews. So though i'm not a real Wikinewbie I appologize for any mistakes or complications i might cause due to my expansion to the english Wikinews. Cheers and best wishes -- Torsten 18:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Jcatchings

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IBM to launch software that works on Linux, Windows and Macintosh

February 12, 2007

On Sunday the representatives of International Business Machines Inc. said that the company will launch its new desktop software system for businesses. IBM's new product is called “Open Client Offering”. The company hopes that its product will put Macintosh or Linux software on a more equal footing with Windows.

The Open Client Offering software was developed by IBM in-house, as well as with partners like Novell Inc. and Red Hat Inc. It is to answer the questions regarding the cost-effectiveness of managing Linux or Apple desktop personal computers alongside Windows PCs.

IBM officials stated that Open Client Offering will allow enterprises to use the same software on Windows, Linux or Apple's OS X. It will be unnecessary for companies using Open Client to pay Microsoft for licenses for operations because these will no longer rely on Windows-based software.

Scott Handy, IBM's vice president of Linux and open source, stated that the company worked together with the open source community and in the end found a way to develop a software that is able to function regardless of the operating system.

To create an alternative to Microsoft, IBM is going to offer Open Document Format software that the company developed for word processing, spreadsheets or presentations, instant messaging and blog tools and Internet Explorer's long time rival – Firefox Web browser.

The software developers at IBM believe that the usage of Open Client Offering can cut the cost of managing applications as well as maintenance and cost regarding customer support on company networks that require other software rather than Windows.

PSA Peugeot Citroen, being the second largest car manufacturer, signed a multi-year agreement with Novell, which is the provider of Linux software, to run Linux on its 20,000 desktop PCs. In addition Linux will be installed on 2,500 server computers. RedMonk's analyst, Stephen O'Grady, said that today there is a strong appetite for Windows alternatives. However, he said, this doesn't mean that the alternatives are to displace Windows wholesales. O'Grady outlined that no one is going to significantly damage the desktop dominance of Microsoft.


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Talk:HIV vaccine trial set to begin in South Africa

Is not the success of this trial depends upon the UNPROTECTED SEX OF THE 3000 PARTICIPANTS? Is this trial (HVTN 503 trial) contains the molecules of Africans? What i mean is that similar trial in India at chennai and Pune didnot contain the molecular protein peculiar to the Asians. It contained molecular protein M which is peculiar to caucasian only!!After some hue and cry the Asian protein was introduced. suppose a voluunteer has unprotected sex after taking the placebo thinking he is protected by the vaccine!!!This type of problem happenned in india. THE success of the  TRIAL WILL DEPEND ON FORNICATION AND UNPROTECTED SEX AND  so ethically this is wrong trial but i only hope the participants are told about the need for unprotected sex for the success of this trial. i hope HVTN 502 TRIAL results are shared with the participants or south african researchers. If the trial succeeds and a vaccine is produced, it should be PATENT FREE.

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US claims Iraqi militants armed with Iranian weapons

February 12, 2007

During a press conference yesterday, United States military and intelligence officials presented material they say link weapons used by Iraq fighters to Iran. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in Madrid on Friday that the there was "pretty good" evidence that Iranians are supplying either weapons or technology to Iraqi militants. No recording devices of any kind were allowed during the press conference.

Reacting to the U.S. claims, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a television interview that the allegations were "excuses to prolong the stay" of the U.S. military in Iraq, and that the U.S. was pointing fingers at others in an effort to "hide its defeats and failures"; however in an interview with Diane Sawyer on February 12th, Ahmadinejad refused to address accusations that his country was supplying weapons to insurgents in Iraq. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hossein termed the accusations baseless propaganda and said that the U.S. had a long history of "fabricating evidence".

American officials displayed weaponry including Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFPs) and thermal detectors used for remotely exploding bombs. Some of the weapons parts bear the markings that the officials associated with Iranian manufacture. The officials claimed that such sophisticated weaponry could not have been assembled by the Shia militia and said that it must have been supplied from neighbouring Iran. The U.S. view is that only a state arms company would have the ability to manufacture weapons of this kind and the officials maintained that the weapons were smuggled in to Iraq by the Qods Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and have estimated that such an operation was known to the Iranian government and encouraged by it, but did not present any evidence to support the claims.

The U.S. evidence is being met with close scrutiny, after the experience of pre-Iraq war U.S. intelligence estimates of Saddam Hussein's weapons capability and links with Al-Qaeda, which were found to be inaccurate. When asked why this information was being released at this specific moment, even though the information had accumulated since 2004, the officials explained that they saw a near doubling of EFP attacks in 2006.

The U.S. claims that the such weapons have killed at least 170 troops and a much higher number of Iraqi civilians. Secretary Gates said that the EFPs did not form a large proportion of roadside bombs but that they were "extremely lethal". Improvised explosive devices have been a big killer of both Iraqi civilians and Allied forces in Iraq. Tens of thousands of civilians and over 3000 Allied troops have died in the nearly four-year-old Iraq war.

The exchanges come during a period of heightened tension between Iran and the U. S. over Iran's nuclear programme. The U.S. deployed a second aircraft carrier strike force in the Persian Gulf last month.


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Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

February 12, 2007

Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the. The animation industry's highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood's Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more.

As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other Happy Feet, Monster House, Open Season, and Over the Hedge.

But the biggest winner of the night didn't get a "Best Animated Feature" nod at all. Flushed Away won five feature animation categories including Animated Effects (Scott Cegielski), Character Animation (Gabe Hordos), Production Design (Pierre-Olivier Vincent), Voice Acting (Sir Ian McKellan as Toad), Writing (Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, and Will Davies).

Over The Hedge won awards for Directing (Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick), Storyboarding (Gary Graham), and Character Design (Nicolas Marlet).

Of little surprise, Randy Newman won an Annie for Cars in the "Music in an Animated Feature Production" category. Newman has won many Oscars for his movie music, and has a nomination this year for the song "". Newman didn't attend the Annies, instead picking up a Grammy for "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media".

DisneyToon Studios' Bambi II won "Best Home Entertainment Production", while "Best Animated Short Subject" went to Blue Sky Studios' No Time For Nuts, which is based on Ice Age.

"Best Animated Video Game" went to Flushed Away The Game, while a United Airlines ad named "Dragon" won a "Best Animated Television Commercial" Annie for DUCK Studios.

Foster an Annie fav on TV
Not only did Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends take home "Best Animated Television Production", but it also saw wins for Music (James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "One False Movie") and Production Design (Martin Ansolabehere for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Good Wilt Hunting"),

Other ASIFA Television animation statuettes were handed out for writing (Ian Maxtone-Graham for The Simpsons episode "The Seemingly Neverending Story"), Voice Acting (Eartha Kitt as Yzma, for The Emperor's New School episode "Kuzclone"), Storyboarding (Li Hong for The X's episode "You Only Sneeze Twice"), Directing (Giancarlo Volpe for Avatar episode "The Drill"), Character Design (Mike Kunkel for The Life & Times of Juniper Lee episode "Party Monsters"), and Character Animation (Yu Jae Myung for Avatar episode "The Blind Bandit").

ASIFA also hands out "Juried Awards" to various notable figures in animation. Bill Plympton, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Andreas Deja will each win the Winsor McCay Award, in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation. Bill Matthews, Michael Fallik, Marc Deckter, and Eric Graf will each win a Certificate of Merit. The June Foray Award will go to Stephen Worth, for his "significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation." The Ub Iwerks Award and Special Achievement award will not be handed out.

The awards were started in 1972, after voice actress June Foray noticed the industry lacked a formal way to acknowledge its achievements. Performing in over 202 productions, Foray's most known characters are Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky and Bullwinkle) and Granny (Looney Tunes).

Wikinews was there
Professional photographer John B. Mueller was at the Annie Awards red carpet, taking photos for Wikinews. This is the first time Wikinews has sent a photographer to an awards show red carpet, something this news organization hopes to do with increasing regularity. All of the photos taken at the event will be released under the Creative Commons By Attribution license, which allows them to be used freely by anyone for any purpose, so long as they credit both Mueller and Wikimedia.


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Talk:US claims Iraqi militants armed with Iranian weapons

evidence?
As I have read the 'evidence' is diputed. Before publishing this story I advice contributor to carfully be aware of u.s. spin and keep article NPOV. international 18:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

povpushed article
please fix it. international 23:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * specifics are needed to put this kind of tag on article. All new material is from reliable sources and reported faithfully to each source. Anlace 23:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I npoved the article, please dont push it to us pov. international 23:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

 * If anything the underlying text is pushed toward NPOV, it is in over-defending Iran. To whit:
 * It is unconventional to give the accused reaction before clearly laying out the case being presented by the accuser.
 * As it stands the article is technically incorrect, since a major Al-Qaeda training camp was found in iraq after the allies invaded. Not to mention the meeting with Atta is a fact; piecing together the whole context of the meeting is difficult, since Atta killed himself when he killed the other 3000 people on 9/11.
 * Deletion of the Senor material was strange, since Senor is probably the single best western authority to say anything about this whole matter. Look at how much time he has spent in the middle east in the last four years and compare that to any of the other western reporters involved here. Anlace 03:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * We saw what happened (and is still happening) when no one was willing to "over-defend" Iraq: civil war. And this one risks a world war because the middle east is as unstable as it can get now... So, the question is: are journalists responsible for pointing out tendencies to avoid catastrophs? I'd say yes. Anlace seems to forget that US invaded Iraq with claims of wmd, which was found to be a lie. From that time on, neither the administration nor its foreign policies changed at all... Towsonu2003 07:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * And after posting this comment, I'm now afraid for my security... does that say anything about US policies? Towsonu2003 07:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Na, just remember, if they really want to get you, there's nothing you can do.

Hot air from the media
they're already recanting the story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251712,00.html they sell sensationalism..maybe it's good for wikinew's page view counts, maybe not --69.210.13.102 20:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Further doubt: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/13/africa/web.0213weapons.php --69.210.13.102 04:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

 * What a difference a day makes: U.S. general: No evidence Iran is arming Iraqis. The hot air blows both ways. -Edbrown05 05:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

headline
does it really need the "in California"? — Doldrums(talk) 18:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done! --  Zanimum 18:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
I wanted to mail our photographer a thank-you email, but it bounced. If someone has alternate contact info for him (Zanimum?) then let him know the email address on his website bounces and it isn't due to obvious spamblocking. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sending you the email now. --  Zanimum 16:13, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Good work. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

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editprotected Italicise movie titles in headline/articles. •–• 22:51, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ --SVTCobra 16:22, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

wikify •–• 22:51, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ --SVTCobra 16:32, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * yet to be wikified. Remember that keywords are to be wikified. Song name should be italicised, and not under double quotes to maintain consistency. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 103.254.128.130 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Song names are not italicised. Albums, books, movies, plays are. Compare Our Town to Our Town. Cheers.--SVTCobra 16:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Wikinews has a style guide of its own, and does not need to refer MoS. “Titles of works of music (to include both songs and albums), literature, films, art, and game releases should be italicised:” 103.254.128.130 (talk) 17:24, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I do see what you refer to in the WN:SG. We need to change our Style Guide. I will refuse to go against The Chicago Manual of Style and every other manual of style for the English Language that I am aware of. This link has a little summary: Do You Use Quotation Marks or Italics for Song and Album Titles?. Cheers, --SVTCobra 17:57, 25 April 2018 (UTC)


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Dixie Chicks, Blige, Underwood big Grammy winners

February 12, 2007

The Dixie Chicks won the award album in the song of Not Ready To Make Nice. Finally overcame controversy to dominate the 2007 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, winning five statuettes including the two coveted awards for Record and Song of the Year (for "Not Ready To Make Nice"). The country/rock trio, led by Martie Maguire, often criticized for their political views, also won for their album Taking the Long Way.

Mary J. Blige, who went into the Grammies with the most nominations, ended up winning three, while American Idol winner Carrie Underwood won two, including Best New Artist and for her song "Jesus Take The Wheel". With completion of the "big three" music awards (which includes the American Music Awards held in November, and the Billboard Music Awards held in December), Blige and Underwood were the only two artists to sweep all three major awards this season.


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Wikinews Shorts: February 12, 2007

Baghdad bombs kill dozens
At least 90 people were killed and around 180 were injured in a string of bombs in Baghdad on Monday. Two car bombs and a roadside bomb went off in the capital. The car bombs set buildings on fire, reports said.

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Ontario, Canada Health Minister set to marry this summer

February 12, 2007

Ontario's Health Minister/Deputy Premier George Smitherman, 43, will wed his long time partner this summer, August 5. The couple also hopes to adopt a child.

Christopher Peloso, 33, who is Smitherman's partner, works for a large chocolate company called Lindt. The couple met 10 years ago. Smitherman proposed on Christmas Day in Peloso's home of Sudbury, Ontario.

"Christopher had decided that he, at least, should wear a white or cream-coloured tuxedo, so I bought him one and slipped a little note in there," said Smitherman. "This is my greatest foray into romance to date."

The wedding will take place at Laurentian Lodge, a wilderness resort near the northern city of Sudbury, Ontario. It will not be formal and a beach party will take place after the wedding.

Smitherman is the first openly gay cabinet minister in the province of Ontario.

When asked what Smitherman will wear to the ceremony, he was quoted jokingly saying: "Probably a thong."


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UN troops target violent gangs in Haitian slum raid

February 13, 2007

Over 700 troops stormed a Haitian slum near the capital city of Port-au-Prince on Friday to oust a gang led by a man known only as Evans, blamed for many murders, kidnappings and rapes in the area. Heavy sustained gunfire was exchanged for several hours in the operation, which killed four gang members and wounded two U.N. peace keepers, U.N. officials said.

U.N. commander Maj. Gen. Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz said no one was arrested in the raid and no weapons were recovered, but U.N. spokesman told BBC News that the operation had taken away the Evans' gang's base in Cite Soleil.

The raid has been approved by Haitian President René Préval.

Over 8,000 UN force have been stationed in Haiti since 2004, to restore order following a coup against then President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

The area of Cité-Soleil is home to around 300,000 people and a neighborhood known as Boston was said to be in the control of Evan's gang.

The UN troops raided a school controlled by Evans' gang and their headquarters, called Jamaica Base. This was the largest of the several raids into gang's territory.


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Fatal shooting at Salt Lake City mall

February 13, 2007

Five people were killed by an 18 year-old man who opened fire inside the Trolley Square Mall on Monday evening, according to preliminary reports.

Police say they have shot dead one suspect.

The shootings started at 6:45 in The Old Spaghetti Factory on the second floor of the Trolley Square Mall.

Two employees of the Williams-Sonoma store, near the southwest corner of Trolley Square, told KSL that they heard shots and breaking glass from the area of the west parking garage. They say they saw a gunman about 6'3”, wearing a dark trench coat, carrying a shotgun, probably in his 20's. He came into the mall from the parking garage.

A witness at Trolley Square has said that there may have been a second shooter, a man dressed in normal clothing and carrying a young child. Multiple news outlets have reported an off-duty police officer from the nearby city of Ogden confronted and shot the suspect. This officer is likely the "second shooter" reported earlier.

KTVX had reported that there may have been another shooter inside the facility, however this was later found to not be the case.

The mall evacuation began at 7:00 and is progressing slowly.

The shooter has been identified as Solejman Talovic, an eighteen year-old Bosnian refugee living in Salt Lake City.

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Some of your recent contributions to Wikinews have been unhelpful. They are not considered news under the policies and guidelines that we follow. I suggest that you read over the Style guide to learn about writing news. Thanks. TheVault 02:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC) - Hi. your username violates the Wikinews username policy. please specify a new username you'd like on this page. Thank you. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:ExploreNicaragua

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Vancouver will run out of office space in 5 years

February 13, 2007 In Vancouver, a 20-year urban success story may yet have a sad ending. The city's downtown population has doubled to 80,000 in the last 20 years thanks to Vancouver’s “Living First” policy – a planning strategy that favors residential development over commercial. And planners are expecting the population to reach more than 120,000 by 2030. But while downtown booms with people, business is busting. The International Herald Tribune reports that the city’s recently-released jobs and land-use study is estimating that downtown Vancouver may run out of commercial and office space within 5 years.

The 'Vancouver problem' is one that many cities in the United States could only hope to have. On the contrary, much effort has been put into bringing residential life back into the city centres. In Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, and Washington, D.C. there has been a condominium boom in recent years, but these cities are far from the situation Vancouver faces now.

To counter the trend in Vancouver, planners are proposing changes to the city’s zoning regulations, including the passage of more lenient building height restrictions. But because residential developments are so much more profitable than commercial and office space, some public officials are proposing offering better incentives to the developers willing to build commercial. Another option is to expand the moratorium that was placed on new housing development in the central business district two years ago.

Translink is currently involved in a major expansion of the 49.5 km (30.8 mi) Skytrain system centred on downtown Vancouver. Construction of the Canada and Evergreen lines is underway. The former will be complete in 2009, and the latter in 2011.

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Mobile phones to help fight AIDS in Africa

February 13, 2007

Mobile phones are to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. Health-care workers will be able to report current health data from the field to a central database using their mobile phones, under a project to be launched with the help of leading phone companies and the U.S. government.

The US$10 million project, called “Phones-for Health”, was announced on Tuesday at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

The software used in this project is loaded on to a standard handset developed by Motorola. The information will be transmitted with the help of the standard GPRS mobile data communication protocol or, if this is not available, by the ubiquitous SMS.

Africa lacks fixed-line telephone as well as Internet connections. Most often people use pen and paper to record the spread of disease. However, today more than 60 percent of people living in Africa have mobile phone coverage and the number of areas to have mobile phone coverage is expected to increase up to 85 percent by 2010. This data was provided by the GSM Association, which is a global trade group that represents some of the leading operators of mobile telephony.

The scheme, under which the project will be launched, was designed after the success of another project launched earlier in Rwanda. It will focus mainly on fighting HIV/AIDS in 10 African countries. The first to enter the program is South African mobile phone operator - MTN.

The new scheme hopes in long-term to be spread from Africa to Asia so to turn its attention towards other diseases like malaria and tuberculosis.


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Major snowstorm hits midwestern United States

February 13, 2007

A major winter storm is dropping snow, ice, and freezing rain across the Midwestern United States.

Over 12 inches (30cm) of snow is expected in parts of Ohio and Indiana. Along the Ohio River, freezing rain and sleet is expected to make driving hazardous. The precipitation is forecast to continue through the evening Tuesday and into early Wednesday morning, before moving out towards the East Coast.

Blizzard warnings have been issued for much of Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana, with very cold temperatures, considerable snowfall, and blowing and drifting snow.

Many flights have been canceled or delayed at Port Columbus International Airport, especially those destined for other cities in the midwest.

Schools have been canceled, and some businesses are sending employees home early. The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati and many other colleges decided to cancel classes, sending home all non-essential staff.


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Log

 * Instead of removing week old data, can we somehow make a log? I dunno if it is possible, but if it is how does the idea sound? (:O) -Nima Baghaei 17:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Good idea. just paste the old data to Portal:Disasters and accidents/Recent Earthquakes/Archive. — Doldrums(talk) 06:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Date

 * Can we compress the date format to something that I have seen used in Wikipedia? Instead of the full date written out (February 10, 2007) we can put it in this format (2007-02-10) ... would that be ok or stay with current format or something else maybe? I just figure it helps save space, give that its a compressed box in the Disasters section, so things may look more pleaseing to the eye (:O) -Nima Baghaei 18:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * the automatic linking that works on WP does not work here. if u want to retain the links, u'll have to manually set each. My suggestion is to drop the year (these are recent earthquakes, readers shld be able to figure out what yr they happened.) and move the time back to the date column to get something like "12:34:45, 2 April". –Doldrums(talk) 20:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


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wo, I guess no one have heard of building NEW office buildings eh?


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