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Large 7.2 earthquake strikes China

March 21, 2008 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 7.2 has struck the Xinjiang region of China. The Earthquake Administration of China has reported the quake to be a 7.3 magnitude.

The quake struck at 6:33 a.m. (local time) and its epicenter was located 228 kilometers (142 miles) southeast of Hotan and 780 k.m. (485 miles) east, northeast of Islamabad, Pakistan. The depth was recorded at 37.2 k.m. (23.1 miles).

According to USGS geophysicist Dale Grant, this is the largest quake on record to hit the region. The largest quake on record occurred in China in 1556 in Shaanxi and had a magnitude of at least 8.0, killing over 830,000 people.

Aftershocks with magnitudes of 5.5 and under began to occur just over an hour later in the same region.

As of 2006, the reported population of Hotan was 114,000. The region is sparsely populated and so far there are reports of only some damage, but no injuries or deaths. However, the USGS states that damage could be "moderate to heavy." The quake struck near the Tarim Basin which is home to about 1/3 of China's oil reserve supply.

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Senator Obama's passport records breached in January 2008

March 21, 2008 Two low-level United States Department of State employees have been dismissed and a third employee disciplined over accessing the passport files of Senator Barack Obama "without a need to do so."

According to Assistant Secretary of State, Sean McCormack, on three separate incidents which occurred separately on January 9, February 21 and March 14, contract employees of the department's Bureau of Consular Affairs tasked with data entry accessed Obama's file. The breach seems like "imprudent curiosity" among the contract workers, and that senior management at the State Department was not aware of the incidents until Thursday afternoon

"A monitoring system was tripped when an employee accessed the records of a high-profile individual, When the monitoring system is tripped, we immediately seek an explanation for the records access. If the explanation is not satisfactory, the supervisor is notified."

Obama's campaign is asking for a complete investigation to find out who looked at Obama's passport file and why, and why the State Department did not reveal details of the security breach until now.

"This is an outrageous breach of security and privacy, even from an administration that has shown little regard for either over the last eight years. Our government's duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes. This is a serious matter that merits a complete investigation, and we demand to know who looked at Senator Obama's passport file, for what purpose, and why it took so long for them to reveal this security breach," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton in a statement to the media.

A similar data breach took place in 1992 when State Department officials looked up data on presidential candidate Bill Clinton, in an attempt to find out information from the late 1960s, amid unfounded political campaign rumors that Mr. Clinton had sought to renounce his citizenship to dodge the draft during the Vietnam War while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.

That incident triggered a three-year investigation by a special prosecutor, who found that no laws were violated but officials exercised poor judgment. The 1992 search of Mr. Clinton's passport records was part of an effort to speed up Freedom of Information Act requests.

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Micronation Republic of Molossia announces international summit

March 21, 2008 On March 18, President Kevin Baugh of the Republic of Molossia, a micronation located in Nevada, announced that his country would hold its first ever international summit this June.

Grand Prince Christopher I and Princess Erin of the Principality of Vikesland, another micronation located in Canada, will be attending.

Besides the meeting itself, which is scheduled to take place in Molossia's capital city, Espera, President Baugh is to give them a tour of his country as well as the surrounding areas. He is looking forward to the event and hopes that it may "open the way to future visits between Molossia and the other small nations of the world."

The Republic of Molossia and Principality of Vikesland are not recognized by any major countries or international organizations. However, both are by other micronations.

Earlier this month, Wikinews held an interview with President Baugh.


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Talk:Micronation Republic of Molossia announces international summit

This is the second time that Molossia has been called: "one of the world's most well known micronations" without any substantiation. --SVTCobra 00:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I tagged this for further development since both of the links to "vikesland" are broken rendering this a single-source article. --SVTCobra 00:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

News?
The interview was interesting and enlightening, but this borders on a vanity article. It just seems to be eccentrics visiting eachother. --SVTCobra 01:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Adding basic information
As I live not far from Molossia and never heard of it, I am adding a little basic information. Will also add a wackynews tag if there isn't one already. This has wacky written all over it.

Leila Monaghan - (talk) 03:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree, this is April Fools stuff, might be a nice idea if there is any news around that time.

Pictures
Can we ask President Kevin for some free images of his micronation? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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Social networking site lets users run virtual campaign for US president

March 21, 2008

Each day, in living rooms, bars, and message boards across the United States, debates rage and opinions flare over the upcoming presidential election: "Which candidate has the most experience?" "Which candidate will best be able to unite Americans?" "Which candidate will work to bring about real change in Washington?" Time and again, these questions have been asked and answered by television pundits; they have been analysed in editorials, written about in blogs, and tackled in speeches by the candidates themselves.

But in one corner of the Internet, another oft-ignored, yet equally-important issue is being raised: vegetables.

"I eat them, knowing full well they have no nutrional [sic] value and cannot be fully digested by the human digestive system. But its fun once in awhile [sic] to see what you had for dinner last night, the following morning. Why I put this in here....I don't know. Nutrition is important, but humans are basically more inclined to eat meat." This is one of the many platform issues of Jack the Wiz, an Independent candidate for President of the United States.

The Wiz is not really running for President. But he is one of the top-rated Presidential candidates on U4Prez.com, a website that allows users to run a virtual campaign, complete with supporters, press releases, and caucuses, which are lively discussions on serious political issues. They can even compare their rating with the likes of John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama, all of whom have profiles set up. One blogger described it as "the MySpace of politics".

Candidates create a profile, where they outline their platform and expound their views on subjects ranging from global warming and immigration to religion and conspiracy theories. Just like in other social networking sites, candidates can leave comments on others' profiles; they can also rate other candidates on a scale of 1 to 10 and become a supporter of another campaign. All of this is factored into a candidate's rating, which ultimately determines who will become the next virtual President of the United States.

Eric Gurr, creator of U4Prez.com, says you shouldn't be fooled be the site's MySpace-like facade. "It's all about the politics," he says. "I think most of our users have accounts on MySpace and Facebook, and use U4prez strictly for the political dialogue." Wikinews conducted an email interview with Gurr, in which he discussed how the site works, how the Internet has affected politics, and who he is endorsing for President.

Interview
What compelled you to create U4Prez.com?

Eric Gurr: I was having a discussion with a business co-hort and I had suggested that the average Joe was probably better able to be president of the United States than many of the politicians considering running. This was back in 2006. I had at about this same time read the book Wikinomics. My first inclination was to create a wiki, on how to solve political problems. But the social networking side was a more natural fit.

Have you had any prior experience in politics or political studies?

EG: No I really haven't. I've never run for office, and never really been a part of a campaign. I read quite a bit and I'm a bit of a polymath when it comes to history and economics. When I read a book like Freedom from Fear, or Modern Times by Paul Johnson, I check the footnotes. When I read an article on-line, for some reason I have an inclination to check up on the author to see if his facts are right.

What goes on in a typical U4Prez candidate’s campaign?

EG: We have three distinct profiles. The quick drive by profile with little information, the interested candidate who probably posts once or twice a week, and the die-hards. The die hards of course drive the site. These candidates are passionate and amazingly well informed.

What measures are taken to stop trolling and prevent heated debates from becoming too heated?

EG: In the first couple of months we had to moderate the site twenty four hours a day. As the election has heated up this has oddly become less of a concern. We never censor political thought, but we do put dirty word filters in place. The dialogue gets heated, but almost never crosses the line. I've been contacted by ABC News, slate.com and quite a few other news outlets and their first impression is that this is just a bunch of college kids arguing about things they don't understand. The reality is quite different. The debate is structured in caucuses, and we occasionally hold moderated debates between specific candidates. The average age of the candidates is about 35, so this is a much more serious crowd than you would suppose.

'''How is a candidate’s rating calculated? What specific factors are taken into account?'''

EG: Candidates must campaign. The core score is ratings by other candidates on a scale of 1 to 10. But this is only about 70% of total score. After six months of use, we developed a voting algorithm based on how members were using the site. You could literally have a perfect score of ten from members, and never get in to a runoff. You have to debate the issues, you have to visit and vote on other candidates platforms. In other words, you need to campaign. This boosts your candidate rank and overall score.

Were any of the real-life candidates’ profiles created by the candidates themselves?

EG: Not to my knowledge. I have seen in the log files that many of the candidates' campaigns have visited the site. Many of the profiles from the real-life candidates were created by us early in the process. We simply pulled the information from their official sites. That said, many of the third party or independent candidate profiles are created by the candidates themselves, or their staffs.

'''Many of the top-rated candidates on your site are independent or third party candidates. Why is this the case online but not in real life?'''

EG: It has to do with viability. We took a survey several months ago and found that many of the candidates who were professed third party supporters intended to vote for either a Democrat or Republican in the real election.

Do you think most users take the site’s political aspects seriously, or are they more interested in the social networking aspect?

EG: It's all about the politics. I think most of our users have accounts on MySpace and Facebook, and use U4prez strictly for the political dialogue.

In your opinion, has the internet has significantly affected the way presidential elections unfold?

EG: Absolutely. The support and money raised by Ron Paul ultimately led to the nomination of John McCain. The more traditionally conservative candidates lost millions to Paul. This was entirely an internet phenomenon. Because of the communication capabilities of the web, people who have a strong interest in politics naturally migrate to the web. At u4prez for example, our members aren't likely voters, they are voters. This is true for just about any politically oriented site. Some of the candidates are picking up on this and using the web to deliver truly custom messages directly to real voters.

How do you think the internet will affect politics in the 2012 election and beyond?

EG: The influence of certain websites will grow exponentially. The big question is what will the impact of the bloggers become? We are rolling out a new feature on the site in the next couple of weeks to allow our members to rate political blogs. As of now, there is no clearinghouse for political blogs. We are going to fill a big gap with this feature. The print media decline will continue and probably accelerate. To help this process along we as members of the web community need a way to vet new content and content creators.
 * With some of the bigger problems facing our country, a medium is needed for more interactive debate. Television, radio and newspapers cannot offer any solution to this problem.
 * The election of 2008 will be the last where the web isn't the driving communication force for any serious candidate.

Is there any political issue that you feel has been overlooked by the media?

EG: The baby-boomers. In January of 2008 the first baby-boomer became eligible for social security. In the next twenty years about 80 million more will follow. Extrapolating the math is pretty easy. In about fifteen short years the entire budget (as it stands now) will need to go to social security, Medicare and the prescription drug benefit. This of course isn't going to happen. This is a huge issue because 80 million people are going to be voting to protect those programs.
 * The media overlook the problem, because it is massive in scope. If we look through history it quickly becomes clear that this is the biggest financial challenge the nation has ever faced.  But you can find discussion about the problem on the web.

'''Lastly, who are you endorsing for president and why? '''

EG: As a website, U4prez endorsed Ron Paul. This came from the members of the site. Personally, it's hard for me to visualize anyone running right now who has the vision and can put the problems facing the economy in to any kind of historical context. I can tell you this. There are five thousand members on U4prez, and just a handful of them fully support any of the current candidates. I'm starting to get a pretty strong indication that someone is going to make a real third party run. The Democrats are going to come out of their convention divided that much is now obvious. But the media have overlooked the division within the Republican party over John McCain. Ross Perot made a huge impact on the election in 1992, and there was relative calm in the nation. 2008 may really be the year a third party candidate emerges at the last minute and wins the election. It's not likely, but neither is it a long-shot.


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From: ****** ********  Sent: Wed 3/19/2008 9:45 PM To: Gurr, Eric Subject: Wikinews interview Mr. Gurr, I'm a reporter for Wikinews (Wikipedia's news subsidiary) and was wondering if I could get an email interview with you regarding your website U4Prez.com. I've signed up as a candidate, and I think your site would be a great subject for an interview. The interview would be short and posted on Wikinews a few days after it is done. If you are interested, please reply as soon as possible. Thanks for your time, Taylor A'Latorre (Planoneck on Wikinews) en.wikinews.org

(Note that I basically copied WNewsReporter's wording from this interview. Hope he doesn't mind.)

Subject:	 RE: Wikinews interview Date:	Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:49:22 -0400 From:	"Gurr, Eric"  To:	"****** ********"  Yeah that would be great. If need by you can also call me direct at 513-518-7316 Eric

Subject:	 RE: Questions for interview Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:34:49 -0400 From:	"Gurr, Eric"  Add Mobile Alert To:	"Taylor ALatorre"

From: ****** ********  Sent: Fri 3/21/2008 10:37 AM To: Gurr, Eric Subject: Questions for interview Here are the questions for the Wikinews interview. A short paragraph for each would be nice, but feel free to write as much as needed.

Taylor A'Latorre (Planoneck on Wikinews) en.wikinews.org

What compelled you to create U4Prez.com? I was having a discussion with a business co-hort and I had suggested that the average Joe was probably better able to be president of the United States than many of the politicians considering running. This was back in 2006. I had at about this same time read the book wikinomics. My first inclination was to create a wiki, on how to solve political problems. But the social networking side was a more natural fit. Have you had any prior experience in politics or political studies? No I really haven't. I've never run for office, and never really been a part of a campaign. I read quite a bit and I'm a bit of a polymath when it comes to history and economics. When I read a book like Freedom from fear, or Modern Times by Paul Johnson, I check the footnotes. When I read an article on-line, for some reason I have an inclination to check up on the author to see if his facts are right. What goes on in a typical U4Prez candidate’s campaign? We have three distinct profiles. The quick drive by profile with little information, the interested candidate who probably posts once or twice a weak, and the die-hards. The die hards of course drive the site. These candidates are passionate and amazingly well informed. What measures are taken to stop trolling and prevent heated debates from becoming too heated? In the first couple of months we had to moderate the site twenty four hours a day. As the election has heated up this has oddly become less of a concern. We never censor political thought, but we do put dirty word filters in place. The dialogue gets heated, but almost never crosses the line. I've been contacted by ABC news, slate.com and quite a few other news outlets and their first impression is that this is just a bunch of college kids arguing about things they don't understand. The reality is quite different. The debate is structured in caucuses, and we occasionally hold moderated debates between specific candidates. The average age of the candidates is about 35, so this is a much more serious crowd than you would suppose. How is a candidate’s rating calculated? What specific factors are taken into account? Candidates must campaign. The core score is ratings by other candidates on a scale of 1 to 10. But this is only about 70% of total score. After six months of use, we developed a voting algorithm based on how members were using the site. You could literally have a perfect score of ten from members, and never get in to a runoff. You have to debate the issues, you have to visit and vote on other candidates platforms. In other words, you need to campaign. This boosts your candidate rank and overall score. Were any of the real-life candidates’ profiles created by the candidates themselves? Not too my knowledge. I have seen in the log files that many of the candidates campaigns have visited the site. Many of the profiles from the real-life candidates were created by us early in the process. We simply pulled the information from their official sites. That said, many of the third party or independant candidate profiles are created by the candidates themselves, or their staffs. Many of the top-rated candidates on your site are independent or third party candidates. Why is this the case online but not in real life? It has to do with viability. We took a survey several months ago and found that many of the candidates who were professed third party supporters intended to vote for either a Democrat or Republican in the real election. Do you think most users take the site’s political aspects seriously, or are they more interested in the social networking aspect? It's all about the politics. I think most of our users have accounts on myspace and facebook, and use U4prez strictly for the political dialogue. In your opinion, has the internet has significantly affected the way presidential elections unfold? Absolutely. The support and money raised by Ron Paul ultimately led to the nomination of John McCain. The more traditionally conservative candidates lost millions to Paul. This was entirely an internet phenomenon. Because of the communication cababilities of the web, people who have a strong interest in politics naturally migrate to the web. At u4prez for example, our members aren't likely voters, they are voters. This is true for just about any politically oriented site. Some of the candidates are picking up on this and using the web to deliver truly custom messages directly to real voters. How do you think the internet will affect politics in the 2012 election and beyond? The influence of certain websites will grow exponentially. The big question is what will the impact of the bloggers become? We are rolling out a new feature on the site in the next couple of weeks to allow our members to rate political blogs. As of now, there is no clearinghouse for political blogs. We are going to fill a big gap with this feature. The rrint media decline will continue and probably accelerate. To help this process along we as members of the web community need a way to vet new content and content creators. With some of the bigger problems facing our country, a medium is needed for more interactive debate. Television, radio and newspapers cannot offer any solution to this problem. The election of 2008 will be the last where the web isn't the driving communication force for any serious candidate. Is there any political issue that you feel has been overlooked by the media? The baby-boomers. In January of 2008 the first baby-boomer became eligible for social security. In the next twenty years about 80 million more will follow. Extrapolating the math is pretty easy. In about fifteen short years the entire budget (as it stands now) will need to go to social security, medicare and the prescription drug benefit. This of course isn't going to happen. This is a huge issue because 80 million people are going to be voting to protect those programs. The media overlook the problem, because it is massive in scope. If we look through history it quickly becomes clear that this is the biggest financial challenge the nation has ever faced. But you can find discussion about the problem on the web. Lastly, who are you endorsing for president and why? (this is completely optional; it might not get published anyway) As a website, U4prez endorsed Ron Paul. This came from the members of the site. Personally, it's hard for me to visualize anyone running right now who has the vision and can put the problems facing the economy in to any kind of historical context. I can tell you this. There are five thousand members on U4prez, and just a handful of them fully support any of the current candidates. I'm starting to get a pretty strong indication that someone is going to make a real third party run. The Democrats are going to come out of their convention divided that much is now obvious. But the media have overlooked the division within the Republican party over John McCain. Ross Perot made a huge impact on the election in 1992, and there was relative calm in the nation. 2008 may really be the year a third party candidate emerges at the last minute and wins the election. It's not likely, but neither is it a long-shot.

~Planoneck~ 04:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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Bones of 'small-bodied humans' found in Micronesian cave

March 21, 2008 Another population of small humans has been, this time in caves in Micronesia. Lee Berger, Steven Churchill, Bonita De Klerk and Rhonda Quinn, a team of paleontologists and anthropologists from South Africa and the United States document a group of "small-bodied humans" found in the " in limestone caves in the rock islands of Palau, Micronesia." The report, in a recent edition of the open access journal, PLoS ONE (2008 3:3) argues that these small people may "represent a congenitally abnormal individual drawn from a small-bodied island population of Homo Sapiens." The term for this condition is Insular Dwarfism described in Foster's Rule. Different radio carbon samples at the site date between 3000 and 4500 calendar years before the present, with the 3000 year old dates being judged the most reliable.

The authors argue, "Based on the evidence from Palau, we [Berger et al] hypothesize that reduction in the size of the face and chin, large dental size and other features noted here may in some cases be correlates of extreme body size reduction in H. sapiens."

Unlike the 2004 find of the Flores dwarf human population (dated from 95,000 to 13,000 years ago), known as Homo floresienses and nicknamed hobbits, researchers do not consider this population to be a separate hominid population. They also suggest that this more recent population casts some doubt on H. floresienses being a separate species, and that,

"These features when seen in Flores may be best explained as correlates of small body size in an island adaptation, regardless of taxonomic affinity...[This] Palauan sample supports at least the possibility that the Flores hominins are simply an island adapted population of H. sapiens, perhaps with some individuals expressing congenital abnormalities."

In support of this, Berger et al also argued that although the dwarf humans appeared to have many features in commons with Homo sapiens, there seems to be many features that are not usually associated with Homo sapiens.


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Original reporting
I read the report, which was CC-BY-2.5 licensed. A pdf copy of the report can be found at this page. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 07:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

=Edit of this article= Very cool article Anon, edited it to add information for readers about the earlier finds from Flores so people could understand the argument these guys are making. Could you add a better ref to the original report?

best, Leila

Leila Monaghan - (talk) 18:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * See http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Image:Journal.pone.0001780.pdf --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 21:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

You might also want to change the title to "Bones of 'small-bodied humans' found in Micronesian cave" to give people a sense of where the bones were found.

Leila Monaghan - (talk) 18:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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Zinaida Greceanii nominated Moldovan Prime Minister

March 21, 2008

President Vladimir Voronin of Moldova today signed a decree nominating Zinaida Greceanii as prime minister. Under the constitution, Ms Greceanii has 15 days from the date of the decree to submit her government's program and a list of executive members to parliament. 52 of the 101 MPs must endorse her proposals.

Zinaida Greceanii was born in 1956 and graduated from the Chisinau-based Financial and Economic College and the Moldovan State University, specialising in economics. Since 1994, she has held various posts at the Finance Ministry. Ms Greceanii began in the office of the deputy head of the budget's elaboration and analysis general directorate. She was the department's minister from 2002 till 2005, when, by presidential decree, she was made deputy prime minister.


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You don't need to give me hte source, you just need to put on the image page. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 06:18, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Proton rocket fails to launch AMC-14 satellite

Refuelling would be possible if....
This event should not have been an issue. If they (Lockheed & SES) would have installed the refueling coulpings we had proposed to them they could get the additional fuel by the time they will need it, by our on-orbit refueling system HERMES (under development). see http://www.georing.biz/OTHER/whitepaper_HERMES_low.pdf

The satellite will most probably reach eventually orbit but will be short of fuel.

AMC-14 Launch:Failure or Partial Failure?
Copied from Comments talk:Proton rocket fails to launch AMC-14 satellite - Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:06, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

"The Proton itself performed nominally, and the Briz-M upper stage successfully completed the first of three burns. During the second burn, however, an undisclosed malfunction occurred, leaving the satellite stranded in a much lower orbit than planned." I think that this is a partial failure because if it were a failure, the AMC-14 would have not reached orbit at all due to an explosion,disintegration ,crash,etc.

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Pilot killed as Su-25 military jet explodes near Vladivostok

March 21, 2008 A Sukhoi Su-25 military jet has exploded in midair near Vladivostok, Russia, killing the pilot. The Russian Air Force said the plane was 140km (90 miles) from the port city on the Pacific coast.

The plane, a single seat twinjet used to support ground forces, was on a training mission when the explosion occurred. Russia has grounded all their Su-25s while the crash is investigated by order of the air force's commander. The investigation will be conducted by a special commission of the Ministry of Defence.

Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, spokesman for the Air Force, said "Today, on March 20 at 3:33 Moscow time (0:33 GMT), a Su-25 aircraft crashed during a training flight near the Chernigovka airbase, 143 kilometers from Vladivostok." The crash site is in mountainous terain, and the Far Eastern Union of Air Force and Air Defense's investigational commission has flown in and is on-site.

Uncomfirmed reports suggest that immediately prior to the crash the pilot reported an engine fire, followed by a loss of contact. Interfax reports that an anonymous source involved with the investigation said "The head of flight control reported that he saw a flash under the fuselage of the strike plane. More than likely one of the weapons exploded."

Drobyshevsky offered an alternative explanation. "According to preliminary reports, the plane developed technical problems during live firing exercises," he said.


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it Ciao e benvenuto Wikinews in lingua inglese. Grazie per aggiungere il link interwiki.--Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 12:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC) en Hello and welcome to Wikinews in English. Thanks for adding the interwiki links --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 12:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
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Major US presidential candidates have passport files breached

March 21, 2008

Just hours after firing two contract employees and disciplining a third for inappropriately examining the passport file of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Sen. Hillary Clinton that her passport file was also breached in 2007. Sen. John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, also had his file breached — this time by one of the same individuals who had examined Obama's records.

Both Clinton and McCain were informed that their files were improperly accessed, according to their Senate offices, after Rice called to apologize to Barack Obama for the incident hours before.

"I told him I was sorry and I told him that I myself would be very disturbed if anyone had looked at my passport file and that, therefore, I will stay on top of this," Rice said. "We are going to do an investigation through the inspector general. None of us want us to have a situation where any American's passport file is accessed in an unauthorized way."

According to Assistant Secretary of State, Sean McCormack, at least one breach occurred during a training session, with a contract employee brought in to deal with a large backlog of passport applications.

"We do feel that the system worked, but the system isn’t perfect," McCormack said.

Obama's response to the incident was "One of the things that the American people count on in their interactions with any level of government is that if they have to disclose personal information, then it is going to stay personal and stay private." He also told reporters he expects a full and thorough congressional investigation.

McCain, who was in France after recently traveling to Iraq responded to the incident stating, "The United States of America values everyone's privacy and corrective action should be taken."


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Template talk:News in pictures/Archive 1

Please add or search more candidate images, or write an article about today's picture if it doesn't have a full article.

You can view the previously selected images in the archive.

=Candidate images= Note: Please add Featuredpic to selected pictures.

Doesn't have a full story yet, but is recent picture of Holi festival.

 * as nom. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As per my recent comments, we need to clarify what we are trying to achieve here. Either we are deciding what images are good for "news in pictures" on the main page, in which case I'd suggest being bold and changing it, or discussing whether the community considers it to be a good example of photojournalism. The latter is not something which is going to happen instantly and certainly not in a time frame which is appropriate if we're using this as "news in pictures" so these are two distinct aims and so I think it is probably time to rename featured pictures to news in pictures and abandon this concept of having some process for deciding on "features pictures in the style that say Commons do. The level of activity of this page, where nominations of featured images is supposed to take place, provides an indication that what I suggest is probably wise when the number of "featured pictures" which have come and gone over time relative to the activity is considered. Adambro - (talk) 16:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

How to find free images

 * Add your ideas here!

 * Browse the latest articles on Wikinews to see if there are any OR articles or articles with great images.
 * Flickr:
 * Search free images for any of the following keywords: news, journalism, photojournalism, Indymedia, protest, festival, parade, sports, fire, weather, G8, Iraq, Bush, president, media, Palestine, ...
 * Search for keywords of recent events: recent holidays, actions you know of,...
 * Browse through some of these pools (problem is, most images are copyrighted, but you can ask the photographers): Photojournalism 2.0, Indymedia, Global Photojournalism, Hardcore Street Photography, social documentary photographers, Protests, Political Art, Democracy, Social Change, The Street Photography Collective, Flickr's 100 Best Photojournalism, Photojournalism, Photojournalism & Photojournalists, Documentary Photography, News_Photojournalism
 * Browse through the articles at Wikipedia's Portal:Current events to see if any articles have recent pictures.

=Participants= Anyone can vote or contribute, you don't have to be a participant. Being a participant doesn't mean that you'll be forced to do extra work, it's just to list those users who are participating.
 * Steven Fruitsmaak

 * Markie
 * FellowWikiNews
 * Jcart1534
 * ...Your name here!

=Discussions about this concept=

2007 in images
This might serve to write an article on December 31 about the important events of the year, in pictures. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:25, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Good idea, lets us inadvertently plan ahead. --  Zanimum 19:07, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Wrapping
I've taken the wrapping off the image, it just didn't work well with it on. -- Zanimum 19:06, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Above "this day"
Can we move this template so it's about the "This day in history..." section? This seems more relevant to readers than reflection on stories of the past. -- Zanimum 19:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Also there is a better supply of pictures for the past. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Okay, so we're also digging through past OR and the like for images? That's an idea. Presumably though a recent "just okay" image would take priority over a great old image? Like, the old images would only be used when we lack new? --  Zanimum 16:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Bawolff, you were a little to short there: could you explain what you are saying? I think this should indeed be higher than the historical articles, I was thinking the same so I'm glad you agree Zanimum. I'll start another thread on which images to use, though.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * How about moving "News In Pictures" under the third lead. That way it will get more attention and more people will see it. I don't mind having it over the "This day in history section..." either. Just a thought. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I would agree, once more people started helping out with the updating. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:08, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Auto update
You said on the wc you need help with updates. Well I can code the template to automatically get the image from a subpage, and then at the specified time it will change to a new suppage (this can be done at any frequency, at any time, as long as it is at least semi-consistant (i.e. every day, every week, every 4 hours, every day on week days, but only one on the week-end (although that is slightly harder to do, but do-able) etc). Bawolff ☺☻ 22:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

 * That sounds cool, but how would it know what to use as a caption? And would you be able to code it to only take free images, so that there wouldn't be logos on the front page? --  Zanimum 16:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

 * It is indeed not to difficult to have an automatically updating page, I've used the same on w:Portal:Medicine's selected picture. I need help with finding images, not so much with the template. Problem is if we set up an automatically updating one it appears with a redlink on the main page, so I would prefer one if this project has reached top speed. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Your right, we need content first before worrying about the template. If we did do that, the caption and image would be decided in advanced. (ie we choose all the pict for the next week at once, and it auto updates them). Bawolff ☺☻ 20:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh, I get it Steven. It would automatically replace itself at a set time, with one that the community has chosen. I was mistakenly under the impression that you meant the computer would choose randomly. I'd be in favour, but we probably shouldn't choose more than a few days at a time, in order to remain as timely as possible. --  Zanimum 17:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

main page placement
Another alternative for main page placement is to randomly make it change places with something else, like this day in history. Half the time you load the main page it'd be one, half the time it'd be another. Similar to the w:template:wikipedia ads on wikipedia, or the quote box on my userpage. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:04, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's a theoretical advantage, but half the time (like now, for example), when there are a lot of stories, the balance of the main page is maintained. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Archive
image gallery-fy? –Doldrums(talk) 11:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, if we keep the images big enough. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * i don't think we'll be able to keep the images big, there'll be too many of them at some point. –Doldrums(talk) 11:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Because we want to stress image quality also, I think it's necessary. You could sort them by month or by forthnight to keep oversight, and archive older images.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:55, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we should put each image on its subpage (ex template:Featured picture/2007/june/25) then it is easy to archive - similar to how portal:football game list works. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Captions should be specific
"Federal elections in Belgium today..."

Can we make sure that captions that reference "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow" all have "June 9, 2007--" or whatever in front of them, so that people don't have to guess. -- Zanimum 17:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Alternatively, we could include the date.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Featured picture for July 12
Doesn't it say above that the pictures should be free? the licensing info on Image:HD 189733b.jpg say it is copyrighted.

But if we are going to feature the picture of planet, HD 189733b, shouldn't we use the high resolution version? --SVTCobra 13:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Replied here. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


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Israel to install missile defense systems on airliners

March 21, 2008

Israel has announced plans to begin fitting missile defense systems to airliners within weeks.

The systems will emit flares designed to confuse the guidance systems on heat-seeking missiles. Greatest priority will go to adding the equipment - already in use with the Israeli air force - on aircraft that fly to destinations deemed high-risk, such as Asia and Africa.

The plans were initiated in 2002 after a failed attempt by Islamic insurgents with shoulder mounted missile launchers to shoot down an Israeli airliner during takeoff from Mombassa, Kenya. Israel immediately began seeking ways to protect its commercial aviation fleet.

Testing was initiated shortly afterwards, but plans were shelved while arguments as to who would pay were ongoing - either the government or El Al and Arkia. Hezbollah has recently threatened action against Israel in response to a car bomb assassination of terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, prompting the government to agree to pay the costs. Despite no claim of responsibility, Hezbollah and its backers in Iran blame the attack on Israel.

Singapore, the United States and other nations are considering similar measures. As well as flares, some proposed systems use lasers to jam heat-seeking equipment.


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You have vandalised Wikinews 3 times. Any further instances will result in a block. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 18:07, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
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=headline= The headline is a direct copy of the MSNBC headline, good idea? Poeloq - (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * possible copyvio in headline? --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 18:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

=typo= "be very disturbed if anyone had looked at my passport FILED and that, therefore," the rice quote, should that be filed or file? Is it a typo, or is she dumb? Rekov - (talk) 19:40, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


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Scientists say that a 'global layer of water' exists on Saturn's moon Titan

March 21, 2008 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan.

"We believe that about 100 kilometers (62 miles) beneath the ice and organic-rich surface is an internal ocean of liquid water mixed with ammonia," said Bryan Stiles of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

If the findings turn out to be true, this will be the fourth such moon in our solar system found to have some form of water on it. Currently only three other moons, all from Jupiter, have been found to have known water sources. Ganymede, Callisto and Europa are so far the only known moons with a water source. Members of the mission's science team used Cassini's Synthetic Aperture Radar to collect imaging data during 19 separate passes over Titan between October 2005 and May 2007. The radar can see through Titan's dense, methane-rich atmospheric haze, detailing never-before-seen surface features and establishing their locations on the moon's surface.

Using data from the radar's early observations, the scientists and radar engineers established the locations of 50 unique landmarks on Titan's surface. They then searched for these same lakes, canyons and mountains in the reams of data returned by Cassini in its later flybys of Titan. They found prominent surface features had shifted from their expected positions by up to 30 kilometers (19 miles). A systematic displacement of surface features would be difficult to explain unless the moon's icy crust was decoupled from its core by an internal ocean, making it easier for the crust to move.

Cassini scientists will not have long to wait before another go at Titan. On March 25, just prior to its closest approach at an altitude of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), Cassini will employ its Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer to examine Titan's upper atmosphere. Immediately after closest approach, the spacecraft's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer will capture high-resolution images of Titan's southeast quadrant.

The study of Titan is a major goal of the Cassini-Huygens mission because it may preserve, in deep-freeze, many of the chemical compounds that preceded life on Earth. Titan is the only moon in the solar system that possesses a dense atmosphere. The moon's atmosphere is 1.5 times denser than Earth's. Titan is the largest of Saturn's moons, bigger than the planet Mercury.


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Red Bull Racing F1 team must prove safety after David Coulthard suffers crash

March 21, 2008 The Red Bull Racing Formula One racing team must prove to the Malaysian Grand Prix stewards that one of their cars is safe to race after Scottish driver David Coulthard suffered a crash at Friday's opening practice. It was his second major suspension failure in as many weekends and his third major accident, having had his last race ended prematurely after a collision with Felipe Massa's Ferrari.

A part failure caused Coulthard to run off the road. When he subsequently hit a kerb both sides of the front suspension completely failed, ripping both wheels loose. He was unable to participate in any more pre-race practice.

After stewards met team head Christian Horner and technical head Adrian Newey a statement was released stating that the FIA technical delegate required to receive a detailed technical report from Red Bull. The purpose of this would be to prove that the vehicle is race worthy as determined by an article in the technical regulations. This article gives stewards the powers to prevent cars from competing if they are deemed to be unsafe.

"The Stewards, having met with the Team Principal and Technical Representative of Red Bull Racing in relation to the incident involving Car 9 in Practice 1, have requested that the competitor provide to the FIA Technical Delegate a report verifying that the integrity of the suspension is such that the car should not be deemed 'of dangerous constructions' under Art 2.3 of the 2008 Formula One Technical Regulations," read the statement. Howard told reporters he believed there would be no problems with clearing the vehicle for tomorrows race. The failed component, he said, had been fitted immediately after the race at Melbourne. "It was a front right track rod that failed. You can see that the adhesives failed and it just looked like a human error. So we have absolutely no concerns about the car's safety for tomorrow."

Coulthard was also confident. I am not worried about my safety. Mechanical failures are part and parcel of grand prix racing unfortunately... We did 10,000 kilometres in testing in the car. It was just a new part which did just six laps. It was a fault in the manufacturing process and game over. One jumbo falls out of the sky you don't ground them. All history shows that things fail now and again. With the front suspension the car rides up."


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Comments:Red Bull Racing F1 team must prove safety after David Coulthard suffers crash

There is absolutely no way Couthard's car is safe. It needs redesigned before one or more of the drivers gets seriously injured. Sure, they recognise F1's inherently dangerous, but this is preventable. Even if Coulthard couldn't give a shit, what if his car falls apart in front of another racer or several??? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


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Wouldn't it be the fifth moon to have water? I thought our moon had water at the poles.


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We are not alone.


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ETA set off car bomb in La Rioja, Spain

March 22, 2008

40 families have been evacuated from their homes in the barracks in Calahorra,, today after a car bomb exploded, because of the damage done to the building. There were only some slight cuts and bruises caused by the blast which happened around 2pm. Among the injured is a Civil Guard who suffered a neck injury when he threw himself to the ground. National Radio says that eight people were treated in the local hospital, and all had been allowed home after treatment.

The device was placed by the Basque terrorist group ETA. A warning was given in the form of a phone call to the DYA road assistance association in Vizcaya in the name of ETA half an hour before it went off. The bomb was placed in a blue Honda Civic which was blown across the street by the force of the explosion. The owners of the vehicle where found later this afternoon, tied up in a building in a mountainous region some 100kms away. They have told the police that their car was taken from at gunpoint during the morning.

The place where the bomb exploded is a busy one, not least because one of Spain's famous Holy Week processions had only just finished. The same barracks suffered another ETA attack, again without victims, back in 1983. The Civil Guard feared that a second device may have been placed in the same area today.

A demonstration against the outrage has been called for outside the Calahorra Town Hall at 8pm tonight. The President of the La Rioja regional government, Pedro Sanz, will visit the scene and take part in the demonstration. He said that a massacre could have taken place had the area not been cleared.

Today’s attack comes just two weeks after the last ETA victim, the ex Socialist councillor, Isaías Carrasco, was shot out his home in Mondragón.

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If this image is pre-1910 then the claim of the photo owner to have copyright over the image is invalid. The image can be said to have entered the public domain. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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I believe the one image (Statler hotel) that has been restored should not be on Wikinews, but on Commons. I'm not sure of the precise age of the photograph, nor of the exact cut-off date prior to which things enter the public domain. But if we're talking about something from 1910 or earlier then the copyright claim asserted by the photo owner is invalid.

Per the listed source for the Statler hotel image, this likely appeared in a Buffalo newspaper sometime between 1901 and 1910. As that publication will have entered the public domain some research at the local library may well yield a copy without the caption that is unambiguously PD.

For others, I simply don't know. Use of a DPL followed by the deletion of the images means there is no easy way to see what's gone. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Texas police: 2-year old crushed by relative

March 22, 2008

According to police investigating the death of a 2-year old boy in Hidalgo County, Texas, the boy's death may have been caused by a morbidly obese relative who fell on him, fracturing his skull.

"It didn't look like there was any foul play," according to Justice of the Peace Bobby Conteras. The boy was pronounced dead on Tuesday.

The boy was dropped off at the relative's house to spend the day there, according to the boy's mother. County Sheriff Lupe Treviño, who called the death "suspicious," is reported to be waiting for an official cause of death before making a decision to file charges or not.

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Ma Ying-jeou wins 2008 Taiwan presidential election

March 22, 2008

Ma Ying-jeou, former Mayor of Taipei, has been elected as the new President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the fourth contested election of the independent state with a landslide victory of 58.45% of the popular vote (7,658,724 votes). He defeated his opponent, Frank Hsieh, who received 41.55% of the popular vote (5,445,239 votes). The results of the election has been confirmed by the Central Election Commission of the ROC.

Ma represented the Pan-Blue Coalition, which consists of the Kuomintang, the People First Party, and the New Party and generally supports maintaining the current status quo. The coalition is in direct opposition to the Pan-Green Coalition, which consists of the Democratic Progressive Party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, and the Taiwan Independence Party and generally supports Taiwanese independence. Hsieh, former Premier of the ROC, was the candidate for the Pan-Green Coalition.

Born in Hong Kong, Ma studied at New York University and Harvard Law School and once held an American permanent resident "green card". Hsieh implied during the election that Ma might flee the country during a time of crisis. Hsieh also argued that the photogenic Ma was more style than substance. Despite these accusations, Ma won handily on a platform advocating closer ties with the Chinese mainland.

Ma Ying-jeou will be inaugurated as the new President in May 2008, with Vincent Shew being the new Vice President, replacing the current president Chen Shui-bian and ending the DPP's 8-year rule of Taiwan. Ma has promised to increase economic ties with Mainland China by increasing tourism, air flights and relaxing rules that govern Taiwanese investments in the mainland. Ma, however, does not argue for political union. He called Chinese Premier Weng Jiabao's recent call for "one China" talks "rude, unreasonable, arrogant, absurd, and self-righteous."

George W. Bush, President of the United States, has issued a statement congratulating Ma on his success and reasserting that the U.S. will continue to maintain unofficial ties with Taiwan.

Two referendums regarding Taiwan's involvement in the United Nations and other international organizations were also held along with the presidential election. The ROC Central Election Commission also confirmed that both referendums have failed due to low turnout.


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Can Brock get us any pictures of the election or some event surrounding this campaign or celebration? A picture of the winning candidate would be brilliant!

Leila Monaghan - (talk) 13:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello, I'd visited their campaign HQ and took a key picture on celebrating, upload to commons later. Brock contact... 14:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Texas police: 2-year old crushed by relative

I think that was senseless

2 year old dies because of fatzo
My question remains what happened to the relative that killed the boy, and will he be charged for man slaughter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.56.149 (talk) 21:32, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Wacknews
Wackynews? --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 07:29, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Manslaughter
Assuming the autopsy and other tests indicate no foul play at work, I seriously doubt the man will face criminal charges. There are affirmative defenses for 'accidents' anyways, so I doubt it would hold up in the court as the man didn't intend to fall on the boy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.80.72.253 (talk) 18:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

H47Yeah!!!
it said that there was no foul play But jus to make sure they should still investigate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.125.155.90 (talk) 17:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Why would you drop off your 2 year old off at a morbidly obese family members house? How are they going to chase around a 2 year old? I think the parents should be investigated as well! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.227.78.98 (talk) 14:32, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

that sucks for that kid —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.177.37.202 (talk) 15:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hahahahahaha!
Man, this news is SO WACKY!!! --66.45.128.231 01:24, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Update to this story
Update to this story, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23824904/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.90.35.11 (talk) 19:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
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User talk:Mbisanz

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Hallo AGK, in en. wiki Italian admin Snowolf blocked me at indefinite but he is a maniac. I contested ban in my talk because all Snowolf's accusations against me are lies. Snowolf blocked me for second time and I don't know what this person want by me. I hope a valid admin like as you to be opposed absurd action of this dangerous Snowolf. Regards. User:PIO, 22 March 2008
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Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20080322

22 March

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Comments:Israel to install missile defense systems on airliners

Just wait until they start putting sidewinders on Boeings! Fephisto - (talk) 17:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


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User:Weswammy~enwikinews

I just started using Wikinews and made an account because I wanted to edit(some spelling and grammar) something and I didn't want my IP Address shown.

So I am an anarcho-capitalist. The main places I hang out at are CyberNations.net, School-Survival.net, and StealThisWiki.org. I hope to add more to the Wikinews community.

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Comments:Large 7.2 earthquake strikes China

"The region is sparsely populated" Things in China are on an entirely different scale, so I'm not sure how much this comment really means. Fephisto - (talk) 17:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Death Toll as of 05/21/08
Amy Goodman, of DemocracyNow! reported that the death toll of China's most recent earth quake has exceeded 30,000. If the regional population estimates of 114,000 people are correct, the current death toll represents almost one third of the population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.70.140.73 (talk) 02:27, 21 May 2008 (UTC)