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British serial killer jailed for three prostitute murders

December 22, 2010

A British serial killer has yesterday entered guilty pleas to all three counts of murder he faced. Stephen Griffiths, 40, who attracted attention by calling himself the "Crossbow Cannibal", killed the prostitutes in his flat in, West Yorkshire, England and will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Griffiths, a former van driver with a degree in psychology and studying for a PhD in criminology, was caught when police were alerted to a murder caught on CCTV. A caretaker, reviewing footage from the building where Griffiths's flat is, saw Suzanne Blamires, 36, and Griffiths enter the flat. Two minutes later, she ran out and he followed, beating her to the ground and shooting her in the head with a crossbow. He raised his crossbow above his head for the CCTV, then dragged the body away. Returning with a drink, he raised the can and one finger to the camera.

Over the course of a weekend, he was seen several times with bin bags and a rucksack. After Griffiths was arrested by armed police on May 24, her dismembered remains were found floating the the near ; her head was in a rucksack and it was yesterday revealed a crossbow bolt and broken knife were embedded in it. Robert Smith QC, prosecuting, said she was in 81 pieces.

Smith added that Griffiths confessed to killing her and cutting her up by hand; he had previously used power tools on his victims. Shelley Armitage, 31, had been missing since April when police charged Griffiths; a piece of spine in the River Ayre was later identified as hers. Also found by the river was a suitcase containing knives and saws.

It was yesterday revealed her murder was also on video. Griffiths recorded the act on his mobile, which he then lost on a train. Its finder sold it on twice before police retrieved it, but the footage remained. Armitage is seen on cushions, the words "My Sex Slave" spray-painted in black on her back. She is also seen dead and naked in his bathtub. "I am Ven Pariah, I am the Bloodbath Artist," Griffiths said as part of a commentary to the video. "Here’s a model who is assisting me."

The third murder - that of Susan Rushworth, 43 - dates back to June last year, when she vanished. Although police believe she was killed with a hammer and Griffiths has spoken of the death, no remains were ever found and the only physical evidence was one bloodstain in her killer's flat. Police found evidence he tried to clean up, with bathroom tiles removed and carpets lifted.

"It was just a slaughterhouse in the bathtub," he told police at interview. He later confessed to police that "I, or part of me, is responsible for killing Susan Rushworth, Shelley Armitage and Suzanne Blamires, who I know as Amber." Two crossbows, crossbow bolts, and serial killer literature were seized from his flat.

The day before the final murder, Griffiths wrote on MySpace, using the Ven Pariah pseudonym, he had "finally emerged into the world." He continued: "What will this pseudo-human do, one wonders. Poor Stephen, pretended to be me, but he was only the wrapping. He knew towards the end, that I supplied the inner core of iron. Hatred Bound Tightly In Flesh. At very long last, the time has come to act out." He would later tell officers he was having a mental "civil war". He told the magistrates' court on his first appearance his name was "The Crossbow Cannibal." Yesterday, he was asked at  merely to confirm his name, answering "yes". Each murder charge was read to him, and he answered "guilty" to each. Five security guards flanked him. He has also called himself the SF killer. Although he claimed to have boiled and eaten flesh from the first two victims and eaten the third raw, police could not verify this. ' says the suspect he invented it to increase his fame, but ' quotes  as claiming police believed his cannibalistic claims.

Mr Justice Openshaw, the judge, yesterday called Griffiths "wicked and monstrous." He told the court the killer's mental health had been investigated and there is "no question that he [i]s fit to plead." He gave Griffiths the, meaning he will never be released.

Griffiths has attempted suicide while in prison awaiting trial, and police have not yet established if he killed three more women, as he told officers his count stood at six.

At the time Griffiths was charged, Nicky Blamires, 54, has told the press her daughter Suzanne was a "much-loved" family member even though she "went down the wrong path and did not have the life she was meant to have." "Nobody deserves this," she said. "All these girls were human beings and people's daughters."

Griffiths was known as "the lizard man" in his block of flats owing to his habit of walking his two pet in the area. One neighbour is reported to have quoted him as saying he was studying for "a PhD in murder and ," and he has spent time in a high-security psychiatric hospital.

British media was quick to compare the case to, dubbed the "Yorkshire Ripper". Sutcliffe was a Bradford killer responsible for thirteen murders and seven attempted murders, including several prostitutes. Since his 1981 conviction he has spent most of the last three decades in high-security psychiatric hospital near London.


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As you might expect, a lot of stuff is background already checked from related news. I only used the newer related story, you don;t need to trawl through the 'announce arrest' article. As for the whole life tariff - although not explicitly mentioned in the sources, it says he's been detained for life. That's what the whole life tariff (or order) is, and the only way to do it in England and Wales. Therefore, I feel the sources adequately cover it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:22, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


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– I am applying to have my reviewers rights removed from en.wikinews effective immediately. I made a grave error in publishing a serious copyright violation, which resulted in the article requiring to be deleted and the revisions hidden. It should be noted in doing this, that this is the first error I have made on Wikinews in almost 2 years that has resulted in such a serious error. This request is made voluntarily, and I will continue to edit Wikinews after this unless further action is decided upon. BarkingFish (talk) 17:37, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * I am going to treat this as a resignation, and remove the rights unilaterally. I support what you're doing, but I'm also glad we won't be losing you altogether. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:08, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think this resignation is necessary. Everyone makes occasional mistakes (although this one was significant:P). Given that you understand the seriousness of the issue at hand I'd rather you just learnt from the mistake and moved on. Gopher65talk 22:48, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Anything less than resigning the bit might have left lingering doubts about xyr trustworthiness with the bit (a catch-22, that). Xe may also want some downtime from reviewing in which to find xyr balance again; I'd certainly feel shaken if something like this had happened to me.

 * It works for the project as a whole, too. By owning up to a lapse in judgment and taking real consequences from it, xe presents an examplar of personal responsibility — and taking review seriously — for future reviewers to try to live up to.  --Pi zero (talk) 05:35, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree wholeheartedly with Pi Zero's comment. This is a matter of honour for contributors, and the project. The action taken is honourable, and I support a speedy re-grant when time to reflect has been taken. (Random jab at US English: "I prefer the U in honour, something sadly lacking in the youth of today.") --Brian McNeil / talk 07:57, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Necessary, no, nor do I like this, but I agree with the point about honour and I think BarkingFish is doing the right thing.  — fetch · comms  00:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * He apologized, that is enough for me to give him the reviewer bit back. Everybody commits errors, and he was brave and responsible enough to come here and ask for his rights to be removed. That's awesome. Diego Grez return fire 03:23, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


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British Business Secretary Cable stripped of powers after 'totally unacceptable and inappropriate' comments

December 21, 2010

British Vince Cable has tonight been reprimanded by Prime Minister David Cameron after saying he was "at war" with  over 's attempts to take full control of.

Cable will remain in, but he will have no further role in the takeover bid. A statement released by officials in said Cable's comments were "totally unacceptable and inappropriate". The statement confirmed Cable will no longer have responsibility over matters relating to media and broadcasting.

In a secret recording made by journalists from a British newspaper posing as members of the electorate, Cable said he had already decided to block the takeover bid. "I am picking my fights, some of which you may have seen, some of which you may haven't seen," he said in the recording. "I don't know if you have been following what has been happening with the Murdoch press, where I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."

In another extract from the recording, Cable says: "I have blocked it [the takeover bid], using the powers that I have got. And they are legal powers that I have got. I can't politicise it, but for the people who know what is happening, this is a big thing. His whole empire is now under attack. So there are things like that, that being in Government ... All we can do in opposition is protest."

News Corporation, owned by Murdoch, owns 39% of BSkyB, but wishes to purchase the other 61% for £7.8 billion. Cable had pledged to remain impartial in the decision, and had ordered to investigate the takeover bid. News Corporation stated they were "shocked and dismayed" at Cable's comments, and said they "raise serious questions about fairness and due process."

A source inside Downing Street said the government took "swift and firm action" in stripping Cable of his powers over the takeover bid. "He will have absolutely nothing to do with media," the source added.

The business secretary apologised for his remarks, saying: "I fully accept the decision of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. I deeply regret the comments I made and apologise for the embarrassment that I have caused the Government." Political commentator said although he remained in office, Cable is in a "very awkward" position, because the statement from Downing Street was, for Cable, a "humiliating slap in the face." Cable refused to answer journalists' questions as he arrived at his constituency home in, London.


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7.4 earthquake strikes Bonin Islands in Japan

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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a 7.4 earthquake has struck the  in Japan. Japanese officials have issued a tsunami warning for areas around the islands, including the southern half of the country. A number of aftershocks with magnitudes between five and six struck over the hour following the initial earthquake.

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The quake's was located approximately 155 kilometers (95 miles) east of Chichi-shima of the Bonin Islands. It occurred just after 3:15 a.m. local time and registered a depth of 14.9 k.m. (9.3 miles). The aftershock occurred just under 20 minutes later at 3:40 a.m. local time. It was located in the same area and registered a depth of 10 k.m. (6.2 miles).

There is no word on damages at this time, but according to the USGS around 2,000 people may have felt the shaking. It also noted that, "the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist."


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I'd like to sort out all the Spanish accredited reporters in one sweep. I'm hoping you can help with that, and do so in a way that takes account of my limited internet access.

I need a list of all ES accredited reporters, with links to their votes for accreditation, then contact emails (or contact via whatever userpage) to send them all passwords. Here on English Wikinews we also have a 'global' contact address (scoop  wikinewsie.org) and I'd be happy to set up the same for ES wikinewsies; this is often useful as an address to subscribe to mailing lists, or to send Original Reporting notes to for article review. So, whatever ES Wikinews feels is most-appropriate, I can set up.

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 * Location: Australia
 * Areas of interest: Technology and politics/conflicts.
 * Reason: I would like accreditation as to enable me to get interviews for original reporting. (I would like experience in writing articles other than those of a synthesis style).
 * Accomplishments: Australian Federal Police say Wikileaks committed no crime, Many unaccounted for in Christmas Island boat incident (broke the story soon after the event occurred).
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 * 2) *Both really, but I would hopefully like to interview (or at least contact) local, state and federal government sources on both national and international issues (I hope accreditation will assist me in doing this). ~YTT T 23:45, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Who would be your first choice for someone to interview face to face? --Brian McNeil / talk 17:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) *Most probably a member from the local or state government (easiest to get in contact with). ~YTT T 23:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) What techniques do you intend to employ to obtain OR? --Brian McNeil / talk 17:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) *I do not intend to make face-to-face contact with my sources but rather use email and telephone in order to contact them (and of course I would compose a transcript for them).~YTT T 23:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Were you to come across a story which required "On the spot" reporting, for example, an incident such as a road accident or a major fire, would you feel comfortable (based on your previous answer to Brian McNeil) with carrying out face-to-face interviews, and how would you handle them if you did? BarkingFish (talk) 02:49, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) *Yes, I would interview people on the scene (as long as circumstances permit). I would most likely find the most appropriate person at the most appropriate time to talk to people involved in the incident. I would ask questions following the 5Ws+H to help compose the article and get the basic facts down (and if I had my phone/other device with me, I would record the conversation and then compose a transcript at a later date for OR notes). ~YTT T 04:27, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * --RockerballAustralia c 08:05, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see more original reports firstly. Same reason goes for Bobby. I want to see how good are you both getting first-hand information, organizing it, etc. It's not so easy, in my opinion. Diego Grez return fire 23:11, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * -- The answer given by YTT in response to my question above shows me quite clearly this guy has his head well and truly screwed on. It would be a pleasure to have him as an AR. BarkingFish (talk) 05:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * as has answered as well as can be expected above. Point to note: Picking up the phone is orders of magnitude more effective than email. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:01, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Making up; but, deeply concerned at voter apathy. --Brian McNeil'' / talk 18:44, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


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Very decent article, would just like to see a couple more sources from tabloid and right-wing media (to provide balance; not because I agree with them!!)


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The two 'types' of sources you mention are, effectively, synonymous.

If Cable's comments are true, I agree with him wholeheartedly; Murdoch is a blight on journalism. The man gave up his Australian citizenship to start building Faux news. Should we use them as a source? Or The Sun? Perhaps the WSJ? Or, do we go for a non-Murdoch right-wing RedTop,... Like The Daily Mail? (The paper that backed Hitler).


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French citizens told to leave Ivory Coast as UN warns of civil war

December 23, 2010 The French government has urged its citizens to leave the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) as the United Nations (U.N.) warned that the country was heading towards a civil war. According to the U.N., there has been an increase in the use of intimidation methods by elements of the national security forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo.

"The international community must act and act decisively. I emphasize again today what I have said earlier: any attempt to starve the United Nations mission into submission will not be tolerated. Any attack on the United Nations and its staff must be considered an attack on the international community," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement. He added that the techniques of intimidation include "abductions and killings and the propagation of hate speech through the state broadcasting corporation."

Meanwhile, the French government urged its citizens to leave the country. "We ask those who can, to leave Ivory Coast temporarily until the situation normalises," said, a government spokesperson.

On Saturday, Gbagbo ordered the U.N. and French peacekeepers to leave the country saying, "The government demands the departure of the UNOCI and LICORNE [French] forces in Ivory Coast and is opposed to any renewal of their mandate." Gbagbo claimed victory in the nation's elections on November 28. Alassane Ouattara won the presidential on December 3 according to the country's electoral commission. However, the Constitutional Council has contested the announcement. The French government and the U.N. have also rejected the election results. Gbagbo offered for several entities to investigate the election results, which was rejected by Ouattara who said "we've finished with these games."

"I am ... ready to welcome a committee... headed by the African Union, involving ECOWAS, the Arab League, the United Nations, United States, the European Union, Russia and China, which will have permission to analyse objectively the facts of the electoral process ...to solve this crisis peacefully," Gbagbo said in a statement.

The U.N. said it has no plans to leave the country saying, "the president-elect is Ouattara and he hasn't asked us to leave" and that they intend to "fulfill its mandate and will continue to monitor and document any human rights violations, incitement to hatred and violence, or attacks on U.N. peacekeepers."

Also on Saturday, a U.N. convoy and the mission headquarters in was attacked by masked gunmen in military uniforms. According to the mission, a civilian vehicle with six men inside approached the convoy. When the convoy approached the compound's entrance the gunmen opened fire. No one was injured in the attack. Shots were fired back at the gunmen, but none were hit.


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Obama signs landmark law overturning 'don't ask, don't tell'

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United States Barack Obama has officially repealed the law prohibiting openly  people from serving in the U.S. military. Campaigners have praised the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) as a historic advance for gay rights.

The new law was signed into effect by Obama yesterday morning. DADT, in effect for 17 years, was repealed by the United States Senate on Saturday. The military will cease enforcement of the policy in 60 days time, after the has certified to Congress that it, and the military are ready to implement the new law.

"This is a very good day," Obama told a crowd of soldiers and senior military officials. "This morning I'm proud to sign a law that will bring an end to 'don't ask, don't tell'. No longer will tens of thousands of Americans be asked to live a lie in order to serve the country that they love." Obama added that the government would "not drag their feet" and they were "committed to implementing this change swiftly and efficiently."

He added the law would strengthen national security and the U.S. military. "No longer will our country be denied the service of thousands of patriotic Americans who were forced to leave the military, regardless of their skills, no matter their bravery or their zeal, no matter their years of exemplary performance because they happen to be gay," he said.

Aubrey Sarvis, the executive director of the, praised the new ruling. "Clearly, this is President Obama's Lyndon Johnson moment in history," he said. "A measure of dignity has been restored to thousands of service members on active duty, and to over a million gay veterans who served in silence."

Obama has been an advocate for overturning the ban on gays serving in the military. Under the law, enacted in 1993, over 13,000 members of the U.S. military have been dismissed. Supporters of DADT have said the new ruling will damage the morale of troops. Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain said earlier this month more scrutiny would be needed before the law was repealed.

A report by earlier this month concluded most U.S. service personnel do not believe reform of the rules on gays and lesbians serving in the military would affect morale, unit cohesion or military effectiveness. The report found only 30% believed that changing the law would have a negative effect.

Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, the highest-ranking officer investigated under the DADT policy, said: "I'm just incredibly proud of our country and of this military that so many service members will be able to serve with dignity and integrity. It's actually taken a day or two to sink in, because it seemed so unbelievable at the time."


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Merry Christmas!

  May your family have a joyous holiday season and a new year blessed with hope and happiness.   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  — fetch · comms  23:03, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Getting on to Google News
Hi Jon,

I'm an administrator on the RuneScape Wiki, and I was wondering if it would be feasible to get us onto Google News. I asked around and someone said that you got WikiNews on there. Would doing this be possible on a wiki that is not completely news based? There are updates to the game the wiki is about every week or so, so we were wondering if we could get the pages related to those updates onto the news queue. Secondly, what changes would we have to make to the infrastructure of the wiki in order to get it on there?

Thank you,

Cook Me Plox (talk) 01:10, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I actually did not do get us listed in the first place, that was User:Brian McNeil. I just help with managing the data/rss/formatting/etc. I couldn't tell you if Google News would pick you up content wise, but they are picky about how the news is presented.  We had to make sure they only crawl the front page and we must have specially formatted links for the news (If you look at Template:Main headlines you'll see ?dpl_id=123456 in each link, part of what GNews requires).  Additionally you have to have "editorial control" over the news, ie an editor that copyedits/publishes news - not the standard "(almost) anyone can post it".  This is why they don't run most blogs.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 07:08, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Social networking
Seasons' bleatings; I'm suitably irked at how messed up all of enWN's Facebook/Twitter/whatever stuff is.

Can you please email me all account details you have, plus any code for managing them?

Since I, and a couple other people, trust a certain Mr VIBBER, I want to see the whole thing run thru identica. That, plus cron jobs on wikinewsie.org, which has proven more reliable than the toolserver. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:07, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm confused. Whats wrong with Twitter?  Right now I feed identica and that pushes over to Twitter.  Both of those portions work properly.  Also... the toolserver isn't in anyway involved.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 07:09, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * There's been grumbling on the Water Cooler. Apparently Facebook isn't getting fed anything. This is likely related to it going from twitter to Facebook, and that not having been updated to match the changes in twitter and FB. My thinking is that identica should drive everything. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:16, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You do know you're an admin on the Facebook page already? And to my knowledge, It goes Wiki->Someones RSS converter (I forget who)->Feedburner->wmf4.me->identica->Twitter . See, easy! -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 04:44, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Someone's RSS Feed converter is CSpurrier's http://thenewswiki.com/wn/wnfeed.xml (I'm not sure if its his entirely, but he takes care of it now a days. a bunch of other people used to be involved but they all left). Bawolff ☺☻ 04:49, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Grumble, grumble. Web(No)Sense @ $work blocks Farcebook. And that sounds like the most hideous Social Networking distribution scheme I've ever heard of. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:11, 26 December 2010 (UTC)


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Block review
Could you take a look at Brian's block (and my unblock) of two guys from enwp on WN:AAA? Review is required from someone truly uninvolved. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:20, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * PING! Sorry, this is becoming somewhat urgent. I am highly unamused at multiple contributors from The Other Place en-masse mocking a typo made on a mobile device whilst involving an ever-larger number of content contributors in their perceived dispute. It strengthens the case for meatpuppetry being in-action.
 * Of course, it's now dawned on me how I mistakenly referred to Tony1 as Peter - It's The Peter Principle. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:41, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Looking. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 02:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I know this is now quite involved; if you're employer-conflicted I'll ask the other Brian to pick it up. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:02, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Employment isn't the issue. Doing this as volunteer, yada yada.  I'm just trying to figure out how to approach all this. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 22:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

 * Okay. As you likely note, additional enWP footsoldiers are now swearing about this on AAA. I can't provide diffs; I have no address bar to copy from. Nor can I respond without tortuous hackery - I don't even think this phone allows editing up to the old 32kB limit (the on-average length of tirades, demands to resign, &c directed at myself). --Brian McNeil / talk 07:12, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


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Something to look at:
I notice from verifying the first source that one vital piece of information appears to be missing from the article, and that is the mention of the 60 day waiting period between Pres. Obama signing this into law, and the DoD actually ceasing to enforce the law. Maybe you'd want to make mention of it, since it's quite an important thing to note. It's mentioned in the first source, from abcnews. BarkingFish (talk) 21:41, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks
We handle such "articles" by [ speedily deleting] them. --Pi zero (talk) 06:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I assumed that was the case since spam is a persistent problem across the board. I had never edited here before and had no idea how to list it for deletion or who to ask. Thanks.--Theda (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh. The template you'd want is delete.  --Pi zero (talk) 18:54, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you and happy holidays if you celebrate.--Theda (talk) 05:41, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * And to you. --Pi zero (talk) 01:17, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I saw on your page that you have a page on the English Wikipedia. I put your page on my watch list there if you don't mind.--Theda (talk) 05:02, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. I've gotten pretty heavily acclimated to Wikinews, where user talk pages can turn without warning into nearly honorary water coolers — it's a small project, after all.

 * I'm not very active on en.wp lately, partly because en.wn (and a touch of en.wb) takes up so much of my wmf time, but also in the aftermath of an incident here a few months ago with some Wikipedians (most of them trolls, to be honest). Which left an unfinished, strained discussion thread on my en.wp user talk page that I haven't had time to deal with, and that largely spoils my former enjoyment of work on en.wp.  I used to think en.wn had more difficult social-interaction problems than en.wp; now I've concluded they aren't more difficult, they're just different.  --Pi zero (talk) 14:02, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Been there 5 yrs nearly 6 and it has changed very much since I was a newbie. I don't edit very often anymore more due to time constraints with real life. Trolls have always been there and every where else on the internet. I've found one of the best ways to deal with it is just to ignore it or file a complaint, nothing stops you just removing it from your talk either. The most pernicious of them are persistent though. I'm not at all experienced with WIKINEWS but, don't doubt that there are as many trolls here as there and I prefer to deal with vandals any day.

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Alaska Supreme Court rules in Senate election challenge

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Yesterday, the Alaska ruled against Republican Senate candidate  over the counting of votes in the November elections. Miller was challenging the state election authorities over their decision to allow misspelled write-in ballots in support of his opponent,. Murkowski—the incumbent Republican senator for Alaska—lost a to Miller and thus had to stand as a. Miller was endorsed by many in the Tea Party movement along with former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

The court also did not find any evidence for the Miller campaign's accusation of election fraud.

Miller has no more options at the state level, but has until Monday to file any further motions to the. If the federal court decide not to accept Miller's arguments, the election will be certified for Murkowski.

In response to the state Supreme Court ruling, Miller stated: "We disagree with the court's interpretation of the election code, but respect both the rule of law and the court's place in the judicial system. We are studying the opinion and carefully considering our options."

Kevin Sweeney, the campaign manager for Lisa Murkowski's campaign said Miller "will continue to pursue his baseless claims in federal court until his money runs out." Miller is financing the lawsuits with money from the Senate Conservatives Fund, a political action committee run by Senator.


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Skype apologises after service goes down for hours

December 23, 2010

Skype, an Internet phone service, has apologised after millions of people around the globe found the program had gone down. The outage, which occurred on Wednesday, reportedly affected the United States, Europe and Japan, and lasted several hours. The company wrote on Twitter on Thursday morning that, more than twelve hours after the outage, some users were still experiencing problems.

The chief executive of Skype,, said his company took the technical issues "really seriously," and apologised to users. "Right now it looks like clients are coming on and offline and sometimes they are crashing in the middle of calls. We are deep in the middle of investigating the cause of the problem and have teams working hard to remedy the situation," he said.

In a blog post, Skype stated that, "we’re sincerely sorry for this disruption - like you, all of us at Skype rely on Skype every day. We understand just how important Skype is to your friendships, family, and work, and so are particularly aware of the impact of rare problems like this."

Industry expert said the outage would be of concern for Skype. "Skype is one of the key applications of the modern web," he said. "It is already a hit with consumers, and over the past few years it has become part of the economic fabric for start-ups and small businesses around the world. I am not sure we can comprehend the productivity cost of this outage. The outage comes at a time when Skype is starting to ask larger corporations for their business." Malik added: "If I am a big business, I would be extremely cautious about adopting Skype for business, especially in light of this current outage."

Bates said he did not know what had caused the outage, but, speaking to the BBC, he said "all avenues" would be investigated. Reports suggest the program did not work on any system, including computers and mobile devices. "Some of you may have problems signing in to Skype – we’re investigating, and we’re sorry for the disruption to your conversations," the company wrote on Twitter when the outage began. 20 million people use the service every day.


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China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis

December 23, 2010

China has said it is prepared to support eurozone countries during that has hit the sixteen member states. The spokesperson  said: "We are ready to support the eurozone to overcome the financial crisis and realise economic recovery."

Several of the eurozone's member states have been impacted with increasing debt levels. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union (EU) have signed deals to hand a €110bn aid package to Greece, and an €85bn rescue package to Ireland. Industry commentators have said there are fears Portugal and Spain may soon also have to accept assistance from the IMF.

Jiang said China had an interest in supporting the region, saying eurozone member states would, in the future, become "a major market" for Chinese foreign exchange investments. China reportedly has massive reserves of foreign currency, mostly made up of United States dollars. Analysts have suggested China plans to purchase more euros in the future. Other reports suggest China is preparing to buy between four and five billion euros to help Portugal fend off pressure in.


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Good information. I hope there is life in that solar system.


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North Korea prepared for 'sacred' nuclear war with South

December 23, 2010

A senior North Korean official said his country is prepared for a "sacred war of justice" with South Korea involving. The country's armed forces minister,, said the North Korean government considered the planned South Korean military exercises to be preparation for armed warfare.

The official said there would be retaliation if the largest military exercises ever to be held by the South were to go ahead. North Korean state media reported that Yong-Chun, at a national meeting in Pyongyang, said his country was "fully prepared to launch a sacred war" because the South is purposefully provoking tensions on the.

"The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK [North Korea] are getting fully prepared to launch a sacred war of justice of Korean style based on the nuclear deterrent at anytime necessary to cope with the enemies' actions deliberately pushing the situation to the brink of a war," added Yong-Chun.

The president of South Korea,, promised a strong response to any attack from the North. "Now we should have a strong response to [North Korea's provocations], so that we can safeguard peace, deter aggression and prevent a war," he said.

Tensions between the two countries have been increasing dramatically since last month, when the North shelled Yeonpyeong Island, killing four. South Korea held military exercises earlier this week in which the North had threatened "self-defensive blows" if they went ahead, but there was no retaliation from Pyongyang.


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Thread:Comments:Obama signs landmark law overturning 'don't ask, don't tell'/About time too

Even bothering to challenge the court rulings was an exercise in pointlessness. Just do the repeal and be done with it.

Good article.


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Thread:Comments:North Korea prepared for 'sacred' nuclear war with South/Seriously?

North Korea claims South Korea's exercises are "warmongering", when they have been doing exercises from the same vicinity where they launched the first unprovoked attack on South Korea the entire time.

The idiots who are leading NK are seriously out of touch with reality. They have no idea of the dark road they are threatening to take the entire world down.


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I second. ATL will never do this shit to us.


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Berlusconi proposes January elections if government fails to gain parliamentary majority

December 23, 2010

Silvio Berlusconi has layed foundations for a potential election in Italy early next year. The said he would consider holding an election if his government failed to have a significant parliamentary majority and is unable to pass reforms by the end of January.

Berlusconi only narrowly survived a in the  a week ago, and he is facing a backlash from students over plans to radically reform the university system.

Berlusconi said he had conferred with officials in, his government's main ally, which has stressed elections are the most promising end to the political crisis in Italy, which began when when a split occurred in Berlusconi's party,.

"If, in contrast to what we expect, we do not have a sufficient majority to govern at the end of January, I think that the best thing would be to have the chance to get a fresh majority in both houses of parliament," Berlusconi told journalists.

However, there is skepticism that even if Berlusconi wanted to hold an election, he would be unable to. has insisted dissolving parliament is a last resort. Berlusconi won the vote of no confidence last week by only three votes. The voted to keep Burlusconi in power by 314 votes to 311.

The Prime Minister said he intended to try and persuade those who voted against him to support his government. "There are lots of lawmakers belonging to various political forces who have reasons for dissatisfaction with the groups they belong to," he said.

The news comes a day after thousands of Italian students mounted a violent protest against proposed, radical reforms of the country's university system planned by Berlusconi's administration. Riot police used tear gas on protesters in ; campaigners occupied a rail line in ; hundreds of protesters staged a short sit-in in the, a major landmark in , in northern Italy. The students urged President Napolitano to refuse to sign the law.


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User:Pi zero/Categories

Dates systematically using w: April 22, 2010 – February 6, 2021.

Pages linked to wp via w: Category:Pages with defaulting non-local links

Pages linked locally via w: Category:Pages with categorizable local links

Possible targets
Note: Some of these should not be categories.

 * Alzheimer's disease —
 * — brushes close to deep questions about topic categories
 * Ariane 5 —
 * Austin, Texas —
 * Avon and Somerset Constabulary —
 * Chris Ellison —
 * — (Ohio), (England)
 * — no-confidence vote
 * Dirk Kempthorne —
 * , a county in England
 * Douglas Wheelock —
 * Ehud Barak —
 * — (Michael Eisner)
 * ENSO —
 * (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
 * — (Mozilla Firefox, a free and open source web browser)
 * , a non-profit corporation
 * — (Morgan Freeman)
 * George Tenet —
 * Hartford, Connecticut —
 * Hassan Nasrallah —
 * Hurricane Katrina —
 * , the current Foreign Ministry Spokesperson for the People's Republic of China
 * John Brumby —
 * Kourou, French Guiana —
 * Kyoto Protocol —
 * Launceston, Tasmania —
 * — (Mark Kelly (astronaut))
 * — Mitch McConnell
 * , the capital of Kenya
 * — (Naples, Italy)
 * — (Giorgio Napolitano), (Janet Napolitano)
 * — (Newark, New Jersey)
 * — (Nobel Peace Prize), (Nobel Prize in Physics), (Nobel Prize in Chemistry), (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), (Nobel Prize in Literature)
 * — (Ian Paisley), (Paisley, Scotland)
 * Pasadena, California —
 * — problematic
 * Phoenix (spacecraft) —
 * Richard Nixon —
 * Ronald Reagan —
 * Ronnie Earle —
 * , an Australia-born US media magnate
 * Salvador Allende —
 * — (Martin Scorsese)
 * }
 * Sirius Satellite Radio —
 * The Star-Spangled Banner
 * , a county in England
 * Ted Baillieu —
 * , news concerning the non-Internet communication medium
 * Thomas Menino —
 * , a US-based media conglomerate
 * (United Kingdom)
 * (United Kingdom)
 * , Voice over IP
 * , a subsidiary of Time Warner
 * — (Microsoft Windows)
 * Kyoto Protocol —
 * Launceston, Tasmania —
 * — (Mark Kelly (astronaut))
 * — Mitch McConnell
 * , the capital of Kenya
 * — (Naples, Italy)
 * — (Giorgio Napolitano), (Janet Napolitano)
 * — (Newark, New Jersey)
 * — (Nobel Peace Prize), (Nobel Prize in Physics), (Nobel Prize in Chemistry), (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), (Nobel Prize in Literature)
 * — (Ian Paisley), (Paisley, Scotland)
 * Pasadena, California —
 * — problematic
 * Phoenix (spacecraft) —
 * Richard Nixon —
 * Ronald Reagan —
 * Ronnie Earle —
 * , an Australia-born US media magnate
 * Salvador Allende —
 * — (Martin Scorsese)
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 * Sirius Satellite Radio —
 * The Star-Spangled Banner
 * , a county in England
 * Ted Baillieu —
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 * Thomas Menino —
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 * , Voice over IP
 * , a subsidiary of Time Warner
 * — (Microsoft Windows)
 * Phoenix (spacecraft) —
 * Richard Nixon —
 * Ronald Reagan —
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 * Sirius Satellite Radio —
 * The Star-Spangled Banner
 * , a county in England
 * Ted Baillieu —
 * , news concerning the non-Internet communication medium
 * Thomas Menino —
 * , a US-based media conglomerate
 * (United Kingdom)
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 * , Voice over IP
 * , a subsidiary of Time Warner
 * — (Microsoft Windows)
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 * Sirius Satellite Radio —
 * The Star-Spangled Banner
 * , a county in England
 * Ted Baillieu —
 * , news concerning the non-Internet communication medium
 * Thomas Menino —
 * , a US-based media conglomerate
 * (United Kingdom)
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 * , a subsidiary of Time Warner
 * — (Microsoft Windows)
 * Thomas Menino —
 * , a US-based media conglomerate
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Redirect management
Pages in Category:Protected mainspace redirects:
 * Uncategorized mainspace redirect:

Pages in :

Miscellaneous tasks

 * Pages that link to unadorned "ABC News"
 * Pages that link to unadorned "AP"
 * Pages that link to unadorned "The Daily Telegraph"
 * Pages that link to unadorned "CBC" (which should probably be a disambig)
 * Pages that link to "USA TODAY"
 * Pages that link to "USA TODAY"

 namespace=Category count=1 notcategory=Topic cats with offset parameter notcategory=Hidden categories notcategory=Internal Wikinews organization notcategory=Documentation notcategory=News articles by date mode=none
 * Pages that link to "White House"
 * Topic category not in Category:Topic cats with offset parameter (nor hidden, internal, documentation):
 * Topic category not in Category:Topic cats with offset parameter (nor hidden, internal, documentation):
 * Topic category not in Category:Topic cats with offset parameter (nor hidden, internal, documentation):
 * Sort out Category:Serbia and Montenegro, Category:Serbia, and Category:Montenegro.
 * Untangle the hurricane categories.
 * Should Category:Submarines not belong to Category:Transport?
 * Should Category:Social welfare not belong to Category:Human rights?
 * Should Category:Religion and Portal:Spirituality both be renamed to either "Spirituality and religion" or "Religion and spirituality"?
 * Consider the parentage of Category:Drugs.
 * Sort out Category:Serbia and Montenegro, Category:Serbia, and Category:Montenegro.
 * Untangle the hurricane categories.
 * Should Category:Submarines not belong to Category:Transport?
 * Should Category:Social welfare not belong to Category:Human rights?
 * Should Category:Religion and Portal:Spirituality both be renamed to either "Spirituality and religion" or "Religion and spirituality"?
 * Consider the parentage of Category:Drugs.
 * Should Category:Religion and Portal:Spirituality both be renamed to either "Spirituality and religion" or "Religion and spirituality"?
 * Consider the parentage of Category:Drugs.

Partly populated categories

 * — (French National Assembly), (Nepalese Constituent Assembly), (National Assembly of Pakistan), (Turkish Grand National Assembly), (Russian Federal Assembly), (United Nations General Assembly)
 * — Chemistry
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 * — (Russian Federation Council), (United Nations Security Council)
 * — (Democratic Party (United States))
 * — (Australian House of Representatives), (Canadian House of Commons) (House of Lords), (UK House of Commons), (US House of Representatives)
 * — (magazine)
 * — (Australian Parliament), (Canadian Parliament, Parliament of Canada), (European Parliament), (French Parliament), (Parliament of Iran, Majlis of Iran), (Kyrgyz Parliament), (Parliament of Pakistan), (Parliament of Uganda), (Russian Federal Assembly, Russian State Duma), (UK Parliament), (Ukrainian parliament)
 * — (Red Cross and Red Crescent)
 * — (Australian House of Representatives), (US House of Representatives)
 * — (United Nations Security Council)
 * , — (Australian Senate), (Canadian Senate, Senate of Canada), (French Senate), (Senate of Pakistan), (US Senate)
 * US War on Terror —
 * , — (Australian Senate), (Canadian Senate, Senate of Canada), (French Senate), (Senate of Pakistan), (US Senate)
 * US War on Terror —
 * US War on Terror —

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Two embassies in Rome, Italy hit by bomb attack

December 23, 2010 The Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome, Italy were the subject of separate bombings Thursday. The parcel bombs detonated at the embassies leaving two people injured.

A parcel bomb concealed in a package was detonated when the package was opened by a worker at the Swiss embassy. The worker, 53, was hospitalized with injuries to the hands and according to reports faced amputation of one or both hands. A second bomb detonated at the Chilean embassy, just hours later. An employee was also injured.

Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno suggested in a statement that there was potential for more attacks, "It's a wave of terrorism against embassies, something much more worrisome than a single attack." The attack is being investigated as "an attack with terrorist aims" according to the Italian news agency ANSA. The Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini also issued a statement saying, "We express full solidarity with the Swiss ambassador and all diplomatic staff, targeted by a deplorable act of violence that merits the firmest condemnation."

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Yesterday there were two bomb threats at two local government offices, however they were determined to be fake. On Wednesday, a fake bomb was discovered on an empty train car.


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Comments:Musharraf quits as chief of army staff in Pakistan

Regime of Mr.Pervez Musharaf
He was very talented General but he did nt use his abilities for the wellfare of pakistani nation rather he became well wishr of lords and rich people as like other dictators those eneve did good for the pakistani nation and made their own wealthy life and left the country under debits and crices of all other lawlesnes and brutalty for the nation.


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Thread:Comments:China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis/Wow.

Huh, now this gives me that "the world sure changes" feeling.


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Thread:Comments:China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis/Wow./reply

China invests heavily around the world. Not only is a vast amount owed to it by the US, but Africa is also seeing a fortune pumped in.


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Thread:Comments:Obama signs landmark law overturning 'don't ask, don't tell'/Another step forward

I may be completely off track, but I believed that the before Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" law, the military did not allow anyone they knew to be homosexual. If I remember correctly when signing up for the military people were asked if they were homosexual and if they responded yes, then they were not permitted to join. Once Clinton enacted the "don't ask, don't tell" the military had to quit asking and admit all who did not openly proclaim to be homosexual.

I suppose that what I am saying is that the "don't ask, don't tell" was considered a significant step forward in homosexual rights at the time. Where this article seems to be portraying it as far less than the step forward that it was.


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You're correct about 'Don't ask, don't tell' originally being a progressive step, the previous policy is treated hilariously in the movie Stripes. The thing is I feel like... internet damn it, as much as I feel like this is the right thing to do and definitely the way the world should be, I also feel like there are going to be homosexual people hurt and killed by their fellow service members because they've been told they can now safely be open about their sexuality, when that's not necessarily true, they just won't be discharged for it. I really hope noone does get hurt but my fiasco sense is tingling.


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I agree with you to a certain extent. I was in the navy when Clinton's bill was enacted and there was a great deal of concern from many people in the Navy about homosexuals signing up for military service. I don't know if much ever came of it as I left the military not long after that time and the military tends to be a somewhat closed society. I am sure that there was some resistance to Clinton's law, but given that nothing has hit the papers in the way that tailhook did, I am thinking that nothing too major has happened. Either that, or the military has gotten better at keeping things quiet.

Just as any change, I am sure that there will be resistance and push back. We have seen it in our society repeatedly (abolishment of slavery, abolishment of segregation, womans suffrage). There will be some who will accept the change right away, some who will take time to accept the change, and some who will never accept the change. A lot of it will have to do with how the leadership handles things (ie. what kind of example they set etc.). I have no doubt that there will be incidents. The question is, how extreme will they be?


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Nice try on corrupting the data to foster your opinion. Why did the AP article indicate fully 60% of combat personnel felt DADT repeal would adversely affect combat readiness? Your sources - NYT, MSNBC, and CNN aren't exactly unbiased in this matter. So, your article is unworthy of educating anyone seeking the facts. Too bad.


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The United Nations is reportedly beginning an investigation into claims that Pfc. is being "tortured." Manning was arrested in May, after allegedly leaking over 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

Last week, it was announced that supporters for Manning lodged a complaint with the Office of The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, saying that the conditions of his cell and the treatment he is receiving, amount to "torture." According to, Manning is not allowed to exercise, is denied bed sheets and pillows, and has been held in solitary confinement for 23 hours of every day since his arrest. According to Manning's attorney, David Coombs, a former United States Army major, and veteran of the Iraq War, Manning is only allowed to walk in a small room for exercise.

"[Manning is] taken to an empty room and only allowed to walk, normally just walks figure eights in the room. If he indicates that he no long feels like walking, he is immediately returned to his cell," stated Coombs to Salon.

denies that Manning is being tortured, saying he is being treated "fairly. We've been reviewed ... No concerns have been voiced from a perspective."


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Tommy Sheridan, a former Member of the Scottish (MSP), has been told to expect a prison sentence in the new year. Sheridan was yesterday convicted of before Glasgow High Court, the jury ruling he lied in a libel case against  (NotW). Sheridan, 46, sued the paper in 2006 over allegations he had been in extra-marital affairs, visited a sex club and participated in orgies. He was awarded 200,000. Thought to be the longest-running perjury trial in Scotland's history, the twelve-week case started with Sheridan facing eighteen allegations. By the end of the trial, he faced six in a single charge; the jury ruled he was guilty of five of them. His wife Gail, 46, was also charged but this was dropped by the prosecution as part of proceedings.

The case dates back to 2004, when the NotW ran a series of articles. Central to these were claims he had visited Manchester sex club Cupids. He would later claim in court he had not confessed to former friends about these visits, but the jury decided yesterday this was a lie. They said he was also lying when he said he did not have an affair with Katrine Trolle, a former activist with the (SSP). Trolle claimed they had sex in the Sheridan marital bed at their Glasgow home, but the jury did not accept this part of the allegation.

The jury cleared him totally of lying when he said he did not have an affair with Anvar Khan, a NotW columnist whose memoirs sparked the original reports. The relationship was alleged to have begun in 1994 and carried on until 2003; Tommy and Gail married in 2000.

A former friend of Tommy Sheridan,, made a tape recording said to be of Sheridan admitting visits to Cupids. Sheridan claimed it was faked. Conducting his own defence after releasing his counsel,, QC, within two weeks of the trial starting, he said there was a "vendetta" against him. Several SSP members said he had confessed to affairs. Sheridan also provided his own counsel in his successful libel action, which is now being appealed against.

Trial judge is seeking background reports prior to sentencing, which will be on January 26. Sheridan can make any submissions he wishes to then. "You have been convicted of the serious offence of perjury," Lord Bracadale told Sheridan "and must return to court expecting to begin a prison sentence."

"We have an appeal lodged against that defamation verdict and we now look forward to that appeal succeeding in Scotland's ," the paper said in respect of the libel action. NotW has paid £200,000 for the tape of Sheridan's confession that was used in the trial.

"I have and will always stand by Tommy," vowed his wife.


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Side note
The same group who lodged the complaint with the UN, also had the administrator rights revoked on Facebook, for the 'Bradley Manning Support Network' per a "terms of service" violation. Not sure if that would fit in the article, so I left it out, and will leave it up to the reviewer to add anything: What happened to our facebook page.... DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

contradiction in sources
the source claims: "The office of Manfred Nowak, special rapporteur on torture in Geneva, received a complaint from one of Pfc. Bradley Manning's supporters alleging conditions in a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., amount to torture, said spokesperson Xabier Celaya."

However, the UN claims that Manfred Nowak is not special rapporteur on torture as of november 1. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/torture/rapporteur/

Personally it seems more likely the office of the united nations high commisioner of Human rights is more likely to be right on staffing issues then the Washington post. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:56, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Probably, but we don't know when the complaint was filed. According to this source, they have been complaining since just after his imprisonment. If so, they very well could have filed the complaint when this guy was at the head of that department. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 06:01, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Since the UN is investigating, I don't think the mention of the person's name is Warranted. So I changed it to read: "Last week, it was announced that supporters for Manning lodged a complaint with the Office of The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, saying that the conditions of his cell and the treatment he is receiving, amount to "torture." . DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 06:11, 24 December 2010 (UTC)


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