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Comments:Bilawal Bhutto, son of Benazir, to assume leadership of PPP

The title of this article is too long. Please think about shortening it to something concise. IronFist 23:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

 * I would disagree. I think this is of reasonalbe length, while still being suitibly informative. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

 * A concise title may be: 'Bilawal Bhutto assumes leadership of PPP'. Or even, 'Bilawal Bhutto, son of Benazir, assumes leadership of PPP'. IronFist 23:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Bilawal Bhutto : Dynastic versus Military Dictorship
There have been hunderds of articles in international media glorifying the feudal dynastic dictatorship: e.g. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3116089.ece?Submitted=true

The media has predominantly supported undemocratic dynastic politics as well as glorified military dictatorship. It would take me a lot of time putting dozens of links, so I have included only the above link. How come these people belonging to democratic societies do not stick to same standards when talking about democracy in our country. Is not their attitude to democracy in Pakistan and rest of the world criminally negligent ? Are not they promoting dictatorship in our country by glorifying dynastic politics and military rule ?

The bottom line whoever comes to power in Pakistan depends on opinion expressed in international media to survive and so by openly criticizing them and asking them to reform their own political parties can force the change in countries like Pakistan.

An important role that media can play in present Pakistani crisis is by highlighting the weaknesses of the present Pakistani political and military leaders e.g. by pointing out that they corrupt and undemocratic (feudal dictators,military dictators). The political leadership which is supported by western governments is dynastic and there are no leadership contests within so called democratic parties of the Pakistan.

It should be noted that West is quick at awarding collective punishments which is against acceptable norms of justice and democracy itself. If UK, UK and other issue democracy certificates to the whole nation Pakistan and award collective punishment to the whole nation by suspending our membership in commonwealth and crucial aid packages then they should also punish the individuals and organizations aka political parties that are responsible for undemocratic practices in our country rather than awarding collective punishments.

The US, UK and other democratic nations should issue democracy certificates to political parties in Pakistan based on :-

1). Inter party democracy e.g. free and fair leadership elections, which can be verified by international observers.

2). Commitment to non-violence.

3). Commitment to open and verifiable sources of their finances.

Sanctions should be imposed against political parties and individuals failing to satisfy these conditions :

1). Freezing funds of party and their leaders.

2). Travel ban.

This is similar to what was done against Gadafi but such pressure would surely work in case of Pakistan given dependence of our parties on international support.

To promote democracy the democratic political parties of the world should get united and form a league such as Association of Democratic Political Parties of the World. This forum should promote uniform application of democratic principles across the world. The membership to this club should be subject to certain condition such as inter-party democracy. Such a club would promote democracy by promoting democracy and good practices within political parties of the world. Moreover membership to such a club would ensure that a political party has to follow certain standards thus ensuring democratic practices are followed uniformly.

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S. Hassan Amin

we welcom the Bilawal bhutto zardari chairman PPP son of martire muhtarmma Benazir bhutto doughter of east brave doughter Sindh she lost her life fight against dictatorship in Pakistan every moment of life she sacrifice for pakistani nation for democracy. Bilawal bhutto zardari said historical sentence in his first press conference democracy is best revenge May Allah gave him long life to follow her mother,s democratic way of life we and our offsprings never forget henious matyre of shaheed muhtarumma Benazir bhutto now when i see the past programes of shaheed rani queen of the world on tv no body can imagine state of my heart and mind God bless elder son of shaheed muhtarma benazir bhutto with long life

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Jessica Alba anounces engagement to Cash Warren

December 30, 2007 American actress Jessica Alba, 26, has announced her engagement to producer, and father of their unborn child, Cash Warren.

The pair met on the set of the movie The Fantastic Four, where Warren was a directors assistant. They have been together since 2004, although they did briefly split at one point.

Alba made the announcement via her publicist, Brad Cafarelli, who said "I can confirm they are engaged." She had only announced her pregnancy earlier this month, and the child is expected in spring or summer next year.

As well as Fantastic Four, Alba has starred in Dark Angel, Sin City, Good Luck Chuck, The Ten and Awake.


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My published news bulletins:
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 * eBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal, April 2008
 * UN genocide exhibit removed and put on hold after Turkey objects, April 2007
 * Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires, January 2007

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News Worthiness
I think that this kind of trash news is something that we should avoid putting on wikinews. We have the power to control what we want to see coming from the media with this website, so I think we should set an example which leads us away from corporate enslavement in terms of what we consider relevant. Rekov 06:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Who on earth thought this non-story was worth highlighting? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.73.44.87 (talk) 16:00, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Really now, this type of thing makes wikinews look bad. The inquirer can handle this stuff. Can we delete this?-samnuva —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.23.113.188 (talk) 05:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Come on - ms. Alba has been declared the most sexy woman in the world on several occasions. And you are not the guy marrying her. Take it as sign that rest of the male populace on planet Earth has to shape up. Now it's news worthy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.215.114.140 (talk) 19:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


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Netscape navigating the World Wide Web no more

December 31, 2007

AOL has decided to discontinue development of the  which brought surfing the Internet to the masses, until its user base began to erode during the "browser wars" of the mid-1990s and resulted in the birth of Mozilla project.

Tom Drapeau, the director of Netscape inside AOL announced on the Netscape blog that support for the recently released and all of Netscape's browsers back to version 1.0, will end because it was unable to gain market share and a low number of users that continues to dwindle. Drapeau noted, "AOL's focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be," and that "the success the has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it's the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reins fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox."

Netscape's origins lie at the at  where Netscape's co-founders,  and  wrote their first copy of  which became the first popular web browser and opened up the web for the first time to the general public and started the rise of the Internet in everyday life.

Andreessen along with, the founder of , started the Mosaic Communications Corporation and released their first product Mosaic Netscape 0.9 in October 1994. A month later the company became the name it is today, the to avoid legal problems from NCSA. A year later, had a successful IPO on August 9, 1995 and the stock closed the day at $75.

Netscape's early success and virtual monopoly of the browser market was short-lived however as Microsoft viewed Netscape's idea of a consistent browser across various operating systems a threat and quickly began development of its own browser,.

This competition between Netscape and Microsoft became known as the, where both companies tried to outdo each other with their increasingly unstable browsers including: new features that did not always work, not providing bug fixes, deviating from Web standards (including the infamous and HTML tags), program crashes and security holes.

By the end of 1997, Netscape's glory had run out and it experienced it's first bad quarter, which resulted in layoffs in January 1998. The new year also brought the world with the arrival of what would eventually become Mozilla and later Firefox, when Netscape decided to make the source code for their browser. A year later, Netscape was out of steam and was no longer an independent company but now a subsidiary of America Online. The most recent version of the Netscape browser, Navigator 9, was for the most part was a re-skinned version of Firefox developed internally by a small group of people inside AOL. Netscape's actual browser development division was closed back in July 2003 and the workers laid off.

However, AOL continues to run Netscape as a brand including a web portal, including a -like social news aggregator which was branded as Netscape.com from June 2006 till September 2007, when it was spun off into a renamed site called Propeller. Netscape.com is now a dually branded AOL Netscape web portal, which is a duplicate of AOL.com. Netscape is also used as a brand by AOL as a low-cost dial-up.

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Pakistani general election likely to be postponed

December 31, 2007 The electoral commission of Pakistan held a meeting today to decide whether the general election of the country will go ahead as planned next week on Saturday January 8, 2008. A firm decision is expected on Tuesday; however, according to CNN, Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilashad told The Associated Press that a recommendation has been made to the Government to delay the election. It has not been stated how long this electoral delay will be, as no new projected date for the election has yet been proposed.

Violent civil unrest has occurred across Pakistan following the assassination of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto; although this is now drawing to a close, its impact threatens to jeopardize the general election, combined with the aftermath of the state of emergency only recently lifted by President Pervez Musharraf.

Prior to her death Bhutto had accused Musharraf of attempting to rig the balloting and had called for a boycott. However, leaders of the PPP and other parties sympathizing with Bhutto's view have now indicated that they will not boycott the election when it is held. It was announced yesterday that nominal control of the PPP will be held by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Mrs. Bhutto's son; however his father, Asif Ali Zardari, has declared an intention to handle party affairs on behalf of his son, on the grounds that he is still "of a tender age" at 19 years old. Mr. Zardari has stated that the PPP will contest the poll.


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World's oldest orangutan dies

December 31, 2007 A 55-year-old orangutan named Nonja, who was believed to be the oldest living orangutan in the world both in captivity and the wild, has died at the Miami MetroZoo in Miami, Florida.

"Everybody's very sad, especially with an animal like an orangutan. You see a lot of yourself in these animals. The great apes are our closest relatives. She was really a grand old dame," said zoo spokesman Ron Magill.

Nonja, which means 'girl' in Dutch, was born in 1952 in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra. She arrived at the Miami MetroZoo in 1983. Her death is believed to have been caused by a small brain tumor or aneurysm which ruptured.

According to the zoo, an orangutan normally only lives about 40-50 years. Orangutans are part of an endangered species and in 2003, only about 7,300 were believed to be left living in the wild.

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User talk:Tristessa de St Ange

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RE NPOV
Maybe it was just me...but I thought I saw just a few POV in there. I would have fixed it myself, but I had to run. I apologize and i hope that this does not discourage you from writing more. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:37, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Audio brief
Just wanted to say I listened to your news brief and it sounded great. Happy editing (and recording). Bawolff ☺☻ 10:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC) p.s. Theres a discrepancy between the license you say the recording is under in the recording (CC-By 2.5), and the license you say on the (CC-BY-SA). I believe CC-By 2.5 is the correct one as that is what the rest of the site is under, and what other audio things have been under. Bawolff ☺☻ 10:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I just want to congradulate you on a brilliant Wikinews news brief. --User:Anonymous101 18:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Well done, Now to find other people so it becomes a reliable feed :) ShakespeareFan00 16:07, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello, hello? Is this thing on?
Nice work on the audio! Keep it up - please! --Brian McNeil / talk 16:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
Sounds good, didn't think it could strecth to 20 mins on the stories Wikinews had :) 62.56.75.239 21:11, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * By the way, could you add to the bottom of the news briefs. This keeps them out of maintenance lists of developing articles. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 11:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Keep up the good work! :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:28, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Audio recording
Hey Nicholas, what do you use to record your audionews. Sounds great! Poeloq 04:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
Nice work, if you want to work together, I contributed a lot to this project at one point but shifted to other work because of technical limits. Just give me a shout. Nice accent by the way! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Keep going !
Don't feel you have to stop :) 62.56.75.239 20:56, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews Jingle
I see that there is a new one. Where can I download it? --Munchkinguy 03:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise
Great initiative with this interview, you've done a great job and it's really a good read. Thanks for doing it! Cirt 10:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I am fine with the new version of the intro. --SVTCobra 02:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

FYI
FYI, I mentioned you and your interview, and quoted from it, in this new article: Niece of Scientology's leader goes public with criticism. Cirt 12:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Check your main e-mail. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 07:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Interview
I see that you (I think it was you) have asked to interview Brian Moore too. I want to say that you can carry out the interview instead of me if you want to as you are accredited on Wikinews.--Anonymous101 Talk 06:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, it wasn't you, I got the wrong Nicholas --Anonymous101 Talk 20:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

WN:CV
I've added you onto WN:CV. For a press pass contact MessedRocker and see if he is still doing them for us. You'll need to give him a photo - preferably a passport-style one - and an address to send the laminated pass to. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

News briefs:March 03, 2008
I saw you "graveyarded" this. Should it be deleted? --SVTCobra 01:31, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to tag all of the "dead" unfinished News Brief scripts for deletion. I realise now I left them in the mainspace where they shouldn't have been -- the other approach would be for me to userfy them and take them out of the Brief category. I'm going to start writing the News Briefs in userspace from now on to stop this from happening. I'll sort them all out in a moment. Thanks. --NicholasTurnbull - (talk) 01:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, glad to to hear you are on top of this. Other abandoned stuff usually gets discovered long time after and no one knows what to do with it. Cheers, hope you have fully recovered from your illness. --SVTCobra 01:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

copyright vio
see Huge interest brings Wikileaks offline AzaToth - (talk) 14:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Good to see you back at Wikinews. --SVTCobra 23:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Looking for assistance in preparation of an Obituary for WN.
Hello Nicholas Turnbull: I wonder if you may be able to assist me. My name is Thor Malmjursson, and I am a recently accredited reporter here at WN. I am looking for assistance in preparation for an obituary which I am looking to publish here, following the death of a well respected LGBT activist (On and off Wikipedia), Jeffpw, who died on August 7th. The news of his death has only been released publicly on WP 9th August via the Administrator's noticeboard.

I have sought permission from his sister to go ahead and publish an obit on here regarding Jeff, his work on and off WP, his family, and his own personal loss (His husband died on 28th June this year) - this permission has yet to be obtained, hence preparation only at this time. As someone experienced with the preparation of newsbriefs, I was hoping to seek advice on the work needed for an Obit, since this will be my first one as a reporter here.

Please contact me through my User talk page here or via Thor.Malmjursson@wikinewsie.org - alternatively, you may contact me via my Email Through Wikinews button on my Accreditation notice.

Regards,

Thorsteinn A. Malmjursson, Wikinews (English Service) Iceflow (talk) 00:27, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Audio WN New format
Well done :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Accreditation Expiration
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Talk:Pakistani general election likely to be postponed

Too much passive voice. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

NPOV criticism
The NPOV criticism was likely as a result of "in jeopardy" not being attributed to anyone. Can't see anything else that might have caused it. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:37, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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editprotected Category:Asif Ali Zardari & Category:Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Ali Rana (talk) 06:14, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
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This is quite high resolution to be fair use --82.32.52.223 09:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * My personal opinion is that it is directly released by google to be used in news articles by the likes of people like us, and therefor is okay. (Of course i have no idea if my opinion is supported by policy). Bawolff ☺☻ 00:29, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Regardless of how it is made available, this is still a copyrighted image and as such under fair use we must use a low resolution. This image should be resized or a smaller size obtained which is only as large as is required on articles. Adambro 00:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
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User talk:203.161.75.97

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Comments:Scottish footballer Phil O'Donnell collapses during game and dies

Another sad,sad event in the annals of football history.

FIFA shoud impose mandatory rules regarding players' health,including, but not limited to:

A. Pre-match medicals B. Post-match medicals C. Better medical care on the pitch D. Penalties on F.A's that fail to impose above rules

R.I.P Phil O'Donell

Rip, Saddenly Missed! x —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.245.35 (talk) 03:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:World's oldest orangutan dies

oh mah gawd

grrrrowl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.218.173.21 (talk) 03:18, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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User:The wub/sandbox

 * Wikipedia article about Al-Qaeda

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User talk:KaeHarmon

Kael Harmon is a published poet, an ordained minister, A sailor in the united state navy among many other things. He is a jack of all trades

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Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2008/1

Welcome to the Wikinews Quiz of 2007, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this year's news. This is the short version of the extended quiz and this contains selected news events of the past year. This will replace the regular World News Quiz for this week only.

 December 31, 2007

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Where did Madeline McCann go missing? +Portugal -Spain - Germany - The USA
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{What is the Bank of England known as? -Lender of last choice -The final lender -Borrower of final resort +Lender of last resort
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{How many people died in the Virginia Tech shooting? -31 -32 +33 -34
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{How many troops were brought to Iraq in the Surge? -20,000 +21,500 -40,000 -41,500
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{Who was named Time's Man of The Year? +Vladamir Putin -Bill Clinton - George Bush - Everyone
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{In what month was it announced that Afghan opium production reached record highs? -May -June -July +August
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{What role did Nicholas Sarkozy win in the French elections this year? -Chancellor -Prime Minister +President -Army Chief
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{Benazir Bhutto died from how many gun shots? -1 +2 -3 -4
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{On March 23, Iran captured how many British hostages? +15 -20 -25 -30
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{Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in which month? +January -February -March -April
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{Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK on which day? -5 May -24 May -5 June +27 June
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{Politicians in Northern Ireland agreed to share power after how many years of central rule from London, England? +4 -5 -6 -7
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{When did Kevin Rudd become Australian Prime Minister? -December 1 -December 2 -December 3 +December 4
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{Why, originally, did Buddhist monks protest in Burma? -Government Oppression -Bread prices +Oil prices -Destruction of Property
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{Who was the favourite to win the election in Argentina? -Néstor Kirchner +Cristina Kirchner -Elisa Carrió -George Bush
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{When did Pavarotti die? +September 6 -September 16 -October 6 -October 16
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{The RCMP received bad press this year. What does RCMP stand for? -Regimental Christmas Mounted Police -Royal Canada Mounted Police -Royal Canadian Monetary Police +Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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{How long did it take to form a government in Belgium? -172 days -182 days +192 days -202 days
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{What daily publication is Howard Tayler known for? -Penny Arcade -Fetus-X +Shlock Mercenary -PartiallyClips
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User talk:Hrvat~enwikinews

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Croatia abolishes compulsory military service
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Violent clashes in Kenya kill scores

January 1, 2008

At least 250 people have died in Kenya in post-election clashes across the nation. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was declared re-elected on Sunday in a close vote. His opponent disputes the result and has called for a recount.

The clashes have been along tribal lines, with Kibaki backed by the and Odinga by the. The fighting has been particularly severe in western Kenya, a power base for Odinga. Police have been ordered to shoot looters on sight and have imposed a curfew in, Kenya's third largest city.

, the slum in Nairobi, has been sealed off by riot police and paramilitary troops to contain violence.

The Kenyan government has banned live television broadcasts and censored news reports in what it says is an effort to prevent violence. Odinga also announced that he wanted a mass rally to take place later in the day in the main park of Nairobi.

The violence led to an announcement by Kenyan police which stated that any person caught outside their homes in the slums of Nairobi will be shot dead on the spot.

In the riots, some residents who believed the vote was rigged, took extreme measures. Houses have been burned down, and some people have had the intention of killing others.

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I am saddened by this news. I hope the clashes will be resolved and that, in the future, free and fair election will take pace in Kenya. --User:Anonymous101 19:02, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


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Egyptian woman becomes third to die of bird flu in a week

December 31, 2007

A woman in Egypt has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu. H5N1 has killed two other Egyptian women already this week, bringing the total dead of the virus in Egypt to 18.

Fardous Mahammed Hadad was taken into hospital on Sunday after having difficulty breathing and developing a high fever, and subsequently tested positive for bird flu. She died today, at the age of 36.

As well as Hadad, who was from Menoufia, this week saw the deaths of Fatima Fathi Mohammed from Daqahliya and Ola Youness Mohammed from Beni Suef. They all died from H5N1; Ola Youness Mohammed's case was Egypt's first since July. In addition, the World Health Organisation says two further woman are infected without giving any further details; the United Nations health agency says that on December 24 a 50-year-old woman was hospitalised and remains in critical condition, whilst a chicken seller, 22, is recovering from the infection in intensive care.

Egypt's Ministry of Health has recorded a total of 42 confirmed cases of H5N1 infection, including the 18 fatal cases. Most of the cases, including the latest death, were females who had daily contact with chickens or turkeys, most keeping the animals in their back yards. Egypt's first case of bird flu was in February 2006.

Bird flu began in Asia in 2003, and since then has spread across 45 countries worldwide, killed at least 212 people of 340 infections and triggered the killing of millions of birds. Egypt is one of the worst-hit non-Asian countries, due in part to a combination of its location along the paths taken by many migratory birds and the fact that many people keep fowl close to their homes. It is feared that if the virus mutates into a form that can be easily transferred from human to human the result could be a global pandemic causing millions of deaths.


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Grandfather held in Guantanamo dies of cancer

December 31, 2007

Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) reported a fifth Guantanamo captive, named Abdul Razzak, died in captivity, on December 30, 2007.

JTF-GTMO asserted that Razzak had complained of abdominal pains in September 2007, and had begun to receive cancer therapy in late October 2007. JTF-GTMO estimated that he was born in 1939.

According to the JTF-GTMO press release that announced his death:

Abdul Razzak was one of the few Guantanamo captives who continued to attend his Combatant Status Review Tribunal and his annual Annual Review Board hearings.

Abdul Razzak had disputed all but one of the allegations against him, at each opportunity, and had provided his JTF-GTMO interrogators and the officers who sat on his CSR Tribunal and ARB hearing with easily verifiable corroborated details. At each of his Administrative review the officers were unaware of the exculpatory details he had provided.

The one allegation that Abdul Razzak acknowledged was that he had been subjected to involuntary conscription, and had served the Taliban for three months out of every year for the five years they were in power before he fled Afghanistan. He had, however, not served in the Taliban's armed forces, but had been a truck driver, delivering non-military supplies.

One of the main allegations against Abdul Razzak was that he had plotted to help free Taliban leaders. Abdul Razzak testified that, on the contrary, two years prior to al Qaeda's attacks on September 11th, 2001, he and his son had played a key role in a successful plot to free three imprisoned senior Northern Alliance leaders, who he identified as "Ismail Khan, Haji Zahir, son of vice president Haji Qadir and General Qassim." -- Ismail Khan is currently the Minister of Energy.

Abdul Razzak testified that his son, one of the relatively few Afghans who was fluent in English, had been conscripted by the Taliban, so he could provide some computer support. His son had contacted anti-Taliban forces, secured funds to purchase a four-wheel drive vehicle. His son, using the trust the Taliban had placed in him, due to his computer support, had lead the three men out of their imprisonment. Abdul Razzak had driven the four by four. The vehicle was damaged by a land mine. Abdul Razzak's hand was injured. His son lost a foot. But the Northern Alliance leaders were rescued.

Abdul Razzak testified that when they arrived in Iran the Afghanistan Council paid his living expenses. But, when Hamid Karzai assumed power, following the ouster of the Taliban, he was told that the pension would be discontinued, because Afghanistan now had a democratic government.

Abdul Razzak testified that he then returned to Afghanistan, where he was falsely denounced by a distant cousin named Mohammed Jan. Mohammed Jan's branch of the family was engaged in a feud with his branch, that had lead to the death of his father, two uncles, and three of his sons.

Abdul Razzak was also accused of being a leader of anti-coalition forces, and of being a member of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, an older militia, which was first founded to oppose the regime of Mohammed Daoud Khan, the politician who had ousted Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan, in 1973. In 1979 this militia split, and has been lead, since then, by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's militia played a major role in the resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. This militia acquired a reputation for ruthlessness, and disregard for civilian life.

Abdul Razzak testified that his only contact with the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin militia was early in the war against the Soviets. He testified he was imprisoned for four and a half months in an underground pit. They had captured him because he had served as a driver for a member of the communist regime.

American intelligence analysts assert that, when Osama bin Laden was leaving Sudan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar offered him sanctuary in the areas of Afghanistan under his control.

Although not part of the Northern Alliance the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin militia fought with the Taliban, prior to their ouster. When the USA allied with the Northern Alliance and other resistance forces to oust the Taliban the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin militia fought against the USA. In 2003 the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin formed an alliance with the rump of the Taliban.

Abdul Razzak was also accused of being the Abdul Razak who had been the second in command of the Taliban's 40-man unit, even though witnesses described Abdul Razak the commander as a much younger man, with a full black beard. Americans held five other men in Guantanamo named Abdul Razak.


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Talk:Egyptian woman becomes third to die of bird flu in a week

Third?
Reuters says that this is the fourth such death in a week. . DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:05, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Odd. Most other sources say three; I suspect Reuters misread or mistyped something somehwere down the line. See  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Digests/2007

 * January digest
 * February digest
 * March digest
 * April digest
 * May digest
 * June digest
 * July digest
 * August digest
 * September digest
 * October digest
 * November digest
 * December digest

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Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate Gerald Ford, out of jail

December 31, 2007

Sara Jane Moore, 77, who tried to assassinate Former United States President Gerald Ford in 1975 was paroled from prison in California this afternoon.

Moore tried to assassinate Ford outside of the St. Francis Hotel in downtown San Francisco on January 15, by firing one shot, which missed because a bystander grabbed Moore's arms just seconds before she fired the gun. The bullet missed hitting Ford in the head by inches.

It is not yet known why she was released or what the conditions of her release were.

In 2006, Ford died from natural causes. He was 93.


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Sperm whale stranded off coast of Florida in the US

December 31, 2007

Officials and biologists for several federal state and local agencies including the (NOAA) and the  are currently observing a 30 foot  off Florida's west coast that may be stranded. It was first spotted by a fisherman.

For a while on Sunday, the whale, which is believed to be juvenile, was stuck on a sandbar near the city of. Currently it is swimming in just nine feet of water less than half a mile off shore and officials are determining how to proceed with the situation. Its sex has not yet been determined.

"They’re assessing the situation to decide what they need to do. A sheriff’s office boat is there to keep the interested public at an appropriate, safe distance. We don’t want anybody to get hurt, and we don’t want to stress the whale any more than it is," said spokeswoman for Mote, Nadine Slimak.

It is rare for a Sperm whale to come to shore. In the past 10 years, two dead whales washed up on the western shores of Florida. In 2003 a live whale had to be put to sleep after researchers determined it was ill and came ashore to die.

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User talk:69.131.15.21

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

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

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

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again!--Chiacomo (talk) 23:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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South Australian Premier Rann wants apology from Hicks

January 1, 2008

South Australian Premier has said that David Hicks, a convicted terrorism supporter, should apologise unconditionally to the Australian public for his actions.

Hicks, who was released from in, was expected to make an apology upon release, but his lawyer read a prepared statement instead. He spent six years at Guantanamo Bay before being convicted of providing material support to terrorists.

Mr. Rann says it would be appropriate for Hicks to apologise.

"Rather than working for the Taliban, I think it's appropriate for Mr. Hicks to make an apology to the people of Australia," Rann stated.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said that Hicks "should be treated no differently to any other Australian citizen in these circumstances".


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Comments:Grandfather held in Guantanamo dies of cancer

We don't have the right to hold anyone indefinitely, because they might, just possibly be a threat to us according to someone who's been feuding with them. Or maybe somebody just wanted the reward and came up with a name.

Nice article, well done! Sean Heron 07:16, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

pity
Pity this man was imprisoned for so long. Pity he died. Pity wikinews did not succeed in completing this article. Here's come more opinion on the story: Xiutwel 19:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
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User talk:Conceptual~enwikinews

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Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Conceptual. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Conceptual~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

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Comments:Wikinews' overview of the year 2007

Madeleine McCann went missing and so did thousands of other non-notable people. The significance of her disapearance doesn't merit mention on this list. - 61.69.150.11 06:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)


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User talk:Chiacomo

Archive 1 - October 11, 2005 - Archive 2 - January 23, 2006 - Archive 3 - January 1, 2008

thank you
Thank you very much for the welcome. I wanted to also say that wikinews is great. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.96.106.130 (talk) 03:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Request
I have requested a user name change, at Changing username. Wilhelm 22:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

hello
The first article I wrote for this website was deleted today or yesterday by an admin.

I read the policy that the admin cited, and see no applicable statements to the article that I wrote.

Also, after reviewing the numerous policies on deleting an article, I find that I believe that the deletion was unjustified; that there was supposed to be a deletion tag up for seven days; and also that the article, plainly, did not fit the requirements for deletion.

Since the editor who deleted the article I wrote was an admin, I felt it best that I bring the issue up with another admin or something. I sent a message to the editor, and listed the article under the "requests for un-deletion" thing in WN:DR. I hope I didn't do something wrong. - Brian Best 05:33, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Your current rights
I've opened a discussion at WN:A about the appropriateness of your current user rights based upon your level of activity. Adambro (talk) 19:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Result of request for de-adminship
The discussion at WN:A resulted in no consensus to remove any of your admin rights or other rights. Congratulations and thank you for remaining active and contributing to this project, we appreciate it. Cirt (talk) 15:42, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

SUL
Hello ;). There is a new request here. Thanks in advance ;). --Lucas 08:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Please rename me
Hi, I have changed my username at my homewiki and want to to it here to. Please rename me to Calandrella. Here is confirmation. Thanks, Leo Johannes (talk) 19:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Skenmy's RfB
It has been over 7 days since this RfB discussion started, and it has a majority of support consensus. I think it can be closed as successful and the candidate promoted. Cirt (talk) 04:48, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for promoting, hope to see ya around a bit more. :) -- Cheers, Cirt (talk) 06:27, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

RfB ready to be closed ?
Hello, you are one of the bureaucrats that did not vote in the RfB for (see WN:RFP). I made a comment that I think it is ready to be closed as promote - could you take a look? Thank you, Cirt (talk) 18:09, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅, by . Cirt (talk) 07:52, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

 * Point 4 of the Privilege expiry policy provides for fast-tracking reacquisition of privileges. We all understand that real-life commitments can severely curtail the level of commitment you can give to Wikinews; the privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

Bureaucrat Flag
Here's the request for the removal of your bcrat flag over at Meta. -- Sken   my talk 17:00, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Inactive Policy
Per the proposed inactive policy, yopur account has been nominated to have its privileges reduced. --

Being bothered by User:Pi zero
He is bothering me with rubbish each edit. He is never contributing. He deletes articles comments sites here, although the article is existing. Articles under development are clean up articles. I might not write about RB Leipzig. My started articles have interest and he says that other archived articles are which from amateur clubs, university clubs or something else. He wants to rename my name here and is not rename me. My articles are written after the style such as about other proven football match reports. He is psychic unable to name reasons. Please remove him from the board! He neither productive nor socially competent or educated, for a globally representative on public free sites. --Nikebrand (talk) 21:43, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Privileges
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
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 * Point 4 of the Privilege expiry policy provides for fast-tracking reacquisition of privileges. We all understand that real-life commitments can severely curtail the level of commitment you can give to Wikinews; the privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

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Original Reporting Notes
i've tagged this as OR since it has been written from primary documents from the US Defense dept. so further notes might not be needed. –Doldrums(talk) 09:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)


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Fire kills three and closes main transport route into Western Australia

January 1, 2008

A fire in the Borrabbin National Park between Southern Cross and Coolgardie Western Australia, has so far burnt out 29,000 hectares and killed three truck drivers when the convoy they were travelling in was engulfed by the flames. Great Eastern Highway the primary road for all traffic from Perth heading to the East Coast of Australia has been closed. An alternate route is in place, police are diverting traffic at Norseman. The diversion adds 250 km(160 mi) for the journey to Perth.

The three truck drivers died on Sunday night after they joined a convoy that was released from Coolgardie after being told that the road was safe. Kieran McNamara director general of the Department of Environment and Conservation(DEC) admitted that it had been caught out by its decision to reopen the road at 8pm (wst) on 30 December.

Mr McNamara said "The decision was made with the advice from people at the firefront, and with the latest weather forecasts, and was judged to be the right decision and the safe decision at the time and in those circumstances... Regrettably and with hindsight, that’s not how it’s turned out."

The driver of another truck in the convoy that was destroyed escaped with burns to his hands and was rushed through the fire front by firefighters to Yellowdine, another driver was rescued uninjured and return to Coolgardie, a spokesman for Whiteline transport the owners of this truck were thankful their driver survived unharmed saying the cost of the vehicle lost was about AU$400,000 plus cargo. Police confirmed that four trucks were destroyed by the fire.

Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia reported that they were fighting the fire without using water. All efforts were focused on building fire breaks with heavy machinery to contain the fire, that 90 volunteer fire fighters on the scene were there to defend the bulldozers.

The fire is still burning on a 150 km (90 mi) front, DEC spokesman says fire fighters are hoping to bring the fire under control with an expected cool change on Wednesday. The Weather Bureau has forecast temperatures to return above 40°C(105°F) by Thursday. Local Police say that Great Eastern Highway will remain closed until the fire is under control and the damaged vehicles have been removed from the scene, at this stage its not expected to occur before Sunday.


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Taipei 101 shows "Love Taiwan" mark after 2008 New Year's Eve in Taipei, Taiwan

January 1, 2008

In the "2008 Taipei City New Year Countdown Party", several local and foreign media focused on the fireworks of the Taipei 101 due to the notability of the skyscraper world-wide.

After some criticism from government executives because some wordmarks by sponsors appeared on the Taipei 101, the Taipei Financial Center (owner of Taipei 101) decided to set up 12,000 sparklers 500 meters tall from the 34th floor to the top of the tower on the 101st floor.

Even though the ingredients of the sparklers were made in China, Vice President of Taipei 101 Michael Liu commented that the idea issues on quality of production and trends of industry. According to TV channel TVBS, the light of "Love Taiwan" wordmarks accidentally appeared before the celebration while President of the Republic of China Shui-bian Chen addressed in the "2008 Dream More Kaohsiung" New Year Celebration in Kaohsiung City. After the Taipei City Government became aware of this accident and remonstrated against current Chairman of Taipei 101 Diana Chen, the Taipei 101 re-lighted the wordmark after successfully celebrating New Year's.

After this incident, Michael Liu said to media: "We [Taipei 101] earlier lighted (the wordmarks) in a rush after we received a call from the Executive Yuan. Originally, we didn't consider to do this."

Current Mayor of Taipei Lung-pin Hau regretted the incident and hoped the Executive Yuan could notify the government in the future of the incident. The Minister of the Government Information Office Jhy-wey Hsieh complained in the City's Government of the sponsorships. The 2008 Taipei City New Year Countdown Party was apparently "faded" with political factor.


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Removing content
Do not remove content from articles. Whilst I note you have since replaced it, it appears to have been vandalism and you could be blocked if this continues. Regards. Adambro 14:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro

January 1, 2008 Today at midnight, the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Malta, both small in the Mediterranean and former, adopted the euro as their official currency; less than four years after their accession to the European Union. Because Cyprus and Malta are in different, Cyprus adopted the euro one hour before Malta did the same. In both countries the euro was welcomed with outdoor celebrations, including a fireworks display in Malta's capital. According to the BBC Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has said the euro "will benefit consumers and businesses alike because of the eurozone's low inflation, low interest rates and large market."

The BBC reports that Cypriot and Maltese leaders "made symbolic withdrawals of euros from cash machines just minutes into the New Year." TIME reports that  had to wait a little while before getting his hands on the new currency because "an automated teller machine did not work when Gonzi tried to withdraw euros, and he was obliged to use a different ATM."

The (CYP) and the  (MTL) will remain in use during a dual circulation period that will last until the end of this month, at which point they will cease to be legal tender. However, it will still be possible to exchange them for Euro free of charge after the end of this period. Commercial banks in Cyprus will exchange Cypriot pounds for Euro until 30 June, but only for amounts up to CYP 1000 per customer and per transaction in banknotes and up to CYP 5O in coins. The will exchange coins until the end of 2009 and banknotes until the end of 2017. Maltese commercial banks will exchange Maltese lira for Euro until the end of March, with a limit for non-customers of MTL 250, whereas the will exchange coins until 1 February 2010 and banknotes until 1 February 2018.

The single currency has replaced the Cypriot pound and the Maltese lira at a rate of one euro to 0.585274 Cypriot pound and 0.4293 to the Maltese lira, or 1.71 euro per Cypriot pound and 2.33 per Maltese lira. This conversion rate had been fixed on 10 July 2007 by, the council comprising the of the EU Member States.

Cyprus and Malta are the 14th and the 15th country to join the, which already includes Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Slovenia. All are required to join the Eurozone once certain conditions are fulfilled, except Denmark and the United Kingdom which have negotiated a so-called  that allows them not to adopt the single currency. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the de facto independent Turkish-controlled area in the north of Cyprus, will not join the Eurozone. Northern Cyprus is not part of the European Union and is recognised only by. As a result, the will remain the official currency in the north of the island; however, TIME reports that "many Turkish Cypriot merchants will also accept euros along with Turkish lira." Cypriot Euro coins are inscribed in both and.

The euro will also be legal tender in the, British military bases in Cyprus.

The national sides of the feature three separate designs for the three series of coins. The 1, 2 and 5-cent coins feature the, or wild sheep, the 10, 20 and 50-cent coins feature the , the wreck of a 4th century BC Greek merchant ship discovered in 1967 and salvaged closed to , and the €1 and €2 coins feature the , a prehistoric sculpture from the village of Pomos, three national symbols of Cyprus. The designs were jointly created by Tatiana Soteropoulos and Erik Maell. The ' national sides will also feature national motifs. The 1, 2 and 5-cent coins will feature the altar of the temple grouping, a complex of three Neolithic temples on the southern coast of Malta and one of the oldest free-standing temple groupings in the world, the 10, 20 and 50-cent coins will feature the, and the €1 and €2 coins will bear the , a symbol associated with an order of  warriors known as the  or Knights of Malta, which was based on Malta for more than 250 years after they had been given the islands by. The designs of Maltese engraver Noel Galea Bason were selected after two rounds of public consultations in which people were invited to vote via.

Both Cyprus and Malta have taken a number of steps to address fears of undue price rises. 7,130 Cypriot companies have subscribed to a Fair Pricing Code launched by the authorities and the Cypriot government urged companies to round their prices down. In Malta, the FAIR initiative, a fair pricing scheme, was put in place in January 2007. This scheme, which provides for administrative fines for those failing to respect their commitment, now involves 80% of all retail outlets. Malta, according to the BBC, has also signed 12 price stabilisation agreements with importers, which will last until March 2008.

In both countries, the authorities will monitor retailers to ensure they do not exploit the changeover for unfair gain by rounding up their prices, contributing to inflation.

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US diplomat shot and killed in Sudan

January 1, 2008

An American Foreign Service diplomat for USAID, the United States Agency for International Development and former Peace corps voluteer has been shot and killed in Sudan.

John Granville, aged 33 from Buffalo, New York was traveling home from a New Years Eve party in Khartoum when his car was ambushed in a residential area of the city. His driver, Abdel Rahman Abbas aged 40 who was an employee for the U.S. embassy in Sudan was also shot and killed in what the embassy described as a 'hail of gunfire'.

"This afternoon, the American officer succumbed to his injuries and passed away. We are working closely with local authorities to investigate the incident," said the embassy in a statement.

Granville was shot five times and taken to a hospital where he later died. Abbas was killed instantly. It is not yet known whether the attack was a random act of violence, or if Granville was exclusively targeted.

"At this point we're not ruling anything out, but we don't know," said spokesman for the U.S. embassy, Walter Braunohler.

Despite the embassy's statement, the Sudanese government claims that a fight between people in two other cars, one with "foreigners," near Granville turned deadly and the individuals began to open fire on the car carrying the foreigners.

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NHL game held outdoors in stadium; Pittsburgh defeats Buffalo in shootout

January 1, 2008 On New Year's Day, the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League played in the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor game held at Orchard Park, New York's Ralph Wilson Stadium. This was the second outdoor game in league history and the first outdoor game held in the United States.

The Penguins won the game 2 to 1 after a shootout in which Sidney Crosby made a goal between the legs of goalie Ryan Miller to win it. Colby Armstrong of the Penguins scored 21 seconds into the game, and Brian Campbell scored the lone goal for the Sabres in the 2nd period.

A temporary ice rink was built on the field at Ralph Wilson Stadium, which normally hosts games played by the National Football League's Buffalo Bills. Snow and heavy winds were prevalent throughout the game, and Zambonis were brought out to clear the ice in the middle of each period. The temperature was around the freezing point when the game began at 1:20 p.m. ET.

Several rule changes were in effect in order to lessen the impact of the weather on gameplay. These changes included stopping play in the middle of the 3rd period to allow teams to switch sides and dividing the overtime period into two 2:30 segments. In the shootout, the goalies were allowed to choose which side to defend, with both choosing the same side.

The attendance for the game was 71,217, beating the record of 57,167 at the Heritage Classic, another outdoor game which was held in 2003 between the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers. Two of the Edmonton players in the Heritage Classic, Georges Laraque and Ty Conklin, played for Pittsburgh in the Winter Classic.

Tickets to the game were made available to the general public on September 18, 2007; all 41,000 were sold out within 30 minutes.


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Finnish actor Markku Peltola dies at 51

January 1, 2008

Finnish actor Markku Peltola has died. He was 51.

Peltola was most well known for starring in the 2002 Aki Kaurismäki-directed film The Man Without a Past, which won a Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

He also had supporting roles in Drifting Clouds (1996) and Juha (1999), both directed by Kaurismaki. In total he had played over 30 roles in film and television.

The Helsinki-born Peltola, son of a taxi driver, was also a guitarist in a band and a director. In 1996 he co-founded Telakka, a theatre-themed restaurant, in his hometown of Tampere. In October 2007 he directed a play there called Activist.

His most recent film roles were a small role on the 2006 film Jade Warrior and the Estonian movie I Was Here, which will premiere in that country in September this year.

Peltola died in his Tampere home yesterday. According to local media, he had suffered poor health for some time.

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