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Oh come on. That's just ridiculous. There are tons of ads that are a lot worse! -- Poe Joe (Talk) 23:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:Professional wrestler Walter "Killer" Kowalski dies at age 81

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I have added a source that states the incident with Yukon Eric. Also the reference to "wrestling journalist Georgiann Makropoulos" has also been removed. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 19:23, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

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Please double check that the info in the article itself is backed up by the cited Sources. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 19:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

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Former professional wrestler Killer Kowalski died Saturday morning around 2:15am at the age of 81. - 2:15am in what timezone? Cirt (talk) 20:00, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Removed time as there is no timezone listed. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 21:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

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Mayor of New Orleans tells residents to evacuate ahead of hurricane

August 31, 2008 Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city ahead of Hurricane Gustav.

Nagin states that residents "need to be scared" in what he calls "the mother of all storms". Residents are to be out of the city by Sunday evening. Even before the announcement, tens of thousands of people had already began to flee the city on Saturday. Nagin also stated that as many as 10,000 people were taken out of the city by buses they provided, trains and planes.

"This storm is so powerful and growing more powerful every day. I'm not sure we've seen anything like this," said Nagin to reporters during a press conference Saturday.

"If you are stubborn enough, if you are not taking this as seriously as we need you to take it, and if you decide to stay; you are on your own. Anyone who decides to stay, I'll say it like I said it before Katrina: make sure you have an axe, because you will be carving your way, or busting your way out of your attic to get on your roof with waters that you will be surrounded with in this event," said Nagin during a press conference yesterday. Along with the issuing of the mandatory evacuation order, Nagin detailed a dawn-till-dusk curfew and said that emergency services would be unavailable after 4am Monday, south of Highway 22. He continued, explaining evacuation plans for the 500,000 residents of the New Orleans area, including the use of contraflow lanes on major highways and the use of over 1000 buses to aid the evacuation effort. He also detailed the relief preparations including over 1500 National Guard personnel being deployed in the area and the medical care provisions.

In 2005, New Orleans was devastated when levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. Nearly 2,000 people were killed when the storm made landfall along Louisiana's coast.

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Need infobox, cats & optionally a picture. (I do like the purdy pictures) -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 06:30, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe we need a infobox for Hurricane Gustav (2008) ... Cirt (talk) 06:33, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Huricanes, USA... What ever. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 06:47, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Wait...so we need to have pictures and infoboxes in order for an article to pass review now? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe in infoboxes. But I suppose you can skip all the niceties.  Still needs cats. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 18:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

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NASA considers continuing shuttle use after 2010

August 31, 2008 Michael Griffin, administrator of the American space agency, NASA has ordered a study into considering the possibility of continuing the usage of the Space Shuttle, a space vehicle that takes astronauts to the International Space Station. The agency originally planned to retire all shuttles in 2010 after mission STS-134, but concerns over staff job losses that were created by the Space Shuttle program caused Griffin to order the study. The space crafts have been in use since 1981 and it's replacements, the Ares rockets, will not be in use until 2015 causing a 5 year gap where NASA will have no manned space flights, which is the reason the agency is considering extending usage for five more years, when the vehicles can be immediately replaced by their successors.

The news came from a leaked email which was obtained from the Los Angeles Times. NASA officials have confirmed the email's authenticity, but have stated that it is too early to decide whether or not the shuttle use will continue.

Griffin has originally been against the continuation of the shuttle, as it would damage the funding of Project Constellation, a project that involves sending astronauts to the Moon and Mars.

If NASA chooses not to continue the space shuttle, they would rely on the Russian Federal Space Agency and their Soyuz space vehicles in the five year gap of no American space flights. To do this, they would have to purchase seats on Soyuz missions. However, because of the recent events that have transpired over the Georgia conflict, US and Russian relations have been damaged, so it is believed unwise to work with the Russian agency.


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The following interwiki links don't work: Ares, Project Constellation, Russian Space Federation, Soyuz (Hits disambig) -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 18:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
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Italy will give Libya US$5 billion as compensation for occupation

August 31, 2008 The government of Italy has agreed to pay Libya US$5 billion as compensation for its occupation of the country from 1911 to 1943. The agreement was reached between the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and Baghdadi Mahmudi, Berlusconi's Libyan counterpart.

"It is a material and emotional recognition of the mistakes that our country has done to yours during the colonial era," said Berlusconi after arriving in Libya. "This agreement opens the path to further cooperation."

"The accord will provide for $200 million a year over the next 25 years through investments in infrastructure projects in Libya," Berlusconi continued. "It is my duty, as a head of government, to express to you in the name of the Italian people our regret and apologies for the deep wounds that we have caused you."

In return for providing compensation, Italy has asked that Libya attempts to reduce the number of immigrants illegally moving from Libya to Italy.

As a result of the deal, the Libyan government has named August 30 "Libyan-Italian Friendship Day".

The deal has also made some people ask if the United Kingdom should provide compensation to Nigeria for it's colonisation of the country.

Dr. Eyimofe Atake from the Senior Advocate of Nigeria commented on this issue: "To be able to answer that question, one needs to know exactly why compensation was paid and the circumstances in which compensation was paid. One needs to know the fact of the case between the Italians and the Libyans and how the issue for the payment of compensation arose. No two cases are necessarily similar, so in the absence of the facts and circumstances that led to the payment of compensation, it will be totally speculative to say if Nigeria could ask for compensation or be paid compensation by Britain."

"In any event, under international law, Britain and Italy are separate and distinct states. They are sovereign states. Consequently, the British government is not bound by the acts of the Italian government. The decision of the Italian government is personal to them based on their peculiar circumstance and facts, which have nothing to do with the British government and the Nigerian government," Atake continued.


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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.

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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.

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Pakistan's military offensive suspended for Ramadan

September 1, 2008 The Government of Pakistan has decided to halt the military operation in tribal areas during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. There will be no operation from the night of August 31 till October 2, However, security forces are prepared to deal with the militants using full force, if the militants take advantage of the ceasefire.

Pakistan's government decided on the suspension to allow displaced civilians near the country's border with Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to return home for the month-long period of fasting, which is expected to begin September 1st. Pakistan's border with Afghanistan is rife with Islamic extremists and has been the site of recent deadly clashes between Pakistani security forces and militants. Since then, Islamic militants vowed to retaliate, and the country has been rocked by several suicide bombings.

Pakistan's five-month-old government at first tried peace talks with militants, but those efforts were ultimately fruitless. It has turned to force in recent weeks, even going as far as using air power to strike insurgent hide-outs.

The exact start of Ramadan depends on the sighting of the new moon. Muslims are required to abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk.

The government ceasefire will stay in place until the second day of Eid ul-Fitr, which heralds the end of the month of fasting with three days of feasts and celebrations.


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That's just disgusting. How can you deprive a boy from food or water and go about normal business? Mgray (talk) 00:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * We do that all the time in this world. 71.98.103.26 17:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Seriously...
And this is why I don't like religious people. I'm a God-fearing man, but really...this is ridiculous...a demon for not saying amen after a meal? If starving little children for not saying amen is what passed for Christian zeal in our world now, I'm glad I grew up in the south, where not saying amen just earns you a slap across the back of the head and a quick reprimand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.219.196.41 (talk) 00:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


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I do not believe in beating around the bush. I think that if the reader wants more details than the condensed version I wrote, they can simply look up the sources. But, that's my opinion. I won't really expand the article unless more information comes up. Mgray (talk) 01:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I have done a complete rewrite, so no further work can be done on this by me. I hope it informs a bit more now. --Saqib (talk) 05:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Italy will give Libya US$5 billion as compensation for occupation

So what is the deal? Berlusconi gets some big ass kick back I presume? Nyarlathotep (talk) 01:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Moral Victory for Italy
I think that Italy has won a moral victory not only in the eyes of their people but also the eyes and minds of the world. I personally as an African American decendant of slaves, in this dispensation of time feels as though this was the best course of action though the money and agreements cant take back the brutal history of colonilism, it shows that at least the Italian Govt is owning up to the wrongs of their fathers in an attempt to move foward as a people. Bravo Italy!

== Good Start but who is next to be compensated?
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Regarless of the degree severity, I think every colonizer has caused wounds to thier colonies. Therefore, speaking of Italy, if italy has caused wounds to its former colony Libya; and this has been recognized through apolozy and compensation, then as a former colony of Italy, Eritrea must also get her fair share of compensation.

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Bush to skip Republican convention to monitor Gustav

September 1, 2008 George W. Bush, the President of the United States, has said that he will not attend the 2008 Republican National Convention as a result of Hurricane Gustav.

During a statement made to the press, Bush told reporters: "In light of these events, I will not be going to Minnesota for the Republican National Convention,". He continued saying: "I'm going to travel down to Texas tomorrow to visit with the Emergency Operations Center in Austin, where coordination among federal, state, and local government officials is occurring." "I intend to go down to San Antonio where state and local officials are prepositioning relief materials for Texas and Louisiana, and I'll have a chance to visit with residents of both states who have been evacuated."

Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain 2008, also tried to explain the reasons for the change of the schedule saying that "we [John McCain 2008 and the Republican Party] are deeply concerned about the safety and welfare of the residents of the Gulf State region. Our top priority is to assist those who will be affected by Hurricane Gustav. This is not a time for politics or celebration; it is a time for us to come together as Americans and assist the residents of the Gulf States."

During the press statement in which Mr. Bush announced that he would not attend the conference, he also commented on the dangers of the hurricane. "The message to the people of the Gulf Coast is, this storm is dangerous. There's a real possibility of flooding, storm surge, and high winds. Therefore, it is very important for you to follow the instructions and direction of state and local officials. Do not put yourself in harm's way, or make rescue workers take unnecessary risks. And know that the American people stand with you. We'll face this emergency together."

Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana yesterday ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city ahead of Hurricane Gustav. Nagin stated that residents "need to be scared" in what he calls "the mother of all storms".


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News agencies suggest that campaign operative for Republican Party edited article on vice presidential nominee

September 1, 2008

Multiple news agencies, including the New York Times and CNET yesterday suggested that a campaign operative for Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, worked on the Wikipedia article on her in the 24 hours before the vice presidential candidate was announced. Wikinews has investigated the claim further, after seeing these allegations.

The user who added the content on Wikipedia was known as Young Trigg, and Wikinews has learned that the account was created at exactly 08:02 UTC on August 28. Just eight minutes later the user made their first edit to Wikipedia. In this first edit the user said that Palin "briefly worked as a sports reporter for local Anchorage television stations, while also working as a commercial fisherman with her husband, Todd, her high school sweetheart".

In the second edit Palin and her family were described as "avid outdoors enthusiasts." This edit also said that "Sarah and her father would sometimes wake at three am to hunt moose before school, and the family would regularly run 5k and 10k races".

Some of the other edits say that Sarah was "brought to statewide attention because of whistleblowing on ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders," she played in a "championship game despite a stress fracture in her ankle, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds," and she won a "scholarship to help pay her way through college." Young Trigg also noted that "Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association".

The editor also said that her election of mayor came "despite the lack of support from party leaders and being outspent by her Democratic opponent." Other positive claims added included the statement that "Palin successfully killed the Bridge to Nowhere project that had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending".

Young Trigg also removed the sentence that said that "critics [of Palin] included the state Republican party's chairman, Randy Ruedrich, one of her fellow Oil & Gas commissioners".

This unusual editing pattern aroused some suspicion among other editors of Wikipedia. One of these editors is Justen Deal, who told Young Trigg that "some of yours edits may have affected the article in such a way so as to reflect more favorably on the subject of the article." He also gave Young Trigg the following message:

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Sarah Palin on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam); and,
 * 4) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

Deal described his reason for suspecting a conflict of interest to a reporter for Wikinews. He said that "It was clear to me that an editor very familiar with Wikipedia and the governor had made a single-purpose account that had made a significant number of edits that were universally favorable to the subject of the article. Given the fortuitous timing, it made sense to remind the editor of our conflict of interest guidelines".

After this message was sent by Deal, Young Trigg said that "I will acknowledge that I volunteer for the McCain campaign." The user did however state that "I did not know Palin was the nominee when I made my edits," and "no one instructed me to make these edits. No one knew that I made these edits. I did this on my own 'becuz' I like improving Wikipedia articles".

Below is an extract from Young Trigg's comment:

Young Trigg made a total of 43 contributions (many on talk pages) and announced they would retire from Wikipedia at 07:58 UTC on August 31. In addition to editing the article on Sarah Palin, the user also asked an anonymous contributor to Wikipedia about that person's edit that stated that Palin was the VP nominee, before the official announcement: Where did you hear Palin was the VP nominee? I can't find anything online.
 * I am not Sarah Palin. I think it is obvious that I am not the five-month old Trig Paxson Van Palin. I am not a member of Sarah Palin's family, or even Michael Palin's family. To my knowledge, I have never even been in the same room as a member of the Palin family.
 * I did not "edit for five hours." I edited for a couple of hours over a five-hour span while I was reading the Internet. The timing was coincidental. I finished reading the Palin biography that day, went to her page, and saw a lot of "cite needed" places and thought I should improve the article and created an account to do so. There is a huge problem with Wikipedia in that editors are rely exclusively on Google and leave out stuff that can be found in books. Is it so strange that a biographical encyclopedia article should include cites to the only book written about the subject?
 * Ninety percent of the "whitewash" allegations made in the Daily Kos thread were edits made by other editors. The others are legitimate edits. No one has identified a single edit made by me that violates Wikipedia rules or was inaccurate.
 * I was not the person who added the claim that Palin was the vice presidential nominee. A vandal or Palin fan did that, perhaps based on Internet rumors that were going around at the time. The same thing happened on the Pawlenty page, the only difference was that the people editing the Palin page happened to be editing a page that ended up getting a lot of attention the next day.
 * No one instructed me to make these edits. No one knew that I made these edits. I did this on my own becuz I like improving Wikipedia articles. I create SPAs precisely for the sort of reason this to-do came up: crazy people making up conspiracy theories wanting to blame the editor for their own problems, and then huge games of telephone where people who don't understand Wikipedia blame one person for every edit that happened to an article. Have you seen some of the threats in the Daily Kos comments? One of my accounts is for editing hockey articles; another for articles about history; another for evolution; and so on. (Unlike Sarah Palin, I believe in evolution.) Forgive me that I want to remain anonymous rather than have my family exposed to one of those crazies or have Daily Kos auditing every edit I've ever made about the Whiskey Rebellion. (I have not actually edited Whiskey Rebellion, that was a hypothetical example. Don't waste time crawling through the contirbutors there.) Correction, this comment made me curious, and I just edited Whiskey Rebellion. Sorry.
 * I did not know Palin was the nominee when I made my edits. (According to the Wall Street Journal, McCain didn't make up his mind until Thursday, hours after most of my edits.) If there's a politician out there hoping for appointments who want to hire me to edit their articles, maybe they will have the same luck, but I doubt it. (That's a joke. Again, no one hired or asked me to edit this article.)

Wikinews contacted the McCain campaign a with a request for a statement regarding this issue; and, at the time of publication, had not received a response.


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Refers to diffs and logs read on Wikipedia. Anonymous101talk 12:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * For the quotes in this article: you can't end them with just a quotation mark an space-ellipse-space is proper format for the beginning of such a end of such a quote. Otherwise a period works for the end of sentence as normal. I would change, but I don't have the revision diffs in front of me. —Calebrw (talk) 02:45, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I am also trying to get info from involved users. Anonymous101talk 13:00, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I've contacted the John McCain 2008 campaign team for a statement, but I doubt I'll get a reply. Anonymous101talk 13:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I asked w:user:j who warned the user over conflict of interest for a quote, and he responded with his below message. Anonymous101talk 16:26, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Anonymous101. Feel free to paraphrase:

"'It was clear to me that an editor very familiar with Wikipedia and the governor had made a w:single-purpose account that had made a significant number of edits that were universally favorable to the subject of the article. Given the fortuitous timing, it made sense to remind the editor of our conflict of interest guidelines.'"

It might also be worth mentioning (I can't remember if you did already) that Young Trigg later responded on his talk page that he or she was a volunteer for the McCain campaign and that he or she believed there was not a conflict of interest. Great reporting. Take care! user:j   (aka justen)   16:02, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Unclear
This is not clear:

the user also anonymously contributed to Wikipedia to say that Palin was the VP nominee before the official announcement the following message:

 * "Where did you hear Palin was the VP nominee? I can't find anything online."

It's not grammatical for a start, and I'm not clear what it's trying to say. It suggests the user said that Palin was the VP nominee, then that they questioned this claim.

anonymously - implies not logged in, and identified by Checkuser?

--Chriswaterguy (not logged in) 20:06, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


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Japan's Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

September 6, 2008

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Monday announced his intention to resign, one month after he reshuffled his cabinet. At a press conference held from 9:30 p.m. Fukuda stated that he decided to resign, thinking the government should implement policies with a new line-up. The cabinet will resign en masse and a new prime minister will be designated. Before that, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect a new President.

Since the July 2007 election (to replace half the members) in the upper house, the ruling bloc (LDP and New Komeito) has been minority, while being overwhelming majority in the lower house since the 2005 General Election. Fukuda took over Shinzo Abe as a LDP President, and became Japan's Prime Minister on September 26, 2007.

Surprise announcement
At the Monday conference Fukuda, age 72, noted that some matters important to people's life should be deliberated in the upcoming extraordinary Diet session, such as a supplementary budget and a draft to set up a new agency of consumer affairs. Fukuda criticized the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) for uncooperativeness in the annual Diet session (earlier this year) with tactics to delay deliberations. Fukuda said he thought the government must be well ready formed to attend the upcoming Diet session.

Fukuda's predecessor Shinzo Abe also suddenly showed resignation last year, later confessing his health problems. Questioned about the similarity, Fukuda replied he had no particular health problem except his poorer eyesight, and emphasized he considered how the course of politics should be before he made this decision.

Fukuda's announcement came half a day after Ichiro Ozawa, the President of the main opposition DPJ, expressed his will to seek a third term.

Early resignation
After hosting Hokkaidō Tōyako Summit in July, Fukuda reshuffled his cabinet on August 2. At the Monday conference Fukuda was questioned about his view on this early resignation, and Fukuda replied it was natural he was asked why. Fukuda continued that at the time of the reshuffle he had eagerness at least for important matters, those on economy in particular, and he thought they were settled by the last weekend, somehow or other. Fukuda explained he changed his mind, taking into account various political situations of this one month, with hope for the upcoming Diet session to be run smoothly.

Now it's clear Fukuda won't choose dissolution of the lower house. Japan's next lower house General Election should be held no later than September, 2009.

Fukuda's self-appraisal
Looking back on his 11 months, Fukuda said he undertook the job last September knowing there lay difficulties in his way, after the ruling bloc lost majority in the upper house as a result of the July 2007 election. Fukuda said he was very busy from the beginning handling longstanding problems that surfaced one after another, including the issue of mismatched or lost pension records and the scandals as to the Ministry of Defense. Fukuda noted that he, despite such troubles, maybe not outstandingly, put his hand to some reforms from the public perspective, such as generalization of the revenue earmarked for roadways affairs, draft-making for a new consumer agency, drastic review of social security systems.

Reactions
Below are reactions of Japanese politicians shown on the Monday night.

The ruling bloc

 * Akihiro Ōta, New Komeito Chief Representative, said he was surprised, mentioning that Fukuda informed him of resignation on the phone at 9:00 p.m. He disclosed Prime Minister on August 29 showed him forward-looking will like saying "let's visit shopping arcades together" when he referred to people's tight life. "So, it was really a sudden, honestly I was surprised."

The opposition

 * Yukio Hatoyama, Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan, said it was extremely irresponsible for Fukuda to give up the administration one month after reshuffling the cabinet, even after setting the date of convocation of the Diet for the extraordinary session. He questioned why Fukuda didn't accept people's voice, "make the lower house dissolved, call a General Election."
 * Kazuo Shii, Japanese Communist Party Chair, said "it's natural the next prime minister will make the lower house dissolved and call a General Election to face the jury of the people, but first we should thoroughly discuss fundamental problems of the national politics to make the issues clear." He described give-up by two prime ministers in succession as the proof that LDP-New Komeito regime came to an ultimate standstill.
 * Mizuho Fukushima, the leader of Social Democratic Party, defined Fukuda's cabinet as a cabinet throwing away the people. She said "Prime Minister Fukuda throwing off the responsibilities, LDP plucking down a prime minister for an election, neither is thinking about the people a bit." She noted "LDP is switching the administration for an election" and showed her strong hope for a General Election.
 * Hisaoki Kamei, secretary general of the People's New Party, said it was irresponsible, to the people and the Diet, as a top leader, for Fukuda to resign though Fukuda showed the will to keep the administration by reshuffling the cabinet. He noted he couldn't but say LDP, repeating such a thing to cause confusion among the people, now lost qualification and ability as a party in power. He expressed his intention to seek a General Election.


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Oh my god
Bush taking responsibility for once!? I must be dreaming! --TUFKAAP (talk) 15:25, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You are. It's election year. --85.82.179.226 16:37, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Taking resposnsibility? or using a convenient natural disaster to avoid sinking McCain's campaign any further? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.69.186.114 (talk) 17:42, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

 * A "convenient natural disaster"? You idiots would have whined even more if he did go to the convention. Don't get me wrong, the guy is a moron, but you take the prize when it comes to the lowest IQ score. Go jump head-first off of a ladder onto a knife or go back to the coffee house that you came from and never leave, society is fine without you. 68.189.148.241 22:37, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Ironic
It's ironic how a hurricane is helping to divert attention and destroy the Republican Convention. It must be God sending a signal. Wasn't there that one evangelical pastor that told his followers to pray for rain at Obama's speech? Looks like that backfired after 7 years of BUSHit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.175.146 (talk) 22:49, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: September 1, 2008

German Television reportedly manipulates interview with Putin
ARD, a German television channel allegedly manipulated an interview with Russian Prime Minister Putin. Reportedly, more then half of the interview was cut and dropped. A spokesperson for the channel have said that there was no manipulation of the interview which was published on August 30th, 2008.

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Star Trek: The Experience to close
Star Trek: The Experience, located in the Las Vegas Hilton, is due to close its doors after a 10 year run. Even though the attraction is popular, the tenant, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., could not come to an agreement with the Hilton over the terms of a new lease. The Experience will end with a decommissioning ceremony modeled after the US Navy, at 10PM on September 1st.

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Dark Knight hits $500 million
'The Dark Knight', the 2008 film sequel to 'Batman Begins', has hit the $500 million mark in the domestic box office. It is only the second movie in history to hit this mark. The first film was 'Titanic', and completed it's run at over $600 million. 'The Dark Knight', while taking only six weeks to do what 'Titanic' took 3 months, is not expected to beat out the number one player. Recently 'The Dark Knight' has been topped by "Tropic Thunder" in the domestic box offices.

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Hazmat incident closes two St. Louis ERs
Two hospital emergency rooms in St. Louis were closed and quarantined after several patients arrived claiming to have been exposed to hazardous chemicals. Three men arrived at St. Anthony's Medical center, three showed up at SSM DePaul Health Center and while an additional person was seen at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which did not have its emergency room closed. The chemical was later identified as nitroaniline. So far two have died from the effects of the chemical.

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Hi i have made a short translation fron the german wikinews sektion. It is at the moment the most important one in wikinews.--134.147.73.85 17:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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US presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead increases after Democratic National Convention

September 1, 2008 United States presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead in the polls has increased by 3.3% over John McCain since the Democratic National Convention. Last week, the two candidates were statistically tied. Now, Barack Obama is polling at 49.0% and John McCain is polling at 44.1%, a 4.9% lead, according to the latest Day to Day Politics Poll Average. The margin of error for the poll average is at 0.93%.

This is the largest lead Barack Obama has had in the past two months. The last time time it was this high was July 27, 2008 when it was 4.8%. For the past 6 days, the Gallup Poll and the Rasmussen three day tracking polls have held steady for Barack Obama at 49%.

McCain has recently added Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin to his nomination ticket. A poll shows that among white women, McCain has a slight advantage, 46% to 42%. When the public is asked about the selection of Sarah Palin, 52% rate the selection as excellent or good. On whether she is qualified for the White House if she needed to fulfill the role of presidency, only 45% say she is qualified, whereas 50% say she is unqualified.

The Day to Day Politics Poll Average for the past week used the Gallup Tracking poll, the Rasmussen Tracking poll, and the CNN poll.


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American actor Patrick Swayze dies at age 57

September 15, 2009 Singer, songwriter and actor Patrick Swayze died on Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 57.

Swayze was born Patrick Wayne Swayze on August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas, USA. He starred in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, and also had a hit song from the movie with "She's Like The Wind", with Wendy Fraser, which was later covered by hip-hop artist Lumidee and R&B singer Tony Sunshine.

Swayze also starred in the 1990 film Ghost with Demi Moore. In addition to the two films, he starred in Road House with musician Jeff Healey.

In November 2008, Swayze wrapped taping on an A&E television drama The Beast, filmed in Chicago in summer 2008; he played FBI Agent Charles Barker. The Beast aired on January 15, 2009, and was canceled in June of that year.

Swayze is survived by his wife, Lisa Niemi — they had no children — and his brother, Don.


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= The first source does not link to the right location anymore = http://news.ert.gr/en/c/3/31266.asp, says couldn't find the page. Logictheo (talk) 19:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews seems like a great project. I like the idea, have it as an RSS feed.

Sometimes it's good to look on the bright side for a change

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Comments:Hurricane Gustav batters Caribbean, threatens US Gulf Coast

Gustav Could be Much Worse than it was Today
Gustav could have been way worse in one true sense of the mind. But fortunately Gustav was more gentle than was expected previous. Gustav followed similar to Andrew, Lili and Carmen (during Autumn 1975) while coming into the Pelican State.

All our hearts go out to the Gustav affected people in the Louisiana Coast, folks.

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Government of the Bahamas isssues warning over Hurricane Hanna

September 1, 2008 The government of the Bahamas has issued a hurricane warning for the Central Bahamas, the Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands.

As of 17:30 UTC today the Hurricane is moving towards the west-southwest at a speed of 7 km/h and it is expected to hit the central and southeastern Bahamas during the next two days.

According to the National Hurricane Service the maximum sustained wind speed of the hurricane will be 120 km/h.

The hurricane is expected to produce up to twenty centimeters of rainfall over the affected areas of the Bahamas.

Forecasters have also predicted that the hurricane my strike the United States. "Right now, the uncertainty is such that it could hit anywhere from Miami to the outer banks of North Carolina," commented Jessica Schauer Clark, a spokesperson National Hurricane Center. "So people really need to keep an eye on it."


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Comments:News agencies suggest that campaign operative for Republican Party edited article on vice presidential nominee

Ah, those political 'operatives' and 'campaign volunteers' who do the scut work behind the scene and can easily be denied by their sponsors.

What would the spinmeisters do without them?

I wonder what the IP address of Young Trigg would reveal? Other edits or ambitions? This whole situation is highly irregular and very suspicious. It ought to be investigated as quickly as possible. I do wonder what would have been said about Young Trigg if the edits were in the negative? Would we speculate liberal conspiracies, or assume it's from a well researched author? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.226.230.36 (talk) 20:59, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews has been busy
Chris Benoit, McCain-Obama edit wars, and now this! Great job guys! Keep it up! I'm not being sarcastic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.175.146 (talk) 22:51, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Something ain't right
This reeks to high heaven, and 'young trigg's response to Wikipedia editors reminds me of Shakespeare; 'Methinks thou dost protest too much'. He is obviously connected to either the family or to the campaign and as such the article on Mrs Palin cannot be trusted. It's really sad when the need for 'spin' supercedes the truth. I think even LESS of the Republican Party, John McCain, AND Sarah Palin than I did before...if that's possible. If this is what they're willing to do now during the campaign, just imagine what they'll do once they have the power the so desperately covet. Sad really. This is what we've come to.05:23, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh no...for shame, this is the worst possible thing anyone could have done, ever. If only there were any proof the guilty could go straight to the firing squad for this horrible offense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.152.103 (talk) 15:09, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Oh noes! Someone actually improved an article. Somebody, quick, write a Wikinews article about it. In other news, your dog wants steak. --Snoring 15:32, 2 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.185.18.207 (talk)

this is news????
my god, what have we become?

yeah, I'd like to see Dan Rather reading this steaming pile of @#$% that you bothered to write. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.162.8.57 (talk) 21:07, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

"Unusual editing pattern"
The story says "unusual editing pattern". In what way did Young Trigg's edits show an "unusual editing pattern"? Wanderer57 (talk) 20:50, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


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UK government sued over deaths in 2006 Nimrod crash in Afghanistan

September 2, 2008 The families of two members of the crew of a United Kingdom RAF Hawker Siddeley Nimrod which crashed almost exactly two years ago during a mission in Afghanistan are suing their government. None of the twelve crew and two other officers on board Royal Air Force Nimrod XV230 survived the midair explosion.

According to a report last year by Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxford Andrew Walker "The aircraft was in my judgment never airworthy from the first release to service in 1969." The coroner recommended grounding the entire Nimrod fleet, but this was never done, with the government saying that the aircraft were safe after modifications carried out after the crash.

The final report on the accident blamed the crash on a fuel leak into a dry bay, which ignited after contacting an air pipe that was hot. The jet had undergone midair refueling just minutes previously. The plane was one of a fleet of fifteen that were intended for retirement last decade but still operate, despite having suffered various mechanical problems, including fuel leaks.

A writ was today served on UK Defence Secretary Des Browne by the families of Sergeant Ben Knight, 25, and Flight Lieutenant Steven Swarbrick, 28. The writ accuses the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of failing to minimise risks, negligence and denial of the right to life. This last charge makes it the first time the MoD has faced a legal challenge under the European Convention of Human Rights.

Graham Knight, Ben's father, claimed that "Nobody has been held accountable for the actual crash. The Government has stood up and said we are sorry. The coroner has said the aircraft was never airworthy but nobody in the RAF or MoD has ever been held accountable for it." He went on to say he was 'disappointed' in the RAF and that My son was proud to be in the RAF and I thought it was full of honourable men. But no one would stand up and take responsibility or resign."

September 2 will mark the second anniversary of the accident, the biggest loss of UK military lives in a single incident since the war in the Falklands in 1982. It is the last chance for compensation to be sought, as this must be done within two years of the event.


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We need change in America
We need change in our society. This means that Barack Obama will be best fit to run our country. we have had a substantial amount of distress in our economy over the past 8 years and we can't afford any more Bush's running our country. I pray for Obama that he is the next president, but looking at it realistically I wont jump for joy yet because it could be relly tight by the end of the night. Go Barack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Early Canadian federal election set for October 14

September 7, 2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has set October 14 as the date for the 40th Canadian federal election. The Prime Minister met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean at her official residence of Rideau Hall today to request that the 39th Parliament of Canada be dissolved. The Queen's representative agreed to drop the writ and hold the election on Harper's recommended date.

Throughout the duration of Harper's minority parliament, there have been several times where an election call had been predicted, but it managed to survive longer than any true minority government in Canadian history, despite having the smallest relative caucus. Nevertheless, today's announcement has been a near-certainty for the past week, and each party has already begun campaigning and putting up signs. The Conservatives began airing TV advertisements before the official election call was made.

After meeting individually with the leaders of the three other parties represented in the House of Commons, Harper said that he does not have confidence in the ability of the Parliament to continue to work. After each of his meetings at 24 Sussex Drive, opposition leaders emerged saying that Harper was intent on calling an election and had already decided that there could be no common ground with opposition parties. Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe said after his August 29 meeting with the Prime Minister that "instead of making efforts to try finding solutions in the best interest of the population, he wants an election in the best interest of his party". Over the course of this past Parliament, the governing Conservatives rarely found compromises with the other parties, and his small caucus has survived largely because the Liberal Party chose to abstain from crucial bills rather than vote against them.

The move is somewhat unusual. While minority governments rarely last long in Canada a request for the dissolution of Parliament is normally not made until the government is defeated on a motion of confidence by the opposition parties. The move is also unusual because it appears to violate a law passed by Harper himself; Bill C-16 of the first session set fixed election dates for federal elections, reading "each general election must be held on the third Monday of October in the fourth calendar year following polling day for the last general election". Under the law, the next election was not to be held until October 19, 2009; however, the government has stated that the bill was never intended to be used in minority parliaments. Harper argues, however, that the parliament could no longer function and opposition parties intended to defeat the government. With that rationale, Governor General Jean had little choice but to follow her prime minister's advice.

A recent poll conducted by Ipsos Reid for CanWest News Service reported that half of all the 1,003 Canadians surveyed said Harper would make the best Prime Minister, with New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton at 31%, and Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion at 20%. NDP leader Jack Layton is at 38% support for being "sincerely committed to dealing with global warming," with Dion at 30%, and Harper last at 27%. "If this election is going to be a referendum on leadership, Stephen Harper has a heck of an advantage," says Ipsos Reid president Darrell Bricker. He also says Dion has to "to rough up Stephen Harper a bit" if he wants to win the election.

Harper is also at 50% for being the best to lead in tough economic times, 47% for having "what is takes" to lead the country, and 43% for "a vision of Canada that you can support."

The Conservatives currently hold 127 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons, up from 124 at the last election, while the Liberals hold 95 seats, down from 103. Recent polls show the Conservatives polling at 37% support among voters, just below the 40% usually required to form a majority government.


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Firefox killer
Google + Web Browser + Open Source = Firefox Killer. Thunderhead 08:09, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I doubt it, what browser had been killed by Firefox? I see no reason why a Google browser would be immediately more successful. 24.244.131.104 14:58, 2 September 2008 (UTC) (Aamackie(Wikipedia))
 * Not immediately, but I certainly think it has the potential to be a Firefox Killer. Thunderhead 21:58, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * If they properly advertise Chrome (i.e. on their regular search mask) it has the potential to kill any browser, most importantly the market leader, Internet Explorer. And I'd imagine that's Google's main motivation. --+Deprifry+ 01:22, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not going to kill any big browser. Sure, it'll make Safari and Opera look nonexistant, but it won't kill Firefox, let alone Internet Explorer. Didn't people say Firefox was going to kill IE as well? Look how that turned out. And most Firefox users will stay with Firefox just because of its usability (extensions, feature set, etc). Google Chrome lacks the features and stability to "kill" any browsers at this point; and even in the future, I doubt it's going to do much except, like I said, take shares from Safari and Opera (which aren't that popular anyway). They have to really change their game plan if they want to beat out Firefox, and they won't beat out Internet Explorer for the same reason Firefox didn't: it comes with Windows. 71.237.230.194 02:41, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Monopoly abuse
I believe it's quite random, because it was announced so suddenly! Now Google will use it's monopoly power to ask millions of people to download it when they download something like Google Earth. --Mephiles (talk) 12:15, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It annoys me when people use monopoly in this way. The only true monopolies are government enforced monopolies. Anonymous101talk 12:29, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ditto. Fephisto (talk) 14:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Monopoly abuse? It's free.  Fephisto (talk) 14:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * And a monopoly is simply making no competition. I think Google makes the competition even wider and more intense. There is no monopoly here...yet. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I Like it
But im sticking to Firefox --65.9.23.203 01:07, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Addons
Question is...how long will they take to get to the level FireFox is with addons? I personally like all mine. If I use Chrome, then I would be starting all over again...because there are none and who knows when there will be. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

marketability
I used chrome for a bit and it looks like it has great potential.But how is google going to market this to major corparations which seems to be microsoft's major stronghold.pretty much every major company uses windows and thus I.E.Firefox which a better browser than I.E (my opinion ofcourse)has only made a minor dent in microsoft dominance.Dont get me wrong chrome will be profible and every gamer and comp geek will sonn be hooked .But the era of microsoft dominance is far from over. --137.111.130.35 02:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.111.130.35 (talk) 02:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

 * It isn't going to. Chrome is targetted towards the average user, not corporations. There are way too many privacy/stability concerns to use it in a corporate environment. The V8 JavaScript engine is the only part of Chrome that I believe has potential in that area, just because it's so fast. 71.237.230.194 02:43, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

About Chrome...
Either way, if it allows some sort of interconnected fashion with the other Google gadgets (gmail, calendar, etc. (which, knowing Google sounds the case)), then it sounds like a very good web browser. Fephisto (talk) 11:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

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September 2, 2008

Google announced on Monday that it is launching an open source web browser, dubbed Chrome, to compete with browsers such as Internet Explorer from Microsoft, Firefox from Mozilla, and Safari from Apple.

In a post on the company's official blog, Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, an engineering director at Google said Chrome would represent a "fresh take on the browser" and that it believes Chrome "can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web."

Google chose to announce the launch of Chrome through a comic book, through which the company hoped to help tell the "story" of the web browser. Google said the browser supports a new JavaScript engine more advanced than is currently available in competing web browsers on the Windows platform, and said it was "hard at work building versions" for Mac and Linux.

The browser is said to be based on the WebKit framework, although Google only went so far as to say that they had "used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox" in the blog entry announcing Chrome.


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You last made an edit to this template back in October. It seems to have caused some issues on the article Sitcom star Roseanne Barr chosen as presidential nominee of Peace and Freedom Party. Could you take a look at what might be causing the problem? --William S. Saturn (talk) 19:20, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
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Intel acquires mobile Linux developer, OpenedHand

September 2, 2008 The United Kingdom-based mobile Linux developers OpenedHand have announced that they have been acquired by the Intel Corporation, merging the Linux company with the Intel Open Source Technology Center.

"We are pleased to announce that OpenedHand Ltd has been acquired by Intel Corporation," said OpenedHand in a statement it released on the acquisition. "The OpenedHand team will join the Intel Open Source Technology Center and will focus on the development of the Moblin Software Platform, the optimized software stack for Intel Atom processors." The statement continued by stating that "Intel will continue supporting open source projects currently led by OpenedHand staff such as Clutter and Matchbox projects, and in most cases, will accelerate these projects as they become an integral part of Moblin."

Rob Bamforth, an analyst for Quocirca, said that this move showed the importance of Linux on mobile devices. He said that "we saw it [large companies purchasing mobile Linux development companies] earlier this year with Nokia buying Trolltech, it's a sign that the mobile space is not as clear cut as the something like the PC one." He continued by stating that in the PC market "you have a market dominated by PCs with Macs for some specialist users, but mobiles are not like that - there's a diverse range of products, and, if anything, it's becoming more diverse."

OpenedHand has previously sold its products to companies such as One Laptop Per Child, iRex, Openmoko, ST Microelectronics, Access Co., Vernier and Nokia.


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Burj Dubai becomes world's tallest tower

September 2, 2008

in the United Arab Emirates is now the world’s tallest man-made structure, after reaching a record height of 688 metres, The tower is now over 160 stories - the largest number of floors in any building across the world, its developer real estate giant said in a statement.

The tower unofficially became the world’s tallest man-made structure in April, 2008 after surpassing the (628.8 metres) in North Dakota in the United States. Though the final height of the tower has not been disclosed yet, it is expected to reach 800m. It will be officially recognised as the world’s tallest structure only when the construction is fully completed.

The tower was designed by Chicago, Illinois-based and is being constructed by high-rise building experts from South Korea’s, Belgium's  and United States.


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