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Economic policy makers conclude Washington meetings

April 14, 2008 This weekend, April 12–13, the joint Development Committee of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The Group of Seven (G7), which is comprised of the economic policy makers from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan, held its annual meeting on Friday, April 11. This meeting, which rotates locations, was also held in Washington, D.C.

The Development Committee meeting ended on Sunday, with a call from the economic leaders for assistance to the countries which been adversely affected by rising food prices. Economic growth has slowed to its lowest rate in five years, while the rising costs of food and energy have not slowed. , the president of the World Bank, said, "We have to put our money where our mouth is. Now. So that we can put food into hungry mouths. It's as stark as that." He called for US$500 million in emergency funds for the United Nations's World Food Programme by May 1, 2008.

"All that has been done [in the past decade] can be undone very rapidly by the crisis coming from the increase in food prices," said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the IMF.

"Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with consequences for all their lives," he said. He cited the growing use of land for as contributing to rising food costs. In the end growing violence and civil unrest could be a result.

Strauss-Kahn further warned that eventually it could become "not only a humanitarian question," but could also affect developed nations by leading to trade imbalances.

Specifically cited as a current example was Haiti, where just this weekend, violence escalated resulting in the death of a United Nations peacekeeper and the ousting of Prime Minister. cautioned that affected countries "need to resist the temptation of price controls and consumption subsidies that are generally not effective and efficient methods of protecting vulnerable groups."

Price controls and subsidies "tend to create fiscal burdens and economic distortions while often providing aid to higher-income consumers or commercial interests other than the intended beneficiaries," Paulson said.

In their Friday statement, the G7 said "there have been at times sharp fluctuations in major currencies, and we are concerned about their possible implications for economic and financial stability." This marked the first time since the February 2004 meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, that the wording on foreign exchange has been altered.

The G7 presented a plan to strengthen regulation of capital markets. They urged financial firms to "fully" disclose their at-risk investments and improve capital reserves. While the G7 did not outline new monetary or fiscal policies, it did promise action "as appropriate." The timetable for the plan is 100 days.

The head of G7 Market Economics at, Lena Komileva, observed, "The implicit message is that the G7 is moving closer towards concerted action in the event that persistent volatility in the foreign exchange market presents new risk of systemic failure in the financial industry."

"While action is unlikely in the short run, they are probably already considering a pre-emptive move in foreign exchange markets to slow the dollar's decline," added Komileva.

Economists at told their clients, "After a period where the possibility of G7 policy intervention seemed very remote, providing no counterweight to the dollar depreciation forces, we are moving towards a regime where G7 intervention is a more real possibility."


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Physicist John Wheeler dies at age 96

April 14, 2008

Theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler died of pneumonia at his residence in Hightstown, New Jersey yesterday. Wheeler is most known in the popular culture for popularizing the term "black hole" to describe stars which had become so dense that nothing, not even light, could escape their gravitational pull. Although Wheeler initially objected to the idea, he later accepted the idea and coined the term "black hole" to describe such objects.

Wheeler was also known for his work along with Richard Feynman and others in the Manhattan Project, which produced the first nuclear fission bomb. He was later involved in the work to build the first fusion bomb. As much as he was known for his research, Wheeler was known for his skill and accomplishment in teaching.

Wheeler was born July 9, 1911, in Jacksonville, Florida and went on to earn his doctorate in physics at the early age of 21. He then went on to work in Copenhagen with Niels Bohr and later returned to the United States to become part of the Manhattan Project during World War II.

Wheeler continued to work in physics after the war and was involved in the United States Matterhorn project to build a hydrogen bomb before the Soviet Union. His politics were more militaristic than many of his fellow scientists at the time, in that he supported the Vietnam War and the building of the hydrogen bomb.

For a long time Wheeler was at Princeton University as the doctoral adviser for many prominent physicists including Kip Thorne and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman. Wheeler went on to the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 when Princeton's mandatory retirement age neared.

Wheeler continued to work until near his death. Physicists both young and old have paid tribute to Wheeler; cosmologist Max Tegmark told the New York Times that Wheeler had been "the only physics superhero still standing".

He is survived by three children, along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Atlas rocket launches ICO G1 satellite

April 14, 2008

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrier rocket launched this evening from LC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA, with the ICO G1 communications satellite for ICO Satellite Management. Lift-off occurred at 20:12:00 UTC. It is the first commercial launch of an Atlas rocket since responsibility for the launches was transferred from International Launch Services to United Launch Alliance, through Lockheed Martin. Launch was completely successful, with the spacecraft separating from its carrier rocket about half an hour after launch.

The Atlas V flew in the 421 configuration, with a 4 metre wide payload fairing, twin solid rocket boosters, and a single-engined Centaur upper stage. It was the 14th flight of the Atlas V, and successfully placed the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit. The launch was dedicated to former Atlas programme employee Lynn Deckard.

ICO G1 will provide S band mobile communications for satellite phones. Its launch had been delayed from May last year, owing to delays with US government missions which were launching on Atlas, and then in light of the failure of a previous Atlas launch in June. It was constructed by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus. It is the heaviest satellite to be launched by an Atlas rocket, and the heaviest single commercial satellite to be launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

Speaking after the launch, Jim Sponnik, the Vice President of the Atlas programme told the team who had conducted the launch that they "all did extremely well and the rocket did exceptionally well". Colonel Scott Henderson, of the 45th Space Wing, United States Air Force, said that the launch was "a great success", and the result of "phenomenal effort" on the part of those involved. David Malcom, the President of Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems described the launch as a "hole in one". Tim Bryan, the CEO of ICO Satellite Management told the United Launch Alliance team that he "can't express...what every person in this room has done for our business". He also thanked Bob Day, and ICO's space team, for their work in the build up to the launch. Michael Gass, the CEO of United Launch Alliance said that the successful launch was a "testimony to this entire team", and told flight controllers "congratulations, you're the best".

The satellite's signal was acquired by ground tracking stations in Australia at 21:17, and the launch was confirmed to be accurate to within one nautical mile of the targeted orbit. The next Atlas launch is scheduled to occur in early July, with a DMSP weather satellite, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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All confirmed dead on Kata Air An-32, Moldova asks for Russian investigatory help

April 14, 2008 All eight crewmembers on board a Kata Air Transport Antonov An-32 that crashed on April 12 in Moldova are confirmed to have died. The news comes as Moldova requests Russia assist the investigation by analysing the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).

The Sudanese operated and registered plane, manufactured in Ukraine, had departed Chişinău International Airport to travel to Khartoum via Antalya. The aircraft had rapidly disappeared from radar after takeoff due to a believed transponder failure. After air traffic control informed the flight crew a decision was made to return and perform an emergency landing, but the aircraft crashed before this could be achieved at 22:15 local time (20:15 GMT).

The crew consisted of four Moldovans and four Ukrainians. Seven bodies have been identified.


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Wikinews:WikiBureau Nepal

WikiBureau Nepal attempts to bring editors together who are working on writing and publishing articles regarding topics in Nepal.

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User:Dinosaurdarrell~enwikinews

April 14, 2008

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Comments:All confirmed dead on Kata Air An-32, Moldova asks for Russian investigatory help

My analysis
I'm reasonably familiar with aviation accidents/incidents. This is interesting in that there were at least two major and apparantly unrelated faults - the transponder failure, which would not down the plane (it has no connection to navigations, autopilot, or any other major aircraft system) and whatever brought it down. My primary theory right now, and what I suspect the investigators will be working with as a hypothesis, is a cargo fire first shorted out the transponder, then flashed over as things heated up. The sudden flash left no time for the crew to report it - or went undetected. Smoke likely never entered the cockpit if it was a well-built plane, and I can't be sure there were working smoke detectors in the cargo area. The structure ultimatly softened under heat and failed. A secondary theory that could explain the dual problems would be electrical arcing shorting things out in crappy wiring; ultimatly, high-voltage electricity arced into low-voltage wires supplying fuel sensors in the tank. This is rare but has occured a few times. The only aircraft to have this occur in-flight was the infamous TWA Flight 800. However, it is a bizarre set of circumstances so far, and I am certainly intrigued as in to what went on in there. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


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Counting continues for Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections

April 14, 2008

Counting continues in Nepal for the much awaited elections of the constituent assembly that took place on April 10, 2008. The 601-member constituent assembly will draft a new constitution. 335 members would be elected through the electoral system, 240 members through election in constituencies (First Past The Post/ system) and a further 26 on recommendation by the Council of Ministers (the current interim government).

Around 17.5 million voters were eligible to vote in the elections. More than sixty percent of the voters took part in the elections. Christian Science Monitor said the voters "turned out in full force." Despite a few incidences of and intimidation, elections were largely peaceful. Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel said, "Overall, the election was peaceful and successful. A clear picture of standings of political parties will be known in 10 days."

According to Kantipur Online, results have been declared for at least 204 seats with CPN-Maoists winning 112 of the seats, declared so far. Two other major parties Nepali Congress and CPN-United Marxists Leninists are just behind with 33 and 27 seats respectively.


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Comments:Physicist John Wheeler dies at age 96

Wheeler was one of the great minds of last century. Gravitation, written with Thorne and Misner, is just about the definitive text on General Relativity to my knowledge. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 00:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

this is so stupid! i can't understand it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.2.102.245 (talk) 12:15, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews talk:Commentary pages on news events/intro

Protected edit request
The current code does not create the correct link to the article talk page, it creates a link to the talk space of the namespace the page is currently on. Thus, when used as the header on a Comments: page, it links to Comments talk:, leading to at least some of these. Replacing with Talk should give the desired effect. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 00:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

 * User:SVTCobra didn't quite follow what I meant, so I'll try to explain a bit better: If you click on a "Have Your Say" link in an article, or one of the links to add a comment in the Comments page header, this page is included at the top of the edit page. When that happens, the link to "its normal Talk page" links, not to "Talk:Article name", but "Comments talk:Article name". This is because the magic word TALKSPACEE returns the name of the talk space associated with the page it's on - if you look at the page here, since it's in Wikinews space, it links to "Wikinews talk" - similarly, : resolves to :. If you replace the use of TALKSPACEE with Talk, then it should link correctly - the code would be [ its normal talk page] . Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

 * ✅ --Brian McNeil / talk 07:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That seems to have done the trick. The good news is that the existence of Comment talk pages suggests that some people actually read these things. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 02:21, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

change wording
The current phrasing of point 3 sounds a little (too) arbitrary... I suggest something like "Your comments may be removed if there is a need to do so", possibly with a link to w:WP:OA. 68.39.174.238 23:36, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Your variation on this point still leaves it pretty arbitrary, and I think it should be so. But we should not suggest that removal of comments is on the level of w:Wikipedia:Office actions. Comments may be removed for a variety of reasons and need not qualify for this statement: These are removals of questionable or illegal Wikimedia content following complaints. The commentary namespace is still in its infancy, but hopefully we can keep it a polite exchange of opinions. --SVTCobra 23:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

This is obsolete
As far as I can tell, it has been replaced by Commentary (unless it is still used for non-javascript browsers or some other quirk.) --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


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Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20080415

15 April

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Sorry, but just because you can no longer create the article on Wikipedia doesn't mean you can just jump to another Wiki and create it there. Even if it were written more like a news article, I can see problems with neutrality, sourcing (bebo is really not a decent source for the article), and probably conflict of interest, as I would guess that if you are not Saunders yourself it would seem fairly obvious that you are connected to him, and as such writing an article on him is discouraged (though not completely prohibited, as long as you follow all the other rules). As such, I have nominated the article for deletion. I hope you will take a look at the welcome message above, and consider staying around to write some news articles. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Large earthquake strikes coast off French Guiana

A 5.2 isn't exactly a large earthquake... TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 13:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Relitively large, comperaed to most other earthquake. The USGS defines it as a large earthquake. --A101 - (talk) 15:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


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Bombings in Iraq kill scores

April 15, 2008 Scores of people have died in Iraq Tuesday due to multiple bombings in various major Iraqi cities. United Press International put the death toll at 69, although the figure given by the BBC is lower. Their reports state that the toll was over 50.

One of the explosions occurred outside of a restaurant in Baquba. It resulted in over 40 fatalities and 70 injuries.

There was another incident in a restaurant, this time in the city of Ramadi. It resulted in a minimum of thirteen deaths and thirteen injuries.

Three also died from a car bomb in Baghdad.

A person who witnessed one of the bombings commented on the situation. "I saw cars on fire, burned bodies and damaged shops with shattered glass everywhere," he said.

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US airlines Delta and Northwest agree to merge

April 15, 2008

Rival United States airlines Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced today that they have agreed to merge. The new airline, which will use the Delta name, will be the largest commercial airline in the world.

Technically, Delta will be buying Northwest in a roughly US$3 billion deal. Northwest shareholders will receive 1.25 shares of Delta for each share of Northwest. Based on Monday's closing prices on the New York Stock Exhange this represents a 17% premium for Northwest shareholders.

Richard Anderson, the Delta chief executive officer who will also head the new company, said: "We said we would only enter into a consolidation transaction if it was right for all of our constituencies; Delta and Northwest are a perfect fit. Today, we’re announcing a transaction that is about addition, not subtraction, and combines end-to-end networks that open a world of opportunities for our customers and employees. We believe by partnering with our employees, including providing equity to U.S.-based employees of Delta and Northwest, this combination is off to the right start."

The combined company would have $35 billion in annual revenue and approximately 75,000 employees. The deal does have to receive regulatory approval. "We will look at the competitive effects of the transaction and how it would affect consumers," said Gina Talanoma, a spokesperson for the United States Department of Justice.

Airline industry consultant Robert Mann told Reuters, "It's a very optimistic view on an industry that's been very dismal for the last couple of weeks."


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Bush marks 265th anniversary of birth of Thomas Jefferson

April 15, 2008 George W. Bush, the president of the United States, yesterday marked the anniversary of the birth of, the third president of the United States. In the East room of the White House, Mr. Bush made a speech to mark the occasion. Mr. Bush started the speech by discussing Mr. Jefferson. "We're here tonight to commemorate the 265th birthday of Thomas Jefferson, here in a room where he once walked and in a home where he once lived," he said.

"In this house, President Jefferson spread the word that liberty was the right of every individual," continued Mr. Bush. "In this house, Jefferson sent off on the mission that helped make America a continental nation."

Mr. Bush continued his speech by claiming that "with a single sentence, Thomas Jefferson changed the history of the world." Bush continued, "After countless centuries when the powerful and the privileged governed as they pleased, Jefferson proclaimed as a self-evident truth that liberty was a right given to all people by an Almighty."

Mr. Bush then said that the ideas of Jefferson were not quickly fulfilled. "Here in America, that truth was not fully realized in Jefferson's own lifetime. As he observed the condition of slaves in America, Jefferson said, 'I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just' and 'that his justice cannot sleep forever.' Less than 40 years after his death, justice was awakened in America and a new era of freedom dawned."

Mrs. Bush also made a speech. "Thomas Jefferson believed that education is the cornerstone of a free society, so it's therefore little surprise that he viewed the founding of the as one of his top achievements," she said.


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User talk:Solimatrix

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.

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

Thanks again! --A101 - (talk) 16:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Anonymous101/Climate Change prep

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My interviews were conducted via email --A101 - (talk) 19:13, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Additional sources for story
How about a title of Climate Change and the Car: The Search for the Perfect Fuel ?

World Bank chief on biofuels:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89545855

European Parliament and biofuels

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/064-22625-064-03-10-911-20080229STO22603-2008-04-03-2008/default_en.htm

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Former US president Carter meets with former deputy-PM for Hamas

April 16, 2008 Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter met with Nasser al-Shaer on Tuesday. Shaer is a former education minister and a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. He is considered a high-ranking member of Hamas.

During a visit to the West Bank, Carter laid a wreath upon the grave site of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. Carter then met with Shaer, whom he greeted with a hug and kisses to both cheeks, according to a member of Carter's delegation.

Shaer told Reuters that he and Carter had a face-to-face meeting and that they discussed brokering an unofficial truce between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June of 2007. Carter's office has declined to comment on the closed meeting.

"Carter asked what he can do to achieve peace between the Palestinians and Israel ... and I told him the possibility for peace is high," Shaer said.

Carter told reporters that he wanted to go to the Gaza Strip, but was not allowed. Reuters reports that Israel, citing a member of Carter's delegation, denied the visit.

"I haven't been able to get permission to go into Gaza. I would like to. I asked for permission. But I was turned down. But maybe we can find a way to circumvent that," Carter said.

U.S. and Israeli officials have both expressed disapproval of Carter's visit. Both countries have sought to marginalize Hamas, while they try to negotiate a peace with Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority who hails from the Fatah party. They see Carter's mission as counterproductive to their efforts.

Carter "in effect is undermining a current policy which is not just American but held by many others," said U.S. Representative Howard Berman to the Associated Press. Berman is the chairperson for the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Friday, Carter is scheduled to meet in Damascus, Syria with Khaled Mashal, who is considered the political leader of Hamas and is the head of its Syrian branch.

Yigal Palmor, an official with the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, "The official Hamas position until this day is that it won't negotiate with Israel or recognize it under any circumstance ... Jimmy Carter has dignified this position with his presence, and one cannot but wonder how this attitude is supposed to promote peace and understanding."

"Since Syria and Hamas will have to be involved in a final peace agreement, they have to be involved in discussions that lead to final peace," Jimmy Carter told reporters in Ramallah.

"Jimmy Carter's view of the forces at work in the Middle East and how he likes to attribute blame and responsibility is so warped to my way of thinking that I'm skeptical of any initiative he undertakes," said Howard Berman.

While in Israel, Carter met with Israeli President Shimon Peres, who criticized the planned meeting with Mashal. Ehud Olmert, the Prime Minister of Israel did not receive Carter.


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Comments:Bush marks 265th anniversary of birth of Thomas Jefferson

 * Let's ignore the fact that Jefferson was also a slave owner and intellectual racist. Spacehusky - (talk) 20:38, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

if George Bush said 2+2=4
would it be by definition immoral, since by definition everything that comes out of his mouth is immoral, a lie, or a combination thereof? (24.98.235.224 23:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC), will get screenname latter)

Sad state of affairs
Nevermind that Thomas Jefferson would grow faint at the extent of the U.S. government today. Fephisto - (talk) 00:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Bush's Observance of Jefferson's Birthday
I can't possibly be the only person that finds this to be not only repulsive but bordering on the worst bit of public sarcasm and shameless narcism that surpasses anything that Richard Nixon ever did.

How dare this man who has done everything within his power to reverse nearly everything of value that has taken this government 221 years to accomplish invoke Jefferson's name - from torture to eavesdropping, from vote caging to setting up networks of gauleiters surreptitiously fronting themselves as Federal "judges" in a phony remake of the Department of Justice; from "signing statements" in the context of a revisionary "Unitary Executive" oligarchy to preemptive war and social engineering in the guise of "faith-based" double-speak, the banality of this man and his political affiliations knows no bounds. Very nearly every single thing that this man has done has been contrary to everything that Thomas Jefferson stood for as an enlightened man of faith and a human being.

By Bush's every action he has lent aid and comfort to our enemies by giving them a proving ground to advance their combat training; and in so doing has assisted them in realizing their ultimate goal of destroying this country by bankrupting it in the pursuit of endless wars.

Mr. Bush's contempt for the Constitution is well-demonstrated by his deeds; his total ignorance of the content of the Declaration of Independence is even more blatant; for contained in that document by Jefferson's own hand reads the following line: "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new Guards for their future."

May the people who helped this man achieve the unthinkable - the castration of the United States of America - experience the same fate as those who supported the Tories during the Revolutionary War. And good riddance.

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 * I agree with all of your above comment. --A101 - (talk) 19:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Dam, that was what I wanted to say. Fephisto - (talk) 20:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


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Disney animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95

April 16, 2008 American animator Ollie Johnston, the last of Disney's so-called "Nine Old Men", has died at the age of 95.

Johnston died of natural causes on Monday in Sequim, Washington, according to Walt Disney Studios Vice President Howard E. Green.

Johnston worked on many of the Disney's classic films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinnochio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Bambi (1942), and many others.

Johnston worked extensively with his best friend Frank Thomas, a fellow "old man" who died in 2004. The pair met at Stanford University in the 1930s and worked together until Thomas' death. They retired from animation in 1978, but remained popular speakers and authors about Disney and animation.

"Ollie was part of an amazing generation of artists, one of the real pioneers of our art, one of the major participants in the blossoming of animation into the art form we know today," said Roy E. Disney.

Johnston devoted much of his retirement to writing and lecturing, but perhaps even more to model trains, a field in which he became considered one of the world's foremost experts.

Ollie Johnston's last film was The Fox and the Hound (1981) on which he worked as a supervisor.


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Stolen Generations used as medical guinea pigs, Australian inquiry told

April 16, 2008

During the opening day of a Senate inquiry into compensation for Australia's "Stolen Generations", Aboriginal elder Kathleen Mills has claimed that children held in Darwin's Kahlin Compound in the 1920s and '30s were injected with an experimental serum. The serum, a treatment for leprosy, had severe adverse effects. According to Mills, "it made our people very, very ill ... the treatment almost killed them".

Mills' claim, aimed at highlighting the difficulty experienced by Aboriginal people in accessing records, has had the effect of "throwing the cat among the pigeons", and Mills has asked for the Government's assistance in "opening Pandora's box" with regards to records she says will be found in departmental archives. The Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, has called on her staff to search for any relevant documents. "These are obviously very serious allegations," Roxon said.

The term "Stolen Generations" refers to a government practice in the 20th century where Aboriginal and half-caste children were removed from their families and raised in institutions such as the Kahlin Compound, or in foster families. Awareness of the practice was raised in the 1997 report Bringing Them Home, which recommended the Government offer recompense to victims of the act and issue a formal apology. The Prime Minister at the time, John Howard, issued a statement of regret but refused to offer an apology. In February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued the apology, which was accepted unanimously by Parliament, and the Stolen Generations Fund and Senate inquiry were established to process claims for compensation.


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Family blames Scientology for daughter's death

April 16, 2008 The Norwegian press is reporting that Kaja Bordevich Ballo, aged 20, the daughter of Norwegian MP Olav Gunnar Ballo, committed suicide two weeks ago after taking a Scientology personality test. The family blames the Church of Scientology for her death and decided to go public with the story, after the test results and a suicide note were discovered after Ballo's death.

On March 28, 2008, Ballo, a student at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis located in Nice, France, took the Scientology personality test. A few hours later she reportedly killed herself by jumping from the window of her dormitory. Her friends and roommates claim she was in good spirits and showed no signs of a mental break down or depression prior to taking the test. The test was stamped and dated by the Church just hours prior to her suicide.

"I believe Kaja would have been alive today if she had not gone to the Scientologists," says friend and fellow student Henrik Møinichen, 19, to Dagbladet.

"The information about the Scientology test has been made public through the priest's speech at the memorial service. I can confirm that. Due to the recency of her death, I don't wish to elaborate on or comment on other matters now," said Olav in a statement to the press.

The Church, which is located only meters from Ballo's dormitory, states that the results had shown Ballo was "depressed, irresponsible, hyper-critical and lacking in harmony." They also state that it is "unfair to blame Scientology" for Ballo's death and that the test had nothing to do with it. Ballo left behind a note telling her family she was sorry for not "being good for anything."

The incident has generated criticism against the Church from friends, family members and politicians. Inga Marte Thorkildsen, one of the members of Norway's Parliament, told the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet that "All indications are that the Scientologist sect has played a direct role in Kaja's choice to take her own life."

Matthias Fosse, information chief for the Church of Scientology in Norway, rejected any links connection between Scientology and Ballo's suicide, and denied that the personality test was "dangerous", saying that millions of people have taken it. The Church of Scientology also pointed out Ballo's history of psychological issues and an eating disorder that she had experienced in her early teenage years.

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Help!

This is my first wikinews article. Feel free to help (especially to get it on the front page). The first lines is written by me (pharaohmø). The second section is written on wikipedia by John Nevard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Nevard). It would be nice if he got credit for his work.
 * I published and added more etc. I am likely gonna get crap for this one. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 10:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

English sources ---

The story is all over norwegian press, both newspapers and TV. But I can't find english sources. Why can't wikinews be the first to spread the story internationally? By the way, many of the blogs and forums where the story is discussed contains minor and major inaccuracies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.165.147.247 (talk) 01:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Well, contributors are not given credit for their work. Everything is under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 with the attribution falling to Wikinews, and not the individual contributors. --SVTCobra 01:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. After all, credit isn't the important thing here. Getting the news out is. John Nevard's contribution to wikipedia (last section under this heading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology#Members.27_health_and_safety) is the most accurate english source i've found so far. It will probably be more sources tomorrow. Please feel free to take over this little project, cobra or anyone.

 * I added some cats and links, but I don't have the time to bring this to publication. Hopefully, other will ... Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I added languageicon to this article. Why was it removed? --SVTCobra 01:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

sugiero
I do not like the use of a blog as a source ... is there anything that this blog adds that isn't in the norwegian sources? --SVTCobra 02:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes it has a translation. Something which I cannot do because my tools do not translate from Norwegian. Or we can use entrubulation.org. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I hope we can trust them/it/s/he. I will try to check the translations myself tomorrow. (What? You didn't think I understand Norwegian? Well, I'll have you know that my brother-in-law's brother-in-law is Norwegian. So there! I know Norwegian! No really ... I do). --SVTCobra 02:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Google does not translate it and i don't have anything else to do it. Glosslip also has some translation too. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:34, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm norwegian. Both blogs gives accurate summaries of what norwegian newspapers and TV has reported. Some of the other english blogs (which is not mentioned in the article) have minor inaccuracies. Pharaohmø (not logged in)

OK, I have also reviewed the original norwegian articles, and I believe that we have gotten all the facts and quotes correct. So I will now remove this blog from sources as well as the GlossLip which also adds nothing (just links and copy-paste of the articles we already have). --SVTCobra 13:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Mother
Note: The politician Heidi Sørensen is Kaja's step mother. Kaja's birth mother's name is Tove. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.241.216.109 (talk) 05:32, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

GlossLip

 * The post cites Wikinews. Cirt - (talk) 09:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The post cites Wikinews. Cirt - (talk) 09:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Original translation
I translated this quote from Dagbladet myself: --SVTCobra 13:08, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * "Jeg tror Kaja ville vært i live i dag hvis hun ikke hadde gått til scientologene," mener Henrik Møinichen. (no)
 * "I believe Kaja would have been alive today if she had not gone to the Scientologists," says (literally opines) Henrik Møinichen. (en)

Neel Shah and Radar Online
I do not think that Neel Shah's opinion merits inclusion. Shah is a writer for Radar considered to be satirical in nature. Shah usually writes about gossip and pop culture. Hardly an authority on what may or may not drive someone to suicide. --SVTCobra 15:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Good point. Removed. Cirt - (talk) 15:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Los Angeles Times

 * Los Angeles Times mentions the incident. Cirt - (talk) 23:35, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * To be fair that is a blog hosted by LAT and not something published in the paper. (I hate how those [and not just LAT] show up in Google news searches). --SVTCobra 23:39, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * To clarify, according to the webpage it is still technically published by the Los Angeles Times. Cirt - (talk) 23:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I would never consider them to be reliable sources. I do not believe it goes through the same editorial control that the things they put in the paper do. At best they are the equivalent of opinion pieces. --SVTCobra 23:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hrm, well that's a discussion for a Wikipedia talkpage, not here, but I'd have to respectfully disagree, I think they are reliable sources, and that there is a review process. Cirt - (talk) 23:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hrm, well that's a discussion for a Wikipedia talkpage, not here, but I'd have to respectfully disagree, I think they are reliable sources, and that there is a review process. Cirt - (talk) 23:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)


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Even with the related news available to readers, I think this could use a little more background. Otherwise, it is pretty much good to go (publish), imo. --SVTCobra 01:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I'll see what I can do with it. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Looked pretty good to me, so I published. --SVTCobra 01:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


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When will we ever learn to get out? It's destroying our economy, needlessly killing way too many lives, and was started on a faulty purpose! A no-brainer to me. w:User:Ian Lee 01:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

If pulling out somehow magically stops this stuff, and doesn't allow the current fragile government to be taken over by these suicidal/homicidal maniacs, then sure. Your plan will work great. (24.98.235.224 17:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)), with every once of sarcasm

 * The violence will 'magically' when the US pull out. Think about it -

 * No violence before invasion - this means the violence started as result of invasion
 * Insurgents say they are violent because of invasion - therefore they have no reason to be violent once 'we' (we as in some tyrannic ruler like Bush claiming that he represents the opinion of the general public) pull out of Iraq --A101 - (talk) 17:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No violence before the invasion?!?! I guess gassing the Kurds is not violent. --SVTCobra 18:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You also seem to be forgetting the mass graves that have been uncovered where Saddam's security forces buried dissenters. That's not violence. --SVTCobra 18:09, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, significantly lees violence --A101 - (talk) 18:12, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the death of a few hundred people a year is terrible but the death of a few hundred people a day in much worse. I have my suspicions about these mass graves, I think they might jst be something invented by US securiy forces to justify the illegal war --A101 - (talk) 18:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If they were going to "invent" that why didn't they just invent the WMDs? --SVTCobra 18:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Because the UN inspectors went and checked f r or WMD, only the US 'checked' for the mass graves.--A101 - (talk) 18:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You are not even making sense.--SVTCobra 13:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't the the violence will go away when we leave, no. But nor will any progress occur while we remain. So it's best to leave.

I'd say the best move is to partition the country. The violence died down after the various ethnic groups killed everyone who wasn't them but remained in their region. But then the violence restarted after people decided it was safe to return home. A partition could make the least violent situation permanent. Of course the partition might develop into another war between the new states, but even that beats the current situation.

Just get the f*ck out already. Nyarlathotep - (talk) 23:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

this has just gotten so silly...
The U.N. is an honest organization, and Saddam Hussein was a great leader who wouldn't harm so much as a hair on the head of those who wouldn't deserve it. (QUINTIX - (talk) 00:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)), and the holocaust never happened, the allies made it up O.k, I didn't find direct "non-U.S." source, 'cause I rather not spend much time on such silliness. If someone can find a better non-U.S. source that would be great.

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Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins

April 16, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI began his visit to the United States on Tuesday. In an unprecedented gesture, he was greeted by President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and their daughter Jenna, upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Today, which is also the Pope's 81st birthday, Benedict XVI visited the White House and more than 9,000 people with tickets were there to see him speak. This makes it "one of the largest arrival ceremonies ever held at the White House," according to White House Press Secretary Dana Perino. An estimated additional 4,000 people without tickets lined the streets. The Pope was given a 21-gun salute and greeted by President Bush on the South Lawn of the White House. Benedict XVI addressed the crowd in a short speech. He appealed for support "for the patient efforts of international diplomacy to resolve conflicts and promote progress."

He further said, "As the nation faces the increasingly complex political and ethical issues of our time, I am confident that the American people will find in their religious beliefs a precious source of insight and an inspiration to pursue reasoned, responsible and respectful dialogue in the effort to build a more humane and free society." Benedict said he has "great respect for this vast pluralistic society" and ended his speech with "God bless America."

Kevin Waymel, 26, travelled from San Francisco with 80 others to see the Pope. He told The Guardian that he had "come to show support for the Holy Father," and credited his faith for getting him off drugs. Afterwards, inside the White House, the first couple presented the Pope with a birthday cake. In a private meeting with Bush, Benedict XVI brought up his concerns about the Iraq war and the treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States, who may number as many as 20 million. Most of these are from Latin America and therefore overwhelmingly Catholic.

After the meeting, Benedict XVI rode along Pennsylvania Avenue in the popemobile with throngs of people lining the street.

Wednesday evening, the Pope met with US bishops at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He addressed the bishops about sexual abuse by the clergy, which the Pope has said made him "deeply ashamed." The US Catholic Church has paid out an estimated US$2 billion to settle abuse cases in recent years.

Bendict XVI told the gathered bishops that the sex abuse scandal had at times been mishandled and urged them to reach out to the victims. "It is your God-given responsibility as pastors to bind up the wounds caused by every breach of trust to foster healing, to promote reconciliation and to reach out with loving concern to those so seriously wronged," the Pope said.

Some victims had hoped the Pope would have critcised bishops for transferring pedophile priests from parish to parish. He did not go that far and instead praised training programs for priests and lay people who deal with children. "In this regard your efforts to heal and protect are bearing great fruit not only for those directly under your pastoral care, but for all of society," said Benedict XVI. "It's the closest the Pope has come to saying that the bishops didn't do their job right. I think that's quite significant," said the Reverend Thomas J. Reese, a Jesuit priest and author.

Prior to his arrival, hundreds of people were already gathered outside the Basilica as Benedict XVI arrived. "I'm really excited," said an unnamed onlooker to NY1. "It's like a dream, almost. There are, like, other foreign dignitaries, and then there's the pope. It's a unique experience and I can't wait to see him."

During his flight to the United States, Benedict XVI told reporters that he intended to discuss poverty and development aid to poor countries with President Bush. "The United States has to help these countries develop. It is in the interest of everyone, not only these countries but of the world and particularly of the United States," he said.

This is the first Papal visit to the United States by Benedict XVI, and the first visit of a Pope to the U.S. since John Paul II's visit in 1999. The pope scheduled to stay in Washington through Thursday. After that, he will travel to New York City where he plans to address the United Nations, visit the World Trade Center site, and celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium.


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Since this was narrowly voted a featured article (It's been more than a week), somebody should add the "FA" tag to it. --WNewsReporter (talk) 07:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
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Firefox article
Since the article was published on the 18th, references to "today" should be fairly unambiguous. I'm sure if you look through a few articles, you'll see references to "today", "yesterday", "this week", etc. It's not a huge issue, and I don't think it's worth me reverting you, just a little heads up. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:52, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

In 2 years no one is going to know which "today" is referred to without cross referencing with Guiness or other news source. Now when I read this article in 1,2,3 years in "This day in past news" I'll know which day it is referring to. Glad it's not a huge issue :-)

 * Every article has a date on it, right up the top. Even this one. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 06:19, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

hmm, I see no dates except in your .sig. The other thing is that Wikinews being 'CC attribution' content people are going to cut, paste and share. Thus taking the paragraph out of the context of the page.

 * By "this page" I actually meant that one, i.e. the Firefox article: my bad. Still, the "attribution" means that they have to link to the source, and since it's attributed to "Wikinews" that means the original article. I understand what you're talking about, but I guess I just feel it's more "appropriate" to use "today", "last week" and so forth, just as you would use in mainstream media, or in casual conversation. Speaking of sigs, though, do you mind signing what you write on talk pages? It's just a matter of four tildes ( ~ ), or clicking the button above the edit box that kind of looks like a signature (between the struck-out W and the horizontal line). It helps manage the flow of conversation, and is generally considered good "Wikiquette". Thanks, Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 05:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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2008 SecuTech Expo starts in Taipei, Taiwan for grasping global security industry

April 16, 2008 The 11th-annual SecuTech Expo & Asian Security Week, organized by New Era International Inc., starts with topics from security devices, information security, and fire & safety on April 16 to 18. 750 companies form 20 nations participated in this fair and more then hundred security experts grasped for the safety & security industry in Global Digital Surveillance Forum, Asia-pacific Information Security Forum, Asian Manufacturer Club and Annual Summit, and Annual Summit for Industrial and Environmental Safety in Taiwan.

In the Industrial Safety and Security Device areas, products related to CCTV and digital surveillance was progressively respected by industrial executives, and before the main show of the "SecuTech Award" announcements, most of participants manufactured security products in conjunction with IT security applications. By the way of the Asia-pacific Information Security Forum, several experts from IT industry did forecasts and analyzed crisis on global IT security.

New Era International Inc., the show organizer, scheduled to promote the "SecuTech" brand to Vietnam by holding the "SechTech Vietnem" first time at Vietnam Exhibition Fair Centre (VEFAC) in Hanoi, Vietnam. And also, this fair was confirmed to move to the TWTC Nangang for more spaces to showcase the security industry worldwide including Taiwan.


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I'm now at the Press Center of SecuTech Expo, and also attended the Opening Ceremony for this fair. There were several seminars and forums surrounded in this fair, and participants showcased excellence for the security industry.

Picture and audio from the Opening will be uploaded later, if anyone don't mind, just try copy-editing my article. Next topic for this series is the showcase of Information Security. Brock contact... 05:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


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Plane crash in Congo kills at least 70

April 16, 2008

In Goma, on the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), at least 70 people, according to officials, have died because when a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed on take off yesterday.

VOA has reported that as many as 100 people could have been on board the plane at the time of its crash.

A director of Hewa Bora Airways, the airline involved in the incident said that "we [the airline] have managed to save most of the passengers who have been evacuated to hospitals."

Naomi Schwarz, a journalist on the scene described the incident. "The whole top of the plane is ripped off and the two buildings next door are pretty much destroyed too. People are carrying buckets full of water to try to put out the fire. Just buckets they found on the streets," she said.

As of 08:00 UTC, the majority of the Hewa Bora website was not available.

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I just visited the website and have noticed that the press releases section or any section where they could try to justify the accident is closed and replaced with a liitle triange thing. I suspect that the airline have made a mistake and ca'tjustify it. --A101 - (talk) 07:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


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Grown-up people with their imaginary friends are scaring me. For real. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.163.16.203 (talk • contribs)
 * As we should. Fephisto - (talk) 20:38, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

any religion that tom cruise is a part is trash anyways. that should have been the biggest warning sign in the first place. - someone —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.120.161.44 (talk) 15:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

It's worth adding some sort of other links to victims of scientology type information on wikipedia. Yes, I realize that she wasn't a member, but still. Nyarlathotep - (talk) 16:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No, that would not be a good idea. --SVTCobra 17:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

As much as I despise scientology, wikinews seems overly focused on it compared to other news outlets... keep it up. (24.98.235.224 17:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC))
 * The way I see it, the main stream media isn't covering this enough in the USA. This was originally only in foreign sources. Same went for the Belgium government raid on the Church. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. There's precious little reporting on Scientology in US media except for "what wackiness is Tom up to now?" type stuff in tabloids, which paints a false picture of the cult as a harmless bunch of goofballs with an eccentric actor in charge.  Countries like Germany and Belgium, which have had more direct experience with the results of cults of personality, know better.  -- on WP as User:Kasreyn.

Scientology Denies Connection to death?
Scientology has just shown how dangerous it really is by denying that their test had anything to do with this girl's death. The test said that she was "lacking harmony" and "depressed", she left a note before she killed herself telling her parents that she was sorry for being no good at everything. The test obviously made her feel that way, so if she had not gone to get the personality test she would not have felt depressed and killed herself. I find it distatseful that that Scientology denies any connection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.164.43.254 (talk) 23:32, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Personality Test Experience
I had a similar experience when I went into take the personality test as well. This was in St. Paul, Minnesota back in 1998 but the results of the test were similar. I only went in on a fluke, and was in good spirits, after the test came an interview, where a man told me I was depressed and thought about death too much. He recommended some self help books that they sold in order to help correct my ways. My case is not as extreme, however I do believe that these Scientologists were definitely trying to brainwash me and my Wife. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.149.24.194 (talk) 03:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

No No No.
I believe the girl was seriously depressed, and obviously had some body issues (as proved by her eating disorder); it is possible that the results sent her into a manically depressed state where she decided to end her life. My argument here is...if she would have went to a school or a library (or anywhere really) and took this personality test, would we still be blaming them for her suicide? for her OWN choice to end her life? I don't believe the Church has any reason to be blamed for this, and personally wouldn't have even considered it in the first place.

-Andrea H. Fortville, IN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.186.124.214 (talk) 22:57, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Educational facilities (or libraries [huh?] for that matter) do not put people through the Oxford Capacity Analysis. It can be, and evidently has been, used by others as Scientology sells licenses for the test, but it is not in wide use and is quite controversial. --SVTCobra 23:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

The test is bullshit
Any normal human being gets somne low points in the test and the scientologists tell the person that the only way out is to take scientology courses and auditing. Of course most people get very depressed when they hear how bad the test result was. Scienologists are educated in making people feel bad. How else could the make people do their stupid couses and pay millions in worthless auditing. An interesting thing is that one person I know is rather cold, perverted and antisocial. One day he made the test and his results were so good that the scientologists wanted him to start as staff immediately without taking any courses. When he was tested on the e-meter his needle was floating all the time so the also thought he was clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.209.144.52 (talk) 20:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Cult. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.168.109.146 (talk) 14:05, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

who was Florian CHIRAUX??? he comitted suicide 13 février 2008 ??? fews days before Kajar gunnar Ballo in street Assalit in Nice IN France ....What ciencidence!!! excuse my english! je reprends en français: Florian CHIRAUX demeurant 20 rue Assalit depuis 2003, jeune homme bien sous tout rapport sans aucun problème psychologique ou autre faisant parti d'une fammile sans problème??parents mariés depuis 1973 plusieurs enfants, garçon très ouvert, sociable, beau garçon, qui aimait les filles et était très apprécié par elles...réalisant un projet professionnel et ayant réussi, enfin toutes conditions réunies pour un suicide!!!!!son seul tort s'être pris la tête avec l'eglise de scientologie, qui avait essayé de recruté deux jeunes filles de sa famille, sans aucun problème psycho, Florian CHIRAUX les avait m!enacé si ils continuaient de s"approcher de sa famille et cela devant plusieurs personnes. il est retrouvé pendu dans sa


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13 arrested in Rhys Jones murder investigation

April 16, 2008 Merseyside Police have arrested 13 people in connection with the murder of school boy Rhys Jones in 2007. The arrests took place in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, where the murder occurred. Of those, 12 were arrested on Tuesday in dawn raids and the 13th arrested on April 16. One of the original 12 has been released on bail.

Of the 12 the remaining in custody, two boys aged 16 and 17, and two men aged 24 and 25, were arrested on suspicion of murder. The other arrests relate to possible charges of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender and in one case possession of a firearm and ammunition.

There have been many previous arrests during this investigation, it is not known how many, if any, of these suspects have been previously arrested in the course of this investigation. In the UK non terrorist suspects may be held for up to 24 hours before charges are brought and additional 12 hours can be granted by a Police superintendent. The police can then apply to a Magistrate for a further extension, this may happen as early as 5 p.m. BST (UTC+1) on April 16.

Merseyside Police announced at 6 p.m. on April 16, that a 17-year-old had been charged with murder. Charges of assisting an offender have been brought against two men Gary Kayes and Melvyn Coy, and two youths, one of the youths has also been charged with possessing a firearm.

In addition to the charged, one man was released on police bail on Tuesday and four more today, one person remains in custody without charge and one woman has been released without charge.


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