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The search for the 16 missing people has been called off about 34 hours after the Sikorsky S92 helicopter crashed in the on Friday. The helicopter is lying on its side at a depth of 178 metres approximately off the Newfoundland shoreline, about  southeast of, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Of the original 18 people on board, Robert Decker is in critical condition in hospital and the body of Allison Maher had been recovered. Decker is the only survivor of the crash.

The (ROVs) used to search the wreckage, have videotaped ten to thirteen of the missing within the helicopter. At first recovery crews were hoping to haul the main body of the helicopter and its fuselage up intact, but because of the helicopter's condition, the Transportation Safety Board will first retrieve the bodies from within the tangled metal.

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Lol, nobody else commenting... w/e... I think that Obama is doing a smash up job, and that he needs to keep it up! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.87.11.6 (talk • contribs) 05:54, 16 March 2009

It's interesting to read the Monsanto article with this announcement. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.247.186.147 (talk • contribs) 08:13, 16 March 2009

Of course, consumers do not know what is healthy for them. Certainly mr. Obama knows what is healthy for budget and for inspectors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.220.124.198 (talk) 13:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes

I wonder, will he change the way the FDA performs their checks? At the moment, ingredients such as transfat do not have to be listed if constituting less than 1% of the product. Furthermore, the FDA, as I understand it, allows for companies to either evaluate their own products. Especially in the realm of drugs and pharmaceuticals, I believe that this is a dangerous practice born of neglect and corruption.

What will our President do of these hazards to public health? I already do not trust the FDA, and I wonder if pumping them full of new money that we don't have is the answer.

I agree, throwing money at the FDA probably isnt going to help significantly.. or at least wouldnt be worth the 1 billion dollars. I don't know a whole lot about the FDA, but from what I have heard they're a broken system when it comes to drugs, I hope thats not equally true when it comes to food. But really whats the alternative?

Seriously
People are so underminded these days. They see a small paragraph and since it won't take up an hour of their time, they let every word sink in to them and allow it to decide their decision of what the heck is going on in society. This small statement blasting against our food safety just preaches how we trick each other into believing the folly of another man's opinion. Has anyone promoted the FDA and our food safety system? Sure, for some it's just not enough (This includes Obama) which may be true in some cases but compared to the early 1900s food production where complete abominations that would be called "food" was shipped out, this is not a terrible situation. Though still, people are smacking down on our society, and perhaps I'm just too right-wing here- perhaps we do need a serious reformation, but in general, and to sum it up, always know both sides of the story: For food safety, although not perfect, it is no longer The Jungle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.183.218 (talk) 12:51, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What's hilarious is that Obama appointed the same lady who had to step down from FDA after being charged with racketeering for hiding the deaths and adverse events associated with Johnson & Johnson's drug Levaquim. Her husband is manager of a hedge fund heavily invested in Johnson & Johnson, so that this little paragraph we're discussing left out evidence that Obama's either an idiot or taking money to get her back on the payroll and hiding deaths from Johnson & Johnson's fine line of pharmaceuticals. "Both" is always a possibility with Obama. Vfrickey (talk) 21:36, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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But really, I don't like argula.

Thank you Jesus...I had a feeling that FDA weren't doing their job properly. I am so happy to see this peace of news come out.

As well, I liked to add that I noticed that a lot of supplements on the market that claim to provide relief for ailments are never monitored by the FDA...how can we have an agency whose job is to protect and inform consumers of what they consume if they won't monitor it because of some policy. That is politics at its worst...when it begins to sound like non-sense! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.16.246.87 (talk • contribs) 13:17, 14 April 2009

 * You're serious, right? If a government agency is violating policy in any action it takes, that's illegal.  When we have a government which does things Congress says it cannot do, that's nonsense. And illegal.
 * In related news, the lady Obama just appointed an agency commissioner to FDA had to quit that same agency after being charged with hiding fatalities and other adverse side effects of Levaquin, a product of one of the companies she and her hedge-fund manager husband made money from. So, if you think people are getting sick now.... Vfrickey (talk) 21:30, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Is Obama doing the right thing?
YES OBAMA IS THE MAN THAT WILL TURN THIS WORLD AROUND

 * Yes he is 100% right & the FDA needs to stop approving genetically altered food.  We are seeing the results of that in (not only) our childrens health but viruses that are so resistant to any medication we have that we are all in danger. STOP the putting of antibotis in animal food. STOP the growth honmones in in animals. STOP GENIETIC ALTERED FOOD the only thing we know for sure is that it makes MONEY for the producers at the risk of our health. PLEASE ...WE ARE KILLING OURSELVES FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY,MONEY, MONEY. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.36.14.225 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 31 August 2010

BRONX NEW YORK GO YANKEES —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.124.170.123 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 6 August 2009

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ok ok —124.247.209.75 (talk) 09:17, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Really? MARGARET HAMBURG? Currently facing RICO Racketeering Charges!
"That is a hazard to public health. It is unacceptable. And it will change under the leadership of Dr. Margaret Hamburg," Obama promised. The leadership of Dr. Margaret Hamburg? Seems that Dr Hamburg has been charged with RACKETEERING for hiding the dangerous side effects of drugs while head of the FDA because her husband managed a hedge fund heavily invested in Johnson & Johnson, makers of the drug Levaquin, which made the couple HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS as hundreds, maybe thousands of Americans lost their lives because of the deceitful actions of this woman.

This is the very same woman who drafted the current regulations that are designed to put the vaping industry out of business. Why would the head of the FDA want to make it harder for Americans to quit smoking? Can you guess who makes the nicotine patch, gum and nasal spray? If you guessed Johnson & Johnson you're correct!

Here we have a person who was given the trust to lead the FDA to a safer direction and she wants to make it more difficult for Americans to quit smoking, unless they do it using the products that put MONEY in her pocket of course. That's after she hides the dangers of a drug that caused the death of many Americans and made several other moves while head of the FDA that were designed to use her position to put more and more MONEY in her pocket. This female has betrayed the trust that The President put in her, she betrayed the FDA and she betrayed the people of the United States of America.

She did step down in 2015, after using the FDA to make hundreds of millions of dollars for her and her husband. Her replacement, Dr Robert Califf, who is also on Johnson & Johnson's bankroll is determined to see her restrictions on the vaping industry implemented as vaping, while saving the health of millions of Americans, is costing Johnson & Johnson sales of their nicotine patch and other nicotine products. He also has financial ties to dozens of other drug companies, which can only leave us asking WHY the FDA is being used as a means to enrich whoever is in charge instead of doing what it's supposed to do, which is to make sure that the health of American citizens is being protected, not sold for personal financial gain.

When will this hypocrisy end? How is this knowingly being tolerated? Isn't the United States supposed to be better than this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 108.234.64.142 (talk • contribs) 03:53, 25 August 2016

 * This is pretty much in line with Democratic Party decision-making. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz helps the money men pick this year's Presidential nominee? Hillary Clinton thanks her by making her honorary chair of her campaign committee.  And like that incredibly tone-deaf decision, the press is ignoring Obama's tapping Margaret Hamburg as agency commissioner for FDA after having been charged with racketeering in concert with her hedge-fund manager spouse.  The Democrats couldn't get away with this if the press were as alert to malfeasance by Obama and the rest of the Democratic party leadership as they are to their political opposition. Vfrickey (talk) 21:17, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

The article omits this racketeering complaint filed in Federal court in April of this year: https://www.scribd.com/doc/309957583/Amended-Levaquin-complaint in which Mrs. Hamburg's accused of concealing deaths and other adverse side effects from Levaquin, a drug manufactured by Johnson & Johnson.

The complaint, interestingly, includes this allegation:

"Specifically, on or about May of 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg as a political appointee to become Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). On information and belief, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg was nominated as a result of huge political and other gratuities to Hillary Clinton and The Clinton Foundation, and at Mrs. Clinton’s recommendation. During the confirmation process before Congress, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, acting in concert with her husband, Peter F. Brown and the other Defendants named in this Amended Complaint, at all material times the Co-CEO of a hedge fund named Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C., failed to disclose to Congress and other relevant authorities, her and her husband’s clear-cut conflict of interest –specifically, that Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C. held hundreds of millions of dollars of Johnson & Johnson stock, the manufacturer of the deadly drug, Levaquin.

Once confirmed as FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg acted as the instrumentality that all Defendants used to perpetrate their conspiracy and racketeering enterprise by having her act illegally and outside the scope of her authority as FDA Commissioner to suppress material information to Plaintiffs and the public that Levaquin was inherently dangerous and in fact, deadly. Had this information been disclosed to Plaintiffs and the public at large, her and her husband’s financial gain and net worth would have plummeted, since Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg’s husband, Peter F. Brown, reaped and continues to reap huge financial gain as a result of Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C.’s holdings of Johnson & Johnson stock. To further this conspiracy, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, acting in concert with each and every Defendant, jointly and severally, appointed officials of Johnson & Johnson to key FDA Advisory Committees and colluded with Johnson & Johnson and its officials and subsidiaries to suppress information about the dangerous and deadly effects of Levaquin.

As a result, during Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg’s tenure as FDA Commissioner from 2009 to 2015, over 5,000 people died as a result of consuming Levaquin and other dangerous drugs promoted, manufactured, marketed, distributed and sold by Johnson & Johnson, suffered debilitating, life-threatening, and deadly illnesses and effects.

This deadly harm is continuing as Plaintiffs and thousands of other people are suffering and dying from the highly dangerous effects of Levaquin."

Apparently it's fine to sell drugs with deadly side effects over the pharmacy counter, if you pay Hillary her cut, first. Vfrickey (talk) 22:14, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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Austrian man who imprisoned daughter pleads guilty at start of trial

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An Austrian man charged with keeping his daughter prisoner in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children, has pleaded guilty to rape, incest, false imprisonment and coercion but innocent to enslavement and at the start of his trial today.

Josef Fritzl, 73, allegedly began imprisoning and raping his daughter Elisabeth, now 42, on August 8, 1984. He lured her to the basement where she was locked in a room, handcuffed and drugged. He is charged with incest, false imprisonment, murder, rape and the enslavement. The murder charge stems from allegations that Fritzl murdered a twin of one of the children. He then disposed of the body by placing the corpse into a heated oven, burning the body. Police say the child had died shortly after being born.

Police became suspicious when a 19-year-old daughter, Kerstin, was taken to hospital with a mysterious life-threatening illness, and the family's medical records were checked. Police say that Elisabeth F. appeared to be "greatly disturbed" psychologically, and only agreed to talk after the authorities assured her that she would not have to have contact with her father, and that her children would be cared for. When authorities arrived at his home, Fritzl told police what he had done. Of the surviving six children, there are three boys and three girls, between 5 and 20 years old.

The 27 page indictment says that Fritzl "had equipped it [the cellar] with a double bed, a wash basin, a toilet, a TV, a video recorder, an oven and plastic crockery. In the cellar there was no daylight or fresh air. The only opportunity to wash was in a sink, there was no shower. There was also no hot water or heating." The indictment also stated that Fritzl's actions were "premeditated."

Fritzl's lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, opened the trial saying that Fritzl was "not a monster" and that Fritzl "was scared [and] regrets his actions". As a precaution to prevent media infiltration and Fritzl's escape, authorities issued a no-fly warning above the courtroom.

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Australian Senate to decide sport footage ownership

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An inquiry set up by the Australian Senate will decide where footage taken at sporting events can run.

"The potential precedents for this are enormous," said the head of a major news agency. "This will set a global benchmark — it has been coming to a head for a long time."

The inquiry was set up off the back of a feud between sporting organisations and media outlets over the use of footage, some of which was uploaded to YouTube, and photos taken at sporting events. It will also look at whether companies who own broadcast rights can get a commercial return by limiting the use of their footage.

Agence France-Presse, Reuters and boycotted the Australian cricket season because Cricket Australia required them to sign documents restricting the use of photos and video footage they [AFP, Reuters and AAP] collected. Journalists working for Fairfax Media and News Limited were almost banned from covering the after their respective organisations refused to sign accreditation documents. The issue was resolved.

"This is a matter that has been of immense concern to the media all over the world and control over access to events is being used to control access to images," said Chris Warren, secretary of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA). He said that many Australians were unaware of how agreements were limiting their access to sports coverage.

A Wikinews reporter was able to get accreditation for the 2008-09 A-League Finals series. The reporter captured video footage and photos with his own camera. The video footage used was released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike and GNU Free Documentation License copyright licenses.

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Comments:US Fed chairman Bernanke says recession could end this year

If Bernake says that the recession is over by the end of this year, that means the recession will be over this year. The private bank (The Federal Reserve) controls our money supply, and when they say a recession is over... its over

Unfortunately, I do not believe that it is so easy. This is a worldwide problem and I find it hard to believe that it will be solved by our Country alone, and by the end of the year. It is true that the Federal Reserve is a private establishment that controls our money, and given that power, it is a wonder that they allowed such a recession to take place in the first place. This leads me to question both motive and ability. Did they actually have the power to prevent this? If so, what did they hope to accomplish?

My own, perhaps uneducated, opinion is that this recession accomplished a redistribution of the wealth in a manner favorable to the already wealthy. Either that or the Federal Reserve is impotent in solving our problems and managing our money.

Bernanke hasn't got a very reliable record for accuracy, or forthrightness. The economy is still in the process of switching tracks, and even that may not be finished by mid-year, so it's far too soon to call it 'the right track', much less that we'll be out of it by 2009. 97.81.77.13 01:38, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

need of the hour ......
Its not all about stock markets alone.. More about consumer behaviour.. No customers .. Decrease in sales .. job cuts .. repeat from the beginnning of the line.. So, More government spending is needed in this needy hour.. Bail is OK to some extent .. Then government should continue to expand its equity base in bailed-out companies in return. Fiscal frugality in Private sector, not by Government.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ved9876 (talk • contribs) 04:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

So this is the face of one of those people about whom we as a people can do nothing. For our own good, to liberate ourselves, or create economic balance. I always wonder how often those pompous white collar jerks think about the rest of the country. Not very often, I'd wager. He doesn't look like he misses sleep over the distribution of wealth in this country.

So that means other countires would end the recession after United States, Really hesitate to what he said. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.14.72.46 (talk) 06:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You don't see people on street corners doing a three-card-shuffle based scam anymore; they took out college loans, learned finance, and have been screwing the world via Wall Street ever since. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:48, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * well Brian McNeil i relize that your point of view has the right to be heard, but when it shows your ignorance, i would keep it to your self. oh and England and the US, two diffrent countrys that may share many many coultural similarities, that are as i said two diffifrent countrys.--weirdjrc (talk) 15:34, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * One, I am not in England, and I am not English. Two, I am well aware of cultural differences between the USA, and the United Kingdom (which I am also not in). Three, don't tell people they have no right to express an opinion, or if you do, get a god-damned spellchecker before doing so - otherwise you look like an ignorant hick who'd fail a third grade spelling-bee. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


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Cricket: South Africa to host 2009 ICC Champions Trophy

March 16, 2009 South Africa will be the host for the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy for cricket. The tournament, originally planned for 2008 in Pakistan, was postponed to 2009 owing to security issues.

Sri Lanka was proposed as an alternative venue, but due to weather concerns in Sri Lanka during the month of October, the tournament has now been moved to South Africa. This was confirmed by an ICC Board teleconference.

ICC President David Morgan said, "I think the Board has made a sensible decision that will give the event every chance of success. We now have clarity on the subject and we can make firm plans for what is going to be a great spectacle of ODI cricket." He also thanked the Sri Lankan Board for their commitment.

The tournament features eight national test cricket teams competing in One Day Internationals. The games will be conducted in Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg and SuperSport Park, Pretoria. It will be held from September 24 to October 5, 2009 in these two venues.


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Coup in Madagascar; opposition leader backs army

March 16, 2009 Gunfire, believed to be shots into the air by celebrating soldiers, was heard in Antananarivo today as the army of Madagascar forced armored vehicles into one of the country's many presidential palaces in an apparent military coup. Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana, whose I Love Madagascar party controls an overwhelming majority of seats in the National Assembly, was not in the palace and is said to be taking shelter in another palace six miles (10 km) from the site.

"The President of the Republic, the National Assembly and the Senate, and the government are removed from their duties," announced declaration signed by opposition leader Andry Rajoelina which also said new elections would be held within two years. Earlier in the day, Rajoelina, the former mayor of Antananarivo and head of the Tanora malaGasy Vonona movement, had called for President Ravalomanana to be arrested, rejecting the President's offer of a plebiscite on his rule. The occupation of the palace follows a long chain of events which includes Mr Rajoelina's January 31 declaration that he would "run all national affairs" of the country. Mr Rajoelina has been publicly supported in turn by the self-proclaimed chief of staff of the Army and it was unclear as of this writing whether he or the military were leading the coup, and Mr Rajoelina denied ordering the attack on the palace.

President Ravalomanana, in response, called for the people of the outskirts of the capital to "organise themselves to thwart all movements of mutinous troops towards the palace in order to protect the president and the palace" on his private radio station.

The African Union, which has been urging both sides to come to the negotiating table during the several months of unrest which has led to the deaths of over one hundred Madagascans, condemned the attempted coup, urging the country to respect its constitution; that constitution bars Mr Rajoelina, who is 34, from the presidency for reasons of age.

Mr Rajoelina argues that under President Ravalomanana, freedoms in the country are being suppressed while large areas of land have been unfairly given over to foreign interests.

President Ravalomanana, meanwhile, has also accused Mr Rajoelina of being a puppet of former Madagascan president Didier Ratsiraka, whose refusal to leave power in 2001 after losing an election led to eight months of demonstrations.

The coup follows a number of legal rebuffs for Mr Rajoelina, who lost the mayorship after his January declaration of power and whose attempt to challenge the legitimacy of President Ravalomanana was rejected by the Madagascan Constitutional Court.


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US president Obama, Congress call for blocking of executive bonuses at AIG insurance company

March 18, 2009 🇺🇸United States Barack Obama stated Monday that insurance giant  is in financial trouble due to "recklessness and greed," and called for legal action to stop the company from giving out millions of dollars in bonuses to its executives.

"It's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay," Obama said. "How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat."

Obama's statement comes after reports surfaced last weekend saying the insurance agency, which is in deep financial trouble, had paid 165 million to executives in bonuses, after receiving $170 billion as part of a government bailout plan.

AIG has said that the bonuses have to be given out, as the company is legally required by contract to do so. A representative with the, Lawrence H. Summers, also said that the bonuses were required to be given out. If AIG had refused to give out the bonuses, employees could file a lawsuit against the company for the money.

"We cannot attract and retain the best and the brightest talent to lead and staff the A.I.G. businesses — which are now being operated principally on behalf of American taxpayers — if employees believe their compensation is subject to continued and arbitrary adjustment by the U.S. Treasury," AIG CEO said in a letter addressed to Treasury Secretary  on Saturday.

Liddy said that he asked Geithner "to use that leverage and pursue every legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American taxpayers whole."

"I want everybody to be clear that Secretary Geithner's been on the case," Obama said. "He's working to resolve this matter with the new CEO, Edward Liddy, who, by the way, everybody needs to understand, came on board after the contracts that led to these bonuses were agreed to last year."

If the bonuses cannot be stopped, the U.S. Congress says they want AIG to reimburse the government. Congress is looking to impose stiff new taxes on the pay, or ordering the company to return the money which was originally granted from a government bailout. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday,   promised that the treasury will recover all of the money. Several U.S. senators along with Liddy have sent letters to AIG asking for the bonuses to be renegotiated, something AIG agreed to and says they will reduce future bonuses by 30%. Senators state that if Libby does not respond by renegotiating the bonuses, the Senate Finance Committee will propose an. Not only will an excise tax be proposed on AIG, but all companies receiving bailout money and their employees who receive bonuses.

Numerous House Democrats have introduced legislation which would place a 100% tax on any bonuses of over $100,000 from companies that are receiving government bailout funds. Meanwhile in the Senate, a bipartisan proposal by (-) and  (-) would levy a special 90% excise tax on AIG's bonuses. Asked Senator Baucus, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee: "What is the highest excise tax we can impose that will stand up in court? Let's find out."


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What does AIG say? --SVTCobra 21:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Hm, good point. Neither source really has any mention of what AIG had to say. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 21:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I am looking for the sources, but from what I know about the deal, is that AIG was required under contract to pay the bonuses to employees. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:01, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Found what I could. That is apparently all AIG said was they are legally required to give the bonuses. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:13, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I added a quote by the CEO in a letter to the Treasury. --SVTCobra 01:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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This should have been published 3 days ago. If there is new news about AIG, then it should get a new article. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:01, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

The environment
I feel that it is about time that the president and his cabinet take responsibilty for the environmentel issues and the ever increasing presser on oour nature resorses do to over population and mismaniment.Not just this iminastraion but every ather iminastaion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.96.38 (talk) 23:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


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Bangladesh security tightened following Pilkhana massacre and Bashundhara City fire

March 20, 2009

Following the Pilkhana massacre which occurred February 25 and 26 leaving 74 dead and the inferno at the Bashundhara City shopping mall complex March 13 leaving seven dead, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said security measures are being tightened countrywide across Bangladesh.

Fire drills will be enacted at all key-point installations (KPI). Fire fighting systems will be examined by the fire brigade and the public works department (PWD) to ensure functionality. Security measures will be enhanced supplementing areas under private security such as at the Bashundhara City Complex.

The Fire Service and Civil Defence Department requires modernization and needs new equipment to fight fires past the sixth floor of buildings. The Fire Brigade says it needs turntable ladders, snorkels, foam-tenders, lighting units, emergency tenders, fireproof uniforms, and rescue ropes for fire fighting and rescue operations. Transportation to fires is also an issue due to narrow roads, low electrical wires and congestion.

The Bangladesh National Building Code requires fire fighting equipment installed in buildings over seven floors. This code is to be monitored by authorities to ensure compliance with the new guidelines and to make sure buildings are being maintained.

The Bashundhara City Complex opened Monday for shoppers two days after Friday's blaze. A probe is underway to determine the cause of the fire and to assess structural damage.

Loss of life was minimized as the blaze broke out on a Friday, the beginning of the weekend in Bangladesh, so offices in the upper floors were empty. The lower eight floors are used for shopping and the upper floors are all Bashundhara Group offices.

The mall is valued at Tk 7.0 billion (US$100 million). It is not known if the complex is covered by fire insurance.

It is estimated that it will take over two years to rebuild the area damaged by flames which were burned down to a skeleton. Bashundhara City's technical advisor, Latifur Rahman, estimated damages at Tk 2.0 billion (US$29m).

Only one television cameraman has been allowed in to film the burnt area. None of the 2,500 shops, cinemas or cafes were burnt by the inferno. The seventh and eighth floors still experience smoke damage, and there was water damage to merchandise.

A three member committee is currently investigating the cause of the fire which will consist of Iqbal Khan Chowdhury, joint secretary of the ministry, representatives of the police, IGP Noor Muhammad, and fire brigade, Director General Abu Nayeem Md Shahidullah. The committee is required to report within the week with their findings. The forensics department is also sifting through the burnt remains.

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries has also formed a committee which has begun interviewing witnesses and recording their testimony alongside the government committee.

It has been discovered that 150 closed circuit cameras were not being used when the fire started. Another mystery is why the mall fire fighting system has been found unused.

"In the shopping mall there is an ultra-technology elevator which runs even without electricity but we have found that locked," Iqbal Khan Chowdhury, joint secretary (Police) of the home ministry, said. "Why the fire burnt so fiercely is a matter to think. We have to see if there was any incendiary substance there. These matters seem to be mysterious."

Mall management has been asked to submit substances and items which would have been in the upper floors when the fire started. The fire erupted on the 17th floor and spread quickly to the two floors above and engulfed the three floors below. The aerial ladders belonging to the Fire Service and Civil Defence reached as high as the 13th floor of the 21-storey building.

Videos have been sent to the United States (US) for examination to assist in determining the cause of the fire and to help in the damage assessment. Experts from the US are expected to arrive soon.

Firefighters were brought to the rooftop of the 20-storey tower by helicopter. The only fatality in this operation was Baki Billa, a firefighter of Bashundhara City firefighting department, who fell when climbing down a rope from a helicopter to the roof of the building. Three other firefighters made the transition safely. At this same time, the chief security officer was safely rescued by the Bangladesh Air Force helicopter, a Bell 212. Six security officers of the complex also lost their lives.


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8 killed, 100 injured in Bangladesh shopping mall fire
The above article says the other two committee members are Inspector General of Police Noor Muhammad and Fire Brigade chief Shahidullah. but I don't know which citation to add if the two articles could be merged. This article and  both state that Iqbal Khan Chowdhury,joint secretary (Police) of the home ministry, is the head of the three-member probe committee. None of my articles opened have named the other members.SriMesh | talk  22:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Found a source, and finished off the committeeSriMesh | talk  23:39, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Pilkhana massacre and bloodbath
Cannot find the wikinews nor wikipedia article on this February 25 - 26, 2009 massacre, carnage, mutiny, bloodbath where 74 people including 52 army officers were killed and scores were injured to link to...Does anyone know what it would have been named ? SriMesh | talk  01:26, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Just a bit pokey,found it... Bangladesh Rifles; 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt; Bangladesh mutiny leaves scores of officers dead.SriMesh | talk  01:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Comments on tag of article see history
Lead paragraph: 'foil incidents.' Unless the fire was intentionally started, you really cannot foil it from happening. Correct double spacing after periods. Remove author 'notes to self'. Copy/edit for style, clarity, grammar.
 * RE notes on tag

The original article said, I paraphrased and didnt use these two quotes from Security beefed up across country..."On Monday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed all concerned to enhance security across the country to thwart any unexpected incidents. " and "The government yesterday beefed up security across the country, putting reinforcement at the key-point installations (KPIs) and other major establishments, including the Bangladesh Secretariat to prevent incidents like the Pilkhana and Bashundhara City tragedies."
 * The fire is under investigation there are suspicious mysteries which have come to light during the investigation....intentionally started has not been ruled out from the sounds of it.
 * Regarding notes to self...noticed that other news editors use hidden notes as well which are not removed.
 * Made hidden notes, as I was advised by other editors to say today and Monday, then I was advised by other editors to write in the past tense as events had happened.  It is so hard as there is not enough people on wikinews to collaborate on articles or to get articles passed in a timely manner, so there is not a right way to write them.  So I wrote the article saying today knowing it probably wouldn't get published today so I left myself notes for when the today  used to be.
 * Sorry about the spaces they are from starting the article somewhere else and copy and pasting it in here.
 * As for clarity, I put similar statements together..those about security, those about the current opening of the mall, those about the investigation. That is how the news press articles were written, I will not put in an opinion of what the statements are pointing towards, as the investigation is ongoing, and the investigator's results are to come out a week from Monday March 16.
 * If you re-read the sources, you can tell me if there is something the article say clearer and I am not. I feel the main issues surrounding the fire aftermath which have been released to date are mentioned.

Kind Regards SriMesh | talk  00:21, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Peer review

 * The above have been worked on and Calebrw has been contacted.SriMesh | talk  03:39, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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The image used in the article was used in the prior wikinews article about the Pilkhana massacre.SriMesh | talk  14:06, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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Seattle's oldest newspaper to become online-only

March 17, 2009 🇺🇸The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I), the 146-year-old Seattle newspaper, will make its final print edition on today, before becoming an online-only news agency.

However, the online version is to be for local news only. The editorial staff would consist of twenty people, less than one-seventh of the 150 staff that were employed before the closure.

With this closure, the Seattle Times is now Seattle's only major daily newspaper.

"We don't feel like we have to cover everything ourselves. We'll partner for some content; we won't duplicate what the wire is reporting unless we have something unique to offer; we'll continue to showcase the great content from our 150 or so reader bloggers and we'll link to content partners and competitors to create the best mix of news on our front page," said Michelle Nicolosi, who is to be the executive producer of the online paper.

The Hearst Corporation, the owner of the P-I, was not able to find a buyer for the newspaper when it was put up for sale back in January.

The newspaper industry in the country has been suffering as revenue from advertising plunges. Other newspapers in the United States have also shut down recently: Denver's Rocky Mountain News shut down earlier this year, whilst the Tucson Citizen of Arizona will print its final edition on Saturday.


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Two women in North Carolina arrested for allegedly using Family Dollar variety store as marijuana ring

March 17, 2009 🇺🇸Police in La Grange, North Carolina have arrested two women after they received a tip that the Family Dollar store was being used as part of a marijuana ring. Pending an investigation, police shut the store down.

Belinda Pearson, 46, the store manager and her associate Melissa Collie, 40, were arrested when police found 23 pounds of the drug inside the store. Earlier in the week, police said the anonymous tipster stated that a delivery of two packages of the drug was made. After a week of investigating, police arrested both women on March 14 and charged them with drug trafficking. Both were freed after making bail and were scheduled to be in court on March 15.

"The marijuana has a street value of approximately US$35,000. It was about the only thing in the store you couldn't buy for $1," said Chris Hill, a major from the Lenoir County Sheriff. He said the whole operation lasted a week.

Owners of the store are said to be on the way to the location where they will take over the store's management. Family Dollar is a United States chain that sells a variety of things from food items, clothes and housewares. Most items in the store cost less than $10.00. There are almost 6,600 stores across the U.S.


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Items sold
If it helps any, I shop at a Family Dollar store in Buffalo often so I have a general idea of what they sell. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:04, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


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Hi, I deleted an article that you recently created (Definition of Krypie) because it qualifies for our criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is not news. Please use the sandbox for any editing tests you want to make. Thank you. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:46, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Please stop creating this page; if you continue doing so, you may be temporarily blocked from editing. Thank you. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 01:06, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I am sorry you feel that way. However, everything I did was according to site policy. The criteria for speedy deletion does not require that I contact the author of an article before deleting it, and your article certainly qualified for immediate removal. Also, this is not a "forum", as you said in your post, we have strict rules about what can and can not be put here. I am sorry if I appeared rude or offended you, that was not my intent. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 01:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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Fossilized remains of small dinosaur rediscovered in Canada

March 17, 2009

Scientists in Alberta, Canada have discovered a new species of dinosaur in remains left untouched for 25 years. The find has been published in the .

The measurements put the, the smallest discovered in North America, at one and a half feet (50 centimetres) tall, weighing in at an estimated 4 to 5 pounds (1.8-2.2 kilograms) when it was alive, about the size of today's modern domesticated. Scientists believe it ate things like insects and other smaller dinosaurs. It is estimated to have roamed earth during the late about 75 million years ago in what is known as present day Alberta.

The fossil was discovered in 1982 by Elizabeth "Betsy" Nicholls, a Canadian who died in 2004. The fossils went largely unstudied since their discovery in the 80's and were later located in 2007 at an archive in the.

" is currently the smallest dinosaur known from North America. [This] raises the possibility that there are even smaller ones [dinosaurs] out there waiting to be found," said Nick Longrich, paleontology research associate with the Department of Biological Sciences, and one of the scientists publishing the report. He added that the creature spent most of its time on the ground.

Hesperonychus elizabethae is a species of the family and is a cousin of. This fully feathered, warm blooded bird of prey was believed to have walked upright on two legs with claws like the Velociraptor. Its second claw was larger, giving rise to the name Hesperonychus which means "western claw." elizabethae was chosen in honor of Nicholls.


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User:DragonFire1024/archive January-February 2009

What?
How can you still write articles about war and conflicts with this terrible bias? Im out of words and dont understand whats with you. Not sure if you will learn either after all this time here. Are amerikkans much like you? Then I understand your national problems. Or are you special? Ok, sorry then. international (talk) 22:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Sandbox
Can't forthcoming interviews be sandboxed? Prepared interviews are certainly not wholly spirited and definitely lack integrity. Mike33 (talk) 03:35, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Revert reason?
Could you respond to Talk:Chinese version of Wikinews gets blocked in China please? --InfantGorilla (talk) 21:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Ted Kennedy
As this is breaking news, do you agree that we immediately publish? R .T . 20:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not, but will still need a review ASAP. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:17, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Background
Hope this helps: http://news.google.com/news?&ncl=1294739718

--InfantGorilla (talk) 15:54, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Caroline Kennedy
Eh, Caroline Kennedy drops bid for New York Senate seat has already been published. Working to merge is probably a better idea. --SVTCobra 03:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah just saw...✅ DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:09, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see Talk:Caroline Kennedy drops bid for New York Senate seat --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:57, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Israel military report states the use of white phosphorous copyright issues
There is NO COPYRIGHT ISSUES with this article they are completely different. Please recheck both articles and you will see the difference if no action is taken I will have to take this issue to Wikinews.
 * The first sentence is the same at the end of each. The second one is just switched around. The third just had a few words replaced. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:43, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Restore request
Please restore Lance Armstrong's 'Tour Down Under' press conference (to my user space if you prefer.) Sorry I missed the deletion warning, but as there are 2 more stages, we could still update + use this. --InfantGorilla (talk) 11:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Done, but there are no sources, and its just under a week old. Was also marked abandoned two times. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:00, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you restore Talk:Lance Armstrong's 'Tour Down Under' press conference too, please?
 * Your points are taken to heart - I will edit out the editorial opinion. Since it is OR, it doesn't need sources, though if 121.209.17.234 (talk · contribs) doesn't tell us how they viewed the press conference, I will have to get hold of a tape or transcript and do my own reporting.
 * --InfantGorilla (talk) 12:09, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome
Hey! Thanks for the welcome. I'm obviously new here, but my main work is on Wikipedia. Sorry for the delay in response. :) —La Pianista  (T•C) 06:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks for the positive feedback. Please call me on anything stupid I've done/will do - learning curves were never my strong point! Redvers (talk) 23:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem :-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:19, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Sumo & OR Sumo: Asashoryu wins New Year Grand Tournament
Further to your suggestions around OR for the article Sumo: Asashoryu wins New Year Grand Tournament I too would have liked to add more content, in particular interviews with local fans, fighters etc however i know about 10 words of japanese which usually involves beer ordering, food and taxi back to hotel....Seriously...point noted and as/if the opportunity arises and i am more familiar with the context then i too prefer OR over researched news items......in fact i think WN should have a far great push for OR as this then becomes the real value WN compared to an almost new aggregator. Bjornengelhardt (talk) 21:36, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

"Two British footwear chains enter administration"
Hi There,

I have been working on changing the use of the term "administration". I have removed two references which only leave two uses in the article. I have kept these as they relate with the sources on one and the other i believe is hard to change. I understand your point that it is a mainly British term. I would appreciate it if you would consider re-reviewing the article. Keep up the good work. ;)

Cheers,

Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 16:58, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

WTF?
WTF? You deleted "Protesters in Lithuania clash with police". I wanna know y. 71.201.88.178 04:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Because it was tagged abandoned for several days. After an article in development is not edited for several days, it is tagged abandoned and then deleted 2-3 days after that. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

You called?
Well u wrote in my talk page to talk to you, well is there anything you want to tell to me? and about that article, well thats a true story

It's Okay
It's just that you were completely ignoring the points of my argument, I suggest you back and read things from the beginning of that argument and take a closer look at what was said. You listed that UN resolution, but the UN has never deemed Hamas a terrorist organization. You then said that Hamas is a terrorist organization, I replied by agreeing and saying that by that same logic the IDF is a terrorist organization as well, but in a much greater proportion. You then responded by saying I didn't think Hamas was a terror organziation, at that point I felt like you had either ignored or misread what I had just said, so it offended me a little. Anyway no hard feelings Soapy (talk) 04:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I need some answers
I didnt want to delete that but you people always seem to have some problem with the content in it even after lots of deletion and and trying not to be as biased as possible, but here we are facing real life situation, a real life problem and on wikinews we are just giving an insight to the whole situation and the aftermath of the article which got published in Gulf News and Notes with different headings. What i want is an actual answer, you want sources, i gave the sources and exactly what are we suppose to write here on wikinews? its not only breaking news should get chance for publication, is this not news? is this not related to the people, is news not meant to be heard by the people, in other words the truth. i'm ready to co-operate, but i'm not getting suggestions from you guys, you are pointing the mistake, like biasness but not telling which part is biased, haven't i mentioned the positive points of the college? please let me know because i want to re-write the article but this time i need your help so that it meets your requirements. Please reply me as soon as possible waiting for your earliest reply. Thanks a lot Syedatif (talk) 06:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hamas, terrorist, and militant
I have commented on the dispute on the talk page of the Israeli strikes article, but I would also like to point out that your comments there do come across as quite hostile, and not open to discussion and criticism. The US labelling Hamas as terrorist is something Wikinews should steer well clear of, and we should not be swayed by that, or interpreting the UN definition of terrorism for ourselves. There are millions, if not billions, around the world who view Hamas and those vaguely associated with them as a legitimate resistance movement fighting Israeli occupation and oppression. If we call the people firing these rockets terrorists, we are taking Israel's side. If we call them the resistance or freedom fighters, we are taking Hamas' side. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

DragonFire1024 was inducted into The Hall of The Greats
The inscription is in the description. --David Shankbone (talk) 06:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
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Obama to Muslims: 'Americans are not your enemy'
Hey Dragon, I just noticed that this article does not have a Peer reviewed on the collaboration page. Since you were the one who published, I thought I'd ask you to correct this minor oversight. As an aside, about your uneasiness regarding the image, the worst that could happen is that we receive a DMCA takedown notice from Al Arabiya, in which case we simply remove it. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

50 are killed in Continental Flight 3407 plane crash in Clarence Center, New York
Hi Jason. Is this near to where you are? Adambro (talk) 15:00, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Bout 20-30 miles away. If it were close enough to have rode my bike, then I surely would have been there. A shame about the crash though. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. It sure is a shame. Adambro (talk) 15:20, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you edit?
Hi DragonFire1024. I wanted to edit this article, but it's protected. Can you edit it for me?

Here is what I need done:

Thanks. Finnrind (talk) 19:15, 14 February 2009 (UTC) Sorry, hit save to fast. See Talk:European Parliament approves accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU and Talk:Romanian president meets with EU officials in Bucharest, image replacement. Cheers, Finnrind (talk) 19:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. :-} DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:22, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, sorry about the mess ;) Finnrind (talk) 19:27, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Deletion
Firstly, I would like to apoligise for deleting the image while a discussion was taking place. That was not the appropriate thing for me do. In that way, I have clearly acted against the wiki spirit.

However, (and this does not excuse my actions) policy does seem pretty clear cut on allowing speedy deletion - see WN:FU. I believe a discussion would have almost certainly resulted in deletion for that reason, but that is no reason to delete immediately.

Please feel completely free to restore the image to allow the deletion request to continue in it's normal ways.

Thanks,

Anonymous101talk 11:33, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I just don't think that if we are going to have policies, that we should bend the rules for one thing, but not another. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:35, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree completely, and (now I have seen it) the Obama image looks as much a violation of policy as the airplane one, and if I had seen the DR I would have almost certainly voted for deletion. Anonymous101talk 11:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Could you please explain more fully...
Could you please leave a note on Talk:Former Guantanamo captive turns himself in and explain why you removed these sources?

I am also confused as to why you reformatted them. Even if you personally didn't like how they were formatted, you do realize that by reformatting their appearance you seriously undermined the usefulness of the history mechanism for other contributors, who are trying to figure out how the article has been changed.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 04:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't remove anything, I reformatted it. And the reformatting I did, Is how we have been doing it here for as long as I have been here. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:24, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

 * The deletion log shows you deleted this article. It says a two day notice was placed.

 * I am an occasional contributor here. I started this article when the event was still very current news.

 * I was extremely disappointed to find no-one leaving any suggestions on the article's talk page. I checked back every couple of hours for at least the first day, and found none.  If my memory serves me correctly I checked regularly for meaningful feedback for close to two days.

 * The deletion log shows at least one person, finally, did leave at least one message on the talk page.

 * I'd like to read those message(s).

 * Would it be possible for you to temporarily userify the article, and its talk page, so I could review those final talk page comments, and see if I could learn anything from them?

 * Some other wikis preferences pages allow people to specify that they want an email when a page on their watchlist is edited by someone else. I clearly need that on this wiki. But I don't see that feature listed.  Pity.  Geo Swan (talk) 17:39, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Restored. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:03, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Would it be possible to have my pages semi'ed? Rschen7754 (talk) 05:24, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ :-} DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up, making the user's talk page create-protected only works until someone creates the page - once someone else creates the page, the blocked guy can edit it again. - Its probably a much better idea to just protect an already created talk-page. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻

Pls re-check the source in China Cargo ship story
Thank you for your review to the story China cargo ship sank after being shot by Russian navy. Both two quotes you've questioned can be found in the Bloomberg link in Source section. Pls double check and let me know if you have any further questions. Tangadion (talk) 15:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Reg tagging of articles
Hi! I found that you have tagged these two article created by me for deletion. I created the news item on Subramanian Swamy's attack in Madras High Court on february 19th (two days after the actual event) because it is closely related to the lawyer-police clashes which took place on that day. I would like to know how I need to improve it; shall I merge those two articles into a single article.

 * Lawyer-police clashes in Tamil Nadu: Over 200 lawyers arrested
 * Indian politician Subramanian Swamy attacked inside the Madras High Court

As for now, I am removing the particular tag that has been added. The stipulated period of 3 days is set to expire and it would be better if the articles do not get deleted before I could receive a reply from you.-Ravirustam84 (talk) 13:53, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Indian politician Subramanian Swamy attacked inside the Madras High Court is stale. It happened on February 17 and today is Feb 22. We don't report about evens several days old.
 * Lawyer-police clashes in Tamil Nadu: Over 200 lawyers arrested has minimal information. Please add more.
 * You can also see your welcome message on your talk page for good tips on how to edit Wikinews and what needs to done to articles so they can be reviewed. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I want to tell you that the news item Indian politician Subramanian Swamy attacked inside the Madras High Court is related to Lawyer-police clashes in Tamil Nadu: Over 200 lawyers arrested as the second incident was the fallout of the first incident. As far as the lawyer-police clashes are concerned, I wrote the article on the exact day when the clashes took place. I created the first news item two days after the incident, a bit late, but violent clashes out of the protests against the happenings were still taking place. I remember having read somewhere here that such articles covering the same topic should be merged. I wish to know if these articles could possibly be merged. And if they can be, then it would be good if you could help me with it as I'm new to this project. Thanks-Ravirustam84 (talk) 22:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure. Just merge one witht he other and change the necessary information and request the older of the two to be deleted. Maybe add a few updated sources and such as well. That should probably work. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


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Harlan Ellison sues CBS-Paramount, WGA over Star Trek royalties

March 19, 2009

Science fiction author Harlan Ellison announced, in a press release dated March 13, 2009, that he is suing television company CBS Paramount Television for failure to pay residuals to Ellison for the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". Ellison is also suing writers' union the Writers Guild of America, west (WGA), of which he is a member, for failing to diligently pursue Ellison's royalties from Paramount.

In a strongly and colorfully worded press release, Ellison and his lawyer alleged that Paramount had failed to pay the author, who wrote the 1967 television episode under the pseudonym "Cordwainer Bird", royalties on derivative works such as tie-in novels based on the story as well as merchandise based on the episode such as a 2004 talking Christmas ornament which recited lines from the episode.

The suit comes two months before the release of a film, titled simply "Star Trek", which will re-launch the longstanding multimedia science-fiction franchise. The film will be the first original, official Star Trek video material since the series "Star Trek: Enterprise" was canceled in mid-2005. CBS Paramount is also gearing up for the April release of the first series of Star Trek, including "City on the Edge of Forever", on Blu-Ray high-definition disc.

Ellison, however, states: "And please make sure to remember, at the moment some Studio mouthpiece calls me a mooch, and says I’m only pursuing this legal retribution to get into their ‘deep pockets,’ tell’m Ellison snarled back, ‘F- - - -in’-A damn skippy!’ I’m no hypocrite.  It ain’t about the ‘principle,’ friend, its [sic] about the MONEY! Pay Me!  Am I doing this for other writers, for Mom (still dead), and apple pie? Hell no!  I’m doing it for the 35-year-long disrespect and the money!"

The suit is not the first time contention has arisen between Ellison and Star Trek since he wrote the episode. In 1995 the author, in the book Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever, accused Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry of "demented lies" about the episode. He also stated at the time: "I've never seen more than a pittance from 'The City on the Edge of Forever,' while every thug and studio putz and semiliterate bandwagon-jumper and merchandiser has grown fat as a maggot in a corpse off what I created."

Roddenberry, who died in 1991, stated in numerous interviews that Ellison's original script was unsuitable for reasons of content and budget, and rewrote it heavily; a dissatisfied Ellison chose to have a pseudonym appear on the final version. The episode as aired won the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, while Ellison's original script won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Hour-Long Script.

Ellison's suit against the WGA West, meanwhile, is for the symbolic amount of one dollar. He asserts he is seeking "a judicial determination as to whether the WGA is doing what its stated purpose has been since day-one! To fight and negotiate for him and other writers. To obtain misappropriated, withheld, hidden earnings, no matter how minuscule or difficult to retrieve – but HIS, nonetheless." Ellison took part in picketing during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

Requests for comment from CBS-Paramount and the WGA were not returned.

Harlan Ellison became established in the science fiction community in the 1950s and won awards and acclaim for short work such as the 1969 novella "A Boy and his Dog" and the 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". He has also been the plaintiff in several high-profile lawsuits, suing a person who posted some of his copyrighted work on Usenet along with the ISPs hosting the work in 2000 and in 2006 suing Fantagraphics for defamation; Ellison won the first lawsuit and settled the second. Also in 2006, he controversially groped the breast of fellow author Connie Willis at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles during the presentation of Willis's Hugo Award; Ellison later apologized for the incident.


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Former Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Fumo convicted of fraud, corruption

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Former Pennsylvania  was found guilty of 137 counts of conspiracy, fraud,  and  on Monday.

Fumo, a Democrat who previously represented, was found guilty of defrauding the Senate, a nonprofit organization and a museum out of more than US$3.5 million.

Fumo also ordered state employees to do political tasks and personal errands, and destroyed e-mail evidence, according to the convictions handed down by a jury Monday.

More than 100 witnesses participated in the five-month trial, which featured about 1,500 exhibits. It took the jury 13 minutes to read all the guilty counts for Fumo, who served on the Pennsylvania State Senate for more than 30 years.

“Hard work has never, never balanced such abuses," U.S. Attorney Laurie Magid told . "It was a resounding verdict and an emphatic rejection of the kind of defenses that were raised." Prosecutors plan to seek a prison sentence of at least 10 years. Dennis Cogan, the lead defense attorney for Fumo, said he might ask for a new trial, but did not specify the possible grounds for such a request. A federal judge set bail for Fumo at $2 million and denied a motion by prosecutors to revoke Fumo's bail, despite a prosecutor's claim that Fumo had a "strong incentive to flee". Ruth Arnao, a staffer for Fumo, was also found guilty of 45 counts of similar charges and received $500,000 bail.

Before the verdict was read, Fumo's defense attorneys accused a juror of putting trial posts on his and  accounts, which led to speculation that a  could be declared. Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter denied the request to dismiss the juror after speaking with the juror for about an hour on March 16.

Among the charges were that Fumo helped defraud Citizens Alliance for Better Neighborhoods, a community group he helped found, by using $1.4 million of its money to buy goods, conduct polls and file a lawsuit against a Republican foe.

Prosecutors also said Fumo arranged for heated sidewalks to be installed at his personal mansion, ordered political operatives to spy on his ex-girlfriend, and took overnight cruises on luxury yachts owned by in Philadelphia, where Fumo sat on the board.

News of Fumo's conviction quickly swept through the, where longtime Democratic colleagues said they were saddened by the verdict, but not surprising due to the large amount of evidence that surfaced during the trial.


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All bodies recovered from Canadian helicopter crash

March 17, 2009

Funerals began Monday across Newfoundland for the deceased of the downed helicopter that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday killing 17 of the 18 people on board. All bodies have now been recovered, and the voice and have been retrieved to aid the investigation.

“We have a big attachment to the sea, even if a family is not directly involved you know how dangerous it is out there. Some funerals are strictly a family matter. In this situation there's a large extended family because we're all affected,” said Jim Maher, the uncle of Allison Maher, 26, the first deceased recovered after the crash.

The Archbishop of, Martin Currie, said, “Tragedy is no stranger to the people of Newfoundland. They're very resilient people and in a time of tragedy, they come together to support each other. Most of the communities in Newfoundland are small communities. Everybody knows everybody."

The has retrieved nine more bodies from the wreckage. The is the offshore supply vessel which has been with the search and rescue effort since day one. The newly recovered bodies were taken back to St. John's aboard the ship.

Since the recovery operations began Monday "it took 24 hours to get nine bodies out Each presents its own challenges depending on how it is entangled inside the aircraft" said RCMP Sergeant Wayne Newell.

Operations continued Tuesday to recover the final seven bodies tangled inside the mangled wreck 120 to 150 meters (394 to 492 feet) below the ocean surface. (ROVs) are being used in the icy waters to place the bodies in a basket so they can be raised to the surface. After the Atlantic Osprey arrived in port, the bodies were taken to the Newfoundland's chief medical officer by hearse for identification.

Of the 19 people aboard, Robert Decker is the sole survivor. Decker's family has informed the RCMP that he is not yet able to communicate. Decker, who was put on life support when first admitted to hospital with injured lungs and broken bones, has said a few words; RCMP investigators hope that he will be able explain what happened in the accident and assist with the investigation, possibly toward the end of the week.

Twelve names of the missing victims had previously been announced, and with family permission, the RCMP have now released the names of Corey Eddy, from, age 32, and John Pelley, from age 41.


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Latin America suffers drop in remittances

March 17, 2009 Slumping economies in the United States, Spain and Japan are causing reverberations in the countries of Latin America as migrant workers send less money home. The Inter-American Development Bank reported that for the first time since they began tracking remittances in 2000, remittances to Latin America declined in the fourth quarter of 2008, dropping 2% relative to the fourth quarter of 2007. In January, remittances declined further, with Colombia experiencing a 16% drop relative to 2008, Brazil suffering a 14% decline, Mexico 12%, and Guatemala and El Salvador each falling 8%. These numbers come as 2008 saw an average 10% increase in remittances. Nearly US$70 billion was sent back to families in those areas in 2008.

Low-skilled jobs such as construction, manufacturing, and restaurant and hotel work have been especially negatively impacted by the global economic crisis, putting the squeeze on migrant workers who depend on these industries. The fall in remittances could have long term effects in the workers' home countries: In times of scarcity, spending on health care and education -- investments that alleviate poverty -- gives way in favor of the bare necessities of survival.

Remittances are number one source of foreign income for Guatemala. At $4.3 billion in 2008, they account for more than the combined income from exports of coffee, sugar and other goods. According to the Central American Institute of Social and Development Studies, 3.5 million people in Guatemala depend on remittances from 1.35 million Guatemalan citizens living in the United States.

The decline in remittances also has serious consequences for Guyana, which receives 43 percent of its GDP in remittances, the most of any country in Latin America and the Caribbean. Guyanese Finance Minister Ashni Singh has projected a decline of 20.9 per cent in remittances for 2009.


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Ravalomanana should go. This is what is meant by democracy. He should not cling to power as if it is his God given right. Majority wants Rajoelina, and what majority wants is democracy.

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This story fails to tell past events showing Ravalomanana's tendancy to neglect the populace and indeed his presidential responsibilities in favour of his own interests, particularly those actions that he took against Rajoelina soon before this "coup", namely that he fired Rajoelina from his position as mayor of Antananarivo, the countries capital, which he had won mayorship of by a landslide vote, after Rajoelina accused him of abusing his position and crossing the countries interests with with own, and appointing a new mayor, who had not previously ran for mayorship, without carrying out a poll. He did not come into power adhering to the constitution either, he did not win majority vote for his first term of presidency and refused to negotiate new terms of rulership with other parties, instead putting himslef in the position of president. I do not condone Rajoelina's use of the military but a revolution was needed and it appeared that Ravalomanana was rigging the electoral polls, which puts Rajoelina in a difficult position. The evidence which indicates that Ravalomanana was rigging polls is that after his initial election, he ordered a re-count a few months into office and found a significant increase in the percentage of votes in his favour, if the magnitude of error had been made for the 2nd place opposition, then they would have won the election.

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FIFA receives eleven bids for 2018 and 2022 World Cups

March 17, 2009

FIFA has received 11 bids to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, an international football competition contested by the men's national teams. The countries vying to host the tournament are Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Qatar, Russia, South Korea and United States, who have individual bids and the joint bids are from Belgium-Netherlands and Spain-Portugal.

Select bids are for and two bids are just for the 2022 tournament. Qatar and South Korea are vying just for the 2022 tournament. The two winning bids will be chosen on December 2010 by the 24-man executive committee of FIFA.

Said FIFA president Sepp Blatter: "We are very pleased about the fantastic level of interest in our flagship competition, with all initial bidders confirming their candidature."

Among the individual bidders,, and , , and the  have previously hosted the World Cup tournament. From the joint bidders, Spain hosted the tournament in.

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It was right to be put under the wacky news heading. it remindes me of a main stream anime bleach, but ulike ichigo this man would not let rukia sleep in his house.


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The Simpsons episode to premiere on Sky1

March 17, 2009 "In the Name of the Grandfather", the fourteenth episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons will today become the first episode of the show to premiere in Europe. It will air at 7:30 PM on Sky1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and be paired with "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes". The special broadcast is part of FOX's year-long "Best. 20 Years. Ever." celebration which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the show. To promote the broadcast, executive producers Al Jean and James L. Brooks, as well as Nancy Cartwright visited Ireland and are scheduled to participate in the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. The episode was screened at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on March 16. The American debut of the episode will be March 22, 2009.

In the episode, the Simpson family travels to Ireland so Grampa can visit a pub where he once had the best night of his life. Guest stars scheduled for the episode include Colm Meaney as Tom O’Flanagan, Kathy Ireland as herself, Glen Hansard as a street musician and Markéta Irglová as an Eastern European woman.

Executive producer Al Jean stated the episode is intended to be "an affectionate love letter to Ireland" because many of the writers have Irish roots. The episode will feature Irish landmarks including Giant's Causeway, the Blarney Castle and the Guinness Brewery.

Previous episodes of the show where the Simpson family visits other countries have been controversial. For example, the Simpsons visited Australia in "Bart vs. Australia" and Brazil in "Blame it on Lisa", and both episodes generated controversy and negative reaction in the visited countries.

The Rio de Janeiro tourist board claimed that the city was portrayed as having rampant street crime, kidnappings, slums, and monkey and rat infestations; and threatened FOX with legal action. When asked whether he thought this episode would generate similar controversies, Al Jean replied "I'm Irish American and I know Irish people have an excellent sense of humor so we weren’t very worried."


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Nice job! I did some minor copyediting, and reviewed the article. Remember that if you are ready for an article you wrote to be reviewed, slap review to the very top - otherwise, slap develop at the top so people know you are still working on it. Cirt (talk) 19:14, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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Madagascar President resigns, unclear rule in Antananarivo

March 17, 2009

Leadership in Madagascar is unclear as Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana announced his resignation in favor of a military committee headed by Vice Admiral Hyppolite Ramaroson, only to have that resignation rejected by the Admiral, the military and opposition political groups. Admiral Ramaroson joined other military leaders in saying they would back opposition leader, former Antananarivo mayor and former DJ Andry Rajoelina.

Mr Ravalomanana attempted to hand power over to the heads of the military, given the tasks of discussing and drafting constitutional changes, rather than transfer power to Mr Rajoelina. After the resignation was announced to the opposition, four Army generals and a head of the church were detained for reasons unknown. The true extent of the Army's loyalty to Mr Rajoelina is unclear, as reportedly the military refused to arrest President Ravalomanana despite orders from Mr Rajoelina.

Mr Rajoelina installed himself in the Presidential Palace in upper Antananarivo, which troops had seized yesterday. A cabinet loyal to him has been in operation since the end of January, when Mr Rajoelina proclaimed Mr Ravalomanana's rule to be illegitimate. The Madagascan opposition accuses Mr Ravalomanana of mismanaging the country while restricting personal freedoms.

President Ravalomanana was reportedly first announced via an text message from one of his aides before being confirmed by Ravalomanana's office in a radio broadcast, in which the President proclaimed, "After deep reflection, I have decided to dissolve the government and give up power so that a military directorate can be established". Madagascan Army Chief of Staff Colonel Andre Ndriarijaona has declared his support for Rajoelina and says that "99% of the forces are behind" the opposition leader. The African Union, meanwhile, reiterated its position that a military takeover in Madagascar would be considered a coup d'etat, which could result in "firm measures" such as Madagascar's suspension from the organization or a blocking of international aid, and urged the military to obey the country's constitution, which bars Mr Rajoelina from the presidency due to his age, and not hand power over to the former mayor, instead suggesting that power could be given to Madagascan Prime Minister General Charles Rabemananjara. Members of the Madagascan opposition say they plan to re-write the constitution and electoral code before holding new elections within two years.

While reports are that the country has been overall stable during the coup, the unrest of the past two months has deprived the country of tourist revenue. Tourism, especially eco-tourism highlighting the country's rainforests and unique mammal species, brings $800 million annually to the Madagascan economy.


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