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Talk:Nobel Peace Prize misused says Norwegian lawyer and activist

How to change the title ?
How can I change the title to - say : "Author claims Nobel Peace Prize not peaceful enough" or some such ? BalansR (talk) 19:15, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

 * I'd be happy if anyone would do that for me or use another appropriate title, and if somebody wants take this all the way to publication. BalansR (talk) 19:25, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

NPOV
The title and content of the article state the author's opinions and interpretations, rather than neutrally report regarding the event - which is the publication of a work critical of the Nobel committees. The article would require extensive reworking to avoid making factual statements which are, in reality, opinion and interpretation. -  Amgine | t 19:45, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Please do not remove the NPOV tag without getting consensus that the issues have been appropriately responded to. I believe there are at least several factual statements which are, at least, biased. Statements such as "Until the Second World War about 85% of the laureates were awarded according to the will, says Heffermehl" make factual statements and attempt to weasel them as quotes when there is no actual quote to be made. The article is imbalanced, with the first two thirds of the article making the author's arguments, and a brief and confusing rebuttal paragraph tacked onto the end of the article.
 * A news article should state, neutrally, all the large, salient facts about the newsworthy  event  in the opening of the article. It should then proceed in the following paragraphs to expand on those facts, and should include relevant background information where the general public likely may not know the background and would likely have improved understanding of the news event if it is provided. It should not present an argument. -  Amgine | t 02:37, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

This can be deleted
I changed the title by starting a new article. Did some changs to the text, and included a response to the author of the book. BalansR (talk) 00:26, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That was not a good idea. It kills the whole history of the article. You should have requested that someone else rename. Also, the original article is still out there. Please don't do that again. Thanks, --SVTCobra 00:36, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok. Sorry. I tried to find help about, the procedure for renaming/changing titles.  Any hints ?  BalansR (talk) 01:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You don't get the ability to "rename" articles until your account is "Auto Confirmed" (takes something like 2-7 days). Next time, please post a request.  I've restored the history through some trickery - it will look a bit strange but at least it is intact. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 01:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks !!  I'll keep your advice in mind. BalansR (talk) 01:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Complete rewrite
Released just three days before the announcement for Nobel's Peace Prize, Norwegian activist Fredrik Heffermehl's book Nobels vilje (Nobel's Will) is a critical assessment of the prize's history and the political committee and process which now awards the prize. Geir Lundestad, Director of the Nobel Institute and secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee has said he does not wish to enter into a debate with Heffermehl due to potential political and legal actions from Heffermehl.

Heffermehl denies having any plans for political or legal action: In Aftenposten he is quoted as saying to the Newsbureau NTB : "I have no idea what Lundestad is thinking of. I have no plans about taking action, legal or political, against the Committee. This is not an attack, but an exhortation to look at a number of questions,"

The book asserts the Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament), which selects the five members of the committee which selects the recipients of the Peace Prize, has in effect broken Norwegian and Swedish law by failing to follow the intentions of Nobel's will. The author compares the works of all the Peace Prize Laureates to date with his interpretation of the intentions and will of the prize's Founder.

"Of course we are following Nobel's intention. There may be a long discussion about how the will is to be interpreted. Mr Heffermehl thinks he holds the only correct interpretation. But his interpretation we disagree with," said Lundestad in an interview with the Danish news source Informatíon.

According to Heffermehl, prior to World War II about 85% of recipients were awarded in accordance with the will, but since the end of the war only 45% of the recipients fit the criteria. Recent recipients Al Gore and the UN's IPCC, Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank, nor Wangari Maathai suit the requirements.

"Disarmament and anti-militarism was what Nobel wanted to promote," says Heffermehl to Aftenposten.

Critical disputes and protests of Nobel Prize awards, especially of the Peace prize, are as predictable as the prize itself. Of particular note was the failure of the committee to award a peace prize to Mahatma Ghandi, but the committee tacitly admitted this error when in 1948, the year of Ghandi's death, they elected to not award the Peace Prize saying "there was no suitable living candidate."

The portion of Nobel's will which defines the criteria for the Peace Prize is:
 * "och en del åt den som har verkat mest eller best för folkens förbrödrande och afskaffande eller minskning af stående armeer samt bildande och spridande af fredskongresser."Swedish
 * "and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."English translation

 * The rewrite lacks signing. BalansR (talk) 09:44, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Factual error in the rewrite : The cited text of the will is in Swedish, not Norwegian. Correcting that in the text above. Also Heffermehl denies having any plans for political or legal action: In Aftenposten he is quoted as saying to the Newsbureau NTB : "I have no idea what Lundestad is thinking of. I have no plans about taking action, legal or political, against the Committee. This is not an attack, but an exhortation to look at a number of questions," ( adding this above ) BalansR (talk) 10:01, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Next step ?
So, what is the next step ? In my mind, if the complete rewrite is judged to be better, I have no objections to using that text, providing the correction re Swedish/Norwegian language is kept, and also the rebuttal from Heffermehl regarding purported political and legal action. It is definitely a good idea to include the picture of the will. BalansR (talk) 10:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Er, this is kinda uncommon but I think Amgine wanted to avoid being offputting by totally zapping your text. I'd suggest working on the same principle as mergeto - and I already lifted one paragraph out of the above and added it into the article page. So, key thing is the lede (intro), which opening paragraph best answers who, what, where, why, when, and how? (5W's and H). Beyond that it's just a matter of checking all the other details are in, flow from one paragraph to the next, and are generally easy to read. On Wikinews we do tend to have more of a degree of 'author ownership' over articles so I'll let you puzzle some over that.
 * As a matter of curiosity, why was Nobel's will written in Swedish? This may be a historical piece of trivia but I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd want to know. Perhaps that detail could be in the article too. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. I'll review the article, with special emphasis on the opening paragraph. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish industrialist, making a fortune on dynamite. As far as I recall, on e story goes that he saw that 'his' dynamite was used for both 'good' and 'bad' purposes, and that was an important reason why he established the Nobel prizes. Swedish institutions choose the laureates for all prizes, except the Peace / 'anti-militarist' prize, which Nobel bestowed on a committee to be created by the Norwegian parliament. Norway was part of Sweden during the years 1814-1905, and got independence in 1905, without a war or major hostilities.  At the time of Nobel´s last years (the will was finalised in 1895), leading forces in the Norwegian parliament were working against militarism, according to Heffermehl, and that was why Nobel chose as he did. Sweden had a long history of the opposite. See also e.g. the article at http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/alfred-nobel/. As one can see in that text, Alfred Nobel befriended Bertha von Suttner, an avid anti-militarist. But including such info in the article, will probably tilt the balance and NPOV staus of the article, in some people's eyes ?  BalansR (talk) 11:28, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, some serious condensation of that could be included. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. How does it look now ? BalansR (talk) 12:43, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Ghandi comment in article
It is my understanding that Nobel decreed that the Peace Prize never be awarded posthumously, which would make the claims about Ghandi (1948) false. Instead it should be noted that Dag Hammarskjöld (1961) was given the award after his death and that this was the exception, not Ghandi. --SVTCobra 00:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Category and spelling
edit protected Please add this article to Category:Nobel Prize. Could you also fix the spelling of Ghandi to the correct Gandhi in the ninth paragraph? Green Giant (talk) 10:31, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
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Guys! The first $1.5 trillion we've sunk into it didn't do anything! Quick! Let's get another trillion. That oughta fix this oncoming Depression. Remember, it's the government's duty, Capitalism failed, hoo-ray for the government! Fephisto (talk) 22:29, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, if capitalism has failed, there is no reason not to print more money and pump it in to see what happens. However, IMO, this is just a "squeeze" to see who will "pop". There will be more casualties, but really things are not so bad. Human history has produced many "bubbles" before and they are messy when they burst. So, don't go to the bank and take out all your money and stuff it in your mattress. The only thing that will do is make your money worth less, since governments seem intent on printing more so the banks will stay afloat. --SVTCobra 23:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


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UK government to spy on phone, email, browsing, of entire population

October 6, 2008 The government of the United Kingdom leaked its plans yesterday to launch a programme which will monitor every British citizen's emails, internet browsing records, and telephone conversations. While a specific plan has not been reached, UK ministers agreed on spending up to £12 billion (USD$21.2 billion) on the new spying system. More than £1 billion (USD$1.76 billion) has already been spent.

They believe the programme, which will create a massive database for storing the information and installs thousands of probes, is necessary to fight threats to national security. One of the reasons cited for creating the database is to keep links between terrorists intact before they are wiped from systems, which often hold any needed information only temporarily.

Under the UK's current law a warrant is required to intercept communications, but that will change with the implementation of the new database.

Critics like Michael Parker, an anti-ID card activist, have called the proposal 'sinister', and accused the UK government of 'stalking' British citizens. "If an individual carried out this sort of snooping," Parker said, "it would be a crime".

But other critics like Dominic Grieve, Shadow Home Secretary, have a different concern. The government has a record of leaking sensitive information, making such a database insecure—which could be dangerous in the wrong hands. "Seeing how significant an increase in power this would be, we need to have a national debate and the Government would have to justify its need," he finished.

A public debate is being considered after the request of the UK's Information Commissioner, who has warned that the programme would be unacceptable to most of the UK's citizens.

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No surprise. Humans can change their way of living in order to prevent ecological disaster no more than lemmings can. I won't say that humans will be wiped out. We're a resilient race. However, I expect things to become much harder for everybody in the near future. Brace for tomorrow. —Aless.mac (talk) 08:24, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Disappearing life threatens biodiversity...
What else is new? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.109.1.48 (talk) 16:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

That less life means less diversity? You think?
This is one of those things where you do not need a test to determine as anyone should be able to see it. You have a bunch of different things, take one away, and now the remainder is less diverse.

Give me the $4 and I could have demonstrated it with a banana, a pear, and an apple. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.144.241 (talk) 02:11, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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Passenger plane crashes in Nepal killing 18

October 8, 2008

A passenger plane carrying tourists, has crash-landed at an airport near Mount Everest killing 18 of the 19 people on board. Of those killed were 12 German, two Australian and two Nepalese tourists. The remaining three were the plane's crew who were of Nepalese decent. The only survivor was the pilot-in-command.

The twin engine DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane, operated by Yeti Airlines, was flying in Nepal from the nation's capital of Kathmandu to Lukla. It was landing at the Lukla Airport when its wheels got caught on a fence at the end of the runway, causing it to hit the runway and burst into flames. Firefighters fought for nearly two hours before bringing the fire under control.

Officials blame the crash on heavy fog and bad weather. Reports state that visibility was only 1,310 feet (400 meters), which was considered to be just enough for the plane to land.

"According to initial reports we have it crashed before it was to land and caught fire. The accident was probably caused by a last minute change in the weather," said Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal chief, Yagya Prasad Gautam.

There was at least one accident at the airport in 2005 when nine people survived a crash, only suffering minor injures. That plane was operated by Gorkha Airlines.


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Decent
The remaining three were the plane's crew who were of Nepalese decent. I assume it should be 'descent'. 212.59.23.166 07:22, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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Central banks worldwide cut interest rates

October 8, 2008

In an effort to reduce the effect of the ongoing financial crisis, six central banks worldwide have reduced their interest rates by 0.5% in an unexpected move which took place today. The banks involved in the deal are the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank.

"Throughout the current financial crisis, central banks have engaged in continuous close consultation and have cooperated in unprecedented joint actions such as the provision of liquidity to reduce strains in financial markets," said the banks in a joint statement. "Inflationary pressures have started to moderate in a number of countries, partly reflecting a marked decline in energy and other commodity prices. Inflation expectations are diminishing and remain anchored to price stability. The recent intensification of the financial crisis has augmented the downside risks to growth and thus has diminished further the upside risks to price stability. "

"Some easing of global monetary conditions is therefore warranted. Accordingly, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing reductions in policy interest rates. The Bank of Japan expresses its strong support of these policy actions."

Japan expressed support for the move, although it did not cut its own interest rate by 0.5% as that would mean bringing its interest rate down to 0% from 0.5%.

The US interest rate was lowered to 1.5% as part of the move, while the UK rate was lowered to 4.5%. The European rate was lowered to 3.75%.

The new rate of the Swiss National Bank is 2.5%, while Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish central bank, lowered its rate to 4.25%.

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Not hard to do on that runway. Gotta have serious testicular fortitude to land on the runway at Lukla. 68.189.148.241 17:54, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

my teacher is reading us a book in class called peak. it is mainly in nepal! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.64.201 (talk) 00:57, 13 October 2008 (UTC)


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At least twelve killed after building collapses in Alexandria, Egypt

October 9, 2008

At least twelve bodies have been recovered from the rubble of an apartment building in Alexandria, Egypt. Ten people were hospitalized after the four-storey structure, which was illegal, collapsed in at around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. No survivors have been pulled out since an eleven year old girl was rescued this morning. Search and rescue operations hare scheduled to end tonight.

The 53-year-old building was illegally modified in 1997 with the addition of two extra floors by owner Majdi al-Ishaqi. Two years ago, a court ordered the extra floors to be demolished but this never happened. Another subsequent order for renovations was also ignored. Structural alterations were demanded but never made.

"It was not in keeping with housing regulations. This is the third building to collapse in the district. The municipality cannot be exonerated," said Saleh Subhi of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood. "The building was already ready to collapse."

Two neighbouring apartment blocks were also evacuated, one suffering a partial roof collapse. One survivor, Samih Nazmi, said he and his parents escaped their ground floor dwelling relatively unscathed as the ground floor remained largely intact. He also described a sound akin to that of an exploding gas canister as the building came down.


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Bush deploys military in the US for active duty as federal response force

October 12, 2008 United States President George W. Bush deployed the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team to a new role on United States soil last Wednesday, training for dealing with national crises. Critics claim that act of the Executive Branch violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits military participation in domestic matters.

In 2007, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act was introduced; it overturned the Posse Comitatus Act by allowing the Commander in Chief to suppress 'insurrection' and 'restore order'. When it was repealed in 2008, Bush stated that he did not respect the later repeal.

The combat team, renamed CCMRF (C-hemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive C-onsequence M-anagement R-esponse F-orces), has been assigned for year-long duty and training at Fort Stewart to prepare them for "civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios" such as security or natural disasters. After a year, a new unit will take its place.

CCMRF will be under the control of the Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and now has the same legal authority as a unit deployed to Iraq under the direct control of the Executive Branch. The unit will have use of engineer and medical units, the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Initial Reaction Force, and a Navy weather team, as well as members of the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. A spokeswoman for NORTHCOM added that both wheeled and tank vehicles would be available for the CCMRF.

In July the unit was assigned a new commander, Col. Roger Cloutier. "If we go in," he said proudly of the deployment, "we’re going in to help American citizens on American soil". CCMRF will be training in both traffic and riot control equipment, and will be the first to use the Army's new nonlethal package, which is intended for war-zone and not domestic use.

NORTHCOM's September 30th statement includes a quote attributed to "future operations division chief" Colonel Michael Boatner saying, “This response force will not be called upon to help with law enforcement, civil disturbance or crowd control, but will be used to support lead agencies involved in saving lives, relieving suffering and meeting the needs of communities affected by weapons of mass destruction attacks, accidents or even natural disasters.” The action has raised concerns for some citizens like journalist Naomi Wolf, an author critical of the Bush administration, who referred to the deployment as a 'coup' in a well-circulated viral video and issued Americans a call to action.

NORTHCOM is a joint command established post-9/11 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities. When Hurricane Katrina damaged Mississippi and Louisiana, several active-duty units were pulled from various posts and mobilized to those areas, but were not assigned to NORTHCOM, but instead individual commands under provisional authorities.

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Dozens injured by sudden change in altitude on Qantas jet

October 8, 2008

More than forty passengers have been hospitalised, fourteen of whom are seriously injured, after an Airbus A330-300 owned and operated by Qantas suddenly departed level flight, hurling people into the airliner's ceiling.

The flight between Singapore and Perth, Australia was cruising at 37,000 feet when a cockpit alert was triggered warning the flight crew of a possible malfunction with the aircraft's elevator, which controls pitch.

The aircraft then performed an uncommanded climb of 300 feet, before nosing down hard and falling an undetermined distance believed to be several thousand feet. During this descent, many of the 303 passengers and 10 crew were thrown against the ceiling, injuring many of them. The flight crew declared 'pan-pan', one level below a full life-threatening emergency, and performed an emergency landing at an air base at Learmonth after informing air traffic control of flight control difficulties and injured passengers.

The injured people were flown to hospital by Royal Flying Doctor Service and Skywest Airlines. The most seriously injured were suffering from broken bones and three people had concussions.

An investigation has been launched. Although such events are often blamed on turbulence, it has been suggested by industry experts that the circumstances of the accident are more in keeping with a computer malfunction. The A330 is a fly-by-wire aircraft.


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Zimbabwe cancels education year for 4.5 million after political and economic troubles

October 9, 2008 Zimbabwe's 4.5 million students will not receive what was once the golden standard of education in Africa—or any education at all this school year.

Political violence during the country's recent presidential elections hit schools hard with strikes, murder and violence against teachers, and looting. Some schools were turned into places of torture after teachers were driven out.

The country's educators were targeted by Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party, for alleged support of the opposition. Now the country faces a second crisis due to economic troubles and an inflation rate of two trillion percent. The few teachers still around have seen their salaries made worthless and are unable to acquire teaching supplies. "We don't even have chalk, or red pens, never mind books," says Amos Musoni, one of the few teachers still working. Schools like the one where Musoni works have given up educating and simply entertain the children before sending them off for lack of equipment.

Not even Zimbabwe's four top universities have been spared. The universities have been unable to open without funds, water, or electricity, like many public schools. College students, unable to register, are left waiting for more information.

Pass rates in the nation went from 72 to eleven percent, with many schools not seeing even one pass. Schools in the countries have not been able to prepare students for tests without timetables or even the results from last year.


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Wikinews:Briefs/October 8, 2008

= Wikinews News in Brief for October 8, 2008 =

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Good day, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Wednesday, October 8, 2008. I'm Kevin Fields, and here are today's current stories.

Central banks worldwide cut interest rates
In an effort to reduce the effect of the ongoing financial crisis, six central banks worldwide have reduced their interest rates by 0.5% in an unexpected move which took place on Wednesday. The United States Federal Reserve lowered their interest rate to 1.5%, the Bank of England rate was lowered to 4.5%, the Sweedish Sveriges Riksbank lowered their rate to 4.25%, the European Central Bank rate was lowered to 3.75%, the Bank of Canda lowered their rate to 3.5%, the Swiss National bank lowered their rate to 2.5%. The Bank of Japan expressed support of the move but did not participate, it's rate is already at 0.5%.

Dozens injured by sudden change in altitude on Qantas jet
More than forty passengers have been hospitalised after an Airbus A330-300 owned and operated by Qantas after an on-board computer malfunctioned. The flight between Singapore and Perth, Australia was cruising at 37,000 feet when a cockpit alert was triggered warning the flight crew of a possible malfunction with the aircraft's elevator, which controls pitch. The arcraft ascended 300 feet, then performed a nosedive believed to be several thousand feet. During the freefall, many of the passengers and crew were thrown against the ceiling. After the pilots regained control of the aircraft, they made an emergency landing near Learmonth. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, the most serious injuries included broken bones and concussions. An investigation has been launched.

Passenger plane crashes in Nepal killing 18
A passenger plane carrying tourists, has crash-landed at an airport near Mount Everest killing 18 of the 19 people on board. Of those killed were 12 German, two Australian and two Nepalese tourists. The remaining three were the plane's crew who were of Nepalese decent. The only survivor was the pilot-in-command. The twin engine DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane, operated by Yeti Airlines, was flying in Nepal from the nation's capital of Kathmandu to Lukla. It was landing at the Lukla Airport when its wheels got caught on a fence at the end of the runway, causing it hit the runway and burst into flames. Firefighters fought for nearly two hours before bringing the fire under control. Officials blame the crash on heavy fog and bad weather. Reports state that visibility was only 1,310 feet (400 meters), which was considered to be just enough for the plane to land.

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Talk:Bush deploys military in the US for active duty as federal response force

It still presents a non-neutral point of view. It would also be helpful if we observed the Insurrection Act which allows the president to legally employ federal troops in such a way. --99.139.235.202 06:45, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps it is just me, but I'm not sure this article presents a NPOV. The article from ArmyTimes.com is straight-forward, but bulk of the article is based on a youtube video of a 30 minute radio interview with a political activist, clearly not neutral, ther's nothing else to balance it out. Kamnet (talk) 04:11, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * There seem to be wild factual inaccuracies that seem to prevent a simple "bring this within WN:NPOV"-type of fix. The whole premise seems in violation of WN:NPOV as it considers an exercise to be a troop deployment. If I am misreading something, please enlighten me. --SVTCobra 00:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

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I'm going to try and fix this up, it's interesting but there's very little on it, would appreciate it if someone more experienced could help. :) --Poisonous (talk) 23:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

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Basically finished, if someone could read it over for me before I set it to review tommorrow (waiting for kamnet's military friend to give some info on it, which should make it more neutral) and let me know how it is? --Poisonous (talk) 01:05, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!
I was the one who originally posted this article. A copy of my original can be found at my livejournal on Oct 9th. This was the first article I tried pushing on Wikinews. Thank you to all the people who finally got this posted. I'm sorry if the article had a biased point of view, if you feel that way: I did not intentionally write the article that way, I did the best I could. I also understand there was a bit of direct copying from the original article from ArmyTimes: I'm a novice writer, perhaps if I put it into quotation marks we could avoid copyright infringement?

Again, thank you to everyone who got this article posted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.226.230.36 (talk) 22:41, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Zimbabwe cancels education year for 4.5 million after political and economic troubles

Ouch...I can't imagine what a strain that's going to put on Zimbabwe in the future. Keeping populations uneducated is the best way to keep them complacent. --Poisonous (talk) 06:42, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Kinda reminds what happen in Cambodia, expect it was depopulation instead of de-education —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.17.181 (talk) 07:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

This is terrible...They're behind the first-world countries enough as it is, and now they choose to cripple their children's future and destroy the backbone of society? Awful.--72.209.8.195 21:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Question for you Wikinews people. What would you do if you were from Zimbabwe? Fephisto (talk) 23:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Can someone stand up for justice. Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate as a country and as a people while the world watches. How long are we going to allow this to go on?. Whatever happened to democracy?. This man, Robert Mugabe, and he is no man, continues to destroy this once beautiful country while the world watches. Can someone stand up for justice!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.159.9.18 (talk) 11:38, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


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Several injured in suicide bomb blast near police lane, Islamabad

October 11, 2008

A suicide car bomber partly demolished an Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) building in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. The bomb blast rocked I-11 and its neighboring sectors, injuring seventeen people. The number of dead is not certain, with numbers ranging from none to eight.

"Everybody started running away from where the sound came," said eyewitness Amanat Khan while describing the event. "I saw black smoke rising and the sound of a building crashing down". The explosion was strong enough to shatter nearby windows.

Police quickly closed off the area and declared an emergency in all hospitals. Those injured were taken to the nearby PIMS and Holy Family hospitals.

The suicide bomber had convinced guards he was making a delivery of candy before taking his life and destroying much of the building. The attack was only six miles from the Pakistani Parliament, where intelligence and military chiefs were briefing lawmakers on the campaign against terrorism.

Investigators suspect the involvement of a Bajaur-based militant group, Jaish-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP), whose commander was recently injured after an attack on its headquarters. The suicide bomber had entered the office and placed a bag of 'sweets' on a desk, with a note threatening continued attacks if Pakistan continued to aid the US.

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari both strongly condemned the suicide attack.


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Hampshire councils have £3 million invested in Icelandic banks

October 10, 2008

Two local authorities in the English county of Hampshire have a total of £3 million invested with troubled Icelandic banks it was revealed today. Rushmoor Borough Council has a £2 million investment with Glitnir, while Winchester City Council| revealed it has £1m invested with Landsbanki subsidiary Heritable.

Both district councils said the money accounts for only a small proportion of their total investments: 5% in the case of Rushmoor and 3% for Winchester. This is part of a nationwide problem, as over £550 million has been invested in Icelandic banks by British local authorities, with over 70 councils affected.

The news came after Icelandic Internet bank Icesave suspended all 300,000 of its UK customer accounts earlier this week as a result of the worsening global financial crisis. Personal customers of Icesave and other failed banks from Iceland have had the security of their savings guaranteed, but the same protection does not apply to the local government accounts. The Local Government Association (LGA) is campaigning for the protection to extend to them as well, and this call was backed by Winchester City Council.


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Hi Wikinews admins - please could you add this article to Category:Hampshire by placing at the bottom. Thanks, Waggers (talk) 14:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
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Leading Sky News anchor Bob Friend dies at age 70

October 9, 2008

London, England - The very first newscaster to ever appear on Sky News in the UK, and one of their primary anchors for almost 14 years, Bob Friend, has died at the age of 70.

Bob joined Sky News back in 1989 from the British Broadcasting Corporation, where he had been based for over 20 years and was a major face on the channel. He anchored their primetime evening news slots at 7 and 10pm, in partnership with his co-anchor Anna Botting.

He retired from Sky News through ill health, his last broadcast being in 2003. Bob's death from a malignant brain tumour was announced this morning on Sky News' website.

Leading the tributes, Rupert Murdoch, president of News Corporation and British Sky Broadcasting, owners of Sky News, said Bob was:

a distinguished journalist and an admired broadcaster. He was quick to understand the power of non-stop programming. He was there at the beginning of that long, hard road we all had to travel to make Sky News what it is today.


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•••••••• [mailto:manecke@freemail.ru // E-mail] (Subject: Wikimedia) ¤ // ICQ (UIN: 368497744) ¤ // IRC (Nick: Manecke) ••••  — Hallo, Ich wohne in der Region Stuttgart und bin auf verschiedenen Wikimedia-Projekten aktiv, hauptsächlich aber auf de:, en:, fr:, es: und ru:. Außerdem lade ich noch Bilder und Audiodateien auf commons hoch und übersetze.

— Hello, I live in the Region Stuttgart, Germany, and I am active on several Wikimedia Projects like de:, en:, fr:, es: and ru:. Besides I am uploading Image/ Audio files on Commons and I am translating.

— hola, yo vivo en la Región de Stuttgart, Alemania, y también estoy activo en versiones de diferentes idiomas de Wikipedia; Principalmente de., en., fr., es. y ru.. Además subo imágenes y audios en commons y yo traduzco textes.

— Salut, J'habite à la Région de Stuttgart, l'Allemagne, et je suis actif sur les versions de la langue différentes de Wikipédia aussi; principalement de., en., fr., es. and ru.. En outre, je importe des images et des audios sur Commnes et je traduis des textes.

— Привет, я живу в регионе Штутгарт, Германия, и Я также активен на различных языковых версиях Википедии; главным образом de., en., fr., es. и ru.. Кроме того, я загружаю изображения и аудиофайлы на Commons и я перевожу тексты. •• •

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French author Le Clézio wins the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 9, 2008 French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has been awarded by the Swedish Academy with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature. Le Clézio thus wins the prestigious prize of 10 million Swedish krona (US$1.4 million), for being "an author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, an explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilisation," according to the Academy.

His first book, Le Procès-verbal, was published in 1963, when the novelist was 23 years old. Now, aged 68, he receives the Nobel Prize in Literature being recognised as a key figure of French literature.

"As a young writer in the aftermath of existentialism and the nouveau Roman, he was a conjurer who tried to lift words above the degenerate state of everyday speech and to restore to them the power to invoke an essential reality," the Academy wrote in its communiqué. "The emphasis in Le Clezio's work has increasingly moved in the direction of an exploration of the world of childhood and of his own family history."

The writer, now a juror of the Prix Renaudot, wrote pieces such as La Fièvre, L'Extase matérielle, Terra amata, Le Livre des fuites, La Guerre, Désert and Le Chercheur d'or.


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Iceland nationalises Kaupthing Bank

October 9, 2008

Iceland's Financial Services Authority has nationalised the Kaupthing Bank as a response to the financial crisis which may result in a total collapse of the nation's economy. Kaupthing, together with Glitnir Bank and Landsbanki, owe a total of US$61 billion, which is twelve times the estimated size of the economy of the Nordic country. The Financial Services Authority says Iceland will guarantee all domestic deposits and aims to provide a "functioning domestic banking system" by management of the banks.

Iceland has asked for aid to Russia and the International Monetary Fund for loans to help guarantee these deposits. Icelandic equity markets have been closed until October 13 due to "unusual market conditions" and the Icelandic krona now appears to have itself failed after the collapse of an attempt to fix the exchange rate at 131 Krona to the euro.

According to Nordea Bank, Scandinavia's biggest lender, there was no trading of krona on the spot market today. The most recent figure for exchange is 340 to the euro, compared to 122 last month. Thomas Haugaard Jensen, an economist of Svenska Handelsbanken in Copenhagen, indicated the Icelandic economy seems to be at the verge of a "total collapse," and predicted it will take several years before Iceland's economy recovers enough for it to return to growth.

Kaupthing itself requested the national takeover, which leaves most of the nation's banking sector under state control. The bank's board have resigned and left the authorities in control of the bank. The bank also has affiliates both in Sweden and Finland. Swedish Kaupthing Bank Sverige claimed to be unaffected, but Finland's Financial Services Authority temporarily shut down the Finnish affiliate.

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It meets the MOS for length and gets the gist of what's happening. What type of style work do you mean? --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:UK motorway closed for several hours, heavily congested due to woman on bridge

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I contacted the Highways Agency traffic information service phone number. (I called at around 1900 my time - that is 1800 UTC)

I made the following notes:

 * Road now reopened
 * Junctions 14 to 17 southbound heavily congested
 * Junctions 13 to 15 northbound heavily congested
 * Highways Agency: You should do all possible to avoid this road until 19:30 local time (18:30 UTC)

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UK motorway closed for several hours, heavily congested due to woman on bridge

October 9, 2008 The United Kingdom's M6 motorway was closed for several hours earlier due to a woman in a "distressed state" who was standing on the bridge above the road. The road reopened after police convinced the woman to come down at 1725 BST.

The motorway was closed just south of junction 15 as a result of the incident. The woman is now being examined by paramedics and taken to hospital.

The nearby A519 road, which is smaller than the M6, was also closed as a result of the incident.

As of 18:00 UTC, the road remained heavily congested in both directions. The severe congestions was in junctions 14 to 17 southbound and junctions 13 to 15 northbound.

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IMF: World on brink of recession; prepares special loan program

October 9, 2008

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009.

, Managing Director of the IMF, stressed nations must work together to avert a global recession and warns there is "no domestic solution" to the crisis. He also said this week's coordinated interest rate cuts around the world are a good example of the international cooperation needed to restore faltering economies.

Furthermore, he announced the IMF has activated an emergency program Wednesday that allows the fund to provide loans more easily and quickly to emerging countries in economic trouble. This program was first used during the.

The program might be used in Iceland, which has seen major problems hitting the financial sector. Iceland has been forced to nationalize the three largest banks and, most recently,.

The IMF chief made these remarks in on Thursday, as top officials from IMF nations and the G-7 industrialized countries are gathering for meetings on economic issues. U.S. President is set to meet with G-7 finance ministers at the White House on Saturday.


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Hey, I noticed you have a raw signature, so i'm guessing you have a sig page somewhere? Instead of using that page as your raw signature and all the formatting appearing on talk pages, i.e.

Shakata Ga Nai ^_^

have you ever considered using an autosig page, like User:ShakataGaNai/yourautosigpage, with just

on it, so that when you sign your signature on talk pages it just shows up as

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It just means talk pages are clear of all the formatting stuff :)

Sorry if this sounds confusing, or condescending... I was just curious as to whether you knew you could get rid of the text from talk pages :) -- 19:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

 * It's fine that you post that. I don't have a sig page, I just have raw text dumped into my pref.  As for using a Sigpage - that is very very very bad form.  In fact if you click to "My Prefences" on Wikipedia you will see the following message: Do not use images, templates, or external links in your signature. (in bold and everything). -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 19:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh right... why? Just seems like we may as well not be clogging up the talk pages with formatting, and we use them all the time on HeroesWiki. I presumed it was the same everywhere on wikipedia. My mistake. -- 20:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Argh! T H I S I S  N O T  W I K I P E D I A ! ! ! --Brian McNeil / talk 20:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * "In fact if you click to "My Prefences" on Wikipedia you will see the following message: Do not use images, templates, or external links in your signature. (in bold and everything)." Doesn't this imply that your policy is the same/similar to wikipedia? I'm sorry I'm pretty confused. -- 20:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This is SPARRRRRRRRRRRTA!!!!  While this isn't Wikipedia (yes, Brian), we are still on the same servers.  All these wonderful sites are run by the Wikimedia Foundation.  Being busy sites that they are, anything that can be done by the users to reduce the load is generally a "Good Thing" and anything to make it worse is a "Bad Thing".  Unessisary use of templates (IE: In Signatures) is a "Bad Thing" because signatures require more work from the server.
 * In Short. Turn off the damn template. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 20:24, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

FOI
You deleted my article 1 hour into the 2nd day of the abandonment notice. That's a bit much. My understanding was I had 2 (full) days. In other words, I had to move it forward today.

This morning, after I took care of our newborn so Mom could sleep and got my stepson off to school, I finally got to sit down to this article and develop it to the point where I could chase live source comment. This time is now wasted as is the several hours I've already spent on it. Now I can't even retrieve that.

I also ran into technical problems while writing this which slowed down the process further. Firefox bogged down to a crawl and Wikinews would not save the edit. I ended up copying and pasting the article back in after resolving those issues but WikiEd made a hash of that requiring more time to clean that up which brought me full circle to the same problems. But the abandon clock is running and there's no stopping it.

I'm sure the hard-core Wikinewsers sit around and wonder how to attract new people. It seems counter-productive to waste their time when they do show up.

The article topic is not event or time-based (as I explained in the talk page). Canada's FOI issues are not going to go away in the next few days. So, while I understand issues of server usage (which does not trump the fact they are there TO BE used) and most articles will die on the vine in 48 hours, this is not one of those.

While we're sticking up for Wikinews principles how about getting people to do actual journalism as opposed to blogging? I.E. sourcing press releases, (non-news) publications and live sources. Rehashing unchecked source material from other published stories is not journalism and it's not news. Simply checking that someone copied their facts correctly from another story is not editing. There' no way to tell if the original facts were checked.

Why am I banging on about this here and now? Because an article about a deep and broad issue (that also happens to lie at the heart of journalism) can't be done in 48 hours by someone who has a full-time job, kids, etc. The abandon clock has been running in my head for 36 hours. I organised my whole life so I can get back to the article you deleted prematurely. Now I have nothing better to do than write this. I know there's a an undelete process. While it would be convenient to have the content. I'll just recreate it from scratch.

Most of my experience at Wikinews has been less than uplifting. Mainly because of the high-handed and (to a newcomer anyway) arbitrary behaviour of the (self-appointed?) admins. I realize this is a Wiki and people will cross wires once in a while but you guys might want to try actually communicating with the other users before deleting their work.

Netscr1be (talk) 13:47, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Few items in reply.
 * We are not self appointed admins. All admins are appointed by the community.  In fact, voted upon by the community.  No one gets admin rights unless the community deams them fit.
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thank you much
for reviewing the pacman jones article and publishing it i just have one more article that needs to go under the review its about Bobby Orr the hockey player thanks again. --72.73.67.78 18:30, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Next time, remove the Develop tag when you put it into review. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 18:32, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * gotcha thanks again. --72.73.67.78 18:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Did you read the title? "Football cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones can't discuss police incident" The first part doesn't make sense at all. Cowboys are a team, they need a capital "c" and the it's American Football: or NFL:. ;) —Calebrw (talk) 21:37, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 02:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews Mike Lebowitz, Chairman of The Modern Whig Party
Could you do a peer review for the article above? Thanks. --WNewsReporter (talk) 22:18, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

this article is full of errors and false news
I understand you reviewed and I wanted to give you a chance to review the contrary evidence for it on the talk page. Thank you. Shutterbug (talk) 02:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your contribution, but you completely changed the article. Why not post in the talk page what you feel is wrong?  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 03:26, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I did (you moved it, remember?). Please answer the question. Shutterbug (talk) 04:00, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

 * SGN, as a 'for your information' snippet, Shutterbug is also an editor on Wikipedia where his account name used to be COFS and it was confirmed as editing from a Church of Scientology computer. There is a clear conflict of interest here. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:45, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Homes of six Minnesota politicians vandalized
I'll work on this article when I get home. It's a big local story, even if it is a bit stale now. —Calebrw (talk) 16:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


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Rap music fan sentenced to Beethoven, pays fine instead

October 9, 2008

When 24-year-old Andrew Vactor of Urbana, Ohio, United States was convicted of violating the city's noise ordinance, Judge Susan J. Fornof-Lippencott offered to reduce the normal fine of US$150 to $35 if he agreed to listen to 20 hours of classical music. Fifteen minutes into the sentence the rap music fan changed his mind and paid the full fine in order to end his probation. The sentence would have included selections from Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Claude Debussy. Chief Probation Officer Glenda Runkle says the department keeps three CDs for this type of sentence.

Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Fornof-Lippencott told the Springfield News-Sun she often assigns creative sentencing options. "I think a lot of people don't like to be forced to listen to music. And I think sometimes the defendants ... are put in the position the general public is put in." She also selects episodes of Dr. Phil and The Oprah Winfrey Show that she considers relevant to other misdemeanor offenses and supplies copies to the probation department. "The idea, hopefully, is that it will inspire people not to come back for the same violation. It offers an opportunity for them to cut down on their fines and costs and at the same time broaden their horizons."

Although Judge Fornof-Lippencott hopes these sentences "might enlighten defendants", Vactor denied that musical taste played a role in his decision to pay the full fine. Vactor, a student at Urbana University, told reporters he needed to leave for basketball team practice. "I didn’t have the time to deal with that," he said. "I just decided to pay the fine."


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This was the seventh straight day of markets closing in severely negative numbers.

One of the biggest stocks to drop was General Motors, which lost more than 33% of its value.

In the UK, the FTSE 100 dropped from a day high of 145 points to 52.9 points lower, at a 4 year low. The biggest drop was Barclays, which dropped 13.1%.

The only major world indexes that gained any value were the Hang Seng in Hong Kong, which closed up 511.51 points or 3.31%, and the Russian RTS, which partly recovered from yesterday's fall with a 10.91% increase.

"Markets are still sceptic with regards to the international coordination to face the problems of the financial system," explained Barclays Capital economists, and they predicted stocks would continue to be volatile.

Investors are awaiting the outcome of several meetings that will be held this weekend. Finance ministers from the G7 will be gathering in Washington, and the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will be holding their autumn meetings.

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In response to the financial tsunami, the European Central Bank (ECB) opened an unlimited emergency credit line on Thursday to stimulate liquidity in the institutions that are facing bankruptcy. Through six-day credits, the ECB plans to financially aid the 15 countries which are part of the Eurozone. Furthermore, it injected $100 billion dollars into the market, duplicating the figure it had originally offered.

Iceland nationalized Kaupthing Bank, the most important bank in the country. The Nordic state – whose economy is highly dependent on the banking system – is having great financial problems after the government nationalized the three most important banks, and could face bankruptcy.

Central banks in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico also decided to intervene in the market to stop the rapid devaluation of their currencies, fearing a capital flight out.

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Comments:Nobel Peace Prize misused says Norwegian lawyer and activist

Frankly, no. They are awarding the prize to individuals who have done nothing directly relating to peace, choosing to pass over those who have worked for international peace. Jade Knight (talk) 19:44, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

The impact of several items said to be out of line with Nobel's will are not so much out of line, as they are connecting the sentiment of the will with the current situation. The cited example of Gore and the IPCC does seem to qualify as the conflicts in Sudan for example are mainly driven by farm land disputes, aggravated by droughts then known to be connected with anthropogenic climate change. Particulates redirecting the sun exposure at ground level and global warming altering wind currents. Work then aimed at reversing those effects has direct impact on reducing conflict in the world. Basically, this is using the known relationships between things to award the prize to people working on areas that have the same effect, and though that may not be as obvious it is legitimate. 68.210.66.232 00:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

No, they have not respected Nobel's will. The prize has been used more as a political tool than as a tool for peace. Al Gore should never have won this prize. "Raising awareness" about climate change does nothing to solve the problem, and most certainly does not promote peace. 24.180.26.92 01:28, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Of course they aren't following Nobel's will. Al Gore has done absolutely nothing to deserve a peace prize. Maybe an environmental prize or something, but probably not even that since he insists on being paid to tell people how much of a crisis we're in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.118.26 (talk) 21:30, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Of course the peace prize has not been used correctly while else would that war criminal Henry Kissinger have one. And Arafat? the guy's a terrorist. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.124.116.233 (talk • contribs) 16:06, 9 October 2013


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the question marks what are they for? --71.254.96.228 20:06, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The numbers are not final yet, should be in a few minutes. Will update it when it they become final. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 20:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

$100K? $100M?
"Furthermore, it injected $100,000 dollars to the market, duplicating the figure it had originally offered." Is that number correct? It looks far too low. Hv (talk) 21:01, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It's 100 billion. Thanks for the catch. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 21:07, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

this is the day that all of the Anons have been waiting for. to change Vegetas famous quote from DBZ. "Hey Vegeta! What's the stock ticker say about the DJIA?" "ITS UNDER 9000!" *Crushes blackberry* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.147.20.254 (talk) 15:49, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


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heck yes
i so believe it will continue to drop until something is fixed. --71.254.96.228 20:36, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

ITS UNDER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.172.248 (talk) 21:08, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

We're screwed. --Poisonous (talk) 21:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Which reminds me to adjust my pension plan from "Buy" to "Buy aggressively", but I may wait a couple more days. -  Amgine | t 21:50, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Biginvest more exchangee-cedit or +debit than market floowing e-comers low if high resurces power hellp to price lower product markating cost shell  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.34.10 (talk) 00:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

This is Manish, the droppin in share market will go on till the end of this year. I am only predicting as my numo says. my advice to all the investors not to afraid of the downfall. as we have gained in market when it was on his peak, we also beer some losses as this is the game.

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Comments:Rap music fan sentenced to Beethoven, pays fine instead

strange punishment
isn't this considered a form of undemocratic or strange punishment? somehow i believe if it were a rock band there would be no classical music option given by the judge. i believe the judge gave him this option because of society's and his own personal beliefs about the hiphop culture.
 * It may fall under strange or unusual punishment, but that is perfectly legal as long as it is an alternative that can be accepted or turned down. Many judges in the United States have taken to such "creative sentencing" as a way to motivate low-level offenders from repeating their crimes and possibly having to go to jails, which are expensive and lacking in space. Kamnet (talk) 22:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * For a punishment to be considered "cruel and unusual" it must be both, cruel AND unusual. Even if it is unusual, it's not close to cruel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.85.245.186 (talk) 05:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

This would be considered an unusual and possibly contestable sentence if it were, in fact, a sentence. Rather the judge offered this as an elective alternative to the full fine. I'm behind this entirely, meaningful reform among offenders is much more prevalent in elective programs rather than mandated. Too bad he didn't finish it, though, he's missing out on some good music. --192.231.40.3 19:06, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Strange tie-in
The funny thing is that hip-hop and rap music frequently sample classical music to create new and unique loops. Kamnet (talk) 22:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

A Clockwork Orange?

Cruel and Unusual punishment?
Being [sentenced] to listen to one specific type of music for 20 hours as a form of probation is not cruel and unusual punishment. This is similar to some one vandalizing property then later being sentenced to perform community service by preserving the downtown area or fixing the same type of areas that were vandalized.

IT2(SW) Woo, USN-E —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.56.145.36 (talk) 00:39, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't even call it a "punishment", let alone call it "cruel and unusual". I listen to it every day! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.105.47 (talk) 01:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it's a pretty good idea. I think a more cruel and/or unusual punishment would be to make him listen to Captain Beefheart. And I don't think that the idea is necessarily supposed to be an 'effrontery' to his tastes in music, but since classical music has the most chance of being a type of music that he doesn't like, it should help him understand that his crime was subjecting others to music that they might not like. I don't know if this would end up being an effective method of preventing further offenses, but it's at least worth a shot.

I'd like to know how often this sentence is given and how often it works in deterring noise offenses. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.209.87.112 (talk) 15:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

yeah —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.77.88 (talk) 22:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

How can something that is as universally communicative to the human soul as Beethoven and Chopin be possibly unbearable? Being a classical fan, if I had to listen to something entirely devoid of meaning and beauty like 50 Cent for 20 hours, now that would be a mortifying thought. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.24.88.230 (talk) 03:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

As far as falling under the "cruel and unusual" theory, it definitely falls under "unusual". By giving the defendant the choice of listening to classical music or paying the standard fine, the judge is attacking Mr. Vactor's choice in music rather than punishing his failure to obey the noise ordinance. If Mr. Vactor was blasting Beethoven, would Judge Fornof-Lippencott give him the choice of listening to the Wu-Tang clan? Doubtful. I hate these "creative" punishments! Judges are not artists, they are interpreters of the law. How the hell would they enforce such a punishment anyway? And isn't $150 a bit much for a noise ordinance violation? I'd really hate to see how this judge punishes her children! Yeesh... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.233.26.33 (talk) 05:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

 * The point is that he would have been forced to listen to something that he did not choose to listen to. As an alternative to a fine both impose a cost and are aimed at making him recognize his fault in violating the noise ordinance. It has nothing to do with any of the types of music involved, the judge likely selected one which that guy was unlikely to enjoy to make the point that he was playing music at volumes that others did not enjoy. The quote used here could probably have used some more work to communicate that clearly, but it is too late to change now. 68.222.134.129 05:53, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

$150 a lot? Depends on your point of view. How much do you think getting the guy in a court room costs? Things like the salary for the people involved (judge, policemen and such), the court itself. The state (--> the tax payer) still has to pay a lot more than this meager $150. And yes, punishment in the US can be very cruel and very unusual but not at the same time, that's against the law. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.78.165.201 (talk) 11:59, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Good idea!
Sounds to me like the punishment fits the crime, i mean, violating a noise ordinance is more or less making the people around him listen to what they don't want to hear, so having him listen to what he doesn't want to hear is simply giving him a taste of his own medicine. However, a more effective punishment might have been to have him listen to rap for 20 hours so he can truly realize the error of his ways, and perhaps start listening to music that actually takes some shred of talent to create. :-D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.7.247.230 (talk) 15:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

"She also selects episodes of Dr. Phil and The Oprah Winfrey Show that she considers relevant to other misdemeanor offenses and supplies copies to the probation department." What? Reason number 457 not to live in Ohio... 24.7.161.68 23:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

U2 fan ordered to destroy CDs
The judge could have also applied the above sentence, like a UK court did, and order the guy to destroy his entire music collection. Something to think about Kamnet (talk) 07:59, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

YES.
Classical music is GREAT! ^_^ 76.65.16.86 21:04, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

What's good for the goose is good for the gander!
Why should we be subjected to thunderous profane rap music at stop lights and parking lots from these thugs? I say more judges should use creative sentencing. PerryO206.24.48.1

Depends
The type of person and song type changes everyhing.. It could be anything.

Good idea.
That's some pretty creative sentencing. Rap music sucks, that much is for certain, and i'm sure many of us who've had to put up with loud music only one type of person likes would appreciate it if such a sentence was handed out to their 'thug' neighbors.

Now that's a case of inspired justice. What an extremely witty way to enact eye-for-an-eye justice. I'd rather pay the fine myself than have to listen to classical music for 20 hours, but it is a good way of demonstrating how annoying it is to be forced to listen to other people's music.

—75.189.141.13 06:40, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

O.o
Wow. My way of life can be considered a punishment? I listen to that stuff six hours a day - locking me up in a room with hip hop CDs is quite a different matter, though... —La Pianista  (T•C) 18:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

If I lived in this town I would drive around blasting Beethoven, just to see what they do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.63.152 (talk) 06:58, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Iceland nationalises Kaupthing Bank

"Kaupthing, together with Glitnir Bank and Landsbanki, owe a total of US$61 billion, which is twelve times the estimated size of the economy of the Nordic country." <<<<<What?! Fephisto (talk) 23:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... this makes me want to major in economics... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.95.54.9 (talk) 04:05, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Yet another shortcoming of the pathetic monetary systems of this world. It's time to get rid of them. 58.167.3.138


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NFL: Cowboys cornerback Pacman Jones can't discuss police incident

October 11, 2008

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was not available to speak with reporters Thursday after a Tuesday night incident involving Jones and a bodyguard in a hotel bathroom in the south-Central American city of Dallas, Texas. Officials are calling the incident private and said charges are not likely to be filed. As of Thursday, the Cowboys have not disciplined Jones.

Police were notified by hotel staff after workers heard a disturbance in the hotel lobby men's bathroom where Jones and his bodyguard arguing. Jones and his bodyguard told police everything was fine and were driven away by a friend.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke with members of the media on Thursday, saying that he was "very disappointed in that we're having to deal with this," saying that the altercation was not a big deal.

"They were literally kidding each other," Jerry Jones told the Associated Press on Thursday. "They were jiving around ... and all of a sudden one of them starting saying some things, and here you go."

Cowboys nose tackle Tank Johnson said everything was overblown and shouldn't distract the team.

"This is not that big of a deal," Johnson told the Associated Press. "Nobody's in jail, nobody's in trouble, nobody's hurt. We're all here ready to practice, ready to work."

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN radio that he was frustrated that the league was even discussing the incident involving Jones and his bodyguard. Goodell also said the NFL league is investigating the matter.

Jones has already been in police trouble in connection with a shooting at a Las Vegas strip club and other incidents which have led to his arrest six times since he was drafted in 2005 by the Tennessee Titans. Jones was suspended in April 2007 by Goodell and allowed to return to play in August.

Jones said this after his reinstatement: "I know my responsibilities to the NFL and I'm going to hold my own and do what I need to do to make sure I stay where I am right now, which is reinstated. I work hard every day to make sure I don't make the same mistakes. Can I say I would never ever make the same mistakes? No, I can't say that. I'll make sure I put myself in way better situations than I have put myself in the past."

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This isn't going to help. Fephisto (talk) 23:15, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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All of these recent problems with Qantas reminds of me the airport scene from Rainman... 68.189.148.241 23:48, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


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I donot think it cause copyrights problemsregarding this article, check back again, and then publish it, whereas Style Issue, can u suggest me, what u feel wrong in it's style? Azamishaque (talk) 23:58, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

The article needs work and is not ready for publishing. Fixing it up a bit. --Poisonous (talk) 08:28, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I donot understand what more you are expecting in it? All the facts and figures are pointed out,with all the refrences, Might be you are talking about some grammer mistake!! Help in this else it is ready to publish or make it correct and then Publish it will honour your suggestions Azamishaque (talk) 15:17, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I should have explained. The grammar was a bit bad and it had some information in there that was not needed, while other information was not included. There was a slight NPOV problem, and unneeded sources. I fixed them and it's awaiting a review. :) --Poisonous (talk) 17:45, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Review
Ok i m waiting too Azamishaque (talk) 04:53, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Ehm, I double checked, I used Find, could not find that in the article... --Poisonous (talk) 06:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

What are you looking for? what you want to find? Azamishaque (talk) 10:37, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

I went and saw that the copyvio sentence wasn't even in there, I believe I had changed it a while ago when I first edited it, I strangled Anon a bit so there :P --Poisonous (talk) 18:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Review 2
I'm not filling in the whole template as I have found a copyright issue:

"said the bomber had parked the vehicle outside the three-storey ATC building and walked inside and gave a box of sweets to Muharar Tahir, who was stated to be his friend." - copyvio of http://www.dawn.com/2008/10/10/top2.htm


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Wikinews:Briefs/October 9, 2008

= Wikinews News in Brief for October 9, 2008 =

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Good day, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Thursday, October 9, 2008. I'm Kevin Fields, and here are today's current stories.

Markets down across the world; Dow Jones falls below 9,000
Stock markets across the world have fallen dramatically as worries that recent government moves might not prevent a global recession. The largest drop was with the the Dow Jones index, which fell 678 points to below the 9,000 mark. The index has fallen over 2,000 points in the past nine days to reach its lowest level since 2003. The S&P 500 was down more than 7%. In the UK, the FTSE 100 dropped from a day high of 145 points to 52.9 points lower, which is a 4 year low. The only major world indexes that gained any value were the Hang Seng in Hong Kong, which closed up 3.31%, and the Russian RTS, which ended up more than 10.91%.

Investors are waiting for the outcome of several meetings that will be held this weekend. Finance ministers from the G7 will be gathering in Washington, and in the meantime the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will be holding there autumn meetings. In response to the financial tsunami, the European Central Bank opened this Thursday an unlimited emergency credit line to stimulate liquidity in the institutions that are facing bankruptcy. Through six-day credits, the ECB plans aiding financially the 15 countries which are part of the Eurozone. Iceland had to nationalize a third bank after the board of directors for Kaupthing Bank, the most important bank in the country, requested the takeover and resigned. The Nordic state, whose economy is highly dependent on the banking system, is handling great financial problems after the government was forced to nationalize the three most important banks, and could have to face bankruptcy.Central banks in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico also decided to intervene in the market to stop the rapid devaluation of their currencies, fearing a capital flight out. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel did not rule out nationalizing banks in her country.

IMF: World on brink of recession; prepares special loan program
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009. He stressed nations must work together to avert a global recession and warns there is "no domestic solution" to the crisis. He also said this week's coordinated interest rate cuts around the world are a good example of the international cooperation needed to restore faltering economies. Furthermore, he announced the IMF has activated an emergency program Wednesday that allows the fund to provide loans more easily and quickly to emerging countries in economic trouble.

US presidential candidate Barack Obama has 50% support
United States presidential candidate Barack Obama now has 50% support in the polls. Tuesday was the first day Obama received 50% or more support in the Day to Day Politics Poll Average since it began back in mid July. Barack Obama now has 50.1% support and John McCain has 43.6% support - a 6.5% difference with a margin of error of 0.70%. This is the largest lead Barack Obama has had in the past three months.

French author Le Clézio wins the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. The prize of $1.4 million dollars was awarded by the Swedish Academy, the steward for the award named after Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel. The Academy recognized Le Clézioas being a key figure of French literature. In a press release, the Academy stated, "The emphasis in Le Clezio's work has increasingly moved in the direction of an exploration of the world of childhood and of his own family history." The 68 year-old novelist, who resides in Nice, France, released his first novel in 1963, which earned him the Théophraste-Renaudot Award that same year. Le Clézio has also won five other notable literature awards in his lifetime.

Conclusion
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Comments:UK motorway closed for several hours, heavily congested due to woman on bridge

"The M6 when not congested"? This photo is obviously faked. The M6 is never not congested. --60.36.179.50 03:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

lulz i love the title--66.229.17.181 04:00, 10 October 2008 (UTC)