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Comments:US to sell precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia

Another Scam
The U.S. also supplied arms to Iraq. The U.S. also supplied arms to Iran which resulted in the Iran-Contra scandle (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra). Under the guise of "peace talks" between Israeli and Palestinian people, the Bush Administration, then, is about to bolster U.S. corporate interests in oil ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCO, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP ) and munitions ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed ).

Pipelines Are The Real Reason for Denouncing Iran
What is at stake is competition from Iran for oil exports and a pipeline as reported in the following article: http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/23857 Greenspan also stated that this was about oil: http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/26166

Anyone else think that America is just going to sell WMDs to every dangerous country until one of them thinks to bomb them? It's not like the Saudis even need to buy from America, it's a very rich country and could easily manufacture them itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.82.200.31 (talk) 12:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

The Republican party is a Socialist Party
Like the Nazi Party, the Republican party is actually Socialist; though, the similarities are stronger between the Nazi party than to Socialism. The Republicans believe in federally sponsored industries through government contracts such as Halliburton, Lockheed Martin, Exxon, and BP. They believe in a strong military that will eventually support a "New World Order" by means of military domination as demonstrated through the Iraq War. And, like the Nazi party, they have no respect for human rights as demonstrated at Guantonimo Bay and the destruction of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights through, for instance, the Patriot Act. They also believe in a form of Social Darwinism in that they believe that those who are wealthier are predisposed to it either biologically or through divine right.

 * What you describe is Facism, not Socialism. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * You are mistaken. It is Socialism in that they believe that the Federal government should control the capital (wealth) of the nation. In this case the Federal government controls capital through huge government contracts with corporations. In return corporations endorse the party and political agenda.

 * Nazis hated Socialists, and were infact Facists. You are, however, correct in stating that the Bush administration is following paths of the Nazis. He even said "You're either with us, or against us," which is a direct translation of one of Hitler's quotes. It is sad to see what is happening to the US government. With these new elections, we have all these candidates making impossible promises, and when those promises fail to be met, the people who voted for them will become cynics. It is a very dangerous senario. Everyone votes for the canditate who makes the best lies, and when the promises do not come into effect they are disenfranchised with the system and another apathetic generation is created. Rekov 15:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * You're probably right, the Nazy party or National Socialist German Workers Party, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party, hated anyone who opposed them including other socialist parties.

 * Both Socialism and Communism espouse a "withering away" of the power of central government. This is significantly different from what is being done today in the United States. Fascism was all about centralising the power into a small elite. Germany's "National Socialism" has nothing to do with the more established principles of the ideology and more to do with how a small group could take over a country that wanted a recount on WWI. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * In economic terms, it is still Socialism. A rose by any other name is still a rose. Structurally, however, I'd have to concede that the Republican party is moving toward Globalization. The Nazi party also wished to Globalize the Third Reich. But, yes, there was little organization within the Nazi party. What kept them together had less to do with economic and structural ideology, than with a set of unified beliefs. Like the Republicans, the Nazi party simply believed it was superior to everyone, regardless of law, structure, economics, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.166.194.176 (talk) 18:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Haven't we learned anything yet!?
Why do we still get involved with other countries' conflicts? Haven't we pissed off Iran enough? This is just ridiculous. - Ian Lee 23:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Shame on the USA (again)
How does the USA justify sales to a country with such poor human rights? Americans always ask why they were attacked on 9/11 so maybe actions like this by their government will provide the answer. The USA's support for Israel and Saudi Arabia and similar attitudes is what has made this world a very dangerous place. Thankfully there are only 10 more months until Americans can boot out Bush and elect someone fit to be 'leader of the world'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.230.129.26 (talk) 23:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, the hypocracy of it all!
Mr Bush told ABC's Terry Moran that he was concerned about his image. Most people believe Bush to be a warmonger you see, who has it in for Muslims in particular. Bush insists he is misunderstood and he is a peacemaker pursuing a democratic agenda.

That must be why he's supplying these weapons to one of the most undemocratic regimes in the world. Oh, I forgot. The Saudis are "allies" like the military dictatorship in Pakistan. Their crimes against humanity are acceptable because they are not "evildoers". After all, how could someone who does evil be friends with the USA?

There is a lesson for the late Saddam Hussein here. If he hadn't invaded Kuwait and just got on with using his presents from the USA for gassing Kurds he would have never been labelled an evildoer and he may be still alive in Iraq and getting some new missiles of his very own. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.200.96 (talk) 03:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


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We've been in a recession since 2001, some call that a Depression
A tiny little tax cut for the middle class and a gigantic tax break for the rich isn't going to help us. What will help is an increase in taxes for the oil corporations and the super rich oil robber barons.

There They Go Again
America is going through another Republican ruled economic cycle since 2000 ( actually since the Reagan years ) have already cut tax's and ran up a national dept and trade deficit of biblical proportions. They fond an excuse to go to war again to feed the military industrial/intelligence complex. A payroll wagon in the trillions of dollars. The rich just keep on getting richer instead of being the well to do to create jobs here. They will only take the tax cuts an invest it in other countries that promote slave labor with no environmental laws. When the unemployment rate ticks up the Republicans have the audacity to claim that tax cuts will let the rich invest to create more jobs when history shows that the Clinton Administration in the 90's raised taxes on the rich. That kept the national debt down allowing the Federal Reserve Board to keep interest rates low. The rest was history in that America experienced the best economic boom in post war history.

Regards James Daher —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.24.11.171 (talk) 19:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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Japanese detain two anti-whaling activists, deny abuse claims

January 16, 2008

Yesterday at 6:00 UTC at | 60° S 78° E, a Japanese whaling ship detained two Sea Shepherd Conservation Society activists in the Southern Ocean. Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (IRC) deny Sea Shepherd claims that they have been abused. The Japanese government has assured the Australian Government the release of the men.

According to the conservation agency Sea Shepherd, Australian Benjamin Potts, 28, a helicopter assistant, and Briton Giles Lane, an engine room worker, were detained on board a Yushin Maru No. 2 after delivering a letter asking the ship to exit Antarctic waters.

Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd's vessel, Steve Irwin, said that the Japanese "tried to throw them overboard, then they tied them to a bulkhead and were beating them".

He alleged that the men were tied to the radar masts before being brought below deck after which the men were not seen. Sea Shepherd's international director, Jonny Vasic, claimed that they were "basically strapped by the arms with zip-ties and tied with rope around their chests" for 2½ to three hours.

The captain said he was surprised as he expected Japanese whale ships to treated his men more decently.

"We are concerned but I know the Australian and British governments are in touch with the Japanese government."

Sea Shepherd said it has photographic evidence that the whalers were abusing the men.

However, the Japanese ship refuted the allegations.

“Any accusations that we have tied them up or assaulted them are completely untrue,” Director-general of the IRC Minoru Morimoto said in the press release, “It is illegal to board another country’s vessels on the high seas."

Detaining the activists was the "only way", he said. "You couldn't have them running around the deck not knowing what they're going to do."

He said that the activists were making attempts to entangle the screw and were throwing bottles of butyric acid, as rancid butter, onto the deck of the vessel before boarding the vessel. Mr Watson has confirmed this and said that they were to act as a stink bomb but their actions were still peaceful.

Hideki Moronuki, the chief of the whaling section of The Fisheries Agency of Japan, claimed that "nobody took violent action against the two illegal intruders".

Mr. Moronuki said that they were treated "very, very humanely" and were provided with "a warm, delicious hot meal", "[a] warm, nice bath" and "[a] nice bed with clean white sheets".

Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith said that the Japanese government promised him the release of the men late yesterday night.

"Late last night I was advised the Japanese had agreed to this and they had instructed the relevant whaling ship to return the men to the Steve Irwin," he told ABC radio.

Mr. Moronuki said the "two illegal intruders" will not be released by the vessel's captain until "Paul Watson has accepted the conditions of the safety of the Japanese vessel". He said he knew nothing of the comments that the Japanese government agreeing to release the men.

Mr. Watson said the Japanese were "[holding] hostages and make demands" and were acting like "a terrorist organisation". A press release said Sea Shepherd "will not negotiate with poachers and demands that the Japanese whalers release Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane as soon as possible".

Mr. Watson said he would not send a zodiac to collect the men as requested in an email because it "endangers the life of the crew, to put them out in these waters in a small boat, 10 miles out of view".

On Sky TV, IRC spokesman Glenn Inwood said Sea Shepherd were "not answering phone calls or emails at this stage" to take advantage of "fair amount of media coverage" but they were "still making attempts to contact them".

An Australian Federal Police spokeswoman said that Sea Shepherd made a police report at around 7:00 UTC.


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I'm sorry but that is wrong very wrong! I mean come on how selfish can a guy get yes my parents have their problems but still who would do that other than a phyco?

Jesus IS Coming.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.248.13.178 (talk) 19:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

My deepest sympathies to Mrs Phan. I can't even imagine the pain she must be going through today. Anyone who could heartlessly throw his own children over a bridge to certain death is an indescribable monster! Hope they lock up this disgusting excuse for a human being forever within the general population of some tough, southern-American jail. It will be in that environment where other inmates will teach him a lesson for such a disgusting and cowardly act. Such callousness towards innocent, little children should never be tolerated and never forgiven. -58.107.144.81 —Preceding comment was added at 11:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

most people are probably thinking what went wrong in this guys head cause i know i am and that just shows how many crazy people there are in this world! --50cent541 21:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I think this man is a lunatic I can't believe he would do such a thing like this to these little precious and innocence children what have they done to him? He's a psycho! he deserve to be put in prison forever!


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User:203.57.68.20

This IP is used on rotation by a small ISP. Hence it ends up being semi-permanently assigned to a user. For example, I've only ever had x.13 and x.20 assigned to me so far. (Those two IP's were once used by a WP vandal, but since I've joined, I've seen only minor test vandalism on WP, and nothing here. (Sad when you're not popular enough to even attract vandalism.))

So, I'm using this page as a hold-all/reminder pad for stuff (like chunks of help pages, templates I always forget, etc) I've collected.

Pages and Pages

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Random stuff
Indent is ":". Double indent, "::". Forced linebreak is < Br >.

?but what's the code(s) for treat-as-plain-text??

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User:Paulmch~enwikinews

My User Page.

I specialise in aviation reporting. Media people have a tendency to sensationalise incidents and news. I don't. I say it as it is.

Some recent articles
United 757 pushes back into Canadair CRJ700

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Talk:Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia

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Media: Kwong Wah e-Newspaper Date: 2008/01/15 Topic: Malaysia Internal Security Department Warns Its People on Anti-Malaysia Websites / 侮辱大马网站 内安部冀关注 URL: http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2008/01/15/6.html

The Internal Security Department of Malaysia has identified Uncyclopedia as a dangerous website which has messages and information insulting Malaysia and warns its people not to use the website today.

In the warning notice it mentioned that Uncyclopedia is created in January 5, 2005 and is running by Wikia Inc. The famous Wikipedia website also belongs to this company. But the website is spreading wrong information on Malaysia and is been used widely in the world, especially by the press from the United States.

It also mentioned that the website covers many aspects of Malaysia including history, culture, the political leaders, the government, the national song and the name / symptoms of the national flag. However, those information actually are not correct.

The ISD warning says this is insulting Malaysia and the website is spreading unresponsible news to twist the fact that Malaysia now is a peaceful nation and the website tend to make a political separation in Malaysia and cause a bad image of Malaysia in the world.

Through the warning notice the ISD of Malaysia wishes to ask the public not to download, spread the contents of those websites so they won't be effected by the information.

Chinese paper
This is from a Chinese-language paper, not Malay. Do we have details on their circulation or market? And - perhaps more to the point - does Uncyclopedia have any material in Chinese or Malay? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * It is a Malaysian newspaper written in Chinese. Wikipedia has this entry Kwong Wah Yit Poh which does not have anything about circulation. --SVTCobra 17:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes to your second question, Chinese and Malay. --  Zanimum 18:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I guess there are two url's for Chinese Uncyclopedia. Is that really what Malay looks like in the Latin alphabet? --SVTCobra 19:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes. Johnleemk 00:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * There are two versions of Uncyclopedia in Chinese, one each for regular-script/traditional and simplified. The Taiwanese version is the more active of the pair, as the Great Firewall of China has been blocking various Uncyclopedia sites with Chinese/Asia-Pacific content for the better part of a year now. They also have the number of languages badly wrong, http://encyclopedi.as lists forty-seven individual wikis, some Wikia, some not. Perhaps the Prince of the United States would be willing to intervene if this becomes a major international incident? --66.102.80.212 01:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Mistakes
Tolopedia is Bahasa Indonesia, not Bahasa Melayu as claimed here. The section on the number of language editions is ridiculous. You seem to be using Uncyclopedia as a source! The listing of language versions as "Oscar Wilde, Newspeak, N00b, White Supremacist, and Re: PharmaccgRy" is a joke - please do not quote that here as if it were serious. The actual language versions of Uncyclopedia are listed on Uncyclopedia. Angela 08:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * In the Uncyclopedia article, I listed Tolololpedia as it was the closest available to Malaysian. Indonesian and Malaysian are both minor variants on Malay, and despite both being called "languages" are almost completely mutually-intelligible dialects (indeed, there's been serious debate on foundation-l about whether they should have separate Wikipedias). So in the Uncyclopedia article I used "language group" - David Gerard 08:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * And looking at Malay language, I see they've started calling Malaysian just "Malay." But Indonesian and Malay are still pretty close. Further apart than British and American English, as close or closer than Brazilian and Portuguese Portuguese. But anyway. I'm quite proud to see my Uncyclopedia piece has made Wikinews ;-) There's UnNews forum discussion at http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Forum:Urgent_Public_Safety_Warning that may be relevant to the article as well - David Gerard 10:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Malay and Indonesian are practically the same; there are some minor differences, but the only reason we consider them separate languages is for political reasons. (Nationalistic pride - and apparently a lot of Malaysians and Indonesians hate each other's guts as well.) I'd say they're about as different as Australian English is from American English. Johnleemk 16:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * According to Indonesian language, "Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a standardized dialect of the Malay language that was officially defined with the declaration of Indonesia's independence in 1945"
 * Angela, using Uncyclopedia as a list of the actual language versions of Uncyclopedia would be even more of a joke than the "Re: PharmaccgRy" nonsense - that list, being Wikia-specific, is missing enough Uncyclopedias to fill a dedicated co-located server or two. It also gives nonsensical info for six languages - listing dead, forked or abandoned Wikia where the main wiki for the language is hosted elsewhere. Key non-Wikia serving Uncyclopedia content to the Asia-Pacific region would be uncyclopedia.tw (Taiwan), ansaikuropedia.org (Japan) as well as Korean and Thai versions.
 * Certainly is filled with errors: 34 languages of Uncyclopedia? (should have been 47, as of when this was written) Polish as second-largest? (should be Japan, then Brazil, then Poland...). And no, the Taiwanese edition is not under the jurisdiction of "the Prince of the United States" last I checked. --66.102.80.212 18:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia are similar but very different. Speakers of either language cannot understand each other although some words may make communication crudely understandable.  Cite "polisi" which means "policy" in Bahasa Melayu and "police" in Bahasa Indonesia.  Not similar to Australian and American English at all.  78.86.175.138 19:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I find that highly questionable. There is occasional difficulty in understanding; unquestionably Bahasa Indonesia has been more influenced by Dutch, and has a slightly different lexicon from Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia. It might be a slight underestimation to analogise the two with Australian and American English, but it's certainly not a huge stretch, considering I have about as much difficulty reading the Indonesian Wikipedia or understanding Indonesian speech as I do with Malay. Johnleemk 02:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * In some languages, 'policy' and 'police' *are* the same word; for instance, français uses variously «police d'assurance» (insurance policy), «police de charactères» (typeface font), as well as «police» and «chef de police» (police chief) in the same sense that they're used in English. --66.102.80.212 17:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Ya Tolololpedia is an Indonesian Uncyclopedia, not Malay Uncyclopedia. You maybe ask to many user in indonesian wikipedia. is Tolololpedia Malay Language or Indonesian language. The user in tolololpedia, are user in wikipedia. The user in tolololpedia and wikipedia are me, in Tolololpedia, my name is 5991imzA, Meursault2004, Jagawana in tolololpedia, his named is Totty, Fjr ab, Imoeng, in tolololpedoa, his named is gneomI  Azmi   Talk   07:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.161.143.121 (talk) I just changed it  Azmi   Talk   01:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, im admin from Tolololpedia my nickname is "G&K" Tolololpedia is Bahasa Indonesia, not Bahasa Melayu 125.160.123.69 11:02, 6 June 2008 (UTC) (G&K not login or G&K not registered)

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Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia

January 15, 2008

Satire site Uncyclopedia, a parody of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has been labeled by the Malaysian government as dangerous. The Internal Security Department of Malaysia issued the warning today, saying that the site has "messages and information insulting Malaysia".

The warning notes the creation date of the website as being 5 January 2005, and hosted by Wikia, Inc., both of which are correct. However, it claims Wikia owns Wikipedia; Wikipedia is a charitable non-profit website owned by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, while Wikia is an independent, for-profit company.

The report evidently mentions that Uncyclopedia covers Malaysian "history, culture, the political leaders, the government, the national song and the name / history of the national flag," none of which is "correct". They accuse the website of helping to reinforce a bad international image of their country.

There are no reports of the site being blocked from access within the country, only this statement, which urges Malaysians not to circulate the content.

Uncyclopedia's article on Malaysia begins: Essentially the penis of Asia which is located to the north of their cousins who live on an even smaller island Singapore, Malaysia (also known as Bolehland) is a young nation of diverse cultures and races such as F1 Formula-1 and Nascar. The timezone of Malaysia is unique because it follows the system of +1/+2 PMT (Predetermined Meeting Time) which is 1 or 2 hours later than PMT. Most foreigners have difficulty adjusting to this new timezone as they tend to show up 1 or 2 hours earlier than the local counterparts. The nation is moving forward with a vision towards becoming a developed nation by the year 2020, 3030, 4040 or whatever catchy number. ... Another common state that Malaysians have is denial (no lah, where got?), which incidentally, is a river in Egypt.

The site has fired back with a parody article posted at the site under their UnNews section, titled Uncyclopedia Internal Security Department warns on Malaysia. The article suggests that the "Internal Security Department of the Uncyclomedia Foundation," which is a facetious and fictitious parent organization of Uncyclopedia, identifies Malaysia "as a dangerous country... It warned its people not to use the country today."

There are forty-seven individual language editions of Uncyclopedia, including Tolololpedia, which is written in Bahasa Melayu, the Malay language. This is in addition to fictional "language" editions which include Oscar Wilde, Newspeak, N00b, White Supremacist, and Re: PharmaccgRy.


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Party involving 500 youths in Australia causes A$20,000 in damages

January 15, 2008

A raucous party thrown at a suburban home in Melbourne, Australia which terrorized the neighbourhood during the night of 12-13 January may cost a Narre Warren youth, aged 16, $20,000 in liabilities for police time and resources, including attacks upon police cars that resulted in smashed windshields.

The police needed use of the police helicopter, dog squad and police from neighbouring towns to break up the mob of drunken youths, thought to number around 500.

According to reports, a teenage boy variously identified as Corey Delaney extended an invitation over the Internet, using the social networking site MySpace. The boy's parents have been on holiday on the Gold Coast. They came home early to speak to their son. The parents said the boy was not meant to be at the house, instead staying at a friend's house.

The youth later said "I do feel sorry for everyone in the area. It was really unfair what happened to them and throwing bottles and breaking stuff. I'm sorry that it all happened."

The youth was arrested on January 16, along with a friend, after refusing to be questioned. There are claims circulating that a cover charge of between $1 and $10 (AUD) was collected for entry to the party, which may be investigated.

Victoria State Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon has called for a report into the cost of the police response to the party.

Two teenagers who attended the party, a 16 year old and a 17 year old have subsequently been charged with producing child pornography.


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Kenya's parliament meets for first time since disputed election

January 15, 2008

Kenya's new Parliament convened for the first time since the country's disputed December 27 election, but politician's on opposing sides took part in a heated discussion over who would be the new speaker of the party.

Kenyan opposition politicians argued with followers of re-elected President Mwai Kibaki over how to pick a new parliamentary speaker.

When a discussion into how the speaker should be decided started, lawmakers with 's opposition insisted the election for speaker be held by open ballot; Mr. Kibaki's supporters demanded the vote be secret.

The discussion took place for over an hour politicians from both sides took part in a discussion where anger was clearly shown, before the two parties decided a secret ballot was acceptable.

"The standing orders are very clear that members will be given a ballot. Can you show us where it says secret ballot? We went into election with secret ballot, you stole the vote, we cannot trust you anymore," said William Ruto, a senior adviser for Odigna.

After a first round of voting, the Orange Democratic Movement candidate had a narrow lead, necessitating another ballot. If no-one gets two-thirds majority after two rounds the speaker will be elected by a simple majority in the third round.

It was an argument like that seen in Parliament that has led many Kenyans to say they have felt abandoned by their leaders in the weeks of chaos that followed the December 27 vote.

Demonstrations
Kenya is preparing for Wednesday, when Mr. Odinga plans the first of three consecutive days of protest in cities around the country. The government has said it will not allow the demonstrations to go ahead.

Former secretary-general  is to go to Nairobi in a few days to try to find a solution to the issue. Mr. Kibaki's government has said it sees no reason to negotiate, because it says the vote was fair. Annan was due to arrive today but delayed it as he is suffering from flu.

Background
At least 500 people have been killed and more than 250,000 displaced in clashes between protesters and police, as well as ethnic-related violence that has seen rioters torch homes and businesses across the nation.

Some say they are furious over the presidential vote, which international observers have said was flawed. Others appear to be taking advantage of lawlessness that followed the vote.

While the parliamentary debate went on, violence continued across the country. In Nairobi's giant Mathare slum, gangs torched a school and an orphanage. And to the northwest, in an area hit hard by violence, groups of young men allegedly from the Kalenjin tribe killed at least two people and set their homes ablaze.

"Gangs of Kalenjin warriors invaded the village and they burned down a couple of houses. When people went in to salvage some things, they met them and they killed two of them," said Karanja Njoroge, a retired professor in the village where the attacks occurred. He added that "several others were wounded with arrows in their bodies. And they removed the ones who were wounded and they ran away on the main highway toward the police station."


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Bush urges OPEC to raise output whilst in Saudi Arabia

January 15, 2008

President Bush is calling on the world's major oil-producing countries to increase their output whilst in Saudi Arabia, where Mr. Bush also issued another warning to Iran.

President Bush is publicly urging OPEC to increase oil supply on international markets, and he is doing it while in the world's largest oil producing country.

Speaking to a small group of reporters in, the president sought to drive home the impact higher oil prices are having in the United States and elsewhere. With oil prices recently at $100 a barrel, Mr. Bush said American consumers are feeling the pain. He warned that high energy prices can damage consuming economies.

Earlier in the day, during a session with Saudi entrepreneurs, the president said he is raising the issue in talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.

"I talked to the Ambassador, and will again talk to His Majesty tonight about the fact that oil prices are very high, which is tough on our economy, and that I would hope, as OPEC considers different production levels, that they understand that if their - one of their biggest consumers' economy suffers, it will mean less purchases, less oil and gas sold," Mr. Bush said.

When asked about the president's call for increased OPEC production, Saudi Oil minister was non-committal.

"We will raise production when the market justifies it. This is our policy," Naimi said. Another issue the president raised was Iran and during the session with journalists, he once again spoke about the January 6 incident involving Iranian speed boats and American ships in the Gulf. The president said Iran should be careful and there would be serious consequences if the Iranians attacked a U.S. vessel in.

Mr. Bush however told the reporters that he has assured Arab leaders throughout his Mideast tour that he wants to solve the matter diplomatically.

President Bush will have plenty of time to bring up the oil issue and Iran with King Abdullah in the final evening of his stay in the Middle East where he will be an overnight guest at the Saudi leader's country estate near Riyadh, where he raises thoroughbred horses. In 2002 and 2005, then Crown Prince Abdullah paid similar visits to the president's ranch in Texas.


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Former East Timor Prime Minister calls for Xanana Gusmão to resign

January 15, 2008 Former East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri called for the resignation of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão following the allegation last week by former police chief Alfredo Reinado that Gusmao orchestrated the civil unrest in 2006.

"I think that it is time for Xanana to resign from his post because he has established a precedent in 2006 based on allegations without fact," said Alkatiri, who lost power during the 2006 rioting.

Alkatiri also called on the East Timorese President, Dr José Ramos-Horta, to pressure the Prime Minister to resign. “Ramos-Horta, as foreign minister, was very supportive of Xanana to force me to resign. Now he is president of the republic and he has to do the same," he added, referring to the resignation of Ramos-Horta and several other members of cabinet during the peak of the 2006 crisis.

The conflict, which left over 30 people dead and thousands homeless, followed an Alkatiri government's decision in March that year to lay-off 600 soldiers when they refused to work, approximately one third of the country’s official defence force. The soldiers alleged that Alkatiri gave special treatment to former Fretilin commanders.

Alfredo Reinado has been in hiding with supporters since escaping from prison in August 2006, after being arrested on charges of illegal weapons distribution, desertion and attempted murder following the 2006 unrest.

Dr Ramos-Horta rejected calls for the Prime Minister's resignation, saying "I cannot do it because these are allegations by one individual in a very vague manner." He also added, "Never before [has] Mr Alfredo Reinado told me anything about Mr Xanana Gusmao's involvement, with him, or with anyone, in inciting the crisis in 2006."


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Comments:Ferries collide between Hong Kong and Macau in fog

ON FRIDAY 11 OF JANUARY I WAS MENT 2 FLY 2 MACAU FROM BANGKOK BUT WE HAD 2 DIVERT 2 HONG KONG BECAUSE WE NEARY HAD A FULL ON COLLION WITH THE PAIN IN FROM WERE DER FOG WAS SOO THICK BUT WE WERE SITTING ON THE PLAIN IN HONG KONG AIRPORT 4 UP 2 SIX HOUR WERE ME AND MY FAMILY HAD A PLANE 2 GET HOME FROM THERE THAT NIGHT BUT IMIGRATION WOULD NOT LET US IN TO THE COUNTRY SO 6 HOURS LATER WE FLYED BACK 2 MACAU AND WENT 2 GET A FERRY SAT IN DER FERRY PORT 4 4 HOURS DEN I SAW PEOPLE GETTING TOOKEN 2 THE AMBULANCES HERT AND THEN I GOT TOLD WHAT HAPPEN ABOUT 1 HOUR AFTER I SAW DAT DER FERRY WERE WORKIN MY MUM ASKED A WORKER IF IT WAS SAFE AND WOULD HE GO ON IT HE SAID NO ITS NOT SAFE I WOULD GO TOMORROW BUT IT DIDNT MATTER BECAUSE WE MISSED OUR PLAIN ANEY WAY

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cool facts about china u guys should read more

thanks wikipedia for helpin me out wit my homework/project i got a A+ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.220.114 (talk) 01:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


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Taliban attacks hotel in Kabul, seven killed

January 15, 2008 The militant Islamist group Taliban attacked a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan last night. Seven people, including a U.S. citizen and a journalist from the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet were killed. Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs is staying at the hotel, but was unharmed.

The terrorists attacked the five-star Serena Hotel with AK-47 assault rifles, suicide vests, and grenades. The likely target was Mr. Gahr Støre and a Norwegian delegation, who evacuated into the cellar. U.S. military forced rushed to the scene, and managed to kill at least one of the attackers.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility shortly after the attack. Norway has some 500 soldiers deployed to Afghanistan.

White House press secretary described the attackers as "deliberate, patient people who will murder innocents", and said that the attack "underscores the reason we have to stay on the offense against the extremists in places like Kabul but also in other places around the world."


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Integrity, Honor, and Truth
Anyone who believes in either the inalienable rights of people, or in some form of spirituality, also believes in being honest. The Pentagon admitted that the voices on the tapes concerning the alleged speedboats were dubbed.

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 * There is no logic in the first part of your arguement. --SVTCobra 19:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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 * I am stating an opinion about beliefs. Where is the fallacy? Under what conditions do people believe it is okay to be dishonest? The Iran-Contra scandal? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra ).


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Oscar Foreign Film race narrowed to nine films

January 15, 2008

Nine films have advanced to "Phase II" of the 80th Academy Awards Foreign Language Film race, out of 63 international films entered.

They are:

 * Austria, The Counterfeiters, Stefan Ruzowitzky, director
 * Brazil, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Cao Hamburger, director
 * Canada, Days of Darkness, Denys Arcand, director
 * Israel, Beaufort, Joseph Cedar, director
 * Italy, The Unknown, Giuseppe Tornatore, director
 * Kazakhstan, Mongol, Sergei Bodrov, director
 * Poland, Katyń, Andrzej Wajda, director
 * Russia, 12, Nikita Mikhalkov, director
 * Serbia, The Trap, Srdan Golubovic, director

Several hundred Los Angeles-based members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, which hosts the "Oscars", screened the eligible films to determine the shortlist. The nominees will be decided by 10 random members from the "Phase I" group, and ten Los Angeles and New York members specially invited to participate. They will view the screenings in marathon viewings, from Friday, January 18 to Sunday, January 20, in both cities.

Nominations will be announced Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre at the AMPAS headquarters. The award ceremony, if not interrupted by the WGA writers' strike, will air Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre.


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Never Cry Wolf
How do we know that this is not propaganda? Even if this really happened, how do we know it was a Terrorist Group? Maybe the CIA backed this operation. Who knows since the CIA has been destroying evidence.

wow
For real Liberals lately been saying A lot of stupid shit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.35.146 (talk) 04:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * If you think the other (anonymous) guy's opinion is stupid then back it up with your own argument. Simply stating that it's stupid does about as much for your credibility as your poor grammar. Shane.Bell 08:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

A sad day for Norway
A sad day for Norway, both for the colleagues, friends and family of Carsten Thomassen (the Dagbladet journalist who died of his wounds) and Norway itself.

I hope NATO/ISAF catch the terrorist behind this attack and I am grateful for that Norway has decided to stay in Afghanistan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.62.197.37 (talk) 20:34, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia

"It warned the people not to use the country today." Now that is about as brilliant as it gets in comic humor!!! LOL -Edbrown05 22:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Uncyclopedia insults EVERYTHING. That's the point. No sane person takes anything on there seriously anyway. I'm sure that if there's a country that they haven't insulted then it's only because the Uncyclopedians were too busy smoking weed to have created the article yet. Sorry Malaysia but don't think this makes you special. Shane.Bell 08:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I say they should harden up. Oh, by the way, are there any countries we haven't covered yet? Cos you might like to inform us. --Thematrixeatsyou, 23:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.124.108.7 (talk) 23:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Uncyclopedia tries to avoid being factual but in this case it is: Malaysia is dangerous. Though its a republic in principle it is closer to an Islamic dictatorship in practice. Leaders of nations who cannot laugh at themselves are invariably tyrants.Naughtyned 15:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.221.91 (talk)

I can understand...
Look at how my school blocked it (the categories)

Your request to URL "http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Uncyclopedia_Internal_Security_Department_warns_on_Malaysia" has been blocked by the Webwasher URL Filter Database. The URL is listed under categories (Humor / Comics, Profanity, Sexual Materials, Blogs / Wiki), which are not allowed by your administrator at this time. The following reputation level was assigned to it: Neutral.

It's only funny sometimes, others it goes WAY too far. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spockezri (talk • contribs) 14:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Hardly surprising
Meh, since the parliament pointlessly condemned Jeremy Clarkson for blowing up one of their "beloved" Perodua Kelisa cars two years earlier, this news ins't surprising. Bunch of aimless pansies. At least they ain't blocking the site on a national level. - 60.50.60.220 02:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Danger
Danger for Indonesia too Azmi 1995 08:06, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Apparently, Humour is beyond their ability to understand...
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'Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography' released, $100 million lawsuit in planning stages

January 16, 2008

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, was released in the United States yesterday amidst the potential for a US$100 million lawsuit against its publisher, St. Martin's Press. The book will not be published in Australia, Britain, and New Zealand due to strict libel laws in those countries. Morton had previously written the biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, Diana: Her True Story. The book has reached number nine on Amazon.com's list of top sellers.

The book describes Cruise as the No. 2 leader of the Church of Scientology, blames Scientologists for the breakup of Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman, and states that Cruise's latest mission is to recruit David Beckham and wife Victoria into Scientology. The book also describes how some Scientology followers thought that Cruise's wife Katie Holmes was impregnated with frozen sperm from L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, and Morton compares the situation to Rosemary's Baby "In her more reflective moments, Katie might have felt as if she were in the middle of a real-life version of the horror movie ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ in which an unsuspecting young woman is impregnated with the devil’s child."

A 15-page statement released by the Church of Scientology denied Morton's assertions of Cruise's No. 2 standing within the organization. In the statement the Church of Scientology claims that Morton did not respond to requests for an interview "The Church of Scientology requested to be interviewed or be presented with any allegations so we could respond. Morton refused despite our insistence in offering our cooperation." The Church of Scientology also specifically responded to the claims regarding Hubbard's frozen sperm: "Was Katie impregnated by L. Ron Hubbard's frozen sperm? ... As distasteful as it is to have to say it, Mr. Hubbard's sperm was never frozen."

According to the AFP, "the Church of Scientology is reportedly considering legal action against US publishers St Martin's Press." The Church of Scientology's general counsel, Eliot Abelson, discussed the potential for litigation in an interview with the Mail on Sunday "We are seriously considering legal action and will wait to see the public reaction." Cruise's attorney Bertram Fields expressed thanks for the strict libel laws in Britain "It's not being published in England. The American publishers criticised the libel laws in Britain because they require an author to tell the truth. Well, thank God for the British libel laws." New York's Daily News has reported that the Church of Scientology and lawyers for Cruise are planning a US$100 million lawsuit over the book's publication. Rogers & Cowan, the public relations agency that represents Cruise, issued a statement which criticized Morton for not interviewing "one person who has known or worked with Tom" in the past twenty-five years.

The Church of Scientology statement also pointed out that the book is not being published in Australia, Britain and New Zealand due to the countries' strict libel laws. Australia-based companies Pan Macmillan Australia and retailer Dymocks Booksellers decided not to stock copies of the book on their shelves, due to fears of potential defamation actions against them. A spokesperson for Pan Macmillan Australia stated that they had not received threats from Cruise's representatives or from Scientologists, but that their attorneys had advised them not to sell the book. Don Grover, chief executive for Dymocks Group stated after legal advice their company had decided to "play it safe" - though neither their lawyers or publishers had read the book itself. A representative of MacMillan stated that the book would not be published in New Zealand, but would make no further comment on the matter. A Dymocks New Zealand representative explained that it was possible that the book could be published by their company in New Zealand, but would have to look into it further "The US has different legislation than New Zealand and Australia. There are some issues with the book having legal questions asked and we would need those tidied up before we stock it."

Morton spent two years doing research for the book, and spoke with individuals who knew Cruise personally, and executives within the Church of Scientology. Morton stated that some of these executives emailed him, confirming the accuracy of material within the book. Morton described the desire for anonymity by some of the sources in the book "Some people, obviously, will not go on the record to talk about Tom Cruise because they’re scared of him."

In an interview on The Today Show with Meredith Vieira, Morton defended his work and responded to the statement from the Church of Scientology. Morton stated that it was unusual for a church to respond in such a way if Cruise is simply an ordinary member, asking "How many churches support one parishioner — a lowly parishioner — that way?" Morton described the response as an attack "Their policy is always to attack the attacker. Their tactic is to denigrate those who seek to talk about it." He told Vieria that he had attempted to contact the head of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, but "They refused it. I formally asked for it. I was instructed to ask for it by the publisher’s attorneys, and so what they’re saying is nonsense."

Morton explained his motivation for writing the book "He's no longer just an actor or producer, but a powerful advocate for a cult that's out to expand, especially in Europe." Morton stated that his interest was piqued after Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch during a May 23, 2005 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and got into a heated debate with Matt Lauer about his beliefs regarding psychiatry during a June 24, 2005 appearance on The Today Show.


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UFO sightings reported in Texas town

January 16, 2008 Dozens of people in the Texas town of Stephenville have reported seeing strange objects in the night sky last week, which many believe to be a UFO.

The eyewitnesses, who include a pilot, business owners, and the county constable, all claim to have seen a large, silent object with bright, flashing lights flying low and fast over the town. Some have even reported it being chased by fighter jets. People in other towns have given similar reports in past weeks.

"People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times," said Steve Allen, pilot and owner of a freight company. He describes the object as being a mile long and half a mile wide. "It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts," Allen asserted.

Lee Roy Gaitlin, constable of Erath County, says the object had red glowing lights and white flashing lights. "It wasn't an airplane. It wasn't a meteor, because it wouldn't have been bouncing around. It wasn't just one light," said Gaitlin.

Officials from nearby Air Force bases — Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene and Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls — say none of their aircraft were in the area the night of the sightings. However, Major Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, believes the object was an illusion caused by airplane lights.

"I'm 90 percent sure this was an airliner. With the sun's angle, it can play tricks on you." Lewis said.

The Mutual UFO Network, a UFO investigative organization, plans to visit the town next weekend.

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Talk:Party involving 500 youths in Australia causes A$20,000 in damages

This article needs some work, but the video in the sources is hilarious. --SVTCobra 01:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Article appears to have already (or been started afterwards, I don't know) at Melbourne teenager arrested after throwing party for 500, expected to receive fine. We'll do a merge with this one. Spebi 01:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. 208.127.136.5 05:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Spiderpig0001 21:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Isn't the $ a bit redundant?
Shouldn't it be "20 000 AUD" or something similar? 68.39.174.238 02:59, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Most people don't encounter terms like AUD. But yes, it's redundant. I prefer AU$. Can someone move the article to "Party involving 500 youths in Australia results in AU$20,000 damage bill" ?? -- 203.57.68.20 10:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

(Also, "child porn" is such a serious charge, we should point out (for NPOV) that it involves photos of each other - drunk, semi-nude, playing twister - on mobile (read:cell) phone cams. -- 203.57.68.20 10:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC))

 * I think I addressed the issues about the currency styling per this, both in the title and and the article. I removed the claim of charges for child pornography, which could not be found in the listed sources. --SVTCobra 00:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

 * The child pornography charges appear to be real, and have been re-added by Johnl with a source this time. The source is dated Jan 16, which is after the date of this article, but is probably attributable to the time difference between UTC and Australia. --SVTCobra 03:02, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


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we have two developing articles on this. Please merge them. See 500 kid party in Narre Warren, Vic yields $20K AUD damage bill. --SVTCobra 01:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
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With the advent of cell phone cameras, you'd think that this sort of thing would've been recorded by now. -99.224.212.100 04:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

This is balogna —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.236.97.72 (talk • contribs) 03:09, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Umm sure
''Officials from nearby Air Force bases say none of their aircraft were in the area the night of the sightings. However, Major Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, believes the object was an illusion caused by airplane lights.''

''"I'm 90 percent sure this was an airliner. With the sun's angle, it can play tricks on you." Lewis said.''

Oh so I am just going to blame it on the swamp gas and weather balloons. Thats it...thats all it was...sounds convincing huh. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh and one more thing...suddenly we have mile long airplanes?? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Surely that's what he meant by "With the sun's angle, it can play tricks on you"? Not that I'd agree it would be possible for the sun to make a normal aeroplane look a mile long without actually seeing it happen. But then again, I wouldn't believe that this object even looked a mile long without seeing it too, I would assume it had been exaggerated. There's probably a name or someone like me. --89.241.176.204 17:20, 16 January 2008 (UTC).

ITS THEM MARTIANS!
I sees 'em. In the shower, in the alley behind Mac's Burger Joint, when I close my eyes, on the crapper. It's them. Long phallic like space ship, Texas town. You know them Martians love them some Texas Toast! (Who doesn't?) Them bible belters have it right- it is indeed the end of days come to take God's unchosen to the depths of Hell. Satan's waiting for ya.

Love,

Rev. Josiah Strong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.54.14.84 (talk) 15:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oooooooo.

Oh wait. Yes. It was an object, it flew, and the people couldn't identify it. I think that is the very definition of an Unidentified Flying Object. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.88.255.139 (talk) 18:07, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

thats wack yo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.62.95.85 (talk) 00:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Aliens=not real if they had that great of technology and any interest in the earth we would know for sure by now —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.3.2 (talk) 00:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Actually, if aliens were real, we would not know, due to the anthropological protocols they work to.

I.E They try to stay hidden as far as possible 62.56.75.239 12:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Of Course We Wouldn't Know About The Aliens
Of course we wouldn't know if aliens exist because everyone knows that the Prime Directive of the Starfleet of the United Federation of Planets is to not interfere or make contact in any way with the civilzations that they observe. This means that the fact that we could see the object means that it was not alien, so I would have to agree with the good Rev. Josiah Strong that this really is the End of Days. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.54.14.84 (talk) 16:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

it's true, but not my description, in florida
these r pretty weird i never used to believe in them but until sometime in december 2007, mysister, dad, and i saw one different but much like a plane. it was a short plane with the wings at the back of the plane and it hovered in the middle of a small cloud. 3 or 4 lights under the plane and in the middle, with 1 bright light at each end. we took a sharp turn around and pulled out my cell phone but when we turned around the thing took off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.56.251 (talk) 16:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Me and a Friend seen the same object January 9th just after dark about 7 miles north and 10 miles East of Parsons, Kansas

It was low to ground and was huge, had 7 or 8 large round lights on the side.

As we headed toward the object the lights started going out from right to left until the

lights were all out. Couln't see any trace of object after that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.252.187.190 (talk) 21:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

why hasnt the illusion occured bfeore????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.137.245 (talk) 04:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

If aliens had technology to get to earth why in hell would waste their time here what are we going to give them and since we have so many psychos on our planet we would probably kill them all!--50cent541 21:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

we saw something too in Texas
Two years ago in between Stephenville Texas and Dublin Texas we were moving my sister in law from Dallas. There were several of us in four different and we were all split up some came one direction and others another but we were all in the same location I was watching this wide bright white light floating in the sky it was high up but not as high as an airplane. I watched it for a while not wanting to say anything until I made sure I was seeing what I thought so I told my sister in law to look up, she saw it and a second later it just dissapeared. It was kinda scary us two girls in the car alone at 10:00 at night in the country. But a few minutes later her dad from the other vehicle called and asked us if we were watching the sky and saw that huge light that flew away. When we arrived in Brownwood that night we confirmed that all four of the vehicles saw the same thing. It was the talk of the family for awhile up until the other day when we heard about the latest sighting. Brownwood J.G.--Joni9563 04:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

UFO IN NIGHT
hi every one my name is praneeth kumar iam resident of india.Iam staying in hyderbad of andhrapradesh state.i have saw a big light and it was not an aeroplane .THAT light was in the size ofa moon which moved faster than an aeroplane. this incident was happened in the last week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.201.66.177 (talk) 10:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Sun playing tricks?
The sun's playing tricks on 30+ people? Yeah right. If your gonna attempt to cover it up, at least don't do a half-assed job.

And Jets chasing it eh? That can only be a bad thing

UFO
May I remind people that a UFO is an Unidentified Flying Object. It dosen't have to be aliens

why cant it be
i think it iz a ufo BUUUTTT NOT SUREEEEEE ABOOUUTT ALIENZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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THIS UFO WAS ALSO SIGHTED OVER REFORM ALABAMA, HEADING WEST A FEW DAYS BEFORE BEING SEEN IN TEXAS. APPEARED TO BE OVER A MILE WIDE. —75.120.30.127 (talk) 20:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

its true. A couple years ago I saw three dots high up in the night sky over a feild. The three dots looked like it had fumes of stars coming out of the back creating a tail. They were close together but look like a shape of a triangle. They were motionless except for two times when they all moved at obnce across the sky very slowy but very fast at the same time. Then they moved again and then one more time when they disappeared.

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Thoughts? Wilhelm 05:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC).
 * I read about this not too long ago...personally I am surprised Cruise denies being the 2nd most powerful alien in the Universe ;-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It is interesting to think about/contrast the different values that other countries place on Freedom of speech and Freedom of the press (e.g. with regards to this article, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand) as compared to the United States. Wilhelm 05:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC).
 * In the case of the U.K. the law is somewhat severe - and expensive - but really boils down to citation needed --Brian McNeil / talk 17:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I was hating Tom Cruise before it was cool! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.88.255.139 (talk) 18:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

You know, I wouldn't be surprised at all if everything in that book was true. Guest
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Nearly two dozen people killed in bomb blast on bus in Sri Lanka

January 16, 2008 So far at least 23 people, all civilians, are reported dead when a bomb exploded on a bus in the town of Buttala in Sri Lanka. Nearly 70 have been injured. Reports say that there were at least 50 people on the bus, many of them school children.

"Twenty-three people were killed and 67 wounded. They are all civilians. The terrorists were desperate in that area and are now targeting civilians," said Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, a spokesman for the country's military. Police also say that someone fire shots at the bus after it exploded.

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