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User talk:200.208.214.186

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User talk:172.147.80.59

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User talk:68.21.3.65

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User talk:84.143.175.60

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User talk:69.37.90.80

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User talk:222.152.82.11

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User talk:Popeguilty~enwikinews

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Popeguilty. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Popeguilty~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Renamed
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Talk:President Bush says U.S. will defend Taiwan if attacked by China

Content and POV
Yes, this article quotes Bush, but I believes he's quoted out of context and the article implies an agressiveness that Bush didn't express in the source article iteself. Bush also said he opposes either side upsetting the "status quo"... I think a major rewrite is in order -- and perhaps more sources... Please... --Chiacomo 18:27, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Does need a clean-up. I'll be back in hour unless someone wants to do it sooner. Dan100 (Talk) 19:02, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Changed it. I think perhaps the best idea is to quote all of Mr. Bush's words on the article in order to make it completely neutral. Op708 20:10, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sweet. That'll do for me. Interesting article. Welcome to Wikinews! Dan100 (Talk) 20:17, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Can the NPOV warning be taken down? Any objections out there that haven't been resolved? Cllewr 20:56, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like somebody beat me to it. Cllewr 20:59, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Five days old
I think that's just recent enough to be still considered news, and it is quite interesting. Could've been a bit sooner though. Dan100 (Talk) 18:59, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It had been sitting in SAS for a while; I caught it when I was doing a sweep this morning. NGerda 20:57, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)


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User:Martinman11

Please see: Wikipedia:User:Martinman11

Although if you have a question or comment for me pertaining to Wikinews please use the talk page here.

Thank you.

Babel

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Red and processed meats linked to bowel cancer

June 15, 2005

A large-scale study has demonstrated a risk of bowel cancer associated with the consumption of large amount of red or processed meats.

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study was set up ten years ago to investigate the effects of nutrition on cancer. Funded by the British Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, half a million people aged between 25 and 70 across Europe were studied from 1992 to 1998. The results are being published in the latest edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

After an average of five years, people who had eaten more than two portions of red and processed meats a day (160g) were 35% more likely to develop bowel cancer than those who only ate one portion a week.

Eating one or more portions of fish a day (over 80g) was associated with a reduction of 20% in risk compared to people who only ate fish once a week.

Chicken was found to have no effect.

Red meat was defined as beef, lamb, pork and veal while processed meat was mostly pork and beef that were preserved by methods other than freezing. These include ham, bacon, sausages, liver pate, salami, tinned meat, luncheon meat and corned beef.

In the UK, bowel cancer is the second most common cancer for women and third most common for men. In England and Wales, currently about 1 in 18 men and 1 in 20 women will be diagnosed with the disease. Some 50% of bowel cases are cured - rising to 80% if caught early enough.


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User:Morbid-o~enwikinews

I'm currently working for the USPTO, and should actually be working rather than writing about myself. (read: more to come at an unspecified later date)

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User talk:Martinman11

Welcome
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Weather maps on the print edition.
I was wondering why you changed from using Farenheit to Celsius for the U.S.A. map, as Farenheit is more widely used in North America. Thank you. -Martinman11 23:19, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I have not actually switched. I was away yesterday and was unable to do the print edition at its normal time, so I sent Chiacomo the draft and he finshed it and updated the weather maps. I guess I forgot to tell him to use Farenheit for the USA map. All future editions will continue to include the Farenheit USA map. --Cspurrier 23:26, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

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Autopsy reveals that Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state

June 15, 2005

An autopsy on the body of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman whose right-to-die case had spurred controversy and nation-wide attention, revealed that her brain was half the size of a normal female adult's, suggesting that the woman was in a, just as her husband, Michael, had argued in court and before the press.

Doctors also tell the press that the autopsy revealed that Ms. Schiavo was blind and that her disability was not caused by any sort of abuse.

The Terri Schiavo case, another chapter in court cases over a person's right to die, sparked attention from the international media. The case was caused by a dispute between husband Michael Schiavo and the parents of Terri over whether the disabled Ms. Schiavo, who could not communicate with anyone, desired to die. Courts that examined the case ruled in favor of Michael Schiavo's proposition to remove Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube. The removal of the tube caused the dehydration and eventual death of Ms. Schiavo, doctors say.

The Terri Schiavo Foundation's web site had previously claimed that Terri Schiavo was not in a (PVS) and that she was responsive to human emotion. Those statements have since been taken offline.


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Aid payments to be withdrawn by UK following violence in Ethiopia

June 15, 2005

The UK has suspended £30m ($54m) of aid payments to Ethiopia following the deaths of 36 people in protests over disputed elections.

The UK Development Minister, Hillary Benn, announced the move after talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa.

Benn said that Ethiopia should allow the Red Cross access to detainees, and that they either be charged or released.

Ethiopia has said it has started releasing people, but has not provided figures on the number imprisoned. Opposition groups estimate the number to be 3,600.

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair telephoned Zenawi on Sunday to express his concern at the shootings. Ethiopia has stated that it has begun releasing many of those arrested during the protests, however, Human Rights Watch says those being held are at risk of abuse.

On Tuesday, Ethiopia's leaders signed a declaration to try to end violence and launch an investigation into election complaints.


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User talk:205.175.225.22

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Talk:Boy dies on Mission Space ride at Disneyworld

Title issue
The title should say "Mission Space" instead of "Space Mission" (especially because it can be confused with "Space Mountain," which is another Disney world ride). Is there a way to change the title of the article? Cllewr 20:26, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The title should say "Mission:SPACE". However, colons are not a good idea in article titles, because they have meaning for the MediaWiki software.  Uncle G 20:29, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I still think it would be much better to say "Mission Space" (without colons) than "Space Mission." Cllewr 20:34, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * by the way, I belive the move tab is how you rename articles. Bawolff 00:00, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Bawolff: you're right. Thanks for helping out a newbie :)  I won't move it since nobody seems to care about this issue except me. Cllewr 02:09, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:Vincej~enwikinews

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Vincej. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Vincej~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:37, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Cllewr

Welcome
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Fair use
Hi there!

I had to delete Image:Terri Schiavo.jpg, as it lacked a proper fair use tag. I recognized it as an image that was frequently used on CNN; as such, it is almost certainly not legal for us to use it as fair use (the context is competitive). Wikinews distinguishes between free media (under free licenses) which can be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons, using the "Upload free media" link, and fair use media, which can be uploaded locally. However, fair use is very limited; the list of exceptions where we allow it can be found at Fair use. Generally, when it comes to images from other websites, when in doubt, it's generally best not to upload them, or Wikinews could get in trouble for violating copyrights. Thanks,--Eloquence 04:25, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: WN remix jingle
See (here)

Hi. Sorry about the delay in replying... Yes, I created the remix myself - I've uploaded it to [[Media:Wikinews_Remix_Jingle.ogg|here]]. :) --Malfidus 16:28, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

News Contest
Fellow judge, I could use your input on how to handle an issue that has come up, at the "Judge's Forum" section here:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

Thanks, StuRat 13:22, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Help !
Note to other English-language judges: I feel I am doing a disproportionate amount of the judging of English-language articles. Ideally, I would like to see all judges render an opinion on all articles in their language. I will not be doing any judging today, so could especially use some help now. Also, please respond to the issues I have raised on previous dates in the Judge's Forum:

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

 * m:Talk:International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest

PS: I saw your disclaimer about not being able to spend much time judging, but any little bit would help.

StuRat 14:23, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Nintendo unveils controller for Revolution console
Hey, I noticed your substantial edit on it, and I would like to thank you for it. However, I noticed you removed the picture of the controller itself. What was your motivation in doing so? Be sure to reply on my talk page. Messedrocker 18:18, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I know, I'm on #wikinews and I heard about how the pictures weren't from Nintendo's site, so they couldn't qualify. I reuploaded a picture, this time, from Nintendo's site. Messedrocker 19:03, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Adminship?
Would you be opposed to my nominating you for adminship? - Amgine / talk 21:07, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

 * You have been nominated! You'll need to accept your nomination on the page, and thanks for volunteering! - Amgine / talk 21:50, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

News briefs
Hey there! Great job on your latest Brief. On the transcript page, could you please include on all new brief pages? Without it, they get caught in the Developing box, and well - they kind of irritate some users there. :). Thanks.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 20:40, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you big time for the edits on US state of Kansas in battle over "Intelligent Design" in education! --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 21:26, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Image:Google Print.gif
Do you mind if i delete this, it doesn't seem that useful? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Now an Admin
Congratulations you are now an Admin :) --Cspurrier 22:50, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

 * w00t!  Congratulations! - Amgine 23:35, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Congrats you can now add yourself to the wonderfull category:Admin. So wonderfull that half the admins don't use it. ☻ Geuss thats what special:listusers/SysOp is for. Congrats. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:53, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Rfda
This is a message to inform you that I have added every administrator to the Rfda section on WN:A. This is not personal and I feel as if the community, who did not have the option of voting for or against most of the administrators, should be able to choose who they want to be in charge. I also want to say that I value everyones work on this site and I know that everyone does their best. I hope that none of you will take this personally and I hope that all of us will continue to work together. Jason Safoutin 12:10, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

New Policy has users up in smoke
Hello. I am not sure if you check this page anymore, but I thought you might be interested as to what is going on here at Wikinews: Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan. I am outraged as well as others...do you have an opinion? DragonFire1024 09:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

RFDA
Please note i have put you up for de-admining at Administrators --Mark Talk to me 18:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Bombings reported in southeastern Iran

Time
The article references a 4:30 am bombing. What time zone? Should this be written in UTC time? Cllewr 21:33, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Canadian PM survives confidence votes

June 15, 2005

Canada's scandal-plagued Liberal party has survived a series of 15 confidence votes late last night, ensuring Canadians won't be forced to head to the polls in a snap election this summer.

The minority government's win came amidst uncertainty over whether backbench MPs would force an election over the contentious issue of same-sex marriage.

But Prime Minister Paul Martin has yet another hurdle to jump with a key vote on Thursday over the government's second budget bill.

The bill is an amendment that came about as a result of a deal reached with the NDP Party in April, when the party's leader, Jack Layton, offered to support the Liberals if they would amend the budget to cancel corporate tax cuts due to be phased in over several years.

The budget deal with the NDP outlines $4.6 billion in spending for infrastructure, education, foreign aid and the environment.

Martin's government has been plagued by a sponsorship scandal over irregularities in public advertising contracts dating back to the 1990s awarded by the previous administration.

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Canadian PM survives confidence vote

June 15, 2005

Canada's scandal-plagued Liberal party survived a series of 15 confidence votes late last night ensuring Canadians won't be forced to head to the polls in a snap election this summer.

The minority government's win came amidst uncertainty over whether backbench MPs would force an election over the contentious issue of same-sex marriage.

But Prime Minister Paul Martin has yet another hurdle to jump with a key vote on Thursday over the government's second budget bill.

The bill is an amendment that came about as a result of a deal reached with the NDP Party in April, when the party's leader, Jack Layton, offered to support the Liberals if they would amend the budget to cancel corporate tax cuts due to be phased in over several years.

The budget deal with the NDP outlines $4.6 billion in spending for infrastructure, education, foreign aid and the environment.

Martin's government has been plagued by a sponsorship scandal over irregularities in public advertising contracts dating back to the 1990s awarded by the previous administration.

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House votes to limit Patriot Act

June 15, 2005

Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut back some power of the by stopping the  and Justice Department from searching library and bookstore records. Although President Bush has promised a veto, the motion was passed with a majority of 238-187. The Senate has yet to vote on the matter.

The House's vote comes with the "sunset" provision set by Congress that will cause 15 parts of the Patriot Act, a controversial anti-terror bill championed by the Bush administration, to expire at the end of 2005.

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Talk:Bush may give special news conference about Iran

I've checked all the "usual suspects" and none of them have anything about this. --Jpbrenna 23:29, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The article isn't sourced at all and I don't think it should be included on the main page as a "published" story... Using this standard and the "Unverified Sources" box, one could submit a story about almost anything. I can see a headline now: NASA Receives Communique' from UFO Requesting Cheese (no sources)... --Chiacomo 23:51, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Haha, I see your point. However, the likelihood that Bush will give a speech on Iran before the elections there on Friday, or immediately afterward, is probably much greater than NASA receiving an extraterrestial request for cheese in the same time frame.  If the decision had been mine, I would not have published this without more information on the source of the rumor. Since, however, someone already made the decision to publish, I went ahead and updated it with a plausible speculation on how it might go down.  Bush has already made one unexpected speech this week, so it's not unreasonable to expect another.  --Jpbrenna 23:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The story doesnt just claim that it might go down, but that an anonymous source from within the White House has leaked the info. The IP-trace of the user who submitted the claim is coming from the Philadelphia area, a slightly plausible location for access to an anonymous source.  But I would be very concerned about Wikinews's reputation if this in fact just some yahoo trying to trump up a rumor.  We should have an official policy on this type of thing for the sake of our reputations. Linkspro 6:06, 16 June 2005 (UTC)

We do. No sources=no publish. Dan100 (Talk) 18:03, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In talking with NGerda this would apparently fall under OP, as the submitter claims to have a source in the White House. If true, this will be a scooop for WN. If untrue, I suppose we'll have learned a valuable lesson -- better now than later. --Chiacomo 21:18, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No, this falls far short of our standards. Original reporting must be accompanied with full notes here on the Talk page, or we will just become a playground for wind-up merchants. Dan100 (Talk) 22:14, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Dan100. This article should really just be listed as a developing story since there is really no method of ensuring that this article is correct. We can certainly keep it up so that, if it's true, Wikinews gets some good credit - but it should be listed as developing in order to show that nobody is guaranteeing the article is valid. Cllewr 20:44, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Please note the title of the article: Bush may give special news conference about Iran NGerda 20:46, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * You're right; the title does imply that the information may be incorrect. But I feel like that there should also be a more explicit warning not to necessarily trust the article (I put one up, but then it disappeared for some reason).  We should also be careful that, in the future, Wikinews does not turn into an outlet for rumors. Cllewr 20:55, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You mean ?

 * Yes - I wrote that disclaimer and then NGerda turned it into a tag. We may as well let this article go by; the main concern is that we don't see a bunch of crazy rumors and  tags flying around in the future.  Wikinews is not a rumor website; it's supposed to give known facts on generally accepted news.  Cllewr 02:34, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. NGerda 02:36, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Press Release
The White House hasn't announced a speech yet, or hinted at one, but they did issue this --Jpbrenna 19:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Maybe Iraq, not Iran?
Perhaps the source was confused about this: ...''Bush scheduled a major address for June 28, the one-year anniversary of the transfer of sovereignty from the U.S.-led coalition to Iraqis. Four days before that, he will meet at the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who heads the transitional government chosen after January elections''... Source:Yahoo News --Jpbrenna 22:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Downing Street Memo forum to be held June 16th in response to petition of 500,000

June 16, 2005

The "Downing Street memo" is the subject of a forum at the Washington Capitol complex today headed by Congressman John Conyers of the House Judiciary Committee and televised on C-SPAN 3. Conyers said that "there was a secret decision well ahead of the authority Congress had given" and that as the Bush administration "was assuring Congress, they were secretly planning war."

The Downing Street Memo is the leaked minutes of a July, 2002 meeting in British prime minister Tony Blair's office which occurred eight months before the war in Iraq. The minutes say that "Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

Gold Star Families for Peace is a group of families of Americans who were killed in Iraq. They also have been focusing on the British document and asking members of Congress to press for answers. The organization's leader, Cindy Sheehan, said the forum is "calling on Congress to do the right thing, to investigate the memo. I would hope that we would get an investigation going into the lies that lead our country into war and hold somebody accountable for those lies."

Schneider said the minutes imply that "The Bush administration had already decided to go to war before asking for a vote of Congress, before going to the United Nations. The question the memo raises is, did the United States and Britain go to the United Nations to avoid going to war or to justify going to war?"

At their June 7 press conference, President Bush and Prime Minister Blair were asked about the issues raised by the memo:

"TONY BLAIR, PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN: But the facts were not being fixed in any shape or form at all."

"GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Somebody said, well, you know, we had made up our mind to go -- to use military force to deal with Saddam. There's nothing farther from the truth."


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 * Satellite radio approved in Canada
 * Brazil Political crisis: Minister Jose Dirceu leaves the government
 * American "Chicken for sex" meat salesman is charged with assault
 * Canadian boy killed in Cambodian seige; Police storm school
 * World Bank president addresses global youth forum on genocide
 * Global youth conference on genocide begins in Kigali

 * Bomb blast in Iran injures three civilians
 * Downing Street Memo forum to be held June 16th in response to petition of 500,000

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Bomb blast in Iran injures three civilians

June 16, 2005

For a second time this week, the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan was rocked by a bombing. Like the previous bomb blast reported Tuesday, it was relatively small and produced only three injuries and no fatalities. This is in stark contrast to bombs detonated over the weekend in Ahwaz and Tehran, which produced a dozen fatalities and scores of injuries. The Ahwaz bomb went off in a fast-food restaurant at 7:50 PM local time.

A government spokesperson said both bombings were "...anti-[Islamic] revolution elements against innocent people."

Across the border, Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari issued a denunciation of the bombings and called for closer anti-terrorism cooperation between the countries of the Middle East.

It is not clear who has truly been behind the string of Zahedan and Tehran bombings. Three little-known Arab separatist groups operating in the rebellious Khuzestan province have claimed credit for the bombings there, but no one has stepped forward to claim the others.

At first, after the earliest attacks, the government seemed to blame the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MeK) organization. It later expanded its accusations to allege U.S. facilitation and imply infiltration via U.S. occupied Iraq or Afghanistan, both of which share extensive borders with Iran. The MeK, which formerly operated under Saddam Hussein's protection in Iraq, has claimed bombings in the past, but vehemently denies participating in the recent spate of attacks. The group seems to have moved away from violent acts in recent years as it tries to curry favor with Western governments and shed its terrorist image (the group is currently listed on U.S. and many European terrorist watch lists). The affiliated National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has also denied involvement.

On March 30, a previously unknown group called "The 70 Million People of Iran" issued a statement hinting at violent resistance to the current regime --- but only after a June 18 deadline, which has not yet passed.

Reformist candidate Mostafa Moin has raised the possibility that rouge hardline Islamist groups planted the bombs to frighten people into choosing a military-affiliated candidate. Moin, currently running number two in the polls behind former president and current Discernment Council chairman Akbar Hashemi Rasfanjani, also threatened to pull out of the race and ask his supporters to boycott elections to protest the treatment of his running mates and supporters, several of whom have been attacked by extremist mobs.

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 * Bombings reported in southeastern Iran
 * Bomb blasts kill several in Iran
 * More political, soccer-related unrest in Iran follows Bahrain victory
 * Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory
 * Iranian opposition group declares all acts of current government void


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Canadian boy killed in Cambodian seige; Police storm school

June 16, 2005

Gunmen stormed a Cambodian school today taking kindergardeners and teachers hostage.

The men entered Siem Reap International School, a Cambodian elementary school in Siem Reap (near Angkor Wat), earlier today.

The gunmen killed one Canadian boy of an unknown age, apparently after he would not stop crying. Police began negotiating with the hostage takers after the killing.

Cambodian police raided the school after the hostages had been held for six hours. Two gunmen, along with the Canadian child, have reportedly died, while the police have detained four more suspects. The surviving hostages have now been freed.

"All of a sudden the gates opened and people came running out with children in their arms," said John McDermott, a correspondent for CNN.

Most of the children that were held hostage are the sons and daughters of hotel workers. According to a resident, the hostages were Singaporean, Korean, Japanese, Australian, Taiwanese, Irish, British, Swiss, Indonesian, Canadian, Indian, American, Italian, and Filipino.

She added, "The gunmen let one class go, but they [were] holding the kindergarten class."

The Siem Reap International School has served as a support system for the rapidly increasing number of expatriate workers attracted by Cambodia's tourist industry upsurge, one of the very few boosters of the severely impoverished nation's economy.


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Talk:Main Page/Archive 7

Display Amber Alerts?
I think Amber Alerts should be displayed in a small area on or near the top of the main page, perhaps something like a yellow background, and just display it from a community editable template so anybody can add new updates to it.--Ryan524 00:39, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Amber alerts are the product of a few parents whose children have been kidnapped. The vast majority of child kidnappings, 95%, are by family members, generally over custody disputes.  Thank you for your idea, though!  NGerda 00:04, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * While I agree that amber alerts are not 100% efective, I still think they are important. I think the way to display them is to write an article about the kidnapping, rather then puting a special box up. If it is imporant enough it can even become a lead. --Cspurrier 01:17, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * But you must agree that child kidnappings (primarily of young white girls) are way too over-represented in the mainstream media. NGerda 02:50, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * I think they are over reported, however I do not see this as a problem (other then more should be reported on in mainstream media).--Cspurrier 02:54, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't believe that they are appropriate for the main page. Too narrow an audience to be permanently added to the template.  As a compromise, what if something were placed on the "North America" page? Sduffy 19:59, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't really think many people look at that. Maybe we could encourage more use of the local pages.  For example, maybe the Main Page could be a "please choose your location" page which will direct you to a regional (or world, if you so choose) page. In this case, we could have a more local-oriented network of pages. Veritos 23:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Amber alert? Child kindnappings? what the hell are you ppl going on about (remember just cause something is news in Amerika doesnt mean me or anyone else outside the US has a clue what you are talking about. ~The bellman | Smile  10:07, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Local Wikinews
I've created an organizational system for Wikinews Local. If I get approval, I can add it to the Front Page Infobox. Tell me what you think! NGerda 06:54, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * How is it better than the WikiBureaus and Country categories already set up? e.g., Africa, Canada, Category:India. Double  Blue  (Talk) 07:45, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with DB, this is just duplication of our existing structures, I know you've put alot of effort into it - but we don't want to confuse people. → CGorman (Talk)  16:34, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
 * What I'm trying to do here is create an easier way for people to select their local area and get articles from there. Even if we don't use my system, we need to have a link in the infobox that makes it easier for people to get info from their area.  It would be great if someone could implement CSS within wiki and create a dropdown list for regions.  That was my original idea.  NGerda
 * I agree.. it seems to be an exact duplcation of what the bureaus and countries are trying to do... we don't need another structure for it, when we have one. 68.83.248.21 03:42, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The above was me. Lyellin 03:45, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I do agree, however, that it should be easier to navigate to the regions and countries pages. It was talked about sometime ago to move the FrontPageSubjectMenu nearer the top of the main page but it seems not to have amounted to anything. It also perturbs me a bit to find no way to link to many Wikinews country pages. Try to navigate to Egypt through links. The Continent/Countries pages should all link to the Wikinews bureaus and the Wikinews bureau page should have the link there to Wikipedia country-in-depth article. (i.e. like Europe/Countries not Africa/Countries).
 * As you may or may not have noticed, I've been going through the continent and country category pages linking them all up so that one can navigate from the main page to the category page for a country (which becomes that country's portal). I'm the one that altered Europe/Countries to do what you describe, for example.  There's a lot more to do, including Africa as you note, but it is being done. Uncle G 11:50, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd only noticed recently that it was improved but didn't know it was you. Good work. It was on my to-do list but a lot of work so my appreciation to you for speedying it. I'd also like for each portal to have a brief description of country (perhaps just flag and map showing region) and a link to Wikipedia for in-depth country information. But anyone with some time can be bold and give it a go. Double  Blue  (Talk) 14:24, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, well can we at least put up a page that lists all continents, and link to that page from the FrontPageMenu? The continent pages should also have the country links at the top of the page, to make it easier for newcomer readers to access their country.  NGerda 18:24, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but the front page directly links to each of the continent pages... why do we need to put another page between the main page and the conitnent pages? Lyellin 18:41, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Because first-time users probably won't scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page when they're looking for local news. Most other news sites have their local sections prominently displayed near the top of their main page.
 * Can't that be fixed with a redesign of the page, like the new portal being discussed, or Redge's redesign, as opposed to adding new pages in between? Lyellin 21:45, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

New Layout
I've designed a new view for the front page, using DPL, at User:Redge/Sandbox 1. For some color variations, try User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Pink, User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Green, User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Blue and User:Redge/Sandbox 1/Yellow, or make your own theme. I´ve also created an extended version which displayes all the headlines the current Main Page does, and filled the right column up with some background info. The result is a rather lenghthy but very complete Sandbox 2. Very anxious to here what everyong thinks. Perhaps it can some day be put to use. So far, I'm the only person using it. -- Redge (Talk) 20:38, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I noticed the test page work you were doing a couple weeks ago. I like how crisp and clean it looks up top. I also like the way the topics are revealed which shows the breath of reporting done here. I think only 2 days of headlines is necessary. Good stuff! Hope to see it implemented in some form. -Edbrown05 21:20, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't like eliminating the per-day sections. DPL doesn't reflect the chronological order of events being reported, and isn't a substitute for per-day lists.  The second sandbox is better in that regard.  The second sandbox is also better in that it retains the links to the archives.  I do like bringing more emphasis to the topics and regions to the main page.  Both of your sandboxes are missing links to Submit a story, The Newsroom, and Workspace, which I think should be retained on any proposed replacement for Main Page.  I disagree with Edbrown05 on the number of days.  I think that, at the current rate of new articles, 4 days is better than 2.  Having just 2 days' worth would result in the regions and topics overwhelming the days.  This way, there is more balance. One further note: A 3 column format only works well at high display resolutions. Uncle G 00:27, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * As Uncle G says, we really do need to keep the per-day Latest news listing. Dan100 (Talk) 16:52, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * And DPLs just aren't ready for the Main Page. I clicked one story on Redge's test page, Mars Lander wesbite opens, and it was from Jan 17! Dan100 (Talk) 17:22, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I do like the colours and design of Sandbox 1 more than our existing Main Page though Dan100 (Talk) 17:46, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

 * For me, I really like all of the layouts. I particularly like the idea of reducing the daily news to 1 or 2 days, and bringing back topical sections. Here are a couple my nit-picky comments, minor things you might consider implementing:
 * As shown with the current lead article, many images use a white background instead of transparent background, and they consequently show very poorly against a colored back ground. For the lead article boxes, perhaps it would be better to have only slightly off-white background.
 * As a resolution for the multiple latest days, a small menu to the last three days archives might be used?
 * I'll see if I have time to put together a 2.5 column layout, with a different approach to some of items you have in the right column. And thanks again for pushing forward with main page layouts! - Amgine/talk 00:40, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

 * You should add this to the design contest --Azertus
 * I'd like to add that Sandbox two doesn't use DPl for the latest news left hand column, but instead uses the currently used in the Main Page. DPL might be perfected in the future (I've heared of plans to use publish date in stead of latest edit date), but the page doesn't rely on it completely. As for the other commoents: thanks for the input, I'll try and work it in as best I can. -- Redge (Talk) 18:00, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added in some links at the top and brought the color back to more white. Any other comments? -- Redge (Talk) 08:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I like the changes you made a lot --Cspurrier 23:31, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Are there any more objections to using this design for the Main Page? -- Redge (Talk) 11:09, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bulgarian Wikinews to close?
Is the Bulgarian wikinews website to close? I have machine-translated the top phase and it seems to pull a closing down sign. it is our first casualty? 159753 21:04, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I do not know, but if that is the case, it is a very sad moment for us all - althought if it is closing now, it will only be a matter of months before it reopens - once en-wikinews conquers the English languague news media - all languagues will follow! → CGorman (Talk)  21:51, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * It says "Понастоящем много малко хора работят по проекта! Най-вероятно скоро ще бъде затворен." which means "there are currently very few people working on the project. It's likely to be closed down soon." Sad if that's to happen. Ben 03:22, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

New Wikinews Media Infobox
This was a request from CGorman. I wanted everyone's input, and I still gotta figure out a place to put it on the main page. NGerda 05:06, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * Wow, things are happening so fast... I made a small comment and this guy has an box and proposal up within hours - I think i'll have to give him a second award! → CGorman (Talk)  16:40, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I like this a lot, however I think it should have a link to each of the projects as well as to the latest release --Cspurrier 16:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll get on it right away! I'm going to be gone from today until next Thursday, as I will be covering WWDC for Wikinews.  At 10:00 a.m. PST (UTC-8:00) on Monday, I'm going to need one of you guys to move Story preparation/Steve Jobs gives opening keynote to WWDC 2005, live coverage to Steve Jobs gives opening keynote to WWDC 2005, live coverage.  Thanks!  NGerda 17:59, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Qur'an or Koran
Can we stick to a spelling of the Qur'an? 159753 08:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me, however, make sure it links fine to Wikipedia. NGerda 17:55, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Replace "RSS" w/RSS icon?
So people can find it easier. I uploaded one: Kevin Baastalk 22:06, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * We can't link images :-( Dan100 (Talk) 10:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sigh, that should be a feature to be able to do Image:image.jpg or something to link images.--Ryan524 05:15, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * like this RSS. Note: i stole this from the german wikinews. Bawolff 23:13, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Image:Jack Layton.jpg
Image:Jack Layton.jpg is displaying strange on the front page. first it was a scroll bar, and now its a bunch of grey lines. whats happaning? (its fine on the image descript. page.) Bawolff 00:11, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Not sure, but it works fine for me. It being a "scroll bar" first makes it sound like a browser issue. --Cspurrier 00:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Works fine now, but it was really strange for a bit. Bawolff 22:40, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Index box
I think the index should go below the leads. Kevin Baastalk 10:10, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
 * Quite a few people have wanted to try this up here (it always used to be - before we had DPLs!), so I want to give it a go Dan100 (Talk) 10:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * since the index box is lacking a mouse-over drop-down menu of headlines under each topic or region, the index box itself is really not news... in fact, it gets in the way of reading news -Edbrown05 15:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Let's give it a few days and see how it fares. If the consensus is to move it back, we will. Dan100 (Talk) 15:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC) Y'know, I've seen drop-down menus done in CSS. I think I'll try and have a go. Seem to remember it only worked with Firefox though due to IE's crappiness. Dan100 (Talk) 15:20, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Good luck Dan100. The software language here is a mystery to me. In what programming language is it coded? If I were to want to develope say a new InfoBox, I'm clueless. What language is it? -Edbrown05 15:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I rather like seeing the index box at the top - maybe its just the novalty value - but I think it shows readers that wikinews goes beyond one main page with just 20 stories. → CGorman (Talk)  22:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * From a visual perspective, It was nice to have all three leads together. Perhaps we can agree to put this box below the Lead Story or before Developing Stories?  NGerda 22:36, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * I think NGerda's suggestion is best. The leads all together looks better.--Cspurrier 22:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I think it would look better with a border around it. Bawolff 22:41, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the index box currently disturbs the arrangement of the leads; it gets in the way of reading, and with the present deficiencies of DPL, is not really all that useful.--Eloquence 21:52, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Tell me what you think. Viola! NGerda 02:15, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * That looks much better. I think we should change the main page to that. Bawolff 23:06, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I like this, however I think it needs the Wikinews Media Infobox added to it :) --Cspurrier 23:25, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I added an updated Media Infobox to the page, but I can't get the Media box to be centered. NGerda 01:18, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Done. But I took out the audio and print page links because they're already in the menu (below 'Welcome to...'), and I've commentd out the audio file link because it's six days old. Dan100 (Talk) 10:02, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Is there any way to make the Wikinews Media box centered on the page like the region box is? NGerda 14:39, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

It is in Firefox at 1024x768 :-/ Dan100 (Talk) 16:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * much better. Bawolff 00:40, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

So, topics got shoven off the Main Page? I think they're very useful and this way most of the visitors won't find them. Grue 05:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * We'll work on this. NGerda 05:10, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Most visitors will be able to spot the bold "Full regions, countries and topics menu" link directly under the regions list. In fact, with this new menu, many of the more obscure topics such as Film and Space are much easier to find. Dan100 (Talk) 16:58, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Spelling in Rossi won't continue with legal appeals over failed bid for Washington State Governorship
it says canidate instead of candidate. Please correct it. Thanks. Ben 03:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll fix it this time, but next time I'd appreciate it if you'd press the "edit" button at the top of the page and fix it yourself. NGerda 05:13, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Porn pic in devolping stories?
Who has put the porngraphic picture in the devolping stories section? Please get rid of it! 159753 09:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It was a vandal, it has been removed and the user has been blocked. --Cspurrier 15:02, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's still in the thumbnail for Dark Side of the Moon on the Pink Floyd story. 69.37.90.80 21:46, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Reverted. NGerda 21:47, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:193.32.3.82

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User talk:62.56.182.250

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World Bank president addresses global youth forum on genocide

June 16, 2005 The president of the, , has addressed a global youth forum on in , Rwanda, today, as part of a visit to four African countries this week.

Speaking on genocide, he said: "people say 'never again' too easily, It's happening today in . We all share responsibility to actually do things. The conditions of preventing genocide lie partly in helping people to have a better life. It's easier to incite people that have nothing to lose."

Asked why the international community ignored, Wolfowitz said: "There are many explanations but no excuses. We have to work with countries that are working to prevent conflict."

He said he would work together with African countries to cut poverty, citing 's phrase of a 'deal for a deal': "So many governments here are stepping up to take responsibility.". He added that World Bank assistance to service debt repayments could now go towards meeting needs, following the cancellations of the debts of the 18 poorest countries agreed by G8 countries last week.

The forum organised by Never Again, which began at the today, has participants from Rwanda, the, , the United States and Canada.

The forum continues today and includes discussions on the future of the Great Lakes region and the international community's responsibility to protect against genocide.


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Original reporting by Clare White: "the president came at c. 1245 and these quotes come from his address to the conference and questions and comments that were said to him. There was a press corp of about 15 so other online sources may emerge, certainly on the visit as a whole." → CGorman (Talk)  11:09, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Spread Wikinews

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 * What can be done to both grow our audience and our contributors?
 * Wikinews reported on 2017-05-08 that 3,471,349 articles were started in 33 different Wikinews language communities, but only 222,328 (6.4%) were published (if I understand those numbers correctly). For the English language Wikinews, only 0.8% were actually published.  Is it fair to say that the vast majority of unpublished articles represent frustrated humans, who are less likely to contribute to Wikinews in the future?
 * To increase the rate of submissions -- and our audience -- I think it would help to (a) understand why those articles were not published and (b) take steps to increase the publication rate. Examples:
 * Not neutral or not credible: Some help in rewording or asking contributors to get input from their opposition in a conflict could help educate contributors and encourage them to do more. It may even help resolve conflict  -- converting heat into light!
 * Not newsworthy: If it's written from a neutral point of view citing credible sources, etc., can we “publish” it on a “back page” and / or get geolocation information and only offer the story to people nearby?  I think boring reports on public meetings of governmental bodies should always be accepted, because they could help prevent (or expose) problems like the City of Bell scandal, where the death of a local newspaper seems to have encouraged a group of public officials to engage in massive criminality.  Such articles should not be featured (except to people interested in that jurisdiction) but could be available for a search, e.g., link from a Wikipedia article about that governmental entity.  (I believe the current minimal level of audience control of the media contributes to virtually every major problem facing humanity today;  for documentation, see Winning the War on Terror.  Wikinews might facilitate major improvements.)
 * Not 'news' style: If it's written from a neutral point of view citing credible sources, etc., can we accept poor style and grammar for articles on a “back page,” hoping to encourage contributors to write other articles in the future? Some of those could be of sufficient general interest that other Wikinewsians might help rewrite them in 'news' style to convert them into “page one” stories.  (Non-native speakers should be encouraged to try to bridge the language divide.  If we had had this in the early 1950s, the U.S. war in Vietnam might have been avoided, because too many people would have known that roughly 80 percent of the Vietnamese supported the Communist Ho Chi Minh, as Eisenhower noted in his autobiography published in 1963. )
 * I'm proposing a “Birds of a Feather” session for Wikimania 2017, August 9-13, in Montreal to discuss these and related questions. That proposal is open to revisions by anyone until the question at the end, “Is this Submission a Draft or Final?” is set to “Final”;  I ;an to do that May 13 to meet the May 15 deadline.

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Relaunch of Wikinews_fr
Hello and good morning,

To relaunch the Wikinews_fr project, which is ‘dying’, we need your help. Indeed, we found with De Wikischim thanks to Trizek (WMF) that it is up to us, French-speaking wikinewseurs to invest.Can you help us, guide us?

Thank you & Sincerely, AirSThib (talk), the 07:27, 9 July 2019 (UTC).

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American "Chicken for sex" meat salesman is charged with assault

June 16, 2005

Ryan Park, a 22 year old door-to-door meat salesman from Waterboro, Maine was arrested yesterday, and charged with assaulting a woman in Stoddard, New Hampshire last month. He is charged with forcibly kissing her after she turned down an offer from him of chicken for sex.

Stoddard Police Lieutenant Roger Turcotte stated that the woman, whom he did not name, told police that Park:
 * persuaded her to let him into her house;
 * brought in several boxes of meat and attempted to sell them to her;
 * said, when told that she did not have the money to spend, "Well that’s all right. I’ll take anything in trade: knives, drug paraphernalia, guns, anything else that you have to offer";
 * tried to sell her a box of chicken;
 * suggested oral sex;
 * put his hands on her hips and tried to kiss her;
 * asked to be shown the rest of the house, including the bedroom; and
 * said "Why don’t you get rid of the kids for a few minutes? This won’t take long. Nobody will know."

Turcotte said that in order to get rid of Park the woman gave him a post-dated cheque (which police later helped the woman to stop payment on) and $40, all of the cash that she had, and that when the woman's husband later returned home, Park tried to sell meat to him. Turcotte also said that Park, when questioned by police was "appropriate and polite", and stated to police that "I hit on a lot of women when I go door-to-door.".

Michael Phillips, owner of Pacific Prime Gourmet Foods, a company for which Park is a contractor and that supplies meat and other products and leases vehicles to door-to-door salesmen, stated that he has never had any complaints about Park, adding that if Park is convicted, the company "would have no choice" but to sever its business relationship with him, but that right now "He hasn’t been found guilty of anything. We will support him until we hear otherwise."

Linda Park, Mr. Park's mother, said in regards to the incident, "That’s not something that I would think that he would do.” She also stated that her son would not have to force himself on someone because "he’s very popular with the women."

Park is scheduled to appear in Keene District Court on June 28, 2005.


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Talk:Downing Street Memo forum to be held June 16th in response to petition of 500,000

This is a story that won't go away. Kevin Baas and others had a story here over a month ago and the damn thing just won't die, no matter how hard the war mongers try to ignore it. A petition of 500,000 impresses the hell out of me. Maybe its getting close to the time for some good old fashioned hell raisin' demonstrations? Martin Luther King still has the biggest personal FBI file and had over 50 criminal convictions, so let's not let these silly unconstitutional laws against assembling,marching and demonstrating stand in our way....it's about time for We the People to rise up again. imo. Paulrevere2005 20:35, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

But if you make a 'secret decision' ... and then some other folks write about what they think is happening ... can you be impeached for it? I guess we'll see, but it seems unlikely to me. --Wikiczar 02:41, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

screenshots arn't allowed on commons
screenshots of copyrighted programs arn't allowed on commons. Bawolff 00:22, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

DSM
I think the appropriate title for document should be Downing Street MInutes since that is what it is. I just wanted to gage if the "memo" parts of the story could be changed to minutes. Jedimastermactreebeard 06:30, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Too late. It's known as the "memo" everywhere. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 13:08, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)

Past Tense
The conference was held. I caught part of it on CSPAN last night. Conyers, Barney Frank and several others were present, questioning several left-wing media and advocacy group people. It's not breaking news anymore. This is a preview article about who was expected to be there and what the expected topics of discussion were. This article should move to the archives and a new one written about who was actually there and what was actually discussed (I don't think there were any no shows etc., but now that the event has actually transpired, it deserves its own article). --69.245.192.52 20:01, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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