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User talk:ASchmoo~enwikinews

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User talk:210.229.194.18

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User talk:Iluvatars dog

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User talk:Clementi~enwikinews

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User talk:Spandex~enwikinews

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User:Soap (usurped)~enwikinews

Yea, this is me.

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User talk:Ancronym~enwikinews

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User talk:203.217.66.207

Hi, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! I see that you've been contributing to articles about Australia. If you're an Aussie, you may want to take a look at the Australian portal, and the Australian discussion page. If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! - Borofkin 03:26, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Michael Ryan Donovan

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U.S. senators defend Pakistan missile strike that killed 18

January 16, 2006

U.S. senators are defending the missile strike that left 18 Pakistani villagers, including women and children, dead in northern Pakistan but missed the alleged al-Qaeda member Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Senator Trent Lott said the strike was "clearly justified by the intelligence". Senator Evan Bayh explained that with the lack of government control in the tribal areas "regrettably, this kind of thing is what we're left with." He said, "Now, it's a regrettable situation, but what else are we supposed to do?" Senator John McCain apologized for the strike, but added that he couldn't say the U.S. would not do the same thing again. He added the U.S. has "to do what [we] think is necessary to take out al-Qaeda, particularly the top operatives. This guy has been more visible than Osama bin Laden lately."

Meanwhile the killings prompted demonstrations across Pakistan on Sunday. They were mostly organized by Islamist factions, but opposition political parties as well as a key coalition partner of the current government participated. "There has been a protest in every big city, and the government understands why so many people are angry," said Pakistan's information minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad. The demonstrators were mostly peaceful, chanting "Death to America" and "Stop bombing innocent people," but on Saturday the office of a U.S. backed aid agency was set on fire.

A Pakistani intelligence official has contradicted reports that DNA tests were being performed on the victims to determine their identity. "What do you think, that the families of the victims would let us or the Americans dig the graves of their loved ones for FBI tests? An absolutely crazy idea."


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User talk:GOYANKSGONJ~enwikinews

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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/16

16, Janurary 2006
No football games today.


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/15

15, Janurary 2006

 * Sunderland v Chelsea, 16:00
 * Wigan v West Brom, 13:30


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/21

21, January 2006

 * Birmingham v Portsmouth, 15:00
 * Bolton v Man City, 15:00
 * Everton v Arsenal, 12:45
 * Middlesbrough v Wigan, 15:00
 * Newcastle v Blackburn, 15:00
 * Tottenham v Aston Villa, 15:00
 * West Brom v Sunderland, 17:15


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/22

22, January 2006

 * Chelsea v Charlton, 13:30
 * Man Utd v Liverpool, 16:00
 * Monday, 23 January 2006
 * West Ham v Fulham, 20:00


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/31

31, January 2006

 * Charlton v West Brom, 20:00
 * Fulham v Tottenham, 20:00
 * Sunderland v Middlesbrough, 19:45
 * Wigan v Everton, 19:45


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January

< 2006 | Football

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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/17

17, Janurary 2006
No football games today.


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/January/18

No football games today.


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Arizona may have driest winter in centuries

January 16, 2006

Nearly a month into the Winter season, much of Arizona has still not received rain or snow. Drought conditions have affected the state to varying degrees for the past 11 years, but 2006 looks to be the worst yet.

Rain and snowfall are typically most prevalent during January and February, but a high-pressure system has been keeping storms away from Arizona. Both are needed to refill the water reservoirs and keep forests healthy; if they continue to dry out under the current warm weather, it could cause an earlier fire season than usual.

The lack of rain will also increase farmers' demand on the water supply earlier in the year than usual and may cause problems if the summer monsoons also fail to arrive.


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User:Ctdunstan~enwikinews

I'm not a very frequent contributer here. I mostly just fix typos and link stuff to Wikipedia. (Actually, as I write this I've made only one edit, but I figure those are the kind of edits i will make.) See my Wikipedia user page if you want to know more about me. Feel free to leave something on either talk page.

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User talk:Imtiazahmad khan

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User talk:Ctdunstan~enwikinews

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User talk:61.95.197.37

Welcome
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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. --Deprifry|+T+ 10:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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Template:Main lead with secondary link

|» Full story | |»

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User:Frankie Roberto

I'm Frankie Roberto - an administrator for Wikinews and an accredited reporter. I tend to write mainly about London and UK news and adding coverage on some of the bigger international stories. I don't always have a huge amount of time to spend working with Wikinews, which is partly why I'm taking on the project below.

Dedicating a week to Wikinews
Unlike encyclopedias, news websites need to get stories out fast in order to be relevant. This makes the task of a volunteer-edited news website harder, as we've all got other things to be doing with our lives. I'm really interested in the project and 'citizen journalism' (an awful term, but there we go) generally, and so I've wanted to really be able to dedicate some time to it in order to be able to do it properly.

So, as I had plenty of holiday going spare, I've decided to dedicate next week (19 - 23rd June) to working full-time on writing and editing news stories, primarily through Wikinews. I'm not a journalist, and have no desire to be so, but I'm a news junkie and I'm hoping some passion will get me through the week.

I'm based in London, UK, and will hopefully be doing a mixture of writing stories using secondary sources and doing some original reporting. BBC News Online have generously offered me a base to work from.

I would really like to work with the community here as much as possible, so if you have any leads or suggestions of stories which you would like me to try and cover, please let me know.

My Schedule

The BBC have just put up my introduction to the project: A citizen among journalists, which includes a link to Wikinews...

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Daily protests in Sarajevo, organized online

January 16, 2006

A peaceful protest in Sarajevo, lasting for several weeks so far, was ignited by a post on an online discussion board, Sarajevo-X. In a post named "Patriotism" one user, with nickname Stolac92, expressed his dissatisfaction with Bosnia today, writing among other things on December 22: "My heart hurts. It hurts because of all injustice, recklessness, theft... But what hurts the most is that we are quiet, we are tolerating, forgiving instead of doing something about it."

After receiving support from other forum members, the user proposed gathering in front of the Assembly building every day, starting from 5pm. The protests started the same weekend, and had been lasting since, with couple to several dozen people attending.

Forum members decided they will not support any particular political party, but to work for Bosnia and Herzegovina without political ethnic entities and to support policies which are fair to all citizens and punish criminals. They decided to use an open palm with a Bosnian map on it for their symbol, with word Dosta (Enough) as their slogan.

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Possible NPOV?
I think this is a little harsh..."Meanwhile the killings prompted demonstrations..." Killings? I that sounds a bit too disgruntled. I will leave it in for now. Someone else might think NPOV...its borderline in my opinion. Dragonfire1024 is Jason Safoutin

 * I think "killings" is appropriate; that's exactly what it was. It's certainly far more neutral than when we refer to it as "terrorism" when the other side kills 18 bystanders, then just says "oh well, it was for a good cause."
 * I think Killings is far too harsh..should say: "Meanwhile the airstrike prompted demonstrations..." or something like that. I just do not think that its a right choice of words to say killings. Dragonfire1024 is Jason Safoutin
 * But the airstrike is not what prompted demonstrations; it was the killing of 18 innocent people, as well as the "oh well" response the US Senate has taken. I disagree with the trend in most "western" news media to make antiseptic any news of what the US military does. People pressed buttons based on information from an agency that has repeatedly provided bad information, which has repeatedly led to the deaths of lots of innocent people; these pressed buttons launched munitions which killed 18 people. And, of course, the intelligence was wrong. This is not any less a killing simply because the people doing so were wearing matching uniforms and following orders.
 * How do you know all of them were innocent? As far as reporting goes no OFFICIALS have said that all of the dead were children, women or innocent for that matter. But I still think Killing is too harsh a word. We are reporting., not giving an opinion. Killing is a matter of opinion depending on who you talk to. Dragonfire1024 is Jason Safoutin
 * Sorry again, but how is killing an expression of opinion? --Deprifry|+T+ 15:40, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * My criteria for "innocent" in this case is "not the intended target, but rather just a bunch of people standing there." Chances are each and every one of them was guilty of some crime, by some moral or legal standard, as is the case with every human being. However, their "innocence" -- which, I agree, is not a neutral topic -- is irrelevant to what happened, which is quite simply: they were killed. They did not merely die. A deliberate, organized, concerted effort to kill them was made. That the attack originated from so far away that nobody knew who they were really killing, does not change the fact that a violent act was made against them, which killed them. I'm afraid I must disagree on a fundamental level; I think "killing" is the only neutral way to describe what happens when someone (or an organized group of someones) uses weapons to terminate the existences of other people.

 * "killing", or "killed" as it is in the title isn't really a POV term. DragonFire1024, I think your run-in with Neutralizer and a couple of his friends has made you a little up-tight about what is and isn't neutral.  The article is okay at the moment, but I did see the trouble you had with the other one. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:49, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You mean the trouble STILL going on... Dragonfire1024 is Jason Safoutin

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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon briefly opens eyes

January 16, 2006

Israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opened his eyes for the first time since he suffered a major stroke on January 4, 2006.

However, hospital officials said the reports were generated by the Sharon family's "impression of eyelid movement, whose medical significance is unclear."

"He was listening to a tape of his grandson and you could see tears in his eyes for a matter of seconds before he closed them again," a doctor treating Sharon told AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.

Army Radio, citing unidentified close associates of Sharon, say the Prime Minister could "recognize people around him."

However, hospital officials state that it is "too early to tell whether the development represented a significant improvement or was just a temporary reflex."

Sharon had undergone a tracheotomy on Sunday to help with his breathing and to help prevent infection from his respirator tube.


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West Australian Premier Geoff Gallop resigns

January 16, 2006

Western Australian Premier, Dr Geoff Gallop, has resigned his post, to treat depression. Dr Gallop says the "debilitating" illness forced him to seek expert help last week. The 54-year-old became State Premier in 2001 and was re-elected in February last year.

In a media statement today, he said:

"It is my difficult duty to inform you today that I am currently being treated for depression. Living with depression is a very debilitating experience, which affects different people in different ways. It has certainly affected many aspects of my life. So much so, that I sought expert help last week. My doctors advised me that with treatment, time and rest this illness is very curable. However, I cannot be certain how long I will need. So in the interests of my health and my family I have decided to rethink my career."

Dr Gallop says he will not do any further media interviews in the near future. The WA parliamentary Labor Party will decide on his successor. State Treasurer and Acting Premier, Eric Ripper, has cancelled his scheduled leave to act as Premier in the interim.

Dr Gallop was first elected to Parliament as the Member for Victoria Park in 1986. In today's statement he said: "In fact, what has made this announcement all the more difficult today is that I love being premier, I love the work, I love the state and I love its people.

Australian Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley says Dr Gallop is a brilliant and innovative leader, who leaves Western Australia a far better place than he found it. He says Dr Gallop will be remembered for his decisions relating to WA's environment and education system, along with his vigorous pursuit of minerals development.

Federal deputy Labor leader Jenny Macklin says Dr Gallop's departure is devastating. "For me, he's always been the most brilliant man, an extraordinary politician, a very lively and entertaining character," she said. "I think he's made an enormous contribution both to Western Australia but also to broader Australian politics."

Prime Minister John Howard says all Australians will wish Dr Gallop and his family well for the future. "He worked very hard for the people of Western Australia as Premier," Mr Howard said in a statement. "Despite our political differences I always found it possible to work constructively with him."

The president of the WA branch of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Paul Skerrit, says he was shocked to hear of Dr Gallop's resignation. He says it shows depression can strike people in all kinds of jobs.

"Depression is a thing that smites people when they're in their prime and doing very well," he said. "People think that you've got to have something wrong with you to get this illness but it's not the case at all."


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Miami police officer injured after falling from horse

January 16, 2006

Miami police officer Manny Gomez is in stable condition after falling from his horse during the Three Kings Parade. Gomez landed headfirst on the ground after the stallion lunged forward as he mounted it.

A veteran of the Miami Police Department for twenty years, Gomez is days away from retirement.

It is unknown at this time if he has any permanent spinal or back injuries.


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Talk:Miami police officer injured after falling from horse

Should be "falls off horse", sorry.
 * Unless the officer is in critical condition or seriously injured I really do not see this as a significant news story. Dragonfire1024 is Jason Safoutin

Really??? We will get more in hopefully Jason...

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Talk:Unconfirmed: 20 dead, hundreds hurt after protest in Iranian city of Ahwaz

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CNN banned from Iran after misquoting president

January 16, 2006 Iran has "barred" Time Warner Inc.'s, CNN, from working in the country "until further notice" due to mistranslating comments made by Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a press conference Saturday January 14, 2006.

In his speech Saturday, Ahmadinejad defended Iran's right to continue nuclear research. State Media complained to CNN that they had used the translation "nuclear weapons" instead of "nuclear technology".

The ban by the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry was read in a statement on state-run television saying, "due to mistranslation of the words of Ahmadinejad during his press conference, activities of the American CNN in Tehran are banned until further notice," the statement said. "CNN quoted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying that Iran has the right to build nuclear weapons," the network said in its report of the ban. "In fact he said that Iran has the right to nuclear energy." He then adds, "a nation that has civilization does not need nuclear weapons, and our nation does not need them."

CNN has acknowledged that they had made the mistake.

The network then went on to say, "CNN apologized on all its platforms which included the translation error, including CNN International, CNNUSA and CNN.com, and also expressed its regrets to the Iranian Government and the Iranian ambassador to the UN."

Mohammad Hossein Khoshvaght, director of foreign media at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said on state television that he welcomed CNN's apology, but that "so far it's not clear whether it was something pre-planned or a mistake. Therefore, we will ban its activities (in Iran) for the time being. CNN's right to work in Iran would depend on an assessment of the broadcaster's future coverage of the Islamic state."

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Can I use "CNN's" name? DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin 19:47, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Most definitely. If not, use "Cable News Network" in its place.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:56, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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present title = CNN gets banned from Iran

 * It's only a temporary ban (so far), so gets banned alone is too strong IMHO
 * Shouldn't we include an NPOV summary of the reason for the ban? The only problem is how to say this succintly, correctly and NPOV-edly. In other words, how can we summarise what seem to be the NPOV facts that
 * CNN claims this was accidental (and apologised)
 * the Cultural etc Ministry fellow does not claim that the error was necessarily deliberate, but considers both the deliberate and the accidental hypotheses to be credible.

A few ideas: 1 - Is it NPOV to say that the mistranslation was provocative? If nobody had noticed it, it could have had effects in making people in the US (and elsewhere) increase their beliefs in the claims that Iran wishes to develop nuclear weapons and thereby increase the political/diplomatic tension, based on an error (i'm not saying that the claim is necessarily wrong, just that what we know of this particular speech by Ahmadinejad provides no evidence for the claim). Does provocative imply intent to be provocative? My guess is yes. So is there a word with the same literal meaning as provocative but with the connotation that it is totally unknown whether it was deliberate or accidental?
 * 1) CNN temporarily banned from Iran due to provocative mistranslation
 * 2) CNN temporarily banned from Iran due to mistranslation
 * 3) CNN temporarily banned from Iran due to "nuclear energy" mistranslation.

2 - the problem with this is that it sounds like an assertion that the mistranslation was not deliberate, whereas at the moment, we don't know (and might never know)

3 - a bit clumsy, because it has quotes, but IMHO probably best unless someone can think of a neutral version of the word provocative. Boud 21:49, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * In this instance I think it would be really difficult to come up with a title that in some way puts the ban in context ("until further notice") and gives a hint of what the ban is for. What we have is factual, albeit rather generic.  Offhand the only suggestion I can come up with is "CNN mistranslation results in open-ended ban on activities in Iran".  A bit wordy, but if you like it do the move. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Merge candidate
I think this is a merge candidate with CNN banned from Iran after misquoting president. I just spotted that in RC and checked the creation dates. The other one may be shorter, but it is older. Title isn't too bad either. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * For those who have been involved in the discussion on this page, after a brief chat with the guy that started the other article I overwrote the content of it, effectively moving the article that was CNN gets banned from Iran to a new headline. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:00, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * i agree that this new title is OK - my intuition about misquoting is that it could either be intentional or accidental - the reader has to apply his/her own prejudices or actually read the article to decide. Boud 00:00, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * THe ban has now been Lifted anyway, as per: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4617754.stm

Ahmadinejad asks for ban to be removed?
CNN is reporting that Ahmadinejad is now asking for the ban to be removed. --LoganCale 05:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Yuk a CNN logo
This is a personal issue, but (despite the obvious fact that it's ostensibly a story about CNN) I really wish wikinews would refrain from using corporate logos on the front page. I really offends me.--elliot_k 10:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

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Just for a bit of perspective, we should note two things:

 * 1) The ban lasted about a day.

 * 1) IRIB, an Iranian news organization, was upset that the ban was lifted; the US banned Iranian reporters ever since a break of diplomatic ties after the revolution.  The Iranian reporters that are here must stay within a 17 mi radius of the UN building in New York.

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Free Software Foundation releases first draft of GPLv3

January 16, 2006 The Free Software Foundation released the first draft for the next version of the GNU General Public License at the International Public Conference for GPLv3 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, today. The revisions mark the first changes to the GPL since the second version was released in 1991.

According to Richard M. Stallman, the president of the Free Software Foundation, the most significant change to the license are changes to allow GPLv3 to be compatible with other popular free software licenses, notably the Apache Software License 2.0 and the Eclipse license. A second significant change, according to Stallman, is the addition of a clause prohibiting the use of GPL software for Digital rights management (DRM), "something for which there can never be toleration."

As of noon EST today, the license is available in draft form on the Free Software Foundation's website. The conference about the license, which continues now and into Tuesday, is being held in Building 10, Room 250, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Approximately 200 people attended the morning session of the conference, during which Eben Moglen gave what he called a "quick" 90 minute overview of the license changes.

While Moglen's presentation covered a great deal of legal detail, it was not without levity. When the cell phone of Dave Turner, an FSF staff member sitting in the front row, rang during Moglen's speech, Stallman broke in, requesting of the audience, "If you have brought in a portable tracking and surveillance device, you should turn it off," before making other remarks about the police.

The crowd at the conference included a large number of free software celebrities, including Bruce Perens, Andrew Tridgell, and Chris diBona. According to Wikinews reporter Brandon Stafford, it seemed that IBM and Sun were the corporations with the most employees present. Representing the companies were Bob Sutor, Craig Cook, and Mark Brown from IBM and Simon Phipps and Doug Johnson from Sun. Also in attendance were representatives from Intel, Redhat, MySQL AB, Hitachi, and Qualcomm, among others.


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I went to the morning session of the first day of the conference, took notes, and read a lot of nametags. I also have some pictures, which I'll upload shortly. I'm also going to add more of the meaty legal details. I think there's a webcast available somewhere too. Pingswept 20:32, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

"something for which there can never be toleration."
Hey, great article. I think an improvement would be some explanation to the clause "something for which there can never be toleration." -- sounds interesting but I'm not quite sure what they're getting at? Explanation/example would be good.

 * As I see it, one important aspect of the FSF is freedom. With digital rights managemant, the freedom to legally copy data will be limited - for example, copying an MP3 bought online to an iPod or similar device is not allowed by some DRM. Further details here (fsf website) -- h2g2bob

 * Further to this, there's a brief discussion of why on Boing Boing -- h2g2bob

Corporate delegates
Actually, there were at least four Red Hat employees and three Intel employees there, as well as two from MySQL, two from Hitachi and more. My notes from the event are [on my blog] and you are welcome to use the photo from that page too. Webmink 00:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi Simon,
 * In fact, I was sitting right behind you and Danese. I'll update the article to include your observations. Pingswept 00:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

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I added Economy and Business category as this involves licensure which is highly important in the business world. I could make a case that this belongs in Politics and Conflicts but I hesitate as this may bloat it's significance. --Sfullenwider 03:38, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf inaugurated as Liberian president

January 16, 2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been inaugurated as Liberia's first elected female President, and also the first elected female head of state in Africa.

Her Vice President, also sworn in, is Joseph Boakai.

The inauguration took place in the country's capital, Monrovia and was attended by several key figures in world politics. The inauguration was attended by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US First Lady Laura Bush, and South African President Thabo Mbeki.

The inauguration was held out doors, as Liberia lacks any proper buildings for the event to have taken place in, including their capitol building which stood nearby. The BBC reports that guests sat on plastic patio chairs, and were shielded from the sun by palm matting.

Johnson-Sirleaf's address said "We know that your vote was a vote for change, a vote for peace, security and we have heard you loudly." She asked for a moment of silence for the thousands who died in Liberia's civil war.

Her victory was formally announced by the Liberian elections commission on 23rd November 2005 following the 2005 election. In the second round of votes, her Unity Party received 59.4% of the vote, versus the 40.6% received for George Weah's Congress for Democratic Change.

Twenty one parties ran candidates in the election, with one independent also running. Voter turnout to the 2005 election was 74.9% in the first round, and 61.0% for the second.


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Former US President Gerald Ford hospitalized with pneumonia

January 17, 2006 Former United States President Gerald Ford has been hospitalized with pneumonia, an official announced today. Ford was admitted to the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

Ford's chief of staff, Penny Circle, said in a press release, "He is doing well and resting comfortably." She added that there would be no further announcements until 11 AM on Tuesday.

Ford visited the hospital last month for a routine test, which he goes for every December. Circle said he had "a horrible cold." Ford last visited the hospital in January 2005 for a follow-up on his annual December checkup.

Ford, 92, was the nation's 38th president. After the death of Ronald Regan in 2004, he became the oldest American president alive.


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Norwegian scientist published fake findings in Lancet

January 17, 2006

According to Norwegian and British newspaper sources, Jon Sudbø, a cancer researcher at the Norwegian Radium Hospital, fabricated at least 900 patient records in his research on NSAID drugs published in October of 2005. According to the now-discredited research, the class of drugs, commonly used for pain management, was found to decrease the risk of oral cancer but increase the risk of heart disease.

This field of research is important for the future use of Cox-2 drugs and was received with great interest by the United States Food and Drug Administration and other organizations involved in drug safety and efficacy.

Several other scientists put their name to the article in the Lancet but claim they were misled by Sudbø. The Lancet is publishing a retraction in its upcoming edition. Probes are underway both to investigate how this article passed peer review, and whether previous research by Sudbø was fraudulent.


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Polish journalist imprisoned for libelling municipal employee

January 18, 2006

Andrzej Marek, a journalist working in the north-western town of in Poland, began a three-month jail sentence on January 15 2006.

Marek is the editor of a regional weekly newspaper, the Wiesci Polickie (news from the town of Police). In February 2001, he published an article alleging that a local municipal employee, who privately ran an agency, had a conflict of interest in which he profited from his position to obtain business for his agency.

In November 2002, Marek was found guilty of defamation. Upon appeal in November 2003, he had the three-month prison sentence suspended on the condition that he apologise to the libellee. Marek refused to apologise and applied for a presidential pardon in March 2004. This was eventually refused. On March 23, 2004, a court in suspended the application of the sentence by six months due to problems with Marek's wife's pregnancy.

claims that Poland is the only European Union country in which prison sentences are imposed for "offences of opinion" and that this is the first such occurrence in the EU. On July 18, 2003, was sentenced to six months of community service for displaying a work of art that showed a penis on a cross. On January 5, 2005, was fined 20,000 złoty (about 5000 euros) for having insulted Pope John Paul II, who qualified for legal protection against insults due to his role as a visiting. Neither of these penalties were prison sentences.

Polish websites are calling for appeals to the United Nations protesting the prison sentence.


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job of the libellee
The Jan 16 RSF article says that the libellee was a policeman, but it looks like a mistranslation from "fonctionnaire" from French from "funkcjonariusz" in Polish. In both (fr) and (pl), "functionary" can mean any civil servant/public servant, but in French, it's often taken to mean one particular sort of civil servant: a police officer - you have to decide from context. IMHO RSF was just a little slack in double-checking all the details.

The bezcenzury article says "naczelnika wydziału promocji" which is something like "leader of the promotion section" - my guess is this is "promotion" in the sense of "advertising the town as great to visit and spend złotys or even better, euros". (Whether this means he had a conflict of interest, well, the residents of Police have probably already made up their minds.)

BTW, i didn't put the name of the libellee, though it is available in the source articles if people feel that it should be in the article. Boud 01:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


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Australia to explore a national identity card

January 17, 2006

The debate over whether Australians should be required to have a national identity card has been reignited following an announcement by Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock yesterday that a study will be conducted.

The concept is not new, being first floated by Bob Hawke in 1986. The idea was abandoned after being defeated in the Australian Senate and due to strong criticism.

The government cites terrorism and fraud protection as needs for a universal national identity system.

The opposition remains neutral on the proposal, saying only that cost and privacy would be major issues.

Defence Minister Robert Hill is cautious of such a plan, saying "I don't believe governments are entitled to any more information about you than is absolutely necessary".

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which represents big business in Australia has voiced its opposition to the plan claiming the system could cost $750 per person to introduce, most of which would be borne by big business.


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Couple takes lawyer hostage and said to have explosives

January 17, 2006

A male and a female took 3 people hostage at a law firm in Statesboro, Georgia. Police blocked off a part of this rural town on Monday. Two suspects, a man and a woman, took a lawyer hostage and claimed that they had explosives.

The suspects, Robert Eugene Brower, 43, a former client of the lawyer, and the female whose name was not released, gave up after demands for cigarettes and food were met and they spoke with a family member.

The standoff lasted for 24 hours and ended, "peacefully," at around 10AM said Larry Schnall, a spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol.

The last of the 3 hostages to be released was identified as Michael Hostilo. He and the other two hostages were not injured. There is no word on the names of the other hostages.

Earlier reports stated that there had been a "loud boom" coming from the scene at about six o'clock this morning. Authorities have not stated what the booms were.

Police are now inside the building to locate and defuse the explosive device that the suspects claimed to have had.

Initially when police arrived, there were 3 hostages, but 2 had been recently released and were unharmed, said Maggie Fitzgerald, a city spokeswoman. "They are upset with some legal issues within the recent past and want to get those issues resolved. We are doing everything possible to end this situation without anyone being hurt."

In a news conference Monday night, Police Chief Stan York said Brower was angry about "having been convicted in a criminal case", in which the lawyer was his court-appointed attorney. York did not elaborate on the demands of the hostage-takers, other than saying, "they only wanted to call attention to the case."

Georgia State Trooper Larry Schnall, a spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol, said a SWAT team was sent to the scene.

This morning authorities convinced the two suspects to give-up, but "incidents leading to an escalation resulted in some gunfire," Stan York in a press conference just moments ago. No one was hurt in the brief eruption of gunfire.

Police later said when the suspects tried to surrender they became apprehensive and made a threatening gesture prompting authorities to draw their guns and open fire.

The standoff began at around 9AM on Monday.


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Talk:Shooter of former Pope John Paul II released from prison

I gotta work tongiht, but someone should start an article on how this guy is disappeared. Apparently authorities said he has fled. DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin