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 * Well, there was an html comment in the page,, which I converted to a template call,  .  I left it alone in the pull-quote, though; my thought was that it'd wreck the flow, there.  --Pi zero (talk) 17:27, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Cordwainer Bird - t'aint so, friend
editprotected Ellison did not write "City on the Edge of Forever" under the pseudonym Cordwainer Bird, this statement is a factual error. He wanted to, but Gene Roddenberry strongarmed him into using his real name. This error appears in two places in the article. --Captain Infinity (talk) 18:15, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

✅ DragonFire1024 let Captain Infinity make the changes on July 18. --SVTCobra 23:01, 21 July 2009 (UTC) editprotected Um... That's not how to handle corrections; correction is now available. BRS (Talk)   (Contribs) 02:29, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Three step process, then:
 * Revert the post-archive change. ✅
 * Confirm the information.
 * Apply a correction (if confirmed).
 * --Pi zero (talk) 01:48, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

 * To make matters worse, the way it is described on Wikipedia is in opposition to Captain Infinity's assertion but also not agreement with this article. "Despite his [Roddenberry] objections, Ellison kept his own name on the shooting script instead of using "Cordwainer Bird" to indicate displeasure." However, that too is under 'citation needed'. So WP can't even give us a starting off point for confirming information. --SVTCobra 02:08, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Relevant source:
 * --Pi zero (talk) 02:21, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * --Pi zero (talk) 02:21, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

 * [edit conflict] It is now my firm opinion that this article contains way more information than was ever in the sources. The only objective sources listed is The New York Times article which looks to be shorter than this article. I doubt the dead link about a DVD release had so much information, especially considering how much earlier it was supposed to be. I don't know what we can or should do. --SVTCobra 02:26, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

 * I've proposed a correction for the specific concern about the pseudonym. I'll consider your more general concern sometime when I'm not spinning down toward sleep.  --Pi zero (talk) 02:34, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it. We really don't want wade that deeply into the archives. Good night. --SVTCobra 02:37, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:CBS. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 10:46, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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IDF soldiers' account of Gaza incursion sparks new war crimes investigations

March 24, 2009

During a seminar with students at the Mechinat Rabin in Oranim, Israeli veterans of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict revealed accounts of the deaths of unarmed civilians. This has prompted new allegations of war crimes and a review and investigation into the rules of engagement within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

There are two accounts in which fears of war crimes have been raised. In one, an Israeli commander ordered the killing of an old woman walking down a road and coming within 100 metres of an IDF position. There was no warning that a perimeter existed, no attempt was made at a warning and no attempt was made to ascertain as to whether the old woman posed a threat. In a second account a woman and her two children were killed by a sniper when she was ordered to leave a building being occupied by Israeli soldiers. The commander of the unit commandeering the building however failed to inform a sniper placed on a roof top and the three were killed according to standing instructions issued to the sniper.

In addition to specific cases, the veterans spoke of a general contempt towards the Palestinians, and disregard for their lives. One squad leader speaking at the military academy said that the attitude of those both above and below was that"...we should kill everyone there [in...Gaza]. Everyone there is a terrorist." With his immediate commanding officer advocating the clearing of buildings by shooting all within without warning.

An Israeli spokes person speaking to the BBC said that the incidents spoken of were well known within the brigade responsible and that any actions that took place were within its rules of engagement, however in response to the accusations the Military Advocate General of the IDF, Brigadier General Avichai Mendelblit has instructed the Israeli Military Police Investigation unit to investigate the allegations. Talking to Israel Radio Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak said that the IDF is "...the most moral army in the world" though individual exceptions may have occurred, and that these would be investigated.

Others in Israel whilst not denying that these incidents might have occurred speak of lack a context in which they have been reported.

Internationally the accusations are not seen as individual soldiers being responsible for war crimes but that war crimes may have been committed by the Israeli military as a whole, that its rules of engagement were drafted and implemented in such a way that they failed to sufficiently distinguish between combatants and civilians.

In response to the allegations Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories, said that the Geneva Conventions required that there had to be a clear distinction between military targets and the civilian population and that "...If it is not possible to do so, then launching the attacks is inherently unlawful and would seem to constitute a war crime of the greatest magnitude under international law..."

If it is to have indeed failed to protect the lives of Palestinian civilians then the Israeli military not only violated international law but its own moral code of conduct as outlined in its tenet of purity of arms.


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I would contest the title of this piece; the wording of the declaration says nothing about homosexuality. --128.243.253.103 05:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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editprotected Image caption's colors do not relate correctly to the map. Green should be opposition and blue should be support. There is no red in the image.--Haha169 (talk) 18:08, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Right! Thanks for noticing.  New maps were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under the same name.  I will revert the image there, as Wikinews archiving convention reminds us not to change the news after we have reported it.
 * If you need a new map with different colours or countries, please help those projects who already use the map by uploading changes under a new name. (Please only make cosmetic changes to images used in news.)
 * --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:53, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * FYI, this is a perennial problem with Commons ( /me mutters darkly about Ministry of Information overtones ) Take a copy of the image they've overwritten, and add the article's publish date as a suffix before putting "on pain of Brian" notice in the img desc page. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:26, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I actually don't have a problem with either change (change the image back, or modify the text). Editing the caption under the box to say new countries had been added would be changing content, but correcting the colours that were mentioned in the caption is a strictly consmetic change that has no bearing on the content of the article. Gopher65talk 12:22, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Done We need an 'on pain of Brian' template (I believe the list of countries was also changed a couple of times). I reverted the Commons version at File:UN-SOGR-supporters.PNG, and uploaded the newer blue-green version at File:UN-SOGR-signatories-2009-10-06.PNG. According to Google Translate Deklaracija Ujedinjenih nacija o seksualnoj orijentaciji i rodnom identitetu had the same problem as we did: a caption mentioning the green and red colours.

(For discussion at Water Cooler one day: I wonder if there is a way to track such changes in Commons - with 17000 articles at English Wikinews, it would be hard even for a bot to keep up, even if it was allowed to automatically revert files!!)

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Good. And I find it funny how all the Muslims countries are red on the map.--66.229.11.230 03:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Good, but...
Why not just condemn violence, harassment, discrimination, exclusion, stigmatization, and prejudice? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anunnakki (talk • contribs) 05:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That wouldn't leave enough of a loophole to justify discrimination against other classes of people who aren't as numerous or as well-percieved by the general public. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.74.141.43 (talk) 06:09, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Good but....
The declaration is good to me, but what's frustrating is the message the US' record on gay rights show.

What good is a declaration against discrimination when gays can't get married in most states or can't adopt kids in others? What message does America send to gays when it's president is speaking out for gay rights, while it's people have been chipping away at gay rights with each election? What good is a declaration against discrimination against gays in a country where so many people see gays as worthy of discrimination?

I want gay rights, but not in a backhanded manner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.67.194 (talk) 06:35, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Our gay rights record is at least better then the Iranians (public hanging for a person sexual orientation is horrible).--66.229.11.230 07:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I know a friend who was scared for life because he was adopted by gay parents, one sexually assaulted him!--CnrFallon (talk) 00:47, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * and i have a friend who was molested by one of her heterosexual parents. ZOMG!  stop heterosexuals from being parents!! - Imind (talk) 16:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Gays make horrible parents. I'm all against gay marriage and adoption. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.53.207 (talk) 04:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * and you're an idiot. i'm all against you being allowed to reproduce, lol  - Imind (talk) 16:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * while molesting little children is unexcusable, it does not mean that all gay people are bad parents, i work at a daycare and i am bisexual, so unless you have solid evidence to support your claim, then good day to you sir.--weirdjrc (talk) 15:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Ummm...
Why would anyone be against this? The rights seem pretty basic. I mean, I can understand how some people may have their reservations on marriage and/or other things of the like; but imprisonment, torture, execution, et cetera ? Really?! I think this marks a brilliant change for the US. -- Poe Joe (talk) 18:13, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

 * ignorance is bliss, or so they say, ignorace leads to misunderstanding, which then in turn leads to predjudes, which always leads to hate. thats all their is to it.--weirdjrc (talk) 15:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Where do we see God standing
Humans have done some of the most dispeakable things just trying to please their self longings, I know all beings on earth iregardless of their religion beliefes, know of the name GOD and they know HE exists. Now if we acknowledge His existence, but fail to see the reason we were created; our lives will for sure become meaningless and thus we loose our ways and start to see the wrong as right, how many bills have been passed for things we knew were wrong and we never said or done nothing about, In african history i know not of an incident that made it right for people of the same sex regarded as a couple, the changing of technology and power does not necessarily mean our culture is to change as well. Experiments are to be done in labs not in our everyday lives, the important things are not a high priority on the table of the decision makers, but they rush to approve of who sleeps with who, who is equal to who, the world is bieng destroyed by war, corruption and they wait for a multitude to die before they take a stand. Fuck all the so called G8 for all they do is stretch the muscle of the might they have and not use when it is required for them. they are just as selfish as the homo's are. Think of your destiny not your selfish desire. you corrupt the minds of our young, We need Men in the world not men who think they are women, if that is so there can never be equilibrium. Why choose to have Women standing in Men's places when the men coward out of their positions because of their selfishness.

You can judge me, i hate hypocrites and all they represent. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tenderlivity (talk • contribs) 09:52, 9 July 2009

Wow...
I didn't realise there was ever even a suggestion that people shouldn't have human rights because of their sexuality. By definition, human rights are rights that should be allowed to all humans (for those of you that haven't already guessed, homosexuals and bisexuals and asexuals, and all other '-sexuals', are all humans). I've just read a very spiteful Christian view on the matter which shocked me (as these views always do). I find it hard to understand how when Jesus taught us to love everyone, and he meant absolutely everyone (one of his best friends was a prostitute (just saying...)), Christians still find ways to invent excuses for hating good people! But thats not really what this is about... I think that a country as developed as the USA should have already signed this bill! In fact, I'm shock by quite how behind America's social development is. I would also like to remind the good people of the internet that GOD is not a politician and shouldn't control the government (then we'd have to ban seafood and mixed fibre clothes! That would be awful!)


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Pennsylvania lost 41,000 jobs in February, a 13-year high

March 21, 2009

Pennsylvania lost 41,000 jobs in February, the largest one-month span of job loss in the state in more than 13 years. According to media reports, about 1 in every 140 Pennsylvania jobs were lost in February, marking the worst drop-off in a single month since January 1996.

Since the recession began, Pennsylvanians have lost more than 100,000 jobs, leaving the state with less jobs than it had in July 2005, according to state figures.

"It's clearly beginning to hit Pennsylvania in a way that it hasn't so far," Mark Price, labor economist with the Harrisburg-based Keystone Research Center, told the Associated Press. "Hopefully this is a blip, but we're going to definitely continue to lose jobs, hopefully not at this pace."

Governor Ed Rendell announced the numbers Thursday, the same day he called on Philadelphia-based oil refiner Sunoco to reverse its plans to cut 750 jobs, or about 20 percent of the salaried workforce.

Rendell said Sunoco should rescind the cuts because last year, the company made US$776 million in profit.

"In fact, although 2008 earnings were below expectations in the first two quarters, earnings in the last two quarters of 2008 were robust, to say the least," he said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Documents show U.S. knew of Guatemalan human rights abuses

March 20, 2009

The United States State Department knew that members of Guatemala's military government were responsible for the disappearance of thousands of people during the country's 36-year civil war, according to declassified documents obtained by the Washington D.C.-based National Security Archive, a non-governmental, non-profit research organization.

Eleven documents from the State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, dating from 1984 to 1986, show that the Reagan administration was aware that the Guatemalan Army and National Police were involved in a systematic effort to "kidnap anyone suspected of insurgent connections" during the military government of President Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores.

"The government is obviously rounding up people connected with the extreme left-wing labor movement for interrogation," reads a 1984 cable by Frederic L. Chapin, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala from 1981-1984. A State Department report from the same year says, "Government security services have employed assassination to eliminate persons suspected of involvement with the guerrillas or who are otherwise left-wing in orientation."

The Guatemalan Civil War was waged from 1960-1996 between the government, dominated since the 1954 military coup by elements of the army, and leftist guerrillas. More than 200,000 people, most belonging to indigenous Mayan tribes, died or went missing during the war.

In the first week of March 2009, Guatemalan authorities arrested two police officers on charges related to the 1984 disappearance of Edgar Fernando García, a trade union activist. García is named in several of the declassified documents.

The National Security Archive obtained the documents from the U.S. State Department under the Freedom of Information Act. Current State Department spokesman Fred Lash said he was unaware of the documents.


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I'm having trouble finding where in the sources 1 in every 140 Pennsylvania jobs were lost in February was atributed to the governor. Its in the sources, but it doesn't appear as if the governor specificly said that. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I guess you're right. I changed it to "according to state figures", although if that too is problematic, you could change it to "according to media reports". Hunter Kahn (talk) 13:28, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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This is bollocks!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME DUHHH —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.37.154 (talk) 15:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Just when you thought that people couldn't get any dumber...
It's a giant golden ball with a cross on top. They designed it to look like some kind of holy relic, and anyone who seriously thought that it was a bomb needs to be committed.


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This hardly needs to be taking valuable public time. I'm sure there are much more important things (for the city) to worry about that women's pubic regions : / 68.89.26.2 10:24, 20 March 2009 (UTC) Nick

I understand that the treatment could be dangerous, but i don't understand why isn't it given as a licenced practice? For example who wants to do it in their beauty center should follow a health and safety course and get their license and do it well and no woman should allow it to be done unless she know that the person who will do it is trully qualified for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.133.96.201 (talk) 20:21, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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What about Israel?
What does Israel have to say about this? This is very one sided. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:41, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This is the Israeli version of what happened, or to be more exact the version by Israeli soldiers on the ground. An Israeli spokes person speaking to the BBC said that the incidents spoken of were well known within the IDF and that the actions were within its rules of engagement.KTo288 (talk) 14:39, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Great work on the expansions
Good expansion. Now it covers almost everything. This is becoming very public so there is a good chance of seeing a lot change in how the IDF trains and fights. Unless there is a blackout this story is going to keep developing for a few days. Breaking? 72.146.134.71 16:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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Portions of Wikileaks, Wikipedia blocked in Australia

March 20, 2009

Portions of Wikileaks.org, the "uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis", has been blocked in Australia. Wikinews has also learned that three URL links to Wikipedia, a free, online encyclopedia anyone can edit, have also been blocked. Portions of the video sharing website YouTube have also been blocked.

The websites are among thousands of others that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), a government owned entity, block access to when using their blocking software. The alleged three lists, from 2008 and 2009, were leaked to Wikileaks who published the documents. Most of the blocked websites are ones hosting hardcore pornography. According to their website, the ACMA's role in regards to the internet is to "address community concerns about offensive and illegal material online and, in particular, to protect children from exposure to material that is unsuitable for them."

Despite the alleged leak, Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in Australia, much of the listed websites were never an issue with the ACMA, but that some of the websites are. He also goes on to say that anyone publishing the content of the ACMA's list will face criminal prosecution.

"I am aware of reports that a list of URLs has been placed on a website. This is not the ACMA blacklist. ACMA is investigating this matter and is considering a range of possible actions it may take including referral to the Australian Federal Police. Any Australian involved in making this content publicly available would be at serious risk of criminal prosecution," said Conroy in a statement to the press. Wikileaks insists the list is real and that publishing the three of them reflects what ones were added in the past, then removed or vice versa.

"Between the 11th and yesterday, the company did an enormous cleanup of the list. No doubt as a result of the list appearing on Wikileaks. Where the list previously contained over 2000 URLs, and Conroy and the ACMA claimed 'See! Our 'current list' never contained that many URLs', this new list is about the size the ACMA claimed it to be," said Wikileaks in a statement posted on their website.

Wikileaks recently leaked documents that revealed the ACMA's alleged list of 2,395 blocked websites, portions of Wikileaks being among them. Of the three lists, the final one shows that the ACMA "cleaned up" their list, according to Wikileaks. The ACMA warns websites that link to blocked websites. One of the blacklisted URLs to Wikileaks includes a leaked list of blocked websites in Denmark. Not included on the list is the leaked list of blocked websites in Thailand.

"This week saw Australia joining China and the United Arab Emirates as the only countries censoring Wikileaks. We were not notified by ACMA. Australian democracy must not be permitted to sleep with this loaded gun. If Australia's 'Senator for Censorship', Steven Conroy, has his way, Australia will be the first Western country to have a mandatory Internet censorship regime," said Wikileaks in another statement on their website. "The first rule of censorship is that you cannot talk about censorship".

Portions of Wikipedia blocked include a photo taken by Wikinews contributor David Shankbone titled The making of an adult film by David Shankbone. The URL was added to the ACMA's list on July 28, 2008. However, Wikinews has learned that the file was deleted from Wikimedia Commons on January 21, by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales by "user request: Courtesy delete per request of uploader". It was deleted more than one year after the ACMA added the URL to its list. Other portions of Wikipedia that are blocked are pages belonging to users Cyde and Ewlyahoocom. Wikinews contacted the ACMA for a statement, but as of this report, there was no response. Wikinews also contacted Mr. Wales who confirmed the file was deleted because he was asked to do so.

"The deletion log says it all. Courtesy delete per request of uploader.  This had nothing to do with Australia," said Wales to Wikinews. Wales did not say whether he was aware of the specific file linked to Wikipedia was being blocked. The Wikipedia URLs appear on all three lists leaked by Wikileaks. Another image, in the same photo set was also deleted by Mr. Wales on the same day, but that URL does not appear on the alleged ACMA list. It underwent a request for deletion in 2008, which was later deleted despite it being discussed as 'keep'. An anonymous source told Wikinews that the images were sexually explicit and featured three men, pornography star Michael Lucas, Rodrigo diCarli and Kurt Wild, having anal intercourse. Shankbone told Wikinews that he has "no comment for this story."

Websites caught linking to or promoting websites on the ACMA's block list could face a fine of AU$11,000 per day if they don't remove the content in question within 24 hours of receiving a notice from the ACMA. The same standard can be enforced on an international level. Fines can be imposed on websites outside Australia that link to material on its list.


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wow how stupid i could do better!

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Needs more pictures. People like pictures it makes learning more fun. —67.43.18.157 (talk) 16:12, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


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NOPE,THE GOVERMENT SHOULD NOT BILL TO MUCH ON COMPANIES BECAUSE IN NDOING SO ITS AFFECTING PEOPLES JOB POSSESSION TO BE UNEMPLOYED OR BE PAYED LESS

 * But. They're not billing the companies. They're placing a higher income tax on the individual executives receiving pay bonuses.
 * The companies already made their decision to throw that money away rather than spend it stabilizing their businesses.
 * Nice CAPSLOCK uninformed opinion.

 * I think that they are doing the right thing. Why should these executives receives huge bonuses for running their company in the group and asking for a bailout??? These executives keep making stupid decisions all over.

 * Honestly, if you want the US to get out of this recession. Remove bad CEOs, Executives, etc... that keep making these stupid moves.

 * It's a bit more tricky than that. These CEOs had these bonuses written into their contracts regardless of their poor performance running their companies and the whole economy into the ground. The government is in a difficult legal position with trying to place conditions on companies like AIG. The idea of a new income tax law nicely sidesteps the legal gray area, it sounds pretty smart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.113.4 (talk) 16:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Bailoutrage
About 4 days ago, we "coined" the term "Bailoutrage" (The American Political Handbook, 3/15/2009) to describe the emotions experienced by some of the public over the AIG Bonus Payouts. A poll was posted alongside the term and its definition. The small response has so far been negative and the public seems to identify with this "new" emotion (strongly, in at least one case).

We identify with it strongly, but believe that we must temper our "Bailoutrage" against falling into AIG Hysteria (as one online news source described it). Further, it seems that some of these bonuses may have been repaid and the "Bailoutrage" should be lessened. Had the Obama administration truly expected this level of public outcry, we expect that they may have tried to more forcefully stop the AIG bailouts - which, it now appears, must be stopped at all costs. Had the previous administration been expecting this level of public outcry, we expect they would have went ahead anyway with allowing the bonus payments to proceed.

Punishment and penury seems unfair at this point, however. As some elected officials have pointed out that punishment ex post facto and Bills of Attainder are unconstitutional. The apparent equation is unconstitutional = unfair. But, is it fair to all?

No, it is not. Because some of us that were scheduled to receive monies through the omnibus spending plan are now finding that those monies have been stopped. For example, those disqualified from receiving unemployment payments will not receive their meager stimulus funds. (Meager being defined as a payment of some $ 25 per week). While some of us believe that the stoppage of those stimulus payments through a state-run apparatus is unfair, it may still be constitutional. What may be constitutional, may not have the appearance of fairness to all concerned. —66.51.146.94 16:31, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

You're not talking about the same thing anymore. --167.6.245.98 18:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Excellent Bill
I love this. Company Executives have always been using bailout money to pad their own pockets instead of re-investing in their business. You only get taxed if it's a bonus, and if your company was bailed out. Seems perfectly logical to me. It's a good thing congress is looking out for the proletariat these days. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.6.245.98 (talk) 18:05, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Good god, yes. The very fact that the government gave money to companies with horrible management with no expectation that said management be replaced or the companies be accountable for the money they were given is ridiculous enough, but for the companies to then reward that management with millions and millions of taxpayer money? Those bonuses should be taxed 100% (maybe 100% less a dollar).

Chris Dodd personally removed the original provision to block the retention contracts at the will of T. Geintner. You cannot have the government breaking the sanctity of contracts. Perfectly legal binding contracts that the government doesn't like can be taken away from you at any time. Precedence is set.

Terrible Bill
This is going to get torn to shreds in the courts, a case of bad lawmaking at it's very worst. --Malleovic

The real outrage...
The problem here is NOT that people at AIG are getting retention bonuses. These bonus are part of a normal compensation package. The outrage is that anyone, and particularly Obama, CARES! Frankly, the issue makes me think Obama is trying to hide something else so he says "look what they are doing".

At this point, a number of people have pledged to return or returned bonuses. The pledges should be waived, and the returned retention bonuses re-offered.

As for taxing the retention bonuses: what that does is encourage the experienced senior personnel to leave AIG, thus hurting the company. Is this really what they want to do?

Having said all this, allow me to say that if these were performance bonuses, it would be a completely different matter.

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OR
I e-mailed David to see what if anything he can or will say about this. I also think that the research that lead me to Shankbone (deleted image on commons) is considered OR. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * also e-mailed the ACMA. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:36, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Also e-mailed Jimbo. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:40, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I got a response from Jimbo. Those of you subscribed to scoop can see the correspondence. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Image
Do we really need to include the image? Some of the other URLs it shows are probably child pornography and so I don't think it is appropriate to show them unless there is a good reason to. Could it perhaps be cropped to show only the relevant Wikipedia URLs? Adambro (talk) 16:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually I agree, but I only did it like that to show the date as well. I suppose I could blackout the other links or blurr them. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:20, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikileaks down
I am surprised it took this long. Wikileaks wil probably be down for a few hours...sometimes they are down for a few days. So I guess this won't get reviewed anytime soon. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I read the Wikileaks stuff prior to it going down so I can review. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok because I been told it could be a while before they come back up... DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:06, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I reviewed, but for some weird reason Cirt went and published it on his own. His summary said he would clarify here, so let's see what he says. Whatever the reason was, everything passed the review just fine anyway. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No. My publishing was because you passed the review. Cirt (talk) 21:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah... I was just surprised to find that when I went over to publish it had already been done. No worries. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

IIRC there are a variety of mirrors for Wikileaks. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

False information
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I managed to visit Cyde's and ewlyahoocom's pages, and I'm in Australia. (My ISP is TPG). Andjam (talk) 12:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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A baby was sighted in the African country of Botswana on Friday by a filmmaker for the BBC as he was filming for a. The cameraman took photographs of the elephant when he noticed it in a herd of around eighty elephants in the. According to experts, it is most likely an, an occurrence that is very rare among.

"We only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed the river", said Mike Holding, who spotted the elephant. "This was a really exciting moment for everyone in camp. We knew it was a rare sighting - no-one could believe their eyes."

"I have only come across three references to albino calves, which have occurred in in South Africa," said ecologist Mike Chase, who is in charge of the Elephants Without Borders conservation charity. "This is probably the first documented sighting of an albino elephant in northern Botswana. We have been studying elephants in the region for nearly 10 years now, and this is the first documented evidence of an albino calf that I have come across."

The said that the condition might make it hard for the animal to survive for very long. "What happens to these young albino calves remains a mystery. Surviving this very rare phenomenon is very difficult in the harsh African bush. The glaring sun may cause and skin problems," he noted.

However, he added that it still might be possible for the elephant to survive, as it appears to be adapting to the condition: "Because this elephant calf was sighted in the Okavango Delta, he may have a greater chance of survival. He can seek refuge under the large trees and cake himself in a thick mud, which will protect him from the sun," Dr Chase noted.

"Already the two-to-three-month-old calf seems to be walking in the shade of its mother. This behaviour suggests it is aware of its susceptibility to the harsh African sun, and adapted a unique behaviour to improve its chances of survival."

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Wow, so they are real? Haha...well, if you take a closer look at the BBC picture, it's more of a pinkish-purple in tone but it is still rather interesting to see this kind of stuff. --  M  (speak/spoken) 20:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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pink elephant ? .. i don't know about that ,that's very close to impossible. don't you think but then again you never really know what's out there !

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Was it a pink elephant or a shaved one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.37.63 (talk) 02:12, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

That doesn't look very pink to me. Anunnakki (talk) 07:40, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

A pink elephant? Was it a shiny pokemon???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.132.76 (talk) 15:51, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hey thats a great news!!!!!!!!. A pink elephant will really look different. One must say the African sub-continent has a great variety of wildlife. Hope to see more information regarding this piece of news.

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Emergency directive for Sikorsky S-92A helicopters

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helicopters are expected to be grounded until the mounting stud on the main gearbox filter bowl are changed. Following examination of the wreckage from a Canadian helicopter crash, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing an emergency safety directive for operators of similar helicopters to change titanium studs to steel studs before any S-92A helicopters can take to the air again. crashed into the north last Friday, March 13, killing 17 of the 18 people on board. All bodies were recovered Tuesday and they have been released by the coroner to their families. The voice and have been retrieved and are in good condition. They have been sent to for examination by aviation officials.

Mr. Robert Decker was the only survivor and has not recovered enough to speak with the. "Mr. Decker was back in the fuselage and what happened during the occurrence, happened in the cockpit and Mr. Decker wouldn't be privy to that. But on the issue of survivability, he may be able to help with that," said Dave Cunningham, of the.

A review of immersion suit standards of the two year old suits worn during this trip is being called for by the,. Williams is also urging for a review of offshore safety procedures, including placement of search and rescue aircraft closer to the capital.

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March 20, 2009 Two buildings have been damaged in a bombing in Athens, Greece on Thursday. The target was a building owned by an agency that manages state real estate.

Nobody was injured in the blast, but the building's entrance was damaged. A nearby store and a parked car also sustained damage. The homemade device, which consisted of explosives placed inside a plastic bag and tied to a pole close to the target, damaged the Hellenic Public Real Estate Corporation building.

The area was cordoned off by police after the explosion, which occurred at 9:30 p.m. local time yesterday. Bomb disposal experts checked the area following the explosion, while anti-terrorism officers began their investigation. The building is about 250 yards from the Athens police headquarters, and is also close to the Supreme Court.

No claim of responsibility has yet been made, but the Greek conservative government has been attempting to control left-wing terrorism in recent months. One group, the Revolutionary Struggle, was responsible for a failed car bombing against an Athens Citibank office on February 28, and also bombed a Citibank branch in the city on March 9. Greece has been receiving advice from police in London after the increase in terrorist activity and rioting last year throughout the nation.

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Canadian PM announces funding for US-Canada bridge crossing

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Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, has announced an investment of C$13.5 million (US$10.8 million) to upgrade the Blue Water Bridge.

This bridge connects Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario across the St. Clair River, and is the second-busiest Canada – United States border crossing.

"Blue Water Bridge is a crucial link in trade between Canada and the United States. This cross-border traffic is vital to our export industries – and more important than ever, given the current global economic downturn," said Harper. "This project will reduce border congestion, improve trade, and create local jobs."

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New Jersey real estate investor charged with $2 million theft

March 20, 2009

The owner of a New Jersey real estate investment firm has been charged with using $2 million of his company's money for construction at his home and other projects not related to work.

Gary Klein, owner of the Asbury Park-based REI Group Inc., surrendered himself to police after a Monmouth County grand jury indicted him on one count of theft by deception charges.

The charges were the result of a three-year investigation into his practices. Klein, 45, of Colts Neck Township, faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted. Klein was released Friday after posting $75,000 bail.

Klein attracted clients by telling them he would invest their money in projects that would result in returns of 12 and 85 percent. Prosecutors said the actions mirrored those of a Ponzi scheme.

Robert Weir, Klein's attorney, said the operation was not a Ponzi scheme, but legitimate business investments that went bad as the economy declined. Weir also said Klein hired a receiver to try and return the investors' money once the investments started to go sour.

"It's a shame that a business that experienced a turn in the real estate market is now being treated as a criminal problem. That was not Mr. Klein's intent," Weir said to The Star-Ledger.

Weir said the investments were used for building rehabilitation projects in Asbury Park and the construction of Florida condominium complexes, but authorities said Klein used the money to repay earlier investors who were cashing out, as well to help build his own home.


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Obama apologizes for Special Olympics comment on The Tonight Show

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In an appearance on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday night, United States President Barack Obama told host, Jay Leno, that he had bowled at the White House bowling alley and scored a 129. "It was like the Special Olympics or something," the President said.

The Special Olympics is an international organization that promotes self-confidence and social skills for people with intellectual disabilities. It organizes the Special Olympics World Games which is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and is similar to the Paralympic Games which are for people with physical disabilities.

Even before the taped show was aired, Barack Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics to apologize. He phoned Timothy Shriver from Air Force One on the way back to Washington, D.C.. Tim Shriver is also the son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who founded the Special Olympics.

"He expressed his disappointment, and he apologized in a way that was very moving. He expressed that he did not intend to humiliate this population," Shriver said on Friday in an interview on Good Morning America.

"Words hurt, words do matter," Shriver added. "People with special needs are great athletes and productive citizens."

"The President made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics," White House deputy press secretary, Bill Burton, said. "He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world."

Meanwhile, Kolan McConiughey, a top Special Olympics bowler told the Associated Press that he doesn't think Obama bowls like a Special Olympian.

"He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300. I could beat that score easily," McConiughey said. McConiughey has five perfect 300 games on his track record as a bowler and averages a score of 212.

"I'd tell him to get a new bowling ball, new shoes and bring him down to the lane," said McConiughey, offering bowling advice to the President. "Keep his body straight, his arm straight and keep his steps straight. He has to practice every single day."

Maria Shriver, sister of Tim Shriver, said the President's comment "hurts millions of people throughout the world."

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is married to Maria Shriver, said, "He [Obama] loves Special Olympics, and he would do everything he can to help Special Olympics."

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters, "I know that the President believes that the Special Olympics are a triumph of the human spirit, and I think he understands that they deserve a lot better than — than the thoughtless joke that he made last night. And he apologizes for that."


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Two US Navy vessels collide in the Strait of Hormuz; 15 lightly injured

March 21, 2009

According to the United States Fifth Fleet, two vessels registered to the US Navy collided on Friday in the, located near Iran. Fifteen sailors were reported to have been slightly injured.

The two craft involved in the incident were the, a transporter and the , a. The New Orleans' ruptured upon impact, leaking 90 to 95 thousand litres of  fuel.

"New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, which resulted in an of approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine," the navy said in a statement. "Both the submarine and the ship are currently on regularly scheduled deployments to the U.S. Navy Central Command area of responsibility conducting Maritime Security Operations."

A spokesman for the Fifth Fleet, Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, said that "there is no disruption to shipping traffic in the strait," and "both ships are operating under their own power and have passed through the strait."

"It was a night-time event and the submarine was submerged at the time," Christensen replied when asked about how the accident happened.

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March 21, 2009

New Jersey has reversed its plans for a state-wide ban on bikini waxing after salon owners from across the state spoke out against the proposal.

The New Jersey Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling planned to consider a ban on so-called "Brazilian waxes" in response to two women who reported being injured during a wax.

But state Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman, who oversees the board, asked them to abandon the ban in favor of reviewing and establishing safeguards for those who provide the service.

"Many commentators have noted that the procedure could be safely performed," Szuchman wrote in a letter to state board President Ronald Jerome Brown, according to the Asbury Park Press. "I, therefore, believe that there are alternative means to address any public health issues identified by the board.''

Salon owners from across the state expressed relief with Szuchman's decision.

"It was an unnecessary issue," spa owner Linda Orsuto told the Associated Press. "In New Jersey especially, where the government has been picking our pockets for so long, it was like, 'Just stay out of our pants, will you?'"

Although millions of Americans get bikini waxes, which generally cost between $50 and $60 per session, the practice comes with risks. Skin care experts say the hot wax can irritate delicate skin in the bikini area, and result in infections, ingrown hairs and rashes.

Waxing on the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted in New Jersey. Although state statutes have always banned bikini waxing, the laws are seldom enforced because the wording is unclear.

If the measure had passed, New Jersey might have become the only US state to ban the practice outright.

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US says Zimbabwe government has “a long way to go” before sanctions are lifted

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The United States has said that the African nation of Zimbabwe has "a long way to go" before the former lifts the sanctions it has imposed on the country. This comes after an effort by Zimbabwe to raise international funding for a economic recovery plan, which calls for US$5 billion in construction spending.

"To the European Union and the United States, I appeal for the removal of your sanctions which are inhuman, cruel and unwarranted," said Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. "SADC (Southern African Development Community) and the African Union have, in support of our inclusive government’s economic stabilisation and recovery efforts, already strongly called for the removal of these sanctions. We thus repeat our loud call for their immediate removal."

The US government refused to do so, saying that Zimbabwe had not shown any indication of improving their human rights record or reforming governance.

"We’re not in any kind of discussion with [...] the government of Zimbabwe on removing our targeted sanctions," said a spokesman for the US State Department. "We remain very concerned about the plight of the Zimbabwean people who have been under such terrible suffering. And we’re going to continue to try to help the people of Zimbabwe. With regard to the government, it’s got a long way to go before we will look at removing any targeted sanctions."

Both the European Union and the US imposed a ban on travel and an asset freeze on Zimbabwe in 2002, on accusations of human rights abuses and election irregularities by the latter.

Zimbabwe, which had previously been a model country for the continent, has recently experienced an economic collapse and a humanitarian crisis. Inflation rates have skyrocketed in the nation, reaching over 200,000,000%, causing severe food shortages. There has also been an outbreak of cholera, which has claimed the lives of over 4,000 people.


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I find it hilarious that I just now hear about this. If Bush had said the same thing..it would have been all around the planet and everyone would be talking about it and insulting Bush for being an insensitive jerk.

Yay double standards!
 * The only kind they have.--KDP3 (talk) 09:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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People would naturally assume that he is recounting his experience as a competitor in the Special Olympics. Crisis averted. -99.224.209.50 09:02, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

it was just a joke, get oevr it people!!! he has been working non stop his inaugration to help out America from the recession, and for one night he could finally just relax and joke around with Jay Leno. Please people if he can get the world out this recession then we should all bowing down to him!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.131.141 (talk) 13:07, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * And he's doing a great job! *sarcasm.--66.229.26.39 11:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Arguing on the Internet, or getting upset over a silly comment, is like playing in the Special Olympics... er. -Victor Sheckels

He's a good man.
I have a lot of respect for President Obama. He makes mistakes, just like every single other human on this planet, and he admits to them. He's a good guy. I wish I had a leader like him in my country... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.214.107 (talk) 15:43, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Good people don't make fun of the handicap, Or release terrorist that killed 17 Americans sailors, OR accused our troops of "air raiding and killing innocent people". Yeah I have a lot of respect for that man too.--66.229.26.39 11:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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This is a game, from my understanding, making comments over a game is part of the game ang should not be taken so personal, If you become an analyst of every word by the president then you might as well analyse your own word too. The president was not attending any english lecture or scrutinizing the game. For the fact that he is a president does not imply that he is now a perfectionist or he should not comment over things of this nature. To me, game is fun and in fun statements are not to be taken sentimentally. Thank God he has apoligized. If he had not made any comment, the same people would have complained. Let us be careful not to become too sadistic in the president's comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.78.62.104 (talk) 19:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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This is a game, from my understanding, making comments over a game is part of the game and should not be taken so personal, If you become an analyst of every word by the president then you might as well analyse your own word too. The president was not attending any english lecture or scrutinizing the game. For the fact that he is a president does not imply that he is now a perfectionist or he should not comment over things of this nature. To me, game is fun and in fun statements are not to be taken sentimentally. Thank God he has apoligized. If he had not made any comment, the same people would have complained. Let us be careful not to become too sadistic in the president's comments.

Fact
Actually bush called a guy "a major league asshole" on camera and mic during his campaign, and flipped off a camera in the oval office. So whatever for your double standard. If this is the worst thing Barack says I'll be happy still.

Face it...
At least Obama admits his mistakes and apologizes to those he hurt. Bush didn't do that for any of his mistakes and lack of judgment. Nobody's perfect.
 * So your comparing the liberation of group of people and them choosing to keep democracy to a Elitist A-Hole that even speaks down too people with special needs? Your right Obama is far from perfect, glad he's not my messiah.--66.229.26.39 11:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That's your personal view of the situation, which is at best only a possible outcome that hasn't actually happened. If it makes you feel better watching the coffins coming home and the young men full of life coming back cold or shattered, stop. Live with the consequences of the policy you so adamantly support.
 * For some perspective: If misspeaking for a moment is somehow an impeachable offense, then we've got to wait until Obama has equaled Bush's misunderestimations of nukulear weapons to be fair, or you'd have a lot of things to explain. Note that the apology to the most appropriate official was made before the program even aired. Other presidents in the past have simply forced the station to censor and remove that kind of small mistake instead. 68.210.75.23 14:00, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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I think will be a proper apologize gesture if Mr President Obama will play or will supervise such a Special Olympics games. It`s just an idea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.102.180.205 (talk) 11:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

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HE'S A NIG —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.10.80 (talk) 18:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

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Funny as Hell....The President is a regular guy.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.193.12.27 (talk) 08:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Ooops!!!!!!!!!
Well Mr. Obama is one of the most admirable personalities in the world today and to err is human. So rather than sticking on to this piece of news and blowing it out of proportions, we should look at his achievements. I being an Indian, really wish to have a President as charismatic as Prez Obama.

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I am concerned that North Korea is exhibiting such hostile acts. This, plus their release last week stating that civilian aircraft are not guarenteed safety in passing over their airspace is quite strange. They remind me a little bit of Nazi Germany.. but who knows.

Great Job North Korea!
I have seen it all now. Look at what North Korea has done. They have pretty much taken hostage two reporters probably going there to report something about pandas in China and they put a shoe over into that communist shithole and all hell breaks loose. What the hell is wrong with people... Seriously, again, first with airplanes now with writers. Have they nothing better to do than detaining innocent people? Kim Jong-Il: "Hey guys, I'm bored. Next person you see, especially if its a reporter, detain them." Nice going dumb asses. Now we have two of OUR people in that socialist craphole of society, and what are we going to do about it? Oh wait, we're being led by a liberal commie, "Lets talk about it, everything will work out in the end." Fricken ridiculous.

Sentenced: 12 years in a labor camp
I just read the South Korean newspapers a few minutes ago.

The journalists -- both women -- got 12 years in a (slave) labor camp.

This has got to be a joke. They'll probably demand some big-time ransom from the USA and will release the journalists when they get it.

But how are they going to handle the aftermath?

Does North Korea seriously think they can get away with this?

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No Comment David Shankbone? What the?
i'm sorry but what the hell is david shankbone saying 'no comment' for? he put those photos up and they had child porn in them, and then he gets his buddy jimbo to delete them and doesnt even explain himself? dont any of you all know him well enough? wheres the photo? its not in google cache? you guys cant get to the bottom of this story at all - can you? you dont even have the photo to produce. what a waste of an opportunity to be investigative. whats wikimedia fundation hiding with this shankbone business?
 * Who says he needs to explain himself. Since its apparently explicit, perhaps he doesn't want to be associated with whatever the content of the photo was (which probably was not child porn, as that would be outright deleted). Perhaps he just doesn't want to be dragged into a negative media spotlight. Perhaps he has some entirely other reason. People do things that they later regret or wish they didn't do, and there is nothing wrong with that (imho). Bawolff ☺☻ 04:47, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * For one, the image was NOT child porn. It was three GROWN men having sexual intercourse. And no there is not a cached version of the photo. Don't you think I alrady checked that? If you have something to add to the story, then do so. Don't sit here and make baseless criminal accusations against people. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

WTB more countries that don't fuck with the fucking internet

As an Australian, I'm going to say that our government is really fucking stupid. God forbid, half our government lacks ANYTHING resembling common sense!

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"The Dark Knight" film director's brother arrested for murder, kidnapping

March 21, 2009

The older brother of Christopher Nolan, director of the films The Dark Knight and Memento, has been arrested in connection with an alleged murder in Central America.

Matthew Francis Nolan, 40, was arrested last month and is awaiting extradition to Costa Rica to face murder and kidnapping charges. He is currently being held in prison without bond.

Nolan is accused of killing Robert C. Cohen, a Florida businessman, in 2005 while trying to recover $7 million Cohen owed to another Florida man.

Costa Rican authorities said Nolan posed as a businessman and arranged a meeting with Cohen at a hotel.

Nolan and an accomplice, Douglas Mejia, then allegedly kidnapped Cohen and tried to extort the money from Cohen's family, then killed Cohen when the plan failed.

Mejia has already been convicted of murder and kidnapping and is currently in prison.

Chicago authorities had been investigating Nolan for an alleged $700,000 bank fraud, which was unrelated to the murder, according to media reports. FBI agents arrested Nolan in February while he was leaving a Chicago bankruptcy court hearing.

The Chicago Sun-Times first reported the story on Friday.

Matthew Nolan's brothers, Christopher and screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, are the filmmaking duo behind the films Memento, The Dark Knight and The Prestige.


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Australian Labor Party reelected to Queensland government: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

March 21, 2009 Election analysts for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation have called the Queensland state election for the Australian Labor Party. The ABC lists the seats won as ALP 50; Liberal National Party 29; Others 4; and 5 in doubt.

A win for the ALP means that Anna Bligh becomes the first female to be elected premier in Australian history. She is the third female to be appointed premier.

The ABC predicted that the ALP will gain 53 of the 89 seats, the LNP 31 with 5 seats going to other candidates.

The analysts are predicting that Queensland Greens MP Ronan Lee will lose his seat of Indooroopilly.

Polls published in The Australian predicted a hung parliament. The ABC's predictions contradict these polls.

The Courier Mail also gives the election to the ALP. They give the ALP 49 seats; LNP 27; Others 4; and 9 undecided.

Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg conceded the election at 8:15pm local time (12:15pm UTC).


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Google removes some street view images

March 21, 2009 Google’s release of Google Street View, which is a panoramic street-mapping tool, has sparked complaints which have forced the company to remove some images.

Some of the images that were removed have been said to depict individuals, such as a man entering a sex shop, a person throwing up, and people being arrested.

Google has stated that if anyone wanted their picture removed, they would do so. "We've got millions of images, so the percentage removed was very small," said Laura Scott, a spokesperson for Google, to the BBC. "We want this to be a useful tool and it's people's right to have their image removed. The fact there are now gaps [in Street View] shows how responsive we are," she added.

Street View was released on May 25, 2007, and is available in many different countries, including the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain and Italy.

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Google removes some stree view images —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.96.254.176 (talk) 18:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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Rock music church in Pennsylvania allowed concerts under court settlement

March 21, 2009

A Pennsylvania church that claims to worship through rock music may hold a limited number of concerts under a recent federal court settlement.

In the face of complaints from neighbors about noise and traffic problems, the Fayette County zoning department found in 2005 that the Church of Universal Love and Music was operating a music business instead of a church and must shut down.

William Pritts, founder of the Bullskin Township church, sued in 2006 under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, claiming the ruling infringed on his right to religious freedom. A 12-page court settlement filed in a Pittsburgh federal court allows Pritts to hold six concerts on Friday-through-Sunday weekends, and six additional events on six other Saturdays. However, the music must end by 11:00 p.m. local time on Fridays and Saturdays and 9:00 p.m. on Sundays.

"The church is very much looking forward to a long future of providing services to the community," Gregory Koerner, Pritts' attorney, told The Herald-Standard.

Koerner said events are already planned for May and June 2009.

Under the settlement the church must keep sound from the concerts below the ambient sound level at the property line. The agreement also prohibits the illegal use of drugs and alcohol, and nudity is also not allowed. Pritts will have to also hire an independent security staff to oversee the safety at the concerts and he will not be allowed to have any more than 600 automobiles parked on or near the property during the events.

The Church of Universal Love and Music gained national attend when a segment about its dispute with the county was featured on Comedy Central's The Daily Show in 2003. During the segment, Pritts said, "God never said you can't party on."

The dispute started in 2001, when Pritts filed for a zoning exception to hold concerts at the Bullskin Township site. At the time, he was building an amphitheater stage, not a church, and neighbors and county officials grew concerned when Pritts said the concerts could attract up to 4,000 people, many of whom camp out overnight at the site. Concert attendance totals will have to be limited per the settlement, to no more than 1,500 people per event.

Fayette County officials said he only formed the church so he could charge admission under the guise of a "donation" after the county rejected his plans. Koerner insisted Pritts' religious convictions are sincere. The county has been ordered to pay Pritts legal fees which total US$75,000.


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Emirates jet tail strikes runway during takeoff at Melbourne airport

March 21, 2009 According to officials, an Airbus A340 jetliner registered to the Emirates airline struck its tail upon the runway as it took off from Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia Saturday. More than 225 people were on board.

Flight EK407, which had departed for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had to circle around the airport for 45 minutes, dumping fuel, before making an emergency landing.

There were no reports of injuries, although some of the runway lights were knocked out during the incident.

"It [the aeroplane] took off very steeply, the tail touched the end of the runway, and it went up, stabilised and came back," a Melbourne Airport spokesman told the Agence France-Presse news agency.

One passenger, Catherine Edmunds, described the event at terrifying while speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"We did land successfully, thankfully, and the plane was surrounded by paramedics and fire engines. It was terrifying," Edmunds said. "I'd hate to go through it again."

The Emirates airline stated that they had dispatched a safety team to Melbourne to investigate the accident.

Aviation authorities from Australia also launched their own investigation. Ian Brokenshire, a spokesman for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, announced that "we will be looking at the flight data records, getting data off that, interviewing the crew, interviewing the company representatives, inspecting the runway and aircraft."

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UK's BAA forced to sell three airports

March 21, 2009 UK firm has been told by the  that they must sell three of their airports within two years. Gatwick and airports, both serving London, England, and either  or  in Scotland must be sold, in that order.

BAA, mostly owned by Spain's, described the ruling as 'flawed'. Despite challenging a preliminary ruling last year, BAA had also already begun the process to seek a buyer for Gatwick in 2008. Ferrovial, who will still have a London airport with, has two months to appeal if they wish.

The two year deadline is an extension of the deadline given by the Commission in its previous ruling. Ferrovial, who bought BAA and their seven UK airports in 2006 for 14 billion, complained that the ruling was impractical given the current recession.

Gatwick and Stansted must be sold to different buyers to ensure adequate competition between both airports and Heathrow. The decision has been praised by airlines including Ryanair and.

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I'm trying to understand why the photographer could not wait until the person was done puking. Perhaps there were so many people puking on that street at the time that they had no opportunity in which to take a puking-free picture. Ultimately, I'm sad that this feature was removed-it was fun. Too bad a couple of embarrassed people ruined everything by going into a sex shop near a photographer. Bad idea in the first place, dude.
 * I do believe the camera on the google car is automatic.--66.229.11.230 20:06, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a kind of globe on top of a vehicle that automatically takes pictures every second or two as the vehicle drives up and down streets. 206.74.5.136 02:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

"it's people's right to have their image removed." If they do, they shouldn't. If radiation bouncing off you strikes me when I'm in a public space, I have every right to record that and put it on the internet, even if you're naked.

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Some of the images that were removed have been said to depict individuals, such as a man entering a sex shop, a person throwing up, and people being arrested.

Google has stated that if anyone wanted their picture removed, they would do so. "We've got millions of images, so the percentage removed was very small," said Laura Scott, a spokesperson for Google, to the BBC. "We want this to be a useful tool and it's people's right to have their image removed. The fact there are now gaps [in Street View] shows how responsive we are," she added.

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Newsworthy?
I fail to see how this is newsworthy... Airliners are tested to be able to safely handle tailstrikes, and besides some dents and a messed up paint job, there is generally no danger or significant damage. There is no mention that there was in this case, and given the information in this article I do not think this is newsworthy. The only difference (in my opinion) between this and someone lightly damaging the rear bumper of a city bus in a fender-bender is that most people are extremely familiar with roads, but few know anything about aviation. Obviously there are newsworthy aviation incidents, and there have been an abnormally high number lately, but this is not one of them. Thanks, Falconus (talk) 01:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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New Zealand pilots receive bravery awards for foiling airliner hijack

March 21, 2009

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) has awarded two New Zealand pilots with the Polaris Award for their bravery in landing their plane during an attempted hijacking and then confronting the alleged hijacker.

Pilot Dion McMillan and co-pilot Ross Haverfield were given the awards at an IFALPA conference in Auckland today. They were flying over New Zealand's South Island in February 2008 when the incident took place. A woman armed with a knife said she had two bombs in her luggage and told them to fly to Australia.

McMillan issued a mayday call advising air traffic control of the situation and the pilots performed an emergency landing at Christchurch International Airport. McMillan and Haverfield then waited until the passengers had disembarked before confronting the woman, who had already stabbed one passenger.

A fight broke out in which Haverfield was stabbed in the foot and McMillan's hand was stabbed so badly he was off work for several months. Asha Ali Abdille, a 33-year-old Somali woman living in New Zealand, was subsequently arrested. Her trial is pending and will begin in September.

McMillan accepted Haverfield's award on his behalf, the co-pilot not attending the black tie dinner at Auckland's SkyCity Convention Centre, which was put on as part of an IFALPA convention lasting a week. He could say very little about the event due to the pending court action, but he did say of his hand "The movement's good but there's still not much feeling left."


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Thousands evacuated after chemical truck overturns in Pennsylvania

March 21, 2009 A tractor-trailer carrying 32,000 pounds of hydrofluoric acid overturned on a northeastern Pennsylvania highway early Saturday morning, prompting the evacuation of about 5,000 people. The truck, registered to the Honeywell company, flipped over at about 2:40 a.m. after the driver swerved to avoid a deer.

The pressurized acid began to leak after the vehicle flipped over onto its side on Route 33 in Plainfield Township, but Northampton County authorities said Saturday the nobody was injured and the leak was contained by noon.

Residents were evacuated as Hazmat officials were brought in to clean up the site. Inhalation of hydrofluoric acid can be fatal, and low doses can irritate the eyes, nose and respiratory tract.

But Northampton County Administration Director John Conklin said the leak was slow-moving, and not enough of the chemical leaked to create a toxic cloud.

"This will be over real quick," Conklin told CNN International.

Hundreds of evacuees were taken to the Pen Argyl Area High School in nearby Pen Argyl, but Conklin anticipated they would be able to return to their homes by the end of the day.

Hydrogen fluoride is a hazardous and highly corrosive chemical compound used mostly for industrial purposes. It is also an ingredient in high-octane gasoline, refrigerants and light bulbs.

The driver of the truck, Raymond Leblanc, 54, of Harrow, Ontario, was treated at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg for minor injuries and released Saturday. A passenger, Joseph Dault, 51, of Ontario, was not hurt.


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Four Oakland, California police officers shot, all in critical condition

March 21, 2009

According to a confirmed report by police, four officers in the Oakland, California police department have been shot and are in critical condition. The incident was reported to have occurred around the 7400 block of the city's MacArthur Boulevard at approximately 1:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time after two motorcycle officers pulled over another vehicle, after which they were both fired upon by the suspect driving the car.

Oakland Police chief Howard Jordan said in a statement that a call was made to the police department at around the same time stating that the two officers had been shot. Police units were then dispatched on a manhunt for the shooter.

At 3:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, an unnamed caller reported sight of the suspects on a near street, East 27th Street, causing police to create a blockade, surrounding the suspect. This is where the other two wounded officers were shot, this time in an exchange of gunfire while attempting to take the alleged shooter of the two officers into custody. The suspect was killed by police gunfire.

All four of the officers have been taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where they are all listed in critical condition. Currently, police are investigating whether there was more than one shooter, but it is believed that the suspect that was attempted to be taken into custody was the only one involved with the crime.


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Madagascar's former opposition leader sworn in as president

March 22, 2009 Andry Rajoelina, who ousted Madagascan ex-president President Marc Ravalomanana earlier this week, officially became the leader of the country, after being sworn in on Saturday.

National television broadcast the inauguration, which occurred at a soccer field in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Tens of thousands of people attended the event, although approximately 2,000 supporters of Ravalomanana held protests in the capital's Democracy Square.

“We proclaim today the end of the dictatorship,” said the new president, promising to tackle corruption that was rife under Ravalomanana.

Earlier this week, then-president Ravalomanana gave up his power to military forces, which subsequently gave Rajoelina control over the government. Rajoelina was the former mayor of Antananarivo.

Many foreign powers, among them the United States and France, have denounced the change in leadership as a coup. Norway and the US have both frozen all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar, whilst the African Union suspended Madagascar's membership. The South African Development Community (SADC) stated that it "completely rejected the legitimacy" of the new president.


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 * Three officers are dead
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 * The perp is dead. He is LOVELLE MIXON age 26 of Oakland. Police followed him into a building where he initiated a gunfight. 208.127.211.39 06:47, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

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Source Nr. 3 links to secure.en.wikinews for some reason, and gives a page load error. Is this caused by an incorrect link? I'll try to review this article anyway, but I may not be able to verify everything. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I search for the article title on Google, and found it. Looks like the URL in the source link got messed up somehow. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:48, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

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Maybe I'm just missing something, but this story has me confused. Some of the sources say there was one suspect, others say there were two. The sources also differ over whether the suspect was killed or just wounded. Could someone clarify this for me? ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:59, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems that the CNN source was updated last, so I would go by that. R .T . 01:03, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
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Early morning fire kills four New York group home residents

March 22, 2009

After an early morning fire began, four out of the nine people living at the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative group home located in Wells, New York were killed by the blaze. The Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office, which supervises the home, told the media that the fire started at approximately 5:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time. Two staff members were at the home at the time, who safely evacuated four of the five survivors.

The names of the residents killed in the fire were not able to be released due to New York's Mental Hygiene Law, but are able to be identified as two adult men, aged 32 and 52, and two adult women, aged 43 and 60. A 71-year-old male was injured in the fire, and was taken to a hospital in Utica, a nearby city. The other four residents have been relocated to an unnamed group home. Both staff members are also being examined at the hospital.

"On behalf of all New Yorkers, I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones and friends of the four victims and to continue to pray for the full recovery of those five people and two staff members who survived this incident. I also want to express my thanks and appreciation for the first responders and volunteers who worked swiftly and diligently to respond to this tragedy," David Patterson, the governor of New York, said to the media.

The exact cause of the fire has yet to be determined. However, the New York Civil Liberties Union stated that "the blaze appears to have been an electrical fire and the sprinkler system was knocked out immediately." They also called for "an immediate investigation into the causes of and contributing factors of the fire."

The New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control is currently investigating the causes of the blaze, with help from New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities.


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