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Updates
Hi Again. I was wondering how I do a follow up to the article. Do i add a new section titled update, start a new story or .... Gnangarra 12:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice title change, do think its ready to be published Gnangarra 13:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
I was about to put the article up for review, since it's my first one here. Thanks for the cleanup, and the vote of confidence. :-) GreenReaper 05:27, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Further Confusion 2007 article
Thank you for your help with the recent vandalism on the Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007 article. I appreciate your hard work :) -- JaeSharp 06:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I would note that all recent vandal IPs appear to be from the Tor network. Not sure how often you get vandals, but we ended up just banning the whole Tor range, and found vandalism from both IPs and manufactured users dropped significantly. GreenReaper 07:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I just noticed this, all Tor nodes should be blocked from editing as proxies. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Jazz win, maintain Northwest Division lead
Regarding the opening line you deleted - it wasn't an editorial comment, just a lead-in statement...but I'll defer to your more experienced judgment in such matters. Theirishpianist 06:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. Should I just eliminate the use of such opening tags altogether or just watch my wording of such things? I prefer for my news write-ups to have a little character but I definitely don't want to tread on policies and procedures in the process. Theirishpianist 15:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Revert
Hi, i see you just reverted the edit mad by me earlier stating that it screwed the look up, however i changed it to make it look better on my screen at home which now, before my edit and after the revert, has a paragraph sized whit space in the middle of the article. I don't know if it looks different on your screen but if it does then something needs to be done so it looks better on both our screens. Thanks--86.136.225.72 09:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I have uploaded a picture of the problem and it is shown here--86.136.225.72 10:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Snow
Thanks for helping me with this artilce it is greatly appriciated. It is one of my first articles i have started from scratch (i think it is only the second!). Thanks --Markie 12:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
thanks much for your help i will contribut as best as i can here as well!!Maverick423 16:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: HIV vaccine
I was just passing by on my way to my next holiday, hope I cleared some things out, the article looks excellent now.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Lead
Working on it.--Elatanatari 17:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Template:QuoteLeft
Can you take a look at this template, two niggles with it. (a) I want a few pixels space to the right of it, and (b) I want the quote attribution to be inside a bar that is a slightly darker grey. I'm no expert on the code from that and have probably done a terrible job of adapting template:q. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing this, looks good on the Putin article. Do you think it would be better with the parameter order changed so attribution is second?  That way you'd not be forced to always specify the quote size.
 * Found solution: . --Brian McNeil / talk 11:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Here is another little template I've created. I stuck it on Wikimedia, but I'm wondering what other places it could be used - and if the date will auto update. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I see your point about directing traffic to WP. I'd like to think there are places where we could use this, and WP could have a similar template to direct to our features.  --Brian McNeil / talk 19:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Microsoft patent to make ads disable computer
Hi, could you please check the Talk:Microsoft_patent_to_make_ads_disable_computer regarding the removed links? thanks Towsonu2003 07:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * From reading the Groklaw source I've added to this, advertising to subsidise PCs provided by ISPs and Telcos is only a part of it. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

tea
cheers for that - really appriciated thanks. nice to know someone notices. --Markie 20:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

wikinews:Browse
what do you think of the map. (try clicking on it in various continents). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the excellent edits
I really appreciate your thoughtful and careful editing of some new articles I have created on Wikinews. As I gain the hang of it, hopefully I wont make some of the same errors. Your style of patient and craftsman-like editing is very encouraging to new editors such as me. Best regards. Anlace 17:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Shorts...
Thanks...

On something else wntiryl WikiCast needs ideas :-) ShakespeareFan00 18:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

SSB
Hi there, thank you for explaning. I didn't know that we couldn't write past news ("past" being reasonably short of course) but thank you for acknowledging that I put a lot of work into it, so I am hoping that it could be salvaged somehow? I'll try to look for any recent news but I do hope that it can be saved somehow if you could be kind enough to consider it. Please excuse my ignorance of Wikinews policies. Thanks. IronFist 23:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Is anything special required for this development? IronFist 02:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

University of Helsinki Hiring Scandal Article
Doldrums,

Please see my recent responses.

Perhaps you would be interested in continuing this or authoring a related article?

All documentation is freely available (though in Swedish).

HANS

Images
Please could adjust the image Image:DSCF3774.JPG to Image:Sparkler.JPG on: Ready for deletion due to duplication off commons. Thanks. Lcarsdata (Talk) 16:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 401st Guy Fawkes celebrated in parts of the Commonwealth
 * Record amount of fires during New Zealand Guy Fawkes

Re: Spot of OR
Sorry too busy with other things...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the welcome. I will do my best to be a good contributor. Kpillai 13:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)Kpillai

doldrums/tilde
Dear sir, I am not very computer savy. How to sign my messages with tilde? water cooler is not much of help. regarding the iranian border fence with pakistan, i am putting the following article published today in the news. link http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=45611

this is for your kind information. thanks. Dear sir, Thanks for the kind explanation. i got it. keep up the good work. Captainjohann 16:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome
I would just like to say thank you for the welcome to Wikinews. I used to work on Wikicast before being hit by throat cancer, which robbed me of most of my voice, so although I can still talk, I sound like a strangled bullfrog. Not good for recording spoken media.

If you have any questions for me, please direct them to my Talk page.

Regards and thank you, Tmalmjursson 17:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind comments
Thank you, Doldrums, for the encouragement and comments. I am new at this and feeling my way around. I will contribute more articles when I can. Cheers, Jcart1534 17:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

deleted article and talk page
Where can I find an archived copy of a news story I was researching that was deleted? Obituary 18:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * replied on Water cooler. — Doldrums(talk) 18:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletion
Hi, i see you have deleted one of my nominated deletions for redirects and i am going to add many more broken redirect pages to the speedy delete catergory. However they do not show up on the Admin board as the template will not include due to the redirect over ride. Would you like me to keep adding the templates for you to see the pages in the speedy delete category, leave you to find the pages on broken redirects page or leave you alone completely and annoy another admin?? Cheers--MarkieTalk 20:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup i saw that there were quite a few that were broken and thought they had to be listed for deletion but if there is a bot then i will stop. Thanks anyway--MarkieTalk 20:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Solamia article and colon
Should this page headline end with a colon?
 * Eritrean minister warns of war over Ugandan troops in Somalia:
 * --Wowaconia 17:39, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Image of missing boy
this image: is copyvio. It is from a source that we compete with and they either contacted the family for the image or they paid for it. Neither of which we have done. i am not aginst the image but it needs to be uploaded from a source that allows their material to be copied.

Here is what they say: ''This Site and all the materials available on the Site are the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Site is provided solely for your personal noncommercial use. You may not use the Site or the materials available on the Site in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or that has not been authorized by us. More specifically, unless explicitly authorized in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Site. You may, however, from time to time, download and/or print one copy of individual pages of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.'' DragonFire1024 21:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for uploading a non-copyrighted image of Christopher Barrios, Jr. for the page Boy missing in Glynn County, Georgia. At first, I thought the image I had uploaded previously was okay (c'mon...we're talking about a missing child!), but apparently it was not (or at least that's what DragonFire1024 said). Once again, thank you for all of your help.

- First Coast News

OS &CU
After the mild debate on ALERT, I have been bold and proposed this could you please have a look over, and sign if you agree Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 10:16, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: Spot of OR
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I have been busy with other things and dont seem to find the time to contribute here as much as I would like to these days. How did you go with it? Cheers - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page
Can you take a look at this? There's an edit that loses a lot and the diff is difficult to follow. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Bombing article
Hey, thanks for adding the source. Each of the three was slightly different so i put all three, and i wasnt able to find a third, so i didnt put one. Since i couldnt find a third, i didnt publish it at that point and left it for someone (such as yourself) to add. Thanks for finishing it up.—Dark Squall 19:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Redirection
Ahh sorry didn't know it was done like this. Thanks for fixing it.--Markie Talk 22:00, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Iraq Body Count and Bagdhad casualties
Hi Doldrums. I just wanted to discuss this a bit more. According to data compiled by Iraq Body Count (IBC), a volunteer project that maintains a database of civilian deaths in Iraq from media reports, at least 393 people died in and around Baghdad between February 15 and March 11. How did you come up with that figure? Did you sift through Lily Hamourtziadou's two articles and keep a running tally? Because nowhere in those two sources do I find the number 393. I then went to IBC's database which they maintain for transparency. However, the most recent data there is for March 1. I tallied the numbers from Feb 15 to March 1 and came up with 72. Even doubling that number for the missing days still falls way short of any numbers mentioned.

I think that it is very dangerous to cite a source such as IBC as independent and/or neutral. It is very clear from their rationale and methodology statements that they represent a certain point of view and possibly have an axe to grind. "we want to only record those deaths to which we can unambiguously hold our own leaders to account." Yet the database includes items such as incident k5517: "20 bodies found shot, tortured, gunfire, executed, tortured." The Bush administration (sorry "our leaders") is unambiguously accountable for this?

The body count "also includes excess civilian deaths caused by criminal action resulting from the breakdown in law and order which followed the coalition invasion," but nowhere do I see what allowances they make for regular criminal action. Do they make allowances for regular sectarian violence? I mean, there must have been some, even under Saddam's iron rule.

Co-founder John Sloboda is a psychologist who used to write about music but now preaches non-violence. The other founder Hamit Dardagan seems to have been a computer teacher although IBC calls him a "a freelance researcher currently working in London. He has made an in-depth study of the research methods of Professor Marc Herold, who pioneered a media-based methodology for estimating civilian deaths in the Afghan war." So he read a real professors work? That qualifies him how?

And who is Lily Hamourtziadou? My best guess is she is a volunteer that reads news articles on the web. That sounds a lot like what I do in my spare time.

And their list of Sources looks pretty impressive at first glance but what is Common Dreams? I would not consider them a legitimate news source. Intellnet.org obviously fails IBC's own requirement of regular updates. And nothing against Aviation Week & Space Technology but I don't think they have too many reporters on the ground in Iraq.

Just a few thoughts and observations about Iraq Body Count.--SVTCobra 17:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I am so sorry. I did not see you notes. I apologize for this and for my tally above, it was not even close to accurate. I think I must have missed the first several days of the period which included, among other things, the market place bombing that claimed 62 days. Any way, by my corrected tally I got 183 (not the low 72) which is close enough to your 200. Although I included them, they are using codes for sources that are not on their list. For example, k5512 neither source is on the list and I am not sure what VOI and Al-Shar are. --SVTCobra 20:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the link to the Brookings institution and the sources key. The list on IBC's about-page is out-of-date. I re-tallied again and got 199 this time. So, I must be pretty sloppy. The Brookings report interestingly uses IBC data and talks (page 13) about Iraq Ministry of Interior figures being 75% higher than IBC. The fact that they use that data does speak to IBC credibility. They are certainly more qualified than I to make such judgements. Thanks for all your hard work. --SVTCobra 21:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank-you
Thanks for the comment - really appriciate it!--Mark Talk 11:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for encouragement!
Hey Doldrums, thanks for the newcomer award. Greatly appreciated! Cheers, Jcart1534 14:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the additions and clean-up of the Italian_journalist_freed_by_Afghan_captors article. Really improved it! That new map is perfect. Did you find it in WikiCommons? Jcart1534 11:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

edits to protected pages
In my opinion, it's not a good idea, because I think sysops have to be fluent in the language used in the wikis where they are active. And I think i'm not fluent in English language. And also because I am not an writer on WN-EN, even if I have no big problems to read. But thanks anyway for having suggested that. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 14:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Another thing: I have now seen, in the bottom of archived articles, the template:Archived. Next times I will pay attention and list interwikis to add or to update in the right page: Admin action alerts. [[Image:Smiley.png|15px|smiley]] Hégésippe | ±Θ± 09:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

???
Why did you move the discussion back to the mis-spelled version of licensing? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Spelling error on Main page
The first allegedly should be spelled "allegedly". Centrx 05:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It would also be good to remove the huge and hugely unfunny warning. Centrx 05:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
--Enemymain 07:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Don´t add wiki cybersquatting to pages. This is clear vandalism.

relicensing/edp
Please see: User:DragonFire1024/Images to request for EDP DragonFire1024 11:53, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Johnny the Vandal
I'm formerly him, of the english wikipedia. --Jackjohn Rimbaud 09:54, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome message...
I just wanted to say thanks for the message you left on my talk page welcoming me to Wikinews. I have been an editor on Wikipedia since August 2006 and I'm hoping to contribute to Wikinews regularly as well. Thanks once again. --Jatkins 14:49, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

RE: Fair Use policy
Thanks for the link. I do understand the policy but dont like it being retroactive and discouraging EDP. We are a news service, which is time critical, sometimes it is impossible to get "free" images - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * How about actually checking the articles they are in doldrums: User:DragonFire1024/Images to request for EDP. Instead of telling me mine are no good actually take a look at them. DragonFire1024 08:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I understand that but it says "minimal EDP" - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:23, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * What is Minimal? and what is not? What images ARE allowed and which are not...do we even have that list? DragonFire1024 07:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

copyvio
thanks for that advice with the template, will use it in future. re: text blanking :- i thought the text had to be left in place for easy checking of the copyright for deletion?? --Mark Talk 16:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Breaking?
I noticed you put on Cruise ship evacuated off Greek coast. Is this really needed? I feel that we are using the tags way to much. Your opinion? (On another note, the template suggests readers to join the IRC channel, personally I believe the person who added that tag should join as well). terinjokes | Talk 17:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I still believe whoever uses that template should at least be in the IRC channel. terinjokes | Talk 17:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Iraq Article
Despite our difference of opinion on that Iraq article, I hope we can still keep civilly working together. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 11:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Warning of 'ethnic cleansing' if US pulls out of Iraq
I saw your comments on my comments. I just want to let you know that I am working on a response. I am giving it considerable thought and I hope to convincingly illustrate my point. I agree with your collaboration request, this article ought be able to be published and hopefully through consensus. (BTW, this is delaying Wikinews Shorts for today. lol). --SVTCobra 19:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have finished my response. I posted it on the talk page of the article, but I will include it here, too:

You and I have debated this issue before, most notably in the article Iraqi authorities say Baghdad violence has dropped sharply, where I took issue with you for presenting statistics from Iraq Body Count and New York Times. I felt that in an article that was about what somebody (in that case an Iraqi general) said did not need to be contradicted by statistics from other sources. That time I made my argument by attacking the credibility of those sources and eventually acquiesced, though I remained unconvinced (not about the credibility but the need for that information in the article).

This time it is similar, but also quite different. In retrospect, I think I should have made my argument on these grounds back then. What it all hinges upon is the need to present both sides to maintain a NPOV. WN:NPOV touches on this subject in A consequence: writing for the enemy.

At this point I think it is important to consider what the article is about. If we can agree that all articles about 'events in one shape or another, I think they can be broken down, into two main categories.

An article reporting about an event, such as an incident or action, should present both sides. For example, 15 Royal Navy sailors captured at gunpoint by Iranian guards would be totally POV if it did not present the Iranian view that the sailors were in Iranian waters.

On the other hand, an article reporting about an event such as an announcement, a speech, an interview, or a press conference, should not face the same demands. In these cases, the article is just reporting, what someone said or did, and can do so neutrally without presenting opposing views or refute what they said or did. We, as Wikinews, are just there to bear witness and report what we saw or heard (or read as is mostly the case for an internet based news agency). I call into evidence this article, Security Council recommends Ban Ki-moon for UN Secretary-General. This article reports on the event of the Security Council recommendation of Ban Ki-moon, which basically is an announcement. It would have been totally inappropriate to litter the article with information like so-and-so thought John Doe would be better etc. Likewise, it would have been inappropriate to include any of things that are in this section of Ban Ki-moon's Wikipedia page (Criticism). In fact, if one did so, I think that would be engaging the Security Council in debate.

Therefore, I recommend that the article about Gates (it is currently called Warning of 'ethnic cleansing' if US pulls out of Iraq, a headline that I disagree with) be published without statistics about casualties, death tolls, displaced peoples etc.

If it is published with that information, which I am not saying is inaccurate in any way, it also opens the door for the other side, which is to include the good things that are happening in Iraq. I know, sounds far fetched, but there are many public works projects taking place there. It becomes an open-ended article. We could end up having to include Saddam Husseins final statements or what Rush Limbaugh said last Tuesday (I don't actually know what he said last Tuesday or any day for that matter). Oh and we can't leave out Cindy Sheehan, and OBL himself might want to weigh in on this.

Ok, I got a little silly there at the end. But in conclusion I think this article should stay focused and on point, which is to report on what Gates said. All the other stuff belongs in other articles.

Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: US Defense Secretary evaluates Iraq and the political climate
Sounds good, Doldrums. I had gone ahead and made some small edits to that effect. If they are not suitable, please feel free to change them back. Cheers, Jcart1534 22:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Info for a story...
I came aross a website that had information about one Republican's campaign falling to the ground.

Link to Info

Is this info good for a story on wikinews or not?

67.36.86.7 05:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Welcome!
Thanks for the welcome message. I've already learned a lot by posting a story I knew of and observing the edits made by more experienced members.--LtlKtytalk 03:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Smile, You're On Prescription-Drugs.com!

 * lol. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * what the... –Doldrums(talk) 17:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

User: 86.149.191.23

 * This IP address was blocked for 1 week not only for vandalism begining here but also decided to spam. The block should be indefinite. 24 hours for this kind of vandalism is not sufficient. DragonFire1024 17:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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Policeman killed in football-related violence in Italy

February 3, 2007

In Catania, Italy, a police officer has died as a consequence of football violence. In the hospital 40-year-old Filippo Raciti succumbed to his injuries. A small explosive device had struck him in the face. Several hooligans have been arrested but no suspect has been arrested for the death of Raciti yet.

Clashes erupted after the Serie A Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo. The match, which started earlier because of public safety concerns, had already been interrupted once, after 58 minutes. After a controversial goal from Caracciolo (which may or may not have been offside), fans started rioting and tear gas drifted onto the field. "We had to go back to the changing rooms because we couldn't breathe. If we cannot get into our heads that football is a sport we cannot live in the world of football." said Palermo coach Francesco Guidolin reacted.

After 40 minutes the players were able to resume the match, which Palermo won 2-1. Di Michele used his hand to score the winning goal, which the referee didn't notice. After the game was over, aggression continued outside the football stadium, with dozens of injured taken to the hospital.

In response to the ongoing football violence in Italy and after this particular incident, Italian Football Federation commissioner Luca Pancalli suspended all professional, amateur and national team matches. He had warned about such a measure earlier last Sunday after riots in several cities. Catania chairman and owner Antonino Pulvirenti stated his intention to leave the football world. In a reaction to the events, Maurizio Zamparini, chairman of the Palerma football team, called for stricter football laws, such as in the United Kingdom. Italian prime minister Romano Prodi stated: "...we need a strong and clear signal to avoid the degeneration of this sport which we are seeing more dramatically and more often."

The day after the events, graffiti appeared in the headquarters of local newspaper Il Tirreno in Livorno and in the city of Piacenza, hailing the events as revenge for the death in 2001 of anti-globalization activist Carlo Giuliani. Giuliani was killed during demonstrations against a Group of Eight summit in 2001.


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British Columbia could get an earthquake, survey warns

February 4, 2007

The Geological Survey of Canada is reporting that there is a higher probability that a major earthquake could strike the south coast of British Columbia within the next week. The alert comes after seismologists began monitoring a grouping of small tremors moving north along the cascadia subduction zone from nearby Washington State.

The phenomenon is called Epesodic Tremor and Slip (ETS), and it occurs on average every 14 months. ETS is causing the fault to begin moving in the opposite direction, in this case, Vancouver Island is actually shifting to the west, instead of to the east. This causes an added pressure on the strained fault line, and leads to the higher probability that a major earthquake could occur.

The Cascadia subduction zone, running from Vancouver Island to northern California is one of the most volatile geologic fault lines in the world. Unlike the well known San Andreas fault, which has the potential of generating earthquakes in the 7–8 range, the Cascadia fault line has the potential of releasing mega quakes in the magnitude 9 range - the size of the Sumatra quake that killed over 250,000 people, mostly from the tsunamis it triggered.

A quake of that magnitude could devastate a wide area, including Vancouver, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington, a denselypopulated area with close to 6 million residents.

The Canadian geological survey points out, however, that this is only a higher probability, and the chances of a cataclysmic earthquake in the next week is still relatively low.

Vancouverites often are unaware of the potential risk right below their feet.

"Living in Los Angeles, we always got those little reminders every time the ground rumbled. We are indeed living in Earthquake Country. Up here, though, we don't get them as often, so I think people really forget that we live in an earthquake zone. And because we don't get those little shocks from time to time, that stress is just building and building, and who knows, these little tremors we're getting now, might be the straw that breaks the camel's back."


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User talk:207.194.196.65

Welcome!

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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!--86.136.225.72 16:56, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Mmcmillan

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: 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!Lyellin 17:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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British Columbia could get an earthquake, survey warns
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Piccys? It would help this article a lot. Especially pictures of Tony Dungy or a goal by the Colts? 74.105.136.156 13:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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editprotected I was just wondering if we could add a See Also to this story and post a link to the Colt's failure this year. Any thoughts? Buggie111 (talk) 03:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ❌ Generally we use the see also section only for stories already published when this one was published. (As a general rule, we also don't edit articles this old unless there is a very pressing reason to). cheers Bawolff ☺☻ 03:13, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

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February 4, 2007

Bible scholar Professor Michael Duggan, who teaches biblical literature at the Catholic St. Mary's University College in Calgary, Alberta, says the Jehovah's Witnesses have taken a bible reading out of context which the parents of Canada's first sextuplets used to back up their belief.

His comment is regarding the following text from Leviticus 17:10-14:

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Duggan says the passages refer to the blood of slaughtered animals. He also argues the "way the Jehovah's Witnesses read the biblical text is simply wrong."

"The point that I make to the physicians is none of these texts has to do with human blood," said Duggan. "Certainly, they never had to do with transfusions."

"What they have to do with is the handling of animals that are slaughtered and the cooking and the procedures in cooking the meat so as to be free of contamination and disease."

The parents of the sextuplets tried to stop the hospital from giving their babies a blood transfusion. The Government of British Columbia gave four of them transfusions. It only became public on Friday.

Two of the infants have died from ailments that physicians argued could have been helped by blood transfusions.

The parents are now asking the B.C. government for an apology, as their right to practice their religion has been interrupted.


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This bit, "There are only four babies left after two of them died earlier." needs a few sentences of background before you can use it. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, i agree. I added some background to the story before I read your comment :) — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  20:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd read the earlier story and pretty much forgotten about it, then I read this and didn't make the connection through the last sentence in the article. I'd probably put something up-front to indicating the guy is commenting on this case. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Done — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  21:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * perhaps needs some sort of reponse from somebody of that religion? Bawolff ☺☻ 21:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Article reads well now, a rebuttal would be interesting though probably difficult to come by. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I feel that this story is somewhat bias. I have deep connections with Jehovahs Witnesses and this story somewhat offended me. Especially with what the person was saying about reading the bible. I feel that everyone should have their own rights. But I'd rather see people not blow this out of porpotion.

 * I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and this scholar is using a straw man argument. The Noahide command on blood specifically includes human blood. I t does not imply that people were inclined to eat human blood that that human blood is also to be 'poured out upon the ground' because God is 'asking it back'. - Genesis 9 George m 23:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry but its a too late to change it now. (We in general only change article before they are published, or at most a couple days after) sorry. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:05, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


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Google removes posts from blog critical of New Zealand government

February 5, 2007

Google removed a number of posts from a blog which rants about the New Zealand Department of Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS), called CYFSWATCH NEW ZEALAND. The action comes after the New Zealand Government laid a formal complaint, according to Radio New Zealand. The removal of information by Google has been described by observers as censorship.

The blog, hosted by Google's Blogspot, invites readers to send in their stories about how they have been treated by CYFS, and also to provide a description and personal details of the people hired by CYFS.

The blog describes itself as a web site that "...is dedicated to all those people who have been bullied, intimidated, or 'familially raped' by the Department of Child, Youth, & Family..."

The Blogger Team made a post saying Google had found, following the complaint, that some blog content may have allegedly breached their Blogspot terms of service. "As a result, we've been forced to remove the infringing posts from your blog."

CYFSWATCH then asked Google under what grounds did they breach the terms of service.

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Former New Zealand politician, Don Brash, officially leaves politics

February 5, 2007

Today Doctor Don Brash, former politician and leader of the New Zealand opposition, National, has formally left politics.

It is unknown to Dr Brash on what he will now do, but has said previously that he will not join a state-owned enterprise while the Labour Party is the Government.

Wikinews has been advised by Dr Brash's executive assistant, Anne Small that before today, he had been packing up his office and clearing "a vast amount of correspondence."


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Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007

Cell phones, cigarette lighters and glowsticks are raised in tribute as Circle of Life begins playing. Soon cheers drown out the song as the multicoloured performers appear on stage. A somewhat unusual introduction; but this is no ordinary show, and these are no ordinary attendees. This is Further Confusion, the second largest furry convention in the world. The volunteer organizers have something to cheer about, too; Furry fans have gathered from far and wide at the DoubleTree Hotel to indulge their love of anthropomorphics, and Further Confusion's 9th year is its largest, with a paid attendance of 2061. Their gains mirror those of Midwest FurFest, a similar convention held in Schaumburg, Illinois which grew 35% last November.

Both events feature art shows and auctions, live puppetry performance, masquerades, variety shows, games and parades, as well as panels that range from science and technology to society, sex and spirituality. Filling out the schedule, the hotel walls are lined with announcements of public and private room parties for separate groups. At night, the disco floor fills with dancing cats, dogs, and dragons.

For some, dressing up plays a large part of the convention - almost 300 brought a full costume. There are few professional mascots here, though, and only one or two of the costumes would be recognized by even the most avid cartoon-watcher. Instead, each act is planned and performed by other attendees, wearing "fursuits" of their own design. Many play off the year's secret-agent theme — "Fur Your Eyes Only".

Other fans seem content to restrict themselves to small accessories — perhaps some combination of paws, ears, or tail. Each fur bears a 3"x2" badge detailing their personal character, or "fursona". Often these characters are better-known than the people who play them. It may seem lighthearted, even frivolous, but these conventions are becoming big business. Furry fans spent over $180,000 for lodging during the five days (Jan 18-22) of Further Confusion, and another $50,000 at the art auction. Attendees also purchase all manner of merchandise from attending dealers and artists, from on-the-spot art commissions and comic books of all ratings to prints, sculptures, and plush toys - even their very own fluffy tail.

Of course, any business has risk, and conventions can drain wallets when the sums just don't add up. The first furry con, ConFurence in Southern California, ran successfully for over a decade, but cost its new organizer an estimated $60,000 in its last four years due to falling attendance before folding in 2003.

Anthropomorphic Arts and Education board member Peter Torkelson says that won't happen to Further Confusion. Indeed, the convention ran a healthy surplus of almost $30,000 on $125,000 revenue last year, allowing it to pay off the last of its old debts and save for the future. As Torkelson explains: "The idea is if for some reason, say an earthquake happens, and it cripples the revenue stream, the convention will be able to survive into the next year. It does help our staff to know that we have [a reserve]." The reserve also gives AAE the financial flexibility to fund charities throughout the year, a big part of its 501(c)(3) mandate. Over the nine years of the convention, attendees have raised over $60,000 for a variety of animal sanctuaries, wildlife refuges, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Further Confusion's hopes for the future are high. Chairwoman Laura Cherry noted that, unlike previous years, the board has "gone all out" for next year's tenth anniversary, booking as many rooms as the hotel could offer. The host for 2009 has yet to be decided, but for many fans the question was not whether the current hotel will reach a limit, but when - and where - the convention will find a new home.


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I am a member of the furry fandom, and founder of WikiFur. I am not a member of the convention staff or otherwise associated with AAE or Further Confusion. I was present for Friday through Monday of the convention and attended most of the large events - this article was written largely from my memory and photographic documentation of these events. (I also wrote most of furry convention at Wikipedia, which helped a bit. :-) GreenReaper 05:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

AAE board meeting notes

 * These unedited notes were taken on the Monday after the convention proper, at the annual Anthropomorphic Arts and Education board meeting GreenReaper 05:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Parent corpopration for Furtgher Confusion. 501c3 non profit

Handle hotel contract negotiations - more than a year before Convention itself held by the con committee - charity and exec committee People submit bids in september/october for the following year (ie 2008 in 2006). Mornings get light attendance - meetings are required by law.

During the HIss and Purr they address the larger body of people. "We are in a period where we are straining this hotel's space, and our options are not entirely optimal due to the hotel size in this area"

Laura Cherry Brent Edwards (Chip_Unicorn) Leon, (Mitra) Peter Torkelson (WhiteFire) Lee Strom (Chairo)

David Cooksey, and Jeff Ferris not atending.

Chris "Bos'n" Bartlett, Further Confusion 2008 chairman to be held in this hotel. dates to be determined by contract already signed, can't remember. Someitme around now. 5 for, 0 against, 2 abstensions.

Finally paid off all the art show panel loan.

Peter Torkelson, The idea is if for some reason, say an earthquake happens, it cripples the revenue, they will be able to survive into the next year. And allows AAE to fund charities at the con and throuoght the yaear, donated "much more than $50,000"

"It does help our staff to know [that we have a cash reserve]" On a number of occasions the board and the con staff

Paid registration attendance: 2061, as of last night Artshow (rough): $54,000, $44 ,500 before the art show auction Largest piece did not go to auction, "Starfighter?" One went $2,500. Been a good year, it has been over $50,000 before but there are no really large pieces this year

Conchair and vice-chair are hired. Boarrd members have fiduciary responsibility. Board members have to hold the organization's interests over their own interests, they have various forms of insurance, well over a million dollars,. A million per incident, three million in total Mitra: "All of the responsibility, non of the glory". Brent: There are some things we have to do and cannot talk about them. Laura: "We can neither confirm nor deny Mitra: We've never had to fire a con chair, we've sometimes had meetings and either did or

During the conventions they are required to step in if there is something going wrong. IF a conattendeee runs around juggling knives, I need to stop him." If I see the vice chair pull out a gun and waving it around, even if he's not serious, it's my job to stop him. " - There are lesser examples. If Peter: If there is something that is going to affect the long term state of the convention, we need to makee sure it is handled in some way, shape or form. "IN some cases we have to stick our nose in and directly interfere in some way or other". BRent: "I have had to interfere unoffiicially" "Board members often give their opinions, bu they don't mean jack unless we're actually holding our badge and saying 'I am a board member'"

296 at the end of the parade, others came in addition.

1688 room-nights in this hotel, the doubletree, another 160 in the overflow.

Every possible room that they can get for next year, aside from prexisting rooms. Normally they have a conservative room block, this time "We went all out" according to Laura.

Main page or RSS
Okay, I suspect with 30K subscribers to our EN Wikinews RSS feed, most of our readers find the new stories there, not our home page as many suggest. If we had a "selective" RSS feed, would that satisfy more readers? How many of you subscribe to our RSS? -- Zanimum 15:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * How many of you think its just one person posting up there? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * p.s. selective (DPL style) RSS would be wonderful and nice, but I don't think it would have prevented the current situation. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

"Laura Cherry noted that..."
Is this an original quote? I'd like to classify this article as an interview, for the sake of refreshing the "Recent interviews" section on the front page, which has content from November. -- Zanimum 16:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

 * The "notes" section above is largely a word-for-word copy of (some of) the statements of members of the board of AAE, Inc. at their annual meeting. I asked several questions of the board during the presentation, probably the majority - I did not consider the questions themselves worth noting, but some of the replies were. The bit from Peter Torkelson is a direct reply to a question I posed as a result of my prior investigation of the finances of Further Confusion - something like "I noticed you're making rather large amounts of money, could you explain what you intend to do with it?" I also remember asking for specific figures regarding the art show, paid attendance and hotel spaces. The quote from Laura developed from that, the rest of that paragraph is paraphrased from her reply.

 * As an aside, I had made the board aware of my WikiFur affiliation and they knew that their replies might be published, although I didn't mention Wikinews in particular as I had no prior status here. That was probably why they took the time to explain a bit more about the role of the board, although this wasn't included in the actual story as fiduciary responsibility is common to most boards. GreenReaper 17:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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Riots feared over verdict in inter-state water sharing dispute in India

February 5, 2007

A tribunal setup by the Indian government has pronounced its verdict on a century-old dispute between the two south Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu regarding the sharing of water from the Cauvery River.

The federal government's Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal was created 17 years ago to resolve the dispute. The tribunal's ruling today allotted approximately 60% of the water flowing through the Cauvery river to the downstream state of Tamil Nadu.

Police in Karnataka's capital city of Bangalore have taken preventative measures against possible riots over the verdict. Over 700 people were taken into preventive custody on Monday morning prior to the tribunal's announcement. Additionally, over 16,000 policemen have been deployed, particularly in areas with large Tamil populations.

Many offices, schools and retail stores in Bangalore have shut down early today, in anticipation of trouble.


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Wikinews:Briefs/February 5, 2007

Six found shot dead in German restaurant
Six people were found shot to death in a Chinese restaurant in Sittensen in northern Germany Monday morning.

The three men and three women were found in different rooms and some of them were bound. The victims are not yet identified but they were "in all probability Asian", CNN reports this afternoon.

Sources

Identification of tourists killed in Chile hotel fire underway
The identity of eight of the ten tourists killed in a fire in a hotel in Punta Arenas, Chile on Saturday have been established by authorities.

They are Jennifer Kusell, 23; Philippe Bayer, 27; Peter Konig, 55; and Maria Katharina Konig, 51 from Germany and an Argentinian family Esteban Omar Torales, 28; Jorgelina Andrea Diaz, 24; and their children Franco Esteban, 6, and Facundo Sebastian, 8. Authorities say the other two victims are Canadian and Australian women, and not Dutch as previously reported.

A fire department spokesperson said most of the victims had apparently died of suffocation. The cause of the fire was being investigated, and investigators say the hotel's rooms did not have fire detectors.

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$200,000 reward for information on Perth arsonist

February 5, 2007

In the aftermath of the bush fires around Perth the Western Australian government has offered a $A200,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of an arsonist.

Premier Alan Carpenter, who is visiting the area of the Dwellingup fires said, "It is almost inconceivable that anybody could be so stupid and so criminally, willfully damaging to the community as to go about setting a fire deliberately in these circumstances".

Further fires were lit today near Yanchep and in John Forrest National Park both fires are believed to be deliberately lit as they had multiple ignition points.

Earlier this morning the Dwellingup fire, assisted by strong easterly winds, broke containment lines and threatened the town of Coolup. Additional flareups and spot fires from embers have now been contained. This fire has burnt more then 11,000 hectares so far.

Spokesman for the Department of Environment and Conservation, Murray Mitchel says that firefighters were trying to consolidate the fire in preparation for Wednesday's expected 40oC (104oF) temperatures. A fire weather warning has been issued for the south west of Western Australia.


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Cutting bonuses and management is Dell's new strategy

February 5, 2007

The return of as the  of computer-making giant  marked a series of changes. In his memo to the employees of the company he founded, Michael Dell said that there will be no bonuses and that the company will reduce its management in an effort to cut costs.

2006 was not a financial success for Dell. It lost its leading market position to, and the SEC started investigating Dell for possible accounting improprieties. Several executives also left during recent months.

The daily newspaper  reported the Rollins memo and posted on its website a copy of the e-mail. The e-mail was confirmed by Dell's spokesman for the Associated Press.

Michael Dell's memo also outlined the fact that all bonuses would be replaced by so-called "limited discretionary awards". The beneficiaries of such awards will be all but senior management. There will also be a shortening in the period of stock investing.


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Talk:Google removes posts from blog critical of New Zealand government

What did the bloggers expect if they don't use journalistic ethics?

One-sided
The story seems a bit one-sided. How has the New Zealand Government responded for example? ShakespeareFan00 15:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Or have they at all? --  Zanimum 18:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

 * (beyond having the police intervene.) --  Zanimum 18:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No, couldn't find anything else. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


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U.S. general to head NATO forces in Afghanistan

February 15, 2007

General Dan McNeil, the highest-ranking U.S. general, will soon lead NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Following a year of increasing violence in the south of Afghanistan, NATO forces began to attack the heartland of the Taliban. NATO Commander General McNeil is expected to enact a more aggressive policy towards militants than his predecessor, British General David Richards. General Richards supported a peace agreement in the city of Musa Qala, but his plan of action failed when an estimated 200 Taliban fighters overran the town on Thursday. McNeil was appointed two weeks after the Defense Department extended the tour of 3,200 10th Mountain Division soldiers.

Col. Tom Collins, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force, said that McNeill's arrival and increased troop levels underscored American commitment in Afghanistan. Today there are 26,000 troops in Afghanistan compared to 9,500 troops in 2002. About 14,000 of these troops are under NATO command, 12,000 of whom train Afghan forces in the area. McNeil, who served in Afghanistan in 2002-2003, said "We will quit neither post nor mission until the job is done or we are properly relieved."


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Think this page needs a better title but unsure what it should be.--Markie 19:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What about "New commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan" ? TheVault 04:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


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Letter bomb explodes near Scotland Yard in London, England

February 5, 2007 At least one woman was injured after a letter bomb exploded inside the Capita Group Plc building on Victoria Street, near Scotland Yard which is located in the central part of London, England. The woman was holding the bomb when it exploded and suffered injuries to her stomach and hands.

"We were called at around 9.40 this morning to reports of a suspect package at a business address in Victoria Street," said a spokesperson for Scotland Yard.

Victoria Street has been shutdown from Westminster Abbey to Scotland Yard while rescuers and police investigate the incident.

"Officers are attending the scene to establish the circumstances. As a precaution, a cordon has been put in place around the scene," said another police spokesperson.

The bomb was inside a "jiffy bag" which held the letter which was contained inside a padded envelope. The explosion occurred inside the office's mailroom.

The woman who was injured was not believed to be the target. Police will not say to whom the letter was addressed.

There are no reports of other injuries or deaths so far.

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Putin, Gorbachov question charging of teacher with software piracy

February 5, 2007

Russian prosecutors have charged a school headmaster with using pirated copies of Microsoft software on school computers. The teacher, Mr. Alexander Ponosov, pleaded not guilty and claimed that he did not know that the purchased computers were loaded with pirated software.

The Russian president criticized the move against the teacher, saying it was "ridiculous" to arrest someone for using computers and that the distributors of pirated software should be targeted rather than users.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev also urged Microsoft to intercede in the case, asking Microsoft's mercy for the teacher and adding that the teacher, if convicted, may face "imprisonment in Siberian camps".

Mr. Gorbachov said that many people in Russia regard this scandalous case as trumped-up, launched on the initiative of Microsoft corporation to set a precedent.


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User talk:138.89.136.123

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Talk:YouTube to remove 100,000 videos

YouTube was cooler before Google bought it. Youtube first started when people would upload South Park episodes but now YouTube is too popular.

WHAT I THINK!
Macho Dork 23:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)YouTube was cooler before Google bought it. Youtube first started when people would upload South Park episodes but now YouTube is too popular. It never needed copyright before.

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User talk:199.246.2.9

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

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New UK Jewish group formed; differs with Board of Deputies over Israel

February 6, 2007

A group of almost 150 prominent British Jews has launched a new organisation, Independent Jewish Voices, and criticized the British Jewish establishment for its uncritical views on Israel. An open letter titled "A Time to Speak Out: Independent Jewish Voices" was published in Monday's edition of the Times of London and reprinted on the Guardian's online site, stated that the group has "come together in the belief that the broad spectrum of opinion among the Jewish population of this country is not reflected by those institutions which claim authority to represent the Jewish community as a whole" and that the leaders of Britain's Jewish community, the Board of Deputies, has "consistently put support for the policies of an occupying power above the human rights of an occupied people," referring to Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza strip areas, which have been occupied and illegally settled by Israel since 1967.

The letter was signed by over 140 prominent writers, actors, academics and intellectuals including author and writer Stephen Fry, academic Brian Klug, historian Eric Hobsbawm and film director Mike Leigh.

Klug, in an article published in the Guardian announcing the launch of the group, argues for its necessity by asserting that the Board of Deputies actions in defence of Israel "suggests that British Jewry, speaking with one voice, stands solidly behind the Israeli government and its military operations," despite the fact that, according to Klug, "Jews were deeply divided over Israel's campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon last year."

The launching of the new group comes on the heels of a dispute within the American Jewish community after the American Jewish Congress published an essay titled "Progressive Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism" in which criticism by liberal Jews of Israel was criticized as facilitating antisemitism.


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Canadian Liberal Gerard Kennedy to run in Parkdale-High Park

February 6, 2007

Former federal Liberal leadership contender Gerard Kennedy will run in the next federal election in Parkdale—High Park, the same riding he represented in the provincial legislature until earlier this year. This will be the former Ontario Education minister's first run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons.

The federal riding was held by fellow Liberal Sarmite Bulte until last year's federal election when she was defeated by New Democrat Peggy Nash. The NDP's Cheri DiNovo also took the provincial riding, formerly held by Kennedy, in a by-election last year.

Bulte had hoped to try to retake her seat for the Grits but is expected to step aside and allow the Liberal nomination to go to Kennedy. Bulte and Kennedy have announced a press conference to be held on Tuesday to make an "important joint announcement".

Two other former leadership contenders without seats in the House of Commons, Bob Rae and Martha Hall Findlay are also eying Toronto area ridings. Both of them are reported to have hopes of running in the safe Liberal seat of Toronto Centre now held by former interim party leader Bill Graham who is considering retirement. CTV News has reported that Liberal leader Stephane Dion may offer Rae the Liberal nod in the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville currently held by Wajid Khan who sat as a Liberal until he crossed the floor earlier this year to join the Conservatives.


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User talk:Simulato~enwikinews

Welcome
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Thank you for fixing the title on Microsoft prosecutes teacher in Russia, Putin and Gorbachov protest. Don't know what I was thinking. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Also, thank you for the welcome! Simulato 10:39, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Prison project article
Thanks for the much needed spelling / grammar corrections! Hope you liked the article.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I did! It was very interesting. :) Simulato 09:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews:2007/February/7

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Talk:Microsoft prosecute's teacher in Russia, Putin and Gorbachov protest

I'm entirely befuddled by the redirect system here, but this title contains a superfluous apostrophe and a comma splice. Also, prosecute is not the appropriate term for a civil suit, and moreover it's needlessly long. I suggest

 * Microsoft sues Russian teacher; Putin and Gorbachov protest


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US Basketball: Jazz win, maintain Northwest Division lead

February 6, 2007

Mehmet Okur scored 12 of the last 14 points for the Utah Jazz in the final minutes of their game against the Chicago Bulls on Monday night, propelling the Jazz to a 100-95 win against the Bulls. Okur finished with 20 points and was the high scorer for the Jazz, who now have won three in a row. He played most of the fourth quarter despite picking up a fifth foul early in the final period. In addition to Okur's contribution, Deron Williams contributed 18 points and 13 rebounds in the effort.

Kirk Hinrich was the game's leading scorer with 26 points, and Luol Deng contributed 23. However, the Jazz shot 50% from the field and dished out 24 total assists. The Bulls could not match those numbers, only shooting 40% and earning 15 assists. The lack of ball movement was obvious early on, as the Bulls committed three offensive fouls in the second quarter - all as the result of Bulls players attempting to drive the ball rather than pass and try to break the effective zone of the Utah Jazz. Ben Gordon also picked up a flagrant foul early in the second quarter, starting off what would be an ugly twelve minutes for the visiting Bulls. The Bulls were outscored 33-18 in the second quarter, leaving them down 57-43 at the half.

It almost wasn't enough of a lead for the Jazz, as the Bulls were able to fight back and cut the lead to three with a three-point shot from Chris Duhon with 1:20 remaining in regulation time. However, the Jazz answered right back with an Okur three-point field goal, and the Bulls could not recover. While the Bulls would answer back with another field goal, the Jazz would score the next four points and pull away with the victory.

Game notes

 * Andres Nocioni was scratched with a foot injury. Team doctors believe that he may have a torn or inflamed plantar fascia; MRI results are not due back for another day or two.
 * Jazz coach Jerry Sloan received a technical foul for arguing with the officials midway through the fourth quarter.
 * Earlier in the day, the Bulls' Tyrus Thomas was named as one of the four participants in the 2008 Slam Dunk Competition during All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas.


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