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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visits Brazil

Tuesday (March 22) the United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld   arrived   in Brazil for a visit with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Vice-President and Defense Minister José Alencar,  and other top officials.

In a meeting with President Lula DaSilva and his Vice-President and Minister of Defense, José Alencar, Mr Rumsfeld discussed Brazil leading the UN military forces in Haiti, terrorism and narcotrafficking.

Rumsfeld told to AFP journalists: "The United States has put forward four topics, which we have agreed to take up: application of a law to down [drug traffickers' aircraft]; [UN] operations in Haiti; drug trafficking; and the fight against terrorism, including Brazil's position on security in South America."

Joint Press Conference
Rumsfeld and Alencar held a Joint Press Conference in Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil.

Rumsfled stated that the friendship between Brazil and United States is long-standing and highly-valued. He added that the US and Brazil were allies in the Second World War and partners in helping to shape key post-war institutions including the United Nations.

Journalists asked both José Alencar, and Mr Rumsfeld if they were concerned about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, particularly after his recent purchase of 100,000 AK-47 assault rifles.

Rumsfeld said:
 * Certainly I'm concerned. If one thinks about it, the discussion that's taking place, as I understand it, is concerning something in the neighborhood of 100,000 AK-47s to be moved from Russia possibly to Venezuela.  I don't   know if it's firm, but I've read about it and heard it discussed.  Not just in the press, but bilaterally.  I can't imagine what's going to happen to 100,000 AK-47s.  I can't imagine why Venezuela needs 100, 000 AK-47s.  I just hope that, personally hope, that it doesn't happen.  I can't imagine that if it did happen, that it would be good for the hemisphere.

The Brazilian Vice-President said that Brazil prefers not to interfere in the affairs of others:
 * Brazil has always defended and will continue defending the self-determination of the different peoples and non-intervention in the affairs of other countries. Obviously, here in Brazil, which is a country historically pacific (peaceful), obviously we would like to increasingly deepen our diplomatic and trade relations with our countries, with the objective of achieving the common good.

President Lula is scheduled to meet President Hugo Chávez, the President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Velez and Spain's prime minister, José Luiz Zapatero next Tuesday in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.

The Workers' Party Secretary for International Foreign Relations didn't agree with the US Defense Secretary regarding Venezuela. He said that his "declaration,  does not contribute to a process of stabilization of the  United States' relations with Latin America. It is  a kind of  mentality that, unhappyly, still is present in the American state, which  considers Latin America as an extension of its territory."

Rumsfeld praised Brazil's leadership in United Nations operations in Haiti where they have maintained order in the country after the overthrow of former President Jean Bertrand Aristide in February 2004.

A reporter asked Mr Rumsfeld whether Brazil is ready to have a seat on the UN Security Council. He answered by saying the Department of Defense doesn't have a voice or a role in that and the matter should be answered by the US President and the Secretary of State.

FARC and SIVAM
Journalists asked the Brazilian Vice-President José Alencar three if Brazil will declare the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a terrorist organization and if the government is worried about the FARC infiltration in Brazilian territory. Alencar was evasive and he refused to answer the questions directly.

Alencar said Brazil repudiates narcotrafficking and that "if the organization adopts crime as an instrument for raising resources, obviously it is something that must be combated."

Later he became impatient and said that he had already said everything he had to say. ,

Mr Rumsfeld visited SIVAM, the Amazon Surveillance System. SIVAM, which was built by U.S. Defense contractor Raytheon Corporation, is an arrangement of interconnected sensors and radars to supervise  both  environmental conditions and criminal activity in the Amazon,

According to the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), about 60 activists protested in the Amazon against the visit of Rumsfeld when he was touring SIVAM.

Renato Rabelo, the President of the PCdoB released a note repudiating the visit of the US Secretary. "The Communist Party of Brazil repudiates the presence in domestic territory of the secretary of the Defense of the United States, Donald Rumsfeld. The undesired visitor is one of the main expoents of the tyrant and imperialist  government of the United States", says a excerpt.


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Morogoro Plastic, funded by Barclays, to open $2m network of recycling plants in Tanzania

March 26, 2005 Morogoro Plastic will open a plastic grinding plant in the Tanzania town of Morogoro in April of 2005, according to Faustine Rwambali of the East African. The grinding plant will be followed by a network of 5 washing plants around Tanzania. 75% of the $2m (2bn Tsh) investment needed to build the system of plants has been provided by Barclays. The first three washing plants will be in Mwanza, Arusha, and Dar es Salaam, followed by a plant on the island of Zanzibar and one in the southern part of the country.

The East African, a weekly business paper published by the Aga Khan's Nation Media Group, reports the grinding plant will have a daily capacity of 3 tons of plastic. This capacity will be upgraded to 10 tons per day once equipment ordered from Portugal arrives in June, reported IPPMedia, the news arm of East African beverage conglomerate IPP Holdings. Praful Ladwa, the director of Morogoro Plastic, claims Tanzania produces 1000 tons of plastic per day. Once the full network of plants is functioning, Ladwa hopes it will be able to handle more than 75% of that waste stream.

According to the East African, Tanzania has 15 to 20 plastics companies. Ladwa said the new plant system will be the "first of its kind in East and Central Africa." Morogoro Plastic plans to expand its recycling operations into neighboring Kenya and Uganda by 2007. Ladwa asserted that the system would create at least 10,000 jobs in the region.

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That logo is probably going to be deleted (Commons doesn't allow Copyrighted or Fair Use images), so get ready to remove the link to the image once it goes missing. — DV 06:27, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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India to build aircraft carrier by 2012

March 26, 2005

India announced on March 23 that it will build an indigenous by 2012.

The announcement represents a historic military development for India and the Asian region. Although India is already one of the nine countries capable of projecting their military power via aircraft carrier, they have not had the capability to build an aircraft carrier themselves.

The project will begin on April 11 with a "steel-cutting ceremony" attended by Indian Defence Minister.

The vessel will be constructed at a state-owned shipyard with technical assistance from foreign consultancy firms. An company is providing design consultation while a  firm is contributing  technology.

The construction of an indigenous aircraft carrier is part of India's larger plan to modernize its navy. India aims to strengthen its navy, and its military power generally, through greater cooperation with and purchase of weapons systems from the.

In a related development, the United States announced on Friday that it intends to help India become a "major world power."

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Protests continue at Baxter detention centre

March 26, 2005

Three and maybe four protesters were arrested as demonstrations entered their second day at the Baxter detention centre in the South Australian desert. The protesters were arrested trying to get closer to the faculty. Along with hundreds of other protesters, they marched to the back of the centre but were met by police in riot gear as well as mounted police.

Two activists from Brisbane were arrested in the action, while a third person, who wished not to be identified, was also arrested. Protesters report that a fourth person appears to be missing.

An estimated 400 protesters have been camping around four kilometres from the centre over the Easter weekend, to highlight the Australian Government's policy of mandatory detention. Police have been using helicopters to watch the protesters as they have marched from their campsite to the centre.

More than 200 police charged at protesters as they marched toward the centre. The protesters had formed a tight group and were slowly marching towards the centre. One protester received a minor arm injury during the clash.

"I think it was quite over the top," said protester Mark Goudkamp. "I mean it was pretty clear [by] the way that we were marching in very slowly, very packed as a united group that we didn't pose any threat to the security of the centre on the inside."

"Everyone was banded together and people at the front knocked down the fences and we moved forces past the barrier and down to the detention centre,” said Kate, a protester from Brisbane.

“We pushed forward and got quite a fair way into the space. The cops rode horses to try to ward us off and generally tried to intimidate us. I was scared, but I felt safe within the group,” she said.

Police have said that they will charge several protesters over damage estimated at several hundred Australian dollars caused during last night's demonstration. The damage is mainly political graffiti and minor damage to a wooden fence just outside the detention centre.

One protester said that despite the threat of prosecution he would continue such actions. "I don't want trouble but... we have nothing but our hands," he said.

"With our hands and with our voices we are going to free the refugees. If the property is being used unjustly, as it is in this case, I think it is the right of every right-thinking person to damage that property to free those held unjustly as the refugees are in Baxter."

However Mark Goudkamp said that this was a minority view. "[The property damage] was a very, very small incident amongst everything else that happened. Of course [police] are going to try to focus in on that to portray it in whatever negative light they can to try to justify their over-the-top presence here," he said.


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Land conflict mars Good Friday in Jerusalem

March 26, 2005 A conflict erupted between Greek Orthodox monks and Arab Christians in Jerusalem on Good Friday, as the Arab Christians protested the monks' sale of church land to Jewish residents.

Israeli police broke up the protest near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Omar Harani, a 25-year-old leading the protesters, told the Telegraph, "We gave the land 2,000 years ago to the Church to look after," and continued, "So it is not their land to sell. For hundreds of years we Christians, who used to be 15 per cent of the population, have been persecuted and driven out of the Holy Land and now we are a tiny minority. But we will make our voice heard to stop this sale."


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Pilgrims journey to Jerusalem for Good Friday

March 26, 2005 Christians from many countries flocked to Jerusalem on Friday, to follow the traditional Via Dolorosa, or Way of Sorrows, marking the various spots in the city at which Jesus stopped, according to Christian tradition, on the way to his crucifixion on the hill of Calvary.

Some of the visitors carried large crosses, and others had crowns of thorns on their head.

Visitors from far-flung locales including Ireland, the Philippines, and the United States have been coming in numbers much higher than in previous years, when regular occurrences of violence caused travel to Israel to plummet.

"With the ceasefire and Arafat’s successor, there’s even less reason to worry," said 38-year-old Connon McCabe, from Dublin, Ireland.

"In the last 15 days, we’ve seen hundreds more visitors," said Muslim shopkeeper Hashim Melki. "I like having people in my shop again after four years," Melki said.

Israeli police estimated attendance at the event was about 3,500.


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U.S. willing to sell F-16s to Pakistan, India

March 25, 2005 The United States announced that it will be willing to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan on Friday. U.S. State Department officials said that the sale would improve regional security.

A senior U.S. official, speaking to AFP on conditions of anonymity, reportedly said that the amount of planes which will be sold to Pakistan is "relatively small," although he said that" there is no set limit on what the United States is going to be willing to sell."

Pakistan reportedly wants 25 of the planes, which have a maximum range of over 2,000 miles and are capable of being used for ground or air attacks.

President Bush personally telephoned Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to inform him of the new developments before the announcement, according to White House officials.

According to a spokesman for Singh, the Indian prime minister expressed "great disappointment" and said that it could have "negative consequences" for the security of India.

The senior U.S. official also said that "we don't see any impact on the relevant military balances in the region." He added that the United States would be willing to sell both F-16 and more technologically advanced F-18 fighters to India, if India desired them.

New Delhi Television reports that the offer "has been welcomed" by India's Ministry of External Affairs. Xinhua has stated that India is seeking a new contract for a purchase of 126 fighter planes.

The announcement was also welcomed by the Pakistani government. "We welcome this good gesture and it shows good friendship between Pakistan and the United States," Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said.

Xinhua reported that potential sales could benefit US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, which hopes to fill "looming gaps in the production line."

The company "has not been officially notified by the U.S. government of any agreement", Lockheed spokesman Tom Jurkowsky told the Washington Post. The Bethesda-based company said that it would have to close its production line in Fort Worth, Texas if it does not receive additional orders by this fall.


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U.S. unveils plans to help India become a "major world power"

March 26, 2005 The United States announced plans to help India become a "major world power in the 21st century" on Friday.

Washington has offered to engage in a strategic dialogue with India regarding security issues such as missile defence and other issues, such as cooperation in the high-tech, economic, and energy sectors, under the plans.

"Its goal is to help India become a major world power in the 21st century," AFP reported a senior US official speaking under condition of anonymity as saying. "We understand fully the implications, including military implications, of that statement."


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Deep Impact cruising for comet crash

March 26, 2005

NASA's comet busting spacecraft Deep Impact has moved into its cruising phase towards a rendezvous and collision with Comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005.

The cruising phase is the second of five phases mission planners have set for the mission. The first commissioning phase was begun soon after launch and was designed to test and calibrate the instruments on board the two-part spacecraft. All instruments have checked out except for the High Resolution Instrument (HRI).

Mission controllers performed a "bake-out" or heating of the HRI to remove moisture that accumulated during the craft's final hours on the launch pad and its travel through the atmosphere. Test images taken after the procedure indicate the device has not reached perfect focus. A special team has been assigned to investigate and bring the instrument into full focus.

"This in no way will affect our ability to impact the comet on July 4," said Rick Grammier, Deep Impact project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Everyone on the science and engineering teams is getting very excited and looking forward to the encounter."

Deep Impact has four data collectors to observe the effects of the cometary collision: the High Resolution Instrument consisting of a camera and infrared spectrometer; the Medium Resolution Instrument; and a duplicate camera on the Impactor Targeting Sensor. They will record the vehicle's final moments before it slams into comet Tempel 1 at a relative velocity of 37,000 kilometers per hour (23,000 miles per hour). The Medium Resolution Instrument and Impactor Targeting Sensor are performing as expected.

Dr. Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland added, "We are very early in the process of examining the data from all the instruments. It appears our infrared spectrometer is performing spectacularly, and even if the spatial resolution of the High Resolution Instrument remains at present levels, we still expect to obtain the best, most detailed pictures of a comet ever taken."

Deep Impact is a two part vehicle: the flyby spacecraft and a smaller impactor. 24 hours prior to impact, the flyby craft will aim tracking telescopes at the comet and release the impactor.

The impactor is a battery-powered spacecraft that operates independently of the flyby spacecraft for just one day. It is called a “smart” impactor because, after its release, it takes over its own navigation and maneuvers into the path of the comet. The crater produced by the impactor is expected to range from the width of a house up to the size of a football stadium and be from two to 14 stories deep. Ice and dust debris will be ejected from the crater revealing the material beneath.

NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes, along with the largest telescopes on Earth, will observe the effects of the material flying from the comet's newly formed crater along with the imagers aboard Deep Impact.

Deep Impact was launched on January 12, 2005 on board a Delta 2 rocket.

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Gender imbalance in Tsunami deaths

March 26, 2005 Up to four times as many women as men died in the December 26 Indian Ocean Tsunami, figures published by Oxfam International today reveal.

"In some villages it now appears that up to 80% of those killed were women. This disproportionate impact will lead to problems for years to come unless everyone working on the aid effort addresses the issue now. We are already hearing about rapes, harassment and forced early marriages. We all need to wake up to this issue and ensure the protection, inclusion and empowerment of the women that have survived,” said, Becky Buell, Oxfam’s Policy Director.

As well as recognition of the disparity, and further research, Oxfam calls for a number of practical measures including assistance for men in affected areas to "adapt to changing gender roles including caring of children" and better protection for women, who may be finding themselves severely outnumbered by men. As well as reporting that workers on the ground have been "becoming increasingly aware that a disproportionate percentage of the fatalities there were female", the study looks in detail at a number of locations in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, the three countries with greatest death toll from the disaster, and finds consistently that women killed outnumber men.

The differences are explained in the report as originating both in differences in ability — more men can swim and climb trees in the affected areas than women, and men are generally physically stronger — as well as in differences in activity that the individuals were engaged in at the time the tsunami struck — many women in Aceh were indoors at home with the children on a Sunday morning, while many men were fishing at sea, or on errands.

In India, many of the women were waiting at the sea-shore for men to bring home the catch, when the wave hit. The wave at sea had not yet broken, and so posed no threat to vessels far enough from shore.

In Sri Lanka in Batticoloa District, the tsunami hit at the hour women on the east coast usually took their baths in the sea.

Women looking after children at the time of the tidal wave were further distracted by trying to save their children, while men away from the house were able to dedicate more of their efforts to saving themselves.

Another factor particularly important in Aceh was that many of the men of the region had left to seek work elsewhere, while women stayed behind in their home community, which was almost completely wiped out by the wave.

The survey looked at Aceh Besar district of Indonesia, the North Aceh district, the two worst-affected districts of Tamil Naidu in South India, being Nagapattinam and Cuddalore, and used rough statistics and anecdotal information from Sri Lanka, where hard figures are not available.

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Talk:India to build aircraft carrier by 2012

I appreciate these stories, but they are reporting on more than one thing in the same article.

The bit about China deserves its own article. It's confusing to the reader to suddenly be reading about something else.

Also, I read the linked articles, but missed the assertion that nine countries have this capability. We need a source for this assertion.

I'll wait a bit to avoid overwriting another editor's edits. — DV 08:46, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks to the anon IP for pointing out that Wikipedia made this claim. The Wikipedia article also clarified that India already operates a carrier, so what is new in this story is that India will be building a carrier within its own shipyard for the first time. The Xinhua story didn't make that clear.

 * I also merged a bit of duplicated info into an earlier graf, to present the info in an inverted pyramid style (most important to least important).

 * Finally, I moved the inline external references into the Sources section, and added the Wikipedia article to the See also to clarify the source of the "nine countries" assertion, as this is not a widely-known fact. — DV 09:34, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks to the anon IP for moving the China bit out. By the way, a working group submitted an increase for the Chinese military budget at the recent National People's Congress, so perhaps the separate article could center on that recent development to make it newsworthy. — DV 09:51, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Pope John Paul II unable to lead Good Friday services

March 26, 2005 Pope John Paul II, the most visible global Christian leader and head of the largest Christian denomination, Roman Catholicism, has for the first time been unable to lead traditional Good Friday services in Rome.

He appeared to worshippers via a video presentation from the Vatican.

The Catholic leader has been diagnosed with pulmonary illness and Parkinson's disease.

Catholic services on this day are strictly liturgies of the word with an optional Eucharist, as the Mass cannot be celebrated on Good Friday.


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Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Vote for us or starve

March 26, 2005

In a land of four million people where roughly one fourth of the population faces danger of hunger, opposition party supporters are receiving a harsh message from government run emergency food stations in the run up to Thursday's election: Vote for Mugabe, or starve.

As two British newspapers reported four days before general elections, Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe is using food as a political weapon in a country dominated by scarcity.

The government food distribution agency is the only source for something to eat for vast numbers of Zimbabweans today. Determined to destroy opposition parties, Mugabe and his supporters seek to prevent anyone who supports the opposition from receiving rations.


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India may rise as regional power

March 28, 2005 In the wake of 's March 26 announcement that it intends to build its first indigenous aircraft carrier, and recent American overtures aimed at greater defense cooperation to help make India a "major power," speculation is rife as to the future geopolitical consequences for the Asian region and the world.

India's rise to greater military power may serve as a counterbalance to in the Asian region. China is interested in developing a free trade pact with India and has made overtures in that direction, which are under consideration in India.

Indeed, China's military might is also increasing at a rapid rate as that nation's government commits an ever-greater percentage of its budget to national defense. Nonetheless, the two nations are seeking a free trade agreement (FTA), which some observers have declared as having the potential to be "the most significant event of this decade" for the Asian region.

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Hundreds of thousands march in Taipei

March 26, 2005 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Taipei Saturday evening, as several political parties and the Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian voiced their opposition to the new anti-secession law passed by mainland China last week.

Protestors chanted "Oppose war, Love Taiwan" in what has been termed a "democratic carnival" in downtown Taipei. The "carnival" consisted of activities of different themes relating to Taiwanese national sovereignty and cross-straits relations.

Reuters news agency reports that organisers had hoped to attract one million people to the marches, but police estimate an attendance of only 230,000 so far.

"I am here to protest against a barbaric China who looks down upon the Taiwanese people," said Fan Wen-yi, a 70-year-old businessman. "The anti-secession law, simply put, is a law that authorises war. If they really see Taiwan people as their compatriots, why do they enact such a law?"

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Hundreds of thousands protest anti-secession law in Taiwan

March 26, 2005 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Taipei, Taiwan on Saturday, as several political parties, 500 civic groups, and President Chen Shui-bian voiced their opposition to the "anti-secession" law passed by the People's Republic of China last week.

The Associated Press and the Sydney Morning Herald estimated turnout at close to one million. Police spokesman Tan Szu-huai initially provided an estimate of about 300,000, but AP is reporting a revised police estimate of one million. Reuters news agency reports that organisers had hoped to attract one million people to the march.

"What do we want from China? Peace!" DPP lawmaker Bikhim Hsiao chanted with the crowd.

Hsiao told CNN, "[This law] essentially gives China a blank check to use force against Taiwan, and they are the ones legislating, they are the ones interpreting the law, and executing and implementing the law."

President Chen participates
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian joined the protesters with his family and a security escort at 3pm local time. Chen is not scheduled to make a major speech to the crowd once they assemble at Presidential Office in downtown Taipei City, although he will preside over a ceremony with songs for each of the four major ethnic groups before the rally ends.

Protestors chanted "Oppose war, Love Taiwan" amongst what has been termed a "democratic carnival" in downtown Taipei. The "carnival" consisted of activities on different themes relating to Taiwanese national sovereignty and cross-straits relations.

Protestors attended from all over Taiwan, many braving arduous ten-hour or longer bus rides to Taipei.

Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui, the spiritual leader of the pro-independence TSU, and Premier Frank Hsieh, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, are also taking part in the march.

Vice President Annette Lu is expected to make an appearance at the Presidential Office.

Taiwanese television station ETTV on its Taiwan Domestic Newshour and others are providing live coverage as the march and rally progresses.

Reaction from China
Andrew Yang, secretary-general of the Council for Advanced Policy Studies in Taiwan, told Bloomberg, "China probably won't respond too strongly to the rally, focusing instead on how to make progress in terms of a peaceful, pragmatic approach."

At the time this story was filed, China's state-controlled Xinhua and People's Daily news agencies had no immediate comment about the march or the planned rally, but earlier today, Xinhua reported that on Friday, a Chinese expert "urged the Taiwan authorities to grasp the 'sincerity and goodwill' expressed in the Anti-Secession Law," stating that "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces had "malevolently distorted" the legislation and "sought to instigate hostility" between the two sides.

China's state-run news agencies also quoted professors from Chinese universities on Friday, who warned that the situation could become "further aggravated" by Saturday's planned event.

External link
"China's Hard Line Stirs Throng in Taiwan." Keith Bradsher. New York Times. March 27, 2005.


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Who is Bikkim Hsiao? Thanks! 70.57.139.181 10:59, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Hsiao Bikhim is "a legislator and foreign policy specialist in Chen's Democratic Progressive Party".

 * Tide of Tension on Taiwan Strait

 * I'll clarify that in the article. — DV 11:21, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, David! 70.57.139.181 11:36, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Police, militia confront looters in Bishkek, leaders say city now calm

March 26, 2005 A 6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m. curfew was imposed in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Friday night as policemen and some 2,000 voluntary civilian militia members patrolled the streets. They were authorized to shoot into the air to disperse the looters.

Three to six people were killed as sporadic gunfire was heard in the capital overnight, and 129 people were detained.

Felix Kulov, newly appointed coordinator of law-enforcement, said of the situation on Friday, "The city looks as if it has gone mad."

However, after the night's events, he was confident that the situation had improved. "The situation is fully under control. We do not need a curfew," he said Saturday morning.

"Voluntary people's militia groups and units of the Kel-Kel opposition youth organization are responsible for maintaining order in the city," a source within the Interior Ministry told Interfax.

The opposition has now claimed that it did not originally intend to seize government buildings in Bishkek on March 24.

"On March 24 we didn't plan to seize the government headquarters in Bishkek, we were getting together for a peaceful rally. But when stones started flying at the rally, the people blew up and seized the Kyrgyzstan government headquarters," Rosa Otunbayeva, newly appointed minister of foreign affairs, told a news conference on Friday.

Akayev vows to return
Deposed president Askar Akayev claimed that he had not resigned and vowed to return to the country in the future, in a statement released to ITAR-TASS.

"The rumours about my resignation from the presidential post are deceitful and malevolent," he said in the statement. "Under the circumstances I decided to temporarily leave the country to avoid bloodshed."

Akayev stressed, "my present stay out of the country is a temporary occurrence."

Interfax reports that Akayev flew to Russia from Kazakhstan Friday night. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Akayev would be welcome in Russia.

Borders closed
China closed its border with Kyrgyzstan temporarily, until March 28, following similar closings by the countries of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Tajikistan has left some crossings open but has tightened security.

Many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and China have issued travel advisories, advising their citizens not to travel to Kyrgyzstan because of the unrest.

Officials with the State Department say the United States accepts the "realities on the ground" and will work with the interim Kyrgyz authorities to build democratic institutions.

The European Union called for the people of Kyrgzstan to behave "responsibly" and offered to cooperate with the new leaders.

Javier Solana, EU foreign policy chief, also added that "The EU will continue to support the efforts of the OSCE mission in Bishkek."

Russia has said that part of the responsibility for triggering the uprising lies with the OSCE. Russian ambassador to the OSCE, Alexei Borodavkin, told AFP that the OSCE report on shortcomings in the Kyrgyz parliamentary elections in February and March of 2005 had "to some extent, triggered the unrest."

Russia has also called the revolution "illegal," although Russian authorities have also offered to cooperate with the interim Kyrgyz authorities.


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Fire in Tema, Ghana threatening oil refinery

March 26, 2005

A fire which broke out onboard a Greek oil tanker in the port of Tema, Ghana at 9am Friday (local time), now threatens an oil refinery. The chief of Ghana's Port Authority, Ben Awusu-Mensah, said 80 firemen are currently fighting the blaze. "The situation is extremely critical" he said, "they're trying to harness the flames, but there are fears they might catch the refinery".

At least three people have died. Authorities believe the toll will rise to eleven. "We've brought out two more bodies today and we've seen between six and nine more but it is very dark and hot in there," said one firefighter.


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Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan

March 28, 2005 Four US soldiers were killed by an explosion on Saturday morning in Afghanistan when their vehicle ran over a mine. The soldiers, part of a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol, were travelling forty miles south of when the explosion occurred.

A Marine also died in a separate incident while performing a security patrol in Anbar province.

Seven U.S. soldiers have been killed this year in Afghanistan.

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Chinese government to safeguard old Beijing

March 26, 2005

Beijing's city legislature has approved a bill, one year in the making, to safeguard the historical and cultural heritage of old Beijing. The new 41-article set of regulations will come into effect May 1, requiring the city to protect listed heritage sites and unlisted sites deemed of historical or cultural value. It also guarantees protection for the area within the city's Second Ring Road.

Director of the Beijing Administrative Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Mei Ninghua, said "the most encouraging content of the regulations is that Beijing will pay more attention to protecting the old city's landscape in its entirety, rather than just focussing on scattered heritage sites." This means the old city layout, colours of buildings, and the names of houses and lanes will have legal protection.

"We took measures to protect the city's siheyuan courtyard houses by tagging protection plates on more than 650 of them in 2003, preventing them from being demolished or damaged during the city's massive housing reconstruction projects," said Mei.

"Now the new regulations give legal buttress to the protection of siheyuan courtyard homes, as well as other unmovable ancient treasures, that have yet to be listed but are at risk of being demolished during urban renovation."

Modern Beijing, capital of China for 850 years, was built by Mongul Emporer Kublai Khan in 1267 AD. In the vicinity of the current city once was Ji (蓟), the capital of the State of Yan (燕), a power of the Warring States Period - but it has been lost in the mists of time.

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Multiple parliaments meet in Kyrgyzstan, legitimacy uncertain

March 26, 2005 Although the Supreme Court reportedly annulled recent election results on March 24, two rival parliaments have been meeting in the Kyrgyz capital of. The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan voted to endorse the legitimacy of the newly elected and protested parliament on Saturday.

Both a pre-election chamber, comprising of an upper and lower house, and a post-election chamber, comprising of single house, met in separate rooms of the parliament building on Saturday. MPs from both parliaments are set to meet and debate how to proceed. Among solutions proposed are keeping both parliaments functioning until the next election.

"Our opinion is that we should be the legitimate lawmakers because the people have chosen us," said Roman Shin, who was elected to the new parliament. He said the MPs of the former parliament, which were meeting once again, "don't want to abandon power."

"The revolution was made by [only] 5,000 people," he said, and added that he and his allies could organize at least five times as many.

"It all happen so fast, we don't even know if we can call it a revolution," Felix Kulov, newly appointed head of security ministries, told. "We still haven't figured out what happened. People just ran into the White House and the president fled the country. It was not planned. It was not a revolution. But now we have to take control somehow."

Protesters meet with Bakiyev
Hundreds of protesters rushed into the Kyrgyz parliament demanding a meeting with acting President on Saturday, according to a RIA Novosti correspondent.

They demanded that the newly elected parliament be declared illegitimate. Bakiyev promised that he'd settle the matter within two weeks, and the protesters were reportedly not satisfied by his assurances.

Eight of ten members of the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan voted to acknowledge the protested results of the last election as legitimate. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court declared the election results annulled.

"The decision of the Supreme Court is illegal as it was made under pressure of the crowd. After the announcement of the registration results the Central Election Commission can hold a session, for instance, tomorrow," a newly elected MP, Alisher Sabirov, told RIA Novosti.

On Saturday the upper house of the former parliament said it would preserve its authorities before the June 26 presidential elections and did not acknowledge the new parliament.

Leaders of key political structures signed a compromise memorandum on the March 25. The memorandum states that the former parliament will continue to serve until April 14. After that, the new parliament will take over.

However, quite a few MPs are doubting the legitimacy of the March 25 memorandum. They are demanding that the former, two-house parliament's tenure be extended. The more radical MPs are demanding that the new parliament, or "imposters," must leave the parliament building. They contend that the memorandum must be revised.

The lower house of parliament is also rumored to be discussing the possibility of declaring a state of emergency, behind closed doors.

Bakiyev appoints new ministers
, who was elected both acting president and prime minister, also appointed new ministers on Friday. Among the newly-appointed ministers are Myktybek Abdyldayev, former chief prosecutor who had been fired by deposed president on Wednesday, as interior minister, Felix Kulov as minister of security, and Rosa Otunbayeva as minister of foreign affairs.

The ministers were appointed as acting ministers and thus did not need the approval of the upper house of parliament.

The former parliament also scheduled Kyrgyz presidential elections for June 26. This announcement was met by MPs with applause.

"I think I should run in the presidential elections. God willing, I will," Bakiyev said.

Adding to the uncertainty, deposed president Askar Akayev has said that he has not resigned and intends to return to the country. However, Bakiyev and Kulov both said that there were no grounds for impeaching or persecuting Akayev.

"The vote of no confidence takes place in case of high treason or after initiation of criminal proceedings. So far, we have no evidence of either," Kulov said in an interview on national television.

"I have no intention of persecuting Askar Akayev. He has done much for democracy and building a sovereign Kyrgyzstan," Bakiyev told reporters.

Bakiyev reportedly met with the ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and discussed the situation with Russian President  over the telephone. Putin reportedly offered the county Russia's help.

Bakiyev appealed to the staff of deposed President Akayev and Prime Minister Tanayev's offices to report back to work. "We must re-establish order in the White House," Bakiyev said.


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

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Welcome
G'day, Regarding your edit to New Zealand praised by NATO Secretary General (adding a dot after Mr), in Britain and Australia (amongst other places) it is common practise not to use the dot after "Mr". We have a semi-formal rule here saying that we use the spelling conventions of whomever starts the article, so that articles started by Americans will use "Mr." and "color", where as in articles started by aussies like myself we use "Mr" and "colour" throughout. This is really not a big issue, and i've left your edit as it is, however some people (but not me) do get quite uptight about such things. Anyway, welcome to wikinews, hope you make lots more edits. ~The bellman | Smile 21:33, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

MGM v Grokster
Excellent work on a very important subject (that we'd lacked coverage of so far). Thanks! Dan100 (Talk) 08:04, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Are you sure you want to do that?
The U.S.A. was the aggressor in Iraq. Citing them may smack of propaganda to others. Can you find non-US sources which say the same things? - Amgine 04:38, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please be more specific. I have cited US sources in several articles. Which one in particular do you find to be "propaganda"? If you mean Uneven voter turnout elects women who push sharia law while anti-woman violence rages, where I recently added a quote from the US State Department, I do not consider the Fact Sheets of the US State Department on behalf of women's rights in Iraq to be a source of propaganda. To me it seems uncontroversial to point out that some forms of political repression occurred under Saddam Hussein. I could find a "non-US" source but why should I? The US has been the most consistent critic of Iraqi repression under Saddam Hussein.

In addition, all of the sources quoted in the article are political figures, or opining on political subjects, therefore all of their claims should be viewed critically, not just the US. For example, al-Bayiati has a political agenda, al-Ubaeday is an elected official, Mahmoud is a spokeperson for the same political organization as al-Bayiati, and Jaafari is an elected politician who may not have any intential of actually fulfilling his promises on the subject. All these people should be taken with a "grain of salt". But I don't think US government opinion on Iraq should be uniquely shunned, particularly the fact-finding reports of US government bodies. DouglasGreen 04:59, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Scotland
Thanks for writing sometyhing related to Scotland! → CGorman (Talk)  16:13, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome. I myself am of partly Scottish ancestry and enjoyed writing the article. DouglasGreen 16:19, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I was just so stunned last week to realise that Wikinews had zero articles relating to Scotland. Afterall Wales, Northern Ireland, and England all had articles. → CGorman (Talk)  16:44, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

EPA story
I really liked the way you got involved in that story to make it what it is now. Remarkable job, not only by you, but by all involved. -edw 15:58, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. As you can see from the discussion page, a lot of "diversity of thought" went into the making of that article... that's a strength of the Wikinews process. :-) DouglasGreen 17:13, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nepal story
You wrote that the Nepal story had already been released...where do you mean? Is there a reason we can't leave it in the Active News area? Thanks ~ Dpr 02:36, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it didn't appear on my browser at first--I see it now. Thanks! ~ Dpr 04:58, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That's what I meant... it was being moving from developing news to active news... it was a good story. DouglasGreen 11:44, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Categories
This message is being given to several people, so please forgive the formality.

I've created a list of categories that must be included in ALL articles to ensure the DPL system works correctly. Adding the revlevent categories from this list will ensure complete site-wide relevent article listing. It is located at User:CGorman/Categories and you can easily cut & paste out of it. I urge frequent writers to bookmark this page to help save themselves time with categorization. Thanks for your attention. Dan100 (Talk) 20:51, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

India/China
Your writing is on it. I am puzzled though by the use of headings. To me it breaks up the thought into an encyclopedic type of article rather than a news story. -Edbrown05 04:03, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. In a way, the article did get to be a bit "encyclopedic" at the end.  It had an unusually large amount of background material, particularly the headings in the middle.  The reason I did this was because otherwise the stuff in the story was just names; if I simply said, "White Horse Temple" and did not research and explain its historical significance, or "Luoyang" without describing it somehow, most people (including myself) would not grasp it very well.  Also, in the third paragraph each bullet point presents what is new and puts some background information behind it to put it into context.  I guess what I'm working toward is to help people "make sense" of what is happening there, which makes news more effective I think.  They could read all the encyclopedia articles that are linked to, of course, but I just "hit the highlights" for busy people. DouglasGreen 12:13, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Infrared technology enables recovery of lost classical writings
G'day,

Great article; really interesting. You sure do do your research. ~The bellman | Smile 05:41, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I could hardly believe the silly errors I discovered in the other articles while researching them. That's why I like to go to as close to the original souce as possible. DouglasGreen 11:39, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * That was a good article. I do have to admit however, a preference against those table of content boxes. Best Regards! -Edbrown05 01:28, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Iraqi PM
Are completed with the story? This ought to be 1st lead, moving Iraqi Pres. to 3rd lead. Things are happening fast in Iraq. -Edbrown05 01:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm finished writing it. I'll probably come back and check it again later, but you can go ahead and move it up now if you like.  Thanks. DouglasGreen 01:38, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

TOC --> table of contents suppression
I recently rediscovered this wikimagic and thought of you because I commented to you about it in the past. It is possble to hide the TOC with this code on the edit page.

I am not saying use it, I simply make you aware of it. The Related news story in the Bankruptcy story you were/are working on employs this code.

Best Regards! -Edbrown05 17:13, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Good Job
Great article on the NYSE, NASDAQ 209.148.146.219 03:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I worked on it all day, it was much harder to write than I anticipated.  Deciphering business jargon is like trying to learn a second language. And thanks to the Wikipedia people who contributed those pictures, they look great.  :-) DouglasGreen 03:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

NYSE to merge
This news story should be 1st lead Douglas!! I will put Iraq at 3rd lead. Please move yours to 1st. Do you agree? -Edbrown05 03:44, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Sure, thanks for the oversight, I appreciate that. DouglasGreen 04:22, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
You've been doing such a great job, and I haven't gotten around to giving you appropriate thanks for all your hard work.

I did want to point out something which I just saw, though... that article about the female sponge from SAS? apparently it included some malicious vandalism... I haven't tracked back the perpetrator yet, but I'm working on it. You can see how an anon fixed it.

- Amgine/talk 16:14, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I'm really enjoying working on this site and hunting down the "big stories". It's a lot more fun than just being a passive "consumer" of the news.  Also thanks for fixing the article.  It seems that some articles, such as political topics or sensitive subjects, are more prone to vandalism than others. DouglasGreen 17:57, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bandung summit
I really liked the way the graphic and text layout worked in the 'Sampling of remarks' section. Of course it was well written too! Good story for a big occasion. Funny, unless I'm missing something, that the world press isn't hyping this much. I think you should put it at 1st lead. -Edbrown05 03:45, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I appreciate that. Actually its the Western press that seems to be largely ignoring the story; most of my sources were from India, China, and other Eastern/African countries.  DouglasGreen 12:13, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Classical writings
Re: Infrared technology enables recovery of lost classical writings:

 * The amount of new material, estimated to be around 5 million words, could expand the entire storehouse of classical writings by as much as 20%.

Can you give me a source for this, i.e. the known number of classical writings you are comparing against?--Eloquence 12:09, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Actually, I was merely citing statistics that were given, in the article by the Independent. Unfortunately, I didn't notice at the time their articles don't last very long -- they've locked down their article and now you have to pay a pound to read it.  However, portions of it were cited at http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050420-4827.html which confirms the figure of 5 million words.  If you're interested in learning more, I suggest you read that article because it adopts a critical stance toward the article in the Independent, and suggests that they were overhyping the original article; but it doesn't have any hard sources just suspicions. The figure of 20% is also available in an article available at http://www.chn.ir/english/eshownews.asp?no=5163 which more recent.  DouglasGreen 12:30, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Historic summit, commemoration by Asian-African leaders in Bandung
Wow. Yet another great in-depth article. If we get enough users like you, we'll leave the BBC and CNN for dust just as wikipedia has trumped britanica, and hopefully one day wiktionary will trump the OED. ~The bellman | Smile 14:36, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Heh, long live the Wiki revolution :-] DouglasGreen 16:54, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

U.S. EPA submits 2003 greenhouse gas inventory to U.N.
This is an extremely well-written article, and I was very impressed with its use of graphs, but I was bothered by a lack of critical examination until I reached the sources section, which only lists a single press release from the EPA. Would it be possible for you to revisit this article and expand the sources, examine other information? For example, you mentioned a 46% economic growth, but no mention was made of the 25% reduction in base manufacturing over this period which would likely impact greenhouse gas emissions. - Amgine/talk 05:25, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your feedback. In actuality the single EPA press release (and my quick overview of the report itself on their website) was the only information I had relative to this particular report.  A search of Googlenews did not show any of its news sources picking up this report as a story that I could find, although they have picked up other EPA reports about mercury and such.  I usually try to find plenty of independent sources, but in this case I was kind of "winging it".  Where did you find the statistic about reduction of manufacturing base? DouglasGreen 11:35, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * As an update, I did some further searching in Google itself, not just the news section, and found two news sources and a blog (among others) that reference the new EPA report. They news items are from March, when the draft report was released for comment.  I didn't find anything noteworthy enough in the articles to add, but here are the sources:

 * http://ehscenter.bna.com/pic2/ehs.nsf/id/BNAP-6A6HES?OpenDocument
 * http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/03/epa_us_greenhou.html
 * http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002272.html

renditioning
What is an example of renditioning then. I think that would be relevant to the story. -Edbrown05 14:25, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Uzbekistan appears to be the primary example nowadays. In fact, I think they mentioned that as a follow-up question to rendition in the news conference. DouglasGreen 17:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

A Trophy for your Tireless Efforts!

For your hundreds of edits per day, your patience with poor prose, for you putting up with people who only go to visit their grammar, and that rarely... I award you this trophy of distinction. - Amgine/talk 05:08, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Lol, a trophy! This is unexpected and I really appreciate it. I think you gave it for all the right reasons, too... I really am a nitpicker for grammar and spelling, and can't resist making just one more change. :-)

However, I also appreciate that many of our Wikinewsers come from an international audience, and people who speak English only as a second language still have stories to tell. So to them I say, welcome, I'll be glad to help "polish their prose". DouglasGreen 11:46, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

InfoBox
Your recent introduction of the InfoBox is quite sleek. Although at first glance I do not yet fully understand the box's coding, it does not appear too difficult and may be something more contributors ought to adopt.

I like it so much that I think it might be something suitable for a house style. It could, however, be a problem in short stories where text to table balance would be skewed. If a whole lot of links are put in the InfoBox, the size becomes even larger.

There have been comments that Wikinews is a sort of news aggregator, meaning it gathers links to existing stories and then provides a news synopsis based on them. I don't find that untrue, nor do I find it negatively critical.

There is certainly an interest here in original reporting, but it seems premature to report local news when the current forum here addresses world events. It seems that until Wikinews drills down local regions and has a much larger user base, local reporting will probably wait. -Edbrown05 13:07, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

The infobox does look nice. However, I can't really take credit for it. The first I heard about it was from User:IlyaHaykinson on the Water Cooler page under the topic Proposing infoboxes. IlyaHaykinson had taken one of my articles and infoboxed it, and several people liked the work. I borrowed the code that I use from elsewhere on this site and I've modified it only a bit. Mainly I have been cutting down on the excess sections and trying to figure a way to shorten it somehow, so that it doesn't dominate short articles. Perhaps I could move the sources back to the bottom of an article, and keep the other parts in the box, since the Sources are the part of the box that is most closely associated with the article itself, and they tend to be one of the longest parts too, when you have lots of sources.

Being a news aggregator is a good thing. In a way it makes us a news magazine as much as a news paper, but that's fine. Brevity is a virtue, and having short concise articles that are not padded and say just what needs to be said is a good thing. I like that style myself.

I think local news and world news can exist side by side without any problem, particularly if the local news is something that somebody cared about enough to work on in person. Conversations with real people, even of minor importance, can add liveliness to the site. We're limited of course in our access to news-making figures and events, compared to more professional news organizations. But they have their limitations, too. I myself keep an eye on the local paper, and might be going to the zoo this weekend if I can arrange it, maybe get some photos of the new Florida panther cubs that have been brought in to the Jacksonville Zoo, if possible.

I think in the long run we should focus on what makes Wikinews "different": neutral point of view, in-depth international reporting, room for thousands of collaborators with diverse interests, etc. None of this can easily be matched by a top-down, corporate model of reporting the news. DouglasGreen 23:43, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Noted. Best Regards! -Edbrown05 23:49, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Good job
Hi! I just write to say that I like your work for Wikinews. Keep it up! MikeCapone 07:22, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

May I ask...
Would you mind if I nominated you for adminship? I know you've been doing a lot of great work, edits, and if you are interested I would very much like to see your name up on the list. - Amgine/talk 00:13, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Not at all, I would be quite happy to be nominated. Please let me know if there are any additional responsibilities and requirements that I can take on. DouglasGreen 00:23, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Heh... you should never say that to me, because I know of way too many things which could use attention on Wikinews. Let me see what I can come up with after adding you to the list of nominees. - Amgine/talk 00:27, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi Douglas
Another one of those 'can you take a look at' posts... this time it's the goings-on which happened over night and are detailed in the misc section on the Water cooler. Specifically, could I ask you to vote on the deletion request on the Bush article? Dan100 (Talk) 12:18, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Administrator functions... accepting nomination?
Hi. You're listed on Administrators Administrators as nominated by Amgine. So far you have unanimous support, but I don't see you accepting the nomination. Please either accept or decline it on that page. Thanks! -- IlyaHaykinson 22:41, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out to me. I located the page and wrote "I accept" underneath. If there is anything else I need to do, please let me know. DouglasGreen 23:59, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Er, yeah, that should have been Wikinews, not Wikipedia... must have had an encyclopedia on my mind when typing, earlier. :-) Congratulations, the community has supported your nomination and you're now a Wikinews sysop! May you have a stress-less time fighting vandals and deleting stale pages. ;) -- IlyaHaykinson 05:22, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Lol, thanks very much. DouglasGreen 11:05, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Great work tonight!
I truly want to commend you for contributing so many wonderful, in-depth articles this evening. On behalf of WikiNews (I can do that now that I'm accredited), I wish to thank you very much for your contributions. Sincerely, NGerda 05:35, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * May I also nominate you for accreditation? NGerda 05:42, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I really enjoy working with the other Wikinewsers. It's been a lot of fun so far, and I'm learning quite a bit about world events. I don't think I'm quite ready for accreditation though, but thanks for offering. Right now I'm just focusing on learning the ropes and trying to improve everything as much as I can. Congratulations on your accreditation, by the way. DouglasGreen 04:09, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Proposed New Workspace
Please check out Water_cooler/proposals and Proposed_Workspace. Thanks. Kevin Baastalk 18:45, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

Spellcheck
Every day I read the recent changes for the past 24hr's. Everyday I see your name and the term 'spellchecked'. I really want to say thanks; your work is minor on an individual basis - but when looked at from the recent changes page it is a phenomenal. You deserve to be recognised as a valuable wikinewsie because you are just that. Not to mention that most of the spelling mistakes you correct are my own! Thanks. → CGorman (Talk)  20:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

It's no big deal, I'm glad to help out. You already did all the hard work: writing the article. :-) DouglasGreen 23:14, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

dang, someone beat me to thanking you, lol, well tahnks again, that really helps the overall qaulity of wikinews. Their should be an award for that.--Ryan524 16:51, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Tables
May I ask why you used tables on the article American Samoa asks again to be removed from U.N. colonies list? As a web designer, I know the temptation to use them for layout purposes, but see this revision I did on the aticle and see what you think. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 13:00, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)

I used tables out of habit. On other articles I did in the past, the text was longer and it wrapped around and below the infobox on the right. I decided that I liked it better if the infobox was in a separate column with blank space beneath it. But it's not critically important. I do like the way you laid out the image, I couldn't get it to do that, so I will give that a try in the future. Thanks for the suggestions. DouglasGreen 00:18, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pic
Hi! You probably wonder how I found you. Well it's simple. I googled myself and found a picture of mine among others in the wikinews. When I looked the diff pages in the history of the article, I found out that you were the one to put my picture in the article. God bless you. I'm interested in how you found the picture. Since I don't have an account here, answer on my sr user talk page where I'm active the most. Thanks in advance. Filip Maljkovic

An invitation
I'm attempting to start up a new edition of Wikinews, one with a simpler user contributions system at Wikinews/Start a new edition. The goals of this project would be to simplify the process of submitting articles such that anyone with no knowledge of the Mediawiki software or the Wikimedia projects culture can easily understand and submit an article, and immediately see it on the main page developing articles section.

If you would be interested in supporting this project I would be pleased if you would sign up at the Meta page. User:Amgine

Hello
Where've you gone? Dan100 (Talk) 6 July 2005 17:54 (UTC)

Nowhere special. I've been away for a while, working on other projects and on my homepage. DouglasGreen 01:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi DouglasGreen
Shuttle launch tomorrow, will you attend? Best Regards. -Edbrown05 21:44, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Future talk 2
Hello, I would like to invite you to attend our second future talk, it will be held on Monday, August 1 at 21:00 UTC. It will be held on the Wikinews IRC channel #wikinews For more information please see the page on meta The main topics will be audio Wikinews, WNN and portals/neighborhoods It would be great if you will be able to attend. --Cspurrier 15:42, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo Wales at UF -- next week
Hi ! I noticed on your userpage that you live in Gainesville. I wanted to let you know about an event going on at UF next week: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation, is coming to speak!

The speech is on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 pm at Emerson Alumni Hall (1938 W. University Ave.). The speech is free and open to the public.

Jimbo's keynote will be on the role of free culture in universities. The keynote will be followed by a discussion panel of UF students and faculty. It's sponsored by Florida Free Culture, ACCENT, and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

For more information, visit this page or email me. Hope to see you here!

(P.S. Because not everyone checks their userpage regularly, I'll also email you this note if your account is set up to allow e-mails from other users.) --Tetraminoe 05:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Rfda
This is a message to inform you that I have added every administrator to the Rfda section on WN:A. This is not personal and I feel as if the community, who did not have the option of voting for or against most of the administrators, should be able to choose who they want to be in charge. I also want to say that I value everyones work on this site and I know that everyone does their best. I hope that none of you will take this personally and I hope that all of us will continue to work together. Jason Safoutin 12:21, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

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

Request for de-adminship
We are currently in the process of voting to de-admin some admins who have not been active recently, including you. If you wish you could say something at WN:A. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:49, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Market Data

Data Source
Where does this data come from? --66.82.9.11 19:15, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * From CSV exports of http://finance.yahoo.Com -- IlyaHaykinson 07:56, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The infomation seems out of date.--207.200.116.200 17:40, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Maintaining this site
Is anybdy still maintaining this site/set of articles ? The data seems way outdated. Additionally we have a heap of images from the Market data bot in the Commons with no category and no use except the very latests ones. Should they reside there forever or is there anything planned like a deletion of older versions ? At least the 500+ images without cat should be categorized in Market data, maybe by using a bot. --Denniss 00:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Just for Info: I moved all Market Data images I found still in use to a new cat in the Comons and asked the old ones to be deleted. If there is still a project member active here please doublechek I did not miss some of these images. --Denniss 15:34, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * MarketDataBot definitely seems broken. I don't even know if anyone has seen this talk page since you wrote your comments, Denniss.  Bastique 17:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I suggest re-begin the data maintaining. And create a Market Data Table Style (we can use the first table with some improvements). --82.159.137.19 08:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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Conservatives plan to reject budget over newly introduced Kyoto amendment in Canada

March 26, 2005

The Canadian Conservative Party plans to reject the federal budget. A recently amended provision allowing the government to control greenhouse gas emissions is "completely unacceptable," says its leader Stephen Harper.

Harper said Thursday his party plans to vote against the omnibus budget bill if it includes the amendment to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. It would add greenhouse gas emissions to the list of controlled substances, allowing the Canadian government to regulate those emissions, he contends. "This is an attempt by the government to get unlimited power to impose multimillion-dollar fines on any basis, without any parliamentary approval or discussion, whatsoever." Harper said.

The controversial amendment was introduced after a lengthy cabinet debate between Finance Minister Ralph Goodale and others.

When the budget was tabled last month, Harper initially said his party would support the bill. He now says the party will oppose it unless the Liberal government removes the amendment. Environment Minister Stéphane Dion, who is attempting to have a $10 million Kyoto implementation plan in place by April 4, said he would be "very, very pleased" to fight an election over climate change.

The NDP and Bloc Québécois have both said they will oppose the bill. The Liberal Party of Canada has 133 seats, so its defeat seems certain if all four parties hold their positions.

Both the NDP and the Bloc also accuse the Liberal party of trying to tack the Kyoto amendment onto the bill without sufficient debate.

Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe said that he was not satisfied with a number of provisions in the bill. “First of all it's not enough on Kyoto. We don't know the plan, we didn't discuss the plan," Duceppe said. “I'm ready to have an election any time if this is what they want."

NDP leader, Jack Layton, said "The Liberals are playing games with the environment. Paul Martin doesn't care about the Kyoto plan. He cares about playing politics and that is what's going on here."

It will be up to Prime Minister Paul Martin whether a defeat triggers an election.


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NCAA men's division I basketball tournament reaches "Elite Eight" round

March 26, 2005 The NCAA men's Division I basketball tournament has entered the quarterfinal, or "Elite Eight", round of play, in what is shaping up to be an exciting tournament with its fair share of upsets and underdogs.

One example of outstanding play by a low-seeded team is #7 seed West Virginia, who beat #2 seeded Wake Forest in a double overtime game in which junior guard Mike Gansey poured in 29 points, many late in the game.

West Virginia plays #4 seed Louisville at 4:40 PM EST tonight, while #3 seed Arizona plays #1 seed Illinois at 7:05 PM EST.


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Massive star cluster found in Milky Way

March 26, 2005 European astronomers discovered a very young and huge star cluster within our Milky Way galaxy using European Southern Observatory telescopes. The discovery was made at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Hidden behind a veil of dust and gas, the super star cluster, known as Westerlund 1, is 1000 times closer than any other known clusters. These Super star clusters were previously known to exist as pairs or groups of interacting galaxies located at immense intergalactic distances. It is so close--within 10,000 light years--scientists will be able to examine its structure in detail. Until now, super clusters were far too distant for individual stars to be distinguished.

Initial observations have led scientists to conclude the group contains at least 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, with some single stars shining with a power of 1,000,000 suns and 2000 times larger than our own. All the stars are in a region less than six light years across.

The existence of Westerlund 1's has been known since 1961. Discovered by Swedish astronomer Bengt Westerlund while in Australia, the cluster is located in the Southern constellation Ara (the Altar). It was a dimming factor of more than 100,000 caused by the gas and dust between us and the cluster that prevented the actual structure and nature of the phenomenon to be determined.

Using a variety of instruments, including the Wide Field Imager (WFI) attached to a 2.2 meter scope and the Superb-Seeing Imager 2 (SuSI2) camera on the ESO 3.5 meter New Technology Telescope (NTT), 200 cluster member stars were identified. These and other observations have revealed the cluster contains young stars on the order of 30-40 times more massive than our own Sun. The age range has been determined at 3.5 to five million years old, making this cluster very young compared to the Galaxy itself at around 13.5 billion years.

The research will appear in the leading research journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, and is titled "On the massive stellar population of the Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1", by J.S. Clark and colleagues. A second paper, "Further Wolf-Rayet stars in the starburst cluster Westerlund 1", by Ignacio Negueruela and Simon Clark will also be published in the same journal.

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Mozilla Foundation rolls out second security update for Firefox browser

March 26, 2005

The Mozilla Foundation released the second major security update this week for their flagship browser Firefox. The fix patches a serious flaw in the way Firefox handles animated GIF image files. Firefox browsers infected by malicious code could experience a buffer overflow, temporarily locking up or "freezing" a user's computer, or even executing arbitrary code which could take over a user's computer.

The flaw was discovered and reported by Internet Security Systems, Inc. The upgrade was the second major security fix in less than a month for the browser, which has grown in popularity to ten percent of the browser market in the United States.

Although there were no known exploits of the bug, Chris Hoffman, director of engineering at Mozilla, told reporters, "[because] Mozilla is committed to delivering the most secure product possible, we decided to quickly issue an update to patch the bug."

The Mozilla Foundation did not offer any details about the issue of vulnerability, but a second major security overhaul in such a short time underscores challenges faced by the nonprofit foundation as it goes head-to-head with the market leading Internet Explorer browser by Microsoft.

The new release, Firefox version 1.0.2, "illustrates the dedication of the strong community of developers working on the product," according to Hoffman. "...we’re able to turn around patches much faster than a traditional corporation," he added. Users can download the update at no charge, and can find additional information at the Mozilla website.


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Talk:Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan

USA is leader in manufature and placement of landmines and refused to sign Princess Diana's ban on landmines...please confirm. Paulrevere2005 20:16, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Good question. It's interesting that the ABC News piece (from the Australian ABC, not the American one) quotes a spokeswoman who says they are unsure whether it was a land mine or an IED (improvised explosive device). So this story may not even involve land mines. It may just be a home-made bomb that did the job. — DV 21:21, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

k thx Paulrevere2005 23:06, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm also not sure what the following link has to do with the four servicemen who were killed this morning:

 * http://www.cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm

 * The article linked from cursor.org is apparently about the U.S. military dropping bombs in populated areas.

 * Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan is about four servicemen who were killed this morning by a mine or an IED.

 * If you would like to write an article that is critical of overall US military policy in Afghanistan, why not start with the cursor.org link and create a separate article that can more effectively focus on that issue?

 * Unless you're the type who spits on servicemen as they arrive home at the airport, using the story of the death of these personnel for the purpose of discrediting the US military's actions against civilians in Afghanistan seems out of place.

 * You may be perfectly justified in writing an article that reflects poorly upon the US military's actions in Afghanistan, but please respect the story of these deaths and create a separate article for other purposes. — DV 23:33, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Massive star cluster found in Milky Way

The linked article says, "For immediate release".

Does that mean the pictures are released into the public domain and we can put one or two in the article?

An astronomy article without pictures is kinda like peanut butter without the jelly. — DV 22:26, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't know for sure. It's for the press obviously, but the pictures are copyrighted by the ESO.  I've been poopin' around on the commons trying to figure out if I could use them or not.  I don't think so.  With AFP suing Google and all that, I've been careful about what kind of source I use for my stories.  Although someone did link directly to a photo on the Ariane 5 story from a while back without going through the wikicommons.

 * I agree it blows with no photos but I don't need the heavy hand of the Copyright Gods comin' down on my head or me causing any problems for Wikinews itself. Paranoid?  Hell, yeah! vlsimpson 22:38, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Lebanon yields to opposition tide

March 27, 2005 A late night car bomb explosion on Saturday in Beirut wounded 5 people and sparked a large fire in an industrial suburb east of the city. This marks the second car bombing inside a week's time in the Lebanon capital’s anti-Syrian vicinities.

The blast added an exclamation point to the sudden policy shift by Lebanon's top leadership.

In an announcement earlier Saturday, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hamoud said to reporters, "Lebanon agrees to the creation of an international commission of inquiry if the [UN] Security Council takes such a decision to uncover the truth in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri". The statement came after a joint meeting in Beirut with UN ambassadors from Britain, China and Russia. Further meetings with UN envoys from France and the United States are being sought.

Opposition government pressure, spearheaded by Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt, called for the removal of all Lebanese security chiefs earlier that day. Urging for their resignations, Jumblatt said, “It is not possible to carry out a just, serious, clear and transparent investigation if the heads of the agencies remain in their place.”

Lebanon’s pro-Syrian government originally rejected a UN Security Council report issued Thursday that found, "[security services] has neither the capacity nor the commitment to reach a satisfactory and credible conclusion" in the bombing assassination of the anti-Syrian former prime minster Rafiq Hariri. The UN investigation complained they could not conduct it more thoroughly, partly due to lack of cooperation from Lebanon’s security services. The UN report bolsters Jumblatt claims these services are staffed by pro-Syrian agents and are the source of the car bombings and other lawlessness.

The Hariri assassination on Feb 14 was the galvanizing force that spurred opposition government groups to street protests and rallies. The capital has since been beset with protesting groups both for, and against, the Syrian presence in Lebanon. A recent rally was estimated to have numbered a million people.

In the face of these events and UN pressure, the Syrian capital of Damascus agreed to have its forces leave Lebanon. The Syrians have completed the first phase of its previously announced two-stage withdrawal. A meeting is planned for early April where a Lebanese-Syrian military committee will discuss the how the second stage will be conducted. The goal is for complete withdrawal before national elections scheduled for May.

The worry is that Lebanon may be so far diminished in the vacuum created by the Syrian exit, the country may plunge into chaos.

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Talk:Conservatives plan to reject budget over newly introduced Kyoto amendment in Canada

Why is the NDP opposing the bill? ~The bellman | Smile 00:19, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * You're right, that should be clarified. I'll do that. - VF 00:48, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Dick, Spielberg among Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees

The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame announced this week the names of its four inductees for 2005. They include filmmaker Steven Spielberg, author Philip K. Dick, artist Chesley Bonestell and animator Ray Harryhausen.

Scheduled to take place on May 6 in Seattle, this will be the first induction ceremony since the hall of fame moved to Seattle from its previous home in Lawrence, Kansas. Induction into the hall is not based on any single work, according to the hall's press release, but for a lifetime of creative endeavors that "shaped" the science fiction genre.

Inductees come from four categories: film, television and media, literature, art, and a category called "open" which is designed for individuals who do not fit into one of the other categories. 2005 is the first year the hall inducted people for works other than literature.

The class of 2005
Only two of the inductees, Spielberg and Harryhausen, are alive to accept the honor. Dick and Bonestell died in the 1980s.
 * Chesley Bonestell:His special-effects matte paintings for films Destination Moon and War of the Worlds inspired the creation of the Chesley Award to honor achievement in science fiction and fantasy art.
 * Philip K. Dick: Prolific author of many science fiction novels, novellas and short stories - many of which have gone on to be Hollywood science fiction blockbuster films. He died in 1982 before the release of the first of the films based on his work, Blade Runner, which was based on his book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. His work has been turned into other Hollywood films, such as Total Recall based the short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Screamers story Second Variety, Spielberg's Minority Report based on Dick's short story of the same name, Paycheck based on Dick's short story of the same name, and the upcoming Keanu Reeves film, A Scanner Darkly which also is based on Dick's novel of the same name.
 * Ray Harryhausen:Honored for his Oscar-winning stop-motion animation techniques using metal armatures and synthetic flesh in such classic science fiction films as Jason and the Argonauts, One Million Years B.C, and Clash of the Titans.
 * Steven Spielberg: Director of such science fiction film classics as E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Jurassic Park.


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Hello,

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

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

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

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