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Massive operation results in arrests of 10,733 fugitives in Eastern U.S.

November 2, 2006 10,733 fugitive felons have been arrested after Operation Falcon III (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally), came to a close after 7 days, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Marshals Service Director John F. Clark announced on Thursday. The Operation Falcon projects are part of a federally organized effort involving about 3,000 federal, state and local law enforcement officers, who target fugitives with state and local law enforcement warrants, a Justice Department spokesman said.

According to Clark, there are currently at least 1 million fugitives in the United States, and police across the nation arrest about 1,000 fugitives per week.

Gonzales explained that the operation was designed "to be sure that there aren't second or third victims, especially children. . . by a dangerous fugitive". Included in the operation were 24 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Amongst the 10,733 fugitives arrested were 1,659 sex offenders, 971 of which were wanted for failing to register. 360 gang members were also apprehended, and over 270 weapons confiscated in the raid. This latest sweep was preceded in April this year, and in April of last year by similar Falcon operations.

No enforcement officers were killed during Falcon III. According to officers, a male murder suspect was killed when he showed a weapon to the police in Atlanta. In Florida, a suspect's mother fired a weapon at police.


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West Indies will play 2006 ICC Champions Trophy final against Australia

November 2, 2006

West Indies have beaten South Africa by 6 wickets in the second semifinal of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur to reach in final of the tournament.

South African cricket captain Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. South Africa could make 258 runs by losing 8 wickets in 50 overs for New Zealand.

The start of the West Indian team was very aggressive. They made first fifty runs in just 43 balls without losing any wicket. Chris Gayle added 154 runs with Chanderpaul in the innings before Chanderpaul got retired hurt. West Indian team were able to reach to the target of 259 in just 44 overs.

Now West Indies will play in the final with Australia who had won the match against New Zealand yesterday.

The man of the match award was given to Chris Gayle. He made 133 runs not out in just 135 balls.


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United States warns of suicide attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia

November 2, 2006

The United States embassy located in Nairobi, Kenya has issued a warning that "extremists from Somalia" are planning to launch suicide bomb attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia. The U.S. says it has received information from an undisclosed source that specifically mentions the use of suicide bombers to will blow up "prominent landmarks" in Ethiopia and Kenya.

The Department of State has said that they are concerned "about terrorists in Somalia with links to outside terrorist groups."

"These threats specifically mention the execution of suicide explosions in prominent landmarks within Kenya and Ethiopia. [The] terrorist threats [are] emanating from extremist elements within Somalia which target Kenya, Ethiopia and other surrounding countries," said the statement.

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Sealing in New Delhi put off until Monday

November 2, 2006

The Group of Ministers which is overseeing the issue has decided not to resume the sealing of unauthorised commercial establishments until Monday. The decision came after seeing the current tense situation in New Delhi.

The Group of Ministers is headed by Home minister Shivraj Patil and comprised of Law minister H R Bhardwaj, Delhi CM Sheila Dikhit, Union Urban Development minister S Jaipal Reddy and his deputy Ajay Makan.

S Jaipal Reddy told reporters that it is very difficult to conduct the sealing drive in the city under these circumstances. He made the statement after a meeting of Group of Ministers.

The Supreme Court had already sent the notice to Municipal Corporation of Delhi to resume the sealing drive from Thursday. They will approach the apex court on Friday and will apprise the court about the difficulties in carrying out the sealing drive in these circumstances where the traders are going on strike and creating situation of tension in the capital.

Supreme Court's Monitoring committee called on the MCD to resume the sealing of unauthorised shops in the city on Friday.

MCD movement to demolish commercial establishments in residential areas
On February 16, 2006, the Delhi High Court handed over a notice to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to remove all the commercial ventures in residential areas in the capital. After came the notice from the high court, MCD took up an immediate reaction and started planning the strategy regarding demolition of shops in the colonies.

On February 23, 2006, the central government asked High Court (HC) to provide some time to prepare the plan to deal with the violators of building bylaws in the Capital. They asked HC to provide about 3 months to minor violators and in the meanwhile the demolition action could be implementated to major violators.

After came into the decisions of the High Court the people, who were afraid of getting harmed by HC's notice, agitated and became violent. This was followed by suspension of the demolition activities on February 25, 2006.

High Court refrained from passing any order after hearing the application came from central government seeking some time-relief for minor violators on February 27, 2006. A division bench of High Court, comprising Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma, posted the matter for hearing on March 22, 2006 and sent a notification to MCD for exempting Lal Deora areas from building bylaws in the meanwhile.

The opposition parties opposed the HC notice and the matter was raised in Lok Sabha (Lower house of the parliament in India) sessions. MCD passed the resolution to state and central government to approach High court and Supreme Court to make any postponement in demolition on March 13, 2006. Supreme Court fixed March 26, 2006 the deadline for sealing of shops.

Traders' movement against the demolition activities
Traders protested against the demolition activities in the residential areas in the city on March 18, 2006. They demonstrated their anger across the streets in capital after producing the deadline of sealing the shops. They demanded to produce the policy of regularisation of shops in the residential areas. The traders came to take part in the protest from different local areas association, like, Jail Road, Rajouri Garden, Kirti Nagar Mansarovar Garden, Karol Bagh, Rohini colony and South Delhi. Traders called for the bandh (off) on March 21, 2006.

MCD cleared out that they would not extend the deadline of sealing of illegal commercial establishment in residential areas as the order came from the supreme court. The traders called off the markets and stay closed all the major markets located in residential areas including South Extension, Greater Kailash, Kotla Mubarakpur, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Green Park, Vikaspuri, Janak Puri, Uttam Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Pitampura, Ashok Vihar, Model Town, Azadpur, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Roop Nagar, Malka Ganj and Patparganj.

Notifications from the authorities
Delhi High Court threatened to dissolve the MCD if they were failed to follow to run accordingly by the law on March 23, 2006. A division bench comprised of Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma told MCD to form an independent body if they were unable to take action and run in accordance.

Supreme Court extended the deadline to March 28, 2006 by seeing the contempoary tense situation in the capital on March 24, 2006. The apex court added that there would not be given any misuses of the establishments after June 30, 2006 to those who would file an affidavit with the MCD by March 28, 2006. Delhi High Court asked MCD and DDA to file the affidavits to support legal farmhoses functioning in Delhi.

The central government notified the amendments in the Master Plan of Delhi, 2001 by bringing some reliefs to minor traders. Ajay Maken, contemporary minister of state for urban development, on March 28, 2006, said that there should be some criteria to segregate major and minor violators. He added that new policy, naming mixed land used, of segregation would permit legalise commercial activities on the ground floor of residential premises in the city.

MCD's drive of sealing commercial establishments
On March 29, 2006, MCD started sealing the commercial establishments in residential areas whose owners were failed to file a requistee before the deadline set by the apex court. After expiring the deadline MCD started sealing shops in all the zones under the tight security by police.

MCD constituted a committee of 6 members to identify the areas where mixed land use policy is applicable. The committee was comprised of Jitender Kochar, Mukesh Goel, Subhash Arya, V K Bugga, Ravi Das and K D Akolia. On the other hand, High Court issued a warrant to the MCD Counsel for not appearing before the court because of the lawyer's stike on March 30, 2006.

MCD steeped up its sealing drive after warnings came fron HC and SC On April 1, 2006. MCD took action against illegal establishment covering all the zones despite the protest and widespread resistance.

Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2006
On April 25, 2006, the union urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy said that the central government would provie a bill concerning regularisation of commercial establishment. On May 2, 2006, Reddy added that the bill will provide relief from the sealing drive and demolition in the city. The bill has issues related to demolitions including unauthorised construction, sealing of shops and slum dwellers in the city.

On May 8, 2006, chief minister Sheila Dikshit announced that the bill seeking relief from the municipal drive was being framed and would be forwarded to the cabinet ministers soon. On May 10, 2006, Reddy said that the bill is expected to be applied by next week and added that the bill to provide short-term relief would be likely to introduce tomorrow in the parliament.

MCD announced end of the sealing drive on May 20, 2006 after central government introduced the bill to suspend the action of Municipal authorities. President Kalam named the bill by Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2006.


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I was the spectator of the whole match and created the article on my own. Shyam ( T / C ) 22:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)


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What the "sealing of unauthorized" establishments entails should be made clear in this article. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia sealing redirects to seal hunting. It is not a business term. (Well not in India anyway.) Please clarify: how will the businesses be closed, will the landowners be evicted, will property be confiscated, etc. As is the article is somewhat nonsensical. 74.134.236.69 03:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I read some sources, and encountered the same jargon... it seems that New Delhi introduced new retail regulations recently, resulting in unrest in the booming barter business. Those who normally man marketplaces have dispersed into impromptu protests and illicit private places of pawn. The latter of these surly shopkeepers shall be "sealed."

Sealed off? Where? The terminology still doesn't seem appropriate, but whatever.

"The Group is... comprised of" = bad grammar
Sentence should read "The Group of Ministers is headed by Home minister Shivraj Patil and comprises Law minister H R Bhardwaj, Delhi CM Sheila Dikhit, Union Urban Development minister S Jaipal Reddy and his deputy Ajay Makan."--121.223.133.227 (talk) 08:12, 15 November 2010 (UTC)


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American politician, John Kerry, apologizes for Iraq war remark

November 2, 2006 John Kerry, former Presidential candidate, U.S. senator from Massachusetts, and decorated war veteran, apologized yesterday for a statement made on Monday at an appearance at Pasadena City College that American students who did not study hard and stay in school would end up "stuck in Iraq."

"You know education," he said, "if you make the most of it, and you study hard, and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

Kerry posted on his website that he meant to say if you don't study hard, you would end up like U.S. President George W. Bush stuck in Iraq. "My poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to, any troop," Kerry said yesterday. "I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended."

Mr. Bush said Kerry's comment was "insulting" and "shameful" and that he should apologize to the U.S. forces. War veterans also demanded that he say he was sorry.

On November 1, 2006, the following statement was released by the Democratic Senator's office:

"Sen. Kerry's apology to the troops for his insulting comments came late, but it was the right thing to do," said the White House, which were quick to respond to Kerry's apology.

In response to the comment, U.S. troops in Iraq held up a sign saying: "Halp us Jon Carry -- We R stuck hear N Irak." Eight U.S. soldiers, who are stationed near the southeastern city of Nasiriya, are shown holding the sign in a photo that has been widely distributed on the Internet.


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Free Software Foundation announces release of gNewSense version 1.0

November 2, 2006

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced today the release of the first version of gNewSense, a new GNU/Linux distribution based on both Ubuntu and Debian. The goal of the newly created distribution is to offer an operating system which is 100% proprietary software free.

Generally, GNU/Linux distributions comes with proprietary software such as kernel drivers (eg. NVIDIA and ATI card drivers), the Opera web browser or the VoIP Skype software among others. According to its developers: “From a philosophical perspective we wanted to create a GNU/Linux distribution where the user has access to all the sources for all software on the system. This includes everything from the heart of the kernel through to the everyday desktop applications."

Ted Teah, FSF's free software directory maintainer explained, "With all the kernel firmware and restricted repositories removed, and the reliance on Ubuntu's proprietary distribution management tool gone, this distribution is the most advanced GNU/Linux distribution that has a commitment to be 100% free." gNewSense will provide users with full security updates and is available for immediate download in LiveCD ISO format along with a version of the Ubiquity graphical installer. The developers have also created a set of tools called Builder that allows users to create their own gNewSense-based distributions.

In the new 1.0 version, gNewSense has removed all non-free firmware from the kernel, removed access to the Ubuntu Restricted component (such as links to LaunchPad which are redirected to the gNewSense webpage for now) and replaced the Ubuntu logos with its own. Also the UniVerse component is enabled by default and Emacs, BSD games, NetHack, and build-essential part of the default install.

There already exists such a distribution called Ututo which aims for zero proprietary software but it never really took off in popularity. A few years ago, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu distribution, also initiated a similar initiative dubbed Gnubuntu but it never materialized.


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Pizza 'lust' campaign attracts numerous complaints

November 3, 2006 New Zealand's Hell Pizza company sparked a storm of protest on Thursday after putting 170,000 condoms in mailboxes.

Hell Pizza, located in 18 cities throughout New Zealand, included a condom and explicit instructions on how to use it during sex in its small pamphlet delivered to promote its "Lust" pizza, and has attracted more than 30 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority.

Groups such as Family Life International, Focus on the Family and the Catholic Church have condemned the campaign as encouraging children to use the condoms and follow the "explicit instructions" contained in the packet and called for a boycott of the company.

"From the feedback we're getting a lot of people are making complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority and are boycotting Hell's Pizza, and we encourage that."

The church had received a number of complaints from people offended at finding a condom along with the advertising in their letterbox, Bishop Browne said.

Bob McCoskrie, national director of the group Family First said Hell Pizza had crossed the line of what was decent and acceptable advertising material to be put in letterboxes of families and that the connection between "meat-lovers" pizzas and condoms cheapened women and the act of sex, and that Hell Pizza's advertising has previously been cheeky and fun, but he thinks the line has now been crossed.

"It is offensive to families to have condoms and explicit sex instructions put in their letterbox, and it is unacceptable for Hell Pizza to link pizza with the intimate act of sex," McCoskrie says.

McCoskrie says children and families should be protected from offensive grubby advertising.

"It is time we started protecting our children and families. Family First believes the Advertising Standards Authority will be receiving plenty of complaints about Hell Pizza's latest advertising campaign."

Hell Pizza's director Warren Powell refused to apologise for distributing the condoms.

Powell says the company discussed the promotion with Family Planning and the Aids Foundation and they completely support the campaign.

"While the primary aim of the campaign is to promote our Lust pizza, let's not forget that promoting the use of condoms has important public benefits," said Warren Powell.

"Government and public agencies distribute these things for free to young people."

"Before this campaign started we rang a number of these agencies and offered them our excess condoms at no charge."


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Cool Pun
"Pizza 'lust' campaign raises hell" Cool pun

"explicit instructions"
Having seen the "explicit instructions" instructions, they are nothing more than those that typically come with condoms. Not being familiar with Wikinews, I'm not sure how to incorporate this into the article, or if it needs to be mentioned. Evil Monkey 23:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


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The statement that previously only dolphins and chimpanzees are known to recognise themselves in the mirror is false, the Kea (a parrot) has been proven to recognise itself in a mirror on a TV documentary "clever dicks". Some people would claim household pets such as cats also recognise themselves in mirrors as well.


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Republishing
I see that you republished without addressing the issues with your article. I don't want to get into a stupid edit war, so I won't send it back to development again. But can you shed some light on why you don't feel it necessary to address the issues that I mentioned? Personally I don't even think this is newsworthy. It reads like an advertisement, true, it is from a non-profit, but still. --SVTCobra 01:10, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Unpublishing an article only because "the embedded links do not conform to the style guide" is a bit exaggerated and I don't even know what's wrong with them. When I look at other articles they have the same embedded links as I used them to get an inspiration. What's the need of an outside source when I can get the original announcement source plus at the time I wrote the article there wasn't many other sources. So if you find some please upgrade the article, no need to remove it :/ Patcito 03:23, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I never removed the article, it was sent back to the Newsroom for development. If I thought the article should have been removed, I would have nominated it for deletion. Other articles that you see around here ought only have wiki-links embedded in the article text. See the Style guide about keeping links to other websites out of the article and listing them as Sources, References, or External Links. I have now done a copy-edit. --SVTCobra 21:25, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, if you look at your user contributions, you will see that it almost looks like your user account was established for the sole purpose of publishing this article about a new product which is almost solely based on a press release. Note, I am not calling you a spammer, but these are the hallmarks of spammers that do come around here. That is why a second source is so important. See also Content guide for more help when writing an article. --SVTCobra 21:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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Abducted Richmond Hill, Ontario man walks into police station

November 3, 2006

A Richmond Hill, Ontario man is currently released after he was abducted and escaped last night.

Chee Kian Jeff Chan, 28, was forced by three people into a black Mercedes SUV (which was caught on security camera) in the parking garage of his condominium at 23 Oneida Cresant in the Yonge Street and High Tech Road area. A small amount of blood was found at the scene. He was dropped off at an unnamed location in Toronto Wednesday night.

The suspects were wearing black clothes and balaclavas covering their faces at the time of the incident. The licence plate number of the Mercedes SUV is not known because there was no plate on the front of the vehicle.

Chan walked into the Major Mackenzie Dr. W. police station, at about 6:45 p.m. last night, suffering from injuries and went to a hospital for examination.

York Regional Police say that he is a poker player, after hearing about a man with the same name that took seventh place at the River Rock Casino Resort near Vancouver, British Columbia on November 19, 2005, earning him $44,753.

No ransom note was received and police believe that it was an extortion attempt.

"He was unaware of a lot of things during his ordeal," Constable Laurie Perks said. "He didn't know what they looked like. His vision was concealed and so he therefore didn't know where he was through most of his ordeal."

It is believed that Chan's three captors released him after 28 hours because of the media coverage surrounding his disappearance.

The investigation is still ongoing.


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New Zealand journalists fall ill on testing water filter

November 3, 2006

The two inventors of an iodine-based filtration system from Christchurch, New Zealand, are still backing it even after media tested the 'filtered' water and became violently ill. The inventors are blaming it on a handling error and not the filter itself.

The filter is supposed to turn contaminated water into clean, healthy water.

Last week Russell Kelly, co-inventor of the filter, invited the media to test it out. Mr Kelly had taken water from both the Avon River and sewage water and mixed them together and then placed into his filter. The three journalists and the freelance cameraman became ill the next day, experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea.

Mr. Kelly is currently overseas but his wife Sue Kelly, co-inventor of the filter, said: "The water the journalists drank could have become contaminated because my husband did not disinfect his hands. We are usually so careful, quite focused, but with the press team there it was not a controlled environment. We feel really disappointed in ourselves but I didn't feel I could interrupt the filming process (to ensure her husband had disinfected his hands)."

The three journalists who became sick were from TV One's One News, TV3's 3 News and The New Zealand Herald, the freelance cameraman was working for TV3 at the time.

Blair Norton, One News reporter, had drunk the water and became ill, also required medical treatment for a viral infection instead of a bacterial infection, according to Television New Zealand, which owns TV One.

Beverly Lockhart, 3 News reporter, and cameraman Joe Morgan, both tried a half a glass of the treated water. Ms Lockhart said: "I would not draw any conclusions about the incident but would be wary of any future on-the-job trials. We tried the water about midday on Wednesday and about Thursday at 10pm I was violently ill with vomiting and diarrhoea."

The reporter from The New Zealand Herald also became ill after drinking the contaminated water.

The Kelly's had invented the filter for aid agencies to make drinkable water in the times of emergencies. They had come up with the idea after they lived in Kashmir, India-Pakistan border, where they saw the problems with water supplies.


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Talk:Iran begins 10 days of military exercises

Hello Wikinews. I'm John Grissom. And i want to apologize for that news article. About Iran Begins 10 Days Of War Games. I did not know. This is my first time on here and i'm just starting to learn about how to do this. Once again. I apologize. Please forgive me this will not happen again. I repeat, this will not happen again. Please let me know if you forgive me. This is my first time on this site.

Sincerely Yours, John Grissom.
 * Not that I can forgive you on behalf of everyone, but I think most here would agree that making mistakes is only natural for a beginner, and so you needent be worried. Somebody has replied to you in more length on your talk page as well, either follow this link, or Log in to read it. regards Sean Heron 12:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


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 * And of course, stories need writing!

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.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! - Shyam ( T / C ) 04:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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Clint Brown, ex NZ TV presenter, investigation complete

November 3, 2006

The investigation over whether the allegations that resulted in ex-sports presenter for 3 News, Clint Brown, being hospitalised has been completed but police are still tight-lipped over the result and if he will be charged.

Clint Brown was assaulted on September 13, 2006, and was put in hospital due to a concussion and a broken eye socket, for allegedly abusing a taxi driver while he was drunk in Taupo. Many witnesses say that Mr Brown was hit because he was swearing and verbally abusing the taxi driver from the Top Cab company. However other witnesses say that Brown was injured because he was hit by the partner of another woman he insulted, not because he was verbally abusing the taxi driver.

Inspector Kevin Taylor, Taupo area commander, said the police had completed their investigation yesterday and wouldn't comment on whether he would be charged. "No progress will be made until at least next week."

The police reviewed closed-circuit video, interviewed several witnesses to find out what happened in Taupo that night.

Mr Brown had been suspended from work after the allegations came to light. On October 13 Mr Brown resigned from TV3 due to stressful conditions. The reason that Mr Brown had been in Taupo that night was because he was at a promotional dinner for the New Zealand A1 team. It has been said that he was drunk. TV3's own investigation into the allegations did not clarify anything.


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User talk:Harej/Contest/1

I propose that the contestants are split to sub pages, what's everyone think? Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:44, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea because as more points are gained more links appear. So sub-pages is a good idea, and then just have the details of each person participating and their total points on the contest page? --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:12, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

those lovely extra points
the extra 1 and 2 points for reporting on "region you are not from" and "region not well covered" apply to "substantial contribution to article" claims (3pt) only, and not to "copyedited" claims (1pt), methinks. — Doldrums(talk) 06:42, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can only get 1 point per article you copyedit. —     02:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

When did it start?
If I start now, are articles from, say yesterday counted as well ? If you say when its over, it would be good to know when it started as well (I can guess of course, but..). Regards Sean Heron 12:51, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The contest started on October 29. You cannot earn points for the contest until you put yourself on the contest page. Once you do things from there on, you can earn points for them. —     02:50, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Messed's Contest
Should we move this to the WN: namespace? Thunderhead (talk) 02:45, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * My user space is good, thank you. Though I do appreciate the redirect at WN:MC. —     02:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Contest benefits
I notice a distinct difference in the number of stories published when a contest like this is in place. The stakes are relatively small, so why couldn't the foundation run a quarterly competition with 250, 150 and 75 EUR or USD prizes? It'd be a cheap way to generate a lot of content. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:47, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Protected
Is there a reason this article is protected? Thunderhead - confirm it
 * It was probably protected to prevent vandalism. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:53, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:United States warns of suicide attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia

This is not a news article. This is a Press Release from the US government. Does it really belong here?--194.46.121.217 07:53, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * News agencies frequently report on government press releases. 128.187.129.62 04:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikinews cannot copy directly from press releases, however they may be sourced. Is this directly from a press release? If so, give me a URL. Thunderhead  (talk) 04:14, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


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New Zealand Police car involved in collision

November 3, 2006

A New Zealand police car landed on its roof after colliding with a truck in Upper Hutt at 9am NZDT (2100 UTC) today, closing State Highway 2.

The highway patrol car flipped, and its siren-lights ripped off, during a collision with two other cars at an intersection of River Road and Gibbons Street.

The police officer had minor injuries, but needed surgery to his hand and the truck driver was not hurt, a police communications spokesman said.

The Serious Crash Unit is currently investigating.

Senior Sergeant Benge says police are speaking with witnesses, but will not have a clear idea about what happened until they can speak with the people involved in the crash. He says that could be a few days away.

Benge says initial investigations indicate the police car was not involved in a pursuit, however witnesses say the car appeared to be rushing to a job with lights flashing.

The truck was carrying a load of windows and shattered glass was scattered over the intersection.


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Talk:Main Page/Archive 14

How does the Main Page work?
Is the WikiNews Main Page created automatically? I just fixed the spelling on the title an article, and thought I should I should fix the link on the Main Page too. But there's no "Edit this page" button, and after a few minutes of searching I saw that my changed article title was now appearing on the Main Page...  There's nothing in the Help about "How this works". I'd create such a page, but I don't know how it works... Bob Jonkman 17:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * If you are referring to the leads, to update them you can click on the links to the right of this message. If you were referring to the list of articles for a day, it is updated automatically using DPLs.--Cspurrier 18:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Serie A Scandal
Serie A scandal 2006 needs adding. Major news story as 3 of Itlay's top football teams have bee relegated to Serie B after being found guily of match fixing. Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina will all be playing in the second tier of Italian football next season. Juventus will start with a 30 point deduction, Lazio 9 and Fiorentina 12. AC Milan were also invovled in the scandel but will stay in Serie A, although with a 15 point deduction. [] Jimmmmmmmmm 20:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Need to change Iranian War 4th day blurb to reflect article.
The "Chinese developed, Iranian made Silkworm C802" statement is probably false. Please see the article discussion for details. --Pvt Parts 14:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2006
It seems like this type of info should be incorporated into the various top 10 cities and posted on wikinews. Although, I have made several good pages, I do not know much about news articles. TonyTheTiger
 * Wikinews is not an encyclopedia; that is, it is not an in-depth collection of non-newsworthy information. Just because something is a true fact doesn't mean it is suitable for inclusion here. Try Wikipedia instead. See What Wikinews is not. P.S. You could have just signed with four tides. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Page Protection
Why can't I protect pages? I'm trying but it doesn't work? F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This isn't really the forum for this question... WN:ALERT or a message to another administrator might be more appropriate. What exactly are you doing when it doesn't work? --Chiacomo (talk) 02:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Phone numbers
Shouldn't the toll-free number be first, even if it only applies to the US, Canada, and Caribbean? That's the other thing - it does apply to those areas that use a 1-area code-number, not just US. Also, UK is not abbreviated 'U.K.' Ergo 'USA' and 'UK' would seem more appropriate. 149.9.0.27 08:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree entirely with this suggestion. 85.25.135.126 09:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  16:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

AIDS conference opens without PM
I've moved the above to Toronto AIDS conference opens without Canadian Prime Minister, as I think it makes it clearer precisely which "PM" we're talking about, and clarifies what a "PM" is for those living in countries without one. Could an admin please modify the main page accordingly? --James Kemp 11:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * done. Doldrums 11:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Māori
Māori is spelt with a "ā" not with an "a", like it is now.58.105.191.160 11:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

This is English wikinews, not Maori, and if we did that with every language we'd get things written in greek letters and arabic script, the right English language translation like it is in the dictionary, is Maori not Māori, doesn't matter how the New Zealand newspapers write it. Their just trying to be inclusive and multicultural, but this is about language and script on the English wikinews site.

Error?
On the right hand side of the main page where it lists other countries/regions it has the following: Africa | Asia | Australia | Central America | Europe | Middle East | North America | Oceania | South America | Random

World Cup

All regions, countries and topics

Why does Australia appear when it comes under Oceania when New Zealand doesn't appear as well. I reckon the New Zealand Portal has gained some ground since I joined. nzgabriel 09:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I fixed that by adding New Zealand. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  15:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The historical reason for that was that Australia at the time it was added to that list was the most well-maintained portal (by a long way), where Oceania wasn't that well maintained. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Stories on Main Page
Is it possible to change the order of the stories on the Main Page?

Mick 22:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * sort-of. Be more specific. What do you want to do? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:09, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Interview link on featured story template
I personally think it would be better if that went to Category:Interview instead of the IOTM page at meta. What does everyone else think? Bawolff ☺☻ 21:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Since no one's said anything I'm going to be bold and change it. feel free to revert me if you disagree. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

headline correction needed
Can an admin change the headline on the lead story so that "U.N" (with one period) becomes "UN" or at least "U.N."?Crimson 16:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Someone's already done it, but you don't need to be an admin to do that. To move it all you need to do is click the rename tab at the top of the page (or go to special:Movepage/ ). As well as changing template:Lead article. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Wow 24 stories
We're really growing, the Writing contest isn't even on. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yup. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sadly, the quality of these articles is very lower than what we had a year ago. I'm very dissapointed.  --

no computer?
Got news and no computer? Call the Wikinews Hotline.

If someone has no computer, how are they supposed to see this?

 * Maybe they don't have a computer at the moment when the news is happening. -- IlyaHaykinson 03:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe people with computers told there friends. (OTOH the only person I actually remember using this (besides tests) was MrM and he was an active contributor at the time). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Certainly can't hurt to keep it. --  Zanimum 17:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Space saving/dynamic content
After doing the templates for the regions, I've created another couple of templates Template:Dynamic developing list and Template:Dynamic disputed list. These replace the rather lengthy section taken up by the static DPLs. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:45, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Can the text size of the DPLs the same the the text size of all the rest of the stuff. It's a bit small and discourages people especially new people from editing these articles.-Apartmento2 12:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll look into setting up the required templates for full-size text in expanding/collapsing areas. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

collapsing disputed and developing
From talk page of brianmc

I disagree with this change on the main page. I look at the disputed and developing stories to see if I can contribute. To me they are as important as the published articles. TRWBW 12:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * For that I think you really should be using the newsroom, buut I moved the comment here so we can have a bit more discussion. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with TRWBW, I check disputed and developing stories every day. With out them on the front page few editors will see them and hence we will end up with fewer publiched articles of lower quality. Anarchist42 18:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I also dispute the change. It is now very very hard to see them on the main page - and I often check the disputed / developing articles to see where I can help out / to watch for copyvio etc etc). --Skenmy(talk) 20:21, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Me too. I think that using a section of small text which collapses reduces the feeling of importance for developing and disputed articles and therefore reduces the editing attention these artile recieve. Since they have become collapsible and begin collapsible when I go to the main page I only check these sections when I want to edit something (most time I come to the site). Otherwise I can't be bothered. Collapsible sections in small text serves the purpose of reducing length of the frontpage which is less important than creating a feeling of importance for developing and disputed articles and making sure they get lots of attention which therefore increase the quality and credibility of Wikinews.--Apartmento2 21:54, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Can't the template be written in full text and begin uncollapsed.--Apartmento2 02:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Nobody has spoken for this other than one or two comments in IRC, I've reverted it but have a suggestion from Amgine to collapse some of the parts on the right of the page. I'll see what  can come up with. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * On second though I liked it collapsible. --Apartmento2 06:17, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I dislke the pull down menus highly. it takes twice as long to find and read articles. Jason Safoutin 00:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I've tried a few places using this, it is experimental code from the German wikipedia which came by way of Wikipedia, and something on Wikinews interferes with it working as consistently (cross-browser) as on Wikipedia. Check the bottom of this page, do the expand/collapse boxes work better than here?

Actually, I get things auto-expanded in IE on this machine unless I add Wikinews to trusted sites, then I get the same as in Firefox.

Here's screenshots, click pic to see what I see.

The security level on Internet Explorer is set to "Medium" for most of these screenshots. I have also seen the same version of IE on another machine render the [Show]/[Hide] boxes right next to the section's title, but Wikipedia worked for that browser. I will try to get a screenshot of that case as well. Perhaps someone could track down why this doesn't work consistently. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

random noise
http://www.mantionememorial.blogspot.com/

Mantione Memorial The Following Letter Was Sent to George W. Bush - Chuck Schumer - Hillary Clinton - And Louise Slaughter.

Dear Representatives,

A member of the Buffalo Psych Center's Outpatient program beat one of my ex-girlfriends to within an inch of her life. She resides in ECMC with a broken nose and 2 ocular fractures. She may never see again.

Her name is Allison Mantione. I don't know the name of the perpetrator other than he was from Riverside neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. He is due to be sentenced this morning.
 * How the hell do you not know who he is? Court records are public. Police reports are public. If he has been incarcerated pending trial, that's public too. And your ex-girlfriend could tell you, there are no gag orders on victims. TRWBW 10:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I Beg you not to let him off the hook. Psychiatry is no match for violence. He deserves life imprisonment.

24.54.69.175 09:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Montreal shooting
Whoa, where the heck did the link to the Shots fired at a Montreal college article go? --64.231.106.56 (Reaper X) 20:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

 * its: 20 injured in Montreal college shooting spree. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

 * ie it was renamed. --  Zanimum 17:23, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Crowd attacks national television in Budapest, Hungary after yesterday's scandal
...if anyone's interested. I guess this could be fit for the main page. 84.0.192.114 21:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Contributions section
Could we please amend this to replace 'UK/Europe' with simply 'Europe'? The former implies that the UK is not part of Europe and while the thinking of a vocal minority in the tabloid UK press, it clearly is. -Marky 20:22, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I had never given this issue any thought before, but it seems reasonable. What other continent could the UK possibly be part of? Antartica? South America? TRWBW 10:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Major railway disaster in Germany
Crash with a service van on the driverless maglev test traintrack in Germany, up to 20 people possibly killed. 195.70.32.136 13:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * an article on this is under development: Transrapid collision in Germany kills one. Doldrums 13:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Problem with main page
The wikinews style guide clearly says "In journalism, the location in the dateline may either refer to the location of where the article was filed from or where the event happened even if the writer was not physically present." But the main page will not display article of a particular date until GMT reaches that date. So articles published just after midnight in a GMT+9 country will not bee seen on the main page until 9 hours later. - Humanoid 00:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This is an unfortunate problem due to how the Main Page is set up — I believe this is going to be addressed in a new Main Page design I will be creating. —     00:10, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Most of us just use UTC, I would suggest you do as well. :) --Cspurrier 00:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This is now fixed with the current main page, articles from "tomorrow" grouped alongside today's. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Want to Help
I want to help Wikinews.

I want to know if I can get an EMail address.

I also want to know what I can do.
 * i have replied on your talk page. see also Wikinews needs you! Doldrums 03:06, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

feed
The RSS feed hasn't been updated in quite some time.
 * Fixed I hope. The changes to the Latest news template, confused the bot that generates the RSS feed--Cspurrier 19:30, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I was to busy feeling smug about actually getting a change to the main page to stick to check for edge cases where the template is used. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Feed is broken again, see my comment below at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bug:_RSS_Feeds_Broken:_Not_being_updated. Towsonu2003 07:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Pull down menus
Who's idea was it to make the previous dates pull down on the main page? IMO it takes twice as long to look at and or find articles. Was there a discussion on this being done? Jason Safoutin 23:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I think its Brianmc's and Doldrums' (could be wrong) idea. Its been discussed on the water cooler, this page and in various other places. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 *

Mark Foley
I can find no coverage of the Mark Foley scandal on Wikinews. Is this systemic bias? 193.113.57.167 09:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

 * See Writing an article. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  16:10, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

 * It's a case that Wikinews writers write about what they're interested in. Since no one here seems interested in this top headline, it simply doesn't get published. By the same measure, the newest ad in a campaign interested me today, so I was the second news outlet to write about it. But as FellowWikipedian suggested, we need more writers. Care to contribute an article or two? --  Zanimum 16:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Lost article?
I have 'published' an article "Blunket defines the main task for us all" and it seems to have got lost somewhere - I can find it in Recent Changes but nowhere in the news - what have I done wrong? Fentonrobb 11:54, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * answered on the Water cooler. Doldrums 14:09, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Portals on the navigation box
What happend to the portals list on the navigation box? That list was pretty handy, imo. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:02, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Still seem to be there to me. Can you be more specific? (If you mean on the sidebar under the heading Regions, that only appears on the Monobook skin).Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Protection
Hi, I was just looking at Template:Sisterprojects. Shouldn't this and any other templates appearing on the Main Page be protected? Just a thought. Dovi 21:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have semi-protected the page to prevent vandalism. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  01:48, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Running Together
By opening all of the [show] and [hide] items, some text runs into the Sister Projects area. Any way to fix this? Thunderhead (talk) 22:22, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Not seeing it. what browser? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:34, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Internet Explorer Thunderhead (talk) 02:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Headlines
Many of the headlines here seem deceptive to me; the 4-year-old boy was not on the no-fly-list; someone else with his name was. This has happened before. The use of the term "Explosions rock the Green Zone" make it sound like something particularly significant militarily is going on, not a simple fire in an ammo depo, etc. 128.187.129.62 02:10, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed, some headlines are deceptive. However, if you create a Wikinews account, you can move them to have more appropriate headlines. Anyway, the no-fly article is going to the chopping block, the "news" was almost a year old. --  Zanimum 16:30, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

CBGB's closes its doors
I've never written an article for this project (and I have to hurry to work this morning) but I'd like to ask a more experienced editor to start a news page for this story:. CBGB's was a seminal club - arguably the seminal club - for the punk rock genre. Many innovative groups that later went mainstream such as Blondie, the B-52's, and the Talking Heads got their start there. 72.199.30.31 14:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Admins
Are there any admins on wikinews? If so, what qualities should an admin on wikinews have? Icelandic Hurricane 00:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See WN:ADMIN--Cspurrier 00:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Featured story <=> Third Lead
"The third lead should be the one that has the most human interest, the best written story that day perhaps or a quirky story - whatever people feel is most likely to get readers reading, besides the day's top breaking news."

I know this has been brought up before (although I can't find the previous discussion right now... Anyway I suggest, once again, that we get rid of the "Featured" label, or change the above description from Template:Third lead. It's confusing, suggests WN:FA. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:28, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I put in big letters its not WN:FA, besides the majority of people don't know wn:FA exsists. user:Bawolff 23:35, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

 * All the more reason why that lable should be removed from the third lead. It's only confusing and serves no purpose.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:37, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Tibetans masacre
http://www.protv.ro/filme/exclusive-footage-of-chinese-soldiers-shooting-at-tibetan-pilgrims.html#4265 - that's a link to a tv footage of Chineese military killing Tibetans on 30. september. The footage was taken in Himalayas by romanian cameraman. Can anyone write article about it ? As you see my english isn't good...

 * That seems a bit long ago already, has it been covered by other media, and when? Please provide a link.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:15, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

UN Passes Sanctions on DPRK
Seeing as how I'm still very new to Wikinews I personally think that the creation of this article should be left to someone with more experience. Below is a rather comprehensive article on the resolution, as well as the Wikipedia article.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20261&Cr=DPRK&Cr1= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1718

Thank you. USMA 03:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

 * You can just start one, others will pick up on it. Just be bold! I've launched a proposal here.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:44, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

This pages intro
I gave the intro to this page a twist, please comment.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

rss feed problem
Defence officals: Satellite photos suggest second North Korea nuclear test

was moved here

U.S. Defense officials: Satellite photos suggest second North Korea nuclear test

 * have created the redirects. shld be fixed now. — Doldrums(talk) 17:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Bug: RSS Feeds Broken: Not being updated.
At http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikinewsLatestNews (shown at the main page), RSS feeds are not being updated. please fix. it's stuck at the "Haze Covers South East Asia" news. Towsonu2003 07:15, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Updated today (ie fixed). thanks Towsonu2003 18:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Please!
Could someone please right an article about Scotch College, Perth. They have been big news recently in Perth.Google News Cheers. w:User:Hamedog

 * Wikinews is written by volunteers, about what the volunteers are interested in or feel vital to cover. --  Zanimum 21:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

US declares vital interest in space
How is US declares vital interest in space still the 'top story'?--SVTCobra 01:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Feel free to change it. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:38, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Israeli warplanes have fired over a German naval vessel
Someone should make an article on wikipedia about this recent event:

-- http://infowars.com/articles/ww3/israel_fires_on_german_ship.htm --

 * I have posted it under proposed articles in the Newsroom, this is the place for such things. Also, we are not Wikipedia but Wikinews. I've also removed the content you've posted since it violates copyright policy on this site. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, the story is here, I'm not sure I've done enough to take off the tag I added. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:30, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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User:Fys

I am mainly active on the English Wikipedia and on Wikiquote.

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User talk:Twitty666~enwikinews

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U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge

November 3, 2006

The military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try Guantanamo detainees may order indefinite detention of suspects based on evidence secured by torture, concluded an amicus curiae brief filed by seven former federal judges before the D.C Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lawyers for Guantanamo detainees also filed separate briefs arguing that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) does not prevent the court from hearing habeas corpus petitions from detainees.

A court uses the writ of habeas corpus to examine whether a person is lawfully imprisoned by the government, and to compel release if the imprisonment is not legal. In common law countries, habeas corpus is an important instrument for protecting an individual's freedom against arbitrary state action.

Long road to military trials
The United States has detained 759 men as "illegal combatants" at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, of whom about 250 have been released or transferred to the custody of other countries. After the Supreme Court ruled in Rasul v. Bush (2004) that detainees are entitled to challenge their detentions in federal court, the Defence Department set up the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) to review the determinations that the detainees were "enemy combatants". The detentions of 558 were reviewed by the CSRT, which confirmed all but 38 of the detainees as "enemy combatants". John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser to the State Department has indicated last month that the administration plans to try only 60 to 80 of the 435 men currently detained.

In December 2005, the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) was signed into law under which, the habeas petitions of the detainees were to be transferred to the CSRT. The Supreme Court held in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) that the DTA did not apply to pending habeas petitions that challenge the legitimacy of the tribunals themselves. This led to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to be signed into law, under which the administration seeks to strip federal courts of jurisdiction over the detainees' habeas petitions. Instead, detainees can challenge their detention at the CSRT and appeal only for a limited review by the D.C. Circuit Court.

Previously, two district courts have given contradictory rulings over the issue of whether the petitioners, who have not been charged but have been detained indefinitely, can petition for habeas rights in federal courts.

On Wednesday, attorneys for detainees filed the first full court briefings challenging the administration's interpretation of the detainee laws at the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in the cases Al Odah v. United States and Boumediene v. Bush and Khalid v. Bush.

Separately, seven former federal judges filed an amicus brief in support of the detainees' brief.

The Justice department is scheduled to file a response by November 13.

Former judges file amicus brief
Seven former Federal Circuit and District judges, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Nathaniel R. Jones, Abner J. Mikva, Patricia M. Wald, and retired District Judges George N. Leighton, Frank J. McGarr, and Timothy K. Lewis filed an amicus brief supporting the petitioners' claim, saying that the "court-stripping" provisions of the MCA "challenges the integrity of our judicial system".

The brief argued that the government's interpretation of the DTA and MCA would force the court to condone the use of evidence obtained by torture to sentence detainees to indefinite imprisonment, which is prohibited by common law and the Constitution.

The brief pointed out that the CSRTs failed to consider whether evidence presented to them was obtained by torture. The brief cited several cases where records of the tribunal proceedings showed that many of them did not address evidence of torture, some cross-examined detainees about torture allegations, but to distance U.S. forces from the alleged torture. Even when the CSRT referred torture allegations for investigation, it did not wait for results before ruling based on the evidence.

Based on rules that compelled the tribunal to accept the government's evidence against prisoners as presumptively "genuine and accurate.", the tribunal relied on incriminating statements by detainees, even though they testified that the statements were obtained by torture and that medical records and other reports confirm the use of torture.

The government has maintained that investigating allegations of torture was not "the CSRT's role" and has claimed that the tribunals are permitted to rely on evidence "obtained through a non-traditional means, even torture" to determine that a prisoner was an enemy combatant.

Prisoners allege torture
The brief listed several instances where prisoners have alleged the use of torture to extract incriminating statements. The Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib, who was captured in Pakistan in 2001 was "rendered" to Egypt, where he alleges he confessed to several terrorism related crimes after being subjected to "horrific abuse" by the Egyptian authorities. The tribunal simultaneously found enough credible evidence to order an investigation into the torture allegations and found Habib an enemy combatant based on the same evidence.

The brief outlined the case of detainee Mohammed al Qahtani whose interrogation, the Defence Department has said, produced "detailed information about 30 of Osama Bin Laden's bodyguards who are also held at Guantanamo". Interrogation logs showed al Qahtani was interrogated for about 20 hours per day for seven weeks, subjected to isolation, intimidated with military dogs, sexually humiliated, and subjected to sleep and sensory deprivation.

Since the CSRT rules permit secret evidence, suspects implicated by al Qahtani's statements will not be told who accused them or under what circumstances and the accusations will be presumed accurate.

The brief pointed out that it was not aware of a single CSRT that allowed a prisoner to develop an evidentiary record to support the allegations of torture. But according to the government's interpretation of the DTA and MCA, the appeals court cannot consider facts outside the CSRT's record when reviewing the CSRT's decision.

Detainee lawyers challenge new law
The briefs filed by lawyers for the detainees argues that the text of the MCA does not strip the courts of authority to hear pending habeas petitions and does not permit indefinite detention without charge.

The briefs argue that if the MCA did indeed repeal habeas rights, then the law is unconstitutional. This, because the CSRT hearings and the limited review by the D.C. Circuit court, which are meant to be the substitute for a habeas review under the Act, are not "adequate and effective" to test the legality of the detentions, and hence would violate the Suspension Clause of the U.S. constitution.

The MCA interpretation of the review process falls short of the "adequate and effective" remedy constitutionally required, according to detainee lawyers, with the following shortcomings -

 * The administration contends that detainees, or their attorneys, are not entitled to classified information relevant to the case but not in the CSRT's record.
 * The administration claims that the Act forbids the Circuit court from considering any facts not in the record of the CSRT proceedings or excluding any part of the evidence presented in the record (for instance, evidence obtained by torture).
 * The government also interprets the Act to require the Court to uphold the CSRT's decision, unless there was no evidence supporting detention. It does not allow the Court to assess the relative weight of the evidence, thus, as long as some evidence supported detention, this Court would be constrained to uphold the imprisonment.
 * Finally, the Circuit court itself has no power under the Act to order the release of a detainee if the CSRT process or its ruling is unlawful.

The briefs further argue that the MCA does not prevent the detainees claiming rights under the Geneva Conventions.


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Interview with John Sanderson, Regional Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada

November 3, 2006

The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. The candidates for this region are John Sanderson, Susan DiMarco (this wards incumbent), Tibor Bankuti, Theo Goary and Sukhwant Thethi.

John Sanderson spoke exclusively to Wikinews via questions sent in an email. Mr Sanderson's answers to some of the questions asked are below.

Q: List the three most important issues in your campaign.
 * A: Safer communities through effective enforcement;
 * Reduced traffic congestion through effective planning; and
 * Managed growth through effective plan development.

Q: What one election issue do you feel is most relevant to your ward in this election?
 * A: My motivation for pursuing pubic office is to ensure that our city has adequate infrastructure to support its rapid growth. Wards 3 and 4 include Highway 410, Steeles Avenue, Kennedy Rd., Highway 10, McLaughlin Rd. and Chinguacousy Rd, some of the most congested roads in Brampton.  As a life-long resident of Brampton, the severe traffic congestion that we are experiencing today is unprecedented in our history – and is costly to our economy and quality of life.  While canvassing, the common message received from residents in the ward is that we need to better manage traffic and transportation.  As a Regional Councillor, I will be a strong advocate for smart and long-term transportation planning of the City of Brampton and Region of Peel and I will take immediate measures to help alleviate transportation congestion in our city.  This includes the provision of an effective and efficient public transit system that is responsive to users' needs, as well as implementing and promoting carpooling, to help reduce single occupancy vehicles on roadways.  I am also not afraid to speak up about the issues of Brampton. As Past President of The Brampton Board of Trade, I can be a strong voice to the Provincial Government about their need to make transportation infrastructure a priority, particularly as it relates to expanding Highway 410 and better planning and coordination of transportation region wide.

Q: What qualities or experiences do you possess, that make you more desirable than the incumbent?
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Q: Why do you want to represent your ward on council?
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Q: How are you currently involved in the community?
 * A: John has been a volunteer his entire life. John understands that "Community" is about service.

 * From 2001-2002, John Sanderson served as President of The Brampton Board of Trade. He was first elected as a member of The Brampton Board of Trade Governing Council in 1992, and continued as an active member when he started his own company, J.W.S. Waste Systems Inc., in 1998.  Through his many years as a member of the Board, John served on every Board committee, including 11 years on Governing Council.

 * As a model corporate citizen, John Sanderson and his former company, J.W.S. Waste Systems Inc. contributed extensively to various community initiatives through sponsorship and participation, including: Salvation Army; St. John Ambulance; YMCA Fundraising Committee; Brampton Clean City; Santa Claus Parade; Brampton Excelsiors Major Lacrosse Club (including 14 years on the Executive and two years as President); Rotary Club of Brampton; Brampton Scouts Leader; and coaching and managing various minor hockey and lacrosse teams.  As a member of the Ontario Waste Management Association, John served as President from 1996-98, in addition to four years on the Executive.

 * Outside of his business, Sanderson is very well known through his active volunteerism with the Rotary Club of Brampton, where he has been a member for 15 years and on the Board of Directors for six years. With the Rotary Club, John has participated on: the Easter Seals Fundraising Committee; volunteer at the Rotary owned and operated bingo hall; Membership Committee, where he was recognized with an Membership Award in 2002; and Chair of the Gage Park Enhancement Committee, Brampton's historic park and skating trail, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Brampton.  John's dedicated service to the Rotary Club was honoured in December 2001, when he was presented the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship Award, the highest award given by Rotary International to recognize community service.

 * John Sanderson, more important than being a prominent businessperson is a true community leader. Through his active involvement in The Brampton Board of Trade and Rotary Club of Brampton, along with his many other community initiatives and activities, he has dedicated himself to improving the quality of life in Brampton.  In 2002, The Brampton Salvation Army asked John to be its Kettle Campaign Chair.   John's goal was to surpass the 2001 total.  He dedicated himself so heavily to the campaign, that through his business and community connections, helped raise $233,000 - $118,000 more than the previous year.  This is typical of John Sanderson when he makes a commitment to help.  John, being a modest man, is always quick to thank his dedicated staff at J.W.S. Waste Systems Inc. and caring wife and family, for supporting him as he dedicates, on average, over 50 volunteer hours a month to his various community activities.

 * Adding to his long list of accolades, in 2002, John was one of two individuals recognized nationally by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as Volunteer of the Year. Later that year, he was also the recipient of the prestigious Queen's Jubilee.

Q: The Rose Theatre recently launched. What are your thoughts on this facility? Have you had a chance to tour it yet?
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Q: The province has strongly encouraged the development of high-density residences near the downtown. Do these buildings fit in with your vision of the downtown? How much say should other levels of government have in urban planning?
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Q: How do you feel about Brampton's rate of expansion? Council recently capped the annual amount of new development; do you agree completely with this decision, would you have slowed development even further, or not have imposed a cap at all?
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Q: What are your opinions on Brampton's congestion and the level of public transit funding?
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Q: Why should businesses be attracted to locating in Brampton?
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Q: How could Brampton further itself in attracting corporate investment?
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Q: Why have you chosen to involve yourself in the political process?
 * A: John Sanderson knows that Brampton can truly become a great city with the right vision, drive and management. John Sanderson will bring his business savvy and a strong sense of community to the role of Regional Councillor, and will contribute a common sense approach to the management of this city.

 * As Brampton grows to 635,000 people over the next 15 years, we need strong leaders on City and Regional Council. We need people with vision.  But most of all, we need people determined to make change happen, people who will listen and speak out on issues.

Q: What does Brampton mean to you?
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article written primarily from briefs listed in the sources (reproduced below). — Doldrums(talk) 16:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Suspension Clause
Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus during the American Civil War. Looking towards the Justice Dept. response by the 13th, I wonder if there are any lessons there. -Edbrown05 07:29, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * i think the idea is that congress must explicitly suspend habeas, if it wants to, but not in an implied, indirect way. And it can only do it in times of ongoing "crisis", not indefinitely. — Doldrums(talk) 07:38, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * and, apparently, only in times of "Rebellion or Invasion". — Doldrums(talk) 07:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

hearing that... changing the subject: under the heading Detainee lawyers challenge new law, the first bulleted point seems to me to be a double negative, "The administration contends that detainees or their attorneys are not entitled to classified information relevant to the case, but not in the CSRT's record." I'm confused. -Edbrown05 07:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

it's supposed to mean "The administration contends that detainees or their attorneys are not entitled to classified information that is relevant to the case but not in the CSRT's record." eg. detainee has a beautifully-shot video of his coerced testimony and medical reports describing the lack of his fingernails. the CSRT doesn't admit the evidence (they don't have to). so when the DC court reviews the CSRT's decision, they can't consider the video and medical evidence, even though it's relevant, because it's not in the CSRT record. page 14 of the amicus brief describes this. — Doldrums(talk) 07:52, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * ok, having explained the wrong point, let me do the right one. page 11 of the Al Odah brief,beginning with "Third". — Doldrums(talk) 08:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


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Get the date right! how can it be november 4th when we're still in the 3rd?
 * The sources are from the 3rd and the story was writen on the 4th. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  18:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair Enough, just got a bit confused. --Snowman 20:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I changed it to November 3rd and not the 4th. It's November 4th in New Zealand, I think. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:04, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep its the 4th, when I wrote that article at ten past midnight using the NZ portal (NZ portal automatically puts NZ date in) I forgot to change it back a day. Normally you publish stories in local time zones btw. Thanks FellowWikiNews for fixing :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


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Stern: greatly underestimated costs in climate change report?

November 4, 2006

The of the Economics of Climate Change put the cost of keeping emissions at 550 parts per million at one percent of global GDP

A leaked draft report, by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), due to be published next year, estimates this cost could be between one and five percent of global GDP. The Stern Review put the costs of not acting to resist climate change could be between 5 and 20 percent GDP.

It is reported that UK Ministers are to travel to India and America to promote the Stern Review. Their task will not be eased by the leaked IPCC report which is now said to be available freely on the internet.

Following the Stern Review, Chancellor Gordon Brown urged the member states of the to tighten their targets even further.


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Telecom New Zealand to sell Yellow Page Group

November 4, 2006

Telecom New Zealand has announced that it is going to sell its Yellow Page Group business and is expecting at least NZ$2 billion. The Yellow Page Group includes the Yellow Pages, White Pages (which includes both offline and online services), New Zealand Retirement Guide and New Zealand Tourism Online.

However Chief Financial Officer, Mark Bogoievski, will not comment on how much the reserve price is.

The company says that the money they get from selling the directories will be used to repay almost $3.5 billion worth of debt.

Theresa Gattung, Chief Executive of Telecom, said: "There has already been considerable interest shown in the future of Yellow Pages Group based on recent media speculation. We expect that the sale should be completed by the end of this financial year."

The Yellow Page Group generates $250 million worth of revenue per annum and employs 600 people.

Ms Gattung said: "In the long term the business will be dominated by the global players. It's really prudent off us to take this opportunity to see what value we can get looking at the sale of this business at this stage."

Analysts are warning Telecom that it would miss out on the digital media possibilities. "It looks to me that it is a bit of a panic reaction in order to generate some quick cash," said, telecommunications expert, Paul Budde, "I think it's a short-term sort of strategy to generate some cash, but it will undermine its long term strategy to move from the old Telecom's world into the new digital media world."

Ms Gattung said that the privacy of the individuals will be kept, "obviously we're only going to sell to a very reputable party."

Telecom is also hinting at cutting hundreds of jobs to invest in new technology to beat off competition.


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Outlaw gangs, says New Zealand First

November 4, 2006

New Zealand First is calling for gangs to "be outlawed" out after the New Zealand police discovered stun guns cash and large quantities of drugs.

The drugs found included Methamphetamine ("P"), Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) and cannabis, which, according to police, is to be worth thousands of dollars altogether.

The seven stun guns, capable of disabling a person, were discovered at houses and in cars in Hamilton and Tauranga on Tuesday.

New Zealand First's law and order spokesman Ron Mark said Parliament should pass legislation to outlaw gangs "once and for all".

"How many more of these discoveries is it going to take before we see some effective legislative action to stamp out gangs? While we applaud the efforts of police we feel that the passing of legislation to outlaw gangs once and for all is well overdue. Outlawing gangs would eliminate much of the organised crime within New Zealand, including drug manufacturing and distribution," Mark said.

"Section 98A of the Crimes Act makes participation in an organised criminal gang a criminal offence but the Minister has informed us through parliamentary questions that prosecutions were brought under that section on a mere dozen occasions in 2004-05 and 18 times last year."

"It is time for the police to be armed with definitive legislation carrying a high maximum sentence to better enable them to charge these thugs as it seems that the longer that gangs are allowed to flourish the more heavily armed they are becoming." The head of the Waikato police crime control unit, Detective Sergeant Karl Thornton, said the seizure of the stun guns was a major issue that the public should be aware of. It is alarming that drug dealers are equipping themselves with weapons like stun guns."

11 people will appear in Hamilton District Court later this week on drug charges and with possessing restricted weapons.

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Reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shuts down

November 3, 2006

A reading taken from a "faulty" instrument panel on the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant located near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has caused the reactor to shut down, but officials say that there is no threat to the public as radiation has not been released into the air. A wrong reading was displayed on a control panel which triggered the reactor to automatically shut itself down.

"It appears this was an uncomplicated, smooth shutdown. The company will need to take a careful and deliberate look at what went wrong," said Nuclear Regularitory Commission spokesman, Neil Sheehan.

A worker at the power plant was injured while the reactor was shutting down, after being scared by steam venting from the reactor, which caused him to fall.

The reactor, which first went operational in 1974, shutdown on Thursday afternoon on the "non-nuclear side of the reactor" at 1:35 p.m. [EST] and as of the moment remains offline, added Sheehan. This is the first time since 1997 that the reactor has shutdown.

In 1979, the Unit 2 reactor suffered a partial meltdown and has remained offline since the disaster.


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Talk:Stern: greatly underestimated costs in climate change report?

If correct, the revised costs suggest that in the best case scenario there is nothing to coose between taking action and not doing so.

There is another aspect that is disturbing

Prof Paul Reiter, Institut Pasteur, Paris wrties to the Telegraph -

''…. a glance at the professional literature on glaciers, hurricanes etc. confirms that this consensus is a myth. Besides, consensus is the stuff of politics, not of science. ... I am reminded of Trofim Lysenko ... A genuine concern for mankind demands the inquiry, accuracy and scepticism that are intrinsic to science. A public that is unaware of this is vulnerable to abuse.

An example of how scientists who dissent from the ‘official’ global warming account is to be found at Fentonrobb 22:58, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I added the ref to the Al Gore film and a commentary on it. The fim is showing in London concurrently with the launch of the Stern Review and both are closely related. Note that Al Gore was appointed special advisor on climate change to Gordon Brown October 29, 2006. and that his web page reefers spdecifically to the Stern Review.

Its difficult to keep this page NPOV. Fentonrobb 01:29, 4 November 2006 (UTC)