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User talk:RuMoR

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

By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!—RuMoR ( T~C ) 03:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I see you found the welcome template, If you need any help with anything don't hesitate to ask. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:24.22.74.182

Welcome
Welcome!

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If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! irid:t 03:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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User:Ironiridis/MyTools

Tools I've made to use on Wikinews
During my time here, I've made some things that I hope were positive contributions to the community. Here are a few (or all) of them.

 * WN:MA: mediation alerts. Meant to deal with the storm of block requests being posted on WN:AAA during the User:Neutralizer era. Dead/defunct; never took off. That's probably a good thing.
 * Current: a tool linking to the most recent article in a series of articles all relating to the same topic. Partially complete; requires a bot to make the most of it.
 * Only news: a user talk page note that includes a replaceable piece of text for explaining why an edit was deleted or reverted. Nice because I'm tired of typing "you can't put that here, idiot."
 * Tasks: a template for creating a list of things that need to be accomplished on an article before it can be published. Better than tags, in my opinion, because tags take up tons of vertical space and are intimidating.
 * Ss and SS: A little system for making "short sigs". Basically, when you put three lines of wikicode in your sig, it makes my head hurt. Here's an option to put long sigs in short wikicode.
 * User:Iridibot: A sort of helpful bot that sort of does something really rather undefined. But the source is open!

Sillyness
I've also done some weirder things. :)

 * WTF: when User:TheFearow was creating some awesome tools himself, I created this as sort of a silly joke. But hey, if he doesn't mind, let's hang on to it! As opposed to the typical initialism (WTF), this stands for "Write The Fearow", an instruction to ask him if you don't understand. :)
 * The template has been renamed (to WM) so the funny part is gone. I guess it's still silly, though. irid t i [mailto:ironiridis@gmail.com e]  02:52, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support/th Support/fwn Oppose/th Oppose/fwn: Cute templates for supporting and opposing, inspired by two votes on my bot's approval request.

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irid:t 03:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

New Tasks
I got some new tasks I will be adding, feel free to suggest better names or other improvements. I will be adding these later today, right now I am busy but this gives you a quick chance to provide input.

msrc
This template says add more sources, because it helps to have more than one source but I think the src template is worded in a way for when there are no sources, this one will be worded to say add more sources.

srct
This one will simply ask that sources are cited using the propor source template and not just paste the url in.

Ryan524 - (talk) 16:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Propose for deletion?
Should the exp (expand) task also propose the article for deletion, in the same way as minimal? --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:20, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. Most people don't associate tasks as a deletion tag (plus Expand doesn't). Bawolff ☺☻ 08:22, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Resolved. OK. --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:23, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Problems with this template
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The template documentation claims to support up to six tasks, but when I add more than three, it seems to break. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:39, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

 * Yes, it does. Also, the target of the link from the exp task needs to be changed from the inactive Briefs to WN:LENGTH. Heavy Water (talk) 02:40, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * editprotected
 * Please fix the above-mentioned link to WN:LENGTH. Heavy Water (talk) 21:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Changed the claim to say three parameters. Changed the link for exp. [24Cr][talk] 22:23, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

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{Which U.S. Senator resigned this week? - Norm Coleman - Elizabeth Dole + Larry Craig - Chuck Schumer
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{Diana, Princess of Wales was remembered this week in a memorial service led by her two sons, William and Harry. In what year did she die? - 1987 - 1992 - 1995 + 1997
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{Which country test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile this week? - United States of America - North Korea - Russia + Pakistan
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 * See Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable cruise missile

{Which of the diseases listed below spread in Australia this week? - West Nile fever + Equine influenza - Bluetongue disease - Japanese encephalitis
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 * See Horse flu infects Australian thoroughbreds

{In what country are Sunni and Iraqi Shi'ite representatives meeting for a two-day peace summit? - United Kingdom + Finland - Denmark - Egypt
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 * See Peace talks between Sunnis and Iraqi Shi'ites begin in Finland

{Which country offered helicopters and personnel to assist Greece with quenching forest fires, but saw it's offer declined? - United Kingdom + Finland - Denmark - Egypt
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 * See Greece declines Finland's offer of helicopters, personnel to help fight forest fires

{A Canadian court cleared Stephen Truscott of a murder conviction that dated from 1959. How old was he when he was convicted? + 14 years - 16 years - 17 years - 18 years
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 * See Canadian court clears Stephen Truscott of 1959 murder

{The UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw was made this week but who did last year's champions A.C. Milan get? - Liverpool, Valencia and Lazio + Benfica, Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk - Roma, CSKA Moscow and Slavia Prague - Chelsea, Stuttgart and Fenerbahçe
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 * See UEFA Champions League 2007/08: Group Stage Draw

{Obesity rates are rising in the U.S. . In the states of Mississippi, West Virginia and Alabama, what percentage of adults is considered to be obese? - Around 15% - Around 20% + Around 30% - Around 40%
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 * See Obesity rates rise across most of the U.S.

{Video website YouTube was unblocked by the Thai government this week. What was the original reason for restricting access for Thai internet users? - Copyright issues - Blasphemy - Sex offences + Lese majeste
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 * Now you've finished the quiz, why don't you post your score on the talk page?.

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{Which rock star set up a Christian at-risk youth center this week? - Bono + Alice Cooper - George Michael - R Kelly
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 * See Alice Cooper sets up Christian at-risk youth center in Phoenix, US.

{A woman was killed this week by an exotic pet, what was it? - Bear + Camel - Tiger - Snake
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 * See Woman dies when pet camel tries to mate with her

{Which politician this week admitted to having visited a strip club? + John Key - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Michael Portillo - Mike Rann
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 * See John Key admits to visiting strip clubs

{This week a British driver was caught doing 172 miles per hour, what was the previous highest recorded speeding? - 135 - 140 - 145 + 155
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 * See British driver admits driving at 172 mph

{The mayor of which Canadian city died unexpectedly this week? - Toronto + Quebec - Victoria - Winnipeg
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 * See Quebec City mayor dies unexpectedly

{Which insect were Australian orchids found to emulate for propagation? - Fruit flies - Bees + Wasps - Mantis
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 * See Research focuses on orchids mimicking female wasps

{In which country did a fatal train crash occur in this week? - Croatia + Serbia - Montenegro - Romania
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{Which hurricane became Category 5 this week? - Dean - Harry + Felix - Lincoln
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{Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died this week. How old was he? - 48 - 59 - 65 + 71
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{Which of the following persons went missing this week? - Bill Gates - Richard Branson + Steve Fossett - Daniel Biechele
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{Which US state was hit by an earthquake? - North Carolina - Florida + California - Miami
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 * See Minor earthquake strikes California.

{Which Asian country promised to identify and dismantle its nuclear activities by the end of 2007? + North Korea - South Korea - Japan - China
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 * See North Korea to dismantle nuclear facilities this year

{19 aid workers were released from Taliban captivity this week. What was there nationality? - North Korean + South Korean - Japanese - Chinese
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 * See 19 South Koreans return home after release from Taliban captivity

{Which TV show breached APEC security this week? - BBC News - Barney and Friends + The Chaser - Tonight Show
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 * See Australian TV show The Chaser breaches APEC security; 11 charged.

{What is the suspected cause of the recent foot and mouth outbreak in the U.K.? - Terrorism - Workers accidentally taking home wrong bottle + Pipes damaged by tree roots - Foreign feed contaminated after being in same plane as a leaking container of the virus
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 * See Source of UK foot-and-mouth outbreak discovered.

{Which congressman died in their apartment? - Larry Craig - George W. Bush + Paul Gillmor - Oprah Winfrey
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 * See Ohio congressman dies in apartment.

{The WHO was investigating an outbreak of an unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. Which of the following statements about that event is not true? - Symptoms are fever, headache, diarrhoea or colicky abdominal pain, and vomiting + The disease vector is thought to be an insect, possibly mosquitos - Most victims were under the age of 10 - The time between onset and death is between 5 and 7 days, and the mortality rate was around 50%
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 * Now you've finished the quiz, why don't you post your score on the |talk page?

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User talk:71.212.245.15

Absolutely not.
Discuss your changes on the collaboration page before you make ANY edit like that. That could be libelous, and constitutes a violation of our policies. At the very least, provide a source for it. irid:t 04:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Moviebuff~enwikinews

Welcome
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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 Moviebuff. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Moviebuff~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.

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Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti dies at age 71

September 6, 2007 World-famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died early Thursday morning, according to a statement by his manager. On August 10th, Pavarotti, 71, was admitted to Modena University Polyclinic in Modena, Italy with a high fever. The cause of the fever was unknown, though some reports stated that he was being treated for pneumonia.

"The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterized his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness," said Terri Robson, Pavarotti's manager in a statement to the press.

Pavarotti had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, and in July of 2006 he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mass. According to Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavarotti's wife, he had also been receiving radiation treatments.

Pavarotti's death came only one day after becoming the first recipient of the new "Excellence in Italian Culture Award" from the Italian government, the Italian Culture Ministry reported on Tuesday evening. The tenor received the award for promoting Italian culture abroad and within Italy itself. The opera house where he performed for the first time 40 years ago, La Scala opera house in Milan, stated it will organize a singing contest in honor of the Italian tenor.


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List style edit
With this edit, I refactored the list to have one entry per line. This is only because the table is so long, and wikitable formatting is silly.

Here's the sed command I used: $ sed -e 's/| \[\[\(.*\)\]\] || \[\[\(.*\)\]\]\(.*\)/\{\{Shortcut\/List|\1|\2}}\3/' -e'/\|-/d' new

Hope that makes the list a little easier to maintain. irid:t 05:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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User:Riana

Riana from the English Wikipedia and the Commons :)

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User talk:Riana

Welcome
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 * A pleasure, Matt :) Riana 08:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Pavarotti Image
Thanks for sorting a local upload for us on this one! The deletion broke our main page, so I'm sure you can understand there were a few unhappy people. I thought there were tools to check where an image was in use off-commons, and that something like a sister project's main page using an image would slow down the process of deletion - even when incompatibly copywritten. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No trouble, Brian. There is indeed a CheckUsage tool but some feel that copyvios trump any other concerns, and I guess that image came under inspection today. Anyway, hope it's OK now :) Riana 12:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti dies at age 71

He will be remembered for generations to come. Rest in peace maestro!
 * His style of music was not one I appreciate, but I have a great deal of respect for his talent. He was outstanding at what he did and helped bring Opera to a wider audience with TV appearances and open-air concerts. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

If he was undergoing Radiation therapy, his immune system was weaker, and pneumonia would have been devastating. I've been there. R.I.P. Maestro. Chadlupkes 13:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Sigh.
 * I concur. irid:t 01:49, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

As brian said, I was not a big fan of his singing, but he at times would move me with some. He was an excellent singer and it truly is a loss to the opera industry. He will be missed. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Pavarotti's death
Lucianon Pavarotti Is saw his death reported on the 6 o clock news but have you?* —86.130.75.157 12:11, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Prayer
Dear God, Please pray for Pavarotti and take him into your loving care and look after him very well. Let his beatiful voice carry on singing in your choir of angels. May we all pray for a great man and a great singer. Pavarotti rest in peace. I hope that one day i will join you up there in heaven. Amen

Signed A.Brookes

sorry
a truly sad tale...

the date says september 6th is when the email statement was read..... hows it that possible? -74.73.92.97 02:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Because the statement was made on the same day Pavarotti died, which was on the 6th.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 04:09, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "He was the king of Opera. Long..."
He was the king of Opera. Long live the king! —190.245.83.148 (talk) 21:52, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Mr. Pavarotti was the greatest operatic songer that everlived, thanks to that man, opera still exists today I have always ad,ores Mr. Pavorotti, the greatest song he ever sang was My Way by Frank Sinatra in the the Three Tenors, such an inspirational song, may the great Luciano Pavarotti Rest In Peace, may god be with your family


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User talk:Rushmi~enwikinews

Welcome
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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Different from Wikipedia
Wikinews is wildly different from Wikipedia, we are not an encyclopaedia and you wrote encyclopaedic content. We are a news source, like BBC News Online or the Associated Press. We cover current events, and there must be a current "newsie" aspect to any article. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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 Rushmi. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Rushmi~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.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:36, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User:Joefaust

Joe Faust http://JoeFaust.org

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Australian TV show The Chaser breaches APEC security; 11 charged

September 6, 2007

Eight cast and crew members of the Australian television show The Chaser's War on Everything successfully breached the security surrounding the APEC summit meeting in Sydney, Australia.

Using a cavalcade of three cars and two motorcycles branded with the Canadian Flag, the crew passed through two security check points, reaching the "red zone". It was only when the team attempted to turn around, ten meters from the InterContinental Hotel where United States President George W Bush was staying, that police realised the security breach and pounced.

Eleven people have been charged over the incident, the eight cast and crew members and the three drivers. Two motor bike drivers at the front were told to run and police are currently searching for them. Comedian and cast member Chas Licciardello was dressed up as Osama bin Laden during the event.

All 11 have been bailed to appear in court on October 4, 2007.

New South Wales minister for police denied that the security services had been embarrassed by the event. A police statement said that the shows producers had been cautioned a week beforehand about trying any stunts during the APEC meetings.

The Chaser had tried unsuccessfully yesterday to breach security when they dressed up as a NSW Police horse.

On April 25, 2007 The Chaser successfully asked Jimbo Wales 10 questions during his visit to Sydney as a part of a segment for The Chaser's War on Everything series.


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User talk:Bigone~enwikinews

Welcome
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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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 Bigone. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Bigone~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.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Renamed
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LOVE THE CHASER BOYS!! ROCK ON!! This is hilarious. APEC security sucks! 220.233.95.13 13:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Yungying

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See my Wikipedia userpage!!!
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Comments:Source of UK foot-and-mouth outbreak discovered

Hmmm.. let's see. So, there is this pipe between the government biolab and the private biolab. Through this pipe, potentional bioweapons are been sent between the two labs. However the pipe was in so bad condition that the viruses escaped and ended up to the farm.

Right! That sounds believable!

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User talk:207.195.51.218

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Belgian triathletes race at North Sea coast

September 6, 2007

Yesterday, the 2007 edition of the Zwintriathlon took place. This short course Triathlon starts in the canal in Sluis, the Netherlands, where the athletes swim 1000 metres. Then the 41 kilometres cycling part of the race goes through the nature domain Het Zwin, to the city of Knokke in Belgium, where the athletes had 10 kilometres of running on the seawall ahead of them. The finish was at the casino in Knokke.

In the Men's race, Stijn Goris surprisingly beat living legend Luc Van Lierde and Rutger Beke, known for being acquitted from allegations that he had used EPO. Goris, the leader in the overall ranking in the Olympic distance, could just follow Luc Van Lierde during the swimming part. He completed the cycling race together with Van Lierde, but had better legs during the footrace. Number four was Bart Aernouts, a duathlete champion who increasingly focuses on triathlon. Young talents Marc Geerts and Lander Dirken followed, before Frederik Van Lierde and Koen Hoeyberghs, who won the competition in the age group of 40 years and older (40+).

Kristien Vleugels was the first female athlete, before Knokke's local favourite and category 40+ athlete Françoise Wellekens. Another favourite, Joke Coysman, stopped her race after fainting during the running section. Sofie Goos followed, while Marjolein Truyers managed to keep her advantage before Inge Vancauwenberghe and Anne-Marie Dupont. The winners from each race took home €2500.

Almost 1000 athletes came to Knokke for the triathlon, professional and recreational, men and woman, and also hand-bike athletes. A typical element of this triathlon is the fact that some competitors finish the race in a costume. Among these, Spiderman was the first to cross the finish line. Other characters came from the Belgian comic albums of Tintin, from the fairy tale Peter Pan, there was a Roman soldier, a Tarzan look-a-like, a Chiquita Banana, and more.


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Talk:Belgian triathletes race at North Sea coast

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I went to the race because my girlfriend, Marjolein Truyers, participated. She is also mentioned in the report so there is certainly a conflict of interest, feel free to copy-edit me there. I also took pictures. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Chadlupkes

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Talk:Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Rhode Island

The current title, recently changed to add the Rhode Island at the end, suggests that Rohode Island has had previous cases of West Nile this year, which is untrue. I propose we change it back to the previous without the Rhode Island bit. Eric Wester 21:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

 * You created the article with the title "More mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus". User:Blood Red Sandman added Rhode Island, which has nothing to do with the problem. The word "More" should be taken out.  —FellowWiki Newsie 21:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I just removed the word. Title makes more sense now.  —FellowWiki Newsie 21:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


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Your edit summary on W

 * That is not trolling, its a joke. TheFearow 02:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

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UK jets shadow Russian bombers

September 6, 2007 Four F3 Tornado fighter jets were launched by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to intercept Russian military planes. The eight Russian jets were flying in airspace patrolled by Nato, officials from the UK claimed. The long-range bombers were initially followed by Norwegian F16 jets, after Russia's recent decision to reinstate Cold War-style long-range patrols.

14 strategic bombers were flying on long-range patrol, according to Russia's Defence Ministry. They also confirmed that none had approached a foreign state and had been shadowed by aircraft from Nato countries.

The Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom released a statement that the Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear aircraft, flying in four loosed pairs, were tracked by Norwegian aircraft before entering Nato airspace on Thursday morning. The UK currently holds responsibility for the Nato airspace, and launched four F3 Tornados from RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, UK, to identify the bombers. The bombers eventually left the Nato zone, under tracking by UK aircraft and RAF radar in Northumberland.

An MoD spokesman confirmed that Russia was entitled to its long-range patrols, adding 'The motivation behind any Russian military activity is a matter for the Russian government.' Lt Col John Inge Oegland, spokesman for the Norwegian armed forces, said there had been several similar incidents in recent months, but that the Russian flights were not causing alarm in Norway.

Relations between Britain and Russia have worsened recently, particularly after Russia's refusal to allow the extradition of a former KGB bodyguard suspected of murdering emigre Alexander Litvinenko in London last year. Relations with Russia would "continue as normal outside the unresolved extradition request", a UK Foreign Office spokesman said.

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Major League Baseball roundup: September 6, 2007

September 7, 2007

Tigers hit another walkoff single to win

 * Tigers 3, White Sox 2: After winning on Wednesday with a walkoff single in the 11th inning, the Tigers overcame a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the 9th inning with two RBI singles to win, 3-2.  Pinch hitter  drove in the tying run off a one-out single, and, who came in to pinch run for Casey, scored off a two-run single by .  For the second game in a row,  (3-0) pitched one hitless inning for the win, while  (3-5) got the loss, giving up two runs and receiving his sixth blown save, his first since July 17.  The Tigers (75-65) trail the Indians by 6 games, pending the results of the Indians-Angels game, and trail the Yankees by 3 games in the AL Wild Card race.

Other games

 * Dodgers 7, Cubs 4: Alfonso Soriano hit two homers and drove in all four Cubs runs, but the Dodgers scored one run in the eighth inning and four in the ninth inning, dropping the Cubs into a tie with the Brewers in the NL Central.   hit a pinch-hit three-run homer (11) to win the game for the Dodgers.   (4-1) picked up the win, pitching 1 2/3 perfect innings.  {{w|Ryan Dempster]] (2-5) got the loss, giving up four runs in 2/3 inning for his third blown save.  {{w|Takashi Saito}} picked up his 37th save in a perfect ninth inning.  The Cubs (71-68) next face the Pirates, while the Brewers play the Reds.  The Dodgers (74-66), meanwhile, trail the Diamondbacks by 3.5 games in the NL West, and trail the Padres by 2.5 games in the NL Wild Card race.

 * Red Sox 7, Orioles 6: The Red Sox scored six runs early, including {{w|Coco Crisp}}'s three-run homer (6), and {{w|David Ortiz}}' solo homer (27) and RBI groundout, but the Orioles also scored six, including {{w|Miguel Tejada}}, who hit two RBI singles in the game, and {{w|Kevin Millar}}, who hit a two-run homer (15).  The game was tied 6-6 from the fifth inning until the ninth inning, when {{w|Jason Varitek}} drove in the game-winning run off a single, scoring Crisp.  Boston reliever {{w|Clay Buchholz}} (3-0) pitched three innings, giving up just one hit for the win.  {{w|Danyz Baez}} (0-6) gave up one run in one inning of work for the loss, and {{w|Jonathan Papelbon}} picked up his 34th save.  The Red Sox (85-56) hold a 6.5 game lead in the AL East race over the Yankees, who did not play Thursday.

 * Cardinals 16, Pirates 4: {{w|Rick Ankiel}} led the Cardinals, going 3-4 with seven RBI and four runs, including a three-run and a two-run homer (8, 9), and a two-run double.  The game was called due to rain in the ninth inning.  {{w|Kelvin Jimenez}} (2-0) picked up the win, pitching to just one batter (recording a strikeout).  {{w|Bryan Bullington}} (0-1) got the loss, pitching 3 innings and giving up five runs.  The Cardinals (69-68) are just one game back of the Cubs and the Brewers in the heated NL Central race.

 * Angels 10, Indians 3: The Angels pounded the Indians, led by {{w|Garret Anderson}}, who went 3-5 with a two-run homer and 3 RBI.  Anderson has driven in at least one run in his last 11 games.  {{w|Kelvim Escobar}} (16-7) got the win, pitching 5 2/3 innings and giving up three runs, while {{w|Paul Byrd}} (14-6) pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up five runs for the loss.  The Indians (81-59) lead the Tigers by 6 games in the AL Central race; the Angels (83-57) lead the AL West by 8 games.

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User:Matt/AdminToolOpinions

These are my opinions on admin tools, and where/how they should be used.

Blocking
Blocking should be done only for repeat vandals. If there is a new account (< 1 day, or just over the 4 day limit) vandalising articles rapidly, I believe in short term (30-60 min) blocks, to deter them. Otherwise I agree with warnings before blocks. If they continue, I believe blocking should be done for a period of a day or so. Vandals that immediately come back after blocks to vandalise more should be given one more ~1week block as a final warning, and should receive longer blocks (1-X months). Except in the case of obvious vandal only accounts or sockpuppets, I do not like blocking indef.

Deleting
In clear-cut cases (not necessarily all CSD's) I believe in deleting immediately. In a large number of cases, attempts to fix should be done. Foreign language article should be moved to the appropriate wikis (if language is known and exists), bios should be moved to Wikipedia, etc.

Protecting
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Police called to investigate after tenant draws swastikas in landlord's house

September 6, 2007

82-year-old Jewish Bowmanville, Ontario woman Ms. Marion Schwarz's house has been found vandalized with graffiti showing neo-Nazism expressions, as well as swastikas. Broken windows and walls were found ripped open.

The terms "Kike", "Fuck Jews," and "White Power" were written in white around the house, as well as a large green swastika.

The woman's husband Mr. Allan Schwarz, was returning home to their house on King Street East, the town's center, to bring home a present for their 40th wedding anniversary when he found the house not the way he left it.

Bought to start an antique store, the Schwarz's started a cattle business instead and later rented it out. Ten years ago their tenant started to rent the house, just five months ago he stopped paying rent saying he was on welfare. Ms. Schwarz offered to lower his rent. He vandalized and fled, with his son and daughter, from the house on Tuesday morning, the day he was to be evicted. She was accompanied by her son Alan, two police officers, and a locksmith.

"I don't know what happened to him ... Up until the last while, I never had a day's trouble with him. He was friendly," Ms. Schwarz said.

Durham Regional Police are now investigating what they refer to as an "incident", and what lobby group B'nai Brith Canada has argued constitutes a "hate crime".

"A swastika on its own, as per the Criminal Code of Canada, is not a hate crime," said Sgt. Paul McCurbin. "It doesn't have the proper components to be considered a hate crime. For example, if I said that I was going to kill a race of people or we should kill a race of people, that would be considered a hate crime."

A local neighbor, who asked not to be named, swept glass from the broken windows off the sidewalk, worried that dogs could cut their feet. She said the tenants were private people.

A Prisoner of War (POW) camp was located in Bowmanville during World War II (WWII). Named Camp 30 it held captive German army officers from the Afrika Korps, fliers from the Luftwaffe and naval officers from the Kriegsmarine. Many of them were transferred from England. Among them was famous top U-boat ace of World War II Otto Kretschmer. He was involved in the Battle of Bowmanville.

The Bowmanville boys' school was the building holding the prisoners. The facility had been designed to house 300 boys. Surrounding the existing school buildings was a barbed wire fence. It was not the typical POW camp, having good food and prisoners being well treated. It had gardens and even a swimming pool was built. Movies were shown each week, music concerts were held, and stage plays were produced.

Mr. Schwarz fled from Germany to Canada in 1938. Marion, a Toronto native, and her husband moved to Bowmanville to start a new life.

"In 1938, we found safe haven in Bowmanville," said her son Alan. "It was wonderful place to settle and my parents have been here basically for 70 years. They never anticipated ever facing the same kind of symbolism they had to leave Germany for."

The investigation still continues. The tenant's name has not been released.

"We couldn't foresee anything like this because human beings don't do things like this."


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Wikinews is not censored. Thunderhead - (talk) 22:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Agreed, but unfortunately it seems "***" is all the link provides...I'm stumped for three-letter ephitets...ass? Jew? Even Offensive_terms_per_nationality is no help. Sherurcij refusing to add Original Reporting until PD Articles are allowed'' 23:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Can the victim really be called a holocaust survivor if he left Germany before the holocaust began? (This is not flame bait, I'm just curious)

140.203.3.126 13:17, 7 September 2007 (UTC) Dave.

 * I don't see any reference to her being a Holocaust survivor. Am I missing something? --Quadrastreet 23:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I just checked out the National Post article, and it does state the Mr. Schwarz was a Holocaust survivor. Yes, having left in 1938 I'm not 100% sure if you'd call him a Holocaust survivor.  There were certainly concentration camps as early as 1938, but extermination camps were not in full swing until the early 40's.  I can't find in Wiki a precise definition of when the Holocaust started. At the very least, Mr. Schwarz escaped extreme danger by leaving Germany as late as 1938. --Quadrastreet 23:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Bowmanville POW Camp
Why is there all the content about the Bowmanville POW Camp? At the most, there should just be a one line reference saying that there was a German POW Camp in Bowmanville during WW2. --Quadrastreet 23:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

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Police called to investigate after tenant draws swastikas in landlord's house..There are errors in the Wiki Story that have bothered me for a long time..So, I am glad I can correct them.. am
My name is Alan Schwarz and I am Marion Schwarz's son not husband...Her husband was Joe Schwarz...My parents didn't live in the house, and my Dad wasn't bringing her a gift for their 40th Wedding Anniversary...He bought her the house for her 40th Wedding Anniversary and she rented it out to people who she thought could use a helping hand..The Schwarz's have been in the cattle business in Bowmanville since 1938 and the Antique business was a hobby of my Mothers..It was a clear Hate Crime..When someone writes Kill The Jews it isn't a love letter.Who cares about the POW camp in Bowmanville during the Second War it had nothing to do with the destruction of my Mom's house..Finally, we did lose family members in the Holocaust, my Great Grandmother Sarah was one of them, but my Dad and Grandparents, a Great Aunt and a Great Uncle and my Uncle Carl were able to get out and come to Canada. The family settled in Bowmanville and we have enjoyed a great life in Canada. The incident on September 4th, 2007 was a horrible crime and I am still sorry that nobody was ever held accountable. The Durham Region Police Service did their Best... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alan009 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 18 May 2012


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Sex of recently-born panda still a mystery

September 6, 2007

San Diego Zoo veterinarians are still not ready to say whether the baby panda, born August 3rd, is a boy or a girl. The delay in identifying the gender of the cub is unusual (past babies have been gender identified by their second week of life). Zoo veterinarian, Geoff Pye D.V.M., says that it is just too early to tell in this cub and they hope to be able to say something definitive after a routine medical exam this week.

The baby cub can usually be seen with its mother through the San Diego Zoo's live panda cam. Unfortunately the cam was not available to on-line guests for several hours, causing some concern among panda fans. Zoo officials state that the cam has been experiencing technical difficulties. They indicate they have had a number of calls from people who have not been able to access the cam today and they are assuring everyone that the baby panda is doing fine.


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Former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau criticised in new book "Brian Mulroney: Memoirs 1939-1993"

September 6, 2007 Written in his new book "Brian Mulroney: Memoirs 1939-1993", a 1,100-page to-be-released book, former Progressive-Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who was PM of Canada from 1984 to 1993, has revealed that he called former Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau a "coward" and criticised his decisions on the Meech Lake Accord, questions Trudeau's moral leadership, his refusal to fight against Nazis, his admiration for leaders such as Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitic and anti-immigration views, and his belief in the independence of Québec.

According to the Canadian Press, Mulroney was quoted saying after Trudeau died that he was "an exceptional individual who served his country effectively and well . . . a gallant political warrior who loved his country."

In his book, one quote says "Pierre Trudeau, Captain Canada? I think not." Another quote says Trudeau was "opposed to enlightened policies designed to wipe out the curse of Nazism."

"'Bunglers', 'cowards', 'snivelers' -- Trudeau knew whereof he spoke," Mulroney also writes.

The book not only criticises Trudeau, but former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien and former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard.

The book hits stores next Monday. A 90-minute special television interview conducted by news anchor Lloyd Robertson entitled "Triumph & Treachery: The Brian Mulroney Story" will air on Sunday night on CTV at 7:00pm ET. Quebec French-language channel TVA will air a version in french.

"This is a Brian Mulroney Canadians have never seen before," a news release written by Robertson said. "He opens up and shares intimate details about world leaders such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. He also lashes out at his political opponents and deals with the controversies that have followed him through the years."

"This is a man who questioned the Allies and when the Jews were being sacrificed and when the great extermination program was on -- he was marching around Outremont here on the other side of the issue," Mulroney told CTV.

Trudeau, who died in 2000 at the age of 80 from Parkison's disease, was prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1984. He is considered the most well-recognised prime minster and particularly popular with many in Canada. Both prime ministers were from Quebec.

Liberal leader Stephane Dion and many others rebucked Mulroney for his comments.

"I wasn't angry when I read it; I was just kind of sorry for him," said Tom Axworthy, Trudeau's principal secretary. I just think it's sad that this former prime minister (Mulroney) is still so consumed by his predecessor that he's spending time attacking a man who's dead rather than talking about his own accomplishments. I'm sorry that he still obviously feels so threatened by the achievements of Trudeau."

Trudeau's sons, Justin, who will be a Liberal candidate for the Montréal, Québec riding of Papineau in the next federal election, and Alexandre, a journalist, have not yet commented.

In 2005, secret recordings taped by German-born arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber of his conversations with Mulroney, 68, were released in a book. In them, Mulroney made harsh statements and used bad-language. Schreiber said he paid Mulroney CAN$300,000 ($285,000) during the ongoing Airbus affair, which is now a subject of a legal battle.


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"The cost of feeding kidnappers" should be "The cost of feeding kidnappees" - discovered through looking at the Spanish source Catquas
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FOX News fares poorly in investigation of media edits to Wikipedia

September 5, 2007

Virgil Griffith recently made headlines when his new tool, the WikiScanner, was revealed. The tool allows users to search for some edits to several editions of the online free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia made from Internet addresses assigned to particular companies.

The media buzz made Virgil's tool near-inaccessible as it was swamped with queries. Initially broken by Wired, the articles highlighted edits from network addresses assigned to Diebold and the CIA, and encouraged readers to reveal and share their findings. Mainstream media such as the BBC revealed that edits made from CIA addresses had made changes to the article on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and that edits were made from Vatican addresses to Gerry Adams's article.

Readers of the BBC news website were quick to point out that edits to Wikipedia also originated from the BBC network addresses. Peter Clifton, head of BBC Interactive, confessed to writing about himself and revealed that a prankster within the BBC had edited George W. Bush's entry to state that his middle name was "Wanker". The BBC's Internet address range had a total of nearly 8,000 edits to other various English Wikipedia articles such as Janet Jackson, Super Furry Animals and Freeview.

Without confirmation such as Peter Clifton gave, it is usually impossible to determine from the IP address alone if the edits made from it were even performed by an employee of the organization. While it is likely that the majority of edits are from an organisation's employees there is the possibility that visitors could be using a company address, or a public-wifi could be on offer. All of this would appear to be edits from the company according to Wikiscanner, and even when the edits do come from employees or representatives, there is no way to tell from the data alone whether the company endorses the edits, or even knows about them.

While Wikipedia advertises itself as the encyclopaedia "anyone can edit", there are guidelines on the site directing how users may edit the articles—and even, in some cases, who shouldn't be editing them. None of Wikipedia's "conflict of interest" policies attempt to limit what people can edit based on the Internet address that they are using.

Wikinews had already started an investigation into just what edits the tool revealed. Hampered by the difficulty getting results due to the traffic load on the web server, we began checking company names and names of media groups. In addition to verifying that the vast majority of edits from network addresses assigned to the BBC were beneficial to the Wikipedia project, the others, CNN, MSNBC, Reuters and AP received a fairly clean bill of health. People using Reuters' Internet connectivity appeared the first to discover Wikipedia, editing as early as February 2002. Users from AP had made a few edits to articles about the AP, none of which could be considered negative contributions, other contributions included additions to several The Simpsons episodes. However, edits originating at address space assigned to FOX News, and its parent company, News Corporation were more frequently unproductive, many which under Wikipedia and most other Wikimedia project policy, would be considered vandalism and would usually result in a block or ban of editing Wikimedia projects.

The edits from FOX's address space, now totalling almost 700, start with an edit to the article on FOX which deleted links to websites critical of FOX. Some of the edits could be characterized as an attempt conceal criticism voiced in the documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism which alleges bias by FOX News. This was replaced with a link to the company's official response and another to a story put out by FOX News questioning the validity of the film's sources. The same Internet address at FOX News then removed criticism from the article on Alan Colmes.

Other addresses within FOX also edited articles on FOX News employees such as Brit Hume, Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace inserting positive information, highlighting their ratings successes and slogan, "fair and balanced" before going on to describe the New York Times as "left wing" and blanking the quotes section on the article about their columnist Mike Straka. The current version of this article is disputed on neutrality grounds as the entire biography and criticism sections have been removed. Including comments about anti-war protesters - "whom he has denounced as "smelly", "stupid", "stinking", "jobless", "anti-American" and "traitors"."

More recent edits include downplaying Sean Hannity's importance to the show Hannity and Colmes by removing the fact that he is the shows executive producer and referring to him as simply "host" or "co-host". Details of Wendy Murdoch's previous marriage to the husband from the couple who sponsored her trip to study in the United States were excised by another Fox News address.

Investigation of a wider field of media organisations revealed that the News Corporation subsidiary British Sky Broadcasting has the same history of juvenile and prank edits with insults posted against staff on their payroll as well as UK celebrities. The main proxy server that allows their staff on the Internet currently has a large warning of who the IP address belongs to and a list of block messages and block/edit warnings. Some of the vandalism committed through their proxy has been described as "racist" and "potentially libelous".

WikiScanner cannot identify the origin of any edit made by a registered user. Users are not required to register an account to edit Wikipedia, and those who do not register have their edits associated with an IP address. Edits from unregistered users are, inaccurately, called "anonymous" edits.

Wikimedia's privacy policy does not allow revealing the IP address of registered users except as dictated by Wikimedia's privacy policy. Users of Wikiscanner cannot find out about editing by registered users, even if they are coming from the same IP address as the "anonymous" users who did not register.

Virgil's conditions for speaking to the media include the format of a link to his website. His goal, to get a Google search for "Virgil" to return his page as the top listing. As of publication he's succeeded.


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Osama bin Laden to release message to US on six year anniversary of 9/11

September 7, 2007 The leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden is expected to release videotaped message to the American people on or before next week's sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001.

The SITE Institute and IntelCenter, two U.S. based terrorist monitoring groups have stated an announcement, in the name of al-Qaeda's media-production arm, As-Sahab, seen on an Islamist website this week indicates the new al-Qaeda video is about to be released.

The announcement also came with a photo of bin Laden, which is said to have been taken recently. There have been no photos released of bin Laden since 2004, and the last known audio message he recorded is reported to have been made over a year ago.

The U.S. states that capturing Bin Laden is still a top priority.

"Obviously, it's a huge priority for us to capture and kill bin Laden and bring he and the rest of the leadership to justice. I just think people have got to be clear that we're being manipulated every time that they issue a statement, because they're trying to use the media as a way to terrorize us," said the Homeland Security Adviser for the White House, Frances Townsend.

Townsend also stated that the videotape is likely propaganda, but the U.S. will still monitor the situation.


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Syria fires on Israeli fighter planes

September 7, 2007

Syria has fired on Israeli fighter jets after they claim that the planes entered Syrian territory "dropping ammunition" and traveling at the speed of sound.

"Air defense units confronted them and forced them to leave after they dropped some ammunition in deserted areas without causing any human or material damage. We warn the Israeli enemy government against this flagrant aggressive act, and retain the right to respond in an appropriate way," said a spokesman for the Syrian military force.

Israel has neither confirmed or denied the reports, simply stating that "we cannot discuss military operations." Past Israeli military operations into Syrian airspace have been confirmed by the Israeli military, such as the circling of Syrian President Bashar Assad's compound in 2006.

Israel, in the past, would fly over Lebanon and Turkey to perform training exercises and have at times traveled at the speed of sound. The last reported Israeli fighter planes to fly into Syria was in 2006 after an Israeli soldier had been kidnapped. They also flew into Syria just before the armed conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon had begun.

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NFL: Colts, Saints kick off season

September 8, 2007

The NFL Season has kicked off as the Indianapolis Colts hosted the New Orleans Saints Thursday night. Peyton Manning and the Colts took their first step to defending their Super Bowl Championship by beating the New Orleans Saints by a score of 41-10.

At the half the scored was knotted at 10-10, but Indianapolis showed off their offensive weapons in the second half. Peyton Manning threw for three touchdowns, passed for 288 yards and had zero interceptions. Reggie Wayne caught seven passes, two for touchdowns, for 115 yards, while Marvin Harrison had four receptions, one for a touchdown, for 83 yards. The Colts were also efficient running the ball as Joseph Addai carried the ball 23 times for 118 yards.

Manning commented on how the Colts pulled it together. "A lot of young guys played good tonight," said Manning. "It's only one game and there's a long way to go, but we played really well tonight."

The New Orleans Saints, also expected to compete for the Super Bowl led by Drew Brees were not as successful in their opening game. Brees passed for 192 yards with zero touchdowns and two interceptions. The Saints' rushing duo Reggie Bush and Deuce McCallister combined for 76 yards and zero touchdowns.

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Japan's lunar probe performing 'smoothly' after successful launch

September 19, 2007

An H-IIA rocket, carrying the SELENE lunar orbiter and several smaller satellites, was launched on Friday, September 14 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.

The launch, conducted at 01:31 GMT by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), begins the voyage of SELENE to the Moon, and Japanese space officials say that the mission has been going smoothly.

"The flight has been proceeding smoothly to this point. We haven't had any reports of problems with any of the equipment," said JAXA spokesman Seiji Toyama who also added that the probe is about to finish its first of two orbits around Earth.

SELENE will be placed in orbit 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the Moon's surface where two smaller probes will be released and then begin to orbit the Moon at both poles. Scientists are hoping that the data will shed more light on how the Moon was formed, and how it has evolved through time. They also hope to study the composition of dust samples from the surface and are planning on taking 3-D images of the Moon's surface.

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Australian comedians "could have been shot" during APEC prank

September 7, 2007

According to the highest ranking police officer in New South Wales, the cast and crew of Australian TV show, The Chaser's War on Everything could have been shot during a prank staged in Sydney where they breached APEC security.

The comedians staged a fake motorcade to gain access to the APEC restricted area in Sydney's CBD. It is believed that the motorcade was waved through security checkpoints on Macquarie Street and ended up just metres from the hotel where United States President George W. Bush was staying. Police moved in on the group when one of the pranksters emerged from a vehicle dressed as Osama bin Laden.

Police commissioner Andrew Scipione said the prank could have resulted in someone being injured. "The reality is... (they) put security services in a position where they might have had to take an action no one would want."

"We have snipers deployed around the city. They weren't there for show, they mean business, that's what they were there for," said Mr Scipione.

Mr Scipione was annoyed that the stunt had been carried out. He said "I'm angry, I'm very angry that this stunt happened, it was a very dangerous stunt." The commissioner also said that the comedians had already been warned about carrying out pranks during APEC. "The people that were involved were told - we told them, we sent them maps, ... We made it very clear that they shouldn't do stunts, particularly those that were going to be dangerous," said Mr Scipione.

Neil Fergus, senior executive for Intelligent Risks and former intelligence chief for the Sydney Olympics spoke out against those responsible for the prank. He reinforced that the prank could have ended up in someone being hurt and commended the police for dealing with the situation in the way they did.

"People can talk over each other on radios and there can be confusion, so the police response - I think - was terrific," he said.

"And thank God it was what it was. You've only got to look at the experience that a very professional police service had in London when a young Brazilian was tragically shot by anti-terrorism forces."

"So I think the police are to be commended with the professional way that they did identify the incursion, the restraint that they showed in handling it and the fact that what we're talking about today is a bad and irresponsible joke, instead of a more tragic set of circumstances."

The show's executive producer Morrow denied placing anyone in danger.

"Was it irresponsible? I wouldn't think so. Hard to say," he said.

"No, no. We had no intention of harming anyone. Sorry guys ... Lucky it was us and not Al Qaeda."