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User:Adi4094

Hi,I have over 1000 edits at Wikipedia. Tell me what you think.Thanks!! Articles started by me: {|width="100%" border="1" style="height:300px;"
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 * January 12, 2010:India fires 'Astra' missile
 * February 3, 2010:Nato oil tanker torched in Pakistan
 * February 3, 2010:IPCC chief refuses to apologize for glacier error
 * February 3, 2010:Wikinews Shorts: Feburary 3, 2010
 * February 4, 2010:Monster.com aquires Yahoo's HotJobs service for $225 million
 * February 4, 2010:Pakistan arrests 35 people suspected in US soldiers' death
 * February 5, 2010:Toyota poised to recall 270 thousand Prius vehicles
 * February 5, 2010:Ten US missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti
 * February 10, 2010:Google introduces Google Buzz
 * February 12, 2010:United States Representative Charlie Wilson dies at 76
 * February 23, 2010:Najibullah Zazi pleads guilty in plot to bomb New York subway
 * February 25, 2010:Turkey charges seven military officers over coup plot
 * February 26, 2010:Three Google executives found guilty over Italian video
 * March 3, 2010:Former Bosnian president arrested in London
 * March 4, 2010:6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan
 * March 5, 2010:Two police officers injured in Pentagon shooting incident
 * March 15, 2010:Sarkozy's party defeated by Socialists in French regional elections
 * March 15, 2010:Two suspected terrorists arrested in Mumbai, India
 * March 15, 2010:UK government plans to repalce House of Lords with elected chamber

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That is a beautiful car. 128.210.90.30 (talk) 12:39, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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--Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 13:43, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

asking for help
As a general rule its better to ask for help with an article on irc, or on a single page such as Water cooler/assistance. Sometimes its considered impolite to post the same message to the talk page of multiple uninvolved editors (As it looks like spamming). Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry :) --Adi4094 (talk) 05:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:24, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

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Date formats and BBC News Online niggle
Thank you for your contributions to Wikinews and for participating in the writing competition. Great stuff.

Whilst I personally don't like the format that has been adopted for dates in Wikinews articles, they should be in the form of MONTH DD, YYYY according to the style guide rather than the 14 March 2010 format you used on the French election article. Also a minor niggle, it is BBC News Online, not BBC online (otherwise the link doesn't work properly).

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Review of revision 934389 [Failed]
The quote I used by Lautenberg was in the MSNBC article originally. But that article has been since updated and it appears to have been replaced with a different one, so I found an additional source that did include said quote. PSD27 (talk) 16:49, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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 * Suicide bombings in Russia even? --Donlandryii (talk) 16:05, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

 * It all comes from the Second Chechen war.--KDP3 (talk) 17:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ohh. thanks. --Donlandryii (talk) 17:51, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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Welcome
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Thank You!
Very much, Tempodivalse! Glad to help as much as I possibly can here and all over the internet wikisites! --Donlandryii (talk) 16:12, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

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User:Donlandryii

Hello, my name is don landry II or u can call me by my full name if you like, which is Donald Frederick Landry II. Long I know, yes, lol, sorry.

I have been considered to be a vandal and troll on many wiki sites, i'am trying to change my ways though, as I have put together the right motivation to work on news articles that are worthy of some good factual user re-written news articles.

Signature for Donlandryii on wikinews and other wikisites
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By the way, hope you enjoy having my presence here, I will really try my hardest and best to Contribute very throughly and not Vandalize or Troll, and or other miss-behaviours.

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God bless, him. May he rest in peace. Donlandryii (talk) 16:17, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

United States Air Force
The United States Air Force didn't exist in 1945. It was the Air Wing of the United States Army.

 * That was our error. I removed the words ' Air Force', and my change is ready for approval by a reviewer.  Thanks for bringing it to attention. --InfantGorilla (talk) 12:50, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


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 * Does Togo and Angola have hard feelings because of an event that took place before all of this attacks? --Donlandryii (talk) 16:40, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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US warns of attacks on Sudan-Uganda flights

January 10, 2010 The United States has said that "regional extremists" may be targeting airplane flights between  and Uganda.

A warning posted yesterday on the Web site of the US Embassy in Khartoum says there is a "potential threat" on the flights between Juba, Sudan and Kampala, Uganda. Juba is the capital of semi-autonomous Southern Sudan.

The embassy did not name the potential attackers but said the threat is of "sufficient seriousness," and that air travelers should "maintain vigilance at all times."

"[We have] received information indicating a desire by regional extremists to conduct a deadly attack on board Air Uganda aircraft," the embassy said in a statement. "[The] capacity of these extremists to carry out such an attack is unknown [...] [but] of sufficient seriousness that all American air travellers should be made aware."

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry, however, commented that the threat wasn't "serious". Foreign Ministry spokesman Moawiya Osman Khalid commented that "they did not inform us of this security threat, we learnt about it from the embassy's website," as quoted by. "They did not ask for our cooperation, which they should have done before notifying the media."

The US has increased its airport security following the failed attempted December 25 bombing of a Delta flight by a Nigerian man with explosives in his underpants. Sudan is one of fourteen countries where passengers headed for the US will undergo additional searches at airport security.


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Chevron pipeline in Nigeria attacked by gunmen

January 9, 2010

A Nigerian government official has said that gunmen attacked an oil pipeline operated by a Nigerian subsidiary of Chevron in the country's restive Niger Delta yesterday. The incident took place about a hundred kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the city of Warri. The incident comes five days after an attack killed four Chevron employees.

The attacks caused Chevron to stop the production of 20,000 barrels of crude oil in the area. Other attacks in the region have caused oil producers to pump little over two thirds of the total three million barrels-per-day capacity.

"We are still trying to unravel why it happened and who was behind [it]," said an unnamed government official, as quoted by the Agence France-Presse news agency.

Authorities say it was not immediately known who was responsible for the attack. A group called the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) released a statement saying "This attack was sanctioned by MEND, but did not involve our fighters."


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 * Oil, pipeline attacked by gunmen, sounds pretty bad to me. Hope someone can fix this soon. --Donlandryii (talk) 17:19, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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Taliban commander blows himself up in Pakistan

January 9, 2010 Pakistani officials have said that a militant commander has blown himself up with a grenade, apparently to escape capture during a police raid in Peshawar earlier today. The authorities said that four police officers were wounded in the blast.

Local TV reports said that police, tipped off by an intelligence report, raided a house on the outskirts of Peshawar, where rebels had been in hiding, and arrested four of them. Security officials then closed in upon Irfan, but he reportedly blew himself up upon seeing them.

Suicide vests, hand grenades, bullets, and other weapons were recovered from the building.

Violence in Peshawar and the surrounding area has increased in recent months. Due to the frequent clashes, the government has tightened security in and around the city.


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 * I guess he had enough... no pun intended. Donlandryii (talk) 17:36, 9 January 2010 (UTC).


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allready is a portal for this topic. --Donlandryii (talk) 17:52, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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Bomb explodes in central Athens, Greece; no injuries reported

January 9, 2010 Greek police have said that a bomb went off near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Parliament in the capital, Athens. No injuries have been reported as-yet. The incident occurred at 20:00 local time (1800 UTC).

The bomb had apparently been planted in a bin in front of the Parliament building, and the detonation was so strong that it could be heard kilometres away. Approximately seventeen minutes before the explosion, Eleftherotypia, a national newspaper, received a phone call about the bomb, and the area had been cordoned off. This caused a major avenue in the centre of the capital to be closed, but prevented injuries when the blast occurred.

The Associated Press reports a history of similar actions by left-wing groups since the death of a fifteen year-old protester at the hands of police. Casualties are rare as telephone warnings are usually issued for bombings, and such bombings often occur late at night. The last year has, however, seen the death of one policeman and several others wounded.


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Athens, has been bombed? --Donlandryii (talk) 19:04, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

The fact that it was placed near the Tomb
offenses me.--KDP3 (talk) 19:53, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

The guards of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
How brave were the two guards and the one sergeant who refused to leave the tomb of the Unknown Soldier even though they knew the bomb was about to explode 15 meters away!!! I hope the army and the government will remember to give them an award for bravery!!! Well done for keep on guarding the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the symbol of freedom, the parliament, from the terrorists. In the land that gave birth to democracy and set the roots for our freedom!

Please, vote for these 3 soldiers to be awarded for their bravery!


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Athens, Greece?
Do we really need to say Athens, Greece? I think we could probably make do with just Athens. In the headline, at least. --Thunderhead 19:40, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

 * It could be mistaken for any of the other Athens in the world. I think it's best for clarity. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:45, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Google news
Just a note, this got a fairly prominent slot on the Google search results for "Athens" - that's one of the advantages of getting a story out before most MSM. Hope it stays up there! Thanks to everyone involved in publishing this. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:47, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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Study suggests 48% of US soda fountain machines have coliform bacteria

January 9, 2010 A recent study conducted by Hollins University indicates that 48% of sodas from soda fountains in the United States are contaminated with coliform bacteria.

The researchers drew the conclusions from a test of 90 beverages from 30 fountains in fast food restaurants. The bacteria found was a form of fecal contamination, it was discovered, although it was not immediately clear whether it came from the soda fountains themselves, or people with dirty hands.

Other bacteria were also found in the soda samples, including E.coli, present in eleven percent of the tested beverages. Many of the soda drinks apparently fell below the US Environmental Protection Agency's minimum standards for drinking water; regulations state that samples cannot test positive for E.coli bacteria. In total, 20% of soda fountains had more than the maximum recommended levels of bacteria.

"The large number of beverages and soda fountain machines containing E. coli is still of considerable concern [...] and suggests that more pathogenic strains of bacteria could persist and thrive in soda fountain machines if introduced," the authors of the study wrote.

Renee Godard, the study's lead author, and a professor of biology and environmental studies at Hollins University, commented on the findings. "Certainly we come in contact with bacteria all the time. It's simply that some bacteria may potentially cause some disease or gastrointestinal distress. One thing we hesitate with is that people get afraid of bacteria. Many of them are benign or helpful, but certainly, I don't want E.coli in my beverage," she said.

Godard and her team took samples of 90 different beverages from three groups - sugar soda, diet soda, water - from 30 fast-food restaurants in Roanoke, Virginia.

"You can get collections of bacteria in the water line and that then runs through the whole machine and gets in to the beverage. Any time any water or liquid sits somewhere, it's just a breeding ground for bacteria," commented Primary Care Physician Alanna Levine.

Experts suggest that plastic nozzles used on soda fountains might be part of the reason why the study found so much bacteria is present; it takes only a single dirty hand to spread bacteria over a tube, and it could be easily transferred to the rest of the fountain from there.

"It could be from dispensing with a hand that wasn't clean or using wet rags to wipe down the machine. We haven't done the work to really identify those potential sources and how these bacteria get established," Godard said.

A professor at the University of California Davis, however, said he believed that a single localised study wasn't enough to come to a conclusion about soda machines throughout the country. "How sanitation regulations are promulgated and enforced in a community are different. Some communities are more on to it than others. How much of a threat it represents? It's probably limited. Once again, it's a matter of what regulations are in place, who pays attention and whether it's being followed," he said, as quoted by CNN.

The National Restaurant Association responded to the university's findings in an e-mail statement. "While the results of this study are disconcerting, we feel that it isn't representative of our industry and that our guests can safely enjoy beverages from dispensers and single-serve containers alike," the organisation said.

The American Beverage Association also countered the findings. "Fountain beverages are safe. Consumers can rest assured that our industry's fountain beverages pose no public health risk. [...] Importantly, our industry meets, and often exceeds, all government health standards in bringing its products to market."


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The headline and the very first line are inconsistent; 48% of US soda fountains and 48% of US soda from soda fountains are two different matters. – Juliancolton  | Talk 01:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Additionally, the study covered only 30 fountains in a single city (not the entire US, as this headline would seem to suggest). Additionally, this article fails to mention whether or not the soda fountains tested were all self-serve, or if this included both self-serve and non-self-serve fountains.  Jade Knight (talk) 22:42, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 * 1) Nobody will be putting contaminated soda in the fountains - they'll become contaminated from the fountan.
 * 2) That is how you gather enough information to obtain funding for a larger-scale study. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:52, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


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Copyvio
Regarding = All VOA prose is in the public domain. The "Some info for this story was provided by AP and Reuters", from what I can tell, means that they used them as a source, but paraphrased the info in their own words (which makes it PD). VOA's copyright statement mentions nothing about text being copyrighted. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:44, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


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 * Hi, The article you submitted, Egypt reaches African Cup of Nations last eight, needs sources before it can be published. (probably also needs to be expanded, but sources more pressing issue). See Cite sources for details. Please ask if you have any questions. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:27, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

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U.S. Vice President Biden's mother dies, aged 92

January 10, 2010

Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden, mother of United States Vice President Joe Biden and matriarch of the Biden family, died Friday evening after suffering from a brief illness – possibly related to a recent hip fracture. She was 92 years-old.

In a statement to the Associated Press, the Vice President said his mother died at home in Wilmington, Delaware surrounded by family and friends. Details of scheduled funeral services and memorials will be released in the upcoming days, the Vice President’s Washington office said.

Jean Biden, whom the Vice President often quipped "ran the show" and taught him to believe in what he calls "America's creed ... [how] everyone is your equal and nobody is better than you," was always a source of strength for Biden ever since he was a young working-class boy growing up Scranton.

In his autobiography, Joe Biden recalls, when in seventh-grade, being publicly mocked at school by a belligerent nun for his speech impediment. The current Vice President maintains that, upon hearing this, his mother went to the school, confronted the nun, telling her, "If you ever speak to my son like that again, I'll come back and rip that bonnet right off your head! Do you understand me?"

He also writes about how his mother, a devout Irish-Catholic, used her faith in comforting him after his wife and daughter were killed in a car crash in December 1972 – the month he was elected to his first term as a Delaware Senator. He emotionally writes how, "After the accident, she told me, 'Joey, God sends no cross that you cannot bear...'"

Biden also states that his mother taught him to have dignity, self-respect, and principle. On the subject he remembers how, in his youth, "When[ever] I got knocked down by guys bigger than me, and this is the God's truth, she sent me back out [on] the street and told me, 'Bloody their nose so you can walk down the street the next day.' And that's what I did.'"

Biden said in a separate statement to the media, "Together with my father, her husband of sixty-one years who passed away in 2002, we learned the dignity of hard work, and that you are defined by your sense of honor. Her strength, which was immeasurable, will live on in all of us."

He continued, "She was the center of our family, and taught all of her children that family is to be treasured, loyalty is paramount, and faith will guide you through the tough times. She believed in us, and because of that, we believed in ourselves."

Jean Biden is survived by the Vice President, two other sons, her daughter, grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.


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Croatian president pardons convicted war criminal
Outgoing Croatian president Stjepan Mesić pardoned 36-year-old Siniša Rimac, a convicted war criminal, jailed for eight years for participating in executions of Serb civilians back in 1991, when Croatia was at war with Serb forces. Among other crimes, he is guilty of killing a 12-year old girl. At that time he was part of a military unit led by Tomislav Merčep, who was never prosecuted.

Rimac's jail term was shortened by one year, following president Mesić's decision.

Serbian president Boris Tadić described the act as "anti-european" and "anti-civilisational" that cannot be justified.

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Saudi Arabian court commutes Canadian's death sentence
Mohamed Kohail, a Canadian resident convicted after a deadly school fight in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will not be executed as originally sentenced. The country's highest court, the Supreme Council, cancelled the death sentence but ordered that Kohail face retrial in the case. The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed this development on Saturday.

Kohail's younger brother Sultan is also charged in this case and could also be sentenced to death as his case was moved from the youth court to the adult system. Both brothers deny that they had caused the death of Munzer Haraki during the 2007 brawl.

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Thousands attend murdered Ottawa police officer's funeral
More than 4,000 police officers attended the funeral of Constable Ireneusz "Eric" Czapnik in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday. Czapnik was stabbed to death outside the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus the previous Tuesday while completing paperwork at his vehicle. He was the first Ottawa police officer to be killed on duty since 1983.

Kevin Gregson, a suspended RCMP officer, is charged in connection with Czapnik's murder.

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Gunman opens fire at ABB Factory in St Louis, Missouri
At 6:30a.m. Friday local time (1230 UTC) a gunman entered an ABB factory in St. Louis, Missouri, and began shooting. At this time it appears that he had killed three and injured five others, then himself. St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom says, ""We are very confident that this is the shooter." Reports say that there were two bodies found on the outside of the factory and two bodies, including that of the shooter, found on the interior.

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Sarkozy wins fraud case; awarded one Euro
A French court ruled in favor of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a fraud case where fraudsters stole money from his bank accounts. He was awarded one Euro (US$1.43, ₤0.89) in damages.

Sources

Creator of Gumby, Art Clokey, dies at age 88
Art Clokey, a pioneer in the field of claymation, died Friday due to chronic disease. Clokey was well know for one of the characters he created, Gumby.

Sources

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User talk:80.24.163.160

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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

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Two charged in Heathrow bomb threat

January 10, 2010

Police brought charges against two men in connection to a bomb threat that delayed a Dubai bound Emirates flight departing from London's Heathrow Airport. 58-year-old Robert Fowles was charged with making bomb threats and public drunkenness, along with 48-year-old Alexander McGinn who was also charged with public drunkenness. A 36-year old man was also arrested, but was later released with no charges.

Flight number EK004 was using a Boeing 777-300 and had more than 330 passengers on board. Passengers said that the flight was searched quickly, and that no bombs or other suspicious items were found.

Airports around the world have had raised levels of security since the failed bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253. In the wake of the incident, British airports will install body scanners within the next month.

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Comments:Study suggests 48% of US soda fountain machines have coliform bacteria

not a big deal there's bacteria everywhere and people are not dieing

It could become a very big deal
Easily, if some contamination of a Malign nature got in there, it may be a very big deal indeed. I wouldnt want to be on the recieveing end of -THAT- Lawsuit


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6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off California coast

January 10, 2010

According to the United States Geological Survey, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 hit North California today. The epicentre was west of Ferndale, CA and  northwest of San Francisco, CA, with a depth of.

Media reports indicate that there is a power outage, and ruptured gas lines in several areas. Only minor injuries were reported, with several people being taken to St. Joseph's Hospital from a local mall by ambulance.

One resident, Cole Machado, told CNN that "I was talking on the phone and all of a sudden it started shaking. I thought my TV was going to fall over,". Power and phone lines in his neighborhood were cut by downed trees.

No tsunami warnings were issued due to the tremors. Following the earthquake, there were numerous aftershocks, the strongest being at a magnitude of 4.5.


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Review of revision 934738 [Passed]

 * This should have failed review, still needs copyediting imo, Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 02:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Considering it's fairly breaking (happened 2 hours ago, aftershocks still occurring), i think we can publish first and copyedit later. (It doesn't seem too bad actually) Tempodivalse [talk]  02:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, this is my first time playing reporter. :D Gl ac ier Wo lf   02:56, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'd say this was great for your a first attempt at writing an article. There were only a few stylistic areas that needed improving, otherwise there really wasn't anything wrong with it. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:58, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, not bad at all, I just think it needed some more time Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 03:04, 10 January 2010 (UTC)


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Gordon Brown says the UK won't run out of gas

January 10, 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday that the UK's natural gas reserves will not run out in spite of record demand. This spike in demand is caused by the recent cold weather.

A supplier, National Grid, issued two "balancing alerts", which mean a possible supply shortfall, which were promptly lifted. A spokeswoman for the company said that there was a possible shortfall of 35 million cubic metres (1.2 billion cubic feet). This third balancing alert is expected to last for the next few days, and is said not to be due to the cold weather – which is expected to continue for at least a week – but due to problems in Norwegian gas fields.

Another staple related to the cold snap, rock salt, is feared in short supply. The Automobile Association reports that supplies have been reduced by 250,000 tonnes over the last ten years. Local governments pledged to conserve supplies through a 25% reduction in the amount used; 12,000 tonnes of white salt have been redirected for use on roads.

Non-profits have asked that the allowance for gas money be temporarily raised for pensioners. The Red Cross reports that it is having the highest volume of aid being given out in nearly 30 years.

The cold snap has caused at least two further deaths, a 90-year-old woman who had frozen to death in her garden in Barnsley, and a 42-year-old who was found frozen in Newcastle, taking the total to 26.


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Were you in the vicinity? Did you feel the earthquake?
I live in San Francisco and I felt it very much. The apartment started rocking and I held my breath for what felt like a long time.

I was just down in San Jose when the 4.1 happened recently and I was in disbelief about being in two quakes in such a short time span. I was on my second-story duplex in Arcata when the quake struck. I felt the house swaying back and forth, with something like low-frequency, big jolts, and at the same time a higher-frequency vibration or something similar. My house was swaying so much that I thought it was going to collapse! The house made lots of noise before I felt any large movement. I ran outside quickly and saw a poor cat running about the street in confusion (it was kinda funny) while the ground was still rumbling. It was my new roommate's first large earthquake experience, and I told him "I'm not going to wait for the tsunami siren, let's go now!" so we drove waaay uphill. A friend of mine was at the marsh and she said that she saw the mud rippling with the quake, which was awesome. --Leb


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Adult H1N1 swine flu death takes Northern Ireland death toll to seventeen

January 10, 2010

The Department of Health in Northern Ireland announced the death of an adult with the H1N1 'swine flu' virus. The gender of the adult who died is currently unknown. The obituary was discovered in the swine flu information update provided by the Department of Health weekly.

The death of this adult brings the total number of people who have died from swine flu in Northern Ireland up to 17, not including the two people who were from the area but were outside Northern Ireland at the time of their deaths from the disease, as of January 6. Michael McGimpsey, who is the Health Minister in Northern Ireland, announced: "Sadly, we have been notified of a further swine flu related death in an adult. I would like to express my sincere sympathy to the family and would ask everyone to respect their privacy and allow them to grieve for their loved one in peace."

Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell, who is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, talked about the H1N1 swine flu virus. She said: "Swine flu has now been circulating within Northern Ireland since May 2009. We have seen two waves of infection from the virus and our planning and preparation has meant that the likelihood of a further wave has been significantly reduced. This is due in part to the extent in which the virus has already circulated in the community, and also as a result of the very successful vaccination programme in Northern Ireland. We know from experience of previous pandemics that flu viruses can be unpredictable so we can not completely rule out the possibility of a further wave. We will therefore continue to monitor the situation carefully and adapt our plans accordingly. The vaccine remains the best way to be protected against swine flu."


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Sounds like the real snafu is in security... they're just trying to blame it on this one guy who wanted to kiss his girlfriend. How about use something more secure than a rope-line to separate secured from unsecured areas? 76.10.166.8 (talk) 11:53, 10 January 2010 (UTC)


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Talk:Australian rules football: 2010 Gippsland Football League round 1 - Wonthaggi v Leongatha

OR - Background
Wonthaggi v Leongatha April 3 2010 at Wonthaggi - background
 * Gippsland Football League
 * Changed name from West Gippsland Latrobe Football League
 * 9 team competition
 * Garfield left to join Elinbank and District Football League
 * Wonthaggi joined from the Alberton Football League
 * Disputed move for about five seasons
 * Finally got moved at the end of 2009
 * GFL formally accepted Wonthaggi at AGM
 * only major league in gippsland: vcfl
 * minor leagues
 * north gippsland
 * alberton
 * east gippsland
 * elinbank and district
 * omeo and district
 * Last games played
 * Wonthaggi lost to Stony Creek in Alberton Grand Final
 * Leongatha lost to eventual WGLFL Grand Final winners Maffra
 * remaining round 1 matches a week later
 * moe v traralgon at yalourn north
 * morwell v warragul
 * drouin v maffra
 * sale has bye

--RockerballAustralia (talk) 12:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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I will be tweeting the game. Search #GLpowerparrots on Twitter. If some one could update the score box at the end of each quarter (as tweeted by me) that would be great.--RockerballAustralia Rockerball is my sport, not me. 08:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not able to be at the game in person now but I have requested a quarter by quarter update from the league --RockerballAustralia Rockerball is my sport, not me. 08:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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•Wonthaggi - 9-9 (63) •Leongatha - 8-14 (62)

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Why not an article about the 1,123,456th death from heart-related disease? Why continuing with paranoia?--TheFEARgod (talk) 13:36, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
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Are you presently in Indonesia? If so, can you look and see if the filter is in place - and, again, if so, can you screenshot whatever you get trying to view a blocked site please? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:44, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, to be exact, I am now in Medan, Sumatera. My Facebook friend (also an Indonesian Wikipedia user) said that he can't accessed his favorite porn site. (but I still can access it) I'll ask him to screenshot that website. Thanks. Kenrick talk 11:47, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

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China overtakes Germany as world's biggest exporter

January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country's exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world's biggest exporter.

The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 total Chinese exports reached US$1.2 trillion, above Germany's forecast $1.17 trillion.

Huang Guohua, a statistics official with the customs administration, said the December exports rebound was an important turning point for China's export sector. He commented that the jump was an indication that exporters have emerged from their downslide.

"We can say that China's export enterprises have completely emerged from their all-time low in exports," he said.

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An interview with Paul Campbell, founder of Amazing Radio UK

January 14, 2010 Digital radio listeners in the UK may have noticed a new station on their list over the last few months with the beta launch of Amazing Radio, founded by Paul Campbell as a follow up and companion to Amazing Tunes. However, unlike the majority of the other stations on both digital and FM, Amazing Radio doesn't play normal, mainstream music. Instead, its playlist consists solely of music from unsigned bands and artists who have signed up and uploaded their music to AmazingTunes.com. Their music can then be downloaded from the site, for which they get paid. The more downloads and interest an artist receives, the more likely they are to get played on the national radio station. Amazing markets itself as an "ethical" download website, on which artists get 70% of the download revenues. They now have more than 22,000 songs uploaded, with about 100 uploaded every day.

Paul Campbell himself has extensive experience in both radio and television production, having worked for BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4. After success with his own production company in the nineties and with support from investors, Campbell launched Amazing Tunes in 2005.

As Amazing Radio introduces a new schedule for the New Year, with presenters rather than solely pre-recorded links, Wikinews reporter Tristan Thomas interviewed Campbell to find out more.

Interview
Hi Paul, thanks for doing this interview.

My pleasure – thanks very much for asking me. We’re really grateful that Wikinews is interested in us.

'''At the end of 2009, you complained to the BBC Trust about BBC Introducing. Can you explain what this was about and the reasons for it. Has anything come of it?'''

Sure: in a nutshell, the complaint was about unfair competition - about the BBC not following its own rules. It’s still ongoing. It will take, ahem, a while to resolve.

The details are a bit complex, but here goes. (If you commit suicide out of the boredom at what follows, I apologise).

As British readers will know, the BBC has a guaranteed and very comfortable income derived from the Licence Fee - effectively a tax you have to pay if you want a TV. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true), this generates an income to the BBC of about stg4.5bn per annum. Nice.

Not really. In recent years the beeb has increasingly used this gargantuan income - and its incredible audience reach online, on radio & TV - to launch new services that make life impossible for everyone who is not the BBC. These have ranged from e-learning content (that completely wrecked the market for private publishers), to a new digital radio station (that caused a private speech station to go bust), to an attempt to launch online regional news services (which caused howls of outrage from local newspapers). The BBC does it for the best of reasons – to provide a public service – but BBC people live in an insulated, publicly-funded world, one where you know with complete certainty you’ll get paid on the 15th of every month. It’s a million miles away from the real world, where entrepreneurial people take risks, and lose their jobs and their houses if it goes wrong. Here, the BBC’s actions have grave implications. And not just for private companies: the UK as a whole is very good at creative industries, which are the fastest-growing part of the economy. But it’s kinda hard to grow a global business if your domestic market has been wrecked by a rampaging, publicly-funded, bull in a china shop. So by accidentally knackering private companies, the BBC is also damaging the British economy. Wise people noticed this. A few years ago the Governance of the BBC was changed. A new regulator, the BBC Trust, was created. It tried to address the problem. It insists the Corporation does a 'public value test' when it wants to launch a new service, or to expand an existing one.

Here, it hasn't. Although the BBC has a longstanding commitment to play new music on its local radio stations, and one of its most famous DJs John Peel had an outstanding show on BBC Radio 1 for many years which played new music (and was, incidentally, produced by one of our new presenters), it's suddenly changed the game. It’s launched a huge expansion and automation of this formerly piecemeal and limited activity, targeted exclusively at unsigned bands. BBC Introducing is a pan-BBC brand, combining local and network radio, television, online, even a special stage at Glastonbury. There's a very expensive online upload service which I just know would have cost ten times what we had to spend on our similar service. There's a Head of Department, doubtless with dozens of staff. I’ll bet they have BBC Introducing pens. It's everywhere. This is, by any reckoning, a ‘new service’. But it’s not been subjected to a public value test. Worse, I have it on very good authority from someone inside the BBC that BBC Worldwide - its commercial arm - is planning to launch a BBC Introducing record label – i.e., an overtly commercial expansion of BBC Introducing. This would be like the BBC trying to create a new version of the music industry, all by itself.

Whether or not you think it's a good thing for the beeb to champion new music, you may agree it should follow its own rules. It hasn’t. There was no Public Value Test; no request to the Trust to be allowed to do this.

So we complained. It was a bit hilarious. The Trust said they weren't allowed to investigate until we'd complained to the beeb itself and the BBC had rejected our complaint. There was a long pause as I tried to understand the logic. I said ‘I’m guessing the BBC didn’t do a PVT because it didn’t think it needed to do a PVT. We think they should have done. We’re asking you to investigate, to see if you agree’. They said ‘you have to complain to them first. It’s protocol’. It's all very British - i.e., charmingly polite … ludicrously bureaucratic … and totally useless.

So we have another hoop to jump through. We're now preparing our formal complaint to the BBC itself - whose Director General is someone I used to work with, when we were both fresh-faced BBC trainees in 1981. It takes time: I’ll have to write it myself, and I have a business to run. The beeb will have a small army of staff whose only job is to read it … and reject it. (They always reject criticism; it's the BBC's default position. They usually do it with a slightly pained expression, hurt that anyone could fail to understand their brilliance and omniscience.  Either that, or they try to demolish your intellect and cast doubt on your probity.  Either way, they'll reject it).

When they do, we'll then be able to go back to the BBC Trust to say ‘guess what? The BBC rejected our complaint. Now will you investigate?’. Yawn.

All this might make me seem a BBC-hater. Actually nothing could be further from the truth. The BBC trained me. I was once, so I was told by the Head of Appointments, its youngest-ever Producer. Despite appearances, I firmly believe it's one of the best things about the UK. I wrote to The Times of London recently in defence of it. But unfortunately it's really, really bad at understanding the damage it does to private companies, the ones like ours that create jobs and try to create wealth, without the benefit of a guaranteed income. (Or even, any income at all).

The stakes are high. The conventional music industry is falling to bits around us. There’s an historic opportunity to re-invent music in a way that's fair to musicians and music-lovers, and also creates jobs and wealth in the real economy. It's vitally important the BBC, with its publicly-funded hobnailed boots, doesn't ruin that opportunity.

So we’ll do our complaint, wait for it to be rejected, complain to the Trust, and keep battering away. Fun fun fun. (This would never happen in the States).

'''You don't accept any PRS registered artists at all. Why not?

We’d love to – after all, we have the same aim as PRS, which is to make it easier for musicians to earn a living from their talent. But we can’t. There’s two reasons.

 * 1. PRS has a barmy standard contract for using their members’ music online. It requires us to pay them a fixed percentage of ALL revenue from that website – whether or not the revenue is derived from their members’ work. So if we had 100,000 songs from non-PRS artists on amazingtunes.com, and one song from a PRS artist, we’d have to pay them a percentage of the revenue from ALL 100,000 songs.  I.e., we’d have to take money out of the pockets out of non-PRS artists to pay to PRS. That would be immoral.

 * 2. If we played PRS artists on the radio, we’d have to pay PRS for our use of their members’ music.  Sound fair enough? But PRS doesn’t know what to do with the money.  They’d put it into a big bucket, then share it out among ALL their artists - not the members whose songs we played, all their artists, including rich and famous signed ones. The vast majority of PRS payments go to a tiny minority of artists (and big record labels).  So it would be another case of stealing from Peter to pay Paul.  Paul McCartney, that is.

I wrote to the CEO of PRS when we first launched Amazing Radio pointing out these absurdities and asking if we could do a more intelligent deal. I said that I thought we had identical aims – to make life fair for musicians. I suggested we could/should be a feeder to them, introducing new members to PRS as they grew in the music industry. But so far, the PRS head is still firmly in the sand.

'''And how would you suggest PRS could improve? If they did, would you consider allowing artists registered with them? '''

PRS could improve by;

 * a. buying some computers (so they could handle our comprehensive data about the tracks we play, and then pay the right people);
 * b. accepting that we want to mix PRS and non-PRS artists, and only asking for a share of the artists they actually represent.

If they did that, we’d sign up. This would not necessarily be popular with our audience. A lot of people – especially charities and small businesses – like the fact that they can listen to Amazing Radio without a PRS licence. But we’d do it anyway, as it would be a better service for musicians.

My personal view is that the PRS should also stop threatening to murder law-abiding people who want to listen to music at work. There was a recent case where they threatened someone for singing at work. They actually did that. They later apologized, but it revealed the corporate mentality. I think it’s incredibly counter-productive; it means their members make less money, not more; it’s ruining perceptions of what motivates musicians; it’s causing thousands of people to stop listening to music. When really, PRS should be encouraging that, shouldn’t it?

With regard to Amazing Tunes, how many downloads could your most popular artist expect to receive per month and monetary wise, how would this compare to them receiving that number from iTunes?

Sorry, but we don’t currently release detailed figures – our competitors would love it, but we’d rather be nice to our artists and our investors instead. We do say that we expect amazingtunes.com artists to make ‘anything from a few quid, to a good living, to a small fortune’. At the moment, because it’s still very early days, people are clustered towards the first two of those options. As things grow – and there’s been incredible growth even in the past few months – we hope/expect more and more artists will start to make tens of thousands of pounds each month. We’ll soon register for the official chart, and our guess is that someone will have a major hit before long. Then everything will go really crazy.

So far as the iTunes comparisons go, the facts are already public domain. An artist on iTunes can expect to make 8p from a 79p download. The same artist on amazingtunes.com will make about 52p. We only deduct the VAT and the cost of the transaction: 70% of what’s left goes to the artist. What’s more, their income will improve over time - the more downloads we sell, the less the transactions cost us, so the more cash there is to give to the artists. That’s one reason we ask people to buy eight or more songs in one transaction – it’s much more cost-effective, less of their cash goes to VISA, more to the artist. (See my Blog post on this here - ).

'''Amazing Radio launched in mid-2009. How has it grown since then and what are your current listening figures?'''

It’s gone mad since then. I’ve worked in broadcasting and the media since 1978 (I was very very young then, mind you). I’ve never known anything like it. The reaction has been absolutely incredible – and it’s growing faster than ever right now. The most humbling thing has been the audience feedback – masses of long emails from people we’ve never met, saying they found it by accident, and they love it.

We’ve not yet paid for RAJAR audience figures because – well, because we’re a bit mean really, and I’m not convinced they would accurately measure our audience. I think RAJAR is very good at coming out with figures for radio stations that have been going for 40 years, but not very accurate when it comes to new and innovative stations which are also listened to a lot online and especially popular with young people. But the best guess I’ve heard in the industry is that we have something like 600,000 listeners in the UK on DAB. That’s an estimate, but it came from a very wise source. We have slightly more than that number on top as regular users online, and a weekly reach for amazingtunes.com of about two million users. But it’s all growing so fast, those numbers will be out of date by the time you read this.

'''DAB transmission costs are well over half a million pounds a year. How is this being funded currently and how are you planning to fund it in the future?''' We’re not contractually allowed to tell you what we pay, so we can’t confirm or deny the cost. Whatever the true figure, it is undeniably expensive; but it gives our musicians a chance to be on national radio. We figure it’s worth it. I’m reminded of that wonderful teachers’ union bumper sticker: ‘if you think education’s expensive, try ignorance’. If you think creating the world’s first radio station playing 100% new music is expensive …. try being inaudible.

So far, we’ve been funded by a very small number of private investors, people of enormous wisdom and insight, natch. They understand that we have a very serious, long-term and audacious ambition to change the music industry for the better, to make radio interesting again, and to turn the word ‘amazing’ into a global challenger brand.

This year, we expect to do one final fund-raising in the UK, then to raise a lot of money on the West Coast of the USA to make this absolutely massive and global, fast. They understand this scale of ambition there.

'''What are your plans for Amazing Radio in 2010? Any exciting announcements to come?'''

‘Fraid so.

In 2010, we hope to make Amazing Radio the default station for everyone who has ever had that incredible experience of hearing a song for the first time, and having to stop what you’re doing to listen to it: a station for everyone who has broad musical tastes, a respect for musical talent and an open mind. We want it to be constantly surprising, fresh, original, sometimes hilarious, always unexpected.

Blimey, I sound like some corporate twat.

Now (obviously) it wouldn’t be massively unexpected if we suddenly started revealing all the unexpected things in advance – but basically, we’d like the message to spread that we’re doing something different, fresh, original and ethical - so we’ll launch more new programmes and more new services – on Amazing Radio and amazingtunes.com. Things like our virtual radio station Amazing Ambient. . There’ll be some video and some TV along soon too. And other cool stuff.

It may not be ‘insanely cool’; just cool will do just fine.

We also want to do it in other places. E.g. America. We’ve already started there. We’ll be unexpected there too.

Finally, your favourite artist on Amazing Tunes/Radio at the moment?

Now this will sound like a real cop-out, but I never ever say who my favourite artist is. It’s for a serious reason. I’m not some musical Einstein - I’m merely the bloke who started amazing. And I’m merely a drummer. My taste doesn’t matter. EVERYBODY’s musical taste does. One of the many problems of conventional record companies is that they think geezers in suits in big glass buildings have the right to decide what’s good music. We think the world does. I’ve found hundreds of incredible songs that I love, across loads of styles of music. You’ll find hundreds of your own. Enjoy.

'''Thank you very much for your time Paul. Good luck for 2010.'''

Thanks very much, we really appreciate it. 2010 is going to be amazing.


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Two dead after building collapse in Kenya

January 10, 2010 Two people in Kenya died earlier today after a five-storeyed building under construction in the town of Kiambu collapsed. Four others were said to have been injured.

The incident occurred in the middle of the night, at 02:30 local time (23:30 UTC), on Sunday morning. The building was only a few metres from another building that collapsed in October of last year, killing thirty people.

The building is reported to have been condemned last year, when the authorities deemed it substandard. Preparations to demolish the building started yesterday, in accordance with a court order that required the building to be destroyed within thirty days.

One of the casualties from the accident was Maina Irungu, aged seventeen; the other hasn't been identified. People wounded by the collapse were taken to the Kiambu District Hospital. The victims were all people who lived in houses near the collapsed building. Rescue operations are still ongoing, being conducted by the Red Cross, police, and military. Officials also ordered evacuation of two buildings in the vicinity when cracks were spotted on them, according to Capital FM Kenya.

This story in itself is reflective of a major infrastructure problem in Kenya, according to the BBC, China says it will give a US$7 million (£4.4m, €4.9m) grant to help fund infrastructure development projects in Kenya.


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Illinois high school boys basketball: Benet beats Carmel after losing previous close games

January 11, 2010

The Benet Academy Redwings defeated the Carmel Catholic Corsairs 51–33 last Friday. The victory brings Benet's league record to an unbeaten 4–0 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.

The Redwings headed into the game hosted at Mundelein, Illinois, United States, with a record of 10–3, having lost three of its last five games. Benet's last two defeats came within two points each against Lockport Township High School and Whitefish Bay High School in Wisconsin.

The Corsairs, with a record of 7–9 after the game, lagged behind with a score of 4–20 after the first eight minutes. Benet's Dan Sobolewski scored a game-high 11 points, and his teammate Dylan Flood scored nine, seven of which he scored in the first quarter. Frank Kaminsky scored ten.

On the other side, Carmel's Jon Huisel, who also scored ten points, went up against Kaminsky and "held him in check." Teammate Patrick Cox scored eight points and had five rebounds and three blocked shots.

"But they are a good team," Carmel coach John Ryan said of Benet. "They haven't lost in conference, and I think they beat a good St. Patrick team by 14 points (41–27)."


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Chevron shuts down some oil production in Nigeria following attack

January 10, 2010 Chevron Corporation, the US oil producer, has announced that it would be cutting some of its oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria after security officials said one of their pipelines was attacked by rebels.

"Chevron Nigeria Limited [...] confirms that there was a breach on its Makaraba-Utonana pipeline in Delta State, Nigeria on Friday," Chevron commented.

In total, Chevron is to cut 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) from platforms supplying the pipeline with oil.

On Friday, reports said that gunmen in the Niger Delta, an oil-rich area, attacked the pipeline, which had been sabotaged in the past. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Previous violence by rebels has stopped Nigeria from using more than about two-thirds of its maximum pumping capacity of three million bpd, costing it about US$1 billion per month.


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Two Palestinians reportedly shot dead by Israeli troops

January 10, 2010 Palestinian medical officials have said that two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip were killed by gunfire from Israel on Saturday, according to security sources and Palestinian officials.

According to witness reports, the men were collecting scrap metal when they were killed near the border; Israeli officials, however, said that the men were trying to shoot rockets into Israel. An Israeli military spokeswoman said that the army had nothing to do with the shooting.

The head of Gaza's emergency and ambulance services, Mo'aweya Hassanein, said to media that ambulances were dispatched to the area, but were still waiting for permission from Israeli authorities to reach the scene.

On Sunday, the IDF said in a statement that an Israeli Air Force craft attacked a terror cell preparing to fire projectiles from the southern Gaza Strip into Israel on Sunday evening.

Palestinian medics and the IDF say Sunday's air strike killed three members of the Islamic Jihad group in central Gaza.


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US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid criticized over "Negro" comments

January 11, 2010 🇺🇸 Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who is US Senate, is under a lot of criticism over comments he made during the 2008 United States presidential election, toward US President Barack Obama. The highlighted comment made by Reid was calling Obama a "light-skinned" black man "with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." The remarks were released in a book co-written by ' magazine reporter, and ' magazine reporter John Heileman.

Reid has since apologized for "using such a poor choice of words." President Obama quickly accepted the apology. Reid has been a partner with the Obama Administration on issues such as health care reform. chairman told  "the comments were unfortunate and they were insensitive", but "I think the case is closed because President Obama has spoken directly with the leader [Reid] and accepted his apology. [...] We're moving on."

Members of the have called on Reid to resign over his comments. Party chairperson told  "There is this standard where the Democrats feel that they can say these things and they can apologize when it ... comes from the mouths of their own. But if it comes from anyone else, it's racism,". Having appeared alongside Kaine, where the Democrat Party chairman stated the case was closed, Steele argued that there was a double standard, on the basis of then-Senator Obama calling in 2002 calling for, at that time the majority leader, to be ousted for supporting the views of , who stood as a segregationist Presidential candidate in 1948.

The book  published today, also says that New York Senator encouraged Barack Obama to run in early 2006, even though he later endorsed his former colleague Hillary Clinton. Other revelations included that John McCain's aides were concerned about Sarah Palin's failure to understand basic facts prior to her  interviews with, including why North Korea and South Korea are separate countries.

Co-authors Halpern and Heileman have a history of vocal criticism of media coverage of the 2008 Presidential election. In late 2008, Daily Kos reporter Jed Lewison drew attention to comments by Halpern, on-stage with Heilmen, asserting the reportage was, "extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage"; he characterised election coverage as, "the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war". Halpern's centrepiece example was an analysis of New York Times profiles on the prospective First Ladies; overlooking earlier NYT coverage that reported on Obama's Caucasian ancestors being slave owners.


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 * When fixing the typo/spelling in the title can who Harry Reid is be explained? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Is that satisfactory enough? Tempodivalse [talk]  19:49, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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What is the difference between the two sections? Aren't they both used as lists of sources of information?Benny the mascot (talk) 22:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I guess your right, maybe it should be further reading Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 00:30, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I removed the book's details as what smacks of advertising. And, a critical point in the lede, "[...] under a lot of criticism [...]" is weasel words. Under criticism from who? My, rather suspicious guess, is from people who'd like you to read the book because it backs their political views and biases. --Brian McNeil / talk 04:12, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


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Two suspected rebels killed in gunfight with authorities in Kashmir

January 10, 2010 Two suspected rebels in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir were killed on Friday, after a shootout with government forces.

The gun battle occurred in the village of Khrew, located twenty kilometres (twelve miles) from Srinagar, the largest city in Indian Kashmir, according to senior police official Farooq Ahmed. None of the government soldiers were reported to have been killed; the Xinhua news agency, however, said there were unconfirmed reports that one of them had been wounded.

The clashes began when security forces cordoned off a house in the morning, after being tipped off that suspected rebels were living there.

"The encounter has ended in the village. Two militants have been killed during the gun battle but one JCO [Junior Commissioned Officer] has also sustained injuries in the operation," said Lieutenant Colonel Biplab Nath, a government defense spokesman.


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Explosion in Afghanistan kills two

January 10, 2010 British officials have said that a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killed a veteran British war correspondent and a US Marine yesterday.

Britain's Defense Ministry says Rupert Hamer, the defense correspondent for the Sunday Mirror newspaper, was killed while accompanying Marines on patrol in the Helmand province. Photographer Philip Coburn was seriously wounded by the makeshift bomb, as were four other Marines.

The Daily Mirror said that Hamer was a journalist with them for 12 years, and that this was his fifth trip to Afghanistan. Hamer is believed to be the first British journalist to be killed in the Afghan conflict. Prime Minister Gordon Brown released a statement expressing sympathy for his family, friends and colleagues. He was survived by a wife and three children.

Officials retracted earlier reports that an Afghan soldier was among those killed.

Hamer is the second journalist killed in Afghanistan in as many weeks. Canadian journalist Michelle Lang was killed on December 30, also by a roadside bomb.

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NFL Playoffs: Cardinals thrill Packers in overtime

January 11, 2010

After a very close offensive battle throughout the game, the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Green Bay Packers 51-45 in an overtime thriller today in the wild card round of the NFL Playoffs. The game was won after Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers fumbled the ball during overtime, resulting in Arizona's Karlos Dansby recovering the ball and returning it for a touchdown, giving the Cardinals the sudden death victory. Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt called the contest "...Probably one of the best games ever played in the playoffs", while Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said that it was "The toughest loss I've ever been a part of." Both team's strong offenses were evident throughout the entire game. The two team's offensive totals combined to reach a massive 1,024 yards, with the Cardinals gaining 531 and the Packers 493.

In the first quarter, the Cardinals got out to a quick start, when cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie intercepted an errant Rodgers throw and returned it for a touchdown. On Green Bay's very next possession, wide receiver Donald Driver fumbled, setting up another quick Arizona touchdown and making the score 14-0 in favor of the Cardinals. An Arizona field goal by Neil Rackers made it a 17-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Packers began to show some of their offensive firepower in the second quarter. To start the quarter, Rodgers led the team down the field in a 52-yard drive that lead to a Rodgers sneak at the goal line to give the Packers their first points of the game. However, the Cardinals quickly countered with a scoring drive of their own, capped off by a 15-yard passing touchdown from quarterback Kurt Warner to receiver Early Doucet. At the end of the half, Green Bay kicked a field goal to cut into the deficit which was still quite large, a 24-10 halftime edge for Arizona.

Warner and Rodgers both showed explosive passing throughout the next half. In the third, both quarterbacks threw two touchdown passes to make the score 38-24, the Cardinals still holding the edge. Green Bay began to mount their comeback in the fourth quarter. They began with two touchdowns, tying the game at 38. Warner again countered with another passing score for Arizona, giving them a one touchdown edge with under 3 minutes to play. Then, Rodgers led the Packers in a quick drive, scoring and tying the game at 45 all. The match now had to be decided in overtime.

Green Bay won the overtime coin toss, giving them the advantage of having the ball first in the sudden death period. However, the key mistake of the game came here. On the Packers' third play, Aaron Rodgers fumbled, creating a Karlos Dansby recovery which he returned for a touchdown, ending the offensive shootout with a final score of 51-45.

After the win, Arizona is now focused on advancing further in the playoffs, as well as rumors on Warner's possible retirement. "I don't think you every want to stay too long, but you never want to go out before it's time," said Warner. "The hard part is trying to figure that out, but right now it's about another playoff game. It's about New Orleans and then we'll go from there."

The Cardinals play the New Orleans Saints in next week's divisional round.

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United Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Newark Airport

January 11, 2010

United Airlines Flight 634 made an emergency landing yesterday morning when only two of the three landing wheels on the Airbus A319 deployed as the plane was making its final approach into Newark, New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport. After multiple attempts to fix the problem failed, the pilot decided that an emergency landing was the only remaining choice.

Only the plane's nose gear and left landing gear had descended. The right landing gear would not release. The airliner made a go-around as the crew attempted to fix the problem. Passenger Jim Falk knew something was wrong saying, "Normally a big plane like that doesn't do a bypass, so we knew something was wrong."

However, the pilot decided that nothing could be done to bring the gear down, and an emergency landing was declared. "We are going to have an unusual landing," the pilot calmly announced to the 53 passengers seated on the plane, according to passenger Moritz Loew. Another passenger, Paul Lasiuk said he was more shocked than scared, telling himself, "You have no choice. You're going to go through this."

"Brace! Brace! Brace!", the pilot announced over the plane's public address system, calling for passengers to enter the brace position as the plane made a touchdown on the runway at Newark. The plane touched down on the nose wheel and left rear wheel before lurching to the right causing sparks to fly as the right engine skidded along the runway. Eventually, the plane came to stop at 9:27 A.M. EDT.

Afterward, passengers and crew evacuated the plane by sliding down the evacuation slides and moving quickly away from the plane. They were then taken by bus to the airline's lounge where they told their stories to investigators and waited for their luggage. Three passengers reported minor injuries but refused treatment.

The emergency landing caused the airport to shut down for 20 minutes, but service quickly resumed on two of the airports three runways. The plane remained on the runway throughout the afternoon as investigators determined the cause of the landing gear failure.

This is in contrast to last week, when the airport was shutdown for six hours after a young man named Haisong Jiang breached security by passing through an exit to kiss his girlfriend goodbye.

According to passengers, the crew remained calm during the ordeal. Jim Falk said, "They did a great job. There was no yelling, screaming, panicking or anything." Falk said he wanted to buy a bottle of champagne for the currently unnamed pilot. Falk added, "The pilot did a beautiful job. He didn’t put it in the water like the other pilot did, but he should be commended."

Martin Trebino, a spokesperson for United Airlines said they would not release the pilot's name on Sunday, but did not indicate when his name would be made available either.

Paul Lasiuk said, "I've had a lot of worse landings at Newark before. It was unbelievably smooth."

Moritz Loew joked with himself afterward saying, "What's a great landing? One that you walk away from."

The flight, which left Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Sunday morning around 6 A.M. reported no other problems during the flight up until the incident. According to United Airlines spokesperson Robin Urbanski, it remains unclear why the landing gear failed to deploy. Urbanski added that passengers' tickets would be refunded and that they would receive vouchers and credit towards any future flight.


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"very rough"?
I have to question the notion that this was very rough, or vene rough at all, compared to a lot of similar incidents. (It is, in fact, possible to do a 'hard' landing - one that has the potential to damage the landing gear - without even noticing.) I wouldn't be surprised if indeed "It was unbelievably smooth." Incredible as it may seem, airliners are actually designed to do this and pilots trained likewise. The air industry is incredibly cautious about landing gear, and for good reason. It's always been well known that they can be (and are) a high-risk area taking large stresses, so B-plans are in place for landing with one, two or all the gear stuck up in the bay. It's a rarity and a newsworthy one, but this looks like a textbook example of a properly executed response. That is why the plane went along on the engine; it's been planned for on all jets with underslung powerplants that the weight will wind up on the nacelle and the pylon it attaches to, so they need to take the weight and skid controllably. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I second BRS' thoughts. I'm currently training for my PPL here in the UK and I can tell you that among pilots the media is renowned for grossly exaggerating almost all incidents to do with aviation.  The ongoing joke is that it always is something like "the plane plummeted directly above a primary school" etc. etc. when in fact it should be "the plane went through some turbulence whilst overflying a city" which definitely wouldn't meet our newsworthiness criteria!  This is an example of somewhere we can differentite ourselves from mainstream, crappy media and thinking about it, I might direct some to here, even if it is just to check from instances like this!      Tris   20:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I concur. Landing with the gear completely or partially up, although it isn't good for the aeroplane, isn't inherently fatal or even all that dangerous, and the media seem to always blow such things out of proportion. Maybe we should just drop "rough" from the title? Tempodivalse [talk]  20:26, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

 * We appear to have pretty strong consensus. I'll go ahead. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I was beaten to it :p Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

 * He he, too slow BRS!! Also fixed a few spelling errors that should have been picked up in the review.     Tris   20:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


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India test-fires 'Astra' missile

January 12, 2010 India successfully test fired the Astra, meaning "weapon" in Sanskrit, air-to-air missile from a specially-made launcher at about 9:45 am. The launch occured at launch pad number two of the Integrated Test Range complex in Chandipur, 230 kilometres (143 miles) north-east of Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.

The single-stage, solid fuel Astra missile, developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), is a high-end tactical missile comparable to the contemporary BVR (Beyond Visual Range) missiles and is capable of engaging and destroying highly maneuverable supersonic aerial targets.

It is designed to intercept enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds in head-on mode at a range of 80 km and in tail-chase mode at 20 km. It is capable of carrying conventional payload of 15 kilograms. The missile has a solid-propellant engine and is capable of achieving speeds of around Mach 4, four times the speed of sound.

The missile which has a range of 25 km (15 miles) can be fitted into any fighter aircraft. It is intended to be eventually integrated with the IAF's Sukhoi-30MKI, MiG-29, Mirage 2000, Jaguar, and the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft. S.P. Das, head of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Orissa said "It was a very good flight. The test was conducted to prove the control system," after the missile hit targets accurately.

Sources at the ITR claimed the tests on the missile's navigation, control, air frame, propulsion and other sub-system have been validated.The complex missile system would undergo some more trials before being made fully operational. They hope to introduce it in India's arsenal by 2011.

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Angolan police arrest two after attack on Togo football team

January 11, 2010

Angolan police arrested two people earlier today, on charges of attacking the football team from Togo that was travelling by bus en route to a tournament, which left two of the Togolese team's support staff and their Angolan bus driver dead.

Macario Lembe, the deputy governor of Angola's Cabinda province, commented on the incident. "Two assailants were captured on Friday, one a few minutes after the attack and the second at the border while crossing into Congo-Brazzaville. The first suspect was injured in his left thigh by police who responded when he opened fire from a tree at the Togolese bus."

The two arrested suspects were reportedly part of a team of five that ambushed the Togolese bus with gunfire on Friday as it passed through Cabinda, a province of Angola. The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) group claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Togolese team pulled out of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, which opened yesterday, due to the ambush.


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French Guiana and Martinique reject referendum for increased autonomy

January 11, 2010 Voters in French Guiana and Martinique voted down referendums for increased autonomy from France earlier today, according to poll results.

In French Guiana, with a turnout of 48%, the vote was 69.8% against increased independence from France; in Martinique, with a 55% voter turnout, the polls were 80% against extra autonomy.

In a statement, French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the outcome, saying it reflected the strong ties between the territories and metropolitan France. Both Martinique, in the Caribbean, and French Guiana were granted French department status when France relinquished total control more than half a century ago.

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Health expert: Swine flu outbreak exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies for profits

January 11, 2010 Wolfgang Wodarg, a European health official, has said that the severity of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic was intentionally exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies so they could receive large profits.

Wodarg, who is the Council of Europe's head of health, claimed that the manufacturers of the anti-virus drugs pressured the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare a global pandemic over the outbreak. The Council said it would investigate the allegations in a debate scheduled for later in January.

Wodarg commented about his accusations to the Al Jazeera news agency. "There is a very inefficient work of our agencies. They made a big panic with the bird flu and they made big panic with the swine flu. The national governments spent billions of euros to buy their vaccines [for H1N1] so we have to investigate what was behind it, we cannot afford such agencies that spent the money for useless health measures," he said.

The official also commented that "it's just a normal kind of flu. It does not cause a tenth of deaths caused by the classic seasonal flu," as quoted by FOX News. "The great campaign of panic we have seen provided a golden opportunity for representatives from labs who knew they would hit the jackpot in the case of a pandemic being declared."

"We want to clarify everything that brought about this massive operation of disinformation. We want to know who made decisions, on the basis of what evidence, and precisely how the influence of the pharmaceutical industry came to bear on the decision-making [...] A group of people in the WHO is associated very closely with the pharmaceutical industry."

The drug company GlaxoSmithKline responded to Wodarg's allegations. "Allegations of undue influence are misguided and unfounded. The WHO declared that H1N1 swine flu met the criteria for a pandemic. Responding to it has required unprecedented collaboration. As WHO have stated, legal regulations and numerous safeguards are in place to manage possible conflicts of interest," it stated.

Swine flu's impact across the world hasn't been as serious as was initially predicted, the Guardian reports; in the UK, up to 65,000 deaths from the virus were anticipated at the height of the scare, now the estimate is about a thousand, and the current death toll from H1N1 is 360. As a result, there is now a surplus of vaccines.

David Salisbury, the Department of Health's director of immunisation, said that it hasn't yet been decided what to do with the UK's surplus of vaccine, although talks are underway. "We have to keep a stockpile for ourselves because we simply don't know what is going to happen over 2010, and we know that there are proportions even within the risk group who have not been vaccinated. If there were a UK resurgence during 2010, we would look very foolish if we had disposed of a valuable stockpile."


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Criticisms

 * 1) Antiviral drugs are completely different from vaccines; both are mentioned with no real clear distinction
 * 2) There are two suitable antivirals, I remember Tamiflu - it's the much hyped one (guess what? The other is more effective and has less risks for people like me)
 * 3) The H1N1-A flu strain more-commonly known as "swine flu" does have an unusual profile with regard to the people who die from it
 * 4) The normal flu season sees dozens of flu strains in circulation and the regular circus of annually produced vaccines is a best-guess at the ones most likely to be widespread and kill off the vulnerable
 * 5) H1N1-A is a pandemic flu. The WHO criteria on this are scientifically based (unrelated to fatality rate) and, without acute institutional corruption, the WHO could not declare a pandemic. There would have to be a global conspiracy to falsify statistics which are the foundation for the declaration of a pandemic.

Yes, I've had both the 'normal' flu vaccine and the H1N1-A vaccine. As I say, I'm an at-risk group and Tamiflu is not something I should be treated with were I to catch an acute flu (might kill me).

A query has been submitted to the WHO by one of the other accredited reporters – if they respond, please consider the above points carefully when creating a followup article. --Brian McNeil / talk 02:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

 * OK, thanks for the comments and I note the problems with it, especially the first poing. I didn't consider that, actually I thought that Tamilflu was a type of vaccine - my bad. I probably should have researched this more. The 24-hour limit isn't up yet, perhaps someone would like to have a go at correcting some of the inconsistencies? I'm not sure i have enough time ATM. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:47, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

 * And also, regarding points 3-5, the article does not give them as facts, it only quotes the official as saying them, so I don't think that's a problem. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Probably also worth doing a little digging into some of the almost-legit online pharmacies; I'm pretty sure you can use them to buy Tamiflu. Remind me when I'm back from my interview tomorrow morning and I'll dig up one that does sell the genuine article (at least in terms of other more "recreational" prescription-only medicines). I've contact details for a now-lapsed Wikinewsie who's fully qualified, working in a teaching hospital, and might be able to get OR quotes direct from an expert in clinical diagnosis on the serious risks you could put yourself at self-medicating with Tamiflu. That's through being in a group it would be dangerous to prescribe Tamiflu to, or poorly treating yourself with the drug thus rendering it impossible for medical professionals to treat you with it in a life-threatening situation. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This is likely the essential reading Antiviral drug.
 * I've emailed Professor Dorothy Crawford an expert in microbiology at Edinburgh University requesting an interview to follow up to this story with some facts instead of FUD. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)