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Talk:First snowfall of the season impacts the Northeast US

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Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2009/50

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

Last Updated: December 6, 2009

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Three peacekeepers in Sudan killed by gunmen

December 6, 2009 According to a spokesman for UNAMID, a peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, three Rwandan soldiers were killed by gunmen in an ambush earlier today. Two other soldiers were hurt.

The spokesman, Kemal Saiki, commented that the ambush occurred close to a government checkpoint in the town of Saraf Umra, near Darfur. The peacekeeping troops returned fire at the gunmen, wounding one, but they evaded capture. The identities of the assailants was not immediately known.

Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, released a statement in which he expressed his sympathy to the families of the killed soldiers.

With this incident, twenty peacekeepers have been killed in the Darfur region since January 2008, when the African Union and the UN dispatched armed forces to the region. Violence, however, has become less frequent in the past few months.


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Martial law declared in Philippine province after massacre

December 6, 2009 Philippine officials have put a southern province under martial law today, and arrested the patriarch of a powerful clan, following last week's massacre of 57 people. Government officials say President Gloria Arroyo suspended civil rights in the Maguindanao province.

This comes soon after the Philippine authorities received reports that some groups were arming themselves to resist arrests by security forces.

Officials said that troops took Andal Ampatuan Senior, the local governor, and his son Zaldy Ampatuam, into custody at their home in Maguindanao. Another of Ampatuan's sons, Andal Ampatuan Junior, is already in jail in connection with the massacre. More than 100 soldiers and dozens of police raided homes belonging to the Ampatuan family Friday. The Ampatuan clan has ruled the southern province of Maguindanao for more than a decade.

"There are more than 80 people suspected of having participated [...] We need a massive force to assist ordinary police to be able to arrest them. It appears that if martial law [...] is not adapted, the probability of trouble is very high because they will prevent themselves from getting arrested," said acting defence secretary Eduardo Armita to the Al Jazeera news agency.

Martial law has not been imposed anywhere in the Philippines for the last 28 years.

During the November 23 massacre, about a hundred gunmen attacked and slaughtered members of a convoy traveling to register politician Esmael Mangudadatu for governor — challenging the Ampatuan clan's hold on power. The dead included Mangudadatu's wife, sisters, and supporters. More than half the victims were journalists.

President Arroyo has faced intense pressure to take action against the violence because of her political ties to the Ampatuan clan. She continues to promise justice will be served.


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Liberal Party of Australia win Bradfield, Higgins by-elections

December 6, 2009

The Liberal Party have retained both the Bradfield and Higgins seats in the Australian House of Representatives, despite some predicting a voter backlash after their recent leadership change and splits over environmental policy.

The seats were previously held by former Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson and former Treasurer Peter Costello, respectively.

Higgins
In Higgins the victorious candidate was Kelly O'Dwyer. Ten candidates contested this by-election, though the governing Labor Party did not field a candidate.

"I think it sends a clear message to Kevin Rudd that they cannot take their voters for granted," she said. "Their voters will come to the Liberal Party if given an opportunity."

Green candidate Dr Clive Hamilton was also happy with the result. "The Greens have achieved a vote of 35 per cent or so, which is easily the highest vote the Greens have scored in a House of Representatives election," Dr Hamilton said. "That means about a quarter of the voters of Higgins who once voted Labor or Liberal have decided to trust their vote to the Greens."

Hamilton told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that Ms O'Dwyer "will toe the party line on climate change."

"I think Kelly O'Dwyer will fit in perfectly well with Tony Abbott's sceptical Liberal party," he said. "I don't think she will really take the climate change message to Higgins, so effectively 35 per cent of her voters are completely disenfranchised on the most important issue that concerns them."

Bradfield
The victorious candidate in Bradfield was Paul Fletcher. 22 candidates contested this by-election, again without one from Labor.

"My experience as I talked to people during the campaign was that people were concerned about private health insurance, overdevelopment, economic management and so on," Fletcher, a former Optus executive, said. "Climate change came up as an issue, but it wasn't the number one issue. Certainly the Liberal Party needs to have a response on climate change as our leader Tony Abbott has said. But it is not the only issue to campaign on."


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Tens of thousands protest in London before Copenhagen climate change summit

December 6, 2009 Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London earlier today, calling for a deal to be made at this week's Copenhagen Climate Conference in Denmark. Similar such marches were held in Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow.

According to the London Metropolitan Police, twenty thousand people attended the march. Organisers, however, claimed that about forty thousand people were present at the demonstrations. The march began at Grosvenor Square and continued all the way to the Parliament building on the Thames river.

The march contained members of groups such as Oxfam, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and the World Wildlife Fund. Protestors were asked to dress in blue, supposedly to symbolise a "wave" of people around the Parliament building.

The chief executive of Oxfam, Barbara Stocking, said in a statement that "the UK government must fight for a comprehensive, fair and binding deal at Copenhagen — that is our demand today and we expect it to be fulfilled.

"They must return home with a strong, effective climate deal both for our own sakes in the U.K. and for the millions of poor people already suffering from the effects of climate change around the world."


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User talk:Kiran~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.

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Rescuers in Egypt end search for victims of ferry crash

December 6, 2009 Egyptian rescue workers have ended a search for possible victims of a collision between two ferries on the Nile River.

Local officials said that they found no bodies and have accounted for everyone, after initial reports suggested dozens of passengers and crew members were missing following the collision on Friday.

Rescuers searched on Friday night and early on Saturday for possible victims; officials say at least six people were injured.

The two ferries collided near the northern city of Rashid, causing one of the boats to overturn. At least 30 people were on board the boats at the time of the accident. Officials are investigating the cause of the incident.


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User talk:Efrencollins

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User talk:18071959dan

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Your recent contributions are considered to be spam and have been reverted or deleted. Should you believe that your contributions are not spam, please argue your case on your talk page, or in WN:ALERT.

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User talk:SHUr

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User talk:Nomieghirl

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User talk:Djspyk44

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Wikinews:Writing contest 2010/Barnstars

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Western Sahara campaigner still blocked from returning home by Moroccan authorities; on twentieth day of hunger strike

December 6, 2009Moroccan authorities have for the second time refused to allow Western Sahara campaigner Aminatou Haidar, who is on the twentieth day of her hunger strike in Spain, to return home until she apologises for refusing to state her nationality as Moroccan upon receiving a prize.

According to the Moroccan authorities, she voluntarily handed over her passport and would receive a new passport and be pardoned for what senior official Abderraham Leibek called "an act of treason against her homeland" on the condition that she apologises. Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri added that she had "disowned her identity and her nationality" and "must accept, on her own, the legal and moral consequences which result from this behaviour."

The campaigner for the independence of the disputed territory, which was annexed by Morocco in 1975, attempted to enter the Western Sahara on November 13. Authorities allegedly confiscated her passport before forcing her to return to Lanzarote, where she started her hunger strike three days later.

The Spanish government offered either refugee status or citizenship to Haidar and to house her, but she refused as she did not wish to be "a foreigner in her own home." She says that she does not want to remain in Spain, but "go home to my children and my mother, in Laayoune."

She accused the Spanish authorities of collusion with Morocco by allowing her into the country, and criticised them for not being able to resolve the situation. She said in a statement issued by her lawyer "I say once again that Spain is Morocco's accomplice, and both governments want to push me to death. Spain is directly responsible for the consequences of the hunger strike that I have been keeping for 20 days."

Since the annexation of the Western Sahara, Morocco has rejected calls for independence by the Polisario Front movement. Whilst there has been no fighting since 1991 in the region, United Nations-sponsored talks have stalled.

Haidar is a well-known activist for the disputed territory, having won amongst other awards the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 2008.


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User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered

Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  19:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

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The template editprotected is placed on the talk page of the article you wish edited along with a description of the edit you wish made. Thanks to some clever things enWikinews uses, this will be highlighted here and an administrator will review and carry out your request. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:21, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup. I completed your request anyway though;). Thanks for the heads up about the misspelling. Gopher65talk 01:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:PatrickFlaherty/Archives/2009/December

userMessage gadget
In regards to the evil link for the user message gadget - the demo link changed to. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 13:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * p.s. This isn't as dangerous as it once was, as it is limited to the user talk namespace now, where before it would be possible to construct a link like this that worked on the main page. Bawolff ☺☻ 13:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * yes, thank you. Sorry about the message. This is what i get for clicking on random links I see in people's talk pages. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 20:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it. Thats what i get for making such random links :). Bawolff ☺☻ 20:44, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * wait, where was this link that caused this? http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bawolff&oldid=917794 I'm very confused. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 20:52, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That was the link above - all it does is cause people to add

{{subst:yourarticlegone|1={{subst:Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals}} question{{subst:Wikinews:Water cooler/policy}} {{subst:wn news}} {{subst::Main Page}}  {{subst:Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance}}} to the page in question (Which uses css tricks to make things ugly). This could of potentially been used to trick people (hey, I saw this cool link, you should click it-type thing). Which was somewhat concerning, as originally the script would edit any page, thus someone could fairly easily trick an admin into doing that to the main page. (with the added benifit of not being able to view diffs, would cause quite a bit of confussion) Bawolff ☺☻ 00:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

EU-CHINA
Yes, I just started the article, please just continue it. I don't have to much time today to work on it. Thanks.--Prt Scr (talk) 12:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC) You can improve it and reapir if you reconise a mistake ! Welcome.--Prt Scr (talk) 12:46, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The hu:interwiki doesn't work: A Kína és az Európai Unió közötti gazdasági kapcsolatok erősödnek. Do you know why?--Prt Scr (talk) 12:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Hi Patrick, thanks for supporting my RfA! And I should really get on Google Wave again, after a brief flurry of sending out invites I've kind of neglected it myself. the wub "?!"  23:45, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Climate contrarians in Copenhagen
Please join the discussion, if you can do it attentively, if you have some free 30 minutes?

I'm just afraid that this novice user Wikiwide, the author of the article, being probably a scientist (you just look at the first version of this article), has a very little understanding of what Wikinews is. And probably has lots of other work to do, is not interested, etc. Even the topic of climate contrarians near UNCCC sounds scientific, doesn't it? I think that if you revive this article, it will be very good Please be informed that only an experienced Wikinews user can manage with such significant and responsible task. Q/0/k 04:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * for Wikinews,
 * for this user, and
 * for the environment
 * (as some of the "skeptics" or
 * just common diesel car drivers can find this article realistic)

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mwapi
Hi. Not sure if you read the message on my talk page, but i added a new method to mwapi for appending to end of page. See my talk. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:39, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Your support for my RFA
I would like to thank you for supporting my successful RFA and for your confidence in me. I look forward to serving further the English Wikinews community in this new capacity. I shall take the new tasks required of an administrator on board step by step and will make the utmost effort to fulfil the role to the best of my abilities. Kind regards Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 12:41, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:PatrickFlaherty/Archives/2009/September

Wikinewsie account
Hi Patrick. Check your email, I've created an account for you at Wikinewsie and had the system send you a random password. Sorry for having to wait for so long. Cheers Tempodivalse [talk]  00:57, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:10, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Thedentistrator

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Find me all the red balloons; MIT wins DARPA challenge

December 7, 2009 A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) won the challenge to find ten 8-foot (2.4 metre) weather balloons spread across the continental United States, just nine hours after the event's start. In a test of the nation's social networking skills, the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) offered US$40,000 (€26,900) to the first team to identify the location of all ten balloons. The event marks the 40th anniversary of ARPAnet, the precursor to today's Internet, a project developed by DARPA.

In a statement announcing the winner, DARPA said "the Challenge explores basic research issues such as mobilization, collaboration, and trust in diverse social networking constructs and could serve to fuel innovation across a wide spectrum of applications." They also stated that they intend to "meet with teams to review the approaches and strategies used to build networks, collect information, and participate in the Challenge."

The MIT team offered a reward scheme of its own as an incentive to public cooperation, offering US$2,000 to anyone who gave them the coordinates of a balloon. They also gave to whomever invited the person who gave the correct coordinates to join the challenge. They then gave the person who invited that person US$250, and so on, giving any left over or unclaimed money to charity. The MIT team hoped to " [...] find out how information spreads on the internet, and how online social networks help this spread".


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User talk:Ryanbartek

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Comments:Liberal Party of Australia win Bradfield, Higgins by-elections

Anti-ETS vote in Bradfield
Unlike Paul Fletcher, the two Federal issues that Philip Dowling found that Liberal voters were concerned about was the ETS/CRPS bill, and the fact that Malcolm Turnbull's policies seemed to be geared for Eastern Suburbs trendies. Traditional Liberal voters were mainly pleased with Abbott replacing Turnbull and blocking the ETS. Over 85% of first preferences went to candidates opposed to the ETS bill as being flawed. (This includes the Green vote - as Green senators opposed it.) http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-14357-108.htm


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Guinean military leader in 'favourable' condition after attempted assassination

December 7, 2009 Morocco said earlier today that Guinea's military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, has undergone successful surgery for gunshot wounds sustained on Thursday in an apparent assassination attempt. Guinea's military government is offering a reward for the capture of the former head of the presidential guard whose men are accused of carrying out the attack.

The inspector of Morocco's Royal Armed Forces' health services said that Camara has had successful surgery for head trauma. In a statement issued by Morocco's official press agency, Dr. Ali Abrouq said Camara's condition is "not worrying."

"The current health condition of the Guinean president does not inspire concern," Abrouq noted in a statement. "The result of the operation is favorable."

Camara flew to Morocco on Friday after being shot the day before by men loyal to his former aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite, who is also known as Toumba. Toumba escaped the attack, and is still at large with a group of the presidential guard.

Harouna Kone, a spokesman for the junta, commented that Camara should be able to return to Guinea by Wednesday. "The president is doing very well and we expecting that he will come back maybe on Wednesday [...] he is in the Royal Hospital of Rabat, and I think that everything is well there. He called last night and [spoke] with his minister of communication and they discussed about something,” he said, as quoted by the Voice of America news agency.

Security forces, meanwhile, are patrolling Guinea's borders in search of Toumba, and the government is offering a reward for information leading to his capture.

Guinea's vice-president and defense minister, General Sekouba Konate, became the interim leader following the attempted assassination.

Thursday's shooting followed an argument between Toumba and Camara about who should take responsibility for the killing of opposition demonstrators two months ago. Witnesses say Toumba gave the order for the presidential guard to open fire on people protesting Camara's expected presidential candidacy.

Local human rights groups said that at least 157 people were killed on September 28; the military put the number at 57 people.


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Reports say Bolivian president reelected

December 7, 2009 Exit polls in Bolivia indicate that President Evo Morales has earned a second term after winning re-election on Sunday.

Bolivian media report that the president gained at least 61%, 35 points ahead of his closest challenger, former governor Manfred Reyes.

"This process of change has prevailed," Morales said on the balcony of his presidential residence, addressing supporters.

Morales was first elected in 2005 and is the South American country's first indigenous president. Analysts say the victory means he will likely continue reforms aimed at greater government control over the economy and social spending programs for the poor.

Bolivia's voters also chose a new Congress, with polls showing the president's Movement Toward Socialism party well ahead, securing about two-thirds of the seats.


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Gaza Strip reports first swine flu cases

December 7, 2009 Health officials in the Gaza Strip confirmed the territory's first five cases of H1N1 swine flu earlier today.

The territory's Health Ministry is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to obtain the supplies needed to treat the potentially deadly virus.

Neighbouring Israel has a blockade on Gaza, and Egypt restricts movement across its border with the territory as well. Health officials say that isolation likely kept the H1N1 virus from affecting Gaza sooner.

Mahmoud Daher, a senior official for the WHO, said that Gaza has around 1,000 vaccine doses for the 8,000 medical workers in the territory. West Bank Health Ministry official Asad Ramlawi, however, commented that an additional one million doses would be delivered to the area at the end of the year.


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Two more UN peacekeepers killed after attack in Darfur

December 7, 2009 Gunmen killed two United Nations peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday, one day after three others were killed in the same area.

A spokesman for the UNAMID peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Kemal Saiki, said two Rwandan peacekeepers were killed at a refugee camp in the northern part of the city. Saiki said the soldiers were distributing water in the Shangil Tobaya settlement, when at least one gunman opened fire on them. He added that it is currently unclear who carried out the attack and why.

"Some men in the crowd were hiding guns in their robes […] They opened fire without warning. Two of the peacekeepers were killed on the spot," said Saiki. One other soldier was injured.

On Friday, gunmen ambushed peacekeepers in Darfur's northern town of Saraf Omra, killing three Rwandan soldiers. Saiki said the gunmen targeted a UN convoy and suggested the attackers may have been trying to steal their vehicles. Saiki said that it is not yet clear whether or not the two incidents are linked.

Saturday's killings bring the total number of peacekeepers killed in the region to 22 since January of 2008 when the UN and African Union began a joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Large scale fighting has subsided in Darfur in recent times, but thefts continue to be a problem, along with violence linked to rival tribes and splinter rebel groups.


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User talk:Philip Dowling

Welcome
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User talk:149.171.96.35

Welcome. You are in Australia, University of New South Wales. Please look after your spelling more carefully. (   is where I encountered this IP) Gryllida (page, talk, contributions) 06:05, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Western Sahara campaigner still blocked from returning home by Moroccan authorities; on twentieth day of hunger strike

I feel sorry for Spain, they seem like they are only trying to help and this person attacks everyone she comes in contact with. Some people just won't be helped.


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Copenhagen climate conference opens

December 8, 2009

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) has opened on Monday with calls for urgent action to curb climate change and global warming. The largest climate conference in history at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark is running for two-weeks from December 7 until December 18. Around 15,000 delegates including representatives from the private sector, environmental organizations, research institutions and government officials, as well as 110 heads of state and government from 192 countries, will attend. A deal is within our reach. The COP15 Cultural Opening Ceremony played a four-minute long film called Please help the world by the Danish director Mikkel Blaabjerg Poulsen to highlight the danger of rising temperatures. The film depicts a young girl’s screaming nightmare about an eco-apocalypse with global warming, desert wastelands and terrifying floods. As the girl wakes from the nightmare she and other children implores us to 'Please help the world'. Poulsen said, “We have made a film which speaks to the heart rather than to the brain”. There was also music from a trumpeter, a harpist and the Danish National Girls Choir.

The UN climate change conference, the climax of two years of contentious negotiations, opened in an atmosphere of hope. There was an upbeat mood for a deal to be reached within the next two weeks. At a press briefing, Connie Hedegaard, the president of the conference, said that “the deadline is working”, but “within the time we have, we must solve the task”. Lars Lokke Rasmussen stressed, however, that the talks will have to overcome the deep distrust between rich and poor nations on how to share the burden of curbing emissions. There has been a series of promises by rich and emerging economies to curb their greenhouse gases, but there are major issues yet to be resolved. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a legally binding treaty on climate change will be reached in 2010. The European Union has adopted a commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels but the union will raise its commitments to 30% if other major players undertake “comparable commitments”. News that the United States Environmental Protection Agency ruled that greenhouse gases endanger human health may allow reductions of U.S greenhouse gas emissions. Quoting an unnamed diplomatic source, the Financial Times Deutschland has said the EU is to provide “1-3 billion euro” in aid to developing countries over the next three years so they can fight the effects of climate change and allow climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The conference was accused of environmental hypocrisy for its substantial carbon footprint, including its extensive use of private jets and limousines. To reduce the conference's environmental and climate impact, the Danish government will not give gifts to participants. The money will be spent on climate scholarships called COP15 Climate Scholarships, allowing 10-12 candidates to carry out 2-year climate related master’s programmes at Danish universities. Thousands of people are outside the conference building including groups such as Climate Justice Action, Friends of the Earth, Camp for Climate Action, 350.org and Greenpeace calling for urgent action. The environmental group Friends of the Earth condemned what it called “undemocratic practices adopted by the Danish presidency of convening small and exclusive groups of countries before the Copenhagen meeting”. A draft negotiating text has been publicly released, but it is rumored that there is an “alternate” treaty document being developed by some large countries in the negotiations, including conference organizers.

According to the Bali Road Map, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP5) must agree to a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012. Heads of states and governments of 110 countries have announced that they will come to Copenhagen before the 18th of December in an attempt to seal a political global climate deal. If a deal is reached, the UN will aim at transforming it into a legally binding text to replace the Kyoto Protocol, as its regulations of emissions expire in 2012.

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 * Thus begins the full-court press by the environ-mentals. They have to be insane, considering we all now know the ugly truth. --Kitch (talk) 14:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Msaout

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Do not cut and paste, do not post editorials
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If you copy from any site, it may be instantly deleted as a copyright violation, or simply tagged as such. I would recommend you read through this essay on contributing, refer to the style guide, and consider if you can work with Wikinews and accept your content will be challenged and edited by others.

If you do not find that a little offputting, people will be happy to try and get you up, running, and productive on Wikinews. Remember, it is not a blog, it does not have editorials, nor does it have op-eds. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:18, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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Iraqi parliament approves election law

December 7, 2009 Iraqi lawmakers passed a law on Sunday needed to conduct parliamentary elections early next year, in a nearly unanimous vote. The new law expands parliament from the current 275 seats to 325 seats.

The bill took shape during several months of intense debate over how much parliamentary representation should be given to Iraq's minority groups.

"The seats of the new Parliament will be 310 seats plus fifteen seats for the minorities, making a total of 325," said the deputy parliament speaker.

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi said the law resolves his objections. He had earlier demanded revisions to give his Sunni minority group a greater political voice, and vetoed an earlier version of the law that did not meet this condition.

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User talk:Vriullop

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User talk:ShakataGaNai/Archives/2009/December

Something I dont care about
Hi, It was a news article released in the local press releases for letting the world know about a new project being launched with a passion for Indian Culture and Joint Family system. I had taken it as is and published it for other people to know how a model society should be built in Indian townships that are upcoming. Please allow this article to be there, so that the rest of the world could know the concept and the theory behind the project.

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 * ✅ -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 07:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hey, I'm an admin on french wikinews, and i would know if it's possible to do the same thing as wikinews en's profile on Facebook for french wikinews ? thank you mik@ni 11:12, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I know nothing about the Facebook setup. I think it is pulling all that via RSS.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 22:36, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok Thank you =) mik@ni 16:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)


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Talk:Find me all the red balloons; MIT wins DARPA challenge

Review of revision 920087 [Passed]

 * Eh, clicked before I saw was Lead 1.... But I'm not hacking them all about, gotta rename it. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:54, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Washington, D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad executed by lethal injection

Good Riddance... One less monster on the planet, At least now justice has been served & the victims families can rest knowning that its has been served. I would tell him to Rest In Peace but he doesnt deserve it —90.196.222.213 (talk) 21:35, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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Walt Disney World twinned with Swindon, England

December 8, 2009 Swindon, England, has an unusual new twin town: Walt Disney World in Florida. The Wiltshire town beat 24 others in a competition to become the first ever to be twinned with the famous resort.

Rebecca Warren, a local building society worker, created a poem and video praising Swindon which won over the judges. Among other features she highlighted the town's well-known Magic Roundabout, a complicated junction composed of five interlinked mini-roundabouts, comparing it to Disney World's teacup rides.

A sign marking the twinning is planned for the roundabout. Ms. Warren will travel to Florida with her eleven-year-old nephew and five-year-old niece to unveil a similar sign at the resort. A celebration will be held in Swindon in January, and it will also be the focus of an exhibit at Walt Disney World's Epcot park.

"Britain clearly has a love for Walt Disney World and long-standing affinity with the parks and their magic, which is probably why the number and quality of entries received was so high," said Disney's Hugh Wood. Other towns shortlisted in the competition included Aberdeen, Blackpool, Milton Keynes, and Cambridge.


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User talk:Abdallah~enwikinews

Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  22:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

mother earth!
Believe in your self and the Christmas spirits lloollll ;-)

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User talk:Woziq

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User talk:99.50.142.114

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikinews. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 01:49, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Jiuren~enwikinews

Welcome
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Uganda introduces anti-homosexual legislation

December 8, 2009

On October 14, Uganda introduced legislation that would outlaw and ban homosexuality in the nation. If politicians pass legislation, homosexuals would be forced to leave the country, or be imprisoned for life. Some human rights groups say the law would also allow authorities to kill homosexuals.

"This inflammatory bill will be taken as further confirmation that it is OK to attack or even kill people perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender," said spokesman for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Victor Mukasa on October 15. The organization is calling on Uganda's government to "immediately withdraw this dangerous proposal."

According to Human Rights Watch, the current law allows authorities to imprison suspected homosexuals and AIDS patients for up to 14 years. The new legislation would make the prison term a life sentence. The practice of "aggravated homosexuality" would allow the authorities to sentence homosexuals to death. Members of the public would be required to report acts of homosexuality within 24 hours of witnessing the act. If they fail to do so, they would also be imprisoned for a minimum of three years. The bill also states that the nation would be prepared to cut ties with other countries and stop any commitments they have with them to allow the new laws to be enforced.

"We used to say Mr and Mrs, but now it is Mr and Mr. What is that now? We believe there are limits to human rights," said minister of state for ethics and integrity in Uganda, James Nsaba Buturo, who supports the legislation, in an interview with The Guardian on November 29. He said that politicians are "determined" to have the law go into effect before the end of the year.

Sexual Minorities Uganda chairman Frank Mugisha also said on November 29, that if legislation "passes we [homosexuals] will have to leave the country."

Today, leaders with the Episcopal Church also spoke out against the proposed legislation. Leaders expressed "profound dismay" in a statement made by the Church on Monday.

"Our Christian faith recognizes violence, harassment and unjust treatment of any human being as a betrayal of Jesus' commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. As followers of the teachings of Christ, we must express profound dismay at a bill currently before the Parliament in Uganda," said the statement.

Many other organizations have signed letters or statements calling for the legislation to be withdrawn. They include The World AIDS Campaign, Unitarian Universalist Church United Nations Office and Amnesty International.


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School stampede in China kills eight, injures dozens more

December 8, 2009 State media reported earlier today that a stampede in a school in China has killed at least eight people and injured an additional 26.

The accident occurred at 21:10 local time at the Yucai Middle School, a privately-run institution in city of Xiangxiang, located in the Hunan Province. Reports say that several students were leaving their studies when one fell down a staircase, causing others to lose their balance and tumble down as well.

Those hurt in the incident were treated at three hospitals in the town, and eight other students were being observed by medical personnel despite appearing not to have been hurt.

Chinese officials are investigating the incident and have been questioning the city educational bureau and local school authorities, according to the Xinhua news agency.


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User talk:Mailhexu~enwikinews

Welcome
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Bomb blasts in Pakistan kill fifty

December 8, 2009 Bombings in two Pakistani cities killed about 50 people and wounded more than 140 others on Monday, according to authorities.

Authorities in the northeastern city of Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province, stated that twin bombings devastated a busy market crowded with women and children, killing some 40 people. They say more than 100 people were wounded in the two explosions that occurred about 30 seconds apart. The detonation started a fire, which spread quickly due to the many wooden stalls in the market.

Hours earlier, a suicide bomber killed ten people and wounded more than 40 others in Peshawar, the capital of Northwest Frontier Province that has been repeatedly hit by bombings in recent months. Local authorities say the bomber blew himself up as he was stopped by security guards outside a courthouse.

There have been no claims of responsibility for any of the attacks.

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User:Mrchris/Copenhagen climate conference, climate change mitigation

According to the Bali Road Map, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP5) must agree to a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012. Heads of states and governments of 110 countries have announced that they will come to Copenhagen before the 18th of December in an attempt to seal a political global climate deal. If a deal is agreed to, the UN will aim at transforming it into a legally binding text to replace the Kyoto Protocol, as its regulations of emissions expire in 2012.


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I think the article is ready to publish minus the following sections;

Both developed and developing countries presented CO2 emissions reduction targets ahead of the conference. China expects cuts of at least 40% from 1990 levels by 2020. The United States aims to cut emissions by 3% below 1990 levels by 2020, a 17% cut from 2005. European Union leaders agreed in December 2008 to cut emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 and by 30% if other developed nations follow suit. Russia says it will cut greenhouse gases by 22-25% below 1990 levels by 2020. Japan plans to cut emissions by 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 if the Copenhagen summit agrees to an ambitious deal. Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice said that a plan mirroring Obama's goal of cutting emissions by about 3% below 1990 would be met. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has offered to cut emissions by between 3% and 23% below 1990 levels by 2020. Indonesia was the first developing country to announce a planned 1.4-gigaton emission cut of 26% of 1990 levels by 2020. Indonesia also indicated that the level of cuts could be as high as 42% with economic help.

The European Union has adopted a commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels but the union will raise its commitments to 30% if other major players undertake “comparable commitments”. The Swedish Minister for Environment, Andreas Carlgren, is negotiating on behalf of the EU will have to decide what “comparable commitments” are. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, said in a video interview with the The Guardian newspaper: "I want to create a situation in which the European Union is persuaded to go to 30%." This would mean the UK would have to achieve a cut of 42% on the 1990 levels by 2020, compared with the current British target of 34%.

News that the United States Environmental Protection Agency ruled that greenhouse gases endanger human health, this may allow reductions of greenhouse gas emissions without legislation from the Senate, where a bill to cut U.S. emissions by 2020 is stalled. The United States is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and is the only industrialized nation outside the existing Kyoto Protocol. "This is great news and shows that the administration is committed to enforcing the Clean Air Act and addressing climate change," said Keya Chatterjee of the World Wide Fund for Nature.

A major aspect of the negotiations is financing of mitigation and adaptation to climate change in developing countries. Top climate negotiator Yvo de Boer said that the talks are about the amount of money needed from the developed countries. Another important issue according to him is “how do we allocate the still limited resources”. Billions of dollars in aid and technology to help poorer countries limit their emissions will be needed. Quoting an unnamed diplomatic source, the Financial Times Deutschland has said the EU is to provide “1-3 billion euro” in aid to developing countries over the next three years so they can fight the effects of climate change and allow climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim of Sudan, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China said, "So far we have not seen any real leadership" from rich nations. Developing nations including small island states, which are most vulnerable to rising sea levels, are demanding more action. Dessima Williams, of Grenada, speaking on behalf of small island states at risk from rising seas, said the group "will not accept a made-for-television solution...We are here to save ourselves from burning and from drowning."

 * Why minus? Q/0/k 04:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The conference is on for two weeks, If a simple article is published now, maybe more indepth articles about different areas of the conference can be publish later? I feel I've done as much as I can do with it for now and it is realy up to an editor to decide to publish or not. Mrchris (talk) 04:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Copenhagen climate conference opens

So much climate change, so much bullshit.
 * Too bad its backed by so much data huh? 77.250.25.84 (talk) 15:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Climate change is Proven; Its cause is disputed. At any rate, cutting our carbon emissions will have the side effect of cutting out pollutants as well. Call It Pascal's wager if you like. 164.116.47.179 (talk) 15:38, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Climate change is being caused by our sun slowly and progressively increasing its solar output. In 1 billion years the sun's increased energy output will cause our planet's surface to be too hot to support water in its liquid form, and this is well before our sun swells into a red giant and swallows the planet itself in its photosphere.

Actually, that amount is too small to affect the cliate dramatically in a measurable time span. Furthermore, If the Sun were the direct cause of Climate change, There would be no Point in a meeting. 164.116.47.179 (talk) 15:36, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

It's surprising to see so much controversy surrounding climate change, given the years of empirical data and peer review that's gone into the current theory. The Swifthackers' current allegations of `concealed refuting evidence' are only so much anti-science FUD, a Palin-esque demand for truthiness. Anyway, I believe that there's a distinct possibility of COP15's arriving at a global agreement; what will be contained in that agreement, and whether it will be effective in combating climate change, remains to be seen. It's clear that the current US leadership is more open to a serious confrontation of the issue than was the Bush regime. China, too, may be willing to make concessions, and would certainly have to if anything really significant were to be effected. The worst danger is that this conference will simply turn out to be what all previous climate change conferences have been: a great deal of talk with little or no follow-through. With the rapid acceleration of climate change, self-congratulatory cocktail-party summits aren't likely to effect any real change. --Wolfcm (talk) 15:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

True, Most likely they will just do nothing, Possibly with Lobbist involvemnt after the confrence is over 164.116.47.179 (talk) 15:43, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

copenhagen summit is futile
dis whole summit is futile cos i don't think it can bring any change to the climate until n unless every people in the world become alert of emitting co2 gas and its consequences.government of every country has to make strong laws against emission of co2 gas.huge and compulsory effective steps have to b taken by each n every country.obviously it will make a great political,economical and religious change in each country.people still burn dry leaves and wasted materials for nothing.these should be cut off.we have to make every single people in the world aware of global warming and its causes.if huge number of plants and tress can be planted and cultivated,den some amount of co2 in atmosphere can be recycled.planting tress is the only way of reducing some of green house gases.use of air conditions except hospitals and research centers should be abolished in every country.we all have to decrease lighting fire for anything.in some religious purposes smoke and fire r used.it also has to b ceased.dose poor people who make their food by burning leaves,woods;for them government has to give some low cost alternative oven or gas.bombarding in battlefield has to b stopped.population growth in every country has to be controlled.more there will be population,more will be pollution.nature made human most intellectual animal for live and let live in better way for other animals,but we r destroying our nature and also us by our over urbanization and over intellectuality.if we have to survive then we have to cut some of our luxurious living.otherwise the earth cannot be saved and we all will be extinct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.235.23 (talk) 10:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

If we do nothing right now, the Earth is lost. How many forests are burnt down? How many kinds of animals are dying? The Human haves 10 years left to change it before the Earth is lost. Countries will be flooded, people will die, animals are dying. It is so stupid the people have done this to the world. The Ozon will be gone and the poles will melt. This is not good! They most to sign the Copenhagen Treaty, or the world is lost for ever! Let them please sign the treaty! Please! Stop the CO2 gas en make a change! This is about OUR world. Its our fault and we have to stop this right now! <!--Autosigned by Maaike Haven

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Talk:Uganda introduces anti-homosexual legislation

Source?
This article would be much more useful if it contained a link to the actual text of the proposed legislation, rather than links to what people say the legislation says.
 * Even if there was an actual text online (which I ahve yet to find) I don't think it would be in English. There may be a scanned version of the text put up later, but I cannot find it. Maybe I am looking wrong. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:47, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

While the bill states "homosexuality" is an offence, the article should clarify what this specifically refers to. Homosexuality itself cannot be policed, it's not 'thoughtcrime' - it is the acts that are illegal (sex, marriage, promotion, etc). I'd also propose that word in the headline "introduces" is misleading - it sounds like the mere bill has in fact been passed. --78.149.135.42 (talk) 01:27, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Homosexuality itself can be outlawed. It is in Iran and in Egypt for example. Yet ity only pertains to humans. The church outlawed it for hundreds of years and still considers it a sin but they also are not going to kill you for it anymore. In regards to introduces, that is covered by legislation. Legislation does not necessarily mean that it is a passed bill or a law. When legislation is passed, it becomes law, therefore is no longer 'legislation'. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:51, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

 * In your country, perhaps. In my country, legislation and law are pretty much one and the same. Here, the legislation would be described as 'proposed' rather than 'introduced'. Best practice for domestic affairs here would be to avoid 'introduced' altogether; it is ambiguous between legislation that has passed, legislation that has been signed into law and legislation which has come into effect.
 * Therefore, I'd probably have titled this Uganda proposes anti-homosexual legislation. Based on what you say, Dragon, that would make it confusing for US readers. What, then, do we title this that is accessable for our global audience? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:11, 9 December 2009 (UTC)


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Bombings kill over 100 in Baghdad

December 8, 2009

Iraqi police say a series of car bombings across the capital, Baghdad, killed at least 127 people, wounding hundreds of others.

Reports say three of today's blasts were coordinated. The first occurred at 10:25 local time (07:25 GMT), the others following within minutes. One of the bombs targeted the busy Shourja Market in central Baghdad, near to the Iraqi health ministry. The others were detonated near the Interior Ministry in eastern Baghdad and the Labor Ministry.

Police say that earlier, a suicide car bomber struck a police patrol in Dora, southern Baghdad, killing three policemen and twelve students at a local college. Another explosion in central Baghdad has also been reported.

The attacks come just two days after the Iraqi parliament passed a law vital for elections to be held early next year. Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, a former Iraqi security adviser, blamed al-Qaeda, saying they have been active in Baghdad recently and are trying to destabilize the government before elections.

"The aim is to show the government is unable to protect civilian[s] and its own people and also to deter people from going to ballot boxes," al-Rubaie said.

Tuesday's attacks were the worst in the Iraqi capital since late October when twin bomb attacks outside municipal offices killed at least 155 people.

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Comments:Uganda introduces anti-homosexual legislation

Long live the anti-homosexuality bill
I totally agree with the Ugandan Bill against homosexuality. Homosexuality is a sickness and unless strict laws are applied, it is going to eat up all the healthy people in Uganda. Western countries that are trying to use their aid to make Uganda withdraw the bill are selfish animals who are want to distroy us. As a patriolist who loves her country with all her soul, I strongly support it and will do anything to make sure the bill is enacted. If we are to fight then am ready!!12:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)12:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

 * ...'patriolist'? --78.149.135.42 (talk) 01:31, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no evidence or proof that homosexuality is an illness or disease. There have been no discoveries made regarding a 'homosexual gene' or a virus or anything to that relation. Animals practice homosexual acts all the time. See: Study says nearly every species of animal engages in homosexual behavior. It all boils down to one thing: you just don't like homosexuals. That is fine. I don't like religious institutions, but as long as they don't force their beliefs on me, then I really couldn't care less. You have the right to like or dislike apples and oranges too. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Western media that is so quick to berate all things African
The law is meant to restore the cultural values, virtues and norms of Ugandans which homosexuality is targeting, especially among children.

Stop blaming Christians....Muslims, Hindus, African traditionalists...all support this law...In Africa life and fertility are sacred; anything that stunts or blocks them, such as unnatural acts, like homosexuality, are treated with contempt.

We, Ugandans know and believe that homosexuality involves practices that are dangerous and high risk to the human body which is designed for heterosexual functions.Uganda is willing to fight the spread of this abomination. Now if only the WEST would follow suit,we could rid ourselves of this vile filth.

It should be understood in the west that in black African cultures homosexuality, whether male or female, is very much taboo. Anti-gay sentiment is widespread and appears to have always been so. It is nothing to do with Western religion, neocolonialism or interference, it is simply a common theme in most African cultures.There is no need to seek out western Christian fundamentalists to explain thousands of years of African culture.

Like all complex behavioral and mental states, HOMOSEXUALITY is...neither exclusively biological nor exclusively psychological, BUT results from an as-yet-difficult-to-quantitate mixture of genetic factors, intrauterine influences...postnatal environment (such as parent, sibling and cultural behavior), and a complex series of repeatedly reinforced choices occurring at critical phases of development.

Seriously though, if you care so much about men who have anal sex with other men, why not invite them over and give them asylum. That way your headache will be cured and you will have helped remove an abomination from our midst.

 * "In Africa life and fertility are sacred; anything that stunts or blocks them, such as unnatural acts, like homosexuality, are treated with contempt." Unnatural acts like sitting in front of a computer typing out comments to news stories? That's surely as far from nature's eat/grow/reproduce game plan as possible. Just think, you could be out having carefree unprotected sex with random partners, advancing the cause of "life" and "fertility" and doing what nature intended instead of using the computer. Oh wait, people doing just that are the source of most of Africa's problems.

 * "[...] the human body which is designed for heterosexual functions." Sorry, I'm afraid the human body was not "designed" at all. Maybe you need to check up on the science of the past couple centuries, which you've apparently been missing.

 * "It should be understood in the west that in black African cultures homosexuality, whether male or female, is very much taboo." That's impeccable reasoning for depriving people of their essential rights: they've violated some arbitrary cultural taboo. "[Hatred of homosexuals] is simply a common theme in most African cultures." So was slavery. Are you as ardent an advocate of that "common theme" of "most African cultures?" The point I'm making is not an attack on African culture, but an attack on the idea that we should just carry on these same culturally transmitted beliefs and practices even after, under the light of reason, they turn out to be unfounded barbarisms. One thing I can say for the oft-maligned Western culture is that it's willing to practice its own revision. People have been willing to abandon aspects of Western culture that turned out to be silliness and superstition. Maybe African culture could do to borrow this method. 209.30.92.75 (talk) 16:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

 * To the first post: "...Please remain on topic and avoid swearing, offensive or inflammatory comments. Try thought-provoking, insightful, or controversial. Civil discussion and polite sparring make our comments pages a fun and friendly place. Please think of this when posting." Your post os far from following this guideline.Azcolvin429 (talk) 04:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't see how. Whilst I might generally remove anti-gay discrimination, we cannot possibly have a proper, fair discussion if those souls who support the idea are prevented from joining in. He didn't swear or go off-topic. Actually, I'm going to go and remove the swearing bit; virtually no-one here avoids swearing. It's stupid to allow it in articles but shy away from it in comments. I'm going to clarify that stuff which, eh, nice people find offensive or inflamatory may also be acceptable in some circumstances - I once interviewed a neo-Nazi, and it would be wrong to prevent other racists from attempting to defend themselves. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Legality and morality
Is this legislation even legal? Uganda is a member of the United Nations, and this proposed legislation certainly goes against the terms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The freedom to choose whatever partner one likes should not be taken from people. Of course, it is wrong to have intercourse with chickens or goats, but because they are unable to give consent, not because it is unnatural or wrong. It's technically rape. Homosexuality, on the other hand, is between two consenting people in the privacy of their own home. The government has no right to interfere with people's private lives, especially for reasons as flimsy as these. Den dodge  T\C 17:05, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I refer you to Section 18 of the bill: "Any international legal instrument whose provisions are contradictory to the spirit and provisions enshrined in this Act, are null and void to the extent of their inconsistency". --78.149.135.42 (talk) 01:31, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Then that clause violates international law as well. If anybody could just insert that into their bills, there'd be no point in having human rights in the first place. Den dodge  T\C 10:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * This bill would allow Ugandan officials to sever any ties with any nation it so sees fit to see that if passed, the law is enforced. I would assume it would mean withdrawing from the United Nations too. Is this legal? Absolutely. If their leaders or congress or the likes, legally pass a bill with the required votes, then yes it is all entirely legal and they can do whatever they want, even if its unlikely they would pull out of the UN. Is it moral? That would depend on an individuals point of view and their religious beliefs. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:40, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I doubt they would pull out of the UN just so they can legally kill homosexuals. If they pull out of the UN, they can do whatever they like, but until then they have to abide by the laws it imposes—that's what it's there for. Den dodge  T\C 23:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Dendodge is right. They cannot pick which bits to abide by. They can either stay in the UN and act illegally, or they can leave it. There is no halfway house, which is what the Ugandans are trying to pretend they can create. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly. But just because the law is there, to allow them to leave (for example) the UN, doesn't necessarily mean they will. Egypt imprisons homosexuals and so does Iran. They even beat them. But yet they are still part of the UN. It's not being halfway, and so far the UN as far as I know, has not condemned this act yet. I am willing to bet they won't until if and when this becomes law. However, (for example) if it does pass and they do not leave the UN, that does not mean they won't cut ties with other parties. Remember, the US congress passes laws, and states do too, that some, or many people consider to be outrageous or immoral even illegal. But nonetheless, they are passed and become law, therefore making it or a certain act legal (or illegal) ((In this case severing ties with so and so)) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:32, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. You've spotted the elephant in the room: legality is a moot point as the UN will do fuck all about it anyway. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:38, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Part of the issue is the impotence of the UN. It's a governing body that has now power beyond what it is loaned by its members, and few members would be willing to get involved in Uganda over a bill like this. The Swiss will impose their economic sanctions, and I would hope other modern nations will do the same, but relying on the UN to do something is a bad idea. Could you imagine what the US would be like if the Federal government only had the power the various states felt like giving it (rather than the powers as outlined in the Constitution)? As much as the idea goes against the ideals of the US, the United Nations needs to have its own power and not be reliant on other nations going along with otherwise toothless resolutions. --CyberStormAlpha (talk) 08:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, I pretty much agree with that. I will add the proviso that they need to ban countries proved to be committing human rights violations from any of the committees on such, or as rotating members on the Security Council. This Ugandan thing? Ignorant nonsense. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Treating homesexuals differently.
We are to love our fellow man. This is true. But when you pass all this legislation, regarding homosexuals, then they start getting special treatment. And this special treatment just gets deeper and deeper, to where, they are being treated more special than those that are hetrosexual. This is for fear that they are being discriminated against. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.82.197 (talk) 06:35, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That may be, but killing them is a step too far in the opposite direction. Den dodge  T\C 13:10, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

The death penalty is only for fecal sexualist rapists (aka "aggravated homosexualists"), there is a list of all sorts of things in the bill relating to homo acts one can be involved with and you only get 5-7 years. I don't see these same homos writing articles anywhere denouncing how the death penalty is bad for hetero rapists which has existed in most every country for thousands of years and still does in dozens of countries today.

The reason people don't understand why serious laws like those being considered in Uganda need to be different in Africa is because AIDS is killing **millions upon million** of children and adults and threatening the future existence of ENTIRE nations and people groups. AIDS is proven to be tied by large degree to people becoming involved in homo acts, or becoming involved with prostitutes who have been involved in orgies with others who have been involved in homosexual acts (aka fecal sex).

Men (or women prostitutes or in orgies) who involve themselves in fecal sex (homosexuality), or with prostitutes who do, then bring back AIDS (or dozens upon dozens of other crippling STDS) to their wives, girlfriends and children, DESTROYING THE ENTIRE FUTURE OF SUCH NATION ITSELF.

By imprisoning people who engage in fecal sex acts one can have a much larger statistical hope to build male and female marriages (the way of nature) which conceive children, (which no homos can create as babies are not born out of the anus through fecal sex acts), and lower the rate of those millions killed by AIDS, which is a direct result of people involved in fecal sex acts whether in orgies, prostitutes or even with some with animals (beastexuals).

Places like Uganda are on the cutting edge of the future who are trying to protect their people from a genocide inflicted by AIDS. If laws are not created to protect the general public from people who involve themselves in fecal sex (aka homosexuality), then countries like Uganda and all throughout Africa may never exist in decades to come due to massive and growing deaths directly related to people who involve themselves in such acts, and then bring their diseases to others which in turn kills them both in the end. There are too many millions of innocent children and wives dying from the perverted secret fecal sex acts of a few African men, who then share their diseases with prostitutes, who in turn share it with tens of thousands of men who never even involve themselves in fecal sex.

Homosexuals and Beastexuals are a danger to the future of all African society. These fecal sex laws may seem extreme to people in the USA to imprison people for 5-7 years or up to life for some even, but there are different laws that need to be implemented when the entire nation is at risk of extinction due to aids.

Here is what the typical hypocritical western nihilist atheist posts about this topic.

“let’s kill the stupid and ignorant bigots who continue to rant and rave against The Gays only because they hate the gay in themselves.”

Such people prove their own deviant genocidal hypocrisy. It is they who are the danger to mankind itself, and will kill everyone they can even just those just speaking against immoralities such as fecal sex.

The entire basis for homosexuality is based on HATE, hate for the opposite sex, and hate for nature itself, that is why fecalsexualists froth their hate wherever they go because their entire concept of sex IS HATE.

Hypocritical nihilism only serves for the destruction of the world.


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Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?

December 16, 2009 A report published last week in the Toronto Star by Professor Michael Geist of Canada's University of Ottawa claims a copyright case under the Class Proceedings Act of 1992 may see the country's largest players in the music industry facing upwards of billion in penalties.

The case is being led by the family and estate of the late jazz musician Chet Baker; moving to take legal action against four major labels in the country, and their parent companies. The dispute centres around unpaid royalties and licensing fees for use of Baker's music, and hundreds of thousands of other works. The suit was initially filed in August last year, but amended and reissued on October 6, two months later. At that point both the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) and Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors (SODRAC) were also named defendants.

For publishers, performers, and rightsholders
January this year SODRAC and CMRRA switch sides, joining Baker et al. as plaintiffs against Sony BMG Music, EMI Music Canada, Universal Music Canada and Warner Music Canada. David A. Basskin, President and CEO of CMRRA, with a professional law background, stated in a sworn affidavit that his organisation made numerous attempts over the last 20 years to reduce what is known as the "pending list", a list of works not correctly licensed for reproduction; a list of copyright infringements in the eyes of the Baker legal team.

The theoretical principle of the list is to allow timely commercial release while rights and apportionment of monies due are resolved. Basskin complains that it is "economically infeasible to implement the systems that would be needed to resolve the issues internally". And, "[...] for their part, the record labels have generally been unwilling to take the steps that, in the view of CMRRA, would help to resolve the problem."

The Baker action demands that the four named major labels pay for and submit to an independent audit of their books, "including the contents of the 'Pending Lists'". Seeking an assessment of gains made by the record companies in "failure or refusal to compensate the class members for their musical works", additional demands are for either damages and profits per the law applicable in a class action, or statutory damages per the Copyright Act for copyright infringement.

This forms the basis for Professor Geist's six billion dollar calculation along with Basskin's sworn testimony that the pending lists cover over 300,000 items; with each item counted as an infringement, the minimum statutory damages per case are CA$500, the maximum $20,000.

CMRRA
Basskin's affidavit on behalf of CMRRA goes into detail on the history leading up to the current situation and class action lawsuit; a previous compulsory license scheme, with poor recordkeeping requirements, and which, had a decline in real terms to one of the lowest fees in the world, was eventually abolished and the mechanical license system introduced. The CMRRA went on to become a significant representative of music publishers and copyright holders, and the pending list an instrument to deal with situations where mechanical rights were as-yet not completely negotiated. Basskin's affidavit claiming the list grew and circumstances worsened as time progressed.

The Mechanical Licensing Agreement (MLA) between the "majors'" industry body, an attached exhibit to the affidavit, is set to expire December 31, 2012; this is between CMRRA and the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). With the original MLA expiring at end September 1990, CMRRA negotiated more detailed terms and a "code of conduct". Subsequent agreements were drawn up in 1998, 2004, 2006, and 2008.

Basskin asserts that the named record company defendants are the "major" labels in Canada and states they "are also responsible for creating, maintaining and administering the so-called "Pending Lists" that are the subject of the current litigation"; that, specific to publishing, divisions of the four represent the "'major' music publishers active in Canada". Yet the number of music publishers they represent has decreased over time due to consolidation and defection from the CRIA.

Geist summarizes the record company strategy as "exploit now, pay later if at all". This despite the CMRRA and SODRAC being required to give lists of all collections they represented to record labels, and for record labels to supply copies of material being released to permit assessment of content that either group may represent interested parties for. Where actual Mechanical License Agreements are in place, Basskin implies their terms are particularly broad and preclude any party exercising their legal right to decline to license.

Specific to the current Mechanical Licensing Agreement (MLA) between the CMRRA and the CRIA; a "label is required to provide an updated cumulative Pending List to CMRRA with each quarterly payment of royalties under the MLA." The CMRRA is required to review the list and collect where appropriate royalties and interest due. Basskin describes his first encounter with pending lists, having never heard of them before 1989, thus:

SODRAC
Alain Lauzon, General Manager of Canada's Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SODRAC) submitted his followup affidavit January 28, 2009 to be attached to the case and identify the society as a plaintiff. As such, he up-front states "I have knowledge of the matters set out herein." Lauzon, a qualified Chartered Accountant with an IT specialisation, joined SODRAC in 2002 with "over 20 years of business experience." He is responsible for "negotiation and administration of industry-wide agreements for the licensing of music reproduction and distribution"; licensing of radio and online music services use is within his remit.

Lauzon makes it clear that Baker's estate, other rightsholders enjoined to the case, SODRAC, and CMRRA, have reached an agreed settlement; they wish to move forward with a class proceeding against the four main members of the CRIA. He requests that the court recognise this in relation to the initially accepted case from August 2008.

The preamble of the affidavit continues to express strong agreement with that of David Basskin from CMRRA. Lauzon concurs regarding growing use of "pending lists" and that "[...] record labels have generally been unwilling to take the steps that would help to resolve the Pending List problem."

With his background as an authority, Lauzon states with confidence that SODRAC represents "approximately 10 to 15% of all musical works that are reproduced on sound recordings sold in Canada." For Quebec the figure is more than 50%.

Lauzon agrees that the four named record company defendants are the "major" labels in Canada, and that smaller independent labels will usually work with them or an independent distribution company; and Basskin's statement that "[t]he responsibility to obtain mechanical licenses for recordings manufactured and/or released in Canada falls with the Canadian labels by law, by industry custom, and by contractual agreement."

The industry's side: lobbyists?
Wikinews attempted to contact people at the four named defendant CRIA-member record labels. The recipient of an email that Wikinews sent to Warner Brothers Canada forwarded our initial correspondence to Hogarth PR; the other three majors failed to respond in a timely fashion. Don Hogarth responded to Wikinewsie Brian McNeil, and, without addressing any of the submitted questions, recommended a blog entry by Barry Sookman as, what he claimed is, a more accurate representation of the facts of the case.

Sookman is a lobbyist at the Canadian Parliament who works in the employ of the the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Hogarth gave no indication or disclosure of this; his direction to the blog is to a posting with numerous factual inaccuracies, misdirecting statements, or possibly even lies; if not lies, Sookman is undoubtedly not careful or "very qualified" in the way he speaks on the issue. Sookman's blog post opens with a blast at Professor Geist: "his attacks use exaggeration, misleading information and half truths to achieve his obvious ends". Sookman attempts to dismiss any newsworthiness in Geist's article;

As the extracted [see right] stamp, date, and signature, shows, the court accepted amendments to the case and its submission, as Professor Geist asserts, on October 6. The previously mentioned submissions by the heads of CMRRA and SODRAC were indeed actions within the past year; that of SODRAC's Alain Louzon being January 28 this year.

Sookman continues his attack on Professor Geist, omitting that the reverse appears the case; analysis of his blog's sitemap reveals he wrote a 44-page attack on Professor Geist in February 2008, accusing him of manipulating the media and using influence on Facebook to oppose copyright reform favourable to the CRIA. In the more current post he states:

This characterisation of the pending list only matches court records in that it "has been around for decades". CMRRA's Basskin, a lawyer and industry insider, goes into great detail on the major labels resisting twenty years of collective societies fighting, and failing, to negotiate a situation where the labels take adequate measures to mechanically license works and pay due fees, royalties, and accrued interest.

Comparison of increasing pending list value quarter on quarter
What Sookman clearly overlooks is that, without factoring in any interest amounts, the dollar value of the pending list is increasing, as shown with the following two tables for mid-2008.

 As is clear, there is an increase of C$1,101,987.83 in a three-month period. Should this rate of increase in the value of the pending list continue and Sony's unvalued pending list be factored in, the CRIA's four major labels will have an outstanding debt of at least C$73 million by end-2012 when the association's Mechanical Licensing Agreement runs out.


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