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Ernst Zündel expelled from Canada

March 1, 2005

White supremacist and Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel was expelled from Canada and arrived in Germany today. A Federal Court judge ruled that his anti-Semitic activities were "not only a threat to Canada's national security, but also a threat to the international community of nations."

In a press release given by B'nai Brith Canada, executive vice president Frank Dimant said that "For decades Zundel has spewed his venom and imbued his brand of hate in a new generation of white supremacist groups that had made him a hero ... Zundel's day of reckoning has finally come." Canadian Jewish Congress National President Ed Morgan was quoted as saying that “this is a significant day for the Jewish community (of Canada) and for all those who treasure tolerance in a multicultural society ... Zundel’s departure demonstrates Canada’s abhorrence for those who would propagate Holocaust denial and antisemitism. It brings closure to our efforts to bring this man to justice."

Zündel's Toronto lawyer, Peter Lindsay, said Zündel is "very disillusioned about the process and about being the victim of a secret trial, and now being deported based on evidence he's never seen."

Upon arriving in Germany, Zündel, 65, was immediately taken into custody by authorities on the grounds that he was running a web site denying the existence of the Holocaust, which is a crime in that country. Prosecutors in the city of Mannheim have issued a warrant for his arrest according to the Associated Press. A spokeswoman for the federal Justice Ministry, on condition of anonymity, said authorities were able to open a case against Zundel because his Holocaust-denying site can be accessed in Germany.

In 1977, Zündel founded a small press publishing house called Samisdat Publishers which issued such pamphlets as The Hitler We Loved and Why and Did Six Million Really Die? by Richard Harwood aka Richard Verrall (a British neo-Nazi leader) as well as booklets claiming that UFOs were actually Nazi secret weapons operated from secret Nazi military bases in Antarctica. Zundel lived in Canada for 42 years as a landed immigrant. His last two years were spent in a Toronto jail, where he was held under the Canadian security certificate law. The law was passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, and allows the Canadian government to hold suspects of terrorism without charge, based on secret evidence that does not have to be disclosed to a suspect or his defense.

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User talk:JB82

Welcome to Wikinews!

The article you wrote, Hunter S. Thompson, author and jounalist, dies at 67, describes older events that were already covered last week at Author Hunter S. Thompson found dead. I moved your version to User:JB82/Hunter S. Thompson, author and jounalist, dies at 67 — if you get a chance, please consider rewriting the article if there's new information worth reporting (i.e. the note about being shot out of a cannon isn't in the old article). -- IlyaHaykinson 02:48, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Bucharest to be 'rebranded' for 800 million euro

The city centre of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is set to get a major facelift due to a real estate project called Esplanada (The Esplanade), which will be constructed by TriGranit Development Corporation. The total investment in the project will be greater than 800 million euro and aims to build a modern commercial pedestrian area in downtown Bucharest, with several shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and dwellings. It will be the largest real estate program in Romania since the fall of Communism in 1989.

Bucharest is currently looking at possibilities to improve its appearance and rebrand itself as a lively, creative and vibrant city. Many initiatives have sprung up to improve the city, including the organisation of CowParade later this year. Additionally, the old town centre will be restored. Due to Romania's current economic boom, several other major construction projects are taking place.

Bucharest City Hall has blocked traffic in the city center due both to the old town restoration and to the Esplanada project.


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First Swahili office suite released in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

March 4, 2005 On Monday, February 28, 2005, Jambo OpenOffice.org, the first Swahili office suite, was released at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The office suite was translated from the English version of OpenOffice.org, an open source suite based on Sun Microsystems' StarOffice. Jambo OpenOffice.org was translated by a multinational team including Swedish and Spanish programmers, as well as linguists from the University of Dar es Salaam. Monday's release included builds for Linux and Windows.

The office suite has four components: a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation creator, and a drawing program. The translation effort required translating 18,000 English strings, made up of one or more words, many of which have previously had no direct Swahili equivalent. As part of the translation, the team developed a glossary of 1500 technical words in Swahili. The office suite also includes a spellchecker with a lexicon of 70,000 words.

Swahili is not the only African language into which OpenOffice is being translated. According to Ethan Zuckerman, a fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, OpenOffice is being translated into nine official languages of South Africa by Translate.org.za. The same organization is also supporting translation efforts to bring the software into the Rwandan language Kinyarwanda, and Hausa, a language spoken largely in Nigeria.

Swahili is spoken by approximately 55 million people worldwide, predominantly in East African countries, including Tanzania and Kenya.

Interview with the project coordinator

Replies to questions from Pingswept by Alberto Escudero-Pascual, March 3, 2005

> 1. Is the suite 100% translated to Swahili now?

The suite contains more than 99% of the strings in Swahili. The ones that are left in English (less than 100 strings out of 18,000) will be worked out in the next release. Yes, this release is fully functional in Swahili.

> 2. What would people who speak only Swahili > do before Monday's release if they needed a > word processor? Are there any alternatives?

No alternatives. This is the first ever release of a word processor in Swahili.

> 3. How widely do you expect the suite to be distributed? > What sort of IT infrastructure exists in East Africa?

I "expect" the software to get installed in all the primary schools of the country. I also expect the software to be installed in the main universities of the country and colleges. We have postive feedback from them but this is a rather "political" decision out of my (our) control.

The secondary schools have compulsory English so they might not want to install it.

East Africa, ufff that is like asking what IT infrastructure is in the whole Europe :-D If you mean connectivity, all is satellite VSAT upstreams. Most of the local loops in Dar are based on IEEE 802.11b. It is expensive for most of the locals. But there is an Internet Exchange already in Dar es Salaam where the ISP peer together. Things will always get better. The software is placed in the IX.

The software will spread slowly, but I am sure that will spread.

> 4. What next? How many words are there to translate > in a small Linux distribution like Knoppix?

The Tanzanian team will start translating OOo training documentation, and next they will work with Firefox. A Linux desktop might come next year. I have no idea what will it take to translate Knoppix, but the priorities should be in getting first a couple of good tools as OpenOffice and Firefox and do loads and loads of training material in Swahili.

> 5. How will future versions be compiled once you > return to Sweden?

I have developed an almost automatic version to update JambOOo 1.1.3 in Kiswahili. The UDSM has access to one of the build servers. I expect a new release of JambOO, maybe 1.1.4 with all the bug corrections in six months. The next step is to migrate to OOo 2.0, I have no clear picture of how that will happen.

> Will it all come through one copy of Visual Studio > in Dar es Salaam?

Nope, the Win32 version was developed entirely in Sweden and Spain during Christmas 2004. The new build system does not require Visual Studio to "update" the Swahili strings.

> 6. How was the project funded? How can people contribute to this > project, or similar projects in the future?

SIDA (Swedish International Cooperation Agency) has funded the University of Dar es Salaam and the Institute of Kiswahili Research for one full year. My company IT+46 also was funded by SIDA to support the project technically.

IT+46 has contributed 50% of its working-time at no cost to the project.

> 7. What is the plan for IT +46?

Our plan was to be in Tanzania only six months and handle all the technology and the training back to the university as we want them to keep on with the development by themselves. Now, we are trying to find similar projects that need support. There are many languages out there after all.

Trackback

 * WorldChanging blog (includes a photo)
 * Global Voices wiki (just a link)

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Aloha! send an e - mail to misterblues39(at)hotmail.com.
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Articles I edited or I discuss are:
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 * Talk:Instrument
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 * Atmospheric_pressure[]

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User talk:82.227.74.131

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

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User talk:Forest.

In front of the increasing threat of media-censorship in " developped " nations claiming to defend the freedom of expression, we appreciate the benevolent effort of fraternity, international editing collaboration and defense of Supreme Law Freedom of speech and expression of the Wikipedia, Wikinews, ... projects

In order to support in a modest way Wiki team, all international wikicontributors to the defense of freedom of speech

We grant Wiki primacy of publication of this information

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Submit_a_story#.27.27.27Original_complaint_adressed_to_Supreme_Court_in_the_interest_of_peace_for_humanity.27.27.27

Complaint to be registered by Supreme Court

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

More to come : date of registration and publication of memorandum ...

On Wiki special prominent, primacy pages ? To be created ?

Forest

This is very interesting, Forest
And welcome to Wikinews. Please keep us posted. - Amgine 00:52, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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User:Redge

Since I'm active on so many wiki's, I don't have time to keep all my user pages updated. Instead, you can visit my homepage.

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User talk:Redge

Anything you need to let me know.

Hi
Hi, excellent work on the invisibility article! Dan100 (Talk) 20:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, thanks. you humble me, sir. ;-) -- Redge|(Talk) 15:45, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

WikiNews Contest
Hi, I'd like to invite you to the "one article per day" Writing contest which begins on March 21. The prizes so far are a bit lame, but I'll try to get some more goodies organized until then. Even if you think you can't win, it would be nice if you could participate, to increase the action. -- Eloquence 01:37, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * "Participation is more important than winning." I'm game. But I am going to make an effort to win. -- Redge (Talk) 08:35, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dear Redge,

thanks for registering for the Wikinews writing contest! It now begins officially. Every day, I will try to make a tally of who has and who has not managed to fulfill their story/day requirements. If you do, however, believe I am missing something, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best of luck in the contest!--Eloquence 06:20, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanx. -- Redge (Talk) 11:47, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Date tag
Actually, I'm using User:Amgine/Sandbox6 which is an expansion of the Template:date to include links to the article archives of that specific date. It includes exactly the same information as the date template, plus linking them. I am using the subst: command so the template does not get broken in archived articles if at some point in the future I change/remove that sandbox. - Amgine 16:23, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Central America
''I suggest you focus on some Central American countries. The CA category is almost empty. -- Redge (Talk) 08:52, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)''

 * Redge, if you want CA countries to be covered you are welcome to sign up and vote for some of them. → CGorman (Talk)  20:36, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I would, but I'm working on another underrepresented country: The Netherlands. -- Redge (Talk) 11:20, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Fair enough, the thing is that we (Country of the Week writers) are all fairly busy ourselves. We want to improve international repersentaion but obviously we prefer to write about countries we feel we know more about or have a greater interest in. So far it seems that all 3 participants are more interested in Africa. Feel free to join us - by joing you are not making a commitment, even if you only submit one story every five weeks, we would still appreciate it. → CGorman (Talk)  15:08, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Very well then. But no guarantees! -- Redge (Talk) 15:58, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * If you write just 1 article this year for Country of the Week would be wonderful! Lend a hand when you can, but don't feel any pressure. → CGorman (Talk)  18:29, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for signing up! You are invited to vote for a country once a week. You can vote for any of those listed at the bottom of the page. → CGorman (Talk)  20:30, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Date tag
Actually, I'm using User:Amgine/Sandbox6 which is an expansion of the Template:date to include links to the article archives of that specific date. It includes exactly the same information as the date template, plus linking them. I am using the subst: command so the template does not get broken in archived articles if at some point in the future I change/remove that sandbox. - Amgine 16:23, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

President Bush goes to Latvia article
Hi,just wondered if you saw the article before it and its sources were erased by Amgine and Dan100. I know Amgine and Dan100 do not like it so I am looking for more input? I think its news. My Dad who served in WWII in Britain thinks its big news. What do you think? If you have time, please see the last revision before they erased it. Paulrevere2005 00:11, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I've looked at it, and the sources you cite. Although I don't know much about The Guardian, I'm a little sceptical when news of such magnitude is ingored by all but one site. Perhaps if you could show more evidence for your claims than only The Guardian's word they've seen the documents in question? -- Redge (Talk) 00:19, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Chili finger incident
Thanks for writing up the "dossier".

At the April 26, 2005 extradition hearing, Ayala's attorney indicated that they were ready to come to San Jose so Ayala could defend herself against the charges. Unless there is a surprise development, it's not clear where Ayala could obtain the funds to post the outrageously high US$500,000 bail (it's not as if she killed anyone).

But here's the latest news...Ayala is back in San Jose!

Suspect in Wendy's finger case to be arraigned next week

They quietly brought her back to town so I missed out on her arrival, but I'll see if I can be in the court for her arraignment, which the Santa Clara DA says might take place on Monday. — DV 10:07, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Please Help with your input
at the water cooler 1.8 DV and Hi-Flyer left + Administrative Abuse []
 * Hi Paul. i'd appreciate it if you'd sign your comment. I'll take a look at it. -- Redge (Talk) 16:51, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Print edition
Hello Redge, Edbrown05 sudgested I talk to you about eventually geting a link to the print edition added to the new front page layout. the print edition is at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Print_edition --Cspurrier 21:09, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. Thanks for the input! -- Redge (Talk) 08:42, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I am up for admin
Heya Redge, I just was asking if you would kindly vote for me at the Administator Nomination Page. Thanks! NGerda 15:36, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

WikiCommons screenshot
Hi, I guess that you have uploaded commons:Image:Star Wars III Filesharing.png to Wikicommons. It has been labelled a copyright violation since KazaaLite is protected by copyright. I thought it might be a good idea if you uploaded it locally to Wikinews instead, before it is deleted. Regards, commons:User:Thuresson, June 6, 2005
 * Thanks for the heads up! -- Redge (Talk) 11:48, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Babel
Hallo Redge! Thank you very match for translating and posting it in the Dutch Wikinews! (Wikinews:Babel). I hope your work will be worthwhile!

Best Regards, Mg22 13:18, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dutch
Yep. My father's part Dutch. I'm irish-german-dutch. Kevin Baastalk 14:50, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)

My Name
Sure, go for it :) 68.32.193.91 18:34, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC) That's me. Lyellin 18:35, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Your sig
Your signiture links to talk user:Redge instead of User Talk:Redge (51). Just thought i'd let you know. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

deleting your template
I'm requesting the deletion of template:Wikipedia2 on the basis of having two things for the same purpose is a bad thing - see template:Wikipediapar. See WN:DR. Good to see you arround. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

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Martin firm on missile defence results in chilly response from White House

March 3, 2005

Senior Canadian officials said Tuesday that U.S. president George W. Bush has not returned a telephone call Paul Martin made to him last week, due to the Canadian government's decision to not participate in the U.S. missile defence initiative.

The Prime Minister was hoping explain Canada's reasons for saying no.

Although the White House has formally stated it's "disappointment" on the decision, it also stated that Bush would likely talk with Martin on the issue when the two meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox on March 23 to discuss the future of NAFTA, the North American free trade agreement.

A Martin spokesperson told the Toronto Star that "the decision to not participate (in ballistic missile defence) ... was Canada's alone to take ... The Bush administration, while disappointed in the decision, recognizes that fact and is not seeking apologies." The CanWest News Service reported that another Martin spokesperson, Melanie Gruer, played down the reports by saying that "The President has been travelling," and that Prime-minister Martin's aides acknowledge the pressures on busy leaders' schedules.

U.S. officials had mentioned that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's decision to postpone a visit to Ottawa was in response to the non-participation decision. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew spoke twice to Ms. Rice, finally ensuring that she will come to Canada as planned, despite concerns it was cancelled over the disagreement.

Martin, orgininally backed the missile defence initiative and committed to closer co-operation with Washington when he came to office in 2004. This position was reversed last week


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Talk:Green tea component protects heart cells

While this is only my hypothesis, the long life expectancy of Japanese people, many of who drink green tea on a daily basis, could be linked to this green tea component. In addition, bath taking and fish diets appear to contribute to a longer life.-


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Green paper asks for the BBC's Board of Governors to be scrapped

March 3, 2005 The green paper of the future of the BBC has asked for the Board of Governors to be scrapped and replaced by two boards, one representing the public and an executive board. The proposals were announced by the British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell in the House of Commons.

Other things she has asked for is the licence fee be kept, currently at GBP 121 (EUR 176.26) per householder, more independent television to be made on the BBC, currently 10% must be made by independent television companies & to stop chasing ratings, mainly by copycating programmes from other channels.

She said that the board of governors was “unsustainable” and lacked “clarity and accountability”. Shadow Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said that the green paper did “not go far enough” countining saying that they were  “largely cosmetic changes to the structure and oversight of the BBC”.

The green paper was made as the Charter that is the basis of the BBC is to reviewed in 2007 as required by law.


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Blair rejects anti-terror bill compromise

March 2, 2005 A compromise put forward by the Conservatives that would have allowed easier passage through the Commons of the proposed new anti-terror legislation has been rejected by Prime Minister Tony Blair. The bill proposes new "control orders" for terror suspects which include house arrest, curfews, tagging and bans on internet and phone use. The bill will replace current powers that allow the detention of foreign terror suspects without trial which has been ruled against as a breach of human rights by the law lords.

The Conservatives wanted a "sunset clause" inserted into the bill which would have allowed ministers to revisit it in November. MPs from all parties have severely criticised the way the bill has been seemingly "steamrollered" through the Commons with only two days to debate the plans before a vote is called.

Conservative leader Michael Howard said in the Commons that it would be "far better if the whole of the legislation was subject to a sunset clause so Parliament could consider it all in a proper way instead of it being ramrodded through."

Mr. Blair said that the new house arrest powers were already going to be subject to a sunset clause because it was annually renewable. "I believe they are a proper balance between the civil liberties of the subject and the necessary national security of this country that I will not put at risk," he added.

Opposition to the bill by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have already won concessions this week. Home Secretary Charles Clarke has backed down and allowed judges to have the first say in the most severe control order cases, however, this may not be enough to ensure a smooth ride through the Lords. It is expected that the bill will face tough opposition and demands for a radical re-draft.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten has urged the Conservatives to "stick firm? There's a lot of talking left. I would be uneasy about supporting a very bad bill even if it was just for eight months," he said.

A spokeswoman for Human Rights Watch said that it was a "basic principle" that people should only be punished after a fair trial. "Having a judge impose those punishments does not sanitise them either," she added.


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Federal Suit Filed Against Rumsfeld For Prisoner Abuse

March 2, 2005 Donald Rumsfeld faces a federal lawsuit brought today by the American Civil Liberties Union and, filed in his home state of Illinois. The suit charges that he bears direct responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court on behalf of eight men who were subject to torture and abuse at the hands of U.S. forces under Secretary Rumsfeld's command. The parties seek a court order declaring that Secretary Rumsfeld's actions are in violation of the, federal statutes and.


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Steve Fossett attempts a record flight around the world

March 3, 2005

Steve Fossett, piloting the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, has set the record of being the first person to fly around the world unrefueled, solo. He is also got the record for longest unrefueled flight of a jet aircraft.

Steve departed from Salina Kansas 18:47 CST on Monday and has successfully crossed the, Northern , the , and Southern and Central. He then crossed the Pacific moving from to, then went on to Southern. From there her crossed the Southwest United States, and landed back in Salina Kansas at 13:50 CST on Thursday.

One major problem has been encountered during this trip. Somewhere in the first several hours of the flight 2600 pounds of fuel was lost. The engineers have two theories on what caused this loss. One is an extreme case of the fuel evaporation. It was expected to evaporate, but not at anything approaching this rate. The other possibility is that there was a leak or other type of error in the plumbing. Because the aircraft had never been flown fully fueled before, there was no previous data on what could be causing this.

Steve Fossett is already in the record books for being the first to pilot a balloon around the world. He has also been unsuccessfully attempting to achieve a record altitude for a glider for the last four years.

The aircraft was built for Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Atlantic Airways. It was constructed by Burt Rutan. Burt also designed the Voyager airplane which was piloted by his brother Dick Rutan and Jenna Yeager on the first unrefueled flight around the world. Burt is also the designer of Space Ship One, the first private craft to enter space.


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Talk:First Swahili office suite released in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

I, Pingswept, sent questions to Alberto Escudero-Pascual, and he replied. The full text of his response is included in the article, with a few minor copyedits. I have no previous connection to Mr. Escudero-Pascual. Pingswept 02:22, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Another email obtained by Pingswept that was not used in the article

Forwarded to Wikinews by Alberto Escudero-Pascual

Originally written by David Sawe, Director of Management Information Systems Division at the President’s Office in Tanzania

> Last Monday morning, a spectacular event was held at the University to > launch Jambo OpenOffice. The Guests of Honour on that occasion were the > Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Frederick T. Sumaye, > the Ambassador of Sweden H.E. Tolvald Akesson, and the Minister of Higher > Education, Science and Technology, Hon Pius Ngw'andu. > > In his keynote speech (delivered in Kiswahili), the Prime Minister > congratulated the University of Dar es Salaam for taking the initiative to > keep the Kiswahili language alive and pertinent so that it may be used as an > instrument of learning in this dynamic age. In a nutshell, his speech had > the following highlights: he noted that such localisation efforts are > enabling people to gain access to knowledge resources more intuitively and > affordably, as they will no longer need to first learn another language -- > something that has always been a barrier to local productivity. He pledged > the Government's support for such initiatives and also invited experts to > offer guidance to the Government.

Typo
Just saw that it is written that South Africa has 9 official languages, but the correct number is 11. (Page was blocked for editing, so I couldn't correct it)
 * rephrased to fix. thanks! Doldrums 13:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

jambo office link
Can somebody link Jambo OpenOffice? I'm really expanding this article right now and hopefully I get an DYK for it ;) Mabdul (talk) 01:28, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Generally we don't edit archived articles, but I think just the link is ok. ✅ Bawolff ☺☻ 01:45, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Links are fine, as are cats; they aren't considered part of the content of the article, so are adjusted whenever deemed appropriate. --Pi zero (talk) 01:55, 2 January 2012 (UTC)


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User talk:Danwabs

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How the U.S. goverment THE SSI DEPARTMENT GAVE MY IDENTITY AWAY

yOU SEE IT HAPPENED LIKE THIS. this guy with the same name as me ( first middle and last. I believed went into the ssi department and asked for his #ssi card and they gave him mine.

He did't just have the same name but he is 14 days older than me. Born in the same month and year and in the same state different city. The ssi department had both birth certifcate on fitle. So they did give me another ssi number but the damage was already done. Yes we have different parents.

You see He is a mutiple felon and a dead beat dad. I have no kids so it was a surprize when dshs tried to garnish my wages and ruin my credit. Then the copes arrested me for his warnts and they even made up charges. I guess they wanted to try to put me in prison or they thought back in prision. I have won 80% of all my cases and 75% of my feloney charges. Well I can't win them all. Persides they ( the prosecutor attorney ) usally win 98% of theres. So i did perty good.

Even now that I got a new ssi# I have to still carey two I.D.s with me becouse they sill mix me up. I believe it's on the federal back ground check and I don't know how to fix it.

I CAN"T FIND A ATTORNY I EVEN HAD THIS PRE PAY SERVICE AND THEY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DEFRAUD THEM. So I gave THEM PROOF. But they were not very good and they referd me to a ssi attorney. Now that's funny

I even wrote to the aclu it seems that no oone believes me untill i show them proof. Oh and how i got proof 30 pages pluse my twin's back groound check that i had to do myself with court documents that show how they mix me up too.

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New Zealand elects first female Speaker

March 3, 2005

Margaret Wilson was appointed as Speaker of The House of Representatives. She becomes New Zealand's first female Speaker of the House. She also rounds out the top positions within New Zealand being taken by women. All four of Governor-General, Prime Minister, Chief Justice and the Speaker of the House are female.

Wilson was voted in with 64 votes. Clem Simich (National MP) received 37 and ACT MP Ken Shirley got five votes. The position has usually been appointed unopposed, but the other two candidates stood to protest at the lack of consultation by Prime Minister Helen Clark. Wilson takes over from Jonathan Hunt, who leaves to become the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London. Hunt will remain in the backbenches until early next month. Wilson was previously Attorney-General, a position that Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Michael Cullen now holds.

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Proposal to ban VoIP in Costa Rica

March 3, 2005 The state owned telephone monopoly in Costa Rica, the Costa Rica Electricity Institute, (ICE) has called for VoIP Internet to be made a criminal offence. In Costa Rica it has been illegal for anyone other than ICE to offer telephone services. With a reputation for preventing any rivals from challenging its monopoly, but also for providing an efficient service, ICE has recently seen its monopoly dented with as many as 20% of calls being routed through Skype and other VoIP service providers.

On the other hand those who seek to promote the software industry in Costa Rica, which already has a dominant 78% share of the market in Central America and the Caribbean, have reacted by saying the proposal would be disastrous both to software development and the country's ability to outsource work. The ICE claims that its telephone structure is being used by VoIP service providers, which is almost certainly true given that Skype offers calls from the Internet to phones in Costa Rica for 8 US$ cents per minute.

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Ex-Ontario Premier Harris to deny Ipperwash allegations

March 3, 2005

Ex-Ontario premier Mike Harris has allegedly made some comments that may link him to the violence that happened in a police action in 1995 which left a native activist killed.

Kettle Point chief Tom Bressette testified on Tuesday that he was warned just 12 hours before OPP officers marched on Ipperwash Provincial Park and killed native protestor Dudley George to "get those fucking Indians out of the park even if you have to draw your guns to do it". The warning was allegedly on the telephone by Bob Watts, a former employee of the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat, on Sept. 6, 1995, just hours before OPP officers marched on Ipperwash Provincial Park.

Bressette claims that Watts told him Harris, who was premier of Ontario at the time, had made the comment in "some kind of cabinet meeting". Harris has always denied that he had nothing to do with the police action at the park. Peter Downard, his lawyer, says that his client will "absolutely" deny the allegations. and that his reputation has been tarnished with "very low-grade quality information that ordinarily would never have seen the light of day in a legal proceeding."

The inquiry is finding out how George was killed during a confrontation between Ontario Provincial Police officers and three dozen people protesting that ancestral burial grounds had been desecrated in Ipperwash Provincial Park. Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane has already been convicted of criminal negligence causing George's death. The inquiry continues today.


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Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo, non-stop around the world

March 3, 2005

Steven Fossett (60) landed safely back on US soil earlier this evening to claim the world record for flying non-stop by himself around the world. He landed at 7.49 pm UTC in Kansas after what had been a nerve racking last few hours.

Having left with over 18,100 pounds of fuel on board the futuristic single seater GlobalFlyer, it emerged that 2,600 pounds of fuel had "disappeared". This meant that had the winds gone against Fossett, he would have run out of fuel before the finish line. Luckily however, he was able to conserve fuel due to strong tail winds throughout the last few thousand miles of the journey.


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Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
Please stop repeatedly inserting that hyperlink. The source is cited properly at the end of the article, as the prominent notice in the article, that you have now twice overwritten, clearly tells you. Uncle G 8 July 2005 19:16 (UTC)

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Take-Two Interactive profits surge 74%

March 4, 2005 Take-Two, the company behind the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, has reported a 74% rise in quarterly profits. The company also revealed that sales of its bestselling product; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had surpassed 12 million copies.

The company stated that profits were $55.2m up from $31.8m in the same quarter last year. Per share earnings were $1.19, comfortably ahead of analyst expectations of $1.09 a share. Sales also rose substantially, from $375.5m to $502.5m.

Despite the news shares in Take-Two drifted $0.45 lower to $37.42 due to the company forecasting a loss of 20 cents a share for the coming quarter.

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Talk:Bill Gates receives honorary knighthood

To whomever writes the article

 * It is an honourary knighthood as he is not a British Citizen, thus he will not be called 'Sir'
 * That is a good point. In fact, I believe that the article should be changed to say that the reason that he cannot be called "sir" is that he is not British. The fact that he is a US citizen is irrelevant, isn't it? --Amoore 04:20, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I edited the article to reflect the fact that since Gates is a citizen of UK, he can't be "Sir." see KBE --Amoore 15:47, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I thought he was out-bucked by the guy who owns IKEA, thus making him not the richest man.

 * Thats a major misconception made by people, the supposed owner - Ingvar Kamprad - no longer owns all of the company, much of his fortune has been transfered to a charitable trust. CGorman 20:27, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Typo
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'honourary' => 'honorary' ('honourary' is always incorrect, even in British English) Van der Hoorn (talk) 13:57, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

 * [[Image:Yes_check.svg|16px]] Done — Gopher65talk 21:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Edit
editprotected He was 49 then, not 48. Heavy Water (talk) 00:05, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ --SVTCobra 23:31, 28 December 2022 (UTC)


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Talk:Martin firm on missile defence results in chilly response from White House

I removed the phrase Some Canadians are fond of pointing out that the only country to ever attack Canada was the United States of America.. Please either provide a source for this. I don't remember the US attacking Canada, but more importantly I don't know if the Canadians are necessarily fond of pointing this out. Given a source and better fit into the story this would work. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:43, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Martha Stewart released from prison

March 4, 2005

The American domestic diva was today released from prison after a five-month stint at the  in. She will continue the rest of her sentence with an electronic tag for the next five months under house arrest.

Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison, a further five months under tag and fined 30,000 for charges of conspiracy and obstruction stemming from in  shares after the company's wonder drug  lost its  licence.

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Talk:Rare antibody yields AIDS vaccine insight

The line "The vaccine is to be tested on Chris Bayliss's mother, who has almost every sexual disease known to man." sounds far too dubious to me to be legitimate.


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Former Ukrainian minister found dead

March 4, 2005

Yuri Kravchenko, a former Interior Minister in Ukraine, has been found dead in his home just hours before questioning for the case of murdered journalist Georgiy Gongadze. Early reports indicate that he committed suicide, but the circumstances of his death will most likely result in further investigation by the authorities.

Yuri Kravchenko was the Ukraine's Interior Minister in 2000 when Mr. Gongadze was murdered. Mr. Gongadze's headless body was buried in the woods near but his head was never found. Nobody has yet been arrested for the murder, but it was believed that Mr. Kravchenko's evidence could have led to an arrest.

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Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection

March 5, 2005 Simply massaging low birth weight babies with sunflower seed oil can protect them from potentially fatal infections.

Infections and complications from preterm birth cause more than half of all neonatal deaths, and very low birth weight babies are particularly vulnerable.

Preterm babies have immature skin that lacks a protective film called vernix that has antimicrobial properties.

In some countries, such as India, newborns are routinely massaged with mustard oil.

But mustard oil, says Gary Darmstadt of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, can delay recovery of the skin barrier and have a toxic effect on skin.

Seeking an alternative low-cost product, Darmstadt and colleagues experimented with sunflower oil and an ointment called Aquaphor that comprises petrolatum, mineral oil, mineral wax and lanolin.

The researchers tested the treatments on 497 newborns (72 hours old or less) and preterm babies (less than 33 weeks gestation) between 1998 and 2003 in Bangladesh.

They applied the treatments to the entire body besides the scalp and face three times daily for the first 14 days and then twice daily until discharge.

Babies treated with sunflower oil were found 41% less likely to develop infections than controls.

"Evidence is emerging that the skin is much more important as a barrier to infection than previously recognized, particularly in preterm infants whose skin is underdeveloped," says Darmstadt. "The good news is that treatment is available to strengthen the function of the skin as a barrier in these vulnerable newborns."


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Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena freed

March 4, 2005

Giuliana Sgrena was freed from captivity in Iraq today. The Italian journalist was abducted in Baghdad exactly a month ago while she had been reporting for Il Manifesto.

The Islamic Jihad Organisation had taken her hostage on the 4th February with the demand that Italy withdraw all of its troops from Iraq. On February 16, a video was released with a clearly distraught Mrs Sgrena begging for Italy to withdraw from Iraq. However despite the video, the Italian Senate voted to extend its miltary forces' stay in Iraq.

The reason for her release is unknown. Some Italian journalists have suggested that the Italian government paid a ransom.

Later on Friday, Sgrena's newspaper reported that U.S. forces fired at a car carrying the reporter shortly after her liberation, killing an Italian secret service agent. The editor of Il Manifesto newspaper, Gabriele Polo, was reported by Reuters as saying that Sgrena's car was fired on as it made its way to Baghdad airport. "This news which should have be a moment of celebration, has been ruined," Polo told Sky Italia television.

"An Italian agent has been killed by an American bullet. A tragic demonstration which we never wanted that everything that's happening in Iraq is completely senseless and mad," he added.


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Bill Gates receives honorary knighthood

March 2, 2005

Bill Gates, founder of the software giant Microsoft, has been made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his business skills and work on poverty reduction. He received the title on Wednesday, March 2, at a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth.

Now at age 49, Bill Gates is the world's wealthiest man, according to Forbes Magazine. Bill Gates rose to fame in the early nineties as the CEO of Microsoft, the maker of Microsoft Windows 95, the world's best selling computer operating system at the time.

Though Mr. Gates has now been knighted, he cannot use the term Sir since he is not a citizen of the United Kingdom. He can instead place the letters KBE after his name. If he chooses to become a subject of the Queen in the future, he can have his title upgraded to Sir.

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Bill Gates otrzymał tytuł szlachecki Rainha Elizabeth torna Bill Gates cavaleiro

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Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:83.109.168.243

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

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New York Public Library opens collection of 275,000 digital images

March 5, 2005 The launched a new website that offers over 275,000 historic images culled from the library's collections. The images have been digitized by the library's Digital Imaging Unit with assistance from outside contractors, according to a press release issued by the library.

Most of the images are over 100 years old, and many have entered the. Despite the public domain status of the images, the library will be charging for reproduction rights for the images. The images are freely downloadable for "personal use." The library's notes that, "This use is solely for one’s private study or display, and the image(s) are not to be disseminated."

In an email to a Wikinews reporter, Tom Lisanti, the library's Manager of Photographic Services & Permissions noted that, "The usage fee is not a copyright fee. You are free to obtain a copy of these images from a source other than NYPL. Usage fees help ensure that the Library is able to continue to acquire, preserve and provide access to the accumulated knowledge of the world."

The issue of whether the library is creating a new work with a new copyright when it scans in the public domain images has not been resolved, according to professor.

In an email to the same Wikinews reporter, Lessig writes, "This hangs on a tough, unresolved question: whether the digitization produces a 'thin' copyright around the public domain work. That copyright would not forbid you from extracting the public domain component, though how you would do that is hard to see (and hence this is a hard question)."


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World-wide measles deaths drop 40% over last five years

March 5, 2005 The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF) have released figures showing that world-wide, deaths from the disease measles have dropped by 40% over the last five years.

In 1999, 873,000 people died from disease, while that number fell to 530,000 in 2003 - a drop of 39%. The largest drop was seen in Africa - 46%.

Just ten years ago a million children a year died from the disease and another 30 million were affected, often being left with long-term disabilities such as brain damage and blindness.

WHO/UNICEF started a drive to cut measles deaths in 1999, with the aim of halving deaths by the end of 2005. Governments around the world began implementing their proposals.

The main aim was to achieve the vaccination of at least 90% of all children born (around 130 million a year). A second aim was to ensure that all children between nine months and 14 years old receive a second chance for immunization, either through routine health care or special initiatives. The special initiaves have proved especially effective, vaccinating 350 million children from 1999 to 2003.

An indirect benefit of the drop in measles cases has been the releasing of money previously used for measles treatment for other health care projects. For example, in Togo, 95% of children under five now receive vaccinations against measles and polio, mosquito nets to guard against malaria, and de-worming tablets.


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Talk:Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection

I can't find a reference for this in the Lancet! If the original author can link his source, that would be great. Dan100 (Talk) 00:33, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I found it after a bit more digging. Dan100 (Talk) 00:36, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)