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it was so sad —76.217.39.107 (talk) 02:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

5 years
Is this because he's a minor? Still seems way too little.

 * I agree, being underage is no excuse for being a murderous psychopath. --TiagoTiago (talk) 01:01, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And that isn't the type of thing that will change in five years (being a murderous psychopath that is, not being underage) --TiagoTiago (talk) 01:06, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Most murderers aren't psychopaths. It just seems that way because most of the famous murderers are psychopaths. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:01, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

oh no
i just got my kid a ps3 for his bday

What the...
Holy hell, stabbed him in the chest? I mean I know brothers fight and all, but this is something else... Freedomofeverything (talk) 13:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

a guy in tennessee got 50 years for hacking sarah palin's email account, but this kid only gets 5 years for murder? seems kinda backwards to me.
 * Of course. Chile is South of the Equator, which means that everything must be turned around, upside-down, backwards, and inside out.      Just Kidding!
 * But seriously, Chile has different laws than the US. I bet "Mr. Email Hacker" would've gotten something other than 50 years in Chile. Hmmwhatsthisdo (talk) 20:51, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you joking? --Diego Grez return fire 15:06, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought that Chile would have different laws than the US, and therefor different punishments. Hmmwhatsthisdo (talk) 00:20, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Chile laws are much more "light" than the US. --Diego Grez return fire 00:29, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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me love —153.107.97.155 (talk) 00:21, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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it's kind of sad that he stabbed his brother for a ps3... but sorry--its kinda funny too!! —188.222.110.194 (talk) 15:05, 15 May 2010 (UTC)


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He's dead in the water. The only way he would win if the other two candidates kill each other.--KDP3 (talk) 03:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


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...that Gordon Brown would apologize for this. The comment she made was bigoted, and yet for some reason Brown's the one taking all the flak. Anyone who makes a bigoted comment should be called what they are!


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Australian rules football: Maffra win 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final

September 20, 2010 Maffra defeated Drouin in the 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final. The Gippsland Football League, officially the Gippsland League, is the only major competition in the Gippsland region according to the Victorian Country Football League.

Maffra finished on top of the ladder and won through to the grand final by winning the second semi final against Traralgon, their only match for the finals series.

Drouin finished fourth on the ladder and qualified by defeating Leongatha in the elimination final, Morwell in the first semi final and Traralgon in the preliminary final.

Scores are quoted as goals-behinds (total).

Background
The Gippsland League traces it roots to the Central Gippsland Football League of the 1930's. More recently, it is a merger of the Gippsland Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland leagues and was known as the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League.

"When you say the Gippsland League, people talk about the distance from Wonthaggi to Maffra (170km)," GL General Manager Chris Soumilas told the Weekly Times, discussing travelling times for teams. "They don’t say from Drouin to Moe (40km), or from Moe to Traralgon (32km). Most of our clubs do have the majority of our games within an hour’s drive, but from one end of the league to the other, travel is an issue."

At the league's annual general meeting in December, it changed it's name from the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League. At the same meeting, Wonthaggi joined the GL after dominating the Alberton Football League during the past decade. The Power made five consecutive Alberton Grand Finals winning three, losing only to Yarram (2007) and Stony Creek (2009).

Wonthaggi Power Football Club is a result of a merger between Wonthaggi Blues, a former Gippsland FL team, and Wonthaggi Rovers, an Alberton FL team. In February, the Gippsland Football League announced that Wonthaggi would be changing their uniforms, because their original one was similar to that of Warragul.

Towards the end of the season, Moe had to transfer a game from Yallourn North due to that ground not coping with the stress of hosting extra games. "[T]he Yallourn Nth ground is not coping with the extra Moe home games and the wetter than normal winter," said Soumilas in an email to First XV News. They played their last home game in Yalourn Noth.

The Ladder
Maffra clinched top spot after fifteen rounds of the 2010 GL season. After eighteen rounds of football, they finished on 56 points and 179.45. Traralgon finished second with 44 and 132.34.

Moe, finished third on 48 points and 100.5%. Drouin, finished fourth on 48 points and 100.4%. Leongatha finished fifth on 36 points and 106.81% after they defeated Moe in round 18.

Missing the finals in 2010, in order, Moe with 28 points and 88.1%, Sale with 20 points and 96.08%, Wonthaggi with 16 points and 63.3% and Warragul with 4 points and 38.04%.

Finals Series
The Gippsland League uses the McIntyre Final Five finals system. In this sytem, the top team receives a bye in week one of the finals while second place plays third place in the qualifying final and fourth place playing fifth place in the elimination final.

The teams progressed as demonstrated below.

Grand Final 2010
Three goals each to Gary Jones, Nicholas Horsford and Daniel Bedggood handed Maffra there second premiership in as many years. Having as many scoring shots as in 2009, Maffra straightened the scoring shots - kicking ten more goals this year.

Drouin were not unimpressive as they stayed in the contest for the duration of the match. Jordan Wyatt kicked three goals for the match, while Bob McCallum and Andrew Soumilas put in around the ground.

At the end of the day, Maffra ran out winners 17-17 (119) to Drouin, in their first grand final, 15-11 (101).


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Belgium passes ban on full face veil

April 30, 2010 Lawmakers in Belgium voted almost unanimously to ban public wearing of full face veils on Friday.

The proposal received 134 votes in the lower house of with two abstentions and nobody opposing. Under the new rule, any clothing that fully obscures the face will be prohibited in public areas such as parks and streets; anyone who ignores it will be fined $20 to $35 and/or a jail sentence of up to a week. Exceptions could be made during certain festivals, or if the wearer has police permission to use the veil.

The proposal will now go to the, where it is expected not to be blocked; some reports suggest it could become full law in June or July.

"It's not about introducing any form of discrimination," commented Daniel Bacquelaine, head of the liberal in the parliament. He said that veils were "aimed at stopping people from being identified".

Before the lower house voted, the vice-president of the, Isabelle Praile, opposed the proposal, saying: "Today it's the full-face veil, tomorrow the veil, the day after it will be turbans and then perhaps it will be mini skirts. The wearing of a full-face veil is part of the individual freedoms."

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I think it is important to include the fact that the law would ban the clothing on the street as well.81.111.69.14 (talk) 07:24, 2 May 2010 (UTC)


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ISLAM SHALL PREVAIL ALLAH-U-AKBAR Sikh turbans aren't symbols of discrimination. Mini-skirts are in a certain way the opposite. People shouldn't heed to this scaremongering by backwards Muslims who insist to bring their seventh-century values with them into the West.

As much as I despise the mistreatment of women and the degredation of personal freedoms, especially womens', I think that people should be able to wear whatever the hell they want. I wear a ski mask in the winter when I'm out in the snow. Would that be illegal? I think it's shameful that tax dollars will paid for the passing of this law, and even more disgraceful that tax dollars will be spent trying to enforce it. Don't we have more important things to worry about than what kind of clothing people wear? Are we as a society that bored? --

I think the passing of this law is an excellent idea. We're not "bored" as a society. This law is being passed in the interest of security. There's a reason criminals conceal there faces with masks and hoods. If everyone is forced to show their face, I think the general public can feel that much safer.

 * You are a scary bastard. 128.210.90.22 (talk) 21:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

I fail to see the point of this move. You can argue against the building of minarets on aesthetic grounds, or face veils on security grounds - superficially, I'd like to see both of them gone as well - but I think it boils down to a religious/racial prejudice on the part of Europe. I hardly think there was public pressure around this issue. --92.26.52.109 (talk) 00:30, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

-- I think all western countries should ban the full-face veil. Nobody should be able to obscure their identity when in public. Moving to a western country is an option, and anyone doing so should expect to deal with western customs, just as I would expect to deal with different customs when I travel abroad. Now here's where my opinion gets inflammatory: I think the full face veil is part of a culture of hatred towards women. Not all Muslim women must wear the full face veil, only those living in countries where women are expected to be subservient to men, and are punished when they are not subservient. The full face veil says that women are not a part of society and must be covered up. It implies that since men can't control their sexual urges, women must cover up, otherwise it's their fault if they are attacked. It also allows a man to brutalise a woman as much as he likes and nobody can see his handiwork. Men are capable of controlling themselves and treating women like equal human beings, it just depends on how they are raised. Not all Muslim men expect women to accept second-class status, only those living in countries where women must wear the full-face veil.

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Pakistani peace mediator killed in tribal area

April 30, 2010 Noted for his controversial attempts to foster peace deals with the Taliban, Pakistani leader  was killed early today morning, a week after being kidnapped in the  while helping a British filmmaker. He was shot twice, in the head and chest, and his body was dumped near.

A former member of the Pakistani and associate of, Khawaja fought against the , and was an outspoken critic of the. The leader of the Defence of Human Rights NGO, Khawaja was often accused of being an apologist for Islamist militants due to his stringent demands for better treatment and legal rights for prisoners captured by both the American and Pakistani forces.

Khawaja had travelled into along with former ISI colleague, to help British cameraman Ased Qureshi meet with  and  as he sought to film a documentary about the rise of Islamic militancy in the region. The three were kidnapped, and their captors demanded the release of ten imprisoned militants, including, and Maulvi Kabir, as well as $10 million  for the release of the two former ISI officers. Pakistani officials anonymously confirmed the money would likely be paid, but the insurgent leaders were unlikely to be released.

Khawaja had most recently landed on the legal defence team of who were accused of membership in Jaish-e-Mohammed. Immediate reports suggest that a note was pinned to his body, claiming responsibility for his death in the name of the Asian Tigers which some have ironically theorised could be a splinter group of the militant organisation. The note also accused him of spying for the United States, and having taken the government's side in the 2007. The note blamed the government for refusing to negotiate on the desired release of the jailed Pakistani militants.

The Taliban condemned those responsible for the kidnapping of the three men, noting that targeting retired officers was "an act of cowardly people".

Unrelated to the death of Khawaja, and intending to honour the memory of those "who embraced martyrdom in the continuing war on terror", the Pakistani government announced they were declaring April 30 Yaum e Shuhada, or "Day of the Martyrs". Khawaja's son Omar told the New York Times that his father "was fond of martyrdom [...] and now he is lucky because he has it".


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Miranshah or Miran Shah?
I believe Miranshah is the town where the body was dumped, whereas Miran Shah was a man who lived in the late 14th, early 15th century. Turtlestack (talk) 21:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Briefs/April 30, 2010

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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Friday, April 30th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

Controversial wind farm approved by US government (0:16)
The United States government has approved plans for a controversial wind power project off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, which, if built, would be the nation's first offshore wind farm.

The company responsible for the project, Cape Wind, received a permit from the federal government to commence construction of the wind farm for what Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says will be the first of many such projects up and down the Atlantic coast.

However, construction of the wind farm in the near future is not certain, as there are additional regulatory procedures the company must complete, and opponents have threatened to take the project to court. According to the leader of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, a group opposed to the wind farm's construction, numerous permits related to the project were being appealed, and close to a dozen parties intend to sue the project, claiming it violates environmental regulations.

Supporters of the project say that it will provide up to 75% of the power for the region, and will benefit the environment by providing a clean and renewable source of power, as well as providing hundreds of new jobs in the area during construction of the wind farm. Opponents, which included deceased US Senator Ted Kennedy, claim it will destroy the natural beauty of the region, and will raise the costs of electricity in the area.

Taliban commander reportedly alive, despite claims of January death (1:40)
According to Pakistani intelligence, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, is still alive, contradicting claims by US and Pakistani officials that he was killed in a January drone attack. At the time of the attack, officials reported that Mehsud was killed along with ten other rebels, but Pakistani sources now say he was only wounded in the attack.

Despite his apparent survival, US defense officials downplayed the significance of the revelation. According to unidentified sources, his authority within the Taliban had significantly diminished after the attack, and is now overshadowed by other commanders such as Waliur Rehman, a senior Taliban commander based in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. A spokesman for the Pentagon in Washington, DC said that there was "no evidence" that Mehsud was "executing or exerting authority over the Pakistan Taliban as he once did"

Algerian driver released by hostage takers in Niger (2:41)
An Algerian driver who was abducted on April 20th along with a French tourist he was driving, has been released by his hostage takers in Niger. Apparently, he was released in the Mali desert and made his way back to Algeria after the pair were taken at gunpoint near the Mali and Algerian boarders. According to a Nigerien military source, the man had been wandering around in the area until some people on camels found him and took him to Algeria.

The pair were abducted only days after four countries near the Sahara opened a military base to combat al-Qaeda, with whom the gunmen have ties to.

Hostage takings have become more frequent and foreign offices recommend that tourists avoid the area near the Sahara, known as the "red zone", as governments there are having more trouble controlling the problem.

The second hostage, a Frenchman in his 70’s, is still being held captive.

Pakistani peace mediator killed in tribal area (3:40)
Noted for his controversial attempts to foster peace deals with the Taliban, Pakistani Non-governmental organization leader Khalid Khawaja was killed early Friday morning, a week after being kidnapped in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas while helping a British filmmaker. He had been shot twice, in the head and chest, and his body dumped near Miranshah in North Waziristan, Pakistan, the location of a refugee camp for displaced Afghans from the Soviet invasion.

Khawaja was a former associate of Osama bin Laden, he fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and was an outspoken critic of the American-led invasion. The leader of the Defense of Human Rights NGO, Khawaja was often accused of being an apologist for Islamist militants due to his stringent demands for better treatment and legal rights for prisoners captured by both the American and Pakistani forces.

Khawaja was traveling into North Waziristan along with former colleague Colonel Imam, to help British cameraman Ased Qureshi meet with a Pashtun warlord and a senior Taliban commander as he sought to film a documentary about the rise of Islamic militancy in the region. The three were kidnapped, and their captors demanded the release of ten imprisoned militants as well as $10 million for the release of the two former Inter-Services Intelligence officers. Pakistani officials anonymously confirmed the money would likely be paid, but the insurgent leaders were unlikely to be released.

Khawaja had most recently landed on the legal defense team of five Americans arrested by Pakistan who were accused of membership in Jaish-e-Mohammed, an Islamic freedom-fighter organization based in Pakistan whose primary motive is to separate Kashmir from India. Immediate reports suggest that a note was pinned to his body, claiming responsibility for his death in the name of the Asian Tigers, a splinter group of the militant organization. The note blamed the government for refusing to negotiate on the desired release of jailed Pakistani militants.

Belgium passes ban on full face veil (5:53)
Lawmakers in Belgium voted almost unanimously on Friday to ban the public wearing of full face veils. Under the new rule, any clothing that fully obscures the face will be prohibited in public areas such as parks and anyone who ignores it will be fined $20 to $35 and/or a jail sentence of up to a week. Exceptions could be made during certain festivals, or if the wearer has police permission to use the veil.

Daniel Bacquelaine, head of the liberal MR party in the parliament, said that the law was "not about introducing any form of discrimination", but rather veils were "aimed at stopping people from being identified".

Vice-president of the Muslim Executive of Belgium, Isabelle Praile, opposed the proposal, saying "the wearing of a full-face veil is part of the individual freedoms."

The proposal will now go to the Belgian Senate, where it is not expected to be blocked and some reports suggest the law could go into full effect by this June or July.

On this day in history (6:55)
In 1006, in the constellation Lupus (Latin for Wolf), light from an exploding star 7,200 LY away reached Earth. The event is the brightest supernova in history and was recorded by early astronomers in China, Egypt, Iraq, Japan, Switzerland, and possibly North America. Nova means "new" in Latin, and what makes them "super" is that in the period of just a few days or weeks, they can outshine an entire galaxy and radiate as much energy as our own sun does over its entire lifespan.

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Number One: DR Congo. A close Number Two: Wherever Ben Roethlisberger is partying this weekend. 206.74.5.136 (talk) 04:01, 1 May 2010 (UTC)


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Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico reported to have reached coast; offshore drilling ban announced by Obama administration

May 2, 2010

As reports came out yesterday that the oil spill caused by the explosion and sinking of an oil rig in Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana had reached the coast, the Obama administration announced a ban on all future offshore drilling at least until the investigation into the incident is completed.

Early Friday morning, the received reports that oil from the spill had washed ashore, and while officials have not confirmed the reports, winds continue to push the slick northward towards land, and conditions are deteriorating, making cleanup of the spill increasingly difficult. The Coast Guard said it was planning to conduct a flyover of the slick to determine its extent sometime on Friday. According to the National Weather Service, strong winds and thunderstorms are predicted to continue through the weekend, hindering cleanup efforts.

Also early on Friday morning, a senior government official, White House advisor, said that the government was immediately banning all new offshore drilling until the investigation into the spill had been completed. His announcement came just after a month the administration relaxed restrictions of offshore drilling.

The operation to clean up the spill has accelerated in recent days, with the having joined the effort, as well as resources from the Coast Guard and  (BP), the lessor of the rig at the time of the explosion. The total assets deployed in the operation are estimated to be around 1,900 people and more than 300 ships and aircraft. Additionally, six remotely operated submarines are trying to stem the leaks, which now number three, at the ocean's floor.

On Wednesday, the estimated amount of oil spilling from the damaged well was raised to 5,000 barrels, or around 210,000 gallons, a day, five times the original estimate of 1,000 barrels a day. This figure was later revised upwards again to 25,000 barrels (1.05 million gallons) per day. So far, the cleanup operation has laid around 210,000 feet of containment booms to protect vulnerable wildlife refuges on the Gulf Coast, and an additional 66,000 feet of boom has been provided by the US Navy. Since the beginning of the operation, more than 18,000 gallons of an oil/water mix have been recovered from the ocean, and after a successful test burn of oil, plans are being made to scale the burns up. According to a BP official, "We believe we can now scale that up and burn between 500 and 1,000 barrels at a time." The first test burned around 100 barrels of oil.

Despite the efforts, many are still worried about the potential consequences of the spill, and officials said that the damage could end up being more than that caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill 20 years ago, which spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. One analyst said that he expected "that movement is going to continue to stress and fatigue the pipe and create more leaks," adding that "this is not on a good trajectory."

BP has developed two options to stop the flow of oil at the source, but both are expected to take at least weeks to complete. The first option is to lower large structures over the leak, which would allow the oil to be safely transported to the surface. BP is building one such structure, but it isn't expected to be completed for at least several weeks. The second option is to drill a second well which would then plug the leak at the source. A well for this purpose will begin to be drilled within two days, although it could be up to three months before the leak is completely plugged.


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The lawmakers who were responsible for the authorship and passage of this ban should be hauled before the European Court of Human Rights and dismissed from their posts. This is an egregious form of discrimination against the most basic level of human freedom, as well as a flagrant display of hatred and religious intolerance. What the Government of Belgium has done will leave a rotten, festering black stain upon the very soul of Europe for generations to come, unless the heinous action is promptly rescinded. For such a reactionary and totalitarian law to be passed in a continent known for its rich humanistic tradition of enlightenment thinkers who promoted ideals of rationalism,fairness, jusice, and equality, this is a most uncharacteristically cruel and despotic attempt to rob human beings of their liberty.


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"Standard operating procedures for a check point are to signal the driver to slow down and stop their vehicle at least 100 meters out. If the driver continues you fire a warning shot, then a killing shot (this is subject to change under the ROE for that area/command). This progression can all take place in a matter of seconds. When we did this in an exercise it went from signalling to shooting less than 10 seconds. Depending on the speed and distance of the vehicle headed towrd the checkpoint it could be more or less than that."

That is pure evil, and an outright Violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

If the United States had the cojones to join the International Criminal Court they would be held accountable for these daily war Crimes


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A colonial legacy of the Rwandan genocide, recent successive failed governments and now '' THIS? '' Perhaps the Belgians should stay out of politics altogetheand stick to making Chocolate and Waffles, those seem to be the only things they can manage to get right.


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Seriously, how can they expect to enforce this law without seeming discriminatory against Muslims? Ban face coverings during Halloween? Ban ski masks?


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They may as well just make them wear yellow stars.


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There are a higher number of women and children being raped in South Africa. It is not being publicised overseas(Political Reasons). The law enforcement is corrupt, and so are many government officials. The current president raped a prostitute (HIV Positive) and further discounted all efforts to stop the rampant spread of the disease, because this man of office and power told the people (In a news conference) that he had a shower right after the sexual encounter. The witchdoctors tell the masses that virgin sex will cure AIDS infections, and now the president claims that a shower can take care of any potential risk of infection. All we can do is hope and pray that the message of truth can be heard. SA citizen wanting change.


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On that note, It seems that the results of recent events like this have amounted to a sea change in Europe's reputation abroad. As recently as 10 years ago, American liberals were waxing enthusiastic about Europe as a model for human rights extolling what they perceived as its virtues of fairness, tolerance and openness. Sadly this is no longer the case.


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what about those who wear veils for medical reasons, like congenital Photosensitivity or immune system diseases like advanced Lupus or HIV


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lack of depth


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Stones thrown by protesters in Kashmir kill civilian

May 1, 2010

A middle-aged civilian has been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir after anti-India separatists threw stones at a bus in. The victim, Shafiq Ahmad Sheikh, died in hospital after the stone struck his head, police officials stated.

The stone-pelting incident occurred in the Batmaloo area before the separatists marched to the local United Nations office to protest against Indian administration in Kashmir. Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the leader of the protesters, had ordered the protests against "growing human rights abuses" by security officials.

"The ultimate responsibility (for the death) lies on the separatists because they had given the call for protest,", the Chief Minister of the state, told local media.

Farooq Ahmad, Inspector General of Police of the state, said Sheikh was an employee of the State Board of School Education and was traveling by bus to his office when "[s]ome boys threw stones at the vehicle he was travelling in. A stone hit Sheikh, who later succumbed to his injuries." "[As such] there was no law and order problem in the area," he added. A murder case has been filed against the attackers.

Opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti claimed the "macabre incident once again underlines the grave crisis the state is facing and the anarchy the present government has caused."


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Redistricting reform efforts in Illinois fail for this year

May 1, 2010

The Illinois House of Representatives failed last Thursday to approve a Democratic Party-sponsored amendment to the state constitution's redistricting procedures, killing any hope of reforming the controversial process this year. The vote was 69–47, just two votes short of the 71-vote supermajority needed to propose constitutional amendments for ratification by voters in the next election cycle.

In the redistricting process, the boundaries of legislative districts are redrawn every ten years following the US census. Districts are redrawn such that they contain constituencies roughly equal in population. During the last three redistricting periods, however, discussions have resulted in deadlock such that the maps were essentially chosen by lottery. Democrats, Republicans, and regular citizens alike have all unsuccessfully attempted to reform that process this year. All constitutional amendments must be proposed by Monday in order to be voted on in a referendum during the election next November.

The Democratic bill, Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 121, was sponsored by State Senator Kwame Raoul and State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, both from Chicago. The representatives voted mostly on party lines: Democrats hold 70 seats in the House, and 69 of them voted for the amendment. 46 Republicans and one Democrat voted against it. Currie presented the amendment as an improvement because it "gets rid of the tiebreaker." In fact, she argues that the public benefits from giving the job of redistricting to the legislature as a whole, rather than an appointed committee. "...leaving the decision in the hands of 177 people who are elected by the geographic diversity...is more democratic than giving it instead to the hands of four legislative leaders."

Currie was referring to the Fair Map Amendment, a citizen-led proposal to create a nine-member commission that would contain no legislators. The party leaders would select eight of the members, however, which Democrats have opposed as intoducing too much bias. Others are against the amendment on the grounds that it does not adequately ensure minority representation.

The lone Democratic dissenter, Representative Jack Franks from, disagrees. "I couldn’t get past that because I want to have a system where it’s not legislators choosing their electors, it should be the electors choosing the legislators," he said. Even Illinois Governor Pat Quinn was not enthusiastic about the bill and thought it was not "true reform".

Republicans have introduced the citizen-initiated Fair Map Amendment in the legislature as an alternative and have pushed for its passage. The bill was quickly struck down by a Democrat-led committee. At the same time, organizers of the petition drive for the Fair Map Amendment announced that they fell short of the nearly 300,000 signatures needed to bypass the legislature and directly place the question on the ballot.


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Ban on all offshore drilling?
I'm confused about this line in the first paragraph "the Obama administration announced a ban on all offshore drilling at least until the investigation into the incident is completed." It reads as if all offshore drilling is banned (hence, a cease in all current off shore drilling operations in the gulf). I believe it's a ban on future drilling operations, not on the current drilling operations.
 * I agree. Will fix. Cheers, C628 (talk) 00:54, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

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Would it be a great deal to add metric units (i.e. liters, km, km² and so on), maybe in parentheses? I guess many people reading this are from somewhere not the U.S. and have no feeling about how much barrels and gallons are. --Ygramul (talk) 16:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC)


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The recent string of earthquakes in Chile caused widespread damage to buildings. Wikinews reporter Diego Grez is on-scene and in his second photoessay, he shows us the impact of the earthquake in the O'Higgins Region and takes a look at how people living in the area have reacted to the devastation.


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Rwandan genocide wasn't Belgium, it were the rwandans themselves that killed each other. And how is stopping people from wearing masks a bad idea? I bet that if the law was to ban KKK masks instead of burqas you would think it's a good idea, but because this is even slightly related to muslims, people get angry.


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Bomb blasts in Somalia kill at least 30

May 1, 2010Two bomb blasts at a Somali mosque have killed at least 30 people and injured upwards of 70 more, according to reports.

The explosions occurred in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, shortly before the beginning of noon prayers. Reports said the explosions had occurred at a mosque with ties to the Islamic insurgent group al-Shabaab, although no group had claimed responsibility for the attacks. The location is often used as a venue for speeches by the insurgents.

According to one witness of the attack, "[t]he blasts happened while people were sitting inside Abdala Shideye mosque, waiting for noon prayers. Most of those killed and wounded were worshippers" and another said "[t]he blasts went of within minutes of each other...I saw dead bodies lying on the floor [that] I could not count."

A high-ranking member of al-Shabaab was reportedly inside the mosque when the explosions occurred. The official, {{w|Fuad Mohamed Qalaf]], was, according to some witnesses, the target of the attack. Al-Shabaab has been fighting against UN forces, which are in control of only parts of the capital, and has been reported to have ties with al-Qaeda.

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Protests in Greece over proposed budget cuts

May 3, 2010Widespread protests occurred Saturday against measures being enacted by the Greek government to reduce spending in order to reduce a severe debt crisis.

The capital of Athens was filled with an estimated 17,000 protesters at gatherings called by three separate political groups. During the protests, small groups of youth broke windows of several buildings, set a government press van on fire, burned trash barrels in barricades and threw rocks and firebombs at police officers.

Riot police arrested at least fourteen people and sprayed tear gas to disperse crowds. Seven policemen and two demonstrators were reported to be injured. Another estimated 5.000 people took to the streets in.

The demonstrations were called to protest against government plans to cut major portions of the national budget in order to receive an estimated 120 billion euros in aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The government formally requested the activation of the bailout plan on April 23, 2010, after the cost of borrowing funds on the open market became prohibitively high.

About 9 billion euros in Greek government bonds will come due on May 19th; without the ability to borrow from the market, government officials had to turn elsewhere. The looming deadline, in combination with the recent uncertainty of the markets over the economic stability of Greece, Portugal and Spain, has put pressure on Greek, IMF and EU negotiators to work out the final details of the aid plan quickly so that it can go into effect as soon as possible.

Among the items to be agreed upon are the exact measures the Greek government is going to put in place over the next three years to cut its debt, and the precise amount of aid it will receive in exchange. The Greek Cabinet is to meet tomorrow morning to finalize the measures before the formal announcement at noon.

The cuts in spending are expected to cut both pensions and salaries to public service workers, while raising consumer taxes. Greek unions have opposed the measures and were a major part of the protests. A nation-wide strike in protest of the budget cuts is planned May 5.

A participant in one of the protests said that "These measures are death. How people are going to live tomorrow, how they're going to survive, I do not understand." , of the, opposed the budget cuts, saying that "The Greek people do not owe anything to anybody. Those who have brazenly robbed public money and pension funds should pay for the crisis."

Greece's Prime Minister,, however, said that the cost-cutting measures were inevitable, and that they were essential to the survival of the country.


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Agreed, this article does not explain the mutilation which often occurs. People raping women with sticks and guns and intentionally breaking the lining between the uterus, the vagina, the bladder, and having permanent effects afterwards.


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Do you have a source (news agency report) for that? I would like to see it.


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From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Saturday, May 1st, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

Bomb blasts in Somalia kill at least 30 (0:16)
Two bomb blasts at a mosque in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, occurred shortly before the beginning of noon prayers and, according to reports, have killed at least 30 people and injured upwards of 70 more.

The mosque is believed to have ties to the Islamic insurgent group al-Shabaab and the location is often used as a venue for speeches by the insurgents.

Fuad Mohamed Qalaf, a high-ranking member of al-Shabaab, was reportedly inside the mosque when the explosions occurred and is believed to be the target of the attack. Al-Shabaab has been fighting against UN forces, which are in control of only parts of the capital, and has been reported to have ties with al-Qaeda.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Redistricting reform efforts in Illinois fail for this year (1:05)
The Illinois House of Representatives failed last Thursday to approve a Democratic Party-sponsored amendment to the state constitution's redistricting procedures, killing any hope of reforming the controversial process this year. The vote was 69–47, just two votes short of the 71-vote supermajority needed to propose constitutional amendments for ratification by voters in the next election cycle.

The Democratic bill, Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 121, was sponsored by State Senator Kwame Raoul and State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, both from Chicago. The representatives voted mostly on party lines: Democrats hold 70 seats in the House, and 69 of them voted for the amendment. 46 Republicans and one Democrat voted against it.

An alternative plan lead by a Republican initiative known as the Fair Map Amendment, a citizen-led proposal to create a nine-member commission which would decide district lines but would contain no legislators, had been quickly struck down by a Democrat-led committee. Organizers for a petition to put the amendment on this November's election ballot announced that they fell short of the nearly 300,000 signatures needed to bypass the legislature and directly place the question to the voters.

In the redistricting process, the boundaries of legislative districts are redrawn every ten years following the US census. Districts are redrawn such that they contain constituencies roughly equal in population. During the last three redistricting periods, however, discussions have resulted in deadlock such that the maps were essentially chosen by lottery. Democrats, Republicans, and regular citizens alike have all unsuccessfully attempted to reform that process this year.

UN official: DR Congo is ‘rape capital of the world’ (3:01)
The UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, Margot Wallstrom, has called the Democratic Republic of the Congo the “rape capital of the world”.

Data collected by the UN shows that 200,000 cases of sexual assault have been reported in the last 14 years, 8,000 of which occurred last year and 1,244 of which occurred in the first three months of 2010. The UN’s mission has been trying to combat the problem by escorting women when they go to market and working closely with the local officials.

The Harvard Humanitarian Society issued a report in April showing that in South Kivu, an eastern province in DR Congo, 60% of the women raped were raped by armed men. More than half were raped in their own home, and more civilians are committing the attacks than ever before.

Despite the country’s war ending in 2003, DR Congo is still plagued with militia violence.

Nine of Alfred Hitchcock's films are restored; 30 years since his death (4:06)
At least nine silent films made by a young Alfred Hitchcock have been restored and will be made available for public screenings beginning in 2012 and are expected to be aired as part of the Cultural Olympiad pending confirmation.

Robin Baker, the British Film Institute's head curator, calls Hitchcock's 1926 silent movie The Mountain Eagle the "holy grail" of lost British films. Three other restored Hitchcock films are 1925's The Pleasure Garden, about two chorus girls at The Pleasure Garden Theatre in London, 1927's The Lodger, concerning the hunt for a "Jack the Ripper" type serial killer and 1928's The Farmer's Wife which centers on a middle-aged farmer who decides to remarry.

This past Thursday marked the 30th anniversary since Hitchcock's death. Born in England on August 13, 1899, he directed some of the most famous films in cinema including Psycho, Rear Window, North By Northwest and Vertigo, however, though he was nominated for five Academy Awards as best director, he never took home the prize.

Hitchcock died in 1980 from kidney failure in his home at Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 80. His body was cremated and his ashes were thrown in the Pacific Ocean.

On This Day In History (5:32)
In 1960, a U2 spy plane, flying over the former Soviet Union and piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down and the pilot captured.

The Soviet military had actually been anticipating the flight but shooting down the plane was difficult due to the extreme high altitude it operated in. After failing to intercept the plane with MIG fighters and an initial missile barrage, a surface-to-air missile battery commanded by Mikhail Voronov engaged and shot down the U2, along with one of their own MiG-19 fighters which had been pursuing Powers, over the Ural Region.

Initially the United States government reported that an airplane had gone missing north of Turkey, claiming the pilot had fallen unconscious due to lack of oxygen and even grounded the U2 fleet to maintain the facade. Nikita Khrushchev, then the Soviet Premier announced that his country had shot down an American spy plane, intentionally leaving out the detail that Powers had been captured alive and so the Eisenhower Administration, thinking the pilot had been killed, claimed it had been a "weather research aircraft", and not a spy plane. Khrushchev took advantage of this lie, and finally announced that Powers was indeed alive, and the plane was mostly intact thus greatly embarrassing the Eisenhower Administration.

The Four Power Paris Summit between president Eisenhower, Premier Khrushchev and other world leaders, which had been scheduled to commence just over two weeks after the flight, fell apart largely because Eisenhower refused to accede to Khrushchev's demands that he apologize for the incident.

A large portion of the wreck, as well as Powers' survival pack are still on display at the Central Museum of Armed Forces in Moscow.

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Bomb scare closes Times Square, New York

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A car containing a bomb was discovered in, New York City, causing the evacuation of streets surrounding the area.

Reports say the vehicle, a, parked outside a theatre on 45th Street and Seventh Avenue, had smoke coming out of the back at around 6:30 p.m EDT (10:30 p.m. UTC). Unconfirmed reports say an unknown man ran away from the car. A roughly square area of the city, its boundaries formed by 43rd and 48th Street and 7th and 8th Avenue, was evacuated.

The bomb squad was called in and were able to retrieve the package using a. Officials removed, consumer-grade , two five-gallon cans of gasoline, three propane tanks, electrical wiring, and two clocks with batteries that apparently were fashioned as one or two. The bomb has been described as "amateurish". No casualties or injuries were reported.

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Sorry about the greek source, I couldn't find Tsipras' quote anywhere in an english new source where it wasn't mangled. -- ArielGlenn (talk) 02:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)


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BP leaks, the taxpayer pays. Can't you hear the queer silence of the conservative media these days?


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Speaking as a libertarian, the incompetent fools that allowed this accident to happen should be held to the cost involved here. British Petroleum and whichever engineering firm designed the platform have a lot to account for, and the fact that the people of the USA are footing the bill for this bill is a travesty. That being said, the ban on offshore drilling is every bit as silly as the increased security in airports after 9/11. Also, the fact that BP probably isn't going to be charged for wrongdoing suggests that the industry won't take this as a catalyst for increased safety measures on existing offshore rigs. Once again, everyone is able to avoid responsibility, except for taxpayers.


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