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Canadians may elect Senate

December 14, 2006

Canadian Stephen Harper has proposed a bill that would allow Canadians to vote for. Such a change requires an amendment the constitution, however, the government believes that Harper's proposal bypasses the need for constitutional change.

Traditionally, the Prime Minister advised the on who to appoint to the upper house. The Senate reform bill, however, would allow citizens in a province or territory to vote in a preferential ballot which would advise the Prime Minister on whom to recommend for appointment to the Senate.

Senators would campaign like any other politician. Voters in their province that has a Senate vacancy would cast ballots for their favorite candidate at the same time as a vote in a general election.

The only provinces that actually has had Senate elections are Alberta and British Columbia. In 1989, then Prime Minister appointed  to the Senate after he was elected in an Alberta-wide vote to fill a vacancy in the upper house.

designate says he agrees with Harper's proposal.

"I believe what Prime Minister Harper is doing is opening up consultation in terms of how to bring about Senate reform and we're going to work with him," said Stelmach in, the capital of Alberta. "We have been supportive of Senate reform for many, many years and will continue to do so. I'm awaiting the details of his proposals."

Harper has already introduced a bill which will attempt to limit the terms of senators to eight years. The 105-member Senate is currently dominated by the Liberals.

"Many Albertans I'm sure will share my view that it will not be good for the province to have an elected Senate as long as we don't have a constitutional change on the number of senators by province," leader  said.

If the bill fails, Harper is expected to campaign on the issue in the next federal election, which is expected next year.

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 * This doesn't make sense. why does he need a bill to do that. Theres already elections in Alberta for senators, the problem is that the resualts mean didly squat, as the pm doesn't listen to them. If he wants to listen to them he doesn't need to pass a bill to do it (I think). Bawolff ☺☻ 00:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, CBC news called it a bill . — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 00:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand now (I think). Basicly the bill would put a place on the ballot for who you want as senate. (I think) What I was confused about before Is why he needs any legestaion as its in his authority to appoint whomever he wants, and ask anyone he wants for help in that decision (Well technically the GG apoints them, but the PM makes the decision). user:Bawolff
 * Shouldn't the title be may elect senate for the first time (Event hasn't happened yet, the bill hasn't passed). user:Bawolff
 * when shld "senate" amd "senators" be capitalized? — Doldrums(talk) 06:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I think Senate should be capitilized, as its a proper noun (Name of upper house), well senator is a title, and I don't think titles are capitilized. user:Bawolff

I Have Made A Mistake On Wikipedia
Iam sorry i made a mistake on wikipedia you see i am a newbie on that wiki and i moved some pages i was out taking my wife to visit our in-laws in Baltimore so i didn`t get any of the messages i did not i did anything wrong am iam sorry i did if you could tell an aministrator on wikipedia.I would be the most grateful man alive.THANK YOU

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Talk:U.S. Senator Tim Johnson hospitalized

Contradictory data in the news media
Some of the details at http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Senator_Tim_Johnson_reportedly_suffers_stroke_1213.html seem to contradict this article as it currently stands. JoshuaZ 00:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Not a stroke
Senator Johnson did not suffer a stroke. The current title is not accurate. - Lex 05:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

 * As of this moment, there appears to be some disagreement. His spokesperson said he didn't suffer a stroke, but a doctor quoted by ABC News an hour or so ago was not so categorical. --70.72.19.133 09:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Edit requests
United States should link to United States here (not cross-wiki) and the same for South Dakota. JoshuaZ 15:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ thanks! —Zachary talk 15:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


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World War II veteran regains use of second eye after freak accident

December 14, 2006

Veteran Don Karkos was impaired in the December 7, 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor when the tanker USS Rapaden exploded, sending shrapnel into his face, above his right eye.

Don Karkos awoke in a military hospital in Iceland. The doctors told him that he would not be able to see out of that eye again. Life was extremely difficult with the loss of peripheral sight and depth perception. Common results of this impairment include difficulty in navigating through every-day obstacles such as doors or walls.

Three years ago Don Karkos was told he would not be able to restore his vision, even with the current advances in medicine. A few months ago, while tightening the harness of Chimo, a racehorse at the Monticello Raceway in Monticello, New York, Don Karkos was hit in the head by Chimo close to the location of his shrapnel injury. That evening while rubbing his good eye, Don Karkos realized he could once again see through the disabled eye.

Don Karkos plans to visit a doctor after the holiday season.


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Hi there. I deleted an article that you (or someone who previously used the same IP address as you) created because it was an advertisment for the wikipedia toolbar. Wikinews is not an advertisment network and adds will be deleted on site. Since the toolbar is for wikinews, a brief notice on Water cooler, template:wn news or wikinews-l may be apropriate, but articles that are advertisments are not acceptable. If you have any questions, or whish to dispute this deletion, please feel free to leave me a message. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:38, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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Welcome to. I placed this message here just to avoid making someone else have to welcome me. I'm an experienced wiki editor with over 4,000 edits across several Wikimedia Foundation sites. Instead of giving me a generic welcome message for typical new users, why not give me some pointers on what makes unique and different from the English Wikipedia, WikiBooks, and Commons—the three sites with which I am most familiar. Thanks! Have a great day. -- Will scrlt  ( Talk )

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Yahoo!7 creates joint venture with Xtra

December 14, 2006

Xtra, owned by New Zealand telecommunication monopoly company Telecom, has created a joint venture between themselves and Yahoo!7, creating Yahoo Xtra. Yahoo!7 is the joint venture between Yahoo! and Australian network, Seven.

The join venture replaces the current and long-lasting partnership between Microsoft and Xtra, called XtraMSN. The current partnership's contract will expire at the end of this year. Telecom chose to change the partnership because Yahoo! has worked together with BT Group, Verizon and Rogers Communications.

The new site, along with new online content will go online on around March 1, 2007.

The partnership will result in Yahoo!7 taking 51% control of the partnership and Xtra taking the remaining 49%.

Kevin Kenrick, chief operating officer of Telecom, said that they will now be able to target the underdeveloped online advertising community. "We see there is a fantastic opportunity to grow online advertising and the share of the online market. Online advertising in New Zealand is getting to a tipping point of growth where there is a critical mass of online connections, broadband connections and an increase in the amount of time people are spending online."

When the new site is launched, it will include a range of news, sport, weather, enhanced e-mail spam and virus protection, photo sharing, and internet radio.

Theresa Gattung, chief executive of Telecom, said: "The Yahoo Xtra joint venture will provide New Zealanders with access to the world's best online services in a localised way."

Ian Smith, chief executive of Yahoo!7, said: "The company was achieving market growth of online advertising of between 50 and 60 per cent a year in Australia and believed it could do the same in New Zealand." He said that the partnership will give them a great opportunity to showcase its tools, technology and platforms in New Zealand.

Mr Kenrick said that the reason they had gotten a partnership with Yahoo!7 was that it is very difficult for a small player to develop its services in a New Zealand size market.

One other online company Xtra had considered for the partnership was Google, among others. The reason they chose Yahoo!7 over other companies was because Yahoo!7 has the top position in big fields such as TV and video. Mr Kenrick said: "The whole area of content management is one we thought would benefit from others with greater expertise and more scope."

Telecom manages 80% of the telecommunication market.

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Talk:Five prostitutes found dead in U.K. brings fears of "Ipswich Ripper"

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Surely with modern forensic science and invertigation techneques this should not be another unsolved Jack the Ripper case?

the unthinkable...
This person/s could know forensic science for all we know, from what i read some of the bodies were dumped in or by the water, and also the clothing removed before taken to the locations of the recent findings. everyone should be involved there in solving this case.

Davidf12 06:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy
Jack the Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper are certainly infamous serial killers, but on basis are they being described here as sex killers, which might be viewed as a tabloidism?

sex killers
i see your point and i removed that sensationalist nonsense, regards, Davidf12 18:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

breaking news
due to the fifth woman being identified today and reported as being a prostitute i added the breaking news tag Davidf12 19:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

2006_Ipswich_murder_investigation
That was a bit rich of me to add the link to the 2006_Ipswich_murder_investigation wikipedia page! Davidf12 19:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * We usally use to link to Wikipedia articles. — F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 19:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I like it! thanks. Davidf12 19:49, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

--Lovetoread 19:32, 17 December 2006 (UTC)== "Ipswich Ripper" ==

Well it seems to be happening again. Hopefully they can catch the person or person's who has been doing this. It's sad that women can not be safe at no matter what they do. We still do not know who "Jack the Ripper" is well speclation but that's about it. But who is ever doing this knows what they are doing espicaly in the field of forensic. lovetoread


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Fictional documentary about Flemish independence causes consternation in Belgium

December 14, 2006

The Belgian French-speaking public television channel RTBF interrupted its programming last night for a special news bulletin reporting that the Flemish Parliament had suddenly created an independent Flemish state separate from Belgium. However, during the broadcast it became clear that the report was actually a documentary meant to stir up the debate on the position of the states and regions in the federal country Belgium. Walloon Minister of Media Fadila Laanan said that the message "this is fiction" appeared only at her request, after she had received several "panic" calls and text messages.

During the report, King Albert II of Belgium was alleged to have left the country to show his disagreement with the unilateral Flemish decision. Several politicians (Jean-Marie Dedecker, Jean-Marie Happart, Herman De Croo etc.) contributed in the making of the program, giving their reaction to the news and explaining some of their views on Flemish independence. There were images of thousands celebrating in Antwerp and flag-waving independence supporters in front of the Royal Palace in Laken, but also trams stuck at the "new border", and traffic jams in the direction of Brussels Airport. After a while more comedy entered the report; two Flemish policemen where shown to be called into action to patrol the border, and Guy Vanhengel (VLD) was interviewed inside the Atomium, the monument symbolic of Belgium, where he spoke of a "monumental" mistake. The report was followed by a debate on the subject of the Flemish independence movement.

The head of news at RTBF reacted: "We obviously scared many people - maybe more than we expected," and this was indeed the case. A spokesman of Belgian Prime Minister Verhofstadt stated late last night that the newspaper Le Monde had already called them, and that CNBC already thought it was not fictional. Several embassies reported the news to their countries, and a Belgian representative in the European Parliament reported "consternation". A survey by the RTBF shows that 89% of spectators admit being fooled by the report, with even 6% continuing to believe it after the fiction notice appeared.

Leaders on both sides of the country spelled out their appall: Elio Di Rupo said it is "...unacceptable to play with the institutions and the stability of the country.", while Yves Leterme, Minister-President of the Flemish government, regretted that some of the Flemish demands were caricatured. Pro-independence politicians such as Filip Dewinter and Bart De Wever didn't hide their approval of the fake news report. Several politicians have criticized the method used by the RTBF, and expect that this will reflect badly on the credibility and reputation of the channel. The usual RTBF news studio and anchorman were used to make the fictional report.

The incident is headline news in Belgium. The report comes at a time of a growing discussion on the topic of granting Flanders more independence from Belgium, one year before the elections in Belgium. Only last week, the pro-Flemish political parties CD&V and NVA announced that they would demand a major constitutional change during the next federal negotiations.


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Welcome to my userpage!

To know more about me, you can visit my English Wikipedia user page. Basically, I'm a 7th year medical student from Leuven, Belgium. I came from Wikipedia after I met the friendly Wikinews community and decided that it could use more improvement than Wikipedia. Recently, my attention has shifted back to Wikipedia, were I recently became an administrator.

Here on WikiNews, I became an admin on October 17, 2006 and an accredited reporter on March 4, 2007. I took up citizen journalism and photojournalism as a hobby and also joined the Belgian chapter of Indymedia.

I'm currently busy studying and working to become a medical doctor, but if you need me I'll be glad to help out.

grtz, Steven Fruitsmaak

Some of my work

I currently wrote 100 articles, and I'm also proud of my edits in the others listed on my braglist. The newest story I wrote is:
 * February 12, 2009: Fake impotence drugs linked to low blood sugar outbreak

I'm especially proud of my article Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium, which is a featured article on this site, and of my interviews with World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau and Reggie Bibbs, who campaigns on neurofibromatosis.

You can also consult my edit count (over 3300 in main, over 7000 in total; although Interiot seems to have a different idea :-p).

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Talk:The results of the Antiquorum's auction of vintage and modern timepieces

'Antiquorum proved to be one of the best auction houses for watches and clocks' - doesn't sound very neutral to me. Also, does 'Not less than 396 timepieces' actually mean exactly 396? 81.98.39.243 20:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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Talk:World War II veteran regains use of second eye after freak accident

Confusing article
This is a very confusing article. Did the WWII veteran regain his eyesight a couple months ago? Is so, then how did this make news months later?? It just does not make any sense to me. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   21:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


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Stephen Hawking concludes visit to Israel and Palestine

December 14, 2006 Professor Stephen Hawking today concluded his eight-day visit to Israel and Palestine. The visit was organised by the British Embassy and the British Council. The world-famous scientist and best-selling author of A Brief History of Time embodies the UK's scientific excellence and his visit has promoted Britain as the international partner of choice in science and technology collaboration.

Professor Hawking met with teenage scientists in an event organised by the British Council at the Bloomfield Museum of Science in Jerusalem on Sunday 10 December. Also on that day, Professor Hawking met the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert.

This evening, December 14, Professor Hawking gave a public lecture to over 1,000 people at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "The Origin Of the Universe."

In between he met other Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and gave them courage.

He also visited the Jewish/Arab joint village of Neve Shalom/Wāĥat as-Salām, Tel Aviv University, Weizmann Institute of Science and the Birzeit University in Ramallah (in Palestine).


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I covered this visit to several hebrew publication. i send here a short summery in english. Avibliz 22:20, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


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Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71

December 14, 2006

American actor Peter Boyle, well known for his "Holy Crap!" role on Everybody Loves Raymond, died Tuesday from Bone marrow cancer at the age of 71 at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York. He suffered from bone marrow cancer and heart disease.

Boyle suffered a stroke in 1990. He also had a heart attack while taping an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond in 1999.

Boyle played the character Frank Barone, who is the father of Ray Barone (played by Ray Romano), on  Everybody Loves Raymond. The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2005.

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it wasn t a documentary but rather a breaking news piece. the presenter was the regular news presenter, who would have most likely intervened if something serious had happened. the format was also more like a news piece, with journalists intervening from the field, and guests in the studios.

the title should thus be changed

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Holy Crap! I am saddend by Boyles death. He was a great actor on Everybody Loves Raymond. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   01:03, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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Ed Stelmach sworn in as new Alberta premier

December 15, 2006

Ed Stelmach was officially sworn in as the 13th Premier of Alberta Thursday. He was officially sworn in by Lt. Gov. Norman Kwong in a public ceremony at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton, Alberta's capital.

"Alberta is in an enviable position," Stelmach said. "We have the means to build a strong province and future."

Born and raised in Lamont County, Alberta, the 55-year-old Ukrainian farmer grew up on a farm as the youngest of five children. He raised his four children on the farm his grandfather established in Alberta. Stelmach was elected leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party on December 3, 2006.

Stelmach replaced former Alberta premier Ralph Klein, who was Alberta's premier since 1992 and former Mayor of Calgary. "I have the greatest respect for my predecessor, Ralph Klein," Stelmach said to the crowd of about 1,000 people. "For all that he has done for me as a member of his team, for the government, and for all Albertans."

"What Albertans can expect from me is to keep my word and to keep an open mind. And I promise an open, inclusive Alberta government that puts Albertans first. A government for all Albertans, both urban and rural, young and old, north and south," he said.

Due to Alberta being a major producer of oil and natural gas, it allowed Klein to get rid of the $23-billion debt.

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Hi! Interesting article. Is this original reporting of yours, or did you gather the quotes and other information from existing published reports? -Edbrown05 05:52, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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If you have any questions about my edits or Gamefaqs post here

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User:Terinjokes/Interviewees

The following is a list of people I am interested in interviewing, either independently or actively in the Wikinews IRC. As always, comments and farther suggestions are welcome.

Al Gore
Who: Al Gore is a former was a sentor from 1984 until he was elected Vice President (under Bill Clinton) in 1992 (then re-elected in 1996) and probably best known for his lost in the disputed 2000 Presidental Elections. After the Bush administration took over power in 2000, he has devoted his time to forwarning people about global warming. He did not created the internet inclusively, he simply took initiative in creating the Internet during his time serving in Congress. Why: I would like to interview Al Gore in concern to 'An Inconvenient Truth'. After the hurricanes of the last few years, and my devoted reporting of them, I am interested in the reasons some science concludes to be behind them.

Wikinews Community Discussion

 * Also All the recent storms in BC too. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:208.183.105.11

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Four dead, more than a million in U.S. without power after Pacific Northwest storm

December 15, 2006

High winds and heavy rains have left 4 people dead, and much of the Seattle, Washington area is without electrical power. A number of large trees have been downed and heavy rains have caused minor flooding in many areas of the city. According to first-hand reports as many as 1 million people and several large organizations such as Microsoft are without power this morning.

Flood, storm, and strong wind watches were in effect last night as a rare thunderstorm system moved into the Pacific Northwest region, hitting areas from Seattle to Portland with high winds and heavy rains. Interstate 5 through Seattle was closed at its intersection with Mercer Street due to standing water. The State Route 520 floating bridge, a major conduit across Lake Washington to the technology-rich Eastside was closed and its drawspan opened to protect it from storm damage well into Friday. Local roads throughout the region were strewn with debris, especially evergreen branches and leaves. Authorities advised people to stay off the roads.

Four deaths were reported in connection with the storm as of Friday. A Seattle woman died in the basement of her home after floodwaters caused the basement door to close and jam shut. Two others died in outlying areas after tall Northwest evergreens fell on their vehicles, and a man in Grays Harbor, near the Pacific coast, died in his sleep after a tree fell on his mobile home. KOMO news reported a caller saying a 100-foot evergreen had fallen into his house.

Downed trees and high winds also brought down powerlines throughout Western Washington. Seattle City Light, the municipal electric utility for the city, reported a peak of 175,000 customers without power, most in the north and south ends of the city, as well as the east edge of town and the Green Lake area.

Puget Sound Energy, the electric utility for much of the Seattle metro area, reported 700,000 customers (over 66%) without power, with the area around Seattle the worst hit. PSE, which had already enlisted additional powerline workers from neighboring states, did not send crews out until mid Friday morning due to continued high winds. Estimates for power restoration were anywhere from a few days to over a week. Island County, at the mouth of Puget Sound, was completely without power.

Schools in Seattle and throughout its suburbs were closed Friday, many due to power outages. The city of Mercer Island, connected to the mainland only by Interstate 90, is reportedly inaccessible.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer failed to print due to power failures at the printing facility, which had redundant power feeds from both the Seattle utility as well as PSE. It is the first time in 70 years that the paper has not been printed. The Seattle Times, a competing paper under a joint operating agreement, managed to print only 13,000 copies of its regular circulation of over 200,000. The papers located alternate facilities to print a reduced version of their Saturday editions, and their joint Sunday issue was also expected to be reduced.

At Sea-Tac Airport, three terminals were shut down overnight due to the storm. Concourse A and the South Satellite terminal lost power, and a blown-out window caused Concourse C to also close. All terminals were back in working order by midday Friday. Many flights were delayed or cancelled. Likewise, in Oregon, Portland International Airport reported at least 40 flights cancelled. At Seattle's Boeing Field, winds flipped a private plane over, colliding with another plane.

The Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers football game was delayed 15 minutes. A pre-game power surge temporarily took the Qwest Field's video displays offline. The gridiron was plagued by standing water, as the stadium's loudspeakers played "Who'll Stop The Rain?" shortly before kickoff.

Thursday night's storm comes after a previous regional storm in the Seattle area earlier in the week, in which trees in a few Seattle suburbs fell onto roads, powerlines, and two school buses. In those incidents no one was hurt, and there were a few spotty power outages.

This is the second serious storm to hit the Northwest since Thanksgiving, In late November, record-setting snowfall had a similar disabling effect on the region.


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Talk:Four dead, more than a million in U.S. without power after Pacific Northwest storm

Source: "PD" A Seattle resident and Microsoft employee interviewed via IM Source: "JC" A Seattle resident and Microsoft employee interviewed by SMS --Bschorr 17:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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Inaccurate headline
This headline, "Four dead, most without power in Washington, US after Northwest storm," is wildly inaccurate. By no definition of most can this be true. There are almost 6 million people in the state and at most around 1 million without power. 24.20.181.30 08:00, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:74.69.245.148

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 * It's nice to see anons contributing constructivly on Wikinews! Happy editing! — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 18:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Articles
Please do not create numerous articles to which you are not going to substantially contribute too as many writers may not edit them and they coluld be deleted. Also please find sources for your articles. DragonFire1024 19:06, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Articles
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could you help me?

 * Yes, how can I help you? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 19:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * with my articles?

 * Yes, I can help you. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 19:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * thank you could cleanup my articles?

 * Yes. But why don't you want to write more content to your articles? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 19:41, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I like stubs so they can grow.

 * Not everyone on Wikinews is interested in one subject. Mabie you can write larger articles so that they can be on the main page! — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 19:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Please try to write articles that are about three paragraphs long or shorter. I am happy to help you with your articles. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 19:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Copy and pasting
Hello! Please refrain from copying and pasting content directly from other articles. It is considered a form of copyright infringement and it has to be deleted immediately. ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  19:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

stub articles
hi, thanks for contributing to Wikinews. i do have one suggestion, instead of creating several stub articles, many of which have not been picked up by other editors, u can add to the list of proposed articles in the Newsroom. better still, u cld develop the stubs urself until they become a reasonable-length article. best, — Doldrums(talk) 14:45, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

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South Korea says North Korea will test more nuclear bombs

December 15, 2006

South Korea has warned, in a letter to its military, that North Korea may test at least "two or three" more nuclear bombs if they feel that they have been "provoked."

"We have to be thoroughly prepared to counter the possibility of a second or third nuclear test by North Korea and a possible hostile act by it in the process of negotiations over its nuclear weapons program," said Kim Jang Soo, the South Korean Defense Minister in a letter addressed to their military. At least 130 commanders of South Korea's military held a special meeting before sending out the letter to the rest of the military personnel.

Six-party talks regarding North Korea's nuclear program are set to resume next week on Monday, December 18, 2006.

The letter also says that North Korea may try to "provoke [the South Korean's]" ahead the six-party talks and Soo has asked the military to be prepared for such an act and also warned that a nuclear strike is not off the table.

"[We have] a clear contingency plan against North Korea's nuclear threat ... by strengthening our monitoring and intelligence, our ability to conduct precision strikes and our nuclear defense," said Soo on Wednesday while reading from a 2007 report on South Korea's top priorities on policy.


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User talk:87.1.230.21

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User talk:65.203.234.66

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User talk:KeithTyler

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image upload tips
Just wanted to say thanks for uploading images. I also wanted to mention a couple things to remeber when uploading images. First, Please say in the image summary, what its copyright status is. The last image you uploaded was CC-BY-NC-ND (Creative commons, attributation non-commercial, no deritives). Images without copyright info might get deleted (depending on how lazy the person who sees it it. I'm not that lazy so I looked on the source you specified and found the info, but technically Images without copyright info can be deleted on sight. See WN:IUP and WN:FU for more info on that). Second, this is a minnor point, but in future if you could give more descriptive names, that would be great. Its a lot easier to remember, for example: image:Person_eating_pie.jpg, then image:103789174_4123798432_5.jpg. Other then that, Your doing great. happy editing and welcome to wikinews. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

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Court of Appeal upholds Ontario's talks with Caledonia

December 15, 2006

The Ontario Court of Appeal yesterday has reaffirmed Ontario's right to negotiate with Six Nations protesters on the disputed Douglas Creek Estates, a housing development, which was bought by the province, in Caledonia, Ontario.

The decision says that the attorney general and the OPP will decide if new proceedings will be launched against the protesters. The court decision also allows the protesters to continue occuping the land. It said Six Nations protesters are no longer occupying the land illegally because the Ontario government now owns the land and will let protesters continue, and that talks with both levels of government have "restored a measure of peace to the community."

"Ontario is content to permit the peaceful occupation of its property," the decision reads. "It has the right to do so. As a property owner it has the right to use its own land as it sees fit."

Caledonia Mayor Marie Trainer said the decision shows that aboriginals are above the law. Mayor Trainer also said that she hoped the court of appeal would upheld a lower court order to halt negotiations with the province and federal government until protesters cleared the disputed land.

"It shows two rules of law -- you and I couldn't stay there illegally but they [the aboriginals] apparently can. That's what's irritating for everyone," Trainer said. "It's frustrating, especially when it's illegal."

Premier Dalton McGuinty said he was glad that the court reaffirmed the province's right to continue talks with protesters. He also added that the dispute is a federal issue.

"We are now waiting for the federal government to bring a substantive proposal to the table that would involve a number of aspects related to this land claim, including the use of this specific parcel," McGuinty said.

The Caledonia land dispute has been going on since February 28 and still has not been resolved. The native protesters occupied the Douglas Creek Estates, southwest of Hamilton, saying that the property belongs to them.


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Allegations New Zealand prison guards accept bribes from prisoners

December 16, 2006

The New Zealand Department of Corrections is currently investigating allegations at the Rimutaka prison in Wellington, New Zealand. The prison guards have allegedly accepted monetary bribes from prisoners in exchange for drugs and cellphones.

Two former officers, Ingrid and Mark Rijniers, have handed over a collection of documents on their encounters while working at Rimutaka prison. The pair, who were transferred from Holland, claim that Rimutaka prison is run by gang members who dominate the prison guards. They also claim that if the gang members don't get what they want they will intimidate and threaten the guards with their lives. However, Ingrid Rijniers is refusing to co-operate with the department because they refused to give her the money to return to Holland.

The New Zealand Corrections Department says it is taking these claims seriously but has not yet found sufficient evidence to back up the claims.

Simon Power, justice and corrections spokesman for the National party, said that the allegations are appalling and reflect heavily on the Corrections Department. Mr Powers said that Barry Matthews, chief executive of the Department of Corrections, does not know what is happening in his prisons. "That means the Minister, Damien O'Connor, will be equally clueless."

Twelve percent of 1,043 prisoners who were tested for drugs from the start of this year until June, tested positive for drugs. Most of the drugs taken was marijuana while fourteen tested positive for "P". In addition, a teenage prisoner, Liam Ashley, was recently strangled to death in a prison van by a much older adult prisoner. Mr Power said that with all these new claims emerging, Mr O'Conner should resign as the minister of corrections.


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HP France in trouble due to alleged monopolist behavior

December 16, 2006 Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest information technology corporation, is in trouble in France due to alleged monopolist behavior.

In France and abroad, the corporation commonly bundles its PCs with Microsoft's Windows operating system, without giving the consumer the choice of an alternative operating system, such as the 'free' operating system GNU/Linux.

Union Fédérale des Consommateurs-Que Choisir, a French consumer group, along with two French retailers, sued HP, alleging that it was violating a French law that prohibits linking the functionality of a product to another product. The group insisted:
 * that the consumers should be allowed to be able to buy "barebones" computers without any pre-installed software and / or operating systems,
 * and that the consumers should be allowed make the choice of the software which they wish to install by buying them separately.

The legal affairs director of HP France responded by stating that a PC without Microsoft Windows is not a product because it does not work.

In the meantime, Microsoft is in trouble in Europe due to the anti-trust laws of the European Union. On July 12, 2006, EU announced a 280.5 million euro fine against Microsoft and threatened new penalties of 3 million euros ($3.82 million) a day beginning July 31.


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Toronto team-led research on Type 1 Diabetes 'groundbreaking'

December 16, 2006

A Toronto team of scientists have discovered a trigger for Type 1 diabetes, a breakthrough that could lead to the overall prevention of the common disease.

The team discovered that abnormal nerve endings in the pancreas' insulin-producing cells (Islets of Langerhan) initiated a chain reaction that caused Type 1 diabetes in lab mice. However, when they removed the nerve cells, the mice did not develop the disorder.

According to Dr. Hans Michael Dosch, a senior scientist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and the study's lead investigator, this indicates the diabetes may be a disease of the nervous system, not just an autoimmune disease.

Traditionally, research has primarily been concentrated on the immune system and the reasons why it attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, which are grouped in islets.

But Dosch, working alongside colleagues at Sick Kids, the University of Calgary in Alberta and Maine's Jackson Laboratory, identified a control circuit between islet cells and their associated sensory nerves.

Disruption of this circuit led to inflammation around the islets and eventually to their destruction. Without these cells, the mice were unable to produce insulin.

"This control circuit is the real cause of diabetes," Dosch said.

Experts agree the findings, reported yesterday in the journal Cell, will dramatically change the foundations of diabetes research.

"It really is a breakthrough for the diabetes community," said Pam Ohashi, a professor of immunology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research.

Dosch plans to move quickly in transferring his tests on lab mice to human subjects. He plans to launch a clinical trial in January to figure out if human patients who have a high risk of Type 1 diabetes have the same sensory nerve abnormalities displayed by the mice.

"If they do, then we have fantastic new therapeutic strategies," said Dosch, who is also a professor of pediatrics and immunology at U of T (University of Toronto).

Michelle Wing knows the toll diabetes takes on a family. Her 8-year-old daughter Marielle has the disorder, and her two young sons, ages 4 and 18 months, are considered high risk for developing it. Diabetes runs every aspect of their lives, she said, explaining how the family is bound by an extensive and relentless routine of blood tests, insulin injections and strict meal times. Dosch plans to invite the family to participate in the clinical trial.

Wing said she was moved to tears when she learned that researchers may have found a way to one day prevent Type 1 diabetes.

"Seeing what Marielle goes through every day of her life, to prevent other children from going through that," Wing said. "To prevent other parents in the middle of the night worrying their child will go into a diabetic coma," she mused. "It's fantastic that there could be a prevention of this for other children."

More than 200,000 Canadians suffer from Type 1 diabetes, which mostly develops in childhood or in the teen years. It is not to be confused with the more common Type 2 diabetes, where the body doesn't make enough insulin or use the existing insulin efficiently.

Insulin is a hormone produced by the islet cells that stabilizes blood sugar levels in the body. Sufferers of Type 1 diabetes have to take regimented daily insulin injections and continuously monitor their blood sugars. The injections are not a cure, and many patients still develop side-effects of the disease like stroke, blindness, heart attack, and kidney failure.

More research will be put in motion quickly to see if the same treatment applied to the lab mice will be effective in humans for preventing Type 1 diabetes, or better still, if it will shed new light on treatment methods for Type 2 sufferers, according to Dosch.

Also, in a surprising twist, the researchers also found that injecting substance P, a chemical secreted by nerve cells, into the mice who had damaged or inflamed islet cells, not only eliminated the inflammation process, but reversed it.

"The blood glucose normalizes overnight and it stays low for weeks to months — this is with a single shot," Dosch said.

"We now have 4-month-old mice that are non-diabetic that used to be diabetic," he added. Dr. Ehud Ur, professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and chair of the clinical and scientific division of the Canadian Diabetes Association cautioned that the research is still in its early days. Like some other experts, he is skeptical about whether diabetes can be cured, noting that these findings have no relevance to people who already have Type 1 diabetes.

"We have a whole new target for therapy," he said. "It's always been the pancreas or the immune system. Now we have a new player."

Still, he knows that the discovery of nerves controlling pancreatic functions is a major step towards developing more efficient treatment for the millions affected worldwide.


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Thinking to unpublish?
Rather than unpublishing, please add a comment here as to what to fix, or better yet, just drop a brief note to towsonu2003 at gmail dot com. If you can't help but unpublish it, you need to please add a reason here in the discussion page so we can fix it :)

PS. The quotes from his speech are translated by myself from French to English from the UFC's website. Towsonu2003 02:37, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Townsonu, unpublishing is common practice. If someone unpublishes instead of fixes it, that means they're just lazy. Maybe you could fix it for them. :) ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  02:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I just put this notice to every article I publish (even when I don't write them), because when an article is unpublished without a comment to the discussion page, I take it as censorship. This notice is just to remind everyone that if they end up unpublishing, they need to let everyone know why :) Towsonu2003 02:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)