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Coverage of the 80th Academy Awards

February 24, 2008

Tonight, many of the year's most critically acclaimed films vie for Oscars, including Best Picture nominees There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Juno, Michael Clayton, and Atonement.

Among the favorites are No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, each with 8 nominations, and Atonement and Michael Clayton, each with 7 nominations. All four films are nominees for the Best Picture award, along with breakout hit Juno.

The telecast finished tonight, in eastern standard time; it often goes past midnight.

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Best Picture
 * Atonement
 * Juno
 * Michael Clayton
 * No Country for Old Men
 * There Will Be Blood

Best Director
 * Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
 * Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
 * Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
 * Jason Reitman, Juno
 * Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Actor
 * George Clooney, Michael Clayton
 * Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
 * Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
 * Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
 * Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best Actress
 * Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
 * Julie Christie, Away from Her
 * Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
 * Laura Linney, The Savages
 * Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor
 * Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
 * Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
 * Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
 * Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
 * Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
 * Ruby Dee, American Gangster
 * Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
 * Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
 * Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
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Europeans sweep top actor honors at 80th Academy Awards

February 24, 2008

As English-Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis took home his second Oscar for his leading role as a mean early oil enterpreneur in the motion picture There Will Be Blood, the top four honors for acting were swept away by European actors.

Earlier in the evening, Best Supporting Actress went to British actress Tilda Swinton, won for her portrayal of Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton. Spaniard Javier Bardem took Best Supporting Actor for his role of psychotic killer Anton Chigurh in ''No Country for Old Men.

French actress Marion Cotillard took the Best Actress award for her commanding performance of French chanteuse Edith Piaf in the French film, La Vie En Rose, the first time for an actress in a French language film.

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Comments:Open software developers meet at FOSDEM 2008

Can You tell me that what this all free software community is for.. Are you looking for common people or just going to make a community of geeks fighting with MICROSOFT just because of the money made by him.

What you open source people do.... You just do the same as any propreitory software vendor. They take the money first and then provide you with software with support. And you first provide a software which always begs for you people support and then charge more than handsome amount of money for it. WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

You provide the source code and free download of softwares of non user freindly softwares. They are completely bug filled and you claim is as best one.One or two ( like MOZILLA) are only worth downloading. Atleast if properietry takes money they give you matter worth it ( leaving few exceptions which count to the same number as open source good product)

There is nothing like revolution in open source.There is nothing in it for common non geeky people of world. Like everybody in the world cant be a DOCTOR, same is for computer geek. Its just a way to revolutionose market in their favour, just for capitalising market and making money. Since they couldnot beat the MICROSOFT in its way so they are just blaming microsoft to earn money. Nothing else than cheap GUTTER marketting technique. If not like this WHY don't you are start providing support for LINUX server for free??? Why dont you target the meaty market of APPLE users????

Dear the mantra of free software is good but its the double standards of catching ear the other way around that make me feel pity on you all???

PROPRIETRY SOFTWARE IS WRONG THING BUT YOU ALL MASKED OPEN SOURCE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING WITH EMOTIONS AND CRUEL ONE'S.

JUST TELL ME ONE THING THAT WHAT A NON GEEKY PERSON WILL DO OF SOURCE CODE?????

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Stan Lai: Volunteers will play the greatest key role at 2009 Summer Deaflympics

February 27, 2008

Today in a press conference at Taipei City Hall, the Organizing Committee of 2009 Summer Deaflympics recently recruited a famous Taiwanese theater director Stan Sheng-chuan Lai as the Art Director of 2009 Summer Deaflympics. According to the officials, the opening, closing, and several on-site programs will be arranged by Stan Lai after his participation. "The ability of sign language is required for everyone at any Deaflympics or world-class games related to deaf athletes, that's everyone who knows. But on the other hand, it's a great opportunity for Taipei City Government to showcase creations and cultures and to promote deaf culture since the Government won the bidding to hold the 2009 [Summer] Deaflympics. Besides of professional ability, I think that volunteers from every industry will play a great role to determine the image and result of this game [2009 Summer Deaflympics]," said Stan Lai.

With his participation, the sports and culture industries in Taiwan will make a great combination at 2009 Summer Deaflympics even before its beginning at September 2009.


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I fully participated this press conference, and I confirmed Stan's addressment at this conference. But I think his words should be ever spoken by others? Brock contact... 14:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


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Wladimir Klitschko unifies IBF, WBO heavyweight titles

February 27, 2008

Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko began his quest to unify the heavyweight boxing titles Saturday night. The IBF Heavyweight Champion defeated Russian WBO Heavyweight Champion, Sultan Ibragimov, by unanimous decision in the main event of a boxing card at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Many of the spectators were disappointed by the conservative boxing mechanics used by both Klitschko and the Russian Ibragimov. But the decision was clearly in the Ukrainian's favor, as the scorecards read 119-110, 118-110 and 117-111 in his favor.

It was Ibragimov's first defeat, bringing his record to 22-1-1 with 17 KO's. Klitschko is now 50-3 with 44 KO's.

While Klitschko looks forward to vying for the WBA and WBC titles, held by Uzbekistani Ruslan Chagaev and Russian Oleg Maskaev, respectively, his next fight will be against Aleksandr Povetkin in an IBF-mandated title defense. Chagaev's next fight is against Luan Krasinqi. Maskaev next fights Samuel Peter, with the winner facing Wladimir's brother, Vitali Klitschko.


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2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition: Different creations at Comic Hall

February 25, 2008

Since the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition, which ended recently, made several significant differences this year, the arrangements of Comic Hall (TWTC Hall 2, a.k.a Comic Pavilion) showcased its differences with "different style reading style" and "growth of reading population".

Cosplay Competition, a stage for comic readers and gamers
After several good reactions from comic, game, and culture industries at the 1st holding last year, the organizer (TBFF) decided to hold this competition again this year. Comparison to last year, the competition level was apparently improved with participants' performances. Due to this factor, the juries got a damn headache to decide "who the champion will be".

According to the official data, participated cosplayers and teams preferred to dress as some characters from Japanese Anime and Games like Naruto, Death Note, Bleach, and Haruhi Suzumiya, or to dress as some glove puppetry characters. In this competition, it showed a summary of the multiple comic and game culture and a steady population from comic and game readers.

Different reading senses with combination from different elements
Since the "Quality of Reading" was promoted by government officials, academical and medical professionals after the "Spiritual Books Area" set from 2003, it was progressively respected by the public after several changes from people's lifestyle like food, living, clothing, and reading.

With a great change of life quality, some hi-end recording companies like Jingo Records, Wind Records, and Welchan Music, tried to make their stages to promote several easy-listening music CDs at this exhibition. By the way, to change the public's mind on the Comic Hall, the TBFF decided to hold two "Starry Night" seminars focused on wine-tasting and classical music. Those two seminars attracted several music and wine fans participating in.

With fans' participation and new designs on the Comic Hall, the TBFF successfully turned the public image of Comic Hall from "a simple hall with signing events and consuming" to "a mixed hall with reading senses" this year.


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Last but not least, I think a varied changes of Comic Hall visited by me should be arranged with a summary article. Even though some combination and translation from Chinese version.

Notice: Comic Hall is the official name by TBFF at the exhibition, so do not change uppercase to lowercase.

But still, the Comic Hall was differ than past years. Should I upload other unannounced pictures to Commons for a completion? Brock contact... 16:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


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Oscar's after parties include Children Uniting Nations

February 25, 2008

Last night's Academy Award-themed parties around Los Angeles included the 9th annual Billboard Magazine-Children Uniting Nations bash.

Musical entertainment at the party was provided by Jil Airgot, the voice of Edith Piaf in the Oscar nominated Film La Vie En Rose, DMX, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels from Run-D.M.C., Doug E. Fresh, popular salsa musician Sirak Baloyan, DJ Spinderella, Cisco, and Tiffany.

Actor Ice-T, author David Pelzer, and football player Nnamdi Asomugha received the night's "Angel Award", presented by the charitable foundation.

Scheduled to attend were stars like Eva Longoria, Marion Cotillard, Joel & Benji Madden, Wesley Snipes, Jane Seymour & James Keach, Ali Landry, Slash, Tracey Edmonds, James Denton, David Boreanaz, Evan Handler, Drew Lachey, Anthony Anderson, Martin Landau, King Adamte of Ghana, Princess Haya from Dubai, Princess Dalal Al Saud, the First Lady of Uganda, General Romeo Dallaire, Buzz Aldrin, Christian de la Fuente, Miss USA Rachel Smith, Steve Guttenberg, Marilu Henner, Doug E. Fresh, Gary Busey, David Carradine, Omarosa, Tommy Davidson, Tom Arnold, Joan van Ark, Eddie Steeples, Emma Stone, Patricia Kara, Three Six Mafia, Chamillionaire, Jared Padelecki, and Kevin Sorbo.

Dancing with the Stars dancers Cheryl Burke and Julianne Hough were also present.

The event was photographed for Wikinews by professional photographer Jessica Pinney.


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Most of the information was retrieved from Wikipedia articles, except for what I got from my own watching of the U.S. Academy Awards on ABC last night. I came to my own conclusion about the complete European-ness of the four top honors. Thanks. Cary Bass - (talk) 18:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


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Robert Boyle wins Honorary Oscar for his art direction career

February 25, 2008 American art director and production designer Robert F. Boyle was honoured last night at the Academy Awards.

Hired as an extra in films during the Great Depression, the young architect became a draftsman at Paramount Studios, moving on to become a sketch artist and assistant art director, before becoming a full-fledged art director in the early 1940s, at Universal Studios.

His credits include Alfred Hitchcock films Saboteur (1942), North by Northwest (1959), and The Birds (1963). Other films to his credit include The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Gaily, Gaily (1969), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and The Shootist (1976).

The Oscar-nominated documentary short The Man on Lincoln's Nose (2000) chronicles his career, which includes the 1997 Art Directors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award and four Oscar nominations.

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Oh, thank you all for being here today.

That's the good part of getting old. I don't recommend the other.

It's not possible for me to express my appreciation to the countless people who helped me on this great trip, this wonderful journey of being in the movies.

But I can thank the members of the Board of Governors of the Academy and to Nicole Kidman who so graciously introduced me.

I would like to remember some of the old folk, like Hans Dreier who took a chance and gave me my first job in the movies, and to "Hitch" who also took a chance and gave me my first big film. And I also would like to remember that Hitch introduced me to the screenwriter Bess Taffel, who became my wife and my companion throughout this wonderful journey. I also would like to thank my children and grandchildren who supported me with their love and support, thank them.

To Norman Jewison who made moviemaking fun and much laughter while dealing with real subjects. And to Don Siegel, who cut to the chase and gave us truth.

And with all of these, there was my beginning at the USC School of Architecture and my great colleagues in the Art Directors Guild who supported me, and, finally, to Jean Firstenberg who introduced me to the American Film Institute and the opportunity to give back to the next generation of storytellers.

Since I've been around here for almost a century, I've noted a lot of conflicts, but there was one bright image in this whole life of ours, and that was the arts, and particularly the art of the moviemakers, of the moving image that we all love.

So I have, I have had the good fortune to be a part of this and I thank you all for being there for me. Thank you.


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Song by indie artists, used in small movie, wins Oscar

February 25, 2008 One of last night's surprise wins at the 80th Academy Awards was Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová winning the Best Original Song Oscar.

The song "Falling Slowly" is from the 2006 film Once, which also co-stars Hansard and Irglová.

The favorite in the category was Enchanted, a Disney film which received nominations for "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", and "So Close". Also nominated was "Raise It Up" from August Rush.

The soundtrack received a Grammy nomination in 2008.

Irglová was cut off by music, when stepping up to the microphone to speak. She was given a second chance to speak after the next commercial break, and was introduced onto the stage by host Jon Stewart.

For some time, the song's eligibility for an Oscar was in dispute, as it had appeared on a 2006 CD issued by Hansard's band, The Frames, and it had been performed by the couple in various European venues. The Academy ruled that because the song had been composed for the movie, and the prior public exposure during the long period that the movie took to produce had been minimal, it remained eligible.

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Glen Hansard Thanks! This is amazing. What are we doing here? This is mad. We made this film two years ago. We shot on two Handycams. It took us three weeks to make. We made it for a hundred grand. We never thought we would come into a room like this and be in front of you people. It's been an amazing thing. Thanks for taking this film seriously, all of you. It means a lot to us. Thanks to the Academy, thanks to all the people who've helped us, they know who they are, we don't need to say them. This is amazing. Make art. Make art. Thanks.

Markéta Irglová Hi everyone. I just want to thank you so much. This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we're standing here tonight, the fact that we're able to hold this, it's just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it's possible. And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don't give up. And this song was written from a perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are. And so thank you so much, who helped us along way. Thank you.


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Remains of a child discovered in Jersey care home

February 25, 2008 Parts of a body belonging to a child have been discovered at the Haut de la Garenne in Saint Martin, Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.

The Victorian building, which was originally built as a children's care home and is now a youth hostel, has been under investigation recently as part of an inquiry into child abuse which occurred during the 1960s. The investigation has now been refocused with the aim to excavate further the grounds of the building, under the command of a specialist team from the UK who will use ground scanners and sniffer dogs to detect any other possible remains. The body is believed to date from the early 1980s though further information about the identity of the child has not yet been released. The remains were found buried underneath a concrete floor inside the building. Today, the Guardian newspaper revealed that there are fears of a possible six further bodies buried on the site.

"There could be six, but it could be higher than that," according to lead investigator Lenny Harper, who further said, "Allegations range from physical assaults right through to rape. It is difficult to envisage more horrific crimes than some of those that are alleged to have been carried out here."

A helpline set up to find more information about alleged child abuse at the Haut de la Garenne and Jersey Sea Scouts has garnered a total of 140 contacts, made up of those claiming to be witnesses or victims to the crimes. The information gathered from the telephone inquiry triggered the search of the grounds.


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Several large earthquakes shake Indonesia

February 25, 2008 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), several large earthquakes have shaken Indonesia with the largest having a magnitude of 7.0.

The most recent quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and struck at 4:02 a.m. local time February 26, 150 kilometers (94 miles) south, southwest of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. The depth registered at 35 km (21.7 miles). The USGS earlier reported it as a 6.9.

The largest and first had a magnitude of 7.0 and occurred just over a half hour before. It was located 160 miles from Padang. The USGS initially reported the quake as a magnitude 7.2.

The 7.0 quake caused the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue a local tsunami bulletin stating that small waves were generated with larger ones close to the quake's epicenter.

A half dozen smaller quakes ranging from 5.0 to 6.0 have occurred in the same area since February 24.

So far, there are no reports of damage or injuries in any of the quakes.


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National Hockey League news: February 26, 2008

February 26, 2008

There were 2 games played in the National Hockey League on February 25, 2008.

Philadelphia Flyers @ Buffalo Sabres
Jesse Boulerice made his return to the Flyers lineup after a 25 game suspension for cross checking Vancouver Canucks center Ryan Kesler in the head on October 10, 2007. Derek Roy started the scoring for Buffalo to give them a 1-0 lead. Clarke MacArthur scored 11 seconds later to give the Sabres a 2-0 lead. Jason Pominville gave the Sabres a three goal lead over the Flyers 14:16 into the first period. A goal by Jeff Carter put Philadelphia on the board 17 seconds later. Scott Hartnell scored to make it a one goal game going into the first intermission. The score stayed that way until R.J. Umberger beat goaltender Ryan Miller to tie the score and send it to a shootout. Former Sabre Daniel Briere made the decisive shootout goal, giving the Flyers their first win since February 5.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Ottawa Senators
Mats Sundin scored the first goal of the game for Toronto, just a day after announcing he would not waive his no-trade clause. In the second period, Toronto lit the lamp 4 times. First, Darcy Tucker scored a power play goal. Then, Pavel Kubina scored his 6th goal of the season. Tucker scored his second power play goal of the night moments later. Dominic Moore scored to give the Leafs a 5 goal lead against the Senators. Matt Stajan and Tucker each had 3 points. Jason Blake had a pair of assists for Toronto as well. Vesa Toskala stopped all of Ottawa's 31 shots, and earned his third shutout.

Other news
Peter Forsberg signed a contract with the Colorado Avalanche to play the rest of this season. Forsberg played 12 seasons in the NHL, making his debut for the Quebec Nordiques in 1994, and stayed with the franchise for 8 seasons after they became the Avalanche in 1995.

Darren McCarty signed a 1 year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. McCarty played 11 seasons with the Wings, from 1993-2004, and most recently played for the Calgary Flames from 2005-2007.

Barret Jackman signed a 4 year contract extension with the St. Louis Blues. Jackman, a defenseman, has 8 points this season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning traded left winger Vaclav Prospal to Philadelphia in exchange for defenseman Alexandre Picard and a 2nd or 3rd round pick in the 2009 Entry Draft. Tampa Bay also signed defensemen Dan Boyle to a six-year contract extension.


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Video hosting website Stage6 to shut down

February 26, 2008 American corporation DivX, Inc. announced on Monday that it will shut its Stage6 website that hosts videos made by users. The shutdown will take effect on February 28, 2008 and is because the firm no longer have the resources to keep it online.

"Why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it’s really as simple as that," said Tom, who is also known as 'Spinner' in the statement on the website and an employee of DivX, Inc. the San Diego, California-based host of the webservice.

In October 2007, Universal Music Group filed a federal lawsuit against DivX, Inc. for copyright infringement after users posted hundreds of music videos on Stage6.

Chief Executive Kevin Hell said in a statement: "By no longer expending resources on Stage6, we sharpen our focus on creating a global standard for digital video."

Videos can no longer be uploaded, but will be able to be watched and downloaded until February 28. Stage6 made its debut in 2006. It hosted movie clips, television shows and music videos along with content made by the site's users in the popular DivX codec.


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Doesn't seem newsworthy. Imasleepviking - (talk) 02:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Armorize Technologies: Crimes use "Edison Chen's nude photos" as a web phishing tool

Hackers always use the current hot topics for phishing and in East Asia they can't find something better at the moment. People are searching for Edison Chen photos on web and visiting these malicious code distributing websites...this is a real good discovery by Armorize, and people should be very careful about visiting these websites coz if you get malicious code in your PC and your personal information is stolen...you might end-up becoming next Edison Chen...I am sure one must be having loads of personal data in their personal computer...but with little mistake, it might not be personal any more

Rahul, India

Armorize Technologies website is hacked
Corporate website of Armorize Technologies has been under attack for 4 days during the 2 week of February 2009. www.armorize.com is susceptible to Denial of service. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.165.30.122 (talk) 11:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:195.189.142.21

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. , welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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image credit Several large earthquakes shake Indonesia According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), several large earthquakes have shaken Indonesia with the largest having a magnitude of 7.0. The most recent of which had a magnitude of 6.4 and struck at 4:02 a.m. local time, February 26, 150 kilometers (94 miles) south, southwest of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. The depth registered at 35 km (21.7 miles). The USGS earlier reported it as a 6.9.  [ edit lead ] » Full story

Ralph Nader enters US presidential race Political activist Ralph Nader has launched an independent campaign for the U.S. presidency. Nader, who also ran for president in the previous three elections, made the announcement on NBC's television program Meet the Press. Many Democrats believe his campaign as a Green Party candidate in 2000 led to the election of George W. Bush by taking away potential votes for Al Gore.  [ edit lead ] » Full story

Interview: Drupal founder Dries Buytaert balances community and company interests In the year 2000, Dries Buytaert created Drupal, a freely licensed and open source tool to manage websites, as a bulletin board for his college dorm. Since Dries released the software and a community of thousands of volunteer developers have added and improved modules, Drupal has grown immensely popular. » Open software developers meet at FOSDEM 2008  [ edit lead ] » Full story Song by indie artists, used in small movie, wins Oscar One of last night's surprise wins at the 80th Academy Awards was Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová winning the Best Original Song Oscar. The song "Falling Slowly" is from the 2006 film Once, which also co-stars Hansard and Irglová.  [ edit lead ] » Full story {|{|cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" class="mainpagetable" style="clear:left;"
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Comments:Two pilots killed in head-on collision at Radom Air Show, Poland

It's so sad. Sorry to their families.


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George Bush meets with US governors

February 26, 2008 🇺🇸

George W. Bush has met today with the United States’ National Governors Association. Speaking in the White House after the meeting on Saturday, President Bush said, “I like to tell people I'm going to finish strong, and I want to work with you [governors] as I do so.”

He continued, “We share a responsibility to protect our country. I get briefed every morning about threats we face, and they're real.”

There has been debate recently about the Protect America Act, which was discussed in the meeting. Referring to the Act in a recent radio address, the President said, “The Senate passed a good bill that would have given our intelligence professionals the tools they need to keep us safe. But leaders in the House of Representatives blocked a House vote on the Senate bill, and then left on a 10-day recess.”

On Saturday, in the State Dining Room after the meeting, Bush alluded to the challenges facing the U.S. “This is a different kind of struggle than we've ever faced before. It's essential that we understand the mentality of these killers. And so therefore we worked with Congress to protect — pass the Protect America Act, which everybody knows has expired.”

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St.Louis Bloggers National Directory of Blogs.

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Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry

February 26, 2008

In New South Wales today, thousands of people joined a protest including 15 Labor Members of Parliament about the State Government's plans to privatise the electricity industry.

The MPs included Paul Gibson, Upper House president Peter Primrose, and former MPs Kerry Hickey and Grant McBride.

Mr Gibson was reported as saying, "I'm a member of the Australian Labor Party and I'm sticking to the Labor platform and policy."

The Government seems to have ignored the positions of the protesters, with Premier Morris Iemma expressing to the first sitting of Parliament for 2008 that his Government's plans would proceed.

Related instances in Tamworth occurred, when workers in the Electricity Trade Union walked off the job.


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User talk:Borgarde

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Brian McNeil / talk 09:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Humphozeee~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Brian McNeil / talk 09:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Copyright
Unfortunately you lifted too much from the PNN source which made the article a copyvio. I assume you've read all the sources, if you write the story again in your own words (yes, you can lift quotes from sources) I'll copyedit for style per the above links.

If you want to write it on the page where I've put the copyvio template leave that in and I will oversight the offending revision(s) [This means nobody can see them]. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Where's my article?
Thanks Brian! It was late and I was tired and thought the story important. What happened to the article so that I can edit it.
 * Click the history tab and look at an older revision, the text will still be there. This is why the actual page will normally eventually get deleted to hide the copyvio from all but administrators. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, and if you finish it off today put today's date on it instead of yesterday's. Then when it gets published it'll go at the top of the list on the main page. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:11, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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 Humphozeee. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Humphozeee~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 23:15, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 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) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:74.224.83.29

Hi there, welcome to wikinews. Just a heads up, edits to peoples user pages are generally reverted, as it is custom to only edit those pages if you are the user, or if you have permission from the user. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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Wikinews:Wikimania 2008

Introduction
This is a space to collaborate on presentation material, talks, and other aspects of Wikinews' involvement in Wikimania 2008.

Wikinews in action video
User:symode09 is proud of his video editing skills and a project to create a video to run at Wikimania 2008, or future events, has been proposed.

Brianmc suggested a stop-motion version of an article being created and running through to being archived. The article in question is Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide. This looks to be the project's most notable collaborative effort due to contributions being global in origins (rare for news) and being original reporting.

Storyboard

 * "This page does not exist", initial title (was in prep) shows up as if typed in.
 * First version of article.
 * Section addition. If does not fit on-screen scroll previous section to where addition made then show addition.
 * Repeat previous step until done with the following rules applied as each revision is shown.
 * If change of title, show the title change box, typing in of new title, then top of new version.
 * If photo(s) are added, zoom each out as if clicked on to open in new window, pause, close, and to top.
 * If video is added, zoom and play.

 * Comment: You may wish to work some of the mailing list stuff and User:Skenmy/APC into it. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:21, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Speeches
Ideas for speeches should be added to this section.

Insta-wiki, wiki 24/7

Wikinews for Wikipedians
In recent developments on Wikinews, we have seen an increase in contributors who are wiki-savvy from their experience on Wikipedia. Yet, due to Wikipedia being filled out they are finding less and less opportunity to create new articles, and more and more requirement to do Wikignome tasks such as grammar and spelling corrections. People get involved with both projects to fill a gap, but Wikinews always needs today's news so the gap can never be filled. Our community is waiting for these people from Wikipedia to fall down the rabbit hole and end up on Wikinews. Unless you are a Wikipedian who follows a TV series and posts the plot synopsis for each episode you are going to run out of scope for writing your own material; you are going to see less and less opportunity to see your own prose in print – or rather, on-screen. Wikinews? If you're watching the TV news, or reading the news online and find something that interests you, you just need to dig up a few sources and you're ready to roll with an article.

Wikinews is the ideal place to turn to when you want to scratch that article creation itch. We always need new articles. In 2006 the average daily article count for the project was only about 5-6 articles per day. At the beginning of 2008 that had risen to somewhere between 10 and 20 articles per day on the English language version. It starts to become worthwhile for people to visit the site daily, but we want so many that we have to redesign the main page again.

One of the oft-cited axioms of the site is "Wikinews is not Wikipedia". For a start, more main namespace articles on Wikinews are protected than those editable. We archive – or at least try to. There are rigorous guidelines for how to finalise an article; check for substantial changes in the form of "late" edits; fix spelling and grammar errors; check sources are correctly formatted, and when you have done all that, you add the archived template and apply full protection. Consequently, you might actually find it easier to get administrator status on our project than on Wikipedia. We value our archive; we are documenting history as it happens.

As is easy to infer from this, Wikinews constantly strives to have every article move at a much faster pace than your average Wikipedia article. We have deadlines. Facts do not cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. The opportunity to feel good from creating something is always going to exist on our project.

Taking the first steps
Having consulted with a few people who have made the jump from Wikipedia to Wikinews it seems they find Wikinews an easier project to contribute to. It certainly helps that it is a smaller community and it is possible to get to know everyone with a little effort. You can find out who the more conservative members of the community are and how to interact with them. You quickly learn who can give you advice and copyedit help, sourcing requirements are somewhat less stringent, and every article - at least for the time being - appears on the front page; that latter point is a huge incentive, if you pick the right story you're going to land a lead position on the front page without the huge amount of work that is required on Wikipedia to get to Featured status first. Okay, so we are not the eighth most visited site on the Internet, but we aim high. You are writing for a far smaller audience, but that audience expects us to hold ourselves to a high standard. We aim - in newspaper terms - to be a broadsheet as opposed to a tabloid.

Now, one of the things that confuses a lot of people who come over from Wikipedia is the exact "how" of our approach to documenting history. Wikipedians are used to spending time over a period of days, weeks, or even longer, digging up sources and expanding the article they are working on. Most articles on Wikinews have an urgency to them that means this is impractical. The project has rules preventing major edits days after publication, and at an age of seven days things should have concrete poured over them - that is, get full, indefinite protection applied. From an administrator's perspective this can make Wikinews easier to deal with; there are less potential targets for vandalism. As already stated, facts do not cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news. This is a personal insight that was posted in a Wikinews discussion and clarifies the sharp distinction between Wikinews and Wikipedia. The day after Princess Diana died in a car crash the event was news, now it is a fact of history and has ceased to be news.

Everything I have said so far is based on people working as if they are still on Wikipedia and developing articles from secondary sources. This - to some extent - is the bread and butter of Wikinews. It is what you would be tasked with as a junior journalist in a newsroom, basically taking the stuff that comes off the wire and rewriting to fit specific constraints of your employer's publication. It makes for excellent practice in writing news, and is an aid to developing a skill in quickly imparting information to people.

Yet, it would to many be pointless to have Wikinews were it restricted to just this sort of coverage. This is why - along with Wikiversity - we are one of the projects that allows original reporting.

Original Reporting
Yes, we allow original reporting. Over the past six months to a year this has become more prevalent on the project with people coming in from other projects, such as Wikipedia, and taking the concept to new levels. I believe we are the only citizen journalism site to have interviewed a sitting head of state - namely Shimon Perez. We are also the first stop you want to visit if you want to know about the candidates for U.S. President who are not in the main two parties. As far as our competitors in the mainstream are concerned, these people don't even exist.

If you want to get involved in this aspect of the site it is a good idea to first build a reputation with some synthesis articles, that is, those written from secondary sources. As journalists, Wikinewsies have to be naturally suspicious; so while "assume good faith" does apply, a demonstration that you have read site policies and know how to apply them will garner you more support in work based on investigative journalism or interviewing.

Standard original reporting can pretty much be on any topic. If you can justify it as newsworthy and write an interesting and engaging piece there is little likelihood of it being challenged. In a good number of cases this is going to be a solo effort, the community is going to have to trust you, and their input will likely be restricted to question suggestions where you get enough notice to put up a call for participation.

Original reporting has presented something of a dilemma to Wikinews, at least in the fact that too many contributors have silly email addresses that nobody, such as a presidential candidate, would contemplate responding to. I [Brian McNeil] did an end-run round this by buying the domain http://www.wikinewsie.org and issuing email addresses to reporters who went through the accreditation process. The project now has group email addresses like scoop at wikinewsie dot org which go to all active accredited reporters. This has been subscribed to a number of press release lists so we are on the inside track for covering a variety of events.

Accreditation
As mentioned earlier, we have a separate domain for email addresses. However, the accreditation process is a part and a policy of the main English Wikinews site. Those who pass this accreditation process are listed on the credential verification page, issued with press passes, and an email address for use in their reporting work. You do not need to be accredited to do original reporting, but if you have gained the trust of the community and done so then other contributors will shout at you about missing reporter's notes; if you are not accredited then they will unpublish your article and shout at you about missing reporter's notes.

For conventional media a press pass is no big deal, you are expected to have a background in the trade and it comes with the employment package. On Wikinews it is not quite so straightforward. The key reason is most people voting on accreditation will have very little opportunity to meet you face to face and size you up. You are known by your work and whilst it need not all be on Wikinews you would need to show a good deal of interest in the project.

To quote from a recent application for accreditation, "I want to become an accredited reporter so I can serve the Wikinews community better. That's it. Wikinews is probably one of the greatest websites I've ever visited. Here, ordinary people have the power to become established journalists. A local city council meeting can get the same coverage as the impeachment of a president. Every story is put on an equal playing field, no bias. That's what I find amazing about this website and why I'm happy to write for it."

That being said, we are always looking for new reporters - accredited or otherwise. As a small tight-knit community the English Wikinews is a fun project to get involved with. After you get over the initial high from going "Oh my God! my article is on the front page!" you will be hooked.

To close I will add one thing...

We are Wikinews. Join us.

Timed out to 11-12 minutes.

Presentations and talking points
I've prepared a presentation. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The presentation has been uploaded on the Pentabarf site. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Panel discussion topics
Add proposed themes for panel discussions to this section.

Panel theme
Wikinews for Wikipedians

Introductory speech
See above. The Wikinews for Wikipedians section of the full-length speech would be used to introduce the panel and closed off with the "We are Wikinews. Join us" slogan.

Topics to focus on

 * How Wikinews is easier to contribute to.
 * Constant need for new articles.
 * More fast-paced.
 * More credit and respect for your work.
 * Possibility to do Original Research when reputation established.

Writing your first Wikinews article

 * The welcome template and guidelines, esp WN:SG.
 * Sourcing material from independent secondary sources.
 * Watch out for seemingly independent sources all reusing the same wire report.
 * Using IRC to get additional sources from the NewsWire bot.
 * #wikinews-feeds on irc.freenode.org
 * Using Google news to find other sources.
 * What you can and can't copy from another source.
 * Article stages, develop ready publish
 * Wikilinks - Local versus Wikipedia.

Potential attendees
If you are a potential attendee please add your name below and note if you'd need a scholarship to get there. Ideally we want four or five Wikinewsies there.

 * Brian McNeil / talk (scholarship required, media accreditation required)
 * I've thought about this long and hard, because I've spoken out against security measures there. However, I am a journalist by profession and I believe in free reporting, so I think that's what has to win here. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) (scholarship required, media accreditation required)
 * Brock contact... 09:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC), to lecture some topic about technology trends. (scholarship & media accreditation required)
 * Plan changed depend on COMPUTEX 2008. Brock contact... 07:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Quit... I didn't see any efficiencies on my COMPUTEX articles. You always think politics is better than the other ones, but in fact, if still in this worse situation, I would rather build another Wiki site than stay here. Brock contact... 11:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Skenmy(t•c•w) pending confirmation that this will not clash with my exams. I'd also be happy to speak about Wikinews, I think. (scholarship & media accreditation required)
 * can you chase this up with the exam board and let people know? --Brian McNeil / talk 17:06, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Done - Exams finish of 25th of June. I am able to attend, pending scholarship --Skenmy(t•c•w) 18:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Brian would love to attend, would need scholarship & media accreditation required. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I assume you'd be coming from the UK. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:06, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Correct, you assume correctly :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 14:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

 * millosh (talk) (scholarship required, media accreditation required)
 * Steven Fruitsmaak: I might go if I can get time off from my clinical clerkship (less than 50% chance). Would be more motivated if I could present something. Media accreditation of course, but I think the limited number of scholarships would be better spent on someone else.
 * Having seen the powerpoint I'd say forward that on to scoop, looks good to me. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:40, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Cspurrier I will be there, and would be glad to help on anything we do. Media accreditation would be nice, scholarship is not needed. --Cspurrier - (talk) 19:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * If we are able to get enough people together on a panel I would like to be on that, or I can give a presentation if we are short on Wikinewsies. --Cspurrier - (talk) 23:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Media Sponsorship
As we're building a good team of potential attendees here there is the issue of how it will be paid for to resolve. Only a limited number of scholarship positions are available and whilst Wikinews might can swing one or two their way we need to look for outside sources of sponsorship.

To this end, Brianmc contacted the BBC, ABC, and VOA. If you've any other media groups that you have contacted then please list them so we do not hit anyone twice.

CBC was emailed after Jay Walsh provided an email address of someone there.

The email sent to the BBC's Technology Editor, Darren Waters, is given below and judging from the response that follows this is an excellent pitch to adapt for any media organisation based where we have accredited reporters.

"Dear Mr Waters,

I am an administrator and accredited freelance reporter on Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org), a sister site to Wikipedia. I am sure you have heard of us; the BBC had one of our journalists in the newsroom for a week – Frankie Roberto.

As the subject says, I am interested in the upcoming Wikimania 2008 that is to happen in Alexandria, Egypt (http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) at the new library. To be more specific, I am interested in how Wikinews and the BBC could perhaps collaborate on coverage for the technology section of BBC News Online possibly sharing photographs and reports. It is my opinion that the BBC guidelines on fair, representative, and balanced reporting are quite compatible with the Wikimedia Foundation’s cornerstone policy of Neutral Point of View.

Should the BBC intend to have someone attend the event I would be happy to be involved in arranging press access through the organization committee; I am one of the contacts with them from Wikinews and would be seeking to get there myself and host a panel on our project. Someone from the BBC would be a great addition to such a panel provided they were familiar with aspects of the BBC site such as Have Your Say and the Editors’ blog.

Alternatively, I believe there are a number of our potential attendees who would be delighted to be given the opportunity to see their work on the BBC site with a byline. As the conference schedule firms up and the presentations, workshops, and panels are announced it will likely become clear where suitable material for use by either your technology or culture sections exists. Were some arrangement possible that permitted some of our reporters to attend and defray their costs by doing commissioned pieces for the BBC I believe this would be a win-win situation.

I’d appreciate if you could let me know if this sounds of interest, and if you could forward it on to the editor responsible for the culture section of your website.

Regards,

Brian McNeil Wikinews Administrator & Community Accredited Reporter"

"I think that's a brilliant idea Brian. I think we could really open up the process of making news - both for us and for wikinews. Wow! Excited by this. I'm snowed under this week - but let's talk early next week. My numbers are below Darren Waters Technology editor BBC News Interactive"
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Wikinews talk:Wikimania 2008

 * these are more questions than statements. it would be cool if we could assign one or more participants to cover each event. also, maybe we can ask wikimania team to assign a scholarship to a wikinews person who could be in charge of managing coverage for wikimania. also, it would be cool if we consider doing a daily email blast covering major points, and linking to articles written the previous day. however, we would need to start creating a email bank pretty soon. anyway, is there anyone on wikinews that is on the wikimania planning committee? we might want to consider asking for addition, if not. WikiBlue - (talk) 17:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

so I wanted to get a few things started on Wikinews. If enough people get involved here we might move this discussion to a separate page. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * User:Cspurrier is already going: anybody else?
 * Should we recruit people to get wide original reporting from Wikimania?
 * I think we should have either a panel (2-5 speakers discussing with audience input) or a presentation (10-30 minutes with discussion afterwards) devoted to Wikinews. Possible subjects:
 * Introducing Wikinews: project particularities (such as original reporting and accreditation, archiving, video's, reporter's blog and wikinewsie.org, comments tab, cc-license, quiz, automated weather, Wikinews importer bot, article translation and international editions, community dynamics, ...)
 * Another angle: A wiki approach to journalism: blessing or curse? (again emphasising differences with Wikipedia and restrictions we face vs advantages we have because we are in the Wikimedia family; e.g. original reporting, rich media, Wikipedia as a news source, editor emails and blog, our reputation as a news source for the outside world)
 * Another angle: Wikinews: past, present and future (how the project has changed since the beginning, which projects and ideas were started over the years, current developments and future challenges).
 * I think we should move this to a separate page and work on building several of the talking points - not just with a view to a presentation or panel at Wikimania, but as useful points to send any press queries to for reference material. Last week I did a skype interview with a journalist who is doing a magazine piece on "Wikinews at a crossroads". He also interviewed David Shankbone face to face and IIRC DragonFire1024 by phone. The material being proposed here would be an ideal set of data to refer anyone else interested in reporting on us to. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I might be going... i am travelling a lot this year, if I can't go, I will definately cover world youth day which is in sydney (some time, can't remember) I will take loads of stuff for that :) Symode09 - (talk) 12:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Considering how inactive Craig has been on Wikinews recently, I don't think he should be the one to speak about Wikinews today. I'd rather someone who is more of an active presence speak. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 22:13, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm tending to agree with Mike on this point. Many of the current wikinewsies won't be able to judge Craig's position on the project due to a lack of recent activity. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Per the associated project page Craig is not taking up a scholarship position. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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Judge to decide on Nigerian election re-run

February 26, 2008

A result is expected today on the possibility of an election re-run in Nigeria. Opposition parties claim that current President Umaru Yar'Adua's People's Democratic Party (PDP) fixed the results of the 2007 election in his favour and are calling to have the result annulled. So far, the tribunal has rejected one out of the two petitions calling for the annulment.

International suspicions were also raised at the time, with some voicing concern over the election.

A Nigerian judge is currently delivering the ruling on the case of granting the opposition parties a re-run, neither of which claim to have won the previous election. The decision could have negative impacts - if another election is called, it could be seen as an admittance of a 'false democracy' occurring in the last election and therefore undermining the political process in Nigeria. However, if no re-run of the election is called, it could cause instability between political rivals and may spark protests.

Emma Esau, of the Alliance for Credible elections, told the BBC: "We have faith the judges will give us a good ruling, and in any case we don't believe there will be violence after the decision is announced. This will not take Nigeria to the brink."

Yar'Adua assumed office on 29th May 2007 after the election in April, where he won 70% of the vote. Since then, he has became the first Nigerian leader to declare his personal assets, as well as overturning hikes in petroleum and tax made by the previous government. Despite these positive steps, he has also been surrounded by controversy, with several governors who served him before 2007 being charged by the EFCC, the anti-corruption commission.

Election annulments have already been passed for seven of thirty-six state governors and even the senate president, David Mark.


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Nigerian election result will not be annulled

February 26, 2008

A judge has ruled today that Nigeria's 2007 election results, which saw Umaru Yar'Adua's become president, will not be annulled. Opposition parties claimed that the People's Democratic Party (PDP), of which the President is leader, fixed the results of the 2007 election in his favour and called for a re-run.

The tribunal ruled unanimously against the claims, with Judge Abdulkadir Abubakar Jega stating that there was no evidence that Mr. Yar'Adua had rigged the polls. Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar, leaders of the two opposition parties who launched the case, have both said they will take their complaints to the Supreme Court.

International suspicions were also raised at the time of the election, with some voicing concern over the politcal process.

The ruling could have negative impacts - it could be seen as an admittance of a 'false democracy' occurring in the last election and therefore undermining the political process in Nigeria. This could cause instability between political rivals and may spark protests.

Yar'Adua assumed office on 29th May 2007 after the election in April, where he won 70% of the vote. Since then, he has became the first Nigerian leader to declare his personal assets, as well as overturning hikes in petroleum and tax made by the previous government. Despite these positive steps, he has also been surrounded by controversy, with several governors who served him before 2007 being charged by the EFCC, the anti-corruption commission.

Election annulments have been passed for seven of thirty-six state governors and even the senate president, David Mark.


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N.Y. orchestra helps forge relations with North Korea

February 26, 2008

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has performed a concert in Pyongyang, North Korea in an effort to improve relations between the communist country and the Western world. At the same time, an anonymous North Korean official revealed that Eric Clapton has been invited to play Pyongyang in 2009.

The orchestra played in East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, with the entire concert broadcast on state television.

Diplomatic tensions remain high, as the U.S. tries to broker a deal with North Korea on the issue of nuclear disarmament, an issue which U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brought up in her recent visit to China. She has urged China to pressure North Korea into disclosing further details on their controversial nuclear programme, in order to aid further discussions on the debate of the country's disarmament.

The North Korean government allowed unprecedented access to the country for more than 300 people and almost completely unrestricted internet and international telephone calls were allowed, something which is usually highly restricted.


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Hello There, I'm Chandlerjoeyross. I found my way to Wikinews one day by accident clicked on the link on the main page of English Wikipedia. After having a quick look about I thought I'd stick around and write a few articles. That was in 2008 and after a hiatus between 2012-2015 I have returned!

My first offical edit was on February 26, 2008. My first article was McDonald's pull sliced tomatoes from menu in US on June 9, 2008. My 250th article, At least fourteen dead after eating toxic fish in Madagascar was published on April 7, 2011. My 300th was Peterborough United F.C. manager Darren Ferguson leaves club.

I am particularly interested in writing about politics, culture, sports and disasters. I also predominately write obituaries having wrote over 100 of these for Wikinews.

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Talk:Camel Rock Festival held in Scilly

88.110.203.167 15:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The camel rock music festival was held at Porthellick not Porthcressa.

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Jersey child abuse case 'was not covered up'

February 26, 2008

Frank Walker, the chief minister of Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, denies that there was a cover up after a child's remains were found.

The allegations of a cover-up stem from statements by Stuart Syvret. Syvret, the former Minister for Health and Social Services for Jersey, said that "It's a continuum that we see. It's a culture of cover-up and concealment and tragically the recent evidence is just the latest manifestation of that."

It has come to light that Edward Paisnel, a notorious pedophile, used to visit the Haut de la Garenne children's home dressed as Father Christmas. Paisnel in 1971, was given a sentence of 30 years for 13 counts of assault, rape and sodomy.

Syvret says he was dismissed from his ministerial position after highlighting the "torture" of 11 to 16-year-olds in the island's care homes. He claimed he was "sacked for whistleblowing".

Police are currently investigating twenty-seven cases of child abuse on the island and recently discovered the body of one child at a care home Haut de la Garenne in St. Martin, and with a potential six sites in the area where more bodies may be located. The home was closed in 1986 and since 2003 it has served as a youth hostel.

Jersey's deputy police chief, Lenny Harper said "Part of the inquiry will be the fact that a lot of the victims tried to report their assaults but for some reason or another they were not dealt with as they should be."

Harper added that "no evidence of a cover-up of any Jersey government" has been found. "We are looking at allegations that a number of agencies didn't deal with things as perhaps they should."

Syvret has encouraged the government of the United Kingdom to assign independent judges to oversee any cases that result from the investigations.

Builders originally uncovered a body at the care home in 2003 but it was only since an operation investigate child abuse started in 2006 that progress has been made. An ex-minister of the States of Jersey, the parliament of the island, has criticised the handling of the case, stating that abuse cases were mishandled.

Walker told senators that all necessary resources would be use to find the abusers. "None of us imagined that children in Jersey could be abused and mistreated in the way that is being suggested," the BBC have quoted him as saying. "I express my shock and horror that these things have apparently happened within our island."

Specialist police from the United Kingdom have been investigating after an enquiry turned up 140 sources verifying the claims of abuse.


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Kenya peace talks put on hold

February 26, 2008

Talks to end the violence in Kenya have been put on hold.

The discussions, which have been going on for more than a month, aim to come to an agreement between the current President Mwai Kibaki of the ruling and, the leader of the oppositional. Violence sparked in the country after Mr. Odinga claimed that the voting was rigged in favour of the President.

The Orange Democratic Movement had threatened to restart protests if an agreement was not made, something which could cause further violence in the capital Nairobi and some other areas of the country. However, it has been agreed that Raila Odinga will fill the post of Prime Minister, which will be created once conditions of how power sharing will take placed are agreed upon.

1,500 people have died since the protests started last December and talks have recently managed to come to some progress, by agreeing to share power. , the mediator of the talks and former head of the, has been quoted by the as saying: "The talks have not broken down but I am taking steps to make sure we accelerate the process and give peace to the people as soon as possible."

Discussions have proven difficult, with Mr. Odinga blaming Mr. Kibaki for rigging elections and with the President blaming Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement for starting the violence, which has left up to 300,000 people displaced.

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This is a nice big school I think.


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Comments:Nigerian election result will not be annulled

If, as your story states, he came into office May 2007, how could the govenors being charged by the EFCC have "served him"? The governors actually served under the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.


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Comments:N.Y. orchestra helps forge relations with North Korea

But they're eeeeeeeeeevil!
Did the magic of the music warm Kim Jong Il's heart so much that he burst into tears and vowed to stop all of his terrible human rights abuses forever? Maybe it did. -161.88.255.240 18:04, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If only it were that easy. :(—great initiative by the orchestra though, kudos to them. Lasse Havelund - (talk) 22:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, Kim himself never attended the concert. A few of his high ranking officials did, however. 63.228.45.169 02:52, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


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Don't stay a victim. Report it! http://childabusejersey.blogspot.com/


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Pakistan's ban on YouTube lifted

February 26, 2008

Pakistan has lifted a ban on the video-sharing website YouTube, which was said to be brought in after a video offensive to Islam was uploaded to the site. According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the offending material was in relation to a trailer for a film by Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician.

The PTA ordered the country's 70 internet service providers to ban YouTube. However, their actions mistakenly blocked the site on other international ISPs, preventing many countries' access to the popular site for around two hours.

Wilders is expected to release a movie about violence in Islamic culture. The film called Fitna would be set 'inside' the Koran, with a book frame surrounding the images and a mix of Koran verses with footage of executions and other violence in Islamic countries such as Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fear that the release of the movie might trigger a worldwide surge of violence. It is expected that the film will show the destruction of a Koran, which is "tantamount to heresy" in Islam, according to the FBI/DHS report. The Dutch Prime Minister has said that the movie has caused a serious crisis situation, with several Dutch embassies and companies abroad worrying about safety. Wilders has previously declared that the Koran should be banned, and he has compared it to Hitler's Mein Kampf.

The PTA has also blocked websites depicting the controversial cartoons of Muhammad published by a Danish newspaper in 2006 that also sparked violence in the Muslim world. Some of the cartoons have recently been reprinted.

This is not the first time a country has moved to block YouTube. Turkey and Thailand both chose to temporarily ban the sites, as did Morocco which blocked the site after a video criticising the country's treatment of Western Saharans was uploaded.

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Massive blackouts hit Florida

February 26, 2008 Massive blackouts occurred throughout the US state of Florida shortly after 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (18:00 UTC) on Tuesday afternoon. Out of the 4.4 million customers served by Florida Power & Light, Co. (FPL), about 680,000 residents were affected, with an additional two million-plus customers affected in other parts of the state. It is estimated that as many as four million customers throughout Florida were affected, with many different power companies losing control of their specific grids.

Power outages were reported as far south as the Florida Keys, on the original FPL grid, and as far north as Orlando and Daytona Beach, nearly away on the Progress Energy grid. Most of Miami-Dade and parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties suffered the worst outages.

FPL President Armando Olivera said that a disconnect switch failed at 1:08 p.m. at the automated substation west of Miami, and a piece of equipment that controls voltage caught fire about the same time. Neither failure by itself would have caused a widespread outage. The event at the utility's Flagami substation consequently led to the rolling blackouts.

Originally the first failure was thought to have occurred at the utility's nuclear plant at Turkey Point. It is still unclear how failure at this site spread, but with power turning off at the main Turkey Point location, which serves all of south Florida, FPL's grid shut down as well. It contributed to a domino effect which ended up sapping energy from bordering grids all over Florida.

Police reported several people were stuck in the elevators of high-rise buildings in downtown Miami and several hospitals were running on backup power, although no injuries or fatalities have been reported. The blackouts caused major traffic jams and a few accidents, but the original outage was contained shortly after it occurred. All customers affected had power restored to them by 6:30 p.m. (23:30 UTC).

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We should probably rename this as "Massive blackouts hit Florida". Currently, the outages are the result of the failure of eight power plants. 4.4 million customers in South Florida are affected, and there are outages in Tampa and Jacksonville as well. (CNN) --Kitch - (talk) 20:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm on TECO power in Tampa and we have not had a blackout yet. Not to say everyone doesn't, but it's not widespread yet. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 20:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Then CNN is reporting it wrong. I got it from their article. --Kitch - (talk) 20:13, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, CNN was wrong. They corrected it already. Power outages not as "massive" as first thought. --Mbenzdabest - (talk) 20:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off

February 26, 2008 Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million.

Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on the property. They notified Jackson of the foreclosure and sale on Monday. Jackson had only just recently paid an overdue property tax bill of $600,000.

The court filing, addressed to Jackson, says, "You are in default of a deed of trust ... Unless you take action to protect your property it may be sold at a public sale." Fox News published the filing.

The foreclosure includes the ranch and all possessions on the property, inside or out.

The foreclosure auction will take place in front of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Barbara. Jackson has until then to pay $24,525,906.61 he owes the title company.

In 2006, Jackson refinanced previous loans that had been bought up by Fortress Investment Group. The $300-million loan was secured with the aid of Sony Music Entertainment. However, the Neverland property was not part of that deal.

Jackson has not lived at Neverland since June 30, 2005, when he moved to Bahrain after a rape charge and subsequent acquittal.


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Comments:Video hosting website Stage6 to shut down

never heard of it. some crappy site shuts down and its news ? bah. (preceding unsigned comment by 207.190.201.22)

 * See, if you don't read into it at all, it's "just another" streaming video website.

 * This, however, was handled through DivX, which has its own claim to fame, and lots of people actually did use this service in conjunction with or in lieu of YouTube (as in, sometimes orders of magnitude "better" than your average YouTube video (for certain definitions of "better," and orders of magnitude)).

 * That said, it seems they didn't really answer their own question as to why they're shutting down... and, of course, some are none too happy about being given "only" 3 days notice. Decent bandwidth (etc.) costs money and time, and both are sometimes hard to come by these days. 75.85.31.227 22:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I've had an account on the site since it first opened. This shutdown is surprising and saddening.

Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.29.134.118 (talk) 21:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Stage6 is Here
Stage6.com is gone but http://stage6.999.org is here

It has the same look as stage6 with channels etc. and a great community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.236.107 (talk) 12:02, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


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Microsoft Network users experience international outage

February 26, 2008

Users worldwide are reporting that they are unable to login to Microsoft's (MS) live services such as Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and in some cases Xbox Live. Problems reportedly began around 6:30 a.m. eastern time.

"We are aware that some customers may be experiencing difficulty accessing their Windows Live accounts. We’re actively investigating the cause and are working to take the appropriate steps to remedy the situation as rapidly as possible. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and disruption this may be causing our customers," said MS in a statement to the media.

The exact number of users affected by the outage is not yet known. MS has not stated when the problem will be fixed.


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