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User is a vandal
Jason, thankyou for your swift addressal towards my 'test' edit, but in fact it was not a 'test' as you would have ascertained if you had read it. Please in future do not welcome 'new users' by rm'ing their content, it is simply not kind. Retribution toward me for replying to your apparent taunt will be repaid in kind. -- Cranbourne 13:16, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Break
I might be taking a break from Wikinews as some administrators believe that they surpass the community and that they have unlimited power. Until this can change, and policy violations stop getting "picked", then I may not want to be part of this project. Feel free to e-mail me (on my user page) or leave a message here. I will likely reply to my talk page for a few days to see what happens. Jason Safoutin 02:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

"Seems"
Again sorry for "the grumpy" last night/morning, whatever. ;) My stance regarding the word "seems", is that it actually avoids NPOV.  Stating that something "seems to contradict" is more cautious and brings the focus to the facts, not accusations.

I think it might have been more about the wording surrounding that part that was the problem. You seem to be on board with that, I think. Since I changed the structure but kept "seems".

But the main thing is to apologize for possibly being grumpy guy. (AntelopeInSearchOfTruth 20:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC))

math
2006 - 1961 = 45 No? :) I got a laugh from the D. Reeve age snafu! Best regards. -Edbrown05 01:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And without trying it, I bet Buffalo NY magazine to publish Prophet Muhammad cartoons is one of your better stories. -Edbrown05 04:41, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

North Korea fires missiles during training exercise
Can you take a new look at your editing of named article. I cant understand your reasoning. International 16:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Personal Attack
I love how people (International) attack you and then try to cover it up, especially before you can see it: Jason Safoutin 23:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Strange editing
I think you made a little misstake when edit on Admin action alerts, can you lock at it again and fix it? International 21:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I fixed it. Be carefull so you dont editing others statement by misstake. International 21:57, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes it ws a mistake, sorry.

Thoughts on zoning and variances
The C-2 "Community Business District" is defined in Chapter 511, Article X of the Buffalo City Charter -- specifically, §511-31 through §511-34. Under Section 511-32, hotels are specifically listed as a permitted use.

Without knowing what was actually discussed at the meeting you attended and based only on what you said in channel, it appears that folks were concerned about greenspaces.

Following an excerpt from Section 511-34, Subsection A.1, titled "Lot, area,and bard requirements"

 * Lot area, yards and courts for dwellings and dwelling portions of buildings other than hotels: same as the R5 District, except that the front yard requirements shall be waived for dwellings erected above the ground floor of a building when said ground floor is designed and used exclusively for commercial purposes. Side yard requirements for such buildings shall be similarly waived, except where the lot adjoins the side lot line of premises situated in any R District.

The emphasis is mine... Hotels are specifically exempted from the lot area and yard requirements in the R5 District. The R5 District is set aside for apartments and hotels.. I don't really know why they wouldn't request a rezoning to R5 rather than C2 -- except that as a C2 district, they are permitted to have other commercial operations within the building (shops, etc).

Section 511-33 permits a maximum height of 40 feet for buildings in C2 zone -- but exceptions can be made under Section 511-113. Section 511-113, Subsection B says:

 * Hotels, motels and office buildings in a C2 District as approved individually by the Common Council under such terms and conditions as the Council may prescribe.

Make of that statement what you will -- it appears that the Common Council can permit hotels, motels, and office buildings to exceed the 40 foot restriction, but such exceptions must be made individually. The Common Council can set their own terms when making this exception so long as those terms don't violate other parts of the C2 zone definition (along with the R5 restrictions where applicable).

Thus far, except perhaps for the height, I can't see why they'd request a variance.... Except that it's possible hotels constructed under C2 might still be subject to side-yard and lot size requirement contained in the R5 definition. I suspect that they are not subject to these restrictions, but I'm going to read any more tonight. It'll be tomorrow afternoon before I look at this again.

I'm tired and going to bed. It would be helpful to hear a recording of the meeting or get access to the minutes. Please also keep in mind that I'm not a lawyer, but I do have some experience with municipal zoning (from the POV of the municipality). --Chiacomo (talk) 06:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Administratorship
I keep coming across work by yourself to keep the wiki running smoothly lately (marking articles, sending hello messages, little clean-ups here and there) in addition to some of your brilliant reporting and despite minor complaints from others a while ago, I think you would be a valuable addition to our administration team. Would you accept if I nominated you? - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * With regards to support, I too thought I would get little and was surprised. We shall take it to the community and see what they think! - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It has been listed on WN:A, just go and say that you accept and we shall see what happens. I am pretty confident you will be surprised with the results, you are already doing alot of admin-like activities on here - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

about the article "Monk's body pristine, fifteen years postmortem"
Dear Friend,

i don't think the article should be deleted or disputed. It contains original reporting which has to do with the information by some coroners as well as the Church opinion. It is the first article(in english) about this specific matter on the internet. Some days ago some guys from Wikinews stated that the english-language sources are not enough. It is characteristic that there are websites that have been referred to the issue through the publication of this article in Wikinews. If you think that the article needs clean up, do it so. However, i do believe that the article, as it is, it contains many information about the matter; even more than International news agencies contain in their reports.

Thanks (195.66.108.248 13:23, 18 March 2006 (UTC))

hotel demonstration
A thought occurred me (amazing, huh?). Anyway, in the state of Maryland, it is real estate law that any property up for resale, where there are tenants, the tenants are granted "the right of first refusal". Meaning since they live or work there, they have the right to purchase the property before another interested party could purchase it. -Edbrown05 00:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA Withdrawl
I notice you have withdrawn from the RfA. It is most unfortunate, but I am sure you eill become an admin in the future, you do some awesome work on the site - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 00:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That is a shame, I feel that you would have been valuable to the WN Admin team :)

Accreditation
With accreditation on the site, do you know what happens once you are accepted? - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 07:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You know the WN:AP, you have it :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 23:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright
Dear Jason,

You recently queried the copyright status of my first article. This came as a bit of a shock - but as the principle behind it is obviously well intentioned I am not at all offended.

I have now responded by confirming that I have permission in writing to use the material (btw I took the photo). I would be grateful if you could let me know what happens now.

Best wishes,

Meveritt 21:40, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry - it seems to be sorted :-)

Meveritt 22:10, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcoming users
Thanks for your work welcoming users... I've heard from Wikipedia editor who tell me how suprised and pleased they are to be welcomed so quickly to our community (even IPs!!!!)... When you welcome a user, would you mind using rather than the simple  -- using subst actually copies the text to the page where using a straight "hello" only transcludes the welcome message. Transclusion increases server load and it causes the welcome message on a user's talk page to change whenever we change the standard "hello" message. There are some other good reasons, but I don't want to bore you.. Holler if you have questions! Thanks, --Chiacomo (talk) 02:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Exactly! will work the same way... --Chiacomo  (talk) 02:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

news
Without a doubt, if you are writing news, people will be interested. That's what news is all about. You've made a successful series contribution here at Wikinews that establishes this as a place to post news stories pertaining to a specific region. My compliments and recognition to your reports... hats off! -Edbrown05 03:07, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Original reporting source template
I think there are a couple of pieces of information that should be included with every original reporting article: the username of the reporter, the location of the reporter, and the date that the reporting took place. I've made a start on an original reporting source template that implements this. Usage thus:

And looks like this:

... the idea being that you slap the template onto the talk page, and then add comments after it. Someone may like to make it look prettier, perhaps with one of those boxes? With articles that have more than one original reporter, each reporter would add the template to the talk page with their own details. Feel free to edit the template, or suggest alternatives. - Borofkin 03:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Notes
Just thought we needed to get CNBC / MSNBC in there - as they were first to bring the welcome news to me this morning.

Thank god they got one of the hostages out.

-Chris Bradley

Sinking ship
Please merge this with the other article: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/BREAKING_NEWS:_Ferry_sink_off_Bahrain 205.177.72.66 22:20, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Article above was deleted for being a duplicate. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 22:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

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Homeland Security spokesman arrested for trying to seduce a minor

April 5, 2006

Brian Doyle, 55, the deputy press secretary for the United States Department of Homeland Security, has been arrested for attempting to contact a 14-year-old girl and initiating a sexually explicit conversation. The "girl" was, in fact, an undercover detective mounting a sting operation.

He was charged with 23 felony counts. These included seven counts of using a computer to seduce a child and sixteen counts of transmitting harmful materials to a child. In chats with the "girl", Doyle stated that he worked for the DHS and gave her his work and government cell phone numbers. He also wrote sexually explicit messages to the subject via AOL Instant Messenger and sent "her" explicit hardcore pornographic videos.

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Rollback
I rolled back Neutralizer's edits because they aren't correct. The stuff he changed made it seem like he was accused of doing some stuff, when in fact he did do those things - that's why the police were able to arrest him. These aren't in question, the investigating authorities have the information they gave him. What is alledged is if he is guilty of the crime, and the parts that were edited had nothing to do with that. Lyellin 18:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


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Apple unveils "Boot Camp" allowing Windows to work on Macs

April 5, 2006

Apple unveiled today a new program called "Boot Camp" which will allow Macintosh users to switch between running Mac OS X and Windows on start-up of their Intel-based Macintosh computer. Shares of the company rose roughly 7% in response to the news.

After Apple switched to Intel processors, enthusiasts and hackers have been trying to install Windows XP on a Mac. Because Macs boot using a faster and more modern system that Windows does not support, booting Windows was a very complicated task.

Mac enthusiasts reportedly achieved this task in mid-March when the website OnMac.net hosted a contest. The winning solution found involved a lengthy process that took both operating systems off and put them both back on. In addition, individual files had to be downloaded and installed, and there were no drivers for many things, most notably games.

Apple fixed both of these problems, with all major drivers included, and the process reportedly now takes less then an hour as compared to 3-9 hours.

The program is available for download, in beta form, from the Apple website. It will be included in the newest Mac OS, called Leopard, once that operating system is released.


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Thaksin departure doesn't signal end to Thai political crisis

April 5, 2006

Despite promising to step down before the new parliament convenes, caretaker Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still embroiled in controversy. Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections on April 23.

Democrat leader Jurin Laksanawisit was quoted in ThaiDay, an insert in the Thai edition of the International Herald Tribune as saying, "the three parties still do not trust him because he is still the caretaker Prime Minister and behind the person who will be the new prime minister."

Leading candidates for the PM's job are Thai Rak Thai (lit. Thais love Thais) party Deputy PM, Somkid Jatusripitak, and Pokin Polakul, a former parliamentary speaker. According to the Bangkok Post, Thaksin favours Pokin whilst others within the party favour Somkid.

The key to the potential crisis is 38 seats in Democrat territory. These were among over 200 seats where the populist Thai Rak Thai party ran unopposed due to major opposition parties boycotting the election. These constituencies are special because the sole candidate in each of them failed to get the required 20% of eligble votes. By-elections will be held on April 23, but a repeat of the void election will leave the parliament short of the 400 constituency MPs and in a situation which is not anticipated in the Thai constitution.

The soon to be ex-PM has appointed Police General Chidchai Vanasatidya, the Justice Minister, to run the country and cabinet while he takes some time off. According to the Thai News Agency, the caretaker Prime Minister has begun packing to leave Government House.

Fighting on, Thaksin Shinawatra has instructed his lawyers to file yet another defamation suit against Sondhi Limthongkul, media firebrand and one of the leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD); Chatree Tharipassaro filed the suit at the Criminal Court on behalf of the caretaker PM, allegations contained within centre around remarks Sondhi made at various anti-Thaksin rallies.


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Swan in Fife, Scotland dies with H5N1 bird flu virus infection

April 6, 2006

It has been confirmed that tests done on a dead Mute Swan found in the village of Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland has tested positive for the deadly strain of H5N1 Bird Flu virus. The swan is believed to have been native to Scotland.

Two other swans found in Richmond Park in Glasgow are being tested for the H5N1 virus. They are among at least 14 other dead birds and 12 more swans found in Glasgow, that are being tested for the H5N1 virus.

This is the United Kingdom's first confirmed case of the H5N1 virus and would make the U.K. the 14th country to report the virus.

"The risk to humans has not changed by the fact that we have found the virus in the U.K.. There is a better chance of a person winning the national lottery than catching bird flu in the U.K. today," said Doctor Jim Robertson from the National Institutes for Biological Standards and Control in a press conference.

"We also have to work on the assumption that there is some spread among wild birds. There is no doubt we are getting closer to the day when moving birds indoors will be necessary," said former President of the British Veterinary Association, Bob McCracken. "The situation is that the virus is there, and it will probably continue to circulate among the birds. It will spread through close contact, irrespective of species. There is one big question mark: Will the virus disappear from wild birds after a period of six months, or will it still be present after a period of six years?" added McCracken.

McCracken also said that the virus could turn up in more birds saying, "I would start from the assumption that a small pool of wild birds in the Fife area are infected and potentially passing it on to other birds" and that seagulls could pose a threat of passing on the virus because they have been known to peck at the bodies of other dead birds that were infected. "We have to assume that," he said.

In a statement by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, released yesterday, the Scottish Executive confirmed that a "highly pathogenic H5 avian flu" virus was found in a sample taken from the dead swan.

The swan was discovered March 29, 2006 and has been confirmed as a domestic species and officials say that it may have caught the virus from another infected bird. Officials also report that the area where the swan has been found is being sealed off.

"In accordance with a recent EU decision the Scottish Executive is putting in place a protection zone of a minimum of three kilometres radius and a surveillance zone of 10 kilometers. Keepers of birds in the protection zone are being instructed to isolate their birds from wild birds, by taking them indoors where ever possible," said the Scottish Executive in a statement.

Samples from the swan were sent to the European Union Bird Flu Laboratory at Weybridge.

"Bird keepers outside the protection zone should redouble their efforts to prepare for bringing their birds indoors if that becomes necessary. They must also review their biosecurity measures to ensure that all possible precautions have been taken," said Charles Milne, Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland yesterday in the statement.

An exercise named 'Exercise Hawthorn' was to prepare people for a possible pandemic was taking place yesterday and was halted just after the discovery of the dead swan. Officials were in the second phase of the exercise. Taking part in the exercises were the Ministry of Defence, the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Environment Agency and several other areas of the British government.

"I brought to an end the national avian influenza exercise to ensure that we can bring all our resources to bear on this situation. We are already in a high state of readiness and I have every confidence that officials north and south of the border will work together to manage this incident successfully," said the United Kingdom's Chief Veterinary Officer, Debby Reynolds.

However; today Reynolds stated "there is no reason for public health concern" and also stated that in order for Bird Flu to infect humans, it would require "extremely close contact with infected birds, particularly feces."

According to the World Health Organization H5N1 has killed 109 people worldwide since 2003.


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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 Cozman. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Cozman~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.

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I answered your question on talk:main Page.
 * I think you might of been thinking of 's in the news section. Although wikipedia and wikinews are related, they are seperate projects and arn't coridanted together (well not to that extent anyways) see Extraordinary rendition perhaps. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:39, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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Guinea's PM fired by President

April 5, 2006

Today, Guinean president Lansana Conte fired his prime minister, Cellou Dalein Diallo, for "grave wrongdoing and serious misconduct." The two appeared to be in a power struggle as President Conte quickly reversed a shuffle planned by PM Diallo that would have replaced allies of President Conte with allies of PM Diallo. The shuffle was announced on a radio broadcast but was stopped short by Army members because Secretary-General of the Presidency, Fode Bangoura, had not been notified. Opposition groups called for a new government while President Conte was receiving medical treatment in Switzerland, but he returned immediately to reduce any concerns.

Local journalist Maseco Conde says he believes the army was acting under the orders of President Conte and not under its own initiative. He says in the current context of Guinea's politics, it would not be possible for anyone to take such an initiative without the consent of President Conte. But the journalist says even though Mr. Conte is still in control, this latest political fiasco shows he is losing his tight grip on power.

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Wikinews:Mediation alerts/DragonFire1024 and Neutralizer

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First accusation of stalking by Neutralizer occured here on the talk page of Photo Essay: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in DC. User did not add reasoning for his acusations. Jason Safoutin 02:06, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

User then attacked me, IMO, in my Nomination for Administrator at WN:A here. Jason Safoutin 02:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

At this point, IMO, it would seem the user likes to creat a "theatre of war" and according to WN:NOT thats not allowed. IMO, the user violates policy more times in one day than a vandal or a bot. Jason Safoutin 02:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

User also make a comment here on the talk page of U.S. jury decision moves Moussaoui closer to execution but then does not wait for a comment from the community, he just takes it upon himself to make the changes here and then proceeds to "swear" here. I thought we were supposed to use ediquette when collaborating, instead of attacking people. Yet another policy violation he gets away with. Jason Safoutin 02:42, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer on April 11, 2006 then makes a blantly visible and intentional attack on me on the ArbCom case against MrM here, saying 'Jason is the baby and mini-M; on almost every non-article edit he makes. Neutralizer 14:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)' Jason Safoutin 15:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer then removes other users votes from my request for Admin on WN:A. User has yet to reply on the edits as of the time of this posting. It is IMO that I am now not recieveing a fair vote on Admin becasue of his edits. Jason Safoutin 15:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Also note that Neutralizer removed an opposition comment on the ArbCom case against MrM here. Jason Safoutin 16:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer on break
User:Neutralizer has stated on his talk page that he will be away for a while. Mediation will obviously not take place during this time. irid:t 18:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Please note that Netralizer has returned. Mediation is possible at this time. Jason Safoutin 12:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer's vote deletion
Third user here. Format attempt. That seems only a mistake; the comment was made seemingly in reply to a comment that existed at a past version of the page, at 03:00, 11 April 2006; perhaps the user Neutralizer was excited by it and also did not recognize the page edited was a past version-you have done the same sort of action yourself. As the edit was only present from 14:24 until 14:29 when 5 minutes later was corrected by user Ironridis, it seems normal. Is that punished immediately here or punished by you immediately-should you not also punish yourself then for your minor mistakes if that is the case? Octavian 15:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I suspect he's taken to viewing changes to his own talk page as diffs. If a user does that, they get used to hitting edit and assuming they are editing the current version, as talk page notices are always diffs to current versions.  Nyarlathotep 16:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I find this unlikely... he's been here for 8 months. He hasn't figured out how reverting works yet? irid:t 17:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Knowing how to revert ain't exactly the same as knowing everything about not reverting, which is the whole point of my first comment. Nyarlathotep 18:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * My point is that the edit he made followed the exact same process as reverting a page; using this logic, it's hard to see how he didn't make some sort of connection. irid:t 18:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * He has been lectured before about this. There is no doubt that this was intentional.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Is this a request for dispute resolution or someting else?
Mediation alert. Can Dragonfire explain what that imply. international 19:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a request for mediation, Jason is pointing out that he has a problem with Neutralizer, and Neutralizer seems to have a problem with him. He's asking for a third party to step in, analyse the situation, and issue written admonishments to "grow the hell up" as appropriate.  Do not get involved in this, look for people who you trust to be impartial on this and suggest they look at the dispute.
 * For the record Wikinews is, in my opinion, fast degenerating into a discussion forum that has more in common with a heavily trolled Usenet group than with a site aimed at producing news. I warned in the past that some contributors would game policy until none were uninvolved and impartial, I conclude that this situation has arrived and will look at building cases for blocks if people do not moderate their behaviour and take to heart advice that has been offered from many sources on many occasions.
 * As an opinion from someone who is not impartial, both contributors have problems. Neutralizer - whether intentionally or not - games policy with extreme interpretations of what he is allowed, or what is forbidden when assessing the contributions of others.  DragonFire1024 is too blunt in how he makes objections and does not make enough effort to persuade people to engage in a collaborative effort on articles he has problems with.  In both cases it involves a requirement to adopt other stategies for approaching the project, and in both it involves giving up a lot of what makes up your own political POV. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:38, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I, too, am very biased in my opinion of Neutralizer, though I acknowledge and try to work past that bias. I have begun collecting instances of Neutralizer deleting the comments and votes of others in order to document potential misconduct. If this pattern persists, I will have reason to justify a disruption block. However, this is really, really not the way I want to do things.
 * Alas, even though I'm trying to help mediate disputes between users, the only one I can't mediate is one of the most critical to me. I have this persistent problem with Neutralizer which happens almost every time we edit the same page. Now that he's gone on a one-month wikibreak, it seems we're at even more of an impass. What to do... irid:t 21:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * International, the page is titled "Mediation Alert" because of two things:
 * It expresses an immediate problem which appears to be escalating and needs to be addressed before the problem becomes even worse and site disruption occurs.
 * It's modeled after WN:ALERT, which was becoming the depositing site for all personal disputes between users. This is, unfortunately, the "Admin Action Alert" page, implying that these personal disputes require a protected page or a blocked user. This is obviously untrue in 90% of cases.
 * It's not designed to make anyone an enemy, it's designed to be more visible and usable than WN:DISPUTE which is three pagefuls of proceedure. irid:t
 * I would be happy to be involved as a mediator if both parties wish. I consider both Neutralizer and Jason to be valuable contributors to this wiki - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 03:12, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


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Duke lacrosse season ends, coach resigns

April 6, 2006

Amid an escalating rape and racial discrimination scandal involving members of the Duke University Men's Lacrosse team, Monday the university announced it has cancelled the rest of the team's season. Head coach Mike Pressler has also resigned after 16 seasons with the Blue Devils, winning last year's Atlantic Coast Conference championships, and leading his 2005 squad to the national title game.

Allegations of rape surfaced last week when an African-American exotic dancer came forward, saying she was forcefully engaged into sexual intercourse by a group of caucasian lacrosse players at a house party. The investigation is continuing, with investigators awaiting DNA test results from all 46 white athletes on the team of 47.

No charges have been filed. However, a team member has been suspended from the University for an e-mail proposing a grisly entertainment in his dorm room. DNA samples have been taken from the 46 caucasian team members.


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British Military Doubts Burning Pilot Video
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Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage

April 7, 2006 Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court, their name for the state legislature, approved legislation on Tuesday, April 4, that would make it the first state in the United States to require all residents to have health insurance and impose penalties for non-compliance. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican who is expected to run for U.S. President in 2008, is expected to sign the bill.

The bill passed the lower house, the Massachusetts House of Representatives by a vote of 155-2, and unanimously by the state senate. The Democratic Party holds supermajorities in both houses of the legislature.

Among the bill's provisions are these:
 * 1) Businesses that employ more than 10 people are required to provide health insurance for all staff or face fines of $295 per year per uninsured worker.
 * 2) Individuals will be required to enroll in a health plan by July 1, 2007, or face tax penalties.
 * 3) Health insurers will provide partially to fully subsidized coverage for low-income residents.

At least one other state (Hawaii) requires employers to provide employee health insurance, but no other state holds individuals accountable for coverage.


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Indian police break up hunger strike over dam project

April 7, 2006 Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan activist in the ninth day of a hunger strike protesting the Sardar Sarovar Project, is forcibly moved to hospital in New Delhi by police.

On the ninth day of the hunger strike she and two other activists had undertaken to protest the Indian government's decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam across the Narmada river and the lack of progress in rehabilitating people displaced by the dam project, Patkar was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where she was placed under intensive care. Doctors have said that she is conscious and her condition is stable.

Police sources say that Patkar has not been arrested as of now, but an First Information Report has been lodged against her for attempting to commit suicide.

Activists of the Narmada Bachao Andolan tried to prevent the police from moving Patkar and some were arrested on rioting charges.

Hunger strike
Patkar, Jamsinh Nargave and Bhagwatibai Patidar began an indefinite fast on March 29, refusing food and medical care. They called on the government to reverse its decision to raise the height of the dam under construction from 110m to 121m and demanded proper rehabilitation for people displaced by the project. Supreme Court rulings of Oct 2000 and March 2005 stated that further construction on the dam (above 110m) was illegal until temporarily and permanently affected families were rehabilitated as per the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal Award.

Patkar said "If the construction work for increasing the height of the dam is started, over 35,000 people will lose their land by the month of June." and that "Yet, most of the villagers living along the Narmada river bank have not been provided alternative land holdings".

The Indian Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz and other central ministers met the protestors and called on them to end the fast, promising suitable rehabilitation.

"We urge Medha Patkar to break her fast. She is welcome to continue her protest and raise the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, my ministry and the courts," said Soz.

On April 3rd, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed to the hunger strikers to end their fast. Three union ministers are also planning to visit the dam site to personally supervise the rehabilitation work.

The Sardar Sarovar dam project
The Sardar Sarovar Project involves the construction of a series of large hydroelectric dams on the Narmada River in India. Although first conceived of in the 1940s by the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, the project began only after 1979. Officials say that the dam is essential for drought-prone areas in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh but the dam has been mired in controversy over its environmental impact, costs and benefits since the late 1980s.

Local protests have coalesced under the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada Movement) led by Medha Patkar. The World Bank was a funder of the SSP, but withdrew after an independent review in 1990. Indian writer Arundhati Roy has protested the Narmada Dam project.


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German soccer player gets preliminary injunction against far-right party

April 6, 2006 Patrick Owomoyela, a soccer player in the German national team, has achieved a preliminary injunction against the far-right NPD over a pamphlet of the party depicting Owomoyela.

On the cover of the pamphlet concerning the upcoming Soccer World Cup in Germany, the NPD had shown the torso of a man wearing a jersey of the national soccer team with the number 25, which is the fixed number of Owomoeyela in the team. Below it were the words: "White. Not just the color of the jersey. For a real national team."

The court found that this portrayal "defames [Owomoyela] in an unbearable racist manner" and ordered that the NPD cease distributing the pamphlet under penalty of 250,000 €.

Owomoyela's lawyer and the German Football Association also intend to press criminal charges for defamation and hate speech against the party.

NPD spokesperson Klaus Beier said the reference to the word "white" was not related to skin color, but rather to a series of betting and corruption scandals in German soccer in recent months.

He also claimed that "neither the player nor his number were recognisable". However, although partially covered by the caption, the number 25 is easily identifiable on the image.


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User:Publius~enwikinews

Social Insecurity

The Senate rejected an amendment to the 2007 budget that would have required that all Social Security payroll taxes be spent only for Social Security benefits. The vote was 53 to 46. The amendment was sponsored by Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Mike Crapo (R-ID). It did nothing more than require that taxes be used for their stated purpose - Social Security. Unfortunately, the mainstream media gave this little, if any, attention. Perhaps its time to give it a little more 'sunlight.'

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Talk:Guinea's PM fired by President

New Guinea? Equitorial Guinea? I don't really know my presidents very well...

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Wikinews:Briefs/April 6, 2006

Audio Wikinews transcript, 2006-04-06 1500 UTC
I'm Phillip Hong. The time is 1500 UTC on the 6th of April 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews: News Briefs.

Headlines
Dead swan found in Fife, Scotland confirmed H5N1 Bird Flu virus

''Reports say that the dead Mute Swan found in Fife, Scotland last week, was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of Bird Flu and that a second swan is being tested for the deadly strain. This is the United Kingdom's first case of the virus.''

Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage

''Massachusetts lawmakers approved legislation on Tuesday, April 4, that would make it the first state in the United States to require all residents to have health insurance and impose penalties for non-compliance. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican who is expected to run for U.S. President in 2008, is expected to sign the bill.''

Duke lacrosse season ends, coach resigns

''Amid an escalating rape and racial discrimination scandal involving members of the Duke University Men's Lacrosse team, the university announced it has cancelled the rest of the team's season. Allegations of rape surfaced last week when an exotic dancer came forward, saying she was forcefully engaged into sexual intercourse by a group of lacrosse players at a house party. No charges have been filed.''

Closing Comments
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Talk:Cats could play significant role in transmitting bird flu to humans, say Dutch researchers

Article Title
The last bit of the title seems a bit odd to me. What does it mean? Wouldn't it be better to begin with "Dutch researchers claim..." or "Dutch researchers report..." ? As a reader, seeing the title end with ": Dutch researchers" holds no grammatical or semantic meaning for me. Instead, it looks like Wikinews is making the claim that "Cats could play significant role in transmitting bird flu to humans", and the Dutch researchers play into it somehow, but who knows how. Wikinews certainly does not make such claims. It is the researchers who are making the claims. 129.42.161.36 14:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)