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User talk:Meneitherfabio~enwikinews

Hi thanks for uploading photos from the scientology protests. Please make sure when uploading photos, that you upload the biggest size you have (We will automatically resize them for a size apropriate to a web page, and then have a button to view a big version), and to say that you took the pictures yourself on the image description page. Thanks.

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User talk:192.211.25.9

For the thing about the scientology protests you just posted to WN:ALERT, please use talk:Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide instead. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Bush visits Tennessee, sees tornado damage

How many poorly-written articles about Bush is Anonymous101 going to create? This article is just "Bush went to this place, and he said this, and then he said a bit more". Where's the story? Don't national leaders do this sort of thing all the time? --78.151.109.1 01:28, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

George W. Bush meets with Shelvy Linville.jpg
Please replace the 4th image in the gallery with George W. Bush meets with Shelvy Linville.jpg (dupe on commons). Siebrand - (talk) 20:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

 * ✅ --A101 - (talk) 20:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

George Bush in Tennessee sees tornado damage february 8, 2008.jpg
editprotected First image in gallery is the same as the image at the beginning of the article. Please update the image link to "George Bush in Tennessee sees tornado damage february 8, 2008.jpg". Thanks. Siebrand - (talk) 08:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅. Thanks for the request. A101 - (talk) 16:59, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow.
editprotected An IP in 2008 vandalized the (oddly placed) last paragraph, which now concludes: "The reason that President Bush is going to Tennesse and Arkansas and not any other states is because they are the only ones that asked for help,fuck you" (emphasis added). Does that rise to needing a correction? Also, please add a comma after "the president of the United States", add spaces between "Mr." and "Bush", change the quotation marks to ASCII, move haveyoursay and archive to their correct places, retarget the link for Macon County to, and fix the disambiguation link for "White House" in the sources. Heavy Water (talk) 00:12, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @Heavy Water: ✅ Holy wow, I can't believe that that's been like that for years. Please let me know if the correction notice sounds off. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:01, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It sounds fine. archive is duplicated and haveyoursay misplaced, though. Heavy Water (talk) 22:05, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The formatting looks less off without the duped Archive. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:13, 15 August 2023 (UTC)


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Alan Keyes still in presidential race

February 11, 2008

Alan Keyes wants everyone to know he still in the running for the Republican Party's nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Saying that he thinks he still can win, the candidate's name has next to no recognition, a problem usually associated with independent or third party candidates. Keyes blames the media for his lack of recognition.

Keyes is centering his largely grassroots campaign in Texas, where he hopes to win the upcoming primary. At a recent campaign stop in Lubbock, Keyes asked voters to stick to their morals, vote for him, and let God perform a "miracle."

Dr. Keyes won no states on Super Tuesday, and as of this writing has zero delegates.

Keyes is the former Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Other major candidates registered for the Republican nomination are Mike Huckabee (former Governor of Arkansas), John McCain (U.S. Senator from Arizona), and Dr. Ron Paul (U.S. Representative from Texas and 1988 Libertarian Presidential nominee). Twenty-five others are also registered with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC).

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Rugby union: Wales, France, England win in second week of 2008 Six Nations

February 10, 2008

The second week of the 2008 RBS Six Nations Championship kicked off yesterday with Wales playing Scotland at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. This was followed by France playing Ireland at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. Today, Italy played England at the Stadio Flaminio, Rome.

Wales vs. Scotland
Scotland's Dan Parks kicked off the match at 1400 local time (UTC). An error in the first line-out of the match by Scotland resulted in Wales kicking the ball along the ground to the Scotland try-line, almost leading to Wales's fly-half, James Hook, scoring a try within the first minute of the game, stopped only by Scotland's fullback, Hugo Southwell. Scotland withstood the pressure from the following Welsh scrum, and went on to score the first points with a penalty from Chris Paterson in the tenth minute. Wales struck back three minutes later with a try from Shane Williams, converted by Hook, following a misjudged kick by Southwell that went straight to Mike Phillips. Scotland were then disadvantaged by the sin-binning of Nathan Hines, for hitting out at Lee Byrne at a ruck. However, they survived their time without the lock, the next score not coming until a 30th minute penalty to Wales, kicked by Hook. The 32nd minute saw the loss of Scotland's skipper Jason White to injury, being replaced by Allister Hogg. The final points of the half came from a Paterson 43 metre penalty for Scotland, making the half-time score 10-6.

The second half began as the first had ended, with a Paterson penalty four minutes after the restart bringing Scotland to within a point of Wales. This didn't last long, however, as Hook scored and converted a try two minutes later, following a series of drives by the Welsh. Paterson kept the Scots in it with two further penalties, to make the difference only two points in the 56th minute. Wales replaced their half backs, Hook and Phillips, in the 58th minute, bringing on Stephen Jones and Dwayne Peel. Jones made his mark with a 65th minute penalty to give Wales a slightly more comfortable five point lead. Wales continued to pressure the Scots, and three minutes later, Williams grounded from mid-air with his body in touch to score a try, controversially given by the video referee, despite claims his foot had made contact with the touchline. Jones converted from this, and scored again with a 72nd minute penalty, which, despite late pressure from the Scots, proved to be the last points of the game, making the final score 30-15 to the home team.

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France vs. Ireland
Ireland's Ronan O'Gara kicked off the second match of the day at 1700 local time (UTC+1). France's first significant attack came in the third minute from a winding run by Aurélien Rougerie, squeezing through the Irish line, picking up about 60 metres, forcing Ireland to give away a penalty only 25 metres out. However, Jean-Baptiste Élissalde failed to capitalise on this early chance to score, kicking just wide. Within three minutes, France had got the ball over the try-line, but Julien Bonnaire was held up by the Irish defence as he tried to ground. The first score came from a 15th minute turnover in a ruck, and a disguised kick from Élissalde deep into the Irish corner gave Vincent Clerc, beating Denis Leamy to the ball, a simple try. The conversion was kicked successfully by Élissalde. Ireland responded almost immediately, with an 18th minute penalty from O'Gara. The French again managed to break through the Irish defence only a minute later, this time a pass by David Skrela setting up Clerc for his second try in five minutes in the same corner. This time Élissalde missed the conversion. The next points came from a second O'Gara penalty ten minutes later, to keep Ireland within a converted try's score of France. However, a 36th minute dropped pass by the fly-half led to another turnover, which initiated a move that gave Clerc his hat-trick try within the first half. The conversion was made, and no further points were scored, bringing the half-time score to 19-6.

The second half saw no score until the 49th minute of the game, when Cédric Heymans easily gathered a ball that had rebounded off Brian O'Driscoll from an Élissalde kick, bursting through the covering defence to score behind the posts, giving Élissalde an easy conversion. Seemingly out of the match, Ireland continued to battle, and were rewarded in the 58th minute with a penalty try awarded for persistent French infringing at scrums only metres from their line. O'Gara easily kicked the conversion to bring them within 13 points of the French. Ireland's hopes were raised further three minutes later when, following the introduction of Mick O'Driscoll and Rory Best, David Wallace was able to force the ball over the line. However, the conversion kick, that would've brought Ireland to within one converted try's score of France once again, was missed by O'Gara, leaving them eight points behind with 20 minutes to play. A 69th minute move by the Irish looked certain to result in another try, but it was not to be as a final pass by O'Gara to release Geordan Murphy was a foot too high and into touch. Ireland continued to put the French under intense pressure, culminating in a 75th minute penalty from O'Gara to bring the Irish score only five points behind the French. However, a tense last five minutes proved too short for the Irish, who, despite constant bombardment, were unable to break through the French line to score a final decisive try. The match ended 26-21.

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Italy vs. England
Italy's David Bortolussi kicked off the final match of the weekend at 1530 local time (UTC+1). England got off to a flying start when, after three minutes, Jonny Wilkinson ran onto his own chipped ball, before passing out to Paul Sackey, who sprinted through for the try in the Italian's corner. Wilkinson then converted to give England an early seven point lead. Italy's response came with two penalties, one in the sixth minute, the other in the 12th, scored by Bortolussi, to bring them back to within a point. The 15th minute brought a second England try, when Jamie Noon charged down and gathered a Bortolussi kick, before a short pass back to Wilkinson, himself making a short pass back to Toby Flood, who ran for the corner, diving over the try-line, to set up the conversion that would take Wilkinson to a total of 1000 points for England. A missed penalty by Wilkinson in the 23rd minute kept the difference at eight points, but nine minutes later, he successfully scored his second penalty attempt, to widen the gap to 11 points. A final penalty scored by Wilkinson three minutes before the break meant the half-time score was 6-20.

The Italians began the second half well, putting pressure on England, and earning penalties, scored by Bortolussi, in the 44th and 55th minutes to bring Italy back into the game. England again increased their lead four minutes later with a third penalty score from Wilkinson. There were no more scores for the next 17 minutes, and in the 67th minute, England replaced Wilkinson with Danny Cipriani. Going into the last ten minutes, Italy were still trailing by 11 points, when Kaine Robertson was stopped only by an ankle tap from Noon. Six minutes later, Simon Picone charged down a Cipriani kick, racing on to take the ball, running clear with it to score the try. The conversion, scored by Bortolussi, took Italy to within a try of victory, setting up an uncomfortable final three minutes for England. However, despite attempts by Italy to break through, they were unable to score the late try they needed, and the match finished 19-23.

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Also watched the matches on BBC iPlayer (here) while writing the article, mainly to check and correct times of events. Didn't list as source because they will only be available for a week, and for UK users only. I was uncertain who to name as author and publisher of the Six Nations website sources, so hopefully I got that right. --86.162.245.138 01:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC).


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Rebels shoot East Timor president

February 11, 2008 José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, has been shot by rebel soldiers in an attack on his home near the capital of Dili. He is now undergoing treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital's intensive care unit in Darwin, Australia.

The military is blaming the shooting on rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, who, along with another attacker, was shot and killed by the president's guards. "The attack was carried out by Alfredo's group," said military spokesman Domingos da Camara. Reinado, a former major, was charged with murder after leading rebel soldiers in the 2006 East Timor crisis.

Camara said the shooting took place at 4:30 am local time, when two cars passed the president's residence in Areia Branca, two kilometers outside of the capital. According to Camara, the group "assaulted him, but after rapid reaction by security, his attackers fled". One of the president's guards was killed in the attack, Camara said.

Ramos-Horta's current condition is serious, but stable, according to doctors at the Royal Darwin Hospital. "This is a very traumatic and a nasty event - high-velocity, high-powered weapons shooting somebody in the chest in the abdomen are nasty injuries, but we would be very hopeful and cognoscente of a good recovery," said Len Notaras, the hospital superintendent. Notaras says he has found three bullet wounds, two in the stomach and one in the back.

The president was initially taken to a hospital at an Australian military base in Dili. He was then flown by airplane to Darwin and driven to the hospital under police escort. His sister and mother are in Darwin with him. Ramos-Horta is currently in an induced coma, and it is unclear when the doctors will begin operating.

Januario Freitas, a neighbor of the president, said his wound looked "serious". Maria Gabriela Carrascalao, the president's sister-in-law, said, "He was able to talk. We don't know how far is the damage, let's hope that he's not very, very serious."

Australian and East Timorean troops stepped up sercurity around the capital, while United Nations police sealed off the road leading to Ramos-Horta's house. "UNPol is in a high state of alert in Dili," UN spokeswoman Allison Cooper said.

Local media reported that the home of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao had also come under attack, but a statement released by the United Nations said Gusmao was safe in his office and working with international forces.

"The prime minister is in control of the situation," said East Timor foreign minister Zacarias da Costa. "I think the country is safe. We have the support of the Australian and New Zealand military here ... and I believe our own defenses are capable of handling those problems."

Australia agreed to send 120 more soldiers and up to 70 police to Dili. Australian foreign minister Steven Smith says the troops could be used to capture the other members of Reinado's group, who he believes attempted a coordinated assassination. "This wasn't a coincidence, this was a deliberate assassination attempt to take out the Prime Minister and the President - the two key figures in the duly elected East Timorese Government, and that's why the events of the day are effectively so shocking," Smith said.

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Please tell use the license of this image, and where it was taken. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Alan Keyes still in presidential race

Oh, Lord, Alan Keyes is embarrassing. He never knows when to give up. Try patching your relationship with your daughter before trying to hog media time with another doomed election. TheCustomOfLife 02:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, Alan Keyes, you are the limit. -161.88.255.240 17:00, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Keyes.. is a moron
The guy's an attention-grabbing moron in my opinion. He attacks homosexuals in way worse then any other canadiate running. He's almost as vulgar as Jesse Helms. --TUFKAAP 19:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Disturbingly close to what Uncyclopedia has
See Unnews/Uncyclopedia's parody of this matter. JoshuaZ 19:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Crap, they beat me to it. I was seriously gonna write an UnNews article on this very subject. Those guys sure know how to satirize. ~Planoneck~ 23:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

You have got to be kidding me
Keyes does not have a chance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.176.67 (talk) 22:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Keyes: The Conservative's alternative to McCain, Romney and Huckabee
In the 2008 Repupblican presidential election cycle, the article described Alan Keyes as the Complete Conservative, and that he is.

Each of the G.O.P. candidates has invoked the name of Ronald Reagan in their campaign rhetoric during the 2008 election cycle, but no one, save Keyes, has a record consistent with Ronald Reagan's three foundational precepts: moral, defense and fiscal conservatism. Hence, Alan Keyes is appropriately considered the Complete Conservative.

McCain sold-out the grassroots with McCain-Feingold, supported amnesty with McCain-Feingold and received a mixed rating on the issue of life from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), in the group's 2006 Congressional report. Romney supported gay-marriage and was pro-abortion from 1970 until his decision to seek the presidency in 2008. Huckabee is pro-life, but liberal on defense and fiscal issues, bringing increased government spending to Arkansas during his term as Governor, and displaying questionable attitudes on the issue of immigration.

With the possibility of social Conservatives bolting the party should McCain win the nomination, Alan Keyes is the best alternative to represent and defend conservatism at the upcoming G.O.P. Convention, in September, 2008. It is for this reason Alan Keyes is the man to watch in 2008. Savvyconsumer7 - (talk) 19:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Alan Keyes
Alan Keyes stands for all the right things this country needs to be doing. He is highly intelligent and not intimidated by anyone. Let's elect a genuinely qualified man to be our President. 19:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)19:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)19:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


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Homicide in Iowa City
An older man by the name of Jerome August “Patrick McEwen, who lived on 513 Van Buren St. Apt. 1 was found dead by his neighbor in Iowa City around 3:44 p.m. on Feb. 7th.

The Iowa City policed arrested Curtis John Fry, 21 who is charged with second-degree murder. Authorities found Fry’s wallet and his blood-stained jeans and jacket in Patrick McEwen’s bedroom.

According to police reports, McEwen had multiple injuries, which included brain bleeding, a fracture left rib, blunt-force fractures to his face, a thyroid-cartilage fracture, and “apparent defensive wounds to his hand.” Officers responded to McEwen's residence in reference to what they believed to be an "unattended death.”

Johnson County Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on Feb. 8, which showed McEwen's death was a homicide. Police later released McEwen's cause of death after arresting Fry.

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Photos
Thanks for uploading your photos. They look great!

Just to let you know, you may want to upload them to the Wikimedia Commons. This way, they can be used on other sites like Wikipedia, or on the Wikinews sites in other languages, without having to upload them individually to each site. :) (→ Zachary ) 04:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Photo Date on one of your uploade images...
Erm you or your camera can time travel to alternate realities? maybe you'd like to talk to our science correspondent? ;) 62.56.106.162 00:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Could you please make it clear when the images were taken? The summary says February 11, 2006. This year's protests were on February 10, 2008. Again, thanks for the nice photos!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:31, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In the process of moving them to commons I fixed the dates. Bjweeks - (talk) 00:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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"Hope-mongering" denotes a NOT neutral point of view by the author. It's a weasel word and should be corrected. Dr.Strangelove 04:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


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Please merge your scientology protest article into the main one: Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC) ---

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Welcome
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Hi there. I'm not sure if your article Pahutar (Sipahutar) is a news article. Perhaps it should be on a different wiki? Bawolff ☺☻ 08:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Barack Obama sweeps three state Democratic contests

gobama
Hillary Vs McCain = McCain

Obama Vs McCain = Obama

Our last chance, feb 11, 08 psilo9 09:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)09:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)69.123.85.254

weasel word!
"Hope-mongering" denotes a NOT neutral point of view by the author. It's a weasel word and should be corrected. (preceding unsigned comment by Dr.Strangelove)


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Air Moldova completes airpark with a Brazilian Embraer aircraft

February 11, 2008 Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer on Friday announced it has signed a firm order with Air Moldova for one Embraer 190 jet, to be delivered in March 2010. The contract includes an option on another plane of the same model, Embraer said in a statement. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

At present, renowned companies such as Air France, Lufthansa group and Spanish Iberia Airlines own Embraer 190 jets, specified the representative of Air Moldova. The same source specified that Embraer 190 jet is one of the most economic and optimal aircrafts for operation, and it will be configured in a single-class cabin with 114 seats.

Air Moldova, which links the Moldovan capital, Chişinău, to cities in Europe and the Middle East, intends to use the new plane to open new markets.

The Embraer 190 is one of the four members of the E-Jets family. On December 31, the Embraer 170/190 E-Jets had logged 764 firm orders and 786 options.

Embraer is the world's fourth-largest commercial plane maker. It finished 2007 with a firm order backlog of US$18.8 billion.


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Abu Dhabi starts constructing 'green city'

February 11, 2008

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started construction of its so called 'green city' which will be named Masdar City. It is a city which is designed to have no carbon emissions, cars, or waste. It will cost $22 billion (£11 billion) and take eight years to make. It will be able to hold a population of 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses. The city will cover 1,483 acres (6.00 km²).

The city was designed by Foster and Partners, a British company.

“No one has ever built a zero-carbon city before. Nor one producing zero waste or fully powered by renewable energy. Masdar City will accomplish all three,” said Sultan Al Jaber.

The city will have a personal electrical power supply mainly from two renewable energy sources: wind turbines and solar panels. Water will be provided through a solar-powered desalination plant and air conditioning will be provided naturally from wind towers.

It is planned to save more than $2 billion in oil over the next 25 years along with creating more than 70 000 jobs.

The immense project will be supported by a company created for it called 'Masdar Initiative', which will develop and commercialise clean energy technologies. It will also be supported by the WWF, a global conservation charity, and it is hoped that international joint ventures will bring in more money.

Some people fear that Masdar will become a domain for the luxury development of the rich, because the city is located by Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Dr Al Jaber said, “We are often asked why we are setting our goal so high. Our answer is because someone must... Someone must push the envelope to create the solution that we, as a global community, so urgently require.”


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Islamofascism
If radical Islamic extremism is really the transcendent threat of our time, and this is what a Muslim country is doing, then shouldn't we, like, be trying to do it sooner and better? Like the space race? -161.88.255.240 22:01, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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What will happen to the Indian/Bangladeshi labourers? Still treated 2nd class? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.162.23.250 (talk) 09:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


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'''It never ceases to tell us that Europe must continue to evolve, as youth employment is related to the economic strength that the 27 EU member countries will reach their synergies.Mais young Europeans need " concrete actions, actions that are hanging around outside the offices of the institutions Européennes.Depuis January 2007, the European Commission is in possession of a detailed report (Merit) on the allegedly positive impact on the EU economy largely distribution of FLOSS (Free / LibreOpenSource), and hence Linux & C, in the offices of firms with the European Union, resulting in the creation of jobs for young people skilled in the field of "information technology, as savings made by the companies that use Open Source for their software, rather than sources with licenses, are considerable; the same goes for the authorities. In order to shake up the "coconut" Europe, from this week's online petitionpromoted by Claudio d'Alelio, President of the European Federalist Group Progressist Alliance United States of Europe ". '''

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Cd'A It is urgent that the European powers give a strong example of economic initiative pragmatic.

MK Where is the pragmatism using Open Source?

Cd'A We need Europe to channel spending in government and business, but we must also create jobs. However, the FLOSS (LINUX for example) we will save money illico presto very important: the city of Bolzano in Northern Italy savings through FLOSS 1 million euros per year, by not paying more software licenses. The Italian Parliament was soon to Linux, with a savings of more than 3 million per year, savings that the National Assembly has begun Achieve by using the Linux system, since 2007.

MK and jobs for young people?

Cd'A. Merit reading the report on the impact of FLOSS in Europe, we will see that most of 63% of free software developers are installed within the EU, which implies the creation of jobs on the spot.

MK your petition Why is it addressed to the President of the Committee of Regions of the EU and not the European Parliament?

Cd'A. Because CoR represents at best the socio-economic life of the European regions and can take initiatives such as those required by our petition in a period of relatively short time, on the contrary of the European Parliament, where political divisions Opponents can slow all initiatives, as they are important.

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Proton rocket launches Thor 5 satellite

February 11, 2008 In the sixth orbital launch of 2008, an International Launch Services Proton-M/Briz-M rocket has launched from area 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Norwegian Thor 5 communication satellite aboard. Liftoff of the 53 metre long Russian rocket occurred at 11:33 GMT, and the launch ended with the satellite's injection into a geosynchronous orbit, some 9 hours and 23 minutes later.

At 13:20, the second burn of the Briz-M upper stage was confirmed to have been successful. At 15:50, the third burn, and separation of the upper stage's auxiliary propellant tank, were reported to have been completed successfully. The fourth burn occurred about five hours later, and spacecraft separation followed at 20:57 GMT.

Thor 5 will be positioned at 1°W longitude, and will provide direct-to-home broadcasting services to Europe. The satellite was constructed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, and is based on the Star-2 satellite bus. It will be operated by Telenor, and is equipped with 24 Ku-band transponders.

The launch was delayed from 2007 after the failure of another Proton rocket, and scrubbed yesterday due to a problem with the rocket's guidance system, detected shortly before fuelling.

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I think we should rename the article from: Dhabi starts constructing 'green city to:  Abu' Dhabi starts constructing 'green city' . Dhabi and Abu Dhabi are different cities. --Mephiles 14:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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editprotectedI would like to add the category Category:Abu Dhabi. Rana (talk) 16:08, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
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Please add to Category:Renewable energy. Thanks. —Elekhh (talk) 21:16, 15 August 2010 (UTC) ✅ --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 22:03, 15 August 2010 (UTC)


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Paintings worth millions of Swiss francs stolen in Zürich

February 11, 2008

On Sunday evening, around 16:30 local time, three armed men wearing ski masks stole four paintings: Claude Monet's "Poppy field at Vetheuil," Edgar Degas' "Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter," Vincent van Gogh's "Blooming Chestnut Branches" and Paul Cezanne's "Boy in the Red Waistcoat" from Foundation E.G. Bührle museum in Zürich, Switzerland.

The three armed robbers entered the museum half an hour before closing. One man with a pistol forced employees to the ground while the other two men stole the paintings. The whole ordeal lasted only 3 minutes. The men then proceeded to a van and left.

The four paintings are worth a total of 163 million US dollars. It's said that it would be hard to sell the stolen paintings on the open market due to the popularity of the paintings. There is a reward of 90 thousand US dollars for the artwork.

The robbers, who were still at large, stole the paintings Sunday from the E.G. Bührle Collection, one of Europe's finest private museums for Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, police said.

It was the largest art robbery in Swiss history and one of the biggest ever in Europe, said Marco Cortesi, spokesman for the Zürich police. He compared it to the theft in 2004 of Edvard Munch's The Scream and Madonna from the Munch Museum in Norway.

Last week, Swiss police reported that two Pablo Picasso paintings were stolen from a Swiss exhibition near Zurich.


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State of emergency declared in East Timor

February 11, 2008 The Prime Minister of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, has declared a 48 hour state of emergency and a curfew in East Timor, following attacks on Jose Ramos-Horta, the leader of the country. The state of emergency applies throughout East Timor and it prohibits all public gatherings. The curfew applies from 20:00 to 6:00 (East Timor time).

The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, was seriously wounded by a bullet during an attack on his home in the early hours of this morning.

The first attack was carried out by a rebel army on at 06:00 am (East Timor time). During the attack the rebels launched a shootout with guards of the house.

Ramos-Horta was transferred by air to Darwin, where he was taken to the Royal Darwin Hospital. The staff at the hospital have said they expect Ramos-Horta to make a "full recovery" and that he is in a stable condition. Australia has sent support forces to East Timor along with 1,700 troops from the United Nations (UN) to help to help stabilize the situation in the country.


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Seeing as how it was badly damaged during the war, I'm sure it will make a comeback. It might not be the original but it's worth when it's your national treasure. This is like burning the Book of Kells to me. --TUFKAAP 18:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


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no you suck chick/dude! thats insane...selling a video game is not going to do anything at all. i bet one of his pot head friends has the game and soon will be to his friends to get high and play it! :D

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Comments:Senior security official: "Hardly any chance" to ban German Church of Scientology

This article creates a completely false impression of the political debate in Germany concerning Scientology. In fact Ehrhart Körting's suggestion at the annual meeting of the state Interior Ministers to look into the posssiblity of banning the Scientology organisation was well recieved and endorsed by all the Ministers of the Interiour of the German states, who represent a variety of political parties. All four major political parties in Germany deny memebership to scientologists. Claiming that: speakers of all other Federal Parliament parties,[...]stated that it would not be a governmental task to ban a group like the Church of Scientology. must be false, since all German politicians know that the the German constitution allows, and even requires the state to ban any organisation that threatens the constitutional order and democratic principles. (Article GG 9.) No speaker of any mainstream political party would ever claim that banning a group like Scientology is not a governmental task. The current debate in Germany is about wether there is enough concrete evidence at the moment to justify a Scientology ban in court. In prinicple all mainstream political parties support a ban. Mr. Ulrich Battis can also not have said that: a religious community like Scientology is almost impossible to ban., and if so, he is wrong, since: 1. Scientology has repeatedly been denied the status of 'religious community' in Germany. 2. Even if Scientology were recognised as a religion, recent legal reforms due to the 'war on terror' have removed hurdels making it hard to ban religious organisations, allowing them to be treated like any other organisation under Article GG 9. of the constitution. I do not believe that Mr. Battis is so ill informed, this must be a deliberate missquote, or the quote was taken out of context.


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Huckabee wins Kansas and Louisiana

February 9, 2008

U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee won Saturday's GOP caucuses in Kansas and Louisiana, CNN reported earlier. Huckabee, a former minister and governor of Arkansas, trailed party frontrunner John McCain by nearly 500 delegates at the beginning of the day. Kansas has pledged 36 delegates to the winner of today's contest.

Just days after winning several key states in the Super Tuesday showdown, Huckabee has again demonstrated his ability to compete with McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee. Since Tuesday's surge, McCain has come under fire from various leaders of the conservative wing of his party. Some feel McCain can shore up his conservative flank by naming Huckabee his running mate for the general election in November. McCain has repeatedly called for conservative former governor Mitt Romney to meet and work with him.

Though Romney, Huckabee's chief rival among conservative voters, suspended his campaign on Thursday, Huckabee says he has no plans to give McCain a clear path to the Republican nomination. Including Kansas, he has finished first in seven races this primary season.

According to CNN, Huckabee spoke at a Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. this morning and said, "I know the pundits, and I know what they say: The math doesn't work out. Well, I didn't major in math, I majored in miracles. And I still believe in those, too."

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Victims of torture among detainees facing death penalty in Guantanamo

February 11, 2008

Military prosecutors at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp announced charges on Monday against six captives they claim were involved in the planning of the September 11 attacks. The men, each facing the death penalty, will be tried in a single group.

The move could cause legal problems, since the Bush Administration has admitted that at some of the confessions were given under torture. In 2006, a source in the Pentagon referred to several of the captives now facing prosecution as "unprosecutable" due to "the techniques" used to secure their confessions.

The administration confirmed last week that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had been subjected to waterboarding - which it defines as an "Enhanced interrogation technique". The alleged planner of the September 11 attacks confessed to planning a number of other crimes. Included in his list of confessions were the failed shoe-bombing in England and 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre, trying to assassinate Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Pervez Musharraf and Pope John Paul II, the beheading of reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, the Nightclub bombing in Bali, plots against oil tankers in Singapore and an oil company owned by Henry Kissinger, plans to blow up the Panama Canal, Heathrow Airport, the Sear Towers in Chicago, the Empire State Building in New York and the Library Tower in Los Angeles, attacks against a number of nightclubs in Thailand, shooting down an Israeli plane, destroying suspension bridges and bombing a hotel in Kenya and targets in South Korea. He also confessed to attacks and plots in Kuwait, Australia, Turkey, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia. William Glaberson of The New York Times has suggested that the willingness to confess to every accusation presented against him might make it more difficult for prosecutors to establish the validity of his confessions.

Mohamed al-Kahtani, one of sixteen people accused of being a "20th hijacker", has recanted his confessions that he had ties to Al Qaeda, had been sent to serve as a hijacker, and that he recognised thirty other captives as bodyguards of Osama bin Laden. He has stated that he was tortured and his family was threatened - in order to force his confessions. A copy of his interrogation log documented that he had been subjected to almost two months of continuous sleep deprivation, with three shifts of interrogators working around the clock to keep him disoriented. His interrogation log documents that he was bound to chairs and force-fed, and administered enemas and IVs, in order to keep his body functioning during his extended sessions..

Walid bin 'Attash faces charges that he helped run a training camp in Lowgar, Afghanistan that trained two of the hijackers, and that he observed airport security during a flight to Malaysia, to aid the hijackers.

Ramzi Binalshibh is accused of helping the attackers enroll in American flight schools, been in frequent communication with them helped finance their time in the United States.

Ali Abdul Aziz Ali is alleged to have helped finance the hijackers' stay in the United States, teaching them to find hotels, use travellers' cheques and fit into Western culture.

Mustafa al-Hawsawi, originally thought to be another alias of Ali's, is likewise accused of helping the hijackers buy Western clothing, sign up for credit cards and financing their stay before the attacks.

The charges will be referred to Susan J. Crawford, appointed the convening authority of the Guantanamo military commissions last year, to determine if there is probable cause for proceedings to continue.

The commissions were established in 2006, after the Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that the system of tribunals was illegal, violating both International and American laws designed to ensure the fair treatment and trials of captives. The tribunals have been criticized for only being used against a handful of detainees, and not reaching a verdict on any of the cases.


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Columbus module added to ISS during spacewalk

February 11, 2008 A spacewalk was conducted today by astronauts Rex Walheim and Stan Love, members of the STS-122 Space Shuttle crew, to install the new Columbus module onto the International Space Station.

The spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), began at 14:13 UTC, with the astronauts leaving the Quest airlock of the Space Station, and starting work to install an attachment point on top of the Columbus module, to allow it to be moved by the Station's robotic arm. This was completed at 19:00, about an hour later than planned, owing to the installation taking longer than expected. Columbus was lifted out of the payload bay of Atlantis at 19:55 UTC, by the Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2. Astronaut Dan Tani, controlling Canadarm2 from aboard the ISS remarked "Columbus has started its trip to the new world". At 21:29, Columbus soft-docked with the Space Station's Harmony node, and the module finished bolting itself in place by 21:44.

Meanwhile, the astronauts performed some tasks to prepare for the next spacewalk, which is currently scheduled for Wednesday. They loosened bolts holding a nitrogen tank in place on the port truss segment of the Station, ahead of its replacement. It was originally planned that they would also disconnect pipes and electrical connections, however these objectives were delayed to Wednesday's spacewalk, due to time constraints. The EVA finished at 22:12 UTC, having lasted seven hours and fifty-eight minutes

This marks the 102nd spacewalk as part of the International Space Station programme, and the first of three planned for the STS-122 Shuttle mission. It was originally planned that German astronaut Hans Schlegel would perform the EVA instead of Stan Love, however he was unable to do so due to an undisclosed medical problem.


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Israel town sues Google for slander

February 11, 2008 The city of Kiryat Yam in Israel is suing Internet corporation Google over an alleged inaccuracy in its Google Earth software, which claims the city was built over the ruins of an Arab village.

A note added by Google Earth user Thameen Darby says Kiryat Yam was built on the site of the Palestinian village Ghawarina.

However, town's spokesman Naty Key Zilberman says this "obviously cannot be true, because Kiryat Yam was founded in 1945". The Palestinian exodus, in which hundreds of thousands of Arabs abandoned their villages due to the Arab-Israeli War, occurred in 1948, three years after Key zilberman says the city was founded. The city filed a slander complaint with Israel police, he says.

The city's claim is supported by Yossi Ben-Artzi, a history professor at the University of Haifa, who said, "Kiryat Yam was built on sand dunes, and there wasn't any Palestinian village in the area. The lands were bought in 1939 by the Gav Yam construction company."

Darby, the Palestinian doctor who added the information, says his contributions are part of the "Nakhba — Palestinian Catastrophe" hub, which intends to help Palestinian refugees find the villages of their ancestors. "As far as I can know, the Arab Ghawarina locality was in the place depicted," Darby said, though he also says he will "be quick to reallocate it" if proven wrong by reliable sources.

An unnamed Google spokesman said in an email: "Content reflects what people contribute, not what Google believes to be true. ... While we recognize that some may find the user-generated content objectionable, we are careful to balance the integrity of an open forum with the legal requirements of local governments. If an overlay does not breach our Terms and Conditions and is not in any way illegal, it is our policy not to remove it."

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Comments:US seeks death penalty for detainees who confessed under torture

Ahhh!!! It bothers me so much that the US would ever want to torture anyone. We're better than that. Give them life in prison, and before they die, they'll confess, but it doesn't really matter anyways. If we stopped bombing other countries, no one would hate us in the first place. - Ian Lee 23:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


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Australian Parliament apologises to the Stolen Generations

February 13, 2008 A motion has been passed in the Parliament of Australia to make a formal apology to the Stolen Generations. Thousands of people converged on Canberra, the capital city, to witness the event. Many Indigenous people set up camp on the lawns outside Old Parliament House at the site of the Tent Embassy which has been on the site since Australia Day 1972.

The front doors of Parliament House opened at 7:30 a.m. with many people queuing from before 7 a.m. to gain a place inside. With the House of Representatives public gallery packed, about a thousand people watched a live telecast of the event on screens that had been set up for the event in the Great Hall. A special area was set up at the front of the Hall for members of the Stolen Generation. Thousands of others watched outside Parliament House, gathering on the lawns of Federation Square. Some members of the crowds wore t-shirts with the word "Thanks" on the front. Many more people watched at venues across the country.

All living past Prime Ministers, with the exception of John Howard, were in the chamber to witness the apology.

The Prime Minister's speech was received warmly by the crowds and received a long standing ovation at its conclusion. During the Opposition Leader's speech, a majority of the audience in the Great Hall and Federation Square turned their backs.
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The Apology
The motion was presented to the house as the first item of business at 9 a.m. on the second day of the new Parliament. It was read by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and said (in part):

After the formal apology, Rudd gave a speech in which he referred to specific members of the Stolen Generation, and also addressed some common arguments against the apology.

He told the story of Nanna Nungala Fejo, an Aboriginal woman born in the late 1920's. "She remembers her earliest childhood days living with her family and her community in a bush camp just outside Tennant Creek. She remembers the love and the warmth and the kinship of those days long ago, including traditional dancing around the camp fire at night. She loved the dancing," Mr Rudd said. "But then, sometime around 1932, when she was about four, she remembers the coming of the welfare men .... What they had not expected was that the white welfare men did not come alone. They brought a truck, two white men and an Aboriginal stockman on horseback cracking his stockwhip. The kids were found; they ran for their mothers, screaming, but they could not get away ... Tears flowing, her mum tried clinging to the sides of the truck as her children were taken away to the Bungalow in Alice, all in the name of protection."

Mr Rudd criticised the former government for refusing to apologise. "These stories cry out to be heard; they cry out for an apology. Instead, from the nation’s parliament there has been a stony, stubborn and deafening silence for more than a decade," he said.

Responses
Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson spoke in Parliament after Kevin Rudd. He reiterated the apology made by Rudd. "We formally offer an apology to those Aboriginal people forcibly removed from their families through the first seven decades of the twentieth century," he said.

Nelson had a different take on the issue of inter-generational responsibility. "Our generation does not own these actions, nor should it feel guilt for what was done in many, but not all cases, with the best of intentions," he said. "But in saying we are sorry - and deeply so - we remind ourselves that each generation lives in ignorance of the long term consequences of its decisions and actions. Even when motivated by inherent humanity and decency to reach out to the dispossessed in extreme adversity, our actions can have unintended outcomes."

Nelson spoke against compensation to children forcibly removed from their parents. "There is no compensation fund, nor should there be. How can any sum of money replace a life deprived of knowing your family?"

In the Great Hall the crowd grew uncomfortable during the Opposition Leader's speech and the majority of the audience stood and turned their backs to the screens on which he was being broadcast. As the speech progressed a slow clapping began which drowned out Dr. Nelson's speech.

The crowds in Federation Square, the gardens outside Parliament House, also turned their back on the Opposition Leader.

One of the first to stand and turn his back in the Great Hall was Chris Osborne, representing the State Executive of the United Services Union of N.S.W. Mr. Osborne told a Wikinews reporter that his son had Aboriginal heritage and his sister-in-law was a member of the Stolen Generations. Regarding Dr Nelson's speech he said that the Opposition Leader "had not learnt and understood the fundamental issues" and said that he had presented a "begrudging apology".

A member of the Stolen Generations interviewed by Wikinews said that she had personally resolved the issues in her life and had made a success of it, but was pleased that the Nation had made the apology. She said that she did not turn her back on the Opposition Leader as she believed that it was better to listen to what people said and then take from it what was useful. Another Indigenous person said that he felt that people would leave the event with a spirit of hope and optimism. Of Dr. Nelson's speech he said that the Opposition Leader: "...had us for a nano-second and then he lost us. He lost the spirit."

Live telecast
Thousands of people gathered throughout the country to watch a telecast of the apology.

In Sydney, 1,000 people gathered the Redfern Community Centre in Redfern, an inner city suburb that is a focal point for Sydney's aboriginal community. The event was organised by the City of Sydney and number of Indigenous organisations.

An aboriginal smoking ceremony was performed before the telecast, and attendees were welcomed to the land by a member of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

As the live telecast began it started to rain. This didn't deter the participants, who sheltered under ponchos and umbrellas. Rudd's apology was met by cheers and applause. The crowd booed at the mention of former Prime Minister John Howard.

The sound of the live telecast was turned down after Rudd's speech, so that the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Clover Moore could speak. She acknowledged the traditional owners of the land and declared her support for the apology, but also said that it was a first step only and that there was much work to be done on the way to reconciliation. "For the first time, we have acknowledged the history of this country, and the privilege to live in this country," she said. "But we have to ask ourselves: what's the cost of that privilege? Who paid the price?"

"In our hearts we know the costs, whether in child-abuse, in petrol sniffing in remote communities, and drugs, and alcohol in the city districts."


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Inquiry
"The move creates problems, since the Bush Administration has admitted that at least three of the prisoners gave their confessions under torture."

Where in the sources is this sentence backed up? --+Deprifry+ 00:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Multiple problems with this article
IMO this article reeks of POV reporting and contains unsourced information.
 * 1) In an unexpected motion ... None of the sources say it was unexpected, one source, which is from two days ago, even says it is about to happen, which suggest the opposite: it was anticipated
 * 2) The move creates problems - says who exactly? (see above also)
 * 3) In 2006, the Pentagon referred to several of the captives now facing prosecution as "unprosecutable" - I could not find this in any of the sources
 * 4) The article fails to present the government/prosecution's case, even though it lists goverment documents as sources
 * 5) The article fails to mention that there is even a debate about waterboarding as toture.
 * 6) The title incorrectly suggests that all six have been subjected to torture (waterboarding).
 * Just some observations. --SVTCobra 00:15, 12 February 2008 (UTC); added #6 expand #1 --SVTCobra 00:36, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * 1) The charges were unexpected, it was announced two days ago that they were going to charge them, that was unexpected. If you give short notice to something, after people have been waiting six years to hear it, then suddenly announcing that you'll begin filming Star Wars 7, 8 and 9 would be an "unexpected" move.
 * 2) The article doesn't attribute the statement, directly or indirectly - if you feel it editorialises, we can find a replacement
 * 3) Will add source
 * 4) I haven't seen any international debate on the subject, but I'll try to add in some reference
 * 5) While the title could be read that way, I'd argue that no, it doesn't say that at all. "Six men charged in week-end murder" doesn't mean all six men were charged with murder. We could try inventive use of the word "among" in the title, if you have a suggestion?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherurcij (talk • contribs) 00:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * 1) This can be easily fixed to something we both can agree on, I think, like "a motion not anticipated until a few days ago" - do you concur?
 * 2) How about "may create legal complications" or something to that effect?
 * 3) This is still a problem since, despite the source, it is only attributable to Mark Fallon (an investigator not a government spokesperson) see page 4 (bottom half) and further it only refers to "some detainees" in an article which is about Mohamed al-Kahtani only. There is nothing to suggest that the others in this charge are included and al Kahtani himself is only implied. Anyway, all of this is pretty far from saying "the Pentagon referred to several of the captives now facing prosecution as "unprosecutable""
 * 4) I think you skipped #4 (the government position is still inadequately presented) and answered #5
 * 5) (from your response #4) I agree, there is not much international debate, but the fact that there is a domestic US debate is extremely relevant, since the suspects are in US custody and facing charges under the US legal system.
 * 6) (from your response #5) I am agreeable to your new title.
 * Thanks for your response.--SVTCobra 01:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Alright, fixed 1 and 2, we're agreed on 6 - so that leaves "the government position", I'm not really sure what you expect there. I added a half-sentence on #5, it at least links to the article so readers have the full context of the "debate". It's the same as we'd do if Kenya or another country had invented a new phrase for their actions, so I feel that's enough. FOr Fallon's quote, shall we change it to "a source in the Pentagon said..."? Sherurcij 02:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The use of scare quotes around several items in this article is offensive. Leave your commentary out of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.170.80.131 (talk) 13:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Which items specifically? I think they are being used to accredit the words to specific speakers, not to scare anybody. They're direct quotes, not singles. Sherurcij 08:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Moved back to the second title which seemed more NPOV and contextual, not implying that all six were tortured, etc. If you want to discuss otherwise, feel free, but I think SVT and I had compromised on the new title, so it seems fairly safe. Sherurcij 08:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


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This is not news, it's one thing to have an interview with a "will never be elected" underdog, since he's still a notable person - but giving updates that "the status quo hasn't changed" is not news. Sherurcij 01:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The news is that Keyes has been campaigning in Texas since the last week in January, focusing a good part of his effort on the state's March 4th election. He will remain in Texas until that date, leaving to campaign in other states briefly, then returning to Texas to continue his efforts in the state. (Keyes is on the ballot in 27 states, according to his website.) Savvyconsumer7 - (talk) 23:18, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


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February 12, 2008

The Australian parliament will apologise tomorrow for past mistreatment of Australia's indigenous population. The wording of the apology will be revealed after 5pm AEDT (UTC+11) today, and will be read in parliament tomorrow at 9am AEDT.

Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has given in-principle support to an apology, but has criticised the government for the delay in releasing the wording. He has written his speech without seeing the apology.

"If Mr Rudd wants to unify Australia, to bring our nation together, the most important person he should be negotiating with is me," Mr Nelson said yesterday. "We're two days away from this, for goodness sake. He should be sitting down with me and saying 'these are the words which we propose, what do you think?"

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said that the words must be tabled to parliament first.

The Government's manager of business, Anthony Albanese, said that it was more important for members of the Stolen Generations to approve of the apology. "Quite frankly, what's important is the people most affected are comfortable with that wording," he said.

In an opinion piece in today's The Sydney Morning Herald, Tony Abbott defended John Howard's legacy. "Its refusal to say 'sorry' meant that Howard never received the credit he deserved for groundbreaking policies such as the intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal townships," Mr Abbott wrote. "The Liberal Party's decision to support an apology to stolen children is not a repudiation of John Howard. It should help us to defend a key part of his legacy, the Northern Territory intervention, and to pursue good policy without accusations of bad faith."


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Hello and welcome to Wikinews. I had to remove you edits because you added information and sources that were after the publication date. Unlike an encyclopedia, like Wikipedia, Wikinews articles are not works-in-progress. Happy editing. --SVTCobra 01:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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Time references
There are time references in this article. Australia has three main time zones. To which one does this article refer? Also, if you please, can you put it relative to UTC, as in UTC+/-X? Cheers. --SVTCobra 02:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Um, it refers to the time here, where I am. It's currently lunchtime. :-) Okay, I've added the timezone and UTC offset -- please check to make sure it looks okay. - Borofkin 02:24, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was Canberra time or Sydney time, since the source was a Sydney paper and the gov't is in Canberra. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

POV
Hmmm, this article needs a bit of work. As it stands it seems to be primarily about how certain members of the opposition are having issues with the whole process, and about Tony Abbott's belief that John Howard was the best thing ever for Indigenes, both ideas being held by a minority of Australians. Most Australians are seeing today as the first step in getting a Fair Go for the shattered remains of a once proud race. Shouldn.t this article be about how the Government is keeping an Election promise, about how many aboriginals are very positive about this, and how the whole issue of compensation is still unresolved. A link to the "Bringing them home" Royal Commission Report seems appropriate as well. 124.179.150.41 20:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, there is probably more support for the apology than is represented in this article. You are welcome to add quotes from people supporting the apology, or jump in and help out with today's article (Australian parliament apologises to the Stolen Generations). Regarding a link to the Royal Commission report, remember that this article isn't a history of the apology issue, it is a report on the situation the day before the formal apology. A bit of background couldn't hurt, but the focus is what is happening now. - Borofkin - (talk) 00:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Israel town sues Google for slander

It sounds like to me that this has nothing to do with Google, and the case should be thrown out. Although one has to question why Google will not remove information it has been told is inaccurate. Wouldn't a company want to provide its users with correct and trustworthy information, not say "we know it's wrong, but we're not going to remove it because we don't care and we didn't write it". --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Google as a media
Google is here to provide a platform on which users can distribute information. Investigating wheter this information is true or not, is not the purpose of Google. It is the responsability of the user, to be aware of this when surfing Google's user generated content. As long as the user generated content doesn't violate any law, it can be published.

Israelies are always hateful of the truth
It's just the way Israelis behave, they like to scare people by claims they fabricate for their own benefit. The truth is "Jews (later called: Israelis) scared Palestinians out of their land way before the establishment of the "state of Israel" so the point they raise that Arabs left their land in 1948 is not accurate, Palestinians were expelled from their villages/towns since the start of jews immigration to Palestine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.219.91.35 (talk) 08:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Wackynews
This is just plain crazy. People will complain about anything 4.158.201.216 14:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Nukes
Aim a nuke at that Israeli village, and one at the Palestinian making the claim, and give them each a week to either prove their claim or admit they're lying. They'll figure it out. -161.88.255.240 22:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I feel that suing Google was a bit extreme in this situation. However, there is an important point to be made in this case: not everything found on the internet can be considered true. In fact, most of the information found is bound to be biased in some way, and sources should always be considered. This is true about any documented information, but aplies mostly to internet baised information because of the lack of editing and censership. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.139.180.61 (talk) 21:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Too funny
This is gold... another typical exagerated bogus claim by non-native conquerors of a previously peaceful (comparatively) land and persons. Another attempt to squeeze the solidified liquidless sponge dry of every nano-cent of a dollar it may have.

I wonder if they'll claim as much as some are against Germany for world war II ($186 trillion). Oh and i like that Nukes-test comment. That would surely determine the question. I guess you could use one of the 100s of Nukes Israel "does not" posses...

Les Bergowitz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.94.223.250 (talk) 12:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Now that is funny! Jews come and steal land and want money - are they the steroetype or what of all israeli culture? 78.144.21.163 21:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


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Broken pipes cause flood in Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York

According to radio communications by the Buffalo, New York Fire Department, at approximately 10:15 p.m. EST two water pipes inside the Darwin D. Martin House, a National Historical Landmark, broke causing several rooms to flood.

The breaks were discovered in the gift shop area of the house but quickly began to flood other areas near the shop as firefighters had a difficult time locating the main shut off valves.

At 10:50 p.m., firefighters reported to have shut off "several main valves" stopping the flow of water. The cost of the water damage is not known, but covered several rooms. Recent sub-zero temperatures in the city is said to be the cause of the break. At the time of the call, the temperature was only 10°F with a wind chill of 4°F above zero. On Sunday the temperature was only 3°F with a wind chill of -23°F.

The house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, has seen rough times over the years, experiencing problems such as vandalism. The first half of the complex was built in 1903 and finished in 1905. After the pergola, conservatory, and carriage were demolished, restoration and rebuild began in 1992 and is scheduled for completion in 2008 or 2009.


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Police scanner Buffalo, NY Fire Dept. frequency: 424.225, Channel: 1

 * 10:08 p.m.: Alarm sounds at fire department. Dispatch send two trucks as a preliminary signal.
 * 10:12 p.m.: Trucks arrive on scene, ask for a fire chief to respond.
 * 10:15: entry gained, found water flow.

Rest is in article. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weather temps are from the WeatherBug live Weather Station at Aquatic Field at Buffalo State College. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

There is an awful lot of information about the history of the house in the article. Where did you get that information? ... I don't suspect Dispatch mentioned it ;-) --SVTCobra 15:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia. :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:24, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Correction
I received this e-mail from the facilities director. I wrote to him following the incident last night:

"Hi Jason, Thanks for your interest. A sprinkler head failed and flooded a crawlspace which dripped to the stables and basement below it. Our review at this point shows that no major mechanical or structural damage occurred, just the costly effort of removing the water and drying out everything. Quick response by Buffalo Fire and Water Dept's helped in limiting damage. A cadre of staff, volunteers and contractors arrived shortly and by noon had dried electrical apparatus enough to return the building to full power. The complex heating plant including the geothermal well system was never affected by the problem or the low over night temperatures.

Jeffrey A. Salmon Facilities Manager Martin House Restoration Corporation Site Office 143 Jewett Parkway Buffalo, New York 14214 darwinmartinhouse.org"

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