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Anyone else feel, that the fuel cell bit, while interesting and may be true seems completely out there and unrelated to the article? Nil Einne 19:47, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's interesting that Wired magazine is cited, but not listed in the sources. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:52, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

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Am I Right webmaster interviewed on radio show

September 24, 2006

Charles R. Grosvenor, Jr., webmaster of Am I Right, was interviewed earlier today on the EZHelp Radio Show to discuss his web sites, in particular Am I Right. The aforementioned Am I Right is one of the world's largest web sites in the world about pop music.

Grosvenor discussed his definition of a parody (Changing the words of a song to poke fun at a subject), how he got started doing websites, misheard lyrics, alleged backwards masking ("A good example is 'Stairway to Heaven'"), BBS servers ("...Web sites were very one-dimensional..."), who can submit parodies, how Am I Right came to be, sister web sites ("The 80s site goes back to 1995.") and how he deals with spam. This is the first ever interview that Grosvenor has given about Am I Right.

Chucky G, as site users call him, has been making web pages since 1995, including: inthe80s.com, inthe70s.com, inthe90s.com, inthe00s.com, Whatfreaks, Am I Right, and Am I Wrong.

Am I Right is a website devoted to making fun of popular music. This includes song parodies, misheard lyrics, stupid band names, band name origins, bad choices or on-hold music (e.g. "Baby Come Back" by Player for a missing children hotline), answers to songs, adding / removing / changing a letter in a song title, comedy song recordings, proposed duets, and proposed commercials.


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Please provide original reporting notes prior to applying the tag. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:35, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry about that; I didn't know. The part about what features are on the site is (the third paragraph) was original research. Do I mention that here or in the article? Thanks. 68.97.47.88 22:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


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New Zealand government denies financial assistance for Overlander

September 25, 2006

The New Zealand government today has announced that they will not provide financial assistance to the Overlander train service between Auckland and Wellington, which is set to stop service on September 30, if no assistance is forthcoming. ONTRACK will retain the North Island main trunk line, while looking for tourism operators to start a tourist rail service.

Trevor Mallard, acting Finance Minister, said: "In making this decision... Cabinet recognised that there was no prospect of the current Overlander service becoming commercially viable. It was not a fuel-efficient operation and at an average passenger rate of 50 passengers each way per day, it was used by relatively few people."

It is cheaper and faster to travel either by bus or plane rather than the 12-hour train journey. "The fares already overlap with airfares, and the reality is that the service is just not well-used. It can not compete with low-priced air travel and coaches. Cabinet considered the regional implications of ceasing the Overlander service and accepted that the current bus services run by the InterCity Group met the needs of those communities," Mallard said.

There has been numerous petitions from the public and from the Green Party of New Zealand to continue the Overlander train service, including one petition signed by 16,000 people presented at the Parliament Buildings on September 14, 2006. "While there have been a number of propositions about retaining the Overlander service, all of the propositions would require government funding in one form or another," said Mallard.

Mallard said that the government will only support rail services if it significantly benefitted the community.

The Government estimates that financial assistance to the Overlander train service would cost NZ$1.75 million a year.

"Finally, the government does recognise and value the importance of a viable and efficient rail network in New Zealand's transport infrastructure. This was a critical factor in the government's decision to buy the rail network back from Tranz Rail. The government has also committed $200 million to upgrade the national rail network between 2004/05 and 2007/08. A further $600 million has been provided to upgrade the Auckland rail network between 2005/06 and 2009/10."


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Jimmy Wales: First draft of new version of GFDL license expected soon

September 25, 2006

According to Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, the first draft of the new version of the GNU Free Documentation License is expected to be released soon.

Jimmy Wales, who is visiting Poland to establish the Polish branch of Wikia, was speaking on the occasion of the fifth "birthday" of the Polish language Wikipedia, on 23rd September.

Wales, asked what he is planning to do to make usage of Wikipedia content easier, admitted that the current GFDL license (version 1.2) under which the whole content of Wikipedia is released, is very complicated and parts of it are hard to understand. However, he said that earlier in the day, he received a call from Eben Moglen, main lawyer of Free Software Foundation, which created the license, who promised that the first draft of new version of GFDL license would be released soon and it would solve the problems present in current version.

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The reporting is based on a speech of Jimmy Wales I attended on 23rd September in Warsaw. --Derbeth 09:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


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Kurt Angle signs with TNA Wrestling

September 25, 2006

Professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced last night during their No Surrender Pay-Per-View event that Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has signed an exclusive contract with the company. The deal comes just shortly after Angle, 37, was released by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), with both sides citing "personal issues" as the cause of his release. TNA also used the Pay-Per-View to announce that the weekly television show TNA Impact will be moving from it's current timeslot of Thursdays at 11PM, to 9PM, starting November 16.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. The company, which trades as TNA Entertainment, LLC, operates out of Nashville, Tennessee, with an office in Orlando, Florida.

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Clinton calls Fox interview "conservative hitjob"

September 25, 2006

In this week's interview on Fox News Sunday, former U.S. President Bill Clinton described a question by the host Chris Wallace as a "conservative hitjob."

According to the introduction given by Wallace, a pre-interview agreement to split the interview evenly between questions on Clinton's Global Initiative and any topic of the network's choosing was in place. Things didn't quite work out like that.

After a few opening questions, Wallace raised the issue of Clinton's efforts to deal with Osama bin Laden, "Why didn't you do more to put bin Laden and al-Quaeda out of business?" The 60-year old ex-president took issue with this characterization of his record, highlighting his efforts to kill bin Laden and comparing them with the record of the current administration before September 11, 2001, "they had no meetings on bin Laden for nine months after I left office."

Clinton's determination to rebut the implication that he had not done enough to kill bin Laden took the majority of the first two sections of the three-part interview. As well as condemning the inaction of "neo-conservatives" and accusing them of hypocrisy for describing his efforts to kill bin Laden as an "obsession", Clinton asked Wallace why the same questions were not put to the current administration about their pre-September 11 efforts, if any, to kill bin Laden.

Clinton pointed out that the political-right attacked his efforts to kill bin Laden as an attempt to "wag the dog." He also said that he could not get the FBI or CIA to certify that bin Laden was responsible for the USS Cole attack, so his battle plans for attacking the Taliban in Afghanistan were not put into action.

In the much reduced amount of time devoted to Clinton's Global Initiative it was revealed that compared to last year's 2.5 billion dollars, this year commitments totaling more than $7.3 billion have been raised, $3 billion of that from Richard Branson's pledge to give all the profits from his rail operations.


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Okay, so I don't get Fox News Sunday, but I found it on youtube.

 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Part 3

--Brian McNeil / talk 15:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

This story would be much improved by reading the interview & including more Clinton quotes., comedy gold in them thar hills! Maybe I'l watch it again. :) Nyarlathotep 19:45, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It really depends what you want to emphasise, the two key points that I wanted to bring out were related to the issue of media bias. Clinton made a big deal out of getting a "loaded" question and his perception that the Republicans get questions that are "loaded" in other (favourable) ways.  Without leading the reader to a conclusion I wanted to bring that aspect out. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:52, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Original?
Why is this marked as original reporting? There are no notes here to suggest this is original. Jason Safoutin 21:58, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Original applies when you observe something directly, even if it is a TV show. The closest analogy I can come up with is being present at a press conference and citing the answers given to reporters of competing news organisations. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * And who might have been at this conference? It was not a conference...it was an exclusive interview by Fox News. I am not understanding what the OR is here. Jason Safoutin 22:50, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If the report had been written solely from Fox's textual reports on the interview it would not qualify for OR. As the interview was observed the report formulated from the interview qualifies as OR as the interview is a primary source. Similar to reporting on content of a scientific journal. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Any and all quotes by clinton are exclusive to Fox News, published by fox news and interviewed by Fox News. I still do not see the OR. If a Wikinewsie was there during the interview then I could see OR...As the interview was done soley by Fox News. Jason Safoutin 20:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I give up, you're being combative and not accepting that watching the broadcast is as good as being there. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:36, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No. I accept that, but this was not a press conference. This was an exclusive interview byt a single reporter. If we were to use OR like this, then technically, any article I write from a report I saw on TV would be OR. I am not being combative, I am simply expressing my views on the subject, and in this case I do not agree to. Jason Safoutin 20:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The interview went pear-shaped for the guy from Fox, it's fair game to report on Clinton roasting him, and I don't see every other source publishing a link to the video or transcript to justify their material. Wikinews has a fairly longstanding tradition of treating reporting based on TV coverage as original, part of allowing the label OR is to recognise that reporters have gone to primary sources for their material.  This interview is a Primary source, on the rather strict basis you are applying we'd only get OR on this if Clinton talked to us. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:48, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I am implying that this is an interview by Fox News. Not a Wikinewsie. I did not interview him and a Wikinewsie did not interview him. I see several news reports on TV and occassionally write about them. At least I know if I do it again,. it will count as OR. Jason Safoutin 20:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

 * In this case the news was the interview, thanks to the wonders of technology even a non-US resident like myself had a ringside seat. And just like the boxing match that the prior analogy invokes, the "ringside seat" allows you to claim OR rights.  You watched, up close and in detail. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:59, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

After reading WN:OR, I'd say OR = 1) something you take notes of 2) involves interviewing, eyewitnessing or trying something out like the investigation on Google convicted in case brought by Belgian press.

I really don't think this classifies as OR, and because Jason doesn't either, I'm removing the notice for now. Maybe we should bring this up on the watercooler? I also removed the OR tag from another article, read the top of Talk:Protesters_block_day-care_centres_in_Denmark. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:58, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I watched the interview and took notes, I still have the pad of paper with them on it next to me. I was made aware of this interview prior to its broadcast via a leaked transcript.  I waited until I could watch the interview because the transcript does not convey the body language.  I picked backup sources that focused on Clinton's effort to correct the mischaracterisation of him which I believed was the salient point from the broadcast.  On the other hand, if I want to do a followup I can always take the top google news hit for "Clinton fox interview", after I've filed it as an example for the definition of non sequitur. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


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India nominates "Rang De Basanti" for the Oscars

September 25, 2006

The Film Federation of India confirmed today that Rakeysh Mehra's Rang De Basanti would be India's entry for the Best Foreign Film Award at the Oscars. The Aamir Khan starring blockbuster has received much critical acclaim and the story (dealing with "new-age" nationalism) reportedly struck a chord with millions of viewers, both in India and abroad.

A 12-member panel including Basu Chatterjee, Kalpana Lajmi, N Chandra, Aadesh Srivastava and Ved Rahi selected Rang De Basanti from a line-up of Bollywood hits, including Omkara, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Krrish. Only three Indian films- Lagaan (2001), Mother India (1957), and Salaam Bombay (1988) have made it to the Academy Awards short-list thus far.


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Interview with Olive Rose Steele, City Council candidate for Ward 6 in Mississauga, Canada

September 27, 2006 The upcoming, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council.

Wikinews contributor Nicholas Moreau has contacted as many candidates as possible, including Olive Rose Steele, asking them to answer common questions sent in an email. There is no incumbent in the ward; also competing for the position are Matanat Khan, Sean Semper-Whyte, Terry Pierce, Jr., Ron Starr, and former MP Carolyn Parrish.

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Q: List the three most important issues in your campaign, and briefly explain why these are important.

 * A: The three most important issues to my campaign are the reform of property tax, so that is fairer to all residents, addressing traffic gridlock, and addressing air/water quality.

Q: What one election issue do you feel is most relevant to your ward in this election?

 * A: The environment, for example issues such as air and water quality, rain forests, green spaces, trails.

Q: What vision do you have, for your ward?

 * A: That community centers extend their hours of operation to accommodate a diverse array of extra curricular activities for our youth.

Q: What qualities or experiences do you possess, that make you more desirable than the incumbent?

 * A: I live in Ward 6 for 15 years. I am inspired to run for Councillor because a strong woman with unique instincts such as myself will help our council to better reflect the people it represent.  My qualifications include 15 years as a public servant, twenty years as a volunteer community leader and 15 years as a successful businesswoman……a business I started from scratch.  I believe Ward 6 Residents like the fact that I am not a career politician and I will not be operating in a “business as usual” mode.

Q: Why do you want to represent your ward on council?

 * A: I believe I possess the skill and ability needed to sit on council; I bring to the table successful decision-making skills that I now use in the daily running of my own business; I bring people skills which make me an excellent team player and, I believe the municipal level puts me closer to the residents of Ward 6 in particular and the citizens of Mississauga in general; and gives me an opportunity to have the greatest impact on their lives.

Q: Of the decisions made by council since the last election, which one would you have changed, and why?

 * A: I do not have a answer to this question.

Q: How are you currently involved in the community?

 * A: I am on the City of Mississauga Traffic Safety Council, the Chair of Elders Connect, Director of the Canadian Ethno-cultural Council, Immediate Past President of the National Council of Jamaicans, and CEO of Blackwood Staffing Solutions.

Q: Many councillors are quite seasoned in the civic political process. What could you bring to the table as a "rookie", above and beyond the current roster of councillors?

 * A: “Seasoned” does not always translate into efficiency. I believe that municipal political offices should be governed by term limits. As a rookie Councillor, I will work hard to get the votes of the other members of council so that outstanding items from my election platform can be implemented.

Q: What service is most lacking in Mississauga?

 * A: I feel that school-based child-care and children and youth school nutrition programs are most lacking.

Q: How do you feel about Mississauga's rate of expansion?

 * A: Packing as many people as possible in our City may make initial economic sense however; the long-term consequences and costs to the environment (human and natural) are far too high.

Q: Why should businesses be attracted to locating in Mississauga?

 * A: Because it could be more economical to do business.

Q: How could Mississauga further itself in attracting corporate investment?

 * A: One way is to establish a rapid rail system that connects with regional systems.

Q: Why have you chosen to involve yourself in the political process?

 * A: Because I believe that more women are needed in municipal politics — not because our male colleagues are not capable — but because our community cannot afford to lose the intelligence, insights and experience those women such as myself bring to the table.

Q: What does Mississauga mean to you?

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Virgin Rail train collides with car near Copmanthorpe, killing driver

September 25, 2006 A Virgin Trains train travelling at high speed collided with a car near Copmanthorpe, Yorkshire, England, killing the car's driver.

The accident took place at approximately 20:55 GMT when the Class 220/221 train, travelling at close to 100mph, hit the car which was on the tracks. The train then partially derailed but remained upright, coming to a stop further down the tracks. The car driver is believed to have been killed instantly. No one on the train was injured.

The car was not at a level crossing. North Yorkshire Police said that the car had left the road, driven through a fence and ended up on the track.

The train was the 14:25 Virgin Voyager cross-country service from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverley, capable of speeds up to 125mph, but was deccelerating on approach into York. There were 74 passengers on board.

The line between York and Leeds was closed for several hours, delaying other services. Virgin Spokesman Arthur Leathley told reporters that Network Rail hoped to have three of the four lines in that section of the track operational by Tuesday morning.


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CoolBrands: New Zealand coolest place in the world

September 26, 2006

New Zealand has been voted the coolest place in the world by United Kingdom brand: CoolBrands.

Coolbrands is owned by a consultancy firm in the UK, called Superbrands. It started in 2001, CoolBrands is a way of telling how 'cool' a brand is. Superbrands defines "brands that have become extremely desirable among many style leaders and influencers. They have a magic about them, signifying that users have an exceptional sense of taste and style."

George Hickton, chief executive of Tourism New Zealand, said: "This win is a vindication of the recent work we've put in to the UK market, with the Chelsea Flower Show and our 100% Pure New Zealand advertising campaign ensuring New Zealand stays top of mind with potential travellers."

"It's very gratifying to see we are such a desirable destination, especially as this poll includes opinion leaders who can have an real influence on people's travel choices." says Mr Hickton. "this is the second award New Zealand has received in the UK this September, with Conde Nast Traveller magazine also voting New Zealand best destination this month."

Editor of Condé Nast Traveler Magazine, Sarah Miller, called New Zealand a "point of authenticity." And professional nation brander, Wally Olin, said "New Zealand has been very, very clever. It has turned its disadvantages into advantages."

"Reaping the benefits of its recent marketing campaign, New Zealand is apparently the hottest place to be," said the London News.

650 brands were chosen by researchers which were then put before 23 judges and were made available for the public, of which 1,725 people participated in an online survey. Five percent of the original 650 made it to the finals, including Morocco, Maldive and Australia.

New Zealand receives most of its tourists from Australia, closely followed by the UK.

The top ten destinations included:
 * 1) New Zealand
 * 2) Morocco
 * 3) Fiji
 * 4) Prague
 * 5) Australia
 * 6) Maldives
 * 7) Amsterdam
 * 8) Brighton
 * 9) Bahamas
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User:Observer~enwikinews/sandbox

September 26, 2006

The Carlyle Group, a major US private equity firm, could have Britain's current prime minister among its directors by this time next year. According to the Sunday Mirror, Tony Blair could join the investment house whose directors have included John Major and George Bush Sr. The Blair's finances are widely believed to be precarious since the family invested in a house on Connaught Square almost two years ago.

The chairman of Carlyle Group is Louis Gerstner III. The move by Blair would complete the loop in one of the more mysterious stories in the history of the information technology business.

In the Queen's birthday honours of 2001, Gerstner was awarded an honorary knighthood for services to the Internet and education. Even at the time, IBM spokespersons were unable to say what Gerstner had contributed to UK education. As for the Internet, there were many more deserving candidates at the time than Gerstner. (Sir Tim Berners-Lee, widely known as the father of the Web, had to wait until 2003 before being awarded his knighthood.)

After IBM had provided the UK Labour Party with some crucial software at a very low price, Gerstner was granted the rare opportunity of a private meeting with Tony Blair on December 2nd, 1999. It was Blair who personally recommended Gerstner's knighthood.

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Oracle's revenue grows 30% in a 'stellar' quarter

September 26, 2006

"There's no doubt we're gaining share across all product lines," said Oracle's CFO, after a quarter where net income grew 29% and revenue grew 30% to $3.6bn.

Applications license revenue climbed 78% on a constant currency basis. CEO noted that, in comparison,  saw its application license revenue grow a more modest 8%. Oracle's president claimed 88 head-to-head wins against SAP in the quarter.

Some commentators noted that, though impressive, Oracle's results may not persist. Unlike industries with huge fixed costs, competitors in the software industry can quickly gain and lose market share through new product launches and mergers.

Ovum noted that the integration of acquisitions such as, , and now seem to have been accomplished, and that both Oracle and SAP are benefitting from the increasing symbiosis between the middleware and application markets.

SAP replied with a statement noting that it offers "market-leading SOA applications today, while Oracle's next-generation applications exist only in and won't be delivered until 2008 or beyond."


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Talk:CoolBrands: New Zealand coolest place in the world

advertisement (coolest place is France)
As Coolbrands job is to promote brand.

it's an advertisement.

Anyway, the coolest place is France ! -smile-

--Jacques Divol 09:43, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought it was quite an achievement to be able to call your country the voted coolest place on earth. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:56, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * it is !
 * New Zealand seems a very pleasant and beautyfull country, indeed !
 * it worthq a prize.
 * but about Coolbrands, I don't know if this is really news or just public relation and advert.
 * nothing to do with New Zealand.
 * i have a bad habit to mix (bad) humor sense and more serious matters.
 * Jacques Divol 11:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


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Afghan women's rights official shot dead

September 26, 2006

Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women's rights and a strong critic of the Taliban's repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday.

Safia Ama-jan, as she was known locally, is the first woman official to be targeted by the Taliban-led insurgency since it was deposed in 2001.

Advocate for Woman's rights
Safia Ahmed-jan taught at a girls' school and was a high-school principal in Khandahar prior to the Taliban's 1996 rise to power in Afghanistan. When the Taliban regime banned education for girls and forbade women from working outside the home, she ran an underground school for girls at her home, said her son Naqibullah, speaking to the Associated Press.

After the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001, Ahmed-jan became the provincial chief for women's affairs in 2002, when the ministry was established and has since then held that position, worked for women's rights and particularly, championed the cause of educating girls. Her secretary, Abdullah Khan told Associated Press that among her most successful projects were the vocational training schools she opened in Khandahar, where almost 1000 women were taught baking, tailoring and other skills.

Ahmed-jan has also been fiercely critical of the repression of women during the Taliban rule, in a region that has remained conservative and emerged as a hotbed of the Taliban's insurgent activity. Her requests for personal security guards and transport went unheeded by the government, according to local media reports, though her nephew, Muhammad Asif told the New York Times that Ahmed-jan preferred to keep a low profile and used a taxi or public transport even though her office maintained cars and drivers.

Early morning shooting
Ahmed-jan was shot dead outside her house at about 7:30 a.m. local time (UTC+4:30) on Monday, as she left for work in a taxi. The gunmen are believed to have left scene on a motorcycle, and tyre marks have been found by the police, said the provincial governor Asadullah Khaled, who visited the scene of the attack.

Ahmed-jan was shot four times with a pistol, Muhammad Haidar, who worked in her office told the New York Times. Mohammad Nader, the head nurse at Khandahar's main hospital where Ahmed-jan was taken to, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that she was shot four times, including once in the head.

She was about 65 years old.

Accounts of the shooting are sketchy, several reports suggesting no one witnessed it. However, one man, identified as Allaudin told Al Jazeera that he saw two men on motorcycles waiting on the road, who attacked Ahmed-jan as she left her house.

A spokesman for the Khandahar governor, Daud Ahmadi confirmed the death and said that Ahmed-jan had died on the spot. An investigation into the attack has begun, and local officials have blamed the Taliban.

Hundreds of men and women, including the Governor Asadullah Khaled were present at Ahmed-jan's funeral on Monday evening, which took place in Khandahar's main Shia mosque.

Killing condemned
The killing has been strongly condemned by the Afghan President Hamid Karzai as well as aid and human rights organisations in Afghanistan.

Aleem Siddique, a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said that UNAMA was "appalled at the senseless murder" of a woman who was working to ensure a full and equal part in the future of Afghanistan for its women. He added, "We share the sentiment of the majority of Afghan people who are appalled at this killing."

Abdul Quadar Noorzai, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) for the Khandahar region told IRIN News that Ahmed-jan's death will have a "serious impact on women's activities in the south where women are already suffering from ... the deteriorating security and conservative traditions,".

Fariba Ahmedi, a woman MP from Khandahar who was present at Ahmed-jan's funeral told the Associated Press, "The enemy of Afghanistan killed her, but they should know it will not derail women from the path we are on. We will continue on our way,".

Sonja Bachmann, a U.N. political officer who knew Ahmed-jan well told the New York Times that Ahmed-jan "did a good job, she worked in a very low-key way and worked hard to raise awareness about women's issues."

Claim of responsibility
Reuters and Associated Press received phone calls, claiming responsibility for the attacks on behalf of Mullah Sadullah, a regional Taliban commander, but no confirmation of the claim has been possible.

Another caller, who identified himself as Taliban commander Mullah Hayat Khan told Al Jazeera that Ahmed-jan was killed because she worked for the government.

Attacks mount
The Taliban-led insurgency has stepped up attacks in recent months, killing hundreds of people this year.

Last week, 19 Afghans working for reconstruction projects in the region were killed after their bus was ambushed. The Governor of Paktia province, a close associate of President Karzai, was killed in a suicide bombing on September 10.

Attacks on schools have also been stepped up. According to the Afghan education ministry, there have been 158 attacks on schools this year, compared to 146 last year. The attacks on schools are believed to be due partly to the Taliban's opposition to educating girls, as well as a way to undermine the Afghan government and it's reconstruction efforts.

Twelve suspected militants and two Afghan police officers were reported killed on Monday in separate incidents which also left eight others and a U.S. soldier wounded.

"People are scared, of course," Ahmad-jan's co-worker Haidar said, "How can we feel secure when the head of our department is killed in front of her house?"


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Bulgaria and Romania to enter European Union

September 26, 2006

The European Commission has accepted Bulgaria and Romania as members of the EU from January 1, 2007 under what analysts call the strictest terms in recent history.

The Commission emphasizes that the new members will have to do a better job fighting organized crime but also fight political corruption, which has plagued both since the fall of the Soviet Union. Both governments have been criticized for not being tough enough on corruption, a hot political ticket in the duo.

The president of the Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has called for a pause in enlargement of the EU afterwards in order to carry out institutional reform within the Union and solve the question of a constitution for the EU, which became less certain last year when French and Dutch voters rejected the proposal. An EU treaty currently mandates institutional changes within the Union before the number of members go beyond the 27 maximum, which the Union will reach by the accession of the two new members.

If the two countries will not be able to comply with the terms, they may face consequences, some of which are directed specifically at the accession process but most of which are general requirements that all members face if they fail to meet certain standards. Specific to the accession of Romania and Bulgaria is losing up to a quarter of farm payments unless they succeed in setting up an operational database for animals called IACS by April 2007.

Furthermore, corruption and organized crime have to be addressed. Some members of the Commission have said that allowing them to enter may actually help them tackle corruption more than it would be leaving them outside of the Union. Every six months, both countries will have to report on the progress to fight corruption.

Although both economies are growing rapidly, they will be the poorest countries within the EU with GDP per capita only at about one third of the EU average. As always, there are debates about whether that's good or bad in terms of accession, some arguing that it will result in mass migration of workforce to richer countries resulting in unemployment, others by that the richer countries of the Union benefit the Union by going for cheap labor within itself, as opposed to for example India or China.

Trade of pigs from the two countries will still be forbidden as farmers from both countries have had to deal with serious diseases in pigs.

All members of the EU have to ratify the entry of new members. France, Germany, Denmark and Belgium have yet to ratify the entry of the two countries, but analysts say that they're expected to do so soon, a refusal to do so being extremely unlikely.


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User talk:Carlo di fabio

election fraud in hungary a n d   germany !

the german supreme court, the constitutional court in karlsruhe will decide this year the scrutiny-case of carlo di fabio (c.m. schulte), supported by more than 150 fellow citizens. former chnacellor schröder and the former minister for finances, eichel didn't tell the voters the truth about the financial situation of the republic. a committee of investigation of german parliament ("bundestag") found facts and invited experts to verify the untruth. violence as seen in hungary is no more nessecary, if the court developes and decides rules for preventing untruth in questions of importance during election campaigns. some see carlo di fabio as "world leading political artist", because he undertakes special steps and actions to innovate and improve democracy in germany europe and for reforming the UN.

reference-number 2 BvC 4/04 bundesverfassungsgericht, karlsruhe kontakt carlo di fabio: carlo.difabio@gmx.de

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Kashmiri militant sentenced to death over 2001 attack on Indian Parliament

September 26, 2006

Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur confirmed today that Mohammed Afzal, a militant attached to the Pakistan-based outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, would be executed on 20 October for his role in the attempted attack on the Indian Parliament building in 2002.

On 13 December 2001, at 11:45 a.m. local time(UTC+5:30), just as the MPs were preparing to leave the House, militants armed with AK-47s and hand-grenades breached the security at Gate No.12 of the Parliament Building and opened indiscriminate fire, killing six policemen and one Parliament employee. The Army, along with police and NSG "Black Cats" sealed the area and killed all five gunmen in a "lock-down mop-up" operation.

The attack increased tensions between India and Pakistan, which was accused by India of  providing support to the Kashmiri militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed, involved in the attack.

A special court had earlier sentenced Delhi University lecturer S. Geelani, Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru to death under Section 3(2) of POTA (indulging in terrorist acts leading to deaths) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder). The court also fined Shaukat Hussain's wife, Afsan Guru Rs. 10,000 and sentenced her to five years rigorous imprisonment for concealing details of the plot. A Delhi High court ruling, however, later acquitted Afsana Guru and Geelani.

On 4 August 2005, a Supreme Court bench including Justice P V Reddy and Justice P V Neolkar confirmed the death penalty for Mohammed Afzal and sentenced Shaukat Hussain Guru to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for concealing details of the conspiracy, thereby sparing him the gallows. Although the Supreme Court upheld Geelani's acquittal, it observed that his actions were not above suspicion and seemed to have supported the attack.


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User:SethDelisle

Well, Igor Danchenko is there. See, for example: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bell/psg/2006/00000047/00000003/art00002 He is a Senoir Research Assistant - not a Senior Fellow. Only Senior Fellows have their own pages on the website.

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Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007

September 26, 2006

At 2 am, September 25, UTC time, the jury of Wikimania 2007 City Contest announced that Taipei has been chosen as the host city of Wikimania 2007.

"Taipei had the winning combination of a dedicated and experienced bidding team, a great venue with centralized accommodation and community areas, and strong sponsorship opportunities. Taipei also provides the opportunity to focus attention on the growing Asian language projects and the international aspect of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as learning about other free knowledge efforts and projects in the region," the jury said.

"This was a very difficult decision. Every one of the shortlisted bids this year were outstanding," the jury continues. The other 3 bidding cities are Turin (Italy), Alexandria (Egypt) and London (United Kingdom).

Wikimania is a conference for users of the wiki projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Researchers and speakers presented studies and experiments on Wikipedia and other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, on wiki culture and technology, and on the world of free knowledge. The first conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany from August 4 to 8 in 2005; the second ran from August 4 to 6 in 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. The third run will be held in Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center, Taipei, Taiwan from August 3 to 5 in 2007.

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Polish Wikipedia reaches 300,000 articles

September 26, 2006

Today, at 18:37 (CEST), exactly five years after creating first article in Polish language, Polish Wikipedians wrote the 300,000th article. The article is a stub about a Lithuanian basketball player Darius Lukminas.

A few days ago Polish Wikimedians celebrated the 5th birthday of Polish Wikimedia at a big party in Warsaw.

Quite recently Polish Wiktionary reached a round number of entries as well: 50,000.


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Talk:Kashmiri militant sentenced to death over 2001 attack on Indian Parliament

--Brian McNeil / talk 19:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Some of the inline links this article uses need moved to an "External links" section with slightly more descriptive details.
 * The details of the events for which people are being sentenced need to be more explicitly described, outside India this is not big news and people need some reminders.
 * Wikipedia links should be used to cover the background required for my previous point, not to promote any point of view.

Jaish is what?
This "sect" or whatever it is remains a mystery to those of us outside India, can we source up some stuff on why these guys are so bad? --Brian McNeil / talk 19:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The Jaish-e-Mohammed is a Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir-based militant group. I have added a wikilink to the same. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 10:46, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


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Google services not loading for users of some ISPs

September 27, 2006

On Tuesday morning, many Comcast internet users were reporting problems connecting to Google services, such as web search, personalized pages, and Gmail.

Since the original reporting, other US ISP users also reported that they could not connect to Google.

Google released a statement saying that they are investigating the problem. Comcast support states that a ticket has been filed.

Internet users also reporting that other leading websites, such as YouTube and Amazon were not loading on the same ISP networks.

Outages by the leading websites are not uncommon, such as a technical glitch at AOL back in June that delayed emails for several hours.

The Google outage brought up the topic of Net Neutrality on many internet websites and forums, such as Digg.

It has been announced that a DNS server in Massachusetts went down, causing the problems and that it has been fixed.


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The time is 22:00 (UTC) on August 26th, 2006. I'm Jonphamta, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

India: Jaish militant Mohd Afzal to be hanged on 20 October
India

India's Supreme Court confirms that Mohammed Afzal will hang for his role in the 2001 attack on Parliament. His execution is to be carried out on 20 October.

Bulgaria and Romania to enter European Union
Europe

The European Commission has accepted Bulgaria and Romania as members of the EU from January 1, 2007 under what analysts call the strictest terms in recent history.

Google convicted in case brought by Belgian press
A Belgian court has ruled that Google News could not use material from "Belgian publishers of the French- and German-speaking daily press" without paying a copyright fee, in a case brought by Copiepresse, an association of newspaper editors

Afghan women's rights official shot dead
Afghanistan

Safia Ahmed-jan, an advocate of women's rights and a strong critic of the Taliban's repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday.

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Former NHL player Tie Domi alleged to have cheated with Canadian MP Belinda Stronach

September 27, 2006

Canadian MP Belinda Stronach, 40, has reportedly cheated with Canadian hockey star Tie Domi. Domi and his wife were in court today getting divorced and both have now reached a temporary settlement in their divorce proceedings, less than an hour before the case was to be heard before Toronto's Superior Court. Stronach is refusing to comment on the divorce or say if she "wrecked" Domi's marriage.

"If it wasn't for my husband's affair with Belinda, we wouldn't be getting a divorce," Leanne told the Toronto Star in an interview last night. Domi's wife claimed that the former Toronto Maple Leaf player told her if she did not hire a lawyer he would give her $1 million in cash and a $1.5-million house if she kept quiet about his affair with Stronach. If she contacted a lawyer, however, she "would get nothing."

"I'm not going to comment at this point in time whether it's true, it's false or it's just the opinions of others," Stronach said on CTV's Mike Duffy Live. "I'm not prepared to talk about my personal life at this moment."

When Stronach was with the Conservatives she dated fellow MP Peter MacKay. In an interview in the Toronto Star on January 8, 2005, Stronach confirmed that she and MacKay were dating. Stronach, elected as a Conservative in the 2004 election, crossed the floor to the Liberal Party on May 17, 2005. She did not comment on what impact this would have on their relationship. On May 18, 2005, MacKay told the CBC that his relationship with Stronach was indeed over. Stronach crossed the floor from the Conservative party directly to Paul Martin's Liberal cabinet in May 2005. Stronach was previously married to Olympic speed-skating champion Johann Olav Koss of Norway, then divorced in 2005.

Tie Domi said he would not comment on his personal life and his agent said Monday the hockey star would have nothing to say while the matter was before the courts.

Leanne Domi's divorce application was filed on September 18, just one day before Tie Domi announced his retirement from the NHL.

None of the allegations have been proved in court.


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Title issues
This needs a better title, one that uniquely identifies the event if possible. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  00:58, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. --HalifaxRage 14:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Canadian hockey player's divorce due to relationship with MP Belinda Stronch? --Brian McNeil / talk 14:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * He's married, she's divorced. so is she cheating?, or is he? Doldrums 14:59, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * She's definitely not - to cheat, you have to cheat on somebody, and who is she cheating on? She didn't take a vow to Tie Domi's wife. He's the alleged cheater, not her. --70.72.19.133 19:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That was one of the aspects I was trying to cover with the suggested title. :-) --Brian McNeil / talk 15:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I've renamed it "Canadian MP Belinda Stronach alleged to have cheated with hockey star Tie Domi", as there has been no proof in court or admission from Domi or Stronach. -- Zanimum 17:28, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, but she is not married, she has done no cheating regardless of what happened. It's Domi who has allegedly cheated. --HalifaxRage 18:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Hockey star Tie Domi alleged to have cheated with Canadian MP Belinda Stronach --  Zanimum 18:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


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TVNZ wins court battle to screen Rainbow Warrior court footage

September 27, 2006

New Zealand broadcast company, Television New Zealand (TVNZ), has won a 20 year court battle to show court footage of Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur pleading guilty to the manslaughter of photographer, Fernando Pereira during the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior. The Supreme Court dismissed the pair's request of appeal and has ordered that they pay NZ$2,500 to TVNZ.

The Supreme Court said: "The pair pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1985 in circumstances hard to imagine ever being repeated in this country."

TVNZ had originally won the rights to screen the footage on August 7, 2006 after the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal made by the French Secret Service. A lawyer acting on behalf of Mafart and Prieur stopped TVNZ from rebroadcasting the footage.

TVNZ say they are "overjoyed at the result."

Bill Ralston, head of news and current affairs for TVNZ, said: "It has been an incredibly long and dogged fight to bring these pictures to the public. This is a significant triumph for media freedom and hopefully demonstrates to the French (and any other Government, corporate or individual) that the New Zealand media will not be intimidated into submission by legal stonewalling. Best of all, a whole new generation of New Zealanders will now get to be eyewitness to a pivotal moment in our country's history."

TV One, owned by TVNZ, will screen the footage on October 1, 2006 on Sunday.


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Somehow I don't think TVNZ will complain about the YouTube version. Know if one exists now? Nyarlathotep 19:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Isn't it really Alan Mafart as all the sources say, not Marfart as the article says?


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NFL star Terrell Owens hospitalized

September 27, 2006

Instead of returning to practise from a fractured finger today as scheduled, flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens is instead recovering at Baylor Medical Center this morning from an apparent suicide attempt last night. A female friend who was with Owens last night observed him taking several prescription pain killers and behaving erratically. She called 911 and Owens was rushed to the hospital.

Original reports stated that Owens was suffering from an adverse reaction to the pain medication, which he was taking for a fractured hand. But this morning, Dallas police have reported that Owens took an unknown large amount of the pills, and when asked by police this morning if he had been attempting to hurt himself, Owens replied, "Yes."

Paramedics have only confirmed that they called police to report that they were bringing Owens to hospital.

Owens has since said that he was not attempting suicide.

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New Delhi: Video shows witnesses in the Jessica Lall murder case being bribed

September 27, 2006

The Indian newspaper  has carried out a sting operation which shows how coercion and bribes were used to manipulate the witnesses in the high-profile homicide case.

The three-month long sting shows how, Karan Rajput and Shiv Das were bribed into not testifying, which in turn led to the acquittal of key-accused. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is in charge of the case has taken custody of the tapes.

Jessica Lall, a model who worked at the posh South Delhi restaurant Tamarind Court, was shot dead, allegedly by Manu Sharma, for refusing to serve him a drink, on 29 April 1999. Manu Sharma is the son of, a Congress Party leader in Haryana.


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Talk:Dutch ministers to resign over prison fire

Here's a NL source that appeared on the attempt to create an article about the fire...

And one from The Scotsman...

--Brian McNeil / talk 17:33, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


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TVNZ wins court battle to screen Rainbow Warrior court footage
New Zealand

New Zealand broadcast company, Television New Zealand (TVNZ), has won a 20 year court battle to show court footage of Alain Marfart and Dominique Prieur pleading guilty to the manslaughter of photographer, Fernando Pereira during the bombing of Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior. The Supreme Court dismissed the pair's request of appeal and has ordered that they pay NZ$2,500 to TVNZ.

New Delhi: Video shows witnesses in the Jessica Lall murder case being bribed
India

The Indian newspaper Tehelka has carried out a sting operation which shows how coercion and bribes were used to manipulate the witnesses in the high-profile Jessica Lall homicide case.

Canadian MP Belinda Stronach alleged to have cheated with hockey star Tie Domi
Canada

Canadian MP Belinda Stronach, 40, has reportedly cheated with Canadian hockey star Tie Domi. Domi and his wife were in court today getting divorced and both have now reached a temporary settlement in their divorce proceedings, less than an hour before the case was to be heard before Toronto's Superior Court.

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Gunman holding hostages in US high school in Bailey, Colorado killed

September 27, 2006

Duane Morrison, 53, took several girls hostage Wednesday at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado and later killed himself after police reportedly stormed the school.

"It is a hostage situation, an adult is holding the hostages, he claims to have explosives," said Lance Clem, a spokesman for the Colorado State Police Department.

At least two schools, Platte Canyon High School and Fitzsimmons Middle School were evacuated and the main highway between Bailey and Shawnee, Colorado, Highway 285, was closed to all traffic until further notice.

A SWAT team and the bomb squad were also deployed in the area. Six hostages were initially taken, but four were released. The remaining hostages were two girls who were being held hostage in a classroom located on an upper floor and reports say that the girls may have suffered some injuries during the raid.

According to the secretary of the school district's superintendent, Jan Howard, students in both schools are in a "safe location", but police say that parents are not able to pick up their kids due to the closure of the main highway.

Several shots were fired according to the sheriff's department, which are believed to be the "loud noise" that prompted the evacuation of the rest of the two schools.

The police had "limited contact" with Morrison and the hostages. Contact with them had been "a little bit sporadic," said spokeswoman with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Jacki Kelley.

"It's very sketchy at this stage but we can confirm that a man carrying a weapon is inside the building and two girls are being held hostage. The man entered a classroom at about noon and had an exchange with a teacher and fired more than one shot. We have no reports of any injuries. We know he is armed with a weapon because shots were fired but we do not know what kind of a weapon it is," added Kelley.

Morrison was found to have used a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol when police removed his body after the raid. Upon further investigation, Morrison was also found to have been a homeless man who lived out of his car.

Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said authorities decided to storm the classroom after Morrison cut off negotiations and set a 4 p.m. deadline. Wegener wouldn't say what Morrison threatened to do. He said authorities used explosives as they entered the classroom, only to have the suspect fire at officers, shoot one of the girls and then himself.

"We have almost no information on this suspect. We don't know who he is. We don't know what he wants," said Kelley.

According to Sheriff Wegener, Morrison also sexually assaulted at least one of the hostages while holding them captive.

During the raid on the school, Morrison shot one of the hostages, identified by acquaintances and a co-worker as 16-year-old Emily Keyes. She was reported to have been bleeding heavily and was taken to a Denver hospital in critical condition, but was declared dead, a hospital spokeswoman said.


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Wrestler Kid Kash released by employer

September 27, 2006

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has come to terms on the release of wrestler Kid Kash. Kash, who's real name is David Cash, signed with WWE in May 2005 after being released by his former employers, Florida-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in April of that year. The reason for his release is unknown, as no details have yet been released by WWE or Cash himself.

title: Wrestler Kid Kash released by employer