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Comments:Bill restricting Post Office closures defeated in UK Parliament; MP tells Wikinews why she supported the bill

Post offices and sport are two special areas wherein I /really/ don't understand what the government is doing there. Fephisto - (talk) 17:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Pakistan Peoples Party names candidate for Prime Minister

March 22, 2008

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has nominated Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Speaker of the National Assembly, as their candidate for Pakistan's next Prime Minister.

His nomination was announced by party spokesman Farhatullah Babar at a news conference in Islamabad. "Yousaf Raza Gilani is not afraid to lead and he knows the way," he said, reading a statement from Asif Ali Zardari, widower of late PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and party co-chairman.

"I have great pleasure in calling upon Yousuf Raza Gilani in the name of martyr Benazir Bhutto to accept the heavy responsibility to lead the coalition government and the nation," Babar said. The announcement was expected to be made by Bhutto's son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, but party officials said he wasn't feeling well.

The parliament will vote for the Prime Minister on Monday. Gillani is widely expected to win the vote because of the majority coalition formed by the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League (N), the latter of which is led by former PM Nawaz Sharif. The new Prime Minister will be sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday.

If Gillani becomes Prime Minister, analysts say he might soon be replaced by Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the PPP and Bhutto's widower. He is currently ineligible for the position of PM, as he is not currently a member of Parliament, but he could win a seat in a matter of months by contesting a by-election. However, the party spokesman's statement offered no indication that Gillani would serve as a temporary Prime Minister.

PPP vice chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim was long presumed to be the front-runner for the party's nomination, but after Gillani's name was announced, he said, "I have the best wishes for him." Some party members had reportedly viewed Fahim as being too close to Pervez Musharraf.

Meanwhile, the Musharraf's allies have still not picked their candidate for Prime Minister. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement decided to withdraw their candidate Farooq Sattar as "gesture of goodwill" towards the PPP. "We have decided to extend unconditional support to the PPP nominee," said Sattar.

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), says the race will not be uncontested, and that his party will nominate Sattar's replacement on Sunday. "We have decided to contest the election for prime minister and not to withdraw from the political process," Hussain told reporters.


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National Hockey League news: March 22, 2008

March 22, 2008

There were 6 games played in the National Hockey League on March 21, 2008.

New York Islanders @ New Jersey Devils
scored at 4:46 in the first period to put the Islanders in the lead. tied the score later in the period with a power play goal. scored his first NHL career goal against on a power play late in the third period to break the 1-1 tie. scored an empty net goal with 19 seconds remaining, securing the Islanders' victory. New York snaps a 6 game winless streak, against a team they've beaten 6 out of 7 times this season. made 34 saves for the Islanders.

New York Rangers @ Philadelphia Flyers
scored a first period goal to put the Flyers ahead early in the game. scored his 27th of the season over halfway through the third period. 's goal 1:11 later brought the Rangers within 1, then a couple minutes after that, tied the score with his 12th goal of the season. Briere scored his second of the night with 3:37 left in regulation. tied the score with 1:51 remaining to force overtime. Richards and each scored in the shootout for the Flyers;  stopped the attempts by Dawes and  to give the Flyers their second win in a row.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Buffalo Sabres
scored first for the Maple Leafs. That was followed by a power play goal a few minutes later, which put Toronto ahead by 2. scored his 32nd of the season for Buffalo to bring them within a goal 31 seconds into the second period, but scored at 8:27 to put Toronto back in a 2 goal lead. also scored for Toronto late in the third period. made 35 saves on 36 shots for Toronto, and earned his 31st win of the season.

Washington Capitals @ Atlanta Thrashers
broke the scoreless tie with less than 5 minutes to go in the first period. scored Atlanta's first goal of the game on a power play, which tied the score. gave the Thrashers the lead with a short handed goal. Slater also scored with less than 4 minutes remaining in the second period, putting Atlanta up by 2. Ovechkin scored his second of the night, his 60th of the season, over halfway through the third period. A pair of goals 32 seconds apart by, which retook the lead for Washington. scored an empty net goal for the Capitals with 8 seconds left. Ovechkin had 4 points, assisting on Backstrom's second goal, and the empty netter. Backstrom had three points, the assist being his 50th of the season.

Minnesota Wild @ Vancouver Canucks
broke a scoreless tie about 5 minutes into the second period, a shot which deflected in off the hip of Vancouver defenseman, giving the Wild the lead. gave Minnesota a 2 goal lead against their Northwest division rivals. The Canucks got on the scoreboard 4:20 into the third period; 's 6th goal of the season made it a one goal game. The Canucks outshot the Wild 22-10 in the second and third periods. stopped 30 of Vancouver's 31 shots, improving his record to 29-13-8. allowed two goals on 21 shots for Vancouver.

Anaheim Ducks @ San Jose Sharks
scored 40 seconds into the first period, giving the Sharks an early 1 goal lead. tied the score for Anaheim 5:35 into the second period. scored his 508th career goal on a Sharks power play 1:12 into the third, a goal that would turn out to be the game winner. Roenick is now ahead of for 36th place in NHL goal scoring history. only faced 13 shots throughout the game, none at all in the third period. He allowed just the one goal early in the second period.

Player of the Day
Today's Player of the Day is of the Washington Capitals. He had 2 goals and 2 assists in Washington's 5-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers. Ovechkin's first assist of the night was on the game-winning goal by rookie ; his second goal of the night was his 60th of the season, becoming the first player to score 60 or more goals in a season since 1995-96, when and  each reached that milestone.

For information on the selection process of the Player of the Day, see this page.


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Comments:Key Witness for Pennsylvania AG has more problems

The Best is yet to come

What Frank did to George Howley and John Hadgkiss, slandering them to the state police and Channel 4 was terrible, as well as what he said about Commissioners DeCarbo and Burick. But what he did to the DA Matt Mangio, caused Matt to lose the elect for Judge. I know Frank is trying to right his mistakes. Frank was our representative. He would not have said those things unless he was mislead by the county. Don't forget the county was pushing Frank. Lets wait to see what Frank has to say about who gave him the false slander. Johnny Hamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.129.88.145 (talk) 14:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


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Banned film 'The Profit' appears on Web

March 23, 2008

Copies of The Profit, a 2001 film blocked from distribution in the United States due to a court injunction won by the Church of Scientology, appeared on the Internet Friday on peer-to-peer file-sharing websites and on the video sharing site YouTube.

Directed by former film executive Peter N. Alexander, the movie has been characterized by critics as a parody of Scientology and of its founder L. Ron Hubbard. Alexander was a Scientologist for twenty years, and left the organization in 1997. The film was funded by Bob Minton, a former critic of Scientology who later signed an agreement with the Church of Scientology and has attempted to stop distribution of the film. Alexander has stated that the movie is based on his research into cults, and when asked by the St. Petersburg Times about parallels to Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard said: "I'll let you draw that conclusion ... I say it's entirely fictional."

The film was released in August 2001, and was shown at a movie theatre in Clearwater, Florida and at a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France. A Scientology spokesman gave a statement at the time saying "the movie is fiction and has nothing to do with Scientology". The Church of Scientology later took legal action in an attempt to stop further distribution of the film. The Church of Scientology claimed that the film was intended to influence the jury pool in the wrongful death case of Scientologist Lisa McPherson, who died under Scientology care in Clearwater, Florida.

In April 2002, a Pinellas County, Florida judge issued a court order enjoining The Profit from worldwide distribution for an indefinite period. According to the original court injunction received by Wikinews, the movie was originally banned because the court found that it could be seen as a parody of Scientology. In his April 20, 2002 ruling on the injunction, Judge Robert E. Beach of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Florida wrote: "...an average person viewing the film entitled The Profit could perceive that it is a parody of the Church of Scientology".

"To the extent that any person considered as a potential juror in evaluating any issues involving the Church of Scientology, the process of voir dire provides a fair and complete remedy to eliminate any potential juror that may possibly have been influenced to be less than fair and impartial," added Beach.

Luke Lirot, the attorney for the film's production company, announced on the film's website on April 7, 2007 that "We have absolutely no exposure for any repercussions from the court order," but that the film was still blocked from distribution due to an ongoing legal battle. Lirot wrote: "all that's stopping the release of the movie is the legal battle with the partner who was compromised by Scientology (Robert Minton) and is currently using his power as partner to stop the release of the film."

In an October 2007 article, The Times described the film as "banned in the US because of a lawsuit taken out against it by The Church of Scientology," and Russ Kick's The Disinformation Book of Lists included the film in his "List of 16 Movies Banned in the U.S.". An 8-minute teaser segment from The Profit appeared on the film's website and on the video sharing site YouTube in February 2008, and an attorney representing Bob Minton sent a letter to Luke Lirot requesting that the film clip be taken down. In a response letter, Lirot wrote that "Rather than damage any asset of the LLC, the short clip merely keeps the film in the public eye, and in a positive way."

On Friday, copies of the film began to circulate on peer-to-peer file-sharing websites and on YouTube. A link related to the film's appearance on the Internet on the community-based link aggregator website Digg.com had 3,638 "Diggs" - and hit the front page of the site's Entertainment section on Saturday.

On Saturday, Scientology critic and Emmy award-winning journalist Mark Bunker put a streaming version of the film on his website, www.xenutv.com, and encouraged others to watch and discuss the film on a real-time chat channel. In a video posting to YouTube Saturday, Bunker said "I did not do it. I had nothing to do with it ... I had nothing to do with this release at all. But I'm happy it's out there ... people are finally having a chance to see it. A lot of people have been curious over the years and there's been a lot of interest in seeing the film, so finally you can."

On the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology, a poster by the username "Alexia Death" commented on the film's appearance on the Internet in the context of censorship: "It is out! And so it is a WIN if many people review it even if they say it SUCKS! ... Being bad is no cause to allow censorship ... And being censored is no cause to assume its good". A post to the blog Blogsreel commented: "We have all wanted to see this movie that scientology kept hidden away from us. We have all wondered just how damning could this story be that we were banned from watching it."

In a post on Sunday to the message board attached to the official website for the film, attorney Luke Lirot asked that individuals stop distributing copies of The Profit over the Internet. Lirot wrote: "It has been brought to my attention that several unauthorized transmissions and downloads of this protected work have taken place over the last 72 hours. Such actions are copyright violations and are unlawful. I request that any further distribution and/or dissemination of this important work cease immediately and any copies of the work that have been downloaded please be deleted." In his statement, Lirot recognized the rights of individuals under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, but also said that unauthorized distribution of the film "will only serve to harm the goal of vast distribution".

Blog postings have attributed the film's appearance on the Internet as part of the anti-Scientology movement Project Chanology organized by the Internet-based group Anonymous, but this has not been confirmed. Wikinews previously reported on international protests against Scientology which took place as part of Project Chanology on February 10 and March 15. A third international protest by Anonymous is scheduled for April 12. Titled "Operation Reconnect", the third international protest will focus on highlighting Scientology's practice of disconnection.

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Refers to material obtained from sources which are not secondary news/book sources. Cirt - (talk) 01:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

PayPal option
According to this post on alt.religion.scientology, it seems that there is a possibility a PayPal site would be setup, to pay the film production company for The Profit the USD$7.00 ticket price for the movie. If anyone else finds out more about this, please post it here - this would be a very interesting development. Cirt - (talk) 22:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

More comments at a.r.s.

 * March 23, 2008 - Interesting thread. Cirt - (talk) 00:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

 * March 24, 2008 - Post from Mark Bunker about legal notice from Peter N. Alexander. Cirt - (talk) 23:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

GlossLip

 * Anonymous Releases “The Profit,” The Film Scientology Doesn’t Want You To See, March 23, 2008. -- Probably too late after this article's publish to use in the article at this point, but interesting. Cirt - (talk) 03:25, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

FACTnet

 * The New Tom Cruise Scientology Cult Video “The Profit” on Scientology’s Founder you Gotta See!, March 23, 2008. Cirt - (talk) 03:31, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

ISBN magic link
editprotected This page uses an ISBN magic link, a feature which is likely to be replaced sometime soon per the RFC on Mediawiki. In the References, please enclose the word ISBN, and the number immediately after it, inside the ISBN template e.g., which should have no outward effect but ensures that the link to Special:BookSources is maintained when the magic link is deprecated. Cheers. Green Giant (talk) 16:50, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
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Comments, thoughts, opinions? Cirt - (talk) 01:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

WIN
FUCK YEA SEAKING!

why it banned?
what happen to our freedom of speech? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.16.129 (talk) 04:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * We never had freedom of speech --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 07:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not since Bush became president anyway --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 07:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It was banned because the Church of Scientology filed a lawsuit saying that it was libel against them, even tho the film never mentions scientology, and the church of scientology denies that it is about them to this date. Rekov - (talk) 14:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought that was something that only happened in England. Geez.  Fephisto - (talk) 14:00, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That is fucked up. They deny its about them but they sue for libel over it, what a load of shit.
 * Whenever I think us Brits have stupid systems (Scotland, England, Ireland + Wales all have seperate rules with thier own ups and downs), I remind myself that, unlike the US, at least they almost always eventualy get to the right descicion, if only after three years too much process... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That makes me mad. I'm downloading it right now to see why Scientology had it banned. --Cupivistine Noscere? - (talk) 23:24, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I am going to distribute this film to everyone only because they tried to have it banned. No media should be legally banned. -Eetaq —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.172.5 (talk) 08:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Anonymous101, do you have anything to prove Bush is impeding freedom of speech? If you said something like that in a country, say Cuba, you would probably be imprisoned right now. Your freedom doesn't seem to be impeded. Also, remember that Bush, in his attempt at "compassionate conservatism", left many Clinton leftovers in the lower courts alone. (168.28.43.202 18:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC))
 * Prior to the election of the current commander in chief you didn't have "free speech zones" where those protesting were kept away from events to avoid making politicians look bad. Sure, you have free speech - just not on your own terms. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Interesting that the court opinion stated that they were placing an injunction because "...an average person viewing the film entitled The Profit could perceive that it is a parody of the Church of Scientology". Interesting because after Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications, Inc., parody became protected speech under the First Amendment. --RoninBK - (talk) 13:02, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Scientology
What were Scientology thinking in getting it banned, now everyone wants to see it. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 09:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It's Scientology standard operating procedure, attempt to silence opposition by suing the pants off of it. I'm surprised no one has brought up charges of barratry yet --RoninBK - (talk) 13:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

So say there is a film that bass Christianity it can still be play, like the atheist film saying Jesus was a evil child. But CoS get pissy over a film that never mention them? That American for you. And I'm joining the army <.< some freedom of speech  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.16.129 (talk) 04:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


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South Australian educational blog shut down

March 17, 2008

South Australian primary school teacher Al Upton was ordered to shut down an educational blogging initiative last week following a directive from the South Australian Department of Education. Al Upton is internationally recognised for his educational blogging efforts over the past 5 years, but his recent project known as The Minilegends has attracted concerns from parents generally relating to interactions between children and adults online.

As yet there is not an official statement from the Department or a Parents committee, however friends and colleagues of Upton are endeavouring to keep people informed of progress.

Upton originally had support from his school for the effort and had sought permission from the parents for the MiniLegends initiative. Upon inviting his teacher colleagues to interact with his students online, some parents became concerned by the interactions their children were having with adults online. Upon receiving the complaint, the Department ordered Upton to close the initiative.

Upton is urging educational bloggers around the world to focus on what they can learn from the case, and to help him to raise awareness of the benefits of blogging to education generally. Upton is receiving increasing amounts of support and solidarity from the educational blogging community, while the Department is attracting increasing criticism for its handling of the case.

Upton will meet with Department representatives later this week.

A conference for all involved and all with interest in this issue is being organised in South Australia.


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User talk:Leighblackall

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 * /2009/

Please stop being combative and put student learning ahead of whatever your objectives in community disruption are
Hi Leigh. I really appreciate your enthusiasm in assisting students. Your time perhaps would be better spent working with students to address the review criteria. Go through them with students on the talk page. Engage reviewers and ask what things we have noticed students need to work on to get things improved. Communication is a big problem here, and students are not communicating with reviewers, with reporters or others in the community. You are not assisting in this. Instead, you are appearing to engage in combative behavior that undermines student work and any learning objectives students may have. Please stop this behavior and instead focus on working with the community towards a shared goal of getting student content published. --LauraHale (talk) 04:02, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

 * Hi Laura, you've jumped to a conclusion, and I'm frantically trying to explain and clarify. I'm having no end of trouble with the forum.. is this Liquid Threads? Luckily I copied my last draft to the clip board. Here it is pasted below, while I persist in trying to make the forum work for me:

 * Oh my goodness! I'm sorry you see it this way Pi zero. Please, pause a moment and 'assume good faith' while I explain what happened my side. I see that Laura Hale has jumped to a similar conclusion, so clearly I went wrong here, I hope my explanation goes someway to soothing both your concerns.

 * I saw Uowpjr's latest comment on it's own, not realising it was part of a longer discussion. I came to it via their Contributions log. I thought it was a message with no response, left my encouragement (not to the heckling but to keep trying to get an article up and that Wikinews is probably like any other news room). I then realised not only that I was not signed in, but that the comment was was part of a larger thread! Isn't Liquid Threads just glorious! When I saw that I wasn't signed in, I tried 3 times to correct my signature, but the software failed! You may notice via the Contributions on both my Username and the IP Address that the majority of my time around that comment was spent trying to capture all the student work thus far, into an up-to-date Category page.

 * I assure you, I have no beef with Wikinews. ANd when I said behind closed doors, I was referring to traditional news rooms - not Wikinews! That would be absurd. On rereading my comment, I can see how it mislead. My only excuse maybe that I had some heavy news about family land on me this morning, and my mind was partly elsewhere.

 * Like most of the other projects, I see them as having potentially significant value to formal education, and that the resources of formal education may be of use to the WM projects. You may be interested in looking at the work and the publication of the UoW project from 2011. Brian McNeil seems to be not available to support the UoW/Wikinews project this year, and a slightly concerning amount of discontent is coming from the student cohort this time around. On reviewing their work and reviews, I saw that a "UoW 2013 student work" category wasn't being used. I can see that you and Laura are doing the majority of the reviewing thus far, and that some of the comments (like mine here, and yours back) are too easily leading to conflict. Left unchecked, this may result in significant blow back on the all-too early stages of attempting to get UoW supporting Wikinews and other projects. I've asked David to communicate to his students to use the Category on their submissions, and to remind them of the volunteer nature of the reviewers work.

 * I hope my work to build a 2013 category is helpful, and that David's reminders will help ease some of the conflict. I hope my explanation here goes some way to reassuring you of my motives. Leighblackall (talk) 06:17, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Comments namespace? That's, as you guessed, LQT. Largely abandoned in-terms of development by the WMF, but the only comment solution available to Wikinews.
 * It's not treated like other namespaces, NPOV does not apply and people can have a good-old rant. Definitely not somewhere to do any student work.
 * Me? Yes, my time is painfully restricted due to work commitments; I'm working on a multi-million dollar telecom project which often sees me start at 8am and work through to 8pm, or later. I simply lack the attention-to-detail, and energy, to sit down after that and pour an hour or two into reviewing.
 * Then there's seeing off the project's detractors. They tried for closure of enWN on Meta; failing with that, a mass-sororicide attempt against all language-versions of Wikinews was started, with The Signpost used to try and drum up closure support from people who do not see the value of the project.
 * I read Laura's quick analysis of issues with student submissions, and it is something I'd hope students could take on-board.
 * If I allude to the closure nonsense, one of their gripes is Wikinews simply rehashes mainstream content; utterly failing to see that's how people get practice at presenting a story.
 * Right now, trying to get The Wikinewsie Group as an affiliate group is the most-important thing we can be doing. That will give us the clout to do things like chase Knight Foundation funding to provide real support to student work.
 * Nobody, and I mean that, nobody is setting out to make things impossible for UoW students (apart, naturally, from those trying to kill the project altogether). As I've seen in prior student submission projects the biggest hurdle they generally have to clear is recognising the biases and editorial decisions of mainstream news sources they tend to rely on; it's easy to hold up Fox News as an example of "how not to do news", but can they pick a handful of BBC, or VoA, stories and see what's wrong with them? What bad assumptions dent the credibility of their coverage?
 * With that said, I'm going back to my millions of phone lines... --Brian McNeil / talk 08:14, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

HI
Long time I didn't see you around. I was on and off at times — I clearly remember us doing some work during my first days or weeks here. It's good to see you around again. Welcome back! Gryllida 01:57, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

 * Well thanks Gryllida, it was nice to recall our efforts to get the Glimategate story up. Unfortunately I've come a cropper in Wikinews again, after attempting to support the UoW 2013 Student Work project. Back to more quiet fields in Wikiversity and obscure Wikipedia pages for me I think. Leighblackall (talk) 06:10, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Reviewer status
Hello Leigh. I hear you are interested in a UoW student getting reviewer rights on English Wikinews. This would be something we would be keen to embrace as it would take tremendous strain off our reviewing load. In looking for a student candidate to support, please find one that has successfully gotten at least 2 stories published with no more than one not ready prior to publication. This demonstrates competency and that they have read the style guide. The student should also be able to demonstrate they have assisted their fellow students in getting work published. This demonstrates additional mastery of the style guide and understanding of the review criteria. These things will be key for getting community support. Once you have identified a student who meets this criteria encourage them to go to Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions and apply. --LauraHale (talk) 04:23, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * Thanks Laura I will pass this information on to David (or simply point him here). One of the difficulties is fitting University rhythms and timeframes around real-world projects like Wikinews... but we can only try. Leighblackall (talk) 05:06, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

 * Oh, I completely understand those rhythms. It might actually be a nice change of pace that instead of students learning how to get articles published, they instead learned how to critically evaluate them against review criteria and they worked towards reviewing articles by members of our community, assessing them against the style guide and the review criteria. This would likely meet with more success.  :)  As English Wikinews is a small community, like English Wikiversity is, I would highly suggest that you make any and all discussions you have related to it public. :)  Having these conversations in a public forum can make it easier for us to meet university rhythms, find local reviewers to assist on the ground, assist in developing instructional guides, etc.  :)  Consulting with the community assists everyone. :) --LauraHale (talk) 18:46, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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Comments:Dalai Lama threatens to resign if situation in Tibet worsens

Out of Context
His Holiness was quoted out of context here. For clarification you can see his site here.

I am slightly puzzled why the United States is always urging other countries to "tolerate" and "mediate" when they clearly have done nothing of the sort in the Middle East. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cade (talk • contribs) 03:29, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

RESIGNATION IS NOT THE SOLUTION,SIR....
Resigning  is equal to quitting from the field. The need of the hour is that how we can resolve thls issue of 1959.. In this regard, I feel that a dialogue between His Holiness

and the chinese government  is the best way to settle the on going  tensions in Tibet .                Our His Holiness must come ahead and invite the chinese part to have a dialogue to solve

the onging issue in the presence of the delegations from U.N.O. The high profile venture

must take place in that country having cordial relation with both India and China.


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Palestine: Will Israel stop aggressions? Ever since the Annapolis summit last November brokered by the USA, there have been a lot of activities taking place in the Middle East with several US dignitaries dashing in to relax the tensions and mediate a truce, if possible permanently between the Israelis and the Palestinians. US Vice-President Dick Cheney is touring the region, though on Iraq and Afghanistan issues, while Rice mad another trip recently meeting the leaders of the region.

After the recent Israeli closure of borders forcing the Palestinians to cross over to Egypt for essential daily needs, the Palestinians have been put into severe hardships and Palestine has been under virtual siege for quite some time now. That ghastly action of Israel was followed by its air-cum-ground attacks on the Hamas people threatening again and again, their very existence. Mediated by USA and Egypt some sort of withdrawal agenda was forced on Israel. Egypt has now stepped up truce efforts -- amid Israeli leaders' insistence they would not negotiate with Hamas. With Egyptian mediation for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas government in Palestine making some progress, Israeli violence has declined some what over the past week, but not entirely stopped. Israel and the Palestinian Authority on 14 March resumed high-level talks after a two-week hiatus amid mounting US criticism of settlement construction. US displeasure with the continued Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank was stressed during the three-hour talks, an official close to the Israeli delegation said. But Israeli is bent on expanding its settlements on Palestinian territories. "It's not helpful to the process - but what we need to keep focused on... is moving forward the political process as well as moving forward that roadmap implementation process," US state department spokesman Sean McCormack said. More over, thay have committed themsleves to any real truce with Palesltinians. AGREED TO DISAGREE, AGAIN? US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, busy with her shuttle diplomatic efforts, has again held talks with her Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni amid fresh diplomatic moves to advance the Mid-East peace process. Ms Rice's meeting with Tzipi Livni came after Israel approved a plan to expand a West Bank settlement, which the US called "not helpful". On the eve of the talks, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni admitted during a US visit that settlement construction was unhelpful to the peace process. A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Mark Regev said there was "no need for negotiations" on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Regev appeared to rebuff the idea of halting Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank, saying it would be irresponsible "not to defend ourselves against ... hard-core terrorists" there. He said Israel would not agree to the reopening of border crossings with the Gaza Strip if Hamas has any role "whatsoever" in their functioning. The meeting, to discuss possible implementation of the stalled 2003 peace road map in line with Annapolis initiative, was the first at senior level since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended talks on March 2 to protest an Israeli blitz on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Abbas hesitantly agreed to resume the talks with Israelis. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak did not attend, as expected, but sent an aide to the talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and US Lt. Gen. William Fraser, who was appointed in January to oversee compliance with the road map. Both Israel and Hamas try to stick to their known positions. Hamas rightly set out its conditions on March 12 for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to all acts of Israeli "aggression" in the Gaza Strip and West Bank and the reopening of Gaza border crossings. Importantly, Hamas is demanding a say in the future functioning of the crossings, a condition rejected by Israel. Hamas's terms mirrored proposals raised by Egyptian mediators trying to piece together a truce deal, which would also end Gaza rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas and other Palestinian groups. Israel is not living up to its commitments to do what it can to facilitate the lives of the Palestinians in the West Bank Israeli warplanes targeted a rocket-launcher site in the northern of the Gaza Strip yesterday, but there was no immediate reports of casualties. Latest strikes, which effectively ended a tacit five-day truce around the coastal strip, Hamas officials have insisted in talks with Egypt it had a key role in any re-operation of Rafah but did not oppose joint administration of the facility with Fatah loyalists Israel said current proposals giving Abbas formal authority over the crossings were unacceptable because Hamas would have effective control behind the scenes. Israel has refused to let Hamas real control of the crossings. The Palestinians also faced criticism at the meeting, with Israel saying they were not doing enough to prevent “terrorism”. An US side, however, diplomatically described the current talks as “cordial but frank.” The final outcome could be different from what has happened before. ISRAELI SETTLEMNTS However, it is a known fact that Israel treats the Palestinians as prisoners and slaves locked up in jail and therefore, Israelis control the crossings and deny the Palestinians easy access to world outside even for making essential purchases for people. Israel always creates obstructions in any peace move by the Arabs. Israel time and again tightens its Gaza border restrictions, worsening humanitarian conditions, after the Hamas takeover nine months ago. Israel is under international pressure not to cause the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million inhabitants more hardship. A reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt could be a key to improving conditions for ordinary Palestinians Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and about 400,000 Jews have settled in the area, including East Jerusalem and the process is continuing. Settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. Although the heavy fighting seen in recent weeks has now diminished, there are fears that Israel's decision to re-start construction at Givat Zeev in the West Bank could derail the peace process again. The Givat Zeev project was first signed off in 1999, but stopped two years later after Palestinian laborers refused to go on. The primary reason for Israeli attacks on Palestinians has been to expand the territory and build new settlements in the occupied areas. Last year after Israel announced plans to build hundreds of new homes in and around East Jerusalem on land it occupied in 1967 in total violation of the peace process. The future of Jerusalem, which Israel claims as its capital, has not been accepted internationally, is one of the most divisive issues facing peace negotiators. Israel says the construction is within areas it intends to keep in any future peace deal with the Palestinians. It defends its construction of the West Bank barriers that the International Court of Justice has termed illegal. It seems, a ceasefire could foster progress in U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah faction lost control of the Gaza Strip to Hamas last June, after the later won the polls "There must be a commitment by Israel to end all acts of aggression against our people, assassinations, killings and raids, and lift the Gaza siege and reopen the crossings," Ismail Haniyeh, the elected premier, but ousted by Abbas on the advice of the USA-Israel combine, and now the leader of Hamas's administration in the Gaza Strip, said in a speech. A ceasefire, he said, should be "reciprocal, comprehensive and simultaneous," apply both to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and be approved by other Palestinian factions. "We will not abandon you, our people in the West Bank," Haniyeh said. "Aggression against you is aggression against us."

OIC Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has rightly told the Islamic summit that Israelis responsible for attacks on Palestinians should be tried for war crimes. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said Israel must stop using disproportionate and excessive force' against Palestinians. Meanwhile, a Hamas leader and envoys from the Fatah-dominated PLO plan separate visits to Yemen to discuss Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's reconciliation initiative as well. US STRATEGISTS Neocons in Washington insist that USA go for regime changes in Middle East, until every Arab nation becomes favorable to both USA and Israel and the latter is accepted as the leader of the region, because it has nuclear and conventional weapons and the US support. They continue to argue the regime change theory and are stuck in a time warp of bad ideas. They insist that Iran poses an ‘existential threat’, not just to Israel but to the whole world, and that it must at all costs be attacked.They support continued Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian territory. USA must help Israel to deestroy Hamas and Hezbollah by brute force, sanctions and boycotts. They state that Israel has no need to return the Golan Heights to Syria and that deterrence is the key to Israel’s security and that the United States will, for all time, guarantee Israel’s "qualitative military edge" over the whole Arab world. But they have failed to ask USA to revise its own policy in the region considedring collpase of their strategy. Also, a few critics suggest that Olmert and Barak must quit and let new leaders take over to seize the opportunity for peace. Both have failed as Prime Ministers: Olmert for his lamentable, ill-conceived and destructive war in Lebanon in 2006, and Barak for his stubborn inability to seize the chance of peace with the Palestinians and Syria in 2000 -- when, as a newly-elected Prime Minister, the chance was there to be seized. But the new leaders cannot be ideologically and temperamentally different from those who ruled Israel all these years. When the premier proposes a concrete step, the opposition blocks it, and it has been going on now for decades. SOME OBSERVATIONS The 2002 Arab peace plan, re-launched again in 2005-- offering Israel peace and normal relations with all 22 Arab states if it withdraws to its 1967 borders – still remains on the table. Syria’s President Bashar al-Asad has signaled repeatedly that he is ready for unconditional peace talks with Israel. Hamas in Gaza has offered Israel a hudna or cease-fire, of ten, twenty and even fifty years’ duration. Indeed, most Arabs now seem eager to put an end to their conflict with Israel, once and for all, in order to get on with enjoying their bonanza of oil wealth, which offers them a unique chance to transform, develop and modernize their societies. But in their hurry they should never allow two Palestine states, one each for Fatah and Hamas to come into existence, which would be disastrous for both. But the moment seems to be ripe to push hard diplomatically towards more serious negotiations, on the basis of a new, more credible, settlement. Palestinian unity could be a model for other nations fighting for re-independence from the oppressors, like Kashmir from India. Arabs should have a holistic approach to Palestine issue and discuss the freedom struggles launched by at least by Muslims all over the world. That would add more strength to issue, rather than discussing Palestine in isolation. Kosovo’s independence has been unnecessarily exaggerated by Arab states saying that Palestine is more important and urgent than Kosovo. That is not correct to draw conclusions like that. In stead, they should pursue their peaceful negations with the concerned quarters to speed up the establishment of Palestine. In a major departure from its earlier stand, Hamas has also now adopted a conciliatory attitude to Fatah faction that controls the West Bank and included it in any Gaza truce. The cancellation of talks with Israel by President Abbas seems to have endeared him to Hamas, but Abbas must cultivate that warmth further. A Hamas-Fatah national unity government back is inevitable for normal negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Abbas should reinstate Ismail Haniyeh government, which he fired after Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip last year and appointed a new Western-backed cabinet in the West Bank, as a positive gesture to forge cooperation. The positive sign is the Israeli government and the two main Palestinian Islamist resistance groups have all indicated their willingness to engage in Egyptian-led indirect talks to bring about a lull in the fighting. Whether this is called a “cease-fire”, a “truce” or “a calm atmosphere” that Egypt requested as a prelude to a wider deal, is mere word-craft. Fatah has to fully cooperate with Hamas. The stake-holders and mediators should have a few priorities and the highest priority of all concerned external parties -- the Americans, Arabs, Europeans, Russians and the UN to push both sides to an agreement that achieves a few things immediately. Israel must reopen all closed border points to allow the Palestinian Gazans to live a normal life and restart their economy. Palestinian Hamas should have full control over its own borders with its neighbors. And, the PLO has to be reestablished with new vigor and revived objectives set by its founder Arafat. Both Hamas and Fatah must now whole-heartedly seek an Arab-mediated attempt to revive the unity government between Fatah and Hamas in Palestine, based this time on a clearer agreement for a national internal security force. They must promote a long-term cease-fire and makes it an open-ended truce while encouraging exchanges of Israeli and Palestinian prisoners. Such a unity government would be in a stronger negotiating position with Israel, which cannot be persuaded for any fruitful peaceful settlement from a weak position. Israel’s policy so far has been to inflict enough pain on the enemy. From a strong position alone the Hamas-Fatah can negotiate for peace with Israel, according the Arab Plan and that alone would open the door to a negotiated agreement to stop the mutual pain. Israel knows this is how history and nationalism have worked. A negotiated long-term truce between Hamas and Israel would represent a historic breakthrough that could open the way for future negotiations to a permanent resolution of the conflict. A truce would mark a historic and permanent shift in the negotiating balance between Palestinians and Israelis. Meanwhile, no one prevents the Palestinian leaders from naming their country as Palestine for now, pending the inauguration of the State and its provisional constitution, in stead of let it be known as Palestinian Territories. A provisional map showing the actual areas that form the future Palestine state could be published for discussion in UN. Fatah and Hamas should pay proper attention to this at the earliest. The crucial question remains: will Israel stop killing Palestinians like a rogue state? Unless Israel is totally stopped from recurrent invasions of Palestine, negations cannot be result-oriented. Israel continues to attack the Palestinians and provoke them to retaliate. Will Israel choose to undermine the US-Egyptian initiative also now and go ahead with its genocides, destructions and settlements in Palestinian lands? Of it all depends on how effectively the USA and UN apply pressure on Israeli leadership to pursue for a genuine peaceful negotiated settlement. - DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal Analyst, Researcher & Commentator Delhi

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Suspect in Madeleine McCann case Robert Murat has confiscated possessions returned

March 23, 2008 Possessions that were previously seized by the Portuguese police from Robert Murat have been returned to him, despite the fact that he is still an official suspect in the case of the disappearance of three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann. Murat described the return of the objects as "a very positive sign." The only others to be announced as official suspects (Portuguese: arguido) are Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate McCann.

He continued, "Why would they return something if it was in the middle of being investigated in any way, shape or form? We are very happy to have the computers back, and I hope I will have my arguido status dropped very shortly."

Madeleine McCann disappeared from the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz in May last year. At the time of the disappearance friends and family of Murat claimed that it was impossible for him to be guilty of abducting Madeleine. His uncle described him as "so sweet and good-natured," while his cousin stated that there was "absolutely no way" he had committed the crime.

The McCann family are still appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of their daughter. On their official website an appeal reads, "Madeleine is a beautiful little person. She was a very happy and much loved little girl. We believe there is a very good chance that Madeleine is still alive. She deserves the love and security of her family. She needs to be back home with her mummy and daddy, brother and sister."


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Kimi Räikkönen wins 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix

March 23, 2008 Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen won the FIA Formula One 2008 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. Both Ferrari drivers, started from the front row of the grid, confidently facing up to their McLaren rivals, but the pole-sitter Felipe Massa first lost his place to Kimi and then went out because of a driving error.

Robert Kubica from BMW Sauber placed second, trailing Räikkönen by a considerable margin.

McLaren Mercedes drivers took the second row in qualification, but Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton were penalized five places yesterday for impeding Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) and Fernando Alonso (Renault).

Kovalainen regained his lost places and finished on the last step of the podium, third. Toyota driver Jarno Trulli did his best to hold Hamilton behind and finished fourth.

Heidfeld comfortably finished six. Alonso pushed hard on Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) but was unable to pass him and closed the top eight. David Coulthard, the cause of the Friday investigation by FIA stewards of RBR suspension failure, finished after Alonso. Jenson Button won the tenth place for Honda. Rookie driver Nelson Piquet Jr. had a first time finish in 11th place for Renault.

Giancarlo Fisichella showed progress with Force India team, beating the second Honda of Rubens Barrichello, both Williams', and Super Aguri.


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i can't add much now but I will add some more later. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 11:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

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Wikinews Shorts: March 23, 2008

Random drive-by shooting kills 7, injures 16 in Baghdad
At least seven people have died and sixteen more are injured after gunman in three cars attacked pedestrians at a market in Baghdad, Iraq, apparently at random. An anonymous official told Xinhua that the attack in Baghdad's religiously diverse Zaafariniya neighbourhood left several seriously enough wounded that the death toll may rise.

Drive-by shootings have become rare in the capital since recent crackdowns on militants. However, attacks do still continue. Other recent attacks include a bombing on a Mogul army base that left ten dead and a series of rocket attacks on Baghdad residences and the Green Zone, leaving no known caualties as yet but striking several sensitive foreign targets.

India tests nuclear capable Agni-I surface-to-air missile
India has conducted a successful test of its Agni-I surface-to-air missile, a 700km (435 mile) range misile capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads up to a weight of 1,000kg. It was fired across the Bay of Bengal from a mobile launcher on a range on a nearby island at 10:15 am.

India and neighbour Pakistan have regularly tested missiles since 2002, and both have nuclear technology. The Agni-I has been tested previously. "The missile had a textbook performance in terms of range, accuracy and lethality," said a statement by the military.

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{Osama bin Laden issued an audio tape warning the EU. What had angered him? + recent republication of the controversial Muhammad cartoons - Alleged religious intolerance - Ongoing conflicts in Iraq and other countries - Failure of the EU to engage al-Qaeda in talks
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Premier League 2007–08: Manchester United 3 – 0 Liverpool

March 23, 2008

English football club Manchester United has beat Liverpool 3–0, making it six points clear at the top of the table for United. The match, which started at 13:30 local time featured several bookings and a red card for (Liverpool).

The half time score was 1–0 to Manchester United, with the other two goals being scored in the second half. The goal, scored by Wes Brown, was headed into the goal after a cross by Wayne Rooney.

The second goal was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, was also scored through a header, although this goal was scored seconds after a shot by the same player.

The third and final goal was scored by, just two minutes after the goal by Ronaldo. The goal was shot into the left hand side of the goal.


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Premier League 2007–08: Chelsea 2 – 1 Arsenal

March 23, 2008

There were no goals in the first half of the game, with the first goal, which was for Arsenal, being scored in the 59th minute from a corner taken by. The goal was scored by.

The second goal was scored for Chelsea by in the 73rd minute of the match. The ball was shot into the bottom-right of the goal. Drogba was booked one minute after the match for "unsporting behavior."

The final was also scored by Drogba, with this goal being nine minutes after his previous goal. This time the ball was shot into the bottom-left hand corner of the goal.


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This is a very interesting site. I'll have to check it out. 74.74.248.158 18:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

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Obama is going to win he's a good president and he knows how to make up his mind. He has good reason to be a president. I think maybe Hilary should be vice president.I hope he wins —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.211.16.65 (talk) 15:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)


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Cheney meets with Israeli and Palestinian leaders

March 23, 2008 United States Vice President Dick Cheney met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday. Cheney met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Primer Minister Ehud Olmert and their Palestinian counterparts, the moderate President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as part of a tour of the Middle East.

Cheney told Palestinians that continuing violence against ill damage efforts for a Palestinian state. Cheney noted "Terror and rockets do not merely kill innocent civilians, they also kill the legitimate hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian people."

The Vice President remarked he is committed towards a Palestinian state, quoting President George W. Bush, "The establishment of the state of Palestine is long overdue. The Palestinian people deserve it." Cheney also noted that "Achieving that vision will require tremendous effort at the negotiating table and painful concessions on both sides."

Abbas condemned rocket attacks against Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, but also told Israel to ease their restrictions on Palestinians. He also noted that Israel needs to stop building settlements within the West Bank. Abbas noted that, "Peace and stability will not be achieved through a settlement expansion, or the setting up of checkpoints around towns and villages, and the military escalation against Gaza, nor the incursions, continuous incursions into West Bank villages and towns."

Cheney met earlier in the day with Shimon Peres, the Israeli president. Both men spoke of Iran, with Peres noting upfront that Iran and their leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to "build their two satellites -- the Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Hamas in Gaza ... Nobody can console us and say that the declarations of Ahmadinejad are less serious than they are; we have to take it seriously, out of experience."

Cheney noted that the Bush administration is pledged to the peace process and also referenced Iran but not directly, "We're obviously dedicated to doing all we can as an administration to try to move the peace process forward, and also obviously actively involved in dealing with the threats that we see emerging in the region -- not only threats to Israel, but threats to the United States, as well."

Cheney met with Prime Minister Olmert on Saturday and told Olmert that, "The United States will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security." He also told Olmert that the United States backs Israel's right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks but that America was also working for a peace deal between Israel and the moderate Fatah-controlled Palestinian government in the West Bank.

Abbas lost control of the Gaza Strip to the rival Hamas party last year. Abbas, who is the leader of the more moderate Fatah party currently runs the Palestinian government located in the West Bank, the other Palestinian territory.


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National Hockey League news: March 23, 2008

March 23, 2008

There were 10 games played in the National Hockey League on March 22, 2008.

Colorado Avalanche @ Edmonton Oilers
Dustin Penner scored 50 seconds into the first period, giving Edmonton an early lead. Sam Gagner increased their lead to 2 later in the second. Fernando Pisani's 12th goal of the season gave the Oilers a three goal lead going into the first intermission. Tyler Arnason put the Avalanche on the board just under 5 minutes into the second period. Kyle Brodziak scored to put Edmonton back back in a 3 goal lead. Colorado scored three times early in the third. Ruslan Salei scored 1:43 into the period. Wojtek Wolski and Milan Hejduk scored 35 seconds apart, which tied the score at 4-4. Marc-Antoine Pouliot scored 18 seconds after that to retake the lead for the Oilers. Edmonton went ahead by 2 when Gagner scored his second goal of the night. John-Michael Liles scored an unassisted goal to bring Colorado within 1 again, but Marty Reasoner's empty net goal with 10 seconds left secured Edmonton's victory with a two goal lead.

Chicago Blackhawks @ Nashville Predators
Jason Arnott scored his 27th goal of the season 5:24 into the first period, giving Nashville the first lead of the game. Andrew Ladd tied the score with 5:18 left in the first period. The score remained tied through the rest of regulation, so overtime was required. In the shootout, Alexander Radulov scored the deciding goal in the second round, giving the Predators the victory. Nikolai Khabibulin made 33 saves in regulation for the Blackhawks. Dan Ellis stopped 37 of Chicago's 38 shots, picking up his 20th win of the season.

Los Angeles Kings @ Dallas Stars
Brenden Morrow scored a power play goal in the first period to break the scoreless tie for Dallas. In the second period, Rob Blake scored a power play goal to tie the score, but Stu Barnes retook the lead for Dallas a few minutes later. Michal Handzus scored for Los Angeles to tie the score late in the third period. Lubomir Visnovsky gave LA the lead less than a minute later. Handzus scored his second of the night less than a minute after that, which put LA ahead by 2 with 1:19 left. Erik Ersberg improved his record to 4-3-2 by stopping all but two of Dallas's 27 shots.

Boston Bruins @ Montreal Canadiens
Andrei Markov scored the first goal of the game for the Canadiens. Marc Savard tied the score for the Bruins 8:36 into the first period, then just over a minute later Andrei Kostitsyn retook the lead for Montreal. Petteri Nokelainen tied the score at two goals apiece under halfway through the second. The score remained tied through regulation to force an overtime. Saku Koivu scored the only shootout goal, which gave Montreal the extra point in the standings. Carey Price made 33 saves, plus stopped all three Boston shootout attempts, and earned his 19th win in his rookie season. With this victory, the Montreal Canadiens won the 8 games against Boston in regular season this year. This was also the 11th consecutive victory of Montreal against the Bruins since March 2007.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Ottawa Senators
Daniel Alfredsson scored the only first period goal for the Senators to give them the first lead of the game. Kyle Wellwood and Alexander Steen each scored a power play goal in the second period, giving Toronto a 2-1 lead. Cory Stillman scored a power play goal for Ottawa to tie the score with under 5 minutes left in the second. Under a minute later, Martin Lapointe scored to retake the lead for Ottawa. Dany Heatley scored a power play goal, his 37th goal of the season, with 2:29 left in the second period. Darcy Tucker scored for Toronto to bring them a minute before the second intermission. Jiri Tlusty and Matt Stajan each scored in the first couple minutes of the third period, which retook the lead for Toronto. They held on to their one goal lead thanks to Vesa Toskala. He made 8 saves in that period and 24 in the first couple periods, to pick up the win.

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers
Jay Bouwmeester scored an unassisted goal when he caught Lightning goalie Mike Smith out of his net early in the first period. Junior Lessard scored his first goal of the season to tie it up 6:13 into the second period. Nathan Horton scored just over a minute later to retake the lead for Florida. Olli Jokinen scored his 33rd goal of the season to put the Panthers ahead by two goals 10 minutes into the third. Horton scored his second of the night to give Florida a three goal lead. Mathieu Darche scored to bring the Lightning within 2 with 1:11 left in regulation. Tomas Vokoun made 35 saves, earning his 30th win of the season.

Detroit Red Wings @ Columbus Blue Jackets
Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg each scored a power play goal for Detroit in the first period. Rick Nash scored early in the third period to bring Columbus within 1. Johan Franzen scored to give the Red Wings their two goal lead back, and Pavel Datsyuk scored a short handed goal with 5:03 left in the game. Zetterberg's goal was his 40th of the season, which sets a personal record. Datsyuk also assisted on both of the first period goals. Dominik Hasek stopped 11 of Columbus's 12 shots to earn his 24th win of the season.

New Jersey Devils @ Pittsburgh Penguins
Jarkko Ruutu scored the first goal for the Penguins 1:30 into the first period. Brian Gionta tied the score with a short handed goal 9:04 into the first. Ryan Malone scored a shorthanded goal of his own with 3:46 left in the second period to retake the lead for Pittsburgh. Malone also scored three minutes into the third period, which started a 5 goal third period by the Penguins. Pascal Dupuis scored a couple minutes later, Evgeni Malkin scored a pair a few minutes apart, and Petr Sykora scored with 1:42 left in regulation. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of the Devils' 25 shots on goal, earning his fourth straight win.

Anaheim Ducks @ Phoenix Coyotes
Teemu Selanne scored first, his 9th of the season, to give the Ducks the lead 6:11 into the first period. Ed Jovanovski scored a power play goal for the Coyotes to tie the score early in the third period. Selanne scored his second of the night on an Anaheim power play to retake the lead for the Ducks, and give them the victory. Todd Bertuzzi assisted in both of the Anaheim goals. Jonas Hiller made 30 saves and earned his 8th win of the season.

Minnesota Wild @ Calgary Flames
Dion Phaneuf broke a scoreless tie three minutes into the second period with a shorthanded goal for Calgary. Benoit Pouliot scored a pair of goals, the first two of his NHL career, to give Minnesota the lead later in the second. Jarome Iginla tied the score with 23 seconds left in the second period. Iginla also scored a pair of goals in the third, a natural hat trick, to put the Flames ahead by 2. Kim Johnsson scored for Minnesota to bring them within a goal. Matthew Lombardi scored with under two minutes remaining, but Johnsson kept Minnesota close by scoring with 55 seconds left in regulation. Minnesota wouldn't find the back of the net again, and the Flames come within a point of Minnesota for the lead in the Northwest division. Miikka Kiprusoff made 29 saves for the Flames; Josh Harding stopped 26 of Calgary's 31 shots.

Player of the Day
Today's Player of the Day is Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames. Iginla had a natural hat trick in the second and third periods of Calgary's 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild.

For information on the selection process of the Player of the Day, see this page.

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Talk:China: 'the Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage'

Terrorist
Umm no...that is totally not correct and this whole article is opinion based. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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Comments:Major US presidential candidates have passport files breached

The State Department should have said they suspected Clinton, Obama, and McCain of terrorist activities. Doesn't invoking the Patriot Act always make good cover?

I find it ironic that every major rag in my country (US) is up in arms about this "security breach", but this kind of thing happens every day to "normal" US citizens. Passport file breaching, illegal wiretapping...these are just two of many ways that US citizens have lost their right to privacy since 9/11.

I say take McCain to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and interrogate him without probable cause. Then again, that would leave the field open for Huckabee and Romney to restart their efforts....


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United States military death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000

March 24, 2008

The death of four soldiers Sunday from a roadside improvised explosive device has raised the total of American soldiers to die in Iraq to 4,000. 3,263 have been killed in combat and other hostile action, while 737 have been killed in non-hostile incidents, such as traffic accidents and suicides.

The four soldiers were traveling in their vehicle in southern Baghdad around 10 a.m. local time, when the vehicle was hit by an explosion from the IED. A fifth soldier was wounded. Following standard procedure, the identities of those killed have been withheld pending notification of relatives.

The milestone was reached just days after the fifth anniversary of the start of the war on March 19, 2003 when the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people." However, no weapons of mass destruction have been located yet.

A military spokesman, Navy Lt. Patrick Evans, gave condolences to the family and noted each death is "equally tragic." Evans also added, "There have been some significant gains. However, this enemy is resilient and will not give up, nor will we. There's still a lot of work to be done."

The U.S. military says that in 2007, 901 soldiers and personnel were killed, which made that year the deadliest year for U.S. troops since the beginning of the war.

This occurred on the same day when Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the current Iraqi National Security Advisor said that "This war is well worth fighting," on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

"This is global terrorism hitting everywhere and they have chosen Iraq to be a battlefield. And we have to take them on. If we don't prevail, if we don't succeed in this war, then we are doomed forever," al-Rubaie stated. He further added, "I understand and sympathize with the mothers, with the widows, with the children who have lost their beloved ones in this country. But honestly, it is well worth fighting and well worth investing the money and the treasure and the sweat and the tears in Iraq."

Also on the same day, various separate attacks by Iraqi insurgents caused in total 40 deaths of Iraqi civilians. In Baghdad, mortars or rockets were fired into the high-security "Green Zone." Meanwhile, a suicide bomber killed six people in Shula, one Baghdad's Shia neighborhoods. Also, gunmen in seven cars open fired in a mixed neighborhood of Baghdad killing seven people.

Meanwhile, 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed at an army base by a suicide truck bomber and another four were killed by a roadside bomb in Tuz Khurmato.

The death toll of Iraqi civilians is estimated to be around 80,000 to 150,000 or more. However, the true death toll is unknown as the United States military does not keep records of civilian deaths.


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Mugabe: A vote for MDC is a wasted vote

March 24, 2008

Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe and leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), has said in a speech that any votes for his opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would be a wasted vote. He stated, "You can vote for them [MDC] but that will be a wasted vote. You will be cheating yourself as there is no way we can allow them to rule this country." He continued by saying that "We [ZANU-PF] have a job to do and that is to protect our heritage. The MDC will not rule this country. It will never, ever happen."

In the speech Mr. Mugabe also claimed that the situation with healthcare in the country is good. He said that "I have bought scanning machines which can see right into the liver in one's body, in detail, what we go to South Africa for. They will be distributed to all major hospitals and, in future, there would be no need to go to South Africa for medical attention."

Mr. Mugabe also claimed that the issue of the maize shortage would be resolved soon. He said that "the railway lines from Zambia and South Africa pass through here. I cannot understand that. But since a lot of maize is still outside the country and being delivered, we will correct that."

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