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Alan Turing Building opens at University of Manchester

July 31, 2007 The, finished moving in to its new  Monday. The building is named after one of its most widely known academics, Alan Turing, one of the founders of computer science and a Reader in Mathematics at Manchester.

Although Turing is one of the city and university's most famous sons, there are very few things named in his honour. The city council was criticised for naming an uninspiring piece of by-pass Alan Turing Way, and a statue erected by public subscription bears a plaque pointing out the failure of the computing industry to contribute.

The new building deliberately attempts to provide a conducive atmosphere for mathematical collaboration with a design that aims to promote chance encounter in public spaces. It also aims to save energy with solar panels fitted to the roof.

The building also houses the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group, and the Photon Sciences Institute.


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Talk:Deadly crash at Dayton, Ohio air show

needs sources formatted needs categories --216.75.93.110 13:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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Talk:Bratz picture filmed at high school while in session

If this headline is to be retained, "at troubled high school" needs to be explained. -Edbrown05 08:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Ed posted to my talk page, said he read further and discovered what I meant. --  Zanimum 14:27, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

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Aircraft makes emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport

July 30, 2007 A Flybe,, had to make an emergency landing at in Scotland after it had engine troubles on its scheduled flight from Manchester.

Thirty-six passengers were onboard flight BE7220 when the captain made the call to  at approximately 07:40 BST. The captain was forced to shut down one of the plane's two turboprop engines before finally landing safely at Edinburgh Airport at 07:50 BST.

Upon landing the plane was met by fire engines and other emergency vehicles before taxiing to the terminal building.

Jim Mulhall, a passenger on board the plane said, "When the captain told us they were going to cut an engine everyone went quiet, probably because they were apprehensive."

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Shinzo Abe's LDP suffers set-back in Japanese elections

July 30, 2007 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) could claim victory in Sunday's House of Councillors elections. The House of Councillors is the upper house in the bicameral National Diet of Japan. Of the 242 seats, DPJ went from 82 to 109 seats, making it the largest party in the House of Councillors.

This gain came largely at the expense of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which went from 119 seats to 83. Also losing seats was LDP's coalition partner, New Komeito Party (NKP), which lost 4 councillor seats and now holds 20. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that while he takes the result of the election "very seriously," he does not intend to resign his post.

"We must take these results very seriously and reflecting on what we must reflect on," Abe said at a news conference. "I want to fulfill my responsibility to proceed with reform to build the nation and promote economic growth that the people can feel."

The election result will not force the government out of power, since the LDP holds 296 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives. Nonetheless, Abe said that he would reshuffle the cabinet. "Voters said we must reflect on our shortcomings and refresh the line-up," Abe said. "I plan to reshuffle the Cabinet and top party posts at an appropriate time."

"The election expressed the frustrations of the people. He really needs to accept the results of the election and think about the future. This might include quitting," 38-year-old civil servant Akihiro Kodaira told Reuters.


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Comments:Anthrocon 2007 draws thousands to Pittsburgh for furry weekend

This isn't news worthy of the USA portal. For a Pittsburgh portal, yes. For a furry portal, yes. Regular news skimmers aren't interested in this. It reads like an advertisement anyways.


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Ingmar Bergman dies at age 89

July 30, 2007

Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, a filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died today at his home on Fårö, Gotland, Sweden. He was 89. The exact cause of death is not known.

"It's an unbelievable loss for Sweden, but even more so internationally," Astrid Söderbergh Widding, president of The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, told Associated Press.

"This is an enormous loss, not only for artistic Sweden but because he was one of the most well-known Swedes in the world," Jon Asp, a spokesperson for the Ingmar Bergman Foundation, said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg. "Had it not been for his struggles in the 40s and 50s, Swedish directors such as Jan Troell and Bo Widerberg may not have been able to make films."

"He was one of the world's biggest personalities. There were Kurosawa, Fellini and then Bergman. Now he is also gone," Danish director Bille August said to Associated Press. "It is a great loss. I am in shock."

Hungarian director István Szabó told MTI: "The Bergman films are to viewers like the novels of a great novelist, the poems of a great poet or the works of a great drama writer ... He valued contact with the audience very much and the story which can be told to them, while he did not attribute a great value to stories which can only be understood by snobs and highly qualified aesthetes."

Biography
Born Ernst Ingmar Bergman in 1918 in Uppsala, Sweden to a Lutheran minister of Danish descent, Bergman grew up surrounded by religious imagery and discussion. He had a strict upbringing and went through two five-month stretches of mandatory military service. He attended Stockholm High School and Stockholm University, without completing his degree in literature and art. He instead became interested in theatre and later in film.

Despite his devout upbringing, Bergman said that he lost his faith at age eight but did not come to terms with this until later in his filmmaking career.

Since the early sixties Bergman lived much of his life on the island of Fårö, where he made a number of his films. In 2004 he said he would never again leave the island.

He was married five times and had nine children.

Career
Although Bergman was universally famous for his contribution to cinema, he was an active and productive stage director all his life, and was manager and director of a number of the most prestigious theatres in Sweden.

As a director, Bergman favored intuition over intellect, and chose to be unaggressive in dealing with actors. Bergman saw himself as having a great responsibility toward them, viewing them as collaborators often in a psychologically vulnerable position. He stated that a director must be both honest and supportive in order to allow others their best work.

His films usually deal with existential questions of mortality, loneliness, and faith; they also tend to be direct and not overtly stylized. Persona, one of Bergman's most famous films, is unusual among Bergman's work in being both existentialist and avant-garde.

Bergman usually wrote his own scripts, thinking about them for months or years before starting the actual process of writing, which he viewed as somewhat tedious. His earlier films are carefully structured, and are either based on his plays or written in collaboration with other authors.

Bergman stated that in his later works, when on occasion his actors would want to do things differently from his own intentions, he would let them, noting that the results were often "disastrous" when he did not do so. As his career progressed, Bergman increasingly let his actors improvise their dialogue. In his latest films, he wrote just the ideas informing the scene and allowed his actors to determine exact dialogue.

Selected filmography
Ingmar Bergman, who made over 50 films, rarely watched them. "I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry ... and miserable. I think it's awful," Bergman said.

 * Crisis (1946) (Kris)
 * Prison (1949) (Fängelse)
 * Thirst/Three Strange Loves (1949) (Törst)
 * To Joy (1950) (Till glädje)
 * Dreams (1955) (Kvinnodröm) aka Journey Into Autumn
 * Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) (Sommarnattens leende)
 * Wild Strawberries (1957) (Smultronstället)
 * The Virgin Spring (1960) (Jungfrukällan) (won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)
 * Through a Glass Darkly (1961) (Såsom i en spegel) (won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)
 * Persona (1966)
 * Shame (1968) (Skammen)
 * Cries and Whispers (1973) (Viskningar och rop) (won Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
 * The Magic Flute (1975) (Trollflöjten), first shown on Swedish television, followed by a cinematic release
 * Fanny and Alexander (1982) (Fanny och Alexander) (won 4 Academy Awards, including one for Best Foreign Language Film)

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UK PM Brown meets with US President Bush at Camp David

July 31, 2007

United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown met United States President George W. Bush at Camp David in Maryland for their first formal talks since Brown took office in June.

Gordon Brown arrived at Camp David on Sunday, July 30. Monday, they addressed the press in a joint press conference. According to reports, the talks focused on Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur, world trade and climate change, amid speculation whether the two leaders could work together. Correspondents say they appeared relaxed as they faced reporters after their talks.

Both reiterated a commitment to fighting terrorism, which Prime Minister Brown called "a crime against humanity", and discussed ways of making sure that the two countries' security systems are "properly aligned" and share information.

President Bush spoke of waging an ideological struggle between those who "believe in freedom and justice and human rights and human dignity, and cold-blooded killers who will kill innocent people to achieve their objectives" and said that defending the "young democracies" of Afghanistan and Iraq was a way to defeat "an ideology of darkness" with a "more hopeful ideology".

"It's very important for us to make it clear to those who are in harm's way that these missions will be driven not by local politics but by conditions on the ground," the President added.

Iraq
Prime Minister Brown acknowledged a responsibility to support the Iraqi government and said the U.S. and the U.K. had a threefold aim: security for the Iraqi people, political reconciliation, and a stake for Iraqis in their future.

The Prime Minister spoke of a step by step transfer of control to the Iraqi government and security forces, with the British forces moving from a combat to overwatch mode in three of the four provinces under their responsibility. He said military commanders will determine when a similar transition will be made for the remaining province - Basra and that the recommendation will be placed before parliament. The head of the British military said last week that that the transfer is likely by the year end.

Seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, mostly in the Shia dominated south and the Kurdish north, are now formally under the control of Iraqi government and security forces. On being asked if U.S. deployment will continue till after the presidential elections next year, President Bush reiterated that this was going to take a long time, and said he will not prejudge a report by U.S. Commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, on how the recent troop 'surge' has altered the security situation.

UK Prime Minister proposed setting up a Basra economic development agency to bring jobs and businesses - "economic hope" for the region, and offered financial support for the project.

Darfur, Iran and the Middle East
Both leaders expressed strong concern over the situation in Darfur, and agreed to step up pressure to end the violence in the region by expediting a U.N. resolution mandating a U.N.-African Union peace force.

Meanwhile, at the U.N. Security Council, a revised draft resolution is being circulated today that drops language critical of Sudan government forces and scales back the peace-keeping force's mandate to monitor arms violation, following Sudan's objections. The peacekeeping force is to assume responsibility by the year's end but it will take up to a year to be fully deployed.

"We're agreed on encouragement for early peace talks, a call to cease violence on the ground, an end to aerial bombing of civilians, and support for economic development if this happens, and further sanctions if this does not happen.", Prime Minister Brown said.

Prime Minister Brown expressed support for President Bush's "bold initiative" in the Middle East peace process and said the two leaders agreed that sanctions against Iran were working and that they were prepared to toughen sanction with a new U.N. resolutions.

Trade and aid
Both leaders expressed support for measures to combat poverty, lack of education and healthcare, particularly malaria and HIV/AIDS, including ways to bring public and private sectors, faith groups and civil society to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Prime Minister Brown, who has already spoken to several leaders around the world regarding the Doha round of trade talks, said contact between world leaders will be stepped up to quickly reach an agreement, which both leaders stressed was an important goal that they were optimistic of attaining. Climate change was an important issue and needs to be tackled in the context of sustainable development as well as energy security, Prime Minister Brown said, and said that this agenda, agreed at this year's G8 in Germany, would be discussed in meetings over the next few months.


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Taliban report killing another South Korean hostage as deadline passes

July 30, 2007

A Taliban spokesman has stated that a South Korean hostage has been executed after a deadline had passed on Taliban demands to the Afghan government.

"We shot dead a male captive because the government did not listen to our demands," Qari Mohammad Yousuf, Taliban spokesman told Reuters news agency by phone. "We killed one of the male hostages at 6:30 this evening because the Kabul administration did not listen to our repeated demands," he continued.

AFP have quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying, "Finally tonight at 8:30 we killed one of the Koreans named Sung Sin with AK-47 gunshots." There isn't, as of yet, an explanation for the apparent 2-hour time discrepancy of the claimed killing.

Yousuf indicated that the Taliban have threatened to kill more hostages if their demands for the release of Taliban prisoners by Afghan officials were not met. A new deadline was not imposed. Yousuf told Reuters that Sung Sin's body had been dumped by the side of a road. The Taliban has also demanded the withdrawal of South Korean troops from Afghanistan.

If the death is confirmed, Sung Sin would be the second South Korean hostage killed by the Taliban since the capture of the 23 Christian aid volunteers on July 19. On July 25, the Taliban shot and killed Bae Hyung-kyu, a 42-year-old pastor. His body was subsequently found in the desert area of the southern province of Ghazni, near where the aid workers were captured.

Ghanzi Govornor Marajudin Pathan stated that officials were aware of the Taliban’s killing, but that a body has not yet been recovered, although police have begun searching. He could not specify on a timetable for the recovery of Sin's body.

“Ghazni is a very vast area, so we really don’t know where the body is,” Pathan said.


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Fred Thompson raises $3 million, falls short of $5 million goal

July 30, 2007 Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson reports that he raised US$3 million in June for his all-but-certain White House bid. According to the Associated Press, this sum falls short of the $5 million goal set for June, which was the first month he set out to fundraise.

The $3 million dollars was more than what several other Republicans raised, but falls well short of the $6.5 million raised by Mitt Romney in a single day in January in his first month of exploring a bid.

The reported figure does not include collections from several large fundraising events held in July.

While Thompson has attracted the backing of top Republican figures, including Mary Matalin, Liz Cheney and George P. Bush, The Politico quotes a key Republican supporter doubting the campaign's prospects.

But a Thompson advisor told the Politico that the money raised is enough to test the waters and is not meant for running a full-fledged campaign, adding that Thompson himself is "feeling great" and the campaign is going "full speed ahead".

Thompson's campaign manager and several aides quit recently in a staff shake-up reportedly initiated by Jeri Kehn, Thompson's second wife. A lawyer and former spokesman for the Republican National Committee, Kehn encouraged Thompson to explore a bid and plays a key role in the campaign's day to day operations, the Sunday Telegraph reports. Kehn also draws attention to the 25-year age gap between her and Thompson and to Thompson's reputation, following his divorce, as a "ladies' man", which "may not play well with the social conservatives".


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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called The sunder king. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name The sunder king~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Talk:2007 German League Cup: Bayern Munich wins 6th League Cup

Original Reporting
I removed the OR template because there are no OR notes here. Please add them. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:01, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

There is no original research. It came with the thing on the football portal. Kingjeff 21:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

CAT to be added
editprotected Please add CAT:Bayern Munich to the article 14.139.242.195 (talk) 05:14, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
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NBA: Minnesota ready to trade Kevin Garnett to Boston

July 30, 2007 Citing "league sources," both CNN/SI and the Boston Globe are reporting that Kevin Garnett is going to the Boston Celtics in a trade involving at least six players. This transaction in the United States' premier professional basketball league NBA, which is contingent on a contract negotiation, would be considered major.

The forward, known as "Big Ticket", who has spent his entire twelve season career playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves, will join fellow all-stars Paul Pierce and Ray Allen to give Boston a boost in the Eastern Conference.

Although the deal is yet to be announced formally by either team, many news agencies are reporting that the deal has been finalized. Kevin Garnett will go to Boston, in exchange for Celtic players Al Jefferson, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes, and Theo Ratliff, along with two future NBA draft picks.


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Talk:Ingmar Bergman dies at age 89

Bloomberg
"said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg" Uh, Bloomberg what?

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US Chief Justice John Roberts hospitalized

July 31, 2007 Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized after having a seizure in his summer home in Maine. A statement released by Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg stated that Justice Roberts took a minor fall from the seizure, and has been transported to the Penobscot Bay Medical Center. In addition, she said that Justice Roberts has undergone a, "thorough neurological evaluation, which revealed no cause for concern."

Justice Roberts, 52, had a similar incident in 1993, when he suffered a "isolated, idiosyncratic seizure," according to White House doctors.

The Justice was returning from a boat ride at around 2 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Monday when he fell on a dock near his home in Port Clyde on Maine's Hupper Island, Arberg said. He was taken by boat to the mainland, and transferred to an ambulance, said St. George Fire Chief Tim Polky. Doctors have determined that this incident was caused by "a benign idiopathic seizure." Both descriptions, according to Arberg, hint that doctors could not determine the cause of the seizures, or link them to any known condition.


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Talk:UK PM Brown meets with US President Bush at Camp David

Image:Bush Brown.jpg
Please change the first image to Image:Bush Brown.jpg. Commons dupe. Thanks. Siebrand 10:07, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * done by Deprifry. –Doldrums(talk) 12:58, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Jay H

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Great starter!
Well done on getting Panda gives birth at San Diego Zoo off of the ground in one edit. :) irid:t 03:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Major League Soccer: Beckham will miss game against Toronto
Sometimes I copy and paste and try to reword sentences. I guess I just missed one or two. Kingjeff 05:06, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

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I noticed you took the picture, so you have been there then. That would serve well in the OR notes if you mention that. --SVTCobra 22:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I am sorry if it felt like a hassle to get this published. But I was just doing due dillegence. I am happy to see that it is the featured article on the front page. --SVTCobra 21:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No that was fine, thanks for your help. Now I know how to do these things.Billlion 07:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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Hi,

I've added a couple of comments to the article talk for what you've been working on. There's a link to the template for citing offline sources there too. I think it's just that, plus the size of the quote, that is at issue. for the quote you might want to look at cquote. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

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New Zealand's copyright bill report strikes criticism

July 31, 2007 A report by Parliament's commerce select committee has been released on the bill seeking to amend New Zealand's current copyright law. InternetNZ has voiced their disappointment in the report and the bill.

Currently under New Zealand law it is illegal, but common, for example, to copy a CD's music for playing on a digital music player. The Copyright (New Technologies and Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill now makes this legal as long as there is only one copy for anyone in the same household, the original CD is kept and it is not sold. The bill had previously included time restrictions for this, but they have now been removed.

The report also wishes the bill to be amended to give more power to the copyright holders. The proposed amendment would allow the copyright holders to decide whether or not they wish their works to be exempt under the new, proposed law. The only condition is that the consumers are informed of this decision.

Commentators have cried out against this, they state that there is not much of a point if they can decide not to be applicable to the law. The Internet Society of New Zealand (InternetNZ) executive director, Keith Davidson, has said, "The removal of the two year expiry is good, but what’s the point of offering format shifting to the public when the music industry can opt out of allowing it?"

It will also be illegal for people to try and bypass security that disables copying, like that found on DVDs. A conviction would pose either a NZ$150,000 fine or five years in jail.

Davidson says that InternetNZ does not support the bill in its amended form by the committee. "Overall, the Bill as reported back does contain improvements on the draft. [...] The Committee is recommending legislation that is not fit for purpose."


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Talk:Alan Turing Building opens at University of Manchester

Needs sources or OR notes
If this is original reporting (see WN:OR) then it needs notes. If not, it needs sources. Either way, it seems a bit to glowing about Turing to be neutral. --SVTCobra 01:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok I'll try and look at some examples of notes. But do you mean too glowing about Turing the man or the building? Billlion 18:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The criticism on glowing is probably to harsh. I'll just change the word "dearth" to "very few". --SVTCobra 21:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


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Cricket: India defeat England in second Test

July 31, 2007

India have beaten England by seven wickets in the second Test cricket match of the Indian tour of England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.

Despite the loss of three wickets on the final day, the Indian batsmen comfortably reached the 73 run target set by England.

India lead the three-match series 1-0 after the first Test ended in a draw, and England must win the final Test at The Oval to avoid their first home Test series defeat since 2001.

The start of play was delayed on the first day as the outfield was wet following heavy rain. Before play finally got underway after lunch on Friday, India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid chose to field first.

Zaheer Khan made two breakthroughs early in the England innings to dismiss Andrew Strauss and captain Michael Vaughan. R P Singh then trapped Kevin Pietersen lbw to reduce England to 47-3. Although Paul Collingwood and Alastair Cook shared a partnership of 54, India's bowlers found some swing and reduced England to 169-7 at the close of day one.

On the second day England were soon bowled out for just 198, with Zaheer Khan leading the bowling attack with 4-59. In response, the England bowlers did little to trouble the Indian batsmen, and Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer soon reached half centuries. The breakthrough came just before Tea when Jaffer was caught off Tremlett's bowling, while Karthik followed just after the interval. India soon surpassed England's first innings total, and Sachin Tendulkar scored a fifty and his 11,000th run in Test cricket. A partnership of 97 was brought to an end when Rahul Dravid was caught by Ian Bell, and bad weather forced the close of play soon afterwards with India on 254-3.

England struggled in the field on day three as India's lead passed 100. Sourav Ganguly scored fifty and shared a partnership of 96 with Sachin Tendulkar. After lunch, Tendulkar was dismissed by a controversial lbw decision, nine runs short of his century. After V. V. S. Laxman was dismissed for 54, India's tail-enders did not add much to their total and they were eventually bowled out for 481, leading England by 283 runs. Monty Panesar took 4-101 and Chris Tremlett took 3-80. Play ended for the day sixteen overs into England's second innings, with England still 240 runs behind on 43-0.

Michael Vaughan scored 124 runs on day four and shared a 112 run stand with Paul Collingwood (63), and Andrew Strauss scored 55. However England's last seven wickets fell for just 68 runs with Zaheer Khan taking 5-75. England were all out for 355, leaving India to chase a target of just 73 in their second innings. Three overs of India's second innings were played before the close of play on day four, with India on 10-0, needing just 63 runs for victory.

Indian bowler Sreesanth was fined half of his match fee for colliding with England batsman Michael Vaughan during the fourth day's play, breaking the ICC Code of Conduct which prohibits "Inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players during play". The match was also marred by incidents of sledging.

On the final day India were hardly troubled in reaching their target although Chris Tremlett took three wickets, including that of Sachin Tendulkar for just one run.

England: A J Strauss, A N Cook, M P Vaughan (capt), K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, I R Bell, M J Prior (wkt), C T Tremlett, R J Sidebottom, M S Panesar, J M Anderson

India: W Jaffer, K D Karthik, R Dravid (capt), S R Tendulkar, S C Ganguly, V V S Laxman, M S Dhoni (wkt), A Kumble, Z Khan, R P Singh, S Sreesanth

Man of the Match: Z Khan (India)

Umpires: I L Howell (South Africa) and S J A Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: N J Llong Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire: N A Mallender


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User:Jay H

Since I love writing so much, I decided to join wikinews on July 30, 2007.

My name is Jay Hsu, hence Jay H. I live in New Jersey.

I have a strong interest in economics, law, and business, as I mainly focus on those subjects. Sometimes when breaking news or some other events spark my interest, I seek to contribute.

My English Wikipedia account is User:Ownage2214.

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 * Markets dragged down by credit crisis - August 10, 2007
 * Tornado touches down in New York City - August 9, 2007
 * Major League Soccer: Beckham will miss game against Toronto - August 5, 2007
 * Asian monsoon rains force millions to flee - August 4, 2007
 * Panda gives birth at San Diego Zoo - August 4, 2007
 * Body found in Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia - August 4, 2007
 * US stock markets fall amid credit fears - August 3, 2007
 * Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses - August 1, 2007
 * Murdoch and News Corp. acquire Dow Jones - August 1, 2007
 * Chief justice John Roberts hospitalized - July 30, 2007
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User talk:Chadasmith

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Facebook down for "upgrades"; multiple blogs suggest site was hacked

July 31, 2007 Popular social networking website Facebook went down for unknown upgrades, possibly to circumvent multiple holes that were published in a white paper earlier. From roughly 1:00 to 4:15 pm ET, users reported the site was down.

Blogs have speculated it may be simply a server upgrade, or it may be new features. One web development blogger has even raised the theory that the site was hacked, with the login box showing multiple random email addresses, through " " coding. Another user replied to this posting, saying that they were even able to read the other, random user's inbox. Both a blogger who works at a computing company's office in Johannesburg, South Africa and a Norwegian news outlet reported similar troubles. Many blogs received comments from people with similar circumstances, worldwide.

A white paper by Adrienne Felt, posted on July 27, 2007, explained step-by-step how to use an exploit to hijack a user's account. The white paper was then partially censored by the author, until the vulnerability has been fixed by Facebook. Regardless of whether the change was prompted by this paper, both the XSS hole and problem with forms described by the author were fixed during the upgrade.

The site read "We're upgrading. We'll be back soon." with no further explanation.

This is the first known global outage for the site.

This comes as a rival site, ConnectU, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing the idea and the code. The hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.

Also on Wednesday, the Black Hat Briefings computer security conference begins. The conference unites people from "government agencies and global corporations with the underground's most respected hackers."


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Scholarships awarded to isolated pacific islanders in Micronesia

July 31, 2007

The announced Tuesday that it will be awarding over US$3,500 in tuition assistance scholarships to students from the Outer Islands of, in the Federated States of Micronesia.

The fund is a South Carolina-based 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, administered by unpaid volunteers, including many returned Peace Corps Volunteers who have served time in Micronesia's public schools.

The scholarships were awarded to two female high school students from the. These students will be traveling to the neighboring Republic of Palau to attend classes at the private all-girls Bethanaia High School.

Habele was incorporated in 2006, and began informal scholarships three years earlier in 2003. In addition to providing scholarships to students who attend private schools, the organization also gathers and distributes donations of school supplies to the public schools in the Outer Islands of Yap.


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Talk:Facebook down for "upgrades"; multiple blogs suggest site was hacked

Not news
I'm afraid I don't see how the status of a social networking website is worthy of a news article. Apologies if further developments to this article are going to clarify why this is notable but I see no evidence at the moment that this is newsworthy. Adambro 17:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I reckon this is a notable story given Facebook's size, the exposure of private information especially in the context of security concerns in regards to abuse of the service. Constafrequent 18:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * It is now notable. When I first saved the article, as "developing" this new layer hadn't been added. --  Zanimum 18:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Back online?
The site seems to be back up as of this time. Jcart1534 19:12, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes and no... if you go to www.facebook.com/login, it works, if you just go to the home page, it still shows the upgrade message. --  Zanimum 19:29, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Home page shows like normal, it seems... Thunderhead - (talk) 20:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Blogs
blogs are not considered credible sources. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * How are they less credible than individual people? If I knew these people, and interviewed them, that would be "original research" and okay. However, if two bloggers that maintain tech blogs post about the situation, it's suddenly not okay? --  Zanimum 18:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Blogs are not credible for a variety of reasons. The key issue here is that as that is their status they should not be listed as sources. They may be listed as external links. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Reprinted
At Afriquenligne. -- Zanimum 13:23, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Good, we're attributed. Thunderhead - (talk) 13:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

link to XSS
a link should be placed to XSS so readers know what it is and how they could protect them self if they wanted


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Comments:Shinzo Abe's LDP suffers set-back in Japanese elections

Possible shortest PM reign ever? If DPJ wins, will Japan change it ways and at least from government standpoint become a less-bigoted nation and stop the whole "gaijin" thing and strutting around with an inflated ego? --TUFKAAP 17:44, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

 * If I understand correctly, the House of Representatives is not due for a scheduled election until 2009. It can happen sooner if the PM disolves it. Given the current popularity, I don't think Shinzo Abe is going to call early elections. --SVTCobra 18:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


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User:Ticketnews

By Seth Olson

The Cleveland Cavaliers and partner Flash Seats Monday filed a federal lawsuit in Ohio against Ticketmaster alleging the primary ticket seller is violating state and federal anti-trust laws. According to TicketNews.com[1], Flash Seats provides an electronic, paperless ticketing system to Cavs season ticket holders, and the lawsuit is moving “to stop Ticketmaster’s ongoing campaign to utilize its substantial market power in ticketing service to exclude actual and potential competition.”[2]

The Cavs and Flash Seats allege that Ticketmaster is “coercively seeking to enforce its primary-ticketing contracts"(relating to the direct sale of tickets to the public) with the Cavaliers and other customers, by allegedly trying to make the Cavs “use only Ticketmaster’s own secondary-ticketing program (relating to the resale of tickets) or none at all.” Ticketmaster had not issued a statement about the lawsuit at press time, but it does not offer an electronic, paperless secondary-ticketing product similar to that of Flash Seats.

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US basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers and partner Flash Seats sue Ticketmaster

July 31, 2007

The U.S. NBA team the Cleveland Cavaliers and its partner Flash Seats filed a federal lawsuit on Monday in Ohio against leading ticket seller Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster is being accused of violating anti-trust laws. According to TicketNews.com, Flash Seats provides an electronic, paperless ticketing system to Cavaliers season ticket holders, and the lawsuit is moving “to stop Ticketmaster’s ongoing campaign to utilize its substantial market power in ticketing service to exclude actual and potential competition.”

The Cavs and Flash Seats allege that Ticketmaster is “coercively seeking to enforce its primary-ticketing contracts" (relating to the direct sale of tickets to the public) with the Cavaliers and other customers, by allegedly trying to make the Cavs “use only Ticketmaster’s own secondary-ticketing program (relating to the resale of tickets) or none at all.”

Ticketmaster President and CEO Sean Moriarty, in response to the lawsuit filed Monday by the Cleveland Cavaliers and Flash Seats, said the Cavs “breached their contract” with Ticketmaster when the team turned to Flash Seats for the handling of secondary ticket sales.

“The Cavaliers' and Flash Seats' lawsuit aims to deflect attention from the fact that the Cavaliers and Ticketmaster fairly negotiated a contract for Ticketmaster to serve as the team’s exclusive primary and secondary ticketing company,” Moriarty said in a prepared statement.


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User talk:Beight

Hi, please do not place any kind of advertising on our website - it will be deleted at once so no-one will ever see it. If you do want to contribute to Wikinews, see the introduction.–Doldrums(talk) 20:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Press releases
Wikinews does not publish press releases. pls do not post them here. –Doldrums(talk) 17:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

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UN to send troops to Darfur, Sudan

July 31, 2007 At least 26,000 United Nations (UN) troops will be sent to the Darfur region of Sudan in Africa under resolution 1769 in an attempt to stop violence from spreading and to protect civilians from the fighting. The force includes at least 19,555 troops and nearly 7,000 civilian police officers in a force being called the "United Nations-African Union Mission" (UNAMID). The UN Security Council voted unanimously to send troops to the region.

At least 200,000 people have been killed in four years of fighting in the region and more than two million have been displaced.

Troops will be sent to the region under Chapter 7 of the UN charter which states that the UN "shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken to maintain or restore international peace and security."

Language authorizing the troops to seize illegal weapons caches and mentions of possible future sanctions if Sudan does not co-operate was removed during negotiations. The resolution does allow troops to monitor weapon caches.

"If any party blocks progress and the killings continue, I and others will redouble our efforts to impose further sanctions. The plan for Darfur from now on is to achieve a cease-fire, including an end to aerial bombings of civilians; drive forward peace talks ... and, as peace is established, offer to begin to invest in recovery and reconstruction," said the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday while visiting the UN headquarters in New York.

Troops are expected to be in the region no later than December of this year but may take up to a year to fully deploy. This will be the largest peacekeeping force ever deployed and cost over US$2 billion per year to keep the force in the region. The resolution does not allow for more than 26,000 troops to be deployed.

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Comments:NBA: Minnesota ready to trade Kevin Garnett to Boston

Bye, KG
As much as we T-Wolves fans will miss Garnett, I think that a trade was long overdue. It would be hard to keep him and try to build a team around Garnett; maybe some young faces will be what the team really needs.

Hopefully I can get a ticket to a Garnett homecoming at the Target Center next season. :) —Zachary talk 22:17, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, and can you say "Boston Celtics Eastern Conference Champions"? Garnett, Pierce, and Allen will definitely tear the East up! —Zachary talk 22:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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Could have stated why he chose to wear #5 on the Celtics. —99.189.133.247 (talk) 16:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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he go hard on x box 360 —165.29.245.132 (talk) 17:49, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

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Comments:UK PM Brown meets with US President Bush at Camp David

I am very disappointed in the so-called Labour Party in England--they are no longer left of centre as they have shown by collaboration with the far-right war criminal George W. Bush. Britain seems to offer no mainstream political party for progressives.


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Denmark withdraws troops from Iraq

August 1, 2007 On Tuesday, Denmark formally withdrew its forces from Iraq. Responsibilities were turned over to British in a ceremony. Defense minister Søren Gade was there, having secretly flown into Iraq for the event. During the ceremony, there was a rocket attack, causing everyone to hit the deck.

"I was told today by the British chief [commanding officer], General Jonathan Shaw, that there are also demonstrations against the attacks, and that the locals have kidnapped some of those, who fire upon coalition forces," Søren Gade told Berlingske Tidende.

"The formal transfer takes place today (Tuesday) in Iraq," spokesperson for Army Operational Command, Kim Grynberger, told AFP. "A small ceremony will be held with a parade in Basra."

The 460 members of the army has already been reduced to 50 soldiers. Denmark's contribution to the Multinational force in Iraq will now consist of a small air force unit of four helicopters and 55 airmen that will work with the British.

On July 20, Denmark said that it had airlifted translators and other Iraqi employees with their families. In total it was about 200 people that by cooperating with MNF may be in danger of reprisals from insurgents.

"Out of concern for the interpreters and their families' security as well as the security of the Danish base in Iraq, the Defence Ministry has chosen to inform the public after the interpreters and others had left Iraq," the Danish Defence Ministry said in a statement.

"They had been working for us for about four years, and those who felt their security in Iraq was threatened have been granted visas to go to Denmark" where they can apply for asylum, the Danish ambassador to Iraq, Bo Eric Weber told Reuters.

Denmark announced in February that it would withdraw by August of this year.

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Talk:Denmark withdraws troops from Iraq

Feel free to work on this. I am done for the night. --SVTCobra 23:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I translated this quote myself:
 * Jeg fik at vide i dag af den britiske chef, general Jonathan Shaw, at der også er demonstrationer mod angrebene, og at de lokale har kidnappet nogle af dem, der skyder på koalitionsstyrkerne, siger Søren Gade.

 * "I was told today by the British chief [commanding officer], General Jonathan Shaw, that there are also demonstrations against the attacks, and that the locals have kidnapped some of those, who fire upon coalition forces," says Søren Gade.

--SVTCobra 13:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

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News Corp. acquires Dow Jones & Co.

August 1, 2007 News Corporation has succeeded in purchasing the Dow Jones & Company, the 125-year-old financial information firm and publisher of The Wall Street Journal in a three month long US$5 billion takeover bid. Rupert Murdoch is the chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation.

The Bancroft family, which owns 64.2% of the Dow Jones' voting power met Tuesday and finalized the deal amid opposition from some key members who were fearful that Journal's reputation and content would be altered. Last week, the board of the Dow Jones approved the sale, a $60-a-share bid which represents a 67% premium above Dow Jones's share price at the time of the offer. Yesterday, the News Corp. board gathered and gave the thumbs up for the acquisition, leaving only the Bancrofts to decide on the outcome.

Dow Jones, which also owns Barron's Magazine, has been owned by the Bancroft family since 1902.

Murdoch announced News Corporation's bid in May, and has maintained his company's position because of the lack of rivals. A Bancroft representative had approached other potential buyers, including billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, who both declined.

To address concerns that the Journal will be negatively altered, Murdoch plans to add four new pages of coverage, and has agreed to form a committee to decide on hiring or firing any editors.

News Corp. owns and operates dozens of large media companies, including the Fox News and British Sky Broadcasting television networks, newspapers The New York Post, The Australian, and The Sun, magazines TV Guide and The Weekly Standard, as well as internet assets such as Myspace and Photobucket.

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User talk:Lisamarantos

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Talk:231st Independence Day celebrated in United States

Look and feel
Has the look and feel of an encyclopedia entry, not a news article.--SVTCobra 13:00, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Absolutely needs new title!. This happens every year. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:24.47.83.218

Welcome
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User talk:Lisu44

Blocked
You have been blocked indefinitely for using this account as a spam account. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

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Philippine population census to begin today

August 1, 2007

The Philippines National Statistics Office begins its twelfth population census today. Close to 40,000 enumerators will interview people in house-to-house visits to collect demographic data. The Population Census (POPCEN) 2007 will gather information on age, sex, marital status, education, and other demographic characteristics and is scheduled to last till August 25.

All areas, ranging from exclusive subdivisions and condominiums to institutional populations such as those living in hospitals, sanitaria, penitentiary, military camps, convents, and seminaries will be covered, the NSO said in a press release.

The population count by province, city, municipality and barangay is scheduled to be released on February 28, 2008.

"The final count shall be considered official for all purposes upon proclamation by the President of the Philippines," the statement said.

NSO Administrator Carmelita N. Ericta urged the public to co-operate with the operation, "please allow our authorized census enumerators to take a few minutes of your time for the interview which will last for about 15 to 30 minutes."

The last census was taken in 2000. The NSO estimates the country’s population as of July 2005 as over 87 million.


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Wikinews talk:Audio Wikinews/Help

"Read the Wikinews article in this format: This is a spoken Wikinews article from wikinews.org, recorded by Real name. Title of article. Date (exclude time). Text of article, read verbatim and in its entirety."

That's from the template. But this page says not to read the title. Which are we supposed to follow?? 24.90.17.134 04:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews talk:Audio Wikinews/Newsline

"Newsline requires specialised instructions, and due to security concerns, must be a trusted member of Wikinews." That fragmentary sentence needs clarification, please. 24.90.17.134 04:29, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Amen --Kushal one 00:43, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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User:Ambigera

My user page.

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User talk:24.90.17.134

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User talk:Ambigera

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Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070801

1 August

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Note from the Editor s
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

A new issue already, wow, time moves exceptionally fast when you're working on Wikinews, and having fun talking with other editors. Whether it be on IRC or on wiki, it's always exceptionally fun to talk with people across the world, and discuss current events.

A lot of things have happened this week, including elections finishing, more mentions in the Mainstream Media (see our new section here), and Wikimania in two days. Two of our editors will be attending and providing coverage for us.

Finally, I want to let everyone know that they are welcome and encouraged to work with me on the Bulletin, no need to sign up or anything, just be bold and start editing. As always, I wish the best. Thunderhead - (talk) 15:21, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

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Arbitration Committee election results announced
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

Today, Thunderhead, Brian New Zealand, SVTCobra, and Martinp23 confirmed the results of the July 2007 Arbitration Committee Election. With 12 votes, the person with the most votes in this election was Brianmc. Following with 8 votes were both IlyaHaykinson and Cspurrier. The results were confirmed and posted on the Arbitration Committee page at 12:53 UTC by Thunderhead.

The Arbitration Committee is a last resort for situations where other methods of resolution have failed. All other options should be exhausted prior to a dispute being brought to the Arbitration stage.

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Recent Blog Activity
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

This week, 6 new reports were listed on the Wikinews Reports blog, which is currently maintained by DragonFire1024 and Steven Fruitsmaak:

 * Empire State Games come to White Plains, NY
 * Wikinews reports from TV-series MuchOnDemand, Toronto
 * UN aid convoys face increasing attacks in Darfur
 * Possible assistance from proposed AU/UN hybrid force
 * Press conference to be held Thursday on new 'Star Trek 11' movie
 * Sprint Nextel says customers not dropped because of "frequent calling" to service centers

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Recent IRC Discussions
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

This week in IRC, no significant discussions took place.

You can view our IRC channels on Freenode at: #wikinews or #wikinews-en. You need an IRC client installed to use the IRC links above.

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Wikimania 2007: Two Wikinews editors will attend
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

Cspurrier and Messedrocker will be attending Wikimania Taiwan this year, and they will be reporting on day-to-day happenings at the conference. According to the Water Cooler, there are plans to work with Wikipedia Weekly to produce a joint-produced project to benifit both projects, although this has not been confirmed as of press time.

Wikimania provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general public alike to meet and share ideas about free and open source software, free knowledge initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide.

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election results announced · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Wikimania: 2 Wikinews editors will attend · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues · Wikinews: Mentions in the Mainstream Media


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Administrators and Accreditations
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

This week, no accreditation was granted to the community, and there were no requests for adminship. This leaves the number of administrators at 52, and the number of accredited users at 35.

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By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

This week, only 1 picture was featured on the main page, Image:Claire Daines at Much Music by Robin Wong 5.jpg.

The 'News in pictures' section has temporarily been removed from the Main page because there were too few stories running to secure page balance.

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Technical News
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

This week, several changes were made to the Wikimedia API function, including:
 * Ability to make full text searches (r24439, bug 10739)
 * Ability to filter users by group (sysop, bureaucrat, etc.) bug 10684

It is now also possible to provide an edit summary when reverting image changes. (r24439, bug 10739)

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election results announced · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Wikimania: 2 Wikinews editors will attend · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues · Wikinews: Mentions in the Mainstream Media

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Technical News
By Thunderhead, August 1, 2007

This week, according to Google News, Wikinews has been cited by the following sources:

 * Men's News Daily (UN aid convoys face increasing attacks in Darfur, Two news helicopters crash in Pheonix, Arizona, Sprint Nextel customer service rep. harasses client; Sprint cancels his account, Vietnamese police blamed for deaths of over 100 political protesters)

 * Ontario Now (Two news helicopters crash in Pheonix, Arizona)

 * Afrique en ligne (Press Conference to be held Thursday on new 'Star Trek' movie)

 * Security Pro News (Fox News Gaffe Revealed Personal Data)

You can see other references to Wikinews here.

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User:MosheA

About Me
I'm very active on the English Wikipedia, on which I have +1000 edits. Check out my page there.

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User talk:MosheA

Welcome
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Two strong earthquakes rock Vanuatu

August 1, 2007 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) at least two earthquakes with a magnitude 7.2 and 5.1 have rocked the island of Vanuatu.

The first 7.2 quake was recorded at 4:08 a.m., Thursday morning local time (UTC+11), 55 kilometers (35 miles) east, southeast of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu with a depth of 144.8 km (90.0 miles). The second 5.1 quake was recorded at 47 km (29 miles) east, northeast of Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu with a depth of 149.3 km (92.8 miles) and it struck nearly one hour later at 5:07 a.m.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a tsunami bulletin for the first quake saying that "based on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami not expected," but that small waves could be expected locally near the quake's epicenter.

So far there are no reports of injuries, deaths or damage, but the USGS reports that damage could be "moderate to heavy."

"No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size," said a statement by the USGS on its website.

title: Two strong earthquakes rock Vanuatu