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Ferries collide between Hong Kong and Macau in fog

January 12, 2008

One hundred and thirty three people were injured, nineteen of them seriously, when two high-speed ferries travelling between Hong Kong and Macau collided in heavy fog on Friday. Ten crew members were also injured but no deaths have been reported.

The two high-speed Boeing 929 - 100 Jetfoil hydrofoil ferries, Funchal and Santa Maria operated by Hong Kong-based ShunTak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (under the brand name TurboJet), collided five nautical miles away from Macau at around 8:30 p.m. local time. The incident has been confirmed by an official of the Maritime Administration of the Macau Special Administrative Region.

In Shangai, a river ferry carrying twenty two people capsized in thick fog on Friday. Ten people are reported missing. Sixty six people were rescued after another ferry ran aground at Zhuhai near Macau.


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Interest rate increases prompt criticism of new Australian treasurer

January 13, 2008 Australia's Opposition Party laid blame for recent interest rate increases at the feet of new federal treasurer Wayne Swan. Swan, in turn, criticised the banks, saying they risk being "judged very harshly" if they "try to take advantage of the U.S. sub-prime crisis by lifting interest rates excessively."

Following the National Australia Bank (NAB) lifting its rates 0.12 percent independently of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Swan consulted with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which monitors bank liquidity, and was advised that rises of around 0.1 percent were reasonable.

However, following his moderate response to NAB's rise, ANZ Bank announced a 0.2% rise, prompting Swan's warning. Since then other banks, including Westpac, BankWest and Bendigo Bank, have announced rises between 0.1 and 0.2 percent, while St.George Bank lifted its rates by 0.2 percent.

Former Howard government treasurer Peter Costello criticised Swan as inexperienced, saying, "They've taken the opportunity of a new treasurer who is not on top of the job to increase their margins, and he came out and, on behalf of the Labor Party, he approved it." While opposition treasury spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull claimed the treasurer was "all over the shop."

HSBC chief economist Dr John Edwards said, "It is all a learning experience for him but it is very difficult to say anything that is less than critical about the banks. The ANZ was the real lesson for Swan because they betrayed his belief, which was probably well informed, the banks would be reasonable and keep any rise to about the level imposed by the NAB."


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Hello I am Prasuk historyk also known under nicknames Prasuk historyk or more recently Zun and Alden. and I live in Poland. In polish wikinews I care mainly informations/newses about computing, etc. And in English wikinews I care mainly adding interwiki to the other wikinews languages versions. I'm interested computer science (operating systems, networking, graphics), history (Polish history between XVIII age to 1980), mobile phone and...psychology. As to computer science - I'm user Windows Vista. As to history - I've been learning about Polish history since twelve years. I'd like be a computing teacher.

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Talk:Interest rate increases prompt criticism of new Australian treasurer

Please remember to post sources for aticles --User:Anonymous101 Talk 13:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Recreated the headline three times, once I misspelt "embaressed", then I forgot "australian", then I misspelt "embarressed" again. Then the computer crashed three times while I was digging around for URLs for the sources/refs; and, every time, just as I was rereading finished work before saving. Frankly, you're lucky I don't RfD the stupid [bleep]ing thing myself!

Anyway, can't find an on-line copy of The Advertiser article, so the source template isn't happy (is there a better template for "non-line" sources?); and I've added a Costello quote from the Daily Telegraph. The Age link is just for something outside of NewsLtd. Also, aren't these things supposed to have cat templates? Like "australian, politics" etc.

Anyway, if someone/anyone can NPOV and clean-read it, etc, feel free to kill the {sources} template and {publish} it. -- 203.57.68.20 15:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The ANZ Bank calls itself the ANZ Bank, rather than the full "group" corporate name, so I changed that back. National Australia Bank also renamed it's retail arm "NAB", but I've left it because it read crap as an abbreviation. Debatable accuracy or actual readability? -- 203.57.68.20 20:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


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User talk:AliFarahbod

نرم افزار آس این نرم افزار ها توسط مهندس علی فرهبد طراحی و اجرا شده است. فهرست نرم افزار های آس به قرار زیر است: نرم افزار هتل داری آس نرم افزار رستوران آس نرم افزار کنترل تماس تلفنی آس نرم افزار شارژینگ سانترال آی نرم افزار املاک آس نرم افزار تاکسی تلفنی آس نرم افزار حسابداری آس

سخت افزار آس این سخت افزار ها توسط مهندس علی فرهبد در ایران طراحی ؛ تولید و توزیع می شوند فهرست برخی از این محصولات به قرار زیر است: دستگاه ضبط مکالمات آس دستگاه حضور و غیاب آس دستگاه کالر آی دی یا آیدی و یا آیدیکالر آس دستگاه لابراتوار زبان آس

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Report: UK schools advised not to upgrade to Vista

January 12, 2008 Schools in the United Kingdom have been advised not to upgrade to the newest Microsoft products, Vista and Office 2007, according to a report by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA). Becta said that there were no "appropriate benefit" that would offset the additional cost and possible compatibility issues created by upgrading.

An agency of the UK department for education and skills, Becta oversees the procurement of all IT equipment and e-learning solutions for schools.

One of the main reasons given is also compatibility, especially the new Microsoft document format OOXML (Office Open XML), a competitor to the ISO standard ODF (Open Document Format). The report says that "Microsoft should provide native support for the ODF file format increasingly used in competitor products and those that are free to use". Schools that do upgrade are advised not to use the OOXML format. Other reasons were that upgrading graphics hardware to support the new Windows Aero Graphics system used in Windows Vista, which would cost additional money according to PC World

The report also says that "Schools and colleges should make pupils, teachers and parents aware of the range of free-to-use products (such as office productivity suites) that are available, and how to use them". BECTA is not the first government institution to advise against upgrading to newer Microsoft products, media reports about a similar move by the Department of Transportation in the US were reported last year according to InformationWeek.

According to PC World, the cost of upgrading would be £175 million (US$350 million), with a third of that going to Microsoft.


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If you are Symode09 then please log in before requesting their user subpages are deleted. Adambro 14:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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Bush says US troop build-up in Iraq has brought 'hope'

January 12, 2008 US President George W. Bush says the so-called "surge" strategy in Iraq is working.

The President was speaking in Kuwait during one of several stops on a tour of the Middle East to build support for his administration's efforts to stabilize Iraq and to contain Iran's growing influence in the region.

President Bush said the United States' change of strategy in Iraq has sharply reduced violence there and should allow the military to withdraw 20,000 troops on schedule by July this year.

After meeting with his top military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, Mr.Bush told reporters that hope is returning to Baghdad.

The president said he has made no decision on withdrawing more troops from Iraq. He said that will depend on recommendations by General Petraeus, who is due to report to Congress on that issue in March. A day earlier, the president told the NBC television network that U.S. troops could remain in Iraq for at least a decade.

Mr. Bush also called on Syria to cut what he called "the flow of terrorists" into Iraq. He accused Iran of supporting militias and extremist groups in Iraq, and urged it to stop.

Later, the president addressed a crowd of some 1,500 American troops at a U.S. military base in Kuwait.

"The history will say, it was when you were called upon, you served, and the service you rendered was absolutely necessary to defeat an enemy overseas so we do not have to face them here at home," he said.

Mr.Bush said the troops were part of what he called "an ideological struggle" against "cold-blooded murderers" with a "hateful vision of a future."

In his speech Bush said "Iraq is now a different place from one year ago," and that "we [Americans] must do all we can to ensure that 2008 will bring even greater progress"

He said the best way to defeat an ideology of hate is with an ideology of hope, based on liberty.

"There is no doubt in my mind that we will succeed," he said. "There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world; that by doing the hard work now, we can look back and say, the United States of America is more secure, and generations of Americans will be able to live in peace."

Kuwait is the most pro-U.S. country in the Arab world, but even so there is deep anxiety there about some U.S. policies in the Middle East. With a large Shi'ite population and a large U.S. troop presence, Kuwait is worried about the possibility of a U.S. military strike on Iran. The emirate has said it will not allow its territory to be used in such an attack. It is also concerned about a spillover of violence from neighboring Iraq.

After Kuwait, the president continues on to Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. He will later visit the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt before returning to Washington next week.


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Nationalist Party wins Taiwan election

January 12, 2008 The Chinese Nationalist Party, also known as Kuomintang (KMT, traditional Chinese:中國國民黨), has won today's elections in Taiwan against President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The DPP had previously ended half a century of Kuomintang rule in 2000 when President Chen was elected and won more seats than any other party in the 2001 election.

The election can only be described as a landslide win for the KMT, winning more than 70% of all the seats in the 113 seats parliament while the DPP only managed to gain just under 25%. Reuters is reporting 86 seats for the KMT while AFP is reporting 82 seats.

"I am willing to shoulder all of the responsibility," President Chen was quoted as saying at a press conference. He resigned as the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party immediately.

The Kuomintang is part of the Pan-Blue coalition along with the People First Party and Chinese New Party. As a coalition they stand for reunification with China, which the Democratic Progressive Party opposes. The Democratic Progressive Party is a member of the Pan green coalition which stands for Taiwanese independence from the People's Republic of China. Taiwan calls itself the Republic of China; however, it is only recognized by few states and is officially seen as part of the People's Republic of China by most, though it is generally recognized as a de facto independent nation.

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Nigerian fuel tanker explosion leaves at least 30 dead

January 12, 2008

A fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria has left at least 30 dead. The disaster occurred near a busy bus station in Port Harcourt.

Port Harcourt is located in an oil rich area, and is the central point of the Nigerian oil industry, which has a value of billions of US Dollars. It is consequently a regular target for extremists, but a police spokesman said terrorism is not believed to be a factor.

According to CNN, the same spokesman said a car's driver lost control whilst being chased by police, striking the tanker and triggering the explosion. However, AFP reports that the tanker itself was being chased for carrying stolen petrol, and said the vehicle overturned after hitting a barricade on a partially constructed section of road in a bid to escape. The Associated Press (AP) makes no mention of a police chase, and says the lorry overturned after suffering a blowout.

The crash occurred at a major junction in Eleme district. Fuel was spilled over cars and shop entrances before igniting. Local shop owner Matthew Eliagwu described the disaster to AP: "I heard a loud bang and I came out of my shop. I saw fire running down towards my shop, but I escaped. It was impossible to help anyone, because I had to run for my life."

At least 15 vehicles are known to have been destroyed, ten of which were buses, as well as 20 shops. Most victims are believed to be street vendors in the vicinity of the tanker at the time. It took hours for firefighters to bring the flames under control. At present no figures are available for numbers of injuries, but at least 30 are dead.

AFP reports that although no arrests have yet been confirmed, local residents placed the tanker's driver amongst the survivors and said he was receiving treatment in a local hospital.

Nigeria is the world's eighth-largest exporter of crude oil, although violence has caused this to be reduced by over a quarter. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for a series of recent attacks, including one aimed at four ships in the Bonny Channel - the nation's largest oil and gas terminal - and an explosion and fire yesterday on a seagoing oil tanker berthed in Port Harcourt's sea terminal.

Fuel tanker and pipeline explosions are common in Nigeria, often triggered by looters. Just eleven days ago, on January 1, another fuel tanker rolled over and caught fire in Port Harcourt, destroying dozens of shops and houses, although there were no fatalities. In March 2007 an overturned tanker in Kaduna State exploded whilst being targeted by looters, killing 93.

Accidents are common as the country's roads are inadequately maintained, as are many of the vehicles that use them. Death tolls are often high because vendors crowd many major roadways.


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"...sees summer temperatures of 120 degrees." - Should probably specify what type of temperature system is used. I am guessing Fahrenheit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.88.133.243 (talk) 14:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
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Comments:Nigerian fuel tanker explosion leaves at least 30 dead

This is terrible news. I would like to say that I have the greatest sympathy for the families of those who have died. I hope a disaster like this never happens again. 15 vehicles destroyed, including 10 buses, plus 20 shops, it is fortunate that no more died, although it is a terrible tragedy that the event happened. --User:Anonymous101 Talk 20:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


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Blue Jackets Send Mason back to OHL

January 12, 2008

The NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets returned goaltender Steve Mason back to the OHL on January 11 after an emergency recall since January 7. Mason never played for the Blue Jackets during the recall.

Before the recall, Mason led Team Canada to victory against Team Sweden in the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 19-year-old has played 3 pre-season games with the Blue Jackets and went 1-2-0 with a 1.78 goals against average and .913 save percentage. He was drafted 69th by the Blue Jackets in 2006.

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User:Amgine/Story preparation/Wikinews Interviews: Roger McNamee

This is story preparation for an interview with Roger McNamee, internet and technology inverstor and a co-founder of Elevation Partners.

The interview is scheduled for Monday, 14 Jan. 2008, at 4:30 pm PST (-8). It will be a phone conversation conducted by Amgine.

Background
Mr. Mcnamee,

With the recent challenges in real estate, I would have thought that your investment in Move would have done quite well. It provides the portal for real estate agents and other related Home vendors to promote their services. Despite this opportunity Move has become a $2 stock with persistent uninspiring set of results.

What is the catalyst that might turn this story around? What's your sense of the timeframe in which we might see some positive results emerge from Move? Are you still as optimistic about this investment as when you initially wrote the check?

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Questions
Please help suggest reasonable questions for this phone interview below:

One of the earliest donations to the WMF in the fundraiser was $500 for "tripling the number of elephants in Africa". A number of wiki people suspect this was Stephen Colbert "paying his dues". If you were making a donation, what message would you want to attach? - (question suggested by BrianMC in #Wikinews.)

 * What made you get invoved with the WMF in the firstplace?
 * Have you ever used a Wikimedia project for reference? Editing?
 * If you had your choice of picking a celebrity to donate $500 to the Wikimedia Foundation, who would it be and why?
 * Have you ever worked with any other non-profit Boards to raise money? Who and when?
 * Questions from Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 04:13, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

 * It appears, from data not purged from the leaked presentation given to Sun, that you were the one doing the hard sell to them.
 * Is this the case?
 * If so, who were you pitching to?
 * The Wikimedia-run foundation mailing list had comments to the effect that some of the sell to potential donors was done by a "... friend of J. Wales", was that you?

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This is generically what I plan to say/ask, and the order in which I plan to ask, and will be under active editing until I actually am doing the interview.

Hello Mr McNamee!

I wanted to set out some of my personal ground-rules for interviews before we get into things. Number one is that anything you want to take off-record, whether you've already said it or are about to, is completely your choice. If you want to "unsay" something during the interview, it won't be in the final record. With Wikinews we develop the lines of questions collaboratively, so not all of these questions are mine, personally, but I will be doing the asking. I will be posting my notes from the interview on Wikinews, and other contributors will be writing the news article.

You're a mover in the technology investment sector, having co-founded Integral Capital Partners, Silver Lake Partners, and Elevation Partners.

Crude notes, forwarded to Mr McNamee via e-mail for correction 14 Jan.

What got you involved with the Wikimedia Foundation in the first place?
 * 1)

I see Wikipedia as the first and most important education tool to come out of the internet, and that's where I first became involved was using Wikipedia. I have a huge respect for what everyone was able to do there.

Have you ever used any of the Wikimedia projects for research or as a reference? Have you edited any of them?  Oh yeah! I use it all the time! I started out primarily as wp user, just like everyone else, and I learned about the other projects too. And I studied how wp wrks & grows, especially over-seas. I don't think everyone realizes just how important the wikipedia is as a model of how the internet works. Have you been volunteering to help the Foundation with fundraising?

I first met Jimmy a couple of years ago and the issue then was how to make sure Wikimedia would thrive going forward. So I asked him the obvious question, is there any way I can help? And this is one of my areas of expertise.

What other non-profits have you been involved with in fundraising ?

I'm a trustee of Bryn Mawr College, as well as working with the School of Business at Dartmouth College, and I'm on the board of Jerry Garcia's Rex Foundation.

One of the earliest donations to the WMF in the fundraiser was $500 for "tripling the number of elephants in Africa". A number of wiki people suspect this was Stephen Colbert "paying his dues". If you were making a donation, what message would you want to attach?

You know, I have made donations to the Wikimedia Foundation, but I didn't leave a message. I just made the donation, without any strings attached. I don't know what kind of message I would add, no I don't think I would.

If you had your choice of picking a celebrity to donate $500 to the Wikimedia Foundation, who would it be and why?

I don't know. You know, it's a good question, but I just don't know who I'd pick.

A pdf of a fundraising presentation from Wikimedia has an internal title of "Roger McNamee presentation". In the Wikimedia community there are three rampant rumors regarding this: 1) the presentation was originally prepared to request donations from you, 2) the presentation was created at your request, or 3) the presentation was created for a series of interviews which you helped arrange. Would you care to clarify or support any one of these theories?

It was presented to me, but mostly the last one. I can help Wikipedia, not writing articles maybe, so I volunteer my expertise.

An e-mail to the Foundation-l by Erik Möeller talked about a recent tour through Silicon Valley making initial contact with key people as part of the Foundation's fundraising effort with the support of a friend of Jimmy Wales. Were you that friend?

Not asked

If so, can you tell us some of the organizations or people you helped arrange meetings with?

Not asked

One contributor wanted to ask about a part of your portfolio, Move. The were interested in what you saw as a catalyst, and maybe what kind of timeframe...

I'm going to have to interrupt and say I'd have to be very careful here in answering any questions about our portfolio. We're very excited about Move, and all our investments, but we couldn't possibly discuss time. These things take time, and lots of work, and maybe we can talk about these things another time. What I can say is I'm very excited about Move.

That leaves me the question I'm very interested in, which is about your new band MoonAlice. When is the album coming out?

Oh, well now you're talking! You know, I can't really say for certain. I'm hoping, really hoping, we'll be able to release in June, but it depends on a lot of different schedules. And you know we're doing shows in the Midwest now, so we're working on music together. And you know, we're like the Wikimedia Foundation, we have four or five tracks, free, on our site. And three high quality full length shows there too. The band is really great because it's like there are old bands with old music, right? and new bands with new music, but there aren't many bands of old guys with new music, and that's what we're doing. New music. It's a great blend of rootsy, blues, folk, and more, all mixed in there, with some really great guitar and vocals. Will you be coming to Vancouver, BC?

Is that where you are? Oh yah, I love BC, and Vancouver. We were on Vancouver Island for the folk fest a while back, and it was really great. I love the city.

Oh, there's one other thing, was there anything I didn't ask, or something you'd like to say?

vry mmbr of the cmmnty has an opportunity today to really vision wp. there is so much ooportunity here. Much of the content to date has been text, but pictures are really coming in, and you can just see the opportunity with audio and video. In the next years I think we're really going to see an expnsn bandidth. Wikipedia is a beautiful thing.


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Wikinews:WORTNET

'Translate this page: Deutsch - Dutch - Français - Italiano - Polski- Spanish - Esperanto  - 繁體中文  - 簡體中文 ... '

The Wikinews Original Reporting Translation Network (WORTNET) is a group of people who want to coordinate translating Wikinews stories that contain original reporting into as many languages as possible. Members should list themselves here along with the languages they speak. Please note that you need a user account here on Meta in order to sign as you would on your local wiki.

Articles needing translation
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Articles in translation
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Members and languages
Availability can be:
 * high - if you're pretty much always ready and willing to do translations
 * varies - if people can always give it a try, but should contact high availability translators first
 * low - if people should contact you only if nobody else can be found

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Please also add yourself to Wikinews/IRC if you are available there, so that people know your nickname if you're available online.

Procedure
When you see an original report that you would like to translate to another language, you can either just do it -- go to the foreign language wiki and add the story -- or, if you don't speak the language, you can notify someone else from the list above and ask them to do it for you (note the availability indicated in the list).

Note that an original reporting story should ideally be reasonably current by the time you translate it, though you are of course welcome to translate old stories for archival purposes.

See Template:Wikinews sites for links to all Wikinews language editions, and see below for the respective Original Reporting categories.

Tools

 * Reverso
 * Translate.ru (PROMT)
 * Google Translation
 * Free Translator

Finding original reporting
It is essential that every Wikinews edition has a template and category for stories that contain original reporting (quotes, reports, research, etc.). One possible implementation is the one of the English Wikinews edition: Template:Original reporting. It is helpful if it is indicated what exactly the original reporting component is.

On the wikis:
 * Dutch Wikinews
 * English Wikinews
 * German Wikinews (Portal)
 * French-language Wikinews
 * Italian Wikinews
 * Polish Wikinews
 * Portuguese-language Wikinews
 * Romanian Wikinews - Wikiştiri
 * Spanish-language Wikinews
 * Japanese Wikinews
 * Thai Wikinews
 * Chinese Wikinews
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User talk:75.60.222.89

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Protests mark anniversary of Guantanamo detention center

January 12, 2008 The human rights group Amnesty International staged protests around the world yesterday to mark the sixth anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at the U.S. detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The group is demanding the prison be shut down. Meanwhile, a U.S. appeals court in Washington has ruled against four British men who allege they were tortured during their detention at Guantanamo.

Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, and other rights organizations used the anniversary to again call on the Bush administration to close down the Guantanamo facility. A crowd of about 200 protesters, many dressed in orange jumpsuits similar to the ones worn by Guantanamo prisoners, gathered in the pouring rain in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Around 80 were thought to have been arrested, as protests are forbidden in the area surrounding the courts. Larry Cox, the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA said Guantanamo has become a symbol.

"It's become the symbol of everything that's wrong with the U.S. approach to fighting terror and making people safer," said Cox. "It's become a symbol of human rights abuses, it's become the symbol of things which deviate so grossly from the values that this country has always upheld that people are horrified and shocked."

Amnesty also staged protests Friday in the Philippines, Sweden, Paraguay, Bahrain, Ireland, and Israel. Major events included a gathering outside the American embassy in London, UK and a walking protest through the streets of Sydney, Australia President Bush and several senior members of his administration have repeatedly said they would like to close Guantanamo down, but there is the question of how to make sure the terrorist suspects detained there do not return to target the United States if handed back to their countries of origin.

Defence Secretary Robert Gates said last month there has not been much progress in efforts to close the prison down because of legal concerns in Congress.

Amnesty's Larry Cox says his organization has worked out an action plan to close it, which has been endorsed by lawmakers from 30 countries.

"There is an easy answer to this, which is to shut down Guantanamo, to put people into U.S. detention centres, to charge them if they're guilty of crimes, they should be charged, and to bring them to trial," said Cox. "And to let other people, either go back, if they can, to their countries or to get asylum in other countries."

Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has introduced legislation that would close the detention centre and restore due process to the detainees, but it is not clear if and when it will come to the floor for debate.

Meanwhile, a U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C. has thrown out a lawsuit filed by four British ex-prisoners who say they were systematically tortured during their two-year detention at Guantanamo Bay. The four plaintiffs are all British nationals and residents, who were released from Guantanamo in 2004.

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering another case that involves other prisoners still at Guantanamo Bay and if they have a right to challenge their confinement in U.S. courts.


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Delta Air Lines may enter merge talks with Northwest or United Airlines

January 12, 2008

Delta Air Lines may enter merge discussions with one of two other major United States air carriers - Northwest Airlines or United Airlines.

It is known that Chief Executive Richard Anderson has asked for authorisation to begin talks, and believed executives have held a meeting at which permission was sought to enter discussion with one of the two airlines, but the results are yet to be confirmed.

Ajc.com reported that airline spokesman Kent Landers refused to confirm even the existence of the meeting, saying "Delta has a longstanding policy not to comment on board meeting dates or agendas. Our board is working with management to look at all strategic options to remain a leader in the industry, including potential consolidation transactions. [Delta] won't provide updates on the board's process."

The airline has been in exploratory talks with both Northwest and United since late 2007, and it is believed that the purpose of the New York meeting was to select which airline offered Delta the better deal and authorise moving talks on to the next level. If a deal goes ahead and survives regulatory checks and potential opposition from politicians and consumer advocates then a merge with either airline would be the biggest between two US airlines, and would result in the biggest airline in the world.

Rapidly rising costs in the aviation industry are driving airlines towards merges. In particular, the price of jet fuel jumped 58% in 2007, driven by the rapidly increasing price of oil. When Anderson joined Delta in early September, he commented that he was not interested in potential merge deals. However, as prices rise and shares fall for airlines, he publicly changed his stance to being open to Delta-led mergers. Shares in all three companies shot up amid the news of a potential deal, although they have begun falling again, and did not hit last year's highs. Delta has a current market value of around $4.2 billion, less than half the amount US Airways offered last year in an attempt to buy Delta, which failed.


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Wikinews:Picture of the Year 2007

This election is currently closed.

The aim of this new idea is to have an election for a Wikinews Picture of the Year 2007, in an analogy to the Picture of the Year contest on Commons. With this initiative we would like to promote photojournalism and quality images with great news value for use on Wikinews and other Wikimedia projects. This idea is not meant to compete with the election on Commons (the rules and candidates are totally different) or criticise Commons in any way, rather it is aimed to promote more collaboration between Wikinews and Wikimedia photographers.

Images
Candidate pictures have been selected from our 2007 main page selected picture archive and from Wikinews' overview of the year 2007; this means a lot of candidates you know about probably haven't been added. Any image from the Wikimedia Commons (this means, no fair use images) that relates to a news event from 2007 can be added. The creator of the work does not need to be a Wikinews Accredited reporter or even a Wikimedian. Several of these images were found on Flickr or are work of U.S. government personnel.

The aim of this election is to find images that are both quality images (i.e., meeting the Commons:Image guidelines as much as possible) but have great news value at the same time (i.e. be directly related to current events). The latter criterion means that the images should not only illustrate the news event in question, but probably they should have also been created when the event took place (contrary to an archive picture). The candidates don't have to be Featured images on Commons (in fact, very few featured images on Commons cover news events). Please have a look below to get an idea of what we are looking for!

Voting
This election will use approval voting only (you cannot vote oppose or neutral). Eligible voters can approve as many images as they want, but ideally they should only vote for images they think should be the number one image. Your vote can be accompanied by a comment, but please keep it short. Voting will be held publicly on-wiki until January 24, 2007 23:59 UTC. The winner is expected to be announced on January 25, 2007.

In order to be eligible for voting, you must meet these requirements:
 * you must create an account on the English Wikinews if you don't have one already.
 * Anonymous visitors can also vote if they wish.
 * Unless a user account was on the English Wikinews, you have to confirm your vote on your home wiki by making a (blank) edit to your userpage with the edit summary: "I hereby confirm that I am User: on Wikinews". We advise you to set up an account under the same name as on your home wiki.

Even if you have multiple eligible accounts and/or different IP addresses, you can only vote once on one image. It is discouraged and not allowed to vote twice on one image. Voting for your own work is not allowed, but you can suggest your own image as a candidate on the Talk page.

The Wikinews administrators will oversee this election. Once 3 administrators have confirmed the final result on the election talk page, the winner will be known. Steven Fruitsmaak started this fresh idea and is coordinating the election.

Candidate image gallery
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Cast your vote
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Wikinews talk:Picture of the Year 2007

This page is for all your questions, comments and input on the Wikinews Picture of the Year 2007.

=Suggest new candidate images=
 * I propose adding any or all of the images that were taken for the Christchurch March for Democracy article here. --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * There are a few that I thought too...not to be biased, but was surprised not to see any October storm pictures there. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Please understand that I can't know about every image that might be suitable, that's the reason you can suggest candidates. I've added 2 pictures which I felt were good, I don't think adding all images from these articles would be appropriate but I would encourage you both to suggest more specific candidates. Basically other people can add candidates from here as well, as long as they meet the criteria. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:30, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Please add Image:RCAF Canadair Sabre 6.jpg or Image:Model aircraft CWHM.jpg here too. Thanks.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ first image, please suggest specific images if you want to add them. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see Image:Jokela school November 8th.jpg up as well, please. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * All the images of Jokela are up for deletion on Commons. See: Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Jokela images by KRP.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:54, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok, I'd thought that was done by now, it was started in November... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see Image:New_Delhi_India.jpg
 * It is a nice photo, but what's the relation to news events of 2007? --Brian McNeil / talk 09:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

=Report voters=

=To Do-list=
 * Alert Wikinews in other languages. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Spread the word on Commons, IRC, mailing lists, OTRS, Wikipedia, Wikinews Reports blog, Wikinews on Flickr?, ... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Find more candidates.
 * Create new logo for this competition to replace Image:POTY barnstar 1-2007.svg. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 02:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

=General discussions on this project=

Voting process
Anyone think we should vote differently? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Allowing people on other wikimedia projects to vote: On one hand the goal is to find the best picture, on the other hand, unlike commons, the images here arn't spread to the other projects as much. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll put a note to wmfcc-l, I think part of our criteria should be that the image is a highly effective and appropriate illustration for the article it was used on. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments
Really cool idea, but you might want to have a few days for nominations, then close nominations and open voting. Having nominations and voting open at the same time is a bit problematic. Also I presume only freely licensed images can be nominated? (not fair use) Would be good to clarify that. Finally, I really think you should create your own logo. :) Image:POTY barnstar 1-2007.svg was created specifically for the Commons competition, and it has implicit the idea of "Featured Picture" as the star in the middle is the symbol of Featured images and articles. Maybe you could put some symbol to represent newsiness. thanks, user:pfctdayelise 01:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your ideas.

 * We're working in a short time frame, that's why I suggested having nominations and voting together. Newly accepted nominations will be favoured in the gallery, and we'll make efforts to solicit votes for new images near the end of the elections. We'll have to see how things go.
 * Only images on Commons are allowed, so no fair use.
 * I think this election has a lot of things in common with the one on Commons, nevertheless a new logo would be nice, as our candidates indeed have nothing to do with "featured". --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 02:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

 * The APEC photo is copyrighted, not hosted on Commons. commons:user:pfctdayelise 12:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Logo
Some quick options:

 * I think there were some objections to anything that refers to "Featured". --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I like the current one, Mayflower was not being cooperative in finding pictures of cameras. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I like the camera one too. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I like the current, and I shoot Olympus :-) --David Shankbone 17:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I picked an Olympus especially for you :-). --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You make me blush :-) --David Shankbone 02:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I really hate to bring this up, but the barnstar is gfdl, the camera is cc-by-sa, and the logo is all rights reserved. None of those licenses work well together. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think we could get rid of the Olympus logo. --David Shankbone 15:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well as you know the animated gif I made was also mixed licenses... isn't it alright just to explain which parts are under which license? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Anon voting
Why can't we allow anons to vote? We aren't using any special software like Commons is so I don't see why we can't allow anons to vote. We would get more votes too.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:31, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree...anyone and everyone should be allowed to vote. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * How would you stop people voting twice? Poeloq 01:33, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * They all have user names or IPs...simply say one vote and watch the page. Either way, disallowing anons does not stop users from voting twice. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I could log out and move around my office and vote from about 16 different IPs. Just throwing that out there. --SVTCobra 01:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, you can do the same thing with multiple accounts.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, but a checkuser could see it and ban me. But if I go around using IPs with no accounts associated with them, the best anyone can do is establish a probability of misconduct if the IPs are in the same range. Anyway, ignore me. A conspiracy to elect a "picture of the year" is not likely. --SVTCobra 01:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * And thats different from not letting or letting anons vote how? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I say let them vote. --David Shankbone 04:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Encouraging people to register and vote allows welcomes to be issued to people from other projects. So, "We'd like if you register and tell us your home project, but you can vote anonymously". --Brian McNeil / talk 10:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I drafted these rules and I don't care if anons can vote or not, but I would keep the 200 contribs limit. That would only leave people from other wikis; User:Pfctdayelise said she disliked having to register. She can vote anon for all I care, as long as she confirms her IP on Commons. But then again, IPs are less private, but I guess people don't care about that. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * How can an anonymous user vote if they have less than 200 edits? Everyone should be allowed to vote so far as I can see. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I can see that anon voting would lead to more votes but I don't think it would be very valuable because it would be so easy to rig the contest, unless we could get thousands of votes. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Future suggestion
I don't think it would have worked well this time around, but in the future I think we should all aim to snap some photos, even just one, so that next year all entries are Wiki-editor produced and not from a wire service or professional. Here's another idea for now that might bring us more traffic: anyone against working with Commons to update the Featured Picture daily? I bet they'd enjoy finding a newsworthy picture, it will bring us more users and interest, and it will help keep the front page fresh. Any objections to approaching them as a joint project? --David Shankbone 03:56, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Not at all but in order for images to be pic of the day, they need to be featured. And users vote for featured and if there is a tip of a flag missing, like your Israel image I submitted, or a chimney is crooked like my sunset one, etc etc, then good luck on getting it past the vote. Because seriously, they expect every featured picture to perfect, and if its not, then they tell you to photoshop the hell out of it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:00, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Hi,
 * "anyone against working with Commons to update the Featured Picture daily"? Do you mean some Wikinews thing or a Commons thing? Because the Commons POTD is now FP-only, due to the fact that we are now passing a lot more than 365 FPs per year. But I guess you are talking about Wikinews' Template:Featured picture.
 * Having a look at the other "big" Wikinewses (de,pl,it,fr,es), it appears only Polish has something that resembles a front-page newsphotography thing (pl:Wikinews:Pliki multimedialne).
 * One idea could be to start a news POTD (or POTW, week). If you want, it could be a cool thing to coordinate with the other Wikinewses. Host it on Commons and get bots to update it daily to each Wikinews that wants to participate. But I don't know if you think there should be a story for each picture?
 * Unlike regular POTD you can't plan too far in advance if you want the pictures to really represent news...
 * If you were to host it on Commons I think Commoners would be likely to get involved.
 * BTW, I know FP standards are very high, so for self-created works you guys should definitely get involved with Quality images. Having a "Quality images"-based 'news POTD/W' could work. cheers, user:pfctdayelise 09:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I'm all for trying to work with Commons to get more regular updates to the featured picture. It gives people who might get a newsworthy photo that isn't good enough for Commons POTD status another outlet. I would prefer to see photos with an associated article, or at least a mention in a news brief.
 * Being realistic about it I'd say aim for one a week, but be relaxed about it and allow more than one update a week if there's another good photo.
 * Something to bear in mind is that a good news photo might be one taken with a phone camera. Those are usually poor quality photos, but can illustrate something significant in news terms. We already have a couple of Wikipedians utilising a bot to promote our content on WP, a few Commoners suggesting photos would be welcome too. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Regarding the first part of what David said, there are currently 22 Wikinewsie created images (as well as one created for Wikinews, not by a Wikinewsie), so there is a fair amount of selection, should we want to have a category for Wikinewsie-created, and one for outside creators. That way, if we vote an outside image as the best overall, we still have something to promote. --  Zanimum 17:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Very good suggestion David. When I first started Template:Featured picture I mentioned it on Commons to have the people browsing through the new images to signal newsworthy images to us, but that didn't work out. It would be great to start a place on Commons to centralise photojournalism and collect good images. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the two things I was saying was that 1. I think we should push ourselves to take more photographs, even just for stock file photos. If you see a car accident, a protest, whatever. The second suggestion was to invite Commons to sniff out news-worthy photos for our featured photos. I agree with Dragon - I the process at commons is too technical. We aren't looking for perfect photos, just news-worthy photos, and I think Commons probably is best positioned to monitor what they get, and then update our Featured Picture. It is also a way to get Commons more involved with Wikinews, and would be a way to have projects interact. In other words, Featured Picture on Wikinews would essentially be selected by people at Commons. Of course, if we have one in particular that we think should go up, we can tell them. But otherwise, I think we should invite Commons to provide us with a news-oriented photo each day. --David Shankbone 18:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Press Photo?
Great idea. I think, that it maybe better will be do it for all versions of Wikinews in next year - on metawiki/other site? I want to start it on pl wikinews. What do you think about name Wikinews Press Photo ? ;) Przykuta 07:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Confirmation
I'm very flattered and want to say thank you for the consideration. I'm very happy - that's awesome! --David Shankbone 01:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I confirm the results of this election. --Skenmy(t•c•w) 22:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for confirming. Next year I'll invite you on the committee :-). --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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8 dead following road collision in New Brunswick, Canada

January 13, 2008

A deadly road crash in New Brunswick, Canada has claimed the lives of eight people near the city of Bathurst on Saturday. A van carrying 12 people was returning from a school basketball game in Moncton when it slid on an icy highway and collided with a semi-trailer truck.

Of the dead, seven were members of the Bathurst High School boys basketball team and the other was a teacher, the van driver's wife. The survivors are three teammates and a coach who was driving the van, all of whom were hospitalised at Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst. The driver of the semi-trailer was uninjured. The crash occurred on New Brunswick Route 8 as it approached the junction with Route 11 into Bathurst.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his shock and condolences, describing the tragedy as "unthinkable". New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham also expressed his condolences.


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Welcome
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Comments:Report: UK schools advised not to upgrade to Vista

":D"

Not surprising, the features of vista simply aren't worth the hardware requirements for a school. They've got budgets to think about, and while Aero looks pretty it's a waste of money in an educational setting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.228.129.231 (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

FINALLY! Someone has used some common sense. I was starting to wonder if I was the only person in the world to notice that their PC doesn't actually do anything useful now that it didn't do on windows 95! Got a problem with MS Word? Use Open Office, say goodbye to the bluescreens and save a fortune too. No brainer. Shane.Bell 09:04, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Microsoft should establish Open Source OS
Microsoft should develop an open source operating system of windows and make a open source community to develop it like other open source OS, as its too costly for the education institute & poor countries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.174.138.10 (talk) 09:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Where's the money in that? Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 12:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


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Hydrogen gas cloud to smash into Milky Way galaxy

January 13, 2008 Astronomers say that in approximately 20 to 40 million years, a giant cloud of hydrogen gas, known as Smith's Cloud, will slam into the Milky Way galaxy, resulting in the formation of countless stars, which could make for the biggest fireworks display in the Local Group. The front edge of the cloud has already begun to hit the galaxy.

"The leading edge of this cloud is already interacting with gas from our Galaxy. This is most likely a gas cloud left over from the formation of the Milky Way or gas stripped from a neighbor galaxy. When it hits, it could set off a tremendous burst of star formation. Many of those stars will be very massive, rushing through their lives quickly and exploding as supernovae. Over a few million years, it'll look like a celestial New Year's celebration, with huge firecrackers going off in that region of the Galaxy," said Felix J. Lockman of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), one of the astronomers who headed a study to research the cloud. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater also participated in the study.

Astronomers used the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to study the cloud, which was first discovered by an astronomer in 1963. The study found that as many as a million new stars, much like our own Sun, could form from the gas when it does collide with our galaxy.

Currently it is 8,000 light years away from full impact of our galaxy, and is traveling at over 150 miles a second. It is 2,500 light-years wide and over 11,000 light-years long. Astronomers believe it will strike the Milky Way's disk at a 45-degree angle.

It was earlier believed that the cloud was traveling away from the Milky Way or might have been part of the galaxy itself but, due to the technology at the time, images were not clear enough to see what was really happening. Using the highly sensitive GBT, astronomers have now been able to capture over 40,000 different images of the cloud. The researchers now believe that the cloud is, in fact, moving toward the Milky Way and pushing the gases of the galaxy up onto itself as it progresses.

"If you could see this cloud with your eyes, it would be a very impressive sight in the night sky. From tip to tail it would cover almost as much sky as the Orion constellation. But as far as we know it is made entirely of gas -- no one has found a single star in it," added Lockman.


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Comments:Nationalist Party wins Taiwan election

I expect this would probably lead to some relaxation of relations with China. Reunification would be the greatest defusion of the situation long term wise I should think, and I was surprised that the Nationalist Party doesn't rule that out. Sean Heron 09:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Many Taiwanese are simply afraid of (mainland) China invading Taiwan if they talk to overtly of independence. That is why many political parties talk about reunification, while doing nothing about it. Taiwan IS a nation, with its own government, currency, culture and people. What it lacks is world recognition as a country. Djaighan
 * Thanks for that view point. Are you Taiwanese (I'm assuming you are)?

I can imagine people are not keen on giving up the freedoms they have at the moment by reunifying. But seeing how things are going in Hong Kong, do you think it would have very negative impacts (beyond the obvious of giving up souverenity)? If I sound pro unification, I might clarify that I'm not well enough informed to voice a sound opinion, and generally can understand the sentiment of groups of people that wish to seperate from a bigger state, or wish to retain their independence. I'm just interested in what you see as speaking against. Regards Sean Heron 12:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


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Comments:Transaven Airlines plane carrying up to 18 people still missing off Venezuelan coast

The one passenger believed to be American at first is indeed a Swiss citizen - this has been confirmed.

i flew on this very same airline 8 months ago to los roques. wow how crazy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.161.130.171 (talk) 05:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

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Bodies of 2 children allegedly thrown from bridge are found

January 13, 2008 The bodies of two of the four Alabama children allegedly thrown off a bridge by their father have been found. On Saturday, Danny Luong, the youngest of the children at four months old, was discovered by a duck hunter in a marshy area near Bayou la Batre, about 5 miles west of the 80 foot high Dauphin Island Bridge. A second child, 3-year-old Ryan Phan, was found near Barton Bay by a search and rescue team today at 10:30 am local time. Barton Bay is about 10 miles northwest of the bridge.

The father, Lam Luong, a 37 year old shrimp fisherman, has been charged with four counts of capital murder. If convicted, he faces either the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole.

"The inevitable nightmare we have feared has now been confirmed. We believe, certainly now, that the father of these children threw these children off the Dauphin Island bridge," Mobile County sheriff Sam Cochran said on Saturday.

Luong and his wife, Kieu Ngoc Phan, reported the children missing on Monday. When questioned, Luong claimed responsibility for the act, saying that he threw the children into the river after an argument with his wife. However, he later retracted his confession, instead claiming that two women, one of whom is named "Kim", took the children and drove off in a van.

Kieu Ngoc Phan was informed of the body's discovery on Saturday. "Why didn't he kill me instead of the children? It's too much hurting," Phan said through an interpreter while weeping. She was being comforted by an associate pastor from a Vietnamese church.

According to the family, Luong called from jail and told them he wanted to be "more famous than the 9/11 hijackers" and that he "wasn't afraid of the electric chair".

The search continues for the other two children - Hannah Luong, 2, and Lindsey Luong, 1. The search area has been expanded across the state border towards Pascagoula, Mississippi, as authorities believe the strong currents may have moved the bodies westward. Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine reports that the search is costing an estimated $100,000 per day.


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Wikinews:Dynamic quiz/quiz/2008/03

Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

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{Protesters marked the anniversary of the Guantanamo detention center. How many people were in the crowd? - 90 - 100 + 200 - 1000
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{Apple Inc. is forced to lower their prices in the UK iTunes store because of? - Too many illegal downloads - The artists want to give people a break + Customers in the UK are paying up to 10% more than in other EU countries - UK customers are buying music less than when the service started
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{Several British troops were forced to receive blood from American donors or they could have died. Were the Americans properly tested before donating? + The donors did not receive the proper testing that is required for donating blood. - The donors did receive the proper testing that is required for donating blood. - The U.S. says that all of the donors have since been found not to be infected with HIV or hepatitis B. - It was an emergency so they could not be tested before donating.
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User talk:EconomicsGuy~enwikinews

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Comments:Bush says US troop build-up in Iraq has brought 'hope'

The "surge" is "working" to accomplish what?
The purpose of maintaining any U.S. presence of troops in Iraq is questionable. The integrity of any claims made by the White House is questionable after they claimed and could not substantiate that Iraq harbored "weapons of mass destruction." What does it mean to say that a "surge" is "working"? Is it "working" to reduce the presence of the military in Iraq? No, quite the opposite is happening. If Al-Qaeda is seen as the ultimate perpetrator of terrorism against the United States, then what does that have to do with Iraq? Osama Bin Laden was never captured. Al-Qaeda is said to be stronger than ever. Further, maintaining any presence is depleting the U.S. treasury, our natural resources, and is a burden to tax payers.


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Costello sparks new Liberal leadership speculation

January 13, 2008 Former Australian Treasurer Peter Costello has again created media speculation of a Liberal leadership challenge with reports claiming he is weighing up challenging for the leadership of the Liberal party against a position outside of politics with the Macquarie Bank.

Costello is reported to have told friends that opposition leader Dr Brendon Nelson will not last out the year as Liberal leader, and that he believes Prime Minister Kevin Rudd can be beaten at the next election. The Syney Morning Herald article notes that, at 50, even if Costello spends three more years in politics, only to lose the next election, he will still have time for a meaningful career in the private sector.

Peter Costello's spokesman dismissed both possibilities as "wild speculation," but refused to explicitly rule out either.

Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen, member of the governing Labor party, challenged Costello to clear up the speculation, saying, "If Mr Costello wants to kill off the rumours of instability in the Liberal Party he needs to come out and rule out a challenge." Bowen also alleges, "[Costello] created 11 years of destabilisation in the former government and appears he's up to it again in the new Opposition."

A spokesman for the opposition leader said Bowen's comments were not worth dignifying with a response.


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Talk:Costello sparks new Liberal leadership speculation

Do we traditionally capitalise "Opposition Leader", "the Oppostion", and "Party"?? -- 203.57.68.20 19:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and can someone proof/NPOV this, and publish... -- 203.57.68.20 19:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)