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49 dead after Comair regional jet crashes in Kentucky

August 28, 2006 A Comair commuter jet crashed on takeoff from Lexington, Kentucky yesterday, killing 49 people on board and seriously injuring the plane's first officer, James M. Polehinke.

The early-morning Flight 5191 was operating as Delta Connection and was headed from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. It crashed about a mile west of the airport at 6:07 a.m. Eastern Time. The plane was a Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100. Polehinke was taken to the University of Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the aircraft departed from a shorter runway than it was cleared to take off from.

According to Gary Ginn, the Fayette County coroner, there was a significant fire on board the aircraft after impact, after which it continued to move forward several hundred yards before coming to a stop. The aircraft, however, is largely intact, Ginn said, and most of the passengers remained inside the cabin. Ginn said he expects the cause of death to be fire for the majority of the victims. The tail number has been confirmed as N431CA.

Based on information recovered from the flight's data recorder and physical evidence on the scene, the National Transportation Safety Board is focusing on the theory that the pilot attempted to take off from a 3,500-foot or 1067-meter runway that is not certified for airline traffic. That runway is only for general aviation aircraft. Investigators believe the plane did not get enough speed to lift off the ground before running out of runway. Air traffic controllers in the tower had cleared the flight for takeoff from an adjacent 7,000-foot or 2135-meter runway used for commercial airlines.

Local police and fire fighters responded to the scene within minutes, and it has been reported that two off-duty police officers helped pull Polehinke from the cockpit of the burning jet.

Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN that there is no indication that terrorism was involved in connection with the crash.

Family members and friends who suspected that their loved ones may have been on Flight 5191 began arriving at Blue Grass Airport shortly after the crash. They have been taken to a local hotel, where staff from Comair as well as airport officials are caring for them and providing them with information. Comair has also set up a hotline where family and friends can receive information: the number is 1-800-801-0088.

Among the dead were Jon Hooker and Scarlett Parsley, who had married just the night before and were off to their honeymoon.

A moment of silence was held for the crash victims before the Los Angeles Dodgers-Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game in Phoenix, where Brandon Webb, a former University of Kentucky baseball teammate of Hooker, is a pitcher. Another passenger, Charles Lykins of Naples, Fla., wanted an early flight so he could get home to his two young children after visiting friends and family in the Lexington area, said Paul Richardson of Winchester. Mike Finley, 52, who lived in Corbin and owned the Finley Fun Centers, was headed to Reno, Nev., for a rollerskating convention, said his son, David Taylor. "I'd say there's thousands of kids who grew up with our father," he said.

Rick Queen, who works for Turfway Realty in Lexington, said his father-in-law, Les Morris, was on the flight. Queen and Taylor were both frustrated with how Comair handled the families. "I just felt Delta ran families around this morning for three hours. I finally got some help from a Lexington firefighter," Taylor said.

Flight attendant Kelly Heyer was single and lived in the Cincinnati area. He had been working for the airline since 2004 and was recently appointed base representative for the flight attendant union said Tracy Riley, a union secretary and fellow Comair flight attendant. "He was a standup individual," Riley said. "He was very professional, loved the job."

Bornhorst described his own reaction as "complete devastation" and he lamented the frustration of the families as they awaited word. "When tragedies like this happen, information can just not be relayed fast enough and I certainly understand the frustrations related to that," Bornhorst said.


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PlayStation 3 will be used to help cure cancer and Alzheimer's

August 28, 2006 The upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 game console is going to assist scientists in finding cures for cancer and Alzheimer's disease using the Folding@home distributed computing program.

Folding@home is run by the Pande group of Stanford University (America) to research protein folding, this is the process whereby proteins build themselves inside the cells in the body. Analyisis of how proteins fold (specifically how the folding goes wrong) can give insights into how diseases form. The simulation processes used in the research take months just for a single protein so the data is split into small packets (called workunits by the community) and distributed to volunteers around the world. By downloading a program called a 'client' users can receive units and perform the simulations on them - results are then sent back to the Stanford servers.

Currently more than 150,000 computers run the folding 'client' worldwide. The new client can be downloaded to the users PlayStation 3 console and will then begin to calculate "work units" when users are not playing games. Since the PS3 has a 'Cell' processor with a total of 8 cores the calculations should be performed faster than on a PC. With this new program scientists aim to create a super computer faster than IBM's BlueGene/L System (which currently calculates more than 280.6 trillion bits of information per second). The new calculations are expected to process a thousand trillion bits of information across the whole project every second.

A statement on Folding@home's website explained further: "Using the Cell processor of the PS3, we should be able to do more folding than what one could do on a PC. Also, since the PS3 has a powerful GPU, the PS3 client will offer real time visualization for the first time."

The new program is part of an expansion of the project and the first of 2 new clients that have been developed. The second, scheduled for release later on, will utilise a computer's graphics card (supporting only ATI graphics cards at first) to perform folding calcualtions.

"We will release more details on all of this as the new software rolls out," said the statement, "We are beta testing the ATI GPU client software internally at the moment and will likely announce an open beta in four to five weeks (end of September)."

The Pande group noted their ultimate aim as being to create an even faster super computer, with the ability to process over a million trillion bits of data every second: "The PS3 client and GPU client are together part of our new broader goals to push Folding@Home to the next stage, reaching calculations on the petaflop to 10 petaflop scale."

The PS3 client is expected to be available at the end of September.

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Multiple bombs set off in Turkish resort

August 28, 2006

The Turkish resort of Marmaris was hit by at least 3 bombs and one bomb went off in Istanbul's Bagcilar district on Sunday injuring at least 27 people. The blasts come two days after four people were injured in a separate bombing in Adana.

"We heard one of the bombs and it sounded just like a gunshot. The bus had exploded outside a McDonald’s restaurant. We saw its remains: it had been ripped apart," said one witness, Danielle Pearson.

The second explosion happened 45 minutes later, in a residential district near the harbour.

"Ambulances and police cars were going everywhere. The streets were really busy with people running everywhere. Before the explosions people were being typical holidaymakers and just enjoying themselves," added Pearson. Of the injured, 10 are Britons, all of whom are in hospital, four of whom are in serious condition.

A fifth bombing has been reported in the European section of Istanbul. Six people are reported to have been injured, none seriously. The bomb was reportedly in a package left near a school.

Reports from southern Turkey at 17:16 say that yet another round of bombings have killed three people and injured a score of others.

There is no official word on who is responsible for the blasts, but responsibility has been claimed by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Other militant groups are warning tourists not to visit Turkey. "We had warned before, Turkey is not a safe country. Tourists should not come to Turkey" - website of the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Tak)

Tourism is a mainstay of the Turkish economy, bringing millions of dollars of foreign money to the country. Deterring tourism constitutes a serious threat to jobs for thousands of Turks.

Bureaucrats from the British Foreign and Commonwealth office have not advised tourists to leave, but continue to follow events as they unfold - "Ten British nationals have been injured and are in hospital," quoted a spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office, "We have consular staff on the ground."

The Foreign Office has set up a telephone hotline for concerned relatives on 020 7008 0000.


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South Dakota killer wants to drop death sentence appeals

August 28, 2006

A 24-year-old Texas man is set to be the first person executed in South Dakota in 59 years after asking to fire his lawyer and drop further court appeals.

Elijah Page of Athens, Texas, may die by lethal injection tomorrow for the brutal murder of Chester Poage, 19, in Higgins Gulch, in the Black Hills region of South Dakota.

The court will weigh whether or not Page is competent to fire his lawyers and drop appeals, and a decision is expected today.

Page, along with Briley Piper, 25, of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty in 2001 for the March 13, 2000, killing. Both were sentenced to death. A third man, Darrell Hoadley, 26, of Lead, S.D., also pleaded guilty and testified against Page and Piper. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Hoadley told prosecutors the men planned to steal a stereo, TV, and other items from Poage's mother's house. Prosecutors said Piper and Page killed Poage because they wanted to eliminate a witness to the theft.

Hoadley described brutal details to authorities how Piper stabbed Poage three times in the head and neck and Page then kicked Poage 30 to 40 times and then tore Poage's ears off. Page then bashed Poage's head in with large rocks. Hoadley finished the job by striking Poage with two large rocks.

Piper and Page then threatened to kill Hoadley if he told police about the crime, Hoadley told authorities.

Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said it is rare for someone to receive a death sentence after they've pleaded guilty to the crime. But in this case, the judge, Warren Johnson of Deadwood, opted for the death penalty, saying he considered the crime to be "vile and depraved".


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Elizabeth May elected leader of Canada's Green Party

August 26, 2006

Elizabeth May has been elected leader of the Green Party of Canada today, winning the position with 2,145 votes or 65.34 per cent of ballot cast. She beat her nearest rival, environmental consultant and Green deputy leader David Chernushenko by a margin of almost 2 to 1. Jim Fannon, the third candidate, finished far back with only 29 votes. The new leader will replace Jim Harris, who stepped down after holding the position since 2003.

In her acceptance speech, May called on the federal government to give notice that Canada will withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement in order to force the United States to renegotiate the treaty.

May, a long-time environmental activist and former executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada takes over the party which received 4.5 per cent of the popular vote in the last federal election, enough to secure over $1 million a year in federal funding but not enough to elect any of its candidates to the Canadian House of Commons. Chernushenko won the highest vote percentage of any Green candidate in the January election winning 10% of the vote in Ottawa Centre.

"We draw pretty much equally from across the entire political spectrum," Jim Harris told CBC News. "If you were a Progressive Conservative, as I was, where do you go? The Green party supports Kyoto. We were opposed to the war in Iraq and yet at the same time we're fiscally responsible. This is something that's attractive to people."

"What we need to do is clearly build a method and a platform so that they are not voting for 'none of the above' but so that they are voting for 'all my dreams,' " said May after her victory.

The race has brought new people to the party with membership rising from 5,517 to 8,694 in recent months.


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TV3 banned from New Zealand Parliament for three days

August 28, 2006

House Speaker told New Zealand television station, owned by , they are banned from recording  for three days.

The ban comes after they showed footage of the Member of Parliament (MP)  repeatedly pulling his middle finger at National MP  on August 1.

TV3's ban will come into force tomorrow.

The Parliament's media rules state that only the Speaker or an MP who is standing and speaking can be recorded. TV3 broke this rule as Mark was sitting during his gestures.

"The rules are arcane. We were only showing what would have been observed by members of the public if they had been sitting in the public gallery on that day," said the Director of News and Current Affairs for TV3, Mark Jennings. "Politicians behaving badly is a news story, and the public have a right to see what is really going on in the debating Chamber."

"We will accept our punishment and get on with our job, but it is time politicians took responsibility for their behaviour and stopped shooting the messenger," Jennings said.

"That argument was not accepted last year, and I do not accept it now", Ms Wilson says referring to a breach of the rules last year.

"In addition, this time TV3 repeated the shots in question even though it knew they were in breach of the rules. This was clearly a premeditated breach."


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FCYTravis, thanks for ur contributions to the kentucky air crash article. that article was published yesterday. it's better to create a new article to update new developments in the story. wikinews articles are meant to be historical works, which report on the information known before publication. so, ideally, articles should not be modified in content after publication. cheers, Doldrums 04:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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Pakistan on high alert as violence spreads in Balochistan

August 28, 2006

Widespread protests and violence were reported across parts of Pakistan after the Baloch Alliance declared a general strike following the killing of its leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.

Shops and establishments in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, remained closed as angry mobs vandalised government vehicles and offices in retaliation for the separatist leader's slaying. The main Quetta-Karachi highway and Quetta-Punjab highway have remained closed to traffic since Monday. A curfew was imposed by the authorities in Quetta, leading to the closure of educational institutions there.

A high-alert also was sounded in the commercial capital of Karachi, where the opposition plans to hold a protest later today. Pakistan's Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim Khan said that the Pakistani Army had not intentionally targeted Mr. Bugti and that he died when the cave he was in collapsed following a land-mine expolsion. President Pervez Musharraf, however, congratulated his army following the Balochi leader's death.

Balochistan, which became a province of Pakistan following the Partition of India, has been waging a low-key struggle for autonomy for quite some time, but the rebels stepped up their attacks over the past year. Pakistan has, in the past, blamed Indian intelligence agencies such as the Research and Analysis Wing for fuelling unrest in Balochistan.


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Amnesty: "looming human rights crisis" in Darfur

August 28, 2006

A "peacekeeping gap" is likely to plunge Sudan back into major conflict in the Darfur region, according to Amnesty International. The group today added its voice today to a growing disquiet over the worsening situation in that country, as expressed by the International Rescue Committee.

In a statement, the body’s Executive Deputy Secretary General Kate Gilmore, confirmed concerns that the Sudanese government are arming soldiers in preparation for conflict, despite signing a peace deal in May.

"Eyewitnesses in el-Fasher in North Darfur are telling us that Sudanese government military flights are flying in troops and arms on a daily basis," Gilmore said, urging the international community to act.

The U.N. is discussing a draft resolution today to send 20,000 troops into western Sudan to protect the 2.5 million displaced people. But the Sudanese government has rejected calls for foreign intervention, instead suggesting a 26,000-strong domestic force, which Amnesty opposes.

"How can Sudan — which appears to be about to launch its own offensive in Darfur — realistically propose being a peacekeeper in a conflict to which it is a major party and perpetrator of grave human rights violations," Amnesty officials asked.

Impending conflict
Evidence that Khartoum is arming in preparation for further fighting in Darfur is causing concern among governments about a future genocide. Yesterday the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer flew to the Sudanese capital to urge the government, led by Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, to accept the U.N. force.

"Darfur is on the verge of a dangerous downward spiral," Frazer said, criticizing the U.N. for "foot dragging" on the issue.

The Sudanese government are wholly against the U.N. intervention. National Congress Party chairman Ghazi Salah Eldin Atabani told journalists "any state that sponsors this [U.N.] draft resolution will be regarded as assuming a hostile attitude against the Sudan."

If Darfur does descend into further government-sponsored conflict, the consequences would be devastating for the civilian population, according to Eric Reeves of Democracy Now:

"If this offensive takes place, there will be massive, massive civilian destruction. I think we're also likely to see a withdrawal of virtually all humanitarian workers. This will leave some 1.2 million people completely dependent on humanitarian aid, without any assistance whatsoever," Reeves told the Coalition for Darfur on Saturday.

Sexual assaults rise dramatically
Meanwhile, the situation for the millions of refugees on the ground is deteriorating rapidly, according to the International Rescue Committee. On Wednesday, the group released statistics which suggest as many as 200 women have been sexually assaulted since the start of July, often as they leave settlements in search of firewood and food.

"This is a massive spike in figures," said the IRC's Kurt Tjossem, "we are used to hearing of 2 to 4 incidents of sexual assault per month in Kalma camp [in southern Darfur]".


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would be nice to get a sudan government quote in. Doldrums 11:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * sudan govt quote added Ad 11:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

U.S Government quote?
Are countries generally allowed to comment on each others' internal affairs? PVJ(Talk) 11:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * The US and UK: on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Cuba, Somalia.....whether they're allowed to or not, they do! IMO, people should be free to comment on whatever a country's issue, especially if human rights violations have been committed. However on physical intervention, its different. But for the purposes of this article, the US govt commented on Sudan's internal affairs so it's relevant to include the quote, particularly as the dep Sec of State's there today Ad 12:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 *  IMO, people should be free to comment on whatever a country's issue, especially if human rights violations have been committed. The convention is that countries do not make official statements about matters relating to the internal affairs of other nations as that would amount to questioning the sovereignity of the latter state. Although this practice is waived when it comes to "weaker" countries like Afghanistan or Sudan, it is nontheless a sort of unspoken rule. It must, however, not be forgotten that the U.S received severe criticism from Indian Parliament when it offered external assistance to our security forces against Naxals in various parts of the country. The bottom line is that any statement that appears to undermine the sovereignity of a country is taken very seriously indeed. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 13:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


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is that 150,000 cpus nationwide or world wide? And if nationwide exactly what nation?
 * Thats worldwide :D --Errant 14:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

September
I think when the article says september it actually means the ATI GPU program for PCs

So, does this mean wiki is a place for corporate hype? This article is crap
 * In what way, and where does ATI come into this? --Errant 14:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

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I wrote an article about folding for Micro Mart about folding (published febuary this year) - is the citeable as a source and can I write extra details to expand upon it (as a source) as an expert on this subject - does that need special tagging --Errant 14:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Although I could source some of the original sources of info I used for the article :D duh! --Errant 14:23, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Interview
Ok Im going to get and inmporve this article now, but just to let people to know that I requested an Interview with professor pande - who's tem run the folding project - both for an article here and in Micro Mart. Here is a copy of the preliminary email I sent to him, I will also post it on the article talk page whenb I write it! lets hope he reponds:

Hi,

My name is Thomas Morton and I am an Independent reporter for the English version of wiknews, a free online news source (sister of wikipedia) as well as a contributor to British weekly computer magazine Micro Mart I also (incidentally) run a folding@home rig - but that is of little relevance.

''The imminent release of the PS3 client is an exciting piece of news and, as an enthusiast for your project, I am currently in the process of writing an article for Wikinews about it. That is all very nice and is well sourced but I wonder if I can take a few minutes of your time and ask for a short interview with you - about the folding project as a whole and the new client. It would be nice as a sort of complimentary piece for the wikinews article. I would also, with your permission, like to submit the piece to be published in Micro Mart as well.''

''Some background, I have already written 2 articles on folding for Micro Mart as a leading member of the folding team set up on the magazines forums - in an attempt to get team support and publicise folding to the UK computing community. For Wikinews I am a sometimes contributor to technology pieces - especially folding related articles.''

''I should point out (in line with Wikinews policy) that any comments you make will be published online on en.wikinews.org (but that's fairly obvious anyway, I just have to mention it). I can also email you a copy of the 'finished' article, if you agree to perform the interview, for your approval before publication.''

''I have not been so presumptuous to include the interview questions with this email as I know you are probably very busy but if you do have time to spend 10 to 20 minutes answering my questions it would be appreciated. I don't know the best way to perform the interview if you agree- probably email is the best method. Alternatively some form of Instant messenger (although that might be problematic in sorting out a suitable time).''

If you would be happy to be interviewed please let me know by return email and I will forward you the questions.

Thanks in advance for anytime you can give me and I eagerly await your response.

Thomas Morton --Errant 19:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

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Please, add La PlayStation 3 s'utilitzarà per ajudar a curar el Càncer i l'Alzheimer, thank's!


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Russian fire-fighting helicopter crashes in Antalya, Turkey

August 28, 2006

A Kamov-32 fire-fighting helicopter has crashed while trying to fill its water tanks, reports the Turkish Anatolian News agency. The crew was reported to be in good condition.

Since mid-August, the forest fires have swept the Southern part of Turkey including popular tourist destinations like Bodrum and Antalya-Kas. Lately the General Directorate for Forestry has sent short text messages through Turkish operators for citizens to be aware of forest fires. Amid warnings another fire started in Kas during the weekend.

The latest fire in Kas was taken under control with the help from fire helicopters, where the Kamof-32 type Russian fire helicopter has crashed while filling its tanks with water from nearby Lake Gombe. Three Russian citizens working with the team, a Turkish pilot and a Turkish engineer have reported to be fine and in good condition in Gombe Health Center.


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Pentagon considers using non-nuke ICBMs for preemptive strikes against alleged "terrorists"

August 28, 2006 The Pentagon is considering replacing the nuclear warheads on some ballistic missiles with conventional munitions so that they can be used for "pre-emptive" strikes against alleged terrorists, Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld told reporters after a meeting with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov.

"If either of our countries or friends and allies were threatened at some number of years into the future with a weapon of mass destruction or a capability that was that lethal, I think any president, whether of Russia or the United States, would like to have available a conventional weapon that could attack that target swiftly and accurately and precisely and not feel that the only thing they had might be a nuclear weapon, which they would not want to use.", Rumsfeld said. He urged Russia to consider the idea too, but Ivanov said a pre-emptive strike was not the only solution.

The Pentagon has considered such strategies before. In February 2003 a similar plan was suggested, and in May 2006 it was recommended that Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) be used for such a purpose. Critics wondered what the risks would be for setting off accidental nuclear war: it would be impossible for another nation to tell whether a Trident II or Minuteman III launch was conventional — or nuclear-armed until it had actually detonated.


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Ministry of Defence names dead British soldier

August 28, 2006

The British Ministry of Defence named the soldier who was killed in Afghanistan yesterday. He was Lance Cpl. Jonathan Hetherington and was shot dead by insurgents during an attack on his platoon residence in Musa Qaleh, northern Helmand.

The 22-year-old joined the army in September 2000. During his career he served in Germany, Kuwait, Iraq and the Falkland Islands. He was dispatched to Afghanistan this year.

His commanding officer, Lt. Col, Steve Vickery, said: "Lance Corporal Jon Hetherington had only been in Afghanistan for a short time. In this period his commitment to his profession was first-class and he stood out as a young man of stature and great enthusiasm. He was a very bright junior non-commissioned officer who had integrated extremely well into regimental life since his arrival in February of this year." He also said that Lance Cpl. Hetherington was "an outstanding soldier, trusted comrade and valued friend."

Defence Secretary Des Browne said yesterday: "The sad news… has reminded us of the challenges we face in Afghanistan. We are there as part of the Nato mission to help rid Afghanistan of these terrorists and provide security to help rebuild."

He is the eighth British soldier to have died in Afghanistan this month. Since military operations began in November 2001, 21 British soldiers have died.


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Talk:South Dakota killer wants to drop death sentence appeals

Pagemove
The articel should probably say "South Dakota" as that is by FAR the most common way of writing it (@least in the US). 68.39.174.238 16:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

For space considerations, you can use "S. Dakota" as readers generally will know what it means. It should also be evident to other English-speakers overseas. Jmeola75 15:21 2006-08-28 EDT

POV and NPOV
There are several phrases that are either POV or NPOV, I think.

First Sentence: A sadistic 24-year-old Texas man is set to be the first... POV.

Second Sentence, Second Paragraph: It's all up to the judge who has sentenced him to die... Well we already know this...is this statement necessary?

Sixth Paragraph: Hoadley described to authorities the horrific slaying of Poage... It is likely horriffic or whatever, but this is a POV IMO.

Seventh Paragraph: The two thugs.. Defiantely POV.

Last Paragraph: ...given the vile and depraved nature of the crime. Is this something the judge said? or is this a POV? Jason Safoutin 19:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * "It's all up to the judge who has sentenced him to die" is important because it is the same judge who handed down the sentence who is to review it. --Bp0 06:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Update

 * The governor of SD has stayed the execution on the afternoon of the day it was to be done, but it has only postponed. --Bp0 06:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Elijah Page was executed July 11th, 2007, at 10:02 - 10:11pm. --216.254.231.2 00:31, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Hoadley pleads not-gulity to murder one charges
The article is incorrect where it states that Darrell Hoadley, of Lead, SD, also plead guilty to the murder one charges along with Briley Piper and Elijah Page. Hoadley did not plead guilty to the charges and did get a change of venue to Rapid City, Pennington County, SD from Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD. The Pennington County jury found him guilty of the murder one charges; however they could not come to a unanimous decision on the subject of the death sentence. As the state of SD was seeking the death sentence. Subsequently Hoadley was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole, as per South Dakota laws requires for a sentence when the jury cannot reach an unanimous decision on the death sentence issue.

I don't know where the previous author got their information, but it is obviously and clearly incorrect. Any research of the case will reveal that Hoadley was found guilty by a Pennington County jury.

And as matter of further clarification Chester A. Poage's body was discovered by hikers in a gulch approximately one mile West of Spearfish, SD; approximately one month after he was tortured and killed.


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Wikinews:Briefs/August 28, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 28th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Multiple bombs set off in Turkish resort
Turkey

The Turkish resort of Marmaris was hit by at least 3 bombs and one bomb went off in Istanbul's Bagcilar district on Sunday injuring at least 27 people. The blasts come two days after four people were injured in a separate bombing in Adana.

Pakistan on high alert as violence spreads in Balochistan
Pakistan

Widespread protests and incidents of violence were reported across parts of Pakistan after the Baloch Alliance declared a general strike following the killing of its leader. Shops and establishments in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province remained closed as angry mobs vandalised government vehicles and offices in retaliation to the separatist leader's slaying.

Amnesty: "looming human rights crisis" in Darfur
Sudan

A "peacekeeping gap" is likely to plunge Sudan back into major conflict in the Darfur region, according to Amnesty International.

49 dead after Comair regional jet crashes in Kentucky
United States

A Comair Canadair Regional Jet operating as Delta Connection Flight 5191 crashed after takeoff from Lexington, Kentucky at 6:07 a.m. Eastern Time, killing 49 of 50 people aboard.

U.S threatens to use non-nuke ICBMs against terrorists
The Pentagon is considering replacing the nuclear warheads on some ballistic missiles with conventional munitions so that they can be used for "pre-emptive" strikes against terrorists, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters after a meeting with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov.

Elijah Page, 24, set to be the first person executed in S. Dakota in 59 years
The execution of Elijah Page has been scheduled for 10:00 pm, Tuesday, August 29, 2006, by lethal injection. Page, and two others, tortured and killed 19-year-old Chester Poage on March 13, 2000. This will be the first time since 1947 that a person has been put to death in South Dakota.

Ministry of Defence names dead British soldier
United Kingdom

The British Ministry of Defence named the soldier who was killed in Afghanistan yesterday.

TV3 banned from New Zealand Parliament for three days
New Zealand

Speaker Margaret Wilson has informed New Zealand television station, TV3, owned by Canwest, that they have been banned from recording New Zealand Parliament for three days. The ban comes after they showed footage of the New Zealand First Member of Parliament (MP) Ron Mark repeatedly pulling his middle finger at National MP Tau Henare on August 1.

PlayStation 3 will be used to help cure cancer and Alzheimer's
computers

The upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 game console is going to assist scientists in finding cures for cancer and Alzheimer's disease using the Folding@home distributed computing program.

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Talk:Pentagon considers using non-nuke ICBMs for preemptive strikes against alleged "terrorists"

Are they talking about "terrorists" or about "countries which they dont like"? I vote for banning the word "terrorists" from neutral news media, because it seems to completely have lost its original meaning. Nowadays its simply used as a replacement for saying "bad guys", "barbarians", "witches" or whatever is desired. --82.141.53.156 18:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

NPOV

 * Agree with above. Unless we accept that USAGOV has the authority to determine who is factually a terrorist then we should not adopt their statements as being factual. Thus, in this article, we must say "alleged" terrorists since the Pentagon is not saying that the people targeted must have been proven in a court of law to be terrorists. Neutralizer 19:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Technically you don't have to be put through a "court of law" to be a terrorist in the eyes of the US gov, but anyway let's leave out the whole "alleged terrorists" or whatever in the headline. For one thing it is a mouthful. I personally think that for a headline it is clear that when the US gov says they will do something to terrorists they obviously mean "the people who they consider to be terrorists" but if you feel the need to indicate the "alleged" aspect in the headline, then let's just drop the whole phrase. --Fastfission 21:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, I just think it's notNPOV to assume everyone knows it's just US opinion when they use the word terrorist; the less assumptions the better,imo. Neutralizer 23:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not so sure the quotes around 'terrorists' does the trick, it makes it sound less so NPOV and moreso severely disliking the use of the word. 'Alleged' would definately work better but the headline's a mouthful as is. If I both had an idea as to what to do to resolve the problem and knew how to move news stories using wiki commands I'd fix it myself. Oh and as a side note so I don't have to go edit the other section as well, 'non-nuclear' sounds better IMO than 'non-nuke'. --155.31.31.220 02:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I consider a noun between quotation as a proper noun; one uses it without meaning anything by it, other than indication Hillgentleman 21:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Your knowledge of international law seems to be minimal. Neither the U.S, not any other nation can unilaterally declare someone a terrorist without giving him/her a free and fair trial first. Even the prisoners at the Guatanamo Bay torture-camp are referred to by their American captors as "detainees". That those unfortunate men are being deprived of almost evry other fundamental right is another issue altogether. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 03:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I happen to agree with you on the fact that the US should not just be throwing the word 'terrorist' around because the US feels like it. But even when we're talking about due process of law, a man arrested for theft is an alleged criminal until convicted: by saying "Criminal" you trivialize the entire thing. Again, I personally believe the US has already trivialized the use of the word terrorist by overusing it, but it's not exactly neutral IMO to trivialize it ourselves.--155.31.31.220 12:04, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think we should just drop the whole phrase perFastfission's comments. Neutralizer 13:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Is it better to have a biased headline or a mouthful headline? I would prefer it to be  mouthfulHillgentleman 21:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Non-nuclear ICBM
At one point, the title had been changed to include a metion that the ICBMs would not be carrying nuclear warheads. Then it was changed back. While ICBM certainly doesn't neccesarily mean nuclear warheads, I think it is important to include the non-nuclear mention in the title, since the connotation most people have with ICBMs is that they are used to carry nuclear warheads. And usually that connotation is pretty strong. While it is not incorrect to leave the non-nuclear verbage out of the title, it is irresponsible, in that you are creating a sensational headline that is misleading to many people.

A good guideline might be that if a reader just reads the headline, he should not be left with an incorrect impression on the contents of the story. In this case, if non-nuclear is left out of the title, a general reader might certainly be left with the wrong impression. 129.42.161.36 20:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree completely. --Fastfission 21:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

"..were threatened at some number of years.."
It's in the wordsmith's quote; is a (sic) appropriate? Neutralizer 23:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Spellings.
Since I (the author of the article) am from a Commonwealth country, I have used the British spelling of the word "defence" in the article. As such there is not mistake in the spelling of that word, so please do not change it to the (American) "defense". PVJ(Talk) 01:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


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Afghanistan: 17 killed, 47 injured in Afghan suicide attack on market

August 28, 2006

Seventeen people were killed today and another 47 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a hidden explosive in a market. Local hospital officials have confirmed that another six people are in critical condition, undergoing treatment.

The market was owned by a former police chief in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. The bomber detonated the explosives — apparently strapped to his body — outside the busy market, which is close to a police station.

There are conflicting reports that the bombing may have been the work of al-Qaeda related groups, or it may have been done by a group of men meeting to settle a dispute.

Afghanistan's southern provinces have seen a surge in violence in recent days, making them the bloodiest since 2001. The NATO forces have taken a number of casualties, sparking internal investigations amid reports of friendly fire incidents that have killed several members of the.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an inquiry into the killing of civilians in the insurgent attacks as residents and troops brace for what could be more violence in the days to come.


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Case against Karr dropped: no DNA link to JonBenet Ramsey murder

August 29, 2006

Prosecutors have withdrawn their case against John Mark Karr, the man who confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey in 1996, as DNA tests do not place him at the crime scene.

"The people would not be able to establish that Mr. Karr committed this crime despite his repeated insistence that he did," District Attorney Mary Lacy said in court papers. Lacy also said that prosecutors found no evidence placing Karr in Boulder at the time of the killing. She also vowed to keep pursuing leads in the murder, saying, "This case is not closed."

Karr will remain in custody in Boulder until he can be sent to Sonoma County, Calif., to face child pornography charges dating from 2001.

According to reports by MSNBC and KUSA, a local television station in Denver, Colorado, tests performed on DNA samples taken from Karr do not match samples recovered from Ramsey's body.

On its website, KUSA says it "has confirmed from two sources that the DNA taken from John Mark Karr, 41, does not match the DNA samples taken from the crime scene in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. No charges will be filed against Karr in connection with the Ramsey case by the Boulder County District Attorney's office."

DNA from Karr's hair and saliva were tested in the Denver, Colorado Police Department's lab over the weekend.

"This information is critical because … if Mr. Karr's account of his sexual involvement with the victim were accurate, it would have been highly likely that his saliva would have been mixed with the blood in the underwear," said Colorado District Attorney, Mary Lacy. Lacy noted that Karr had become a suspect after exchanging e-mail with a professor in California.

Karr's attorney has requested that all DNA evidence be handed over to the defense for examination. His attorney has also requested additional testing of Karr's DNA; however, there is confusion about who represents Karr. Seth Temin, a public defender claims to represent Karr, but at least two other attorneys in California, Jamie Harmon and Patience Van Zandt, are also claiming to represent him.

"The warrant on Mr. Karr has been dropped by the district attorney. They are not proceeding with the case," said Timen. "We're deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand, with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him and no independent factors leading to a presumption he did anything wrong," added Timen.

JonBenét, a beauty queen, was found beaten and strangled to death in her Colorado home on the day after Christmas in 1996.

In a press conference earlier this month, Karr confessed to being with JonBenét when she died, adding that her death was an accident. "I was with JonBenét when she died. I loved JonBenét. She died accidentally. I am so very sorry for what happened to JonBenét. It's very important for me that everyone knows that I love her very much, that her death was unintentional, that it was an accident."

Despite his confession, Karr's then ex-wife said that he was in Alabama with her when the murder occurred.


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Iraq; Another day of violence in Baghdad and the south

August 28, 2006

In the southern city of Diwania, Iraqi troops battled members of the Shia minority's Mehdi Army, killing 40 gunmen and wounding another 40 civilians. The fighting claimed 19 Iraqi Army troops. Internal Iraqi forces had lost control of parts of Diwaniya city in Iraq's south after members of the Mehdi Army rejected a call to participate in peace negotiations. In response the Mehdi Army setup checkpoints in parts of the city, sparking the violence that saw the Iraqi government send in large numbers of reinforcements to re-take control of the city.

In Baghdad a mid-morning blast injured about a dozen people, and killing at least eight police officers. The blast was aimed at the heavily securied Iraqi Interior Ministry, which has been the frequent target of attacks. No claim of responsibility has been reported.

This morning's violence contrasted statements by Maj Gen William Caldwell, who claimed "Insurgents and terrorists are hitting back in an attempt to offset the success of the Iraqi government and its security forces," the general went on to say that violence had fallen by half since July, but had increased suddenly in the last two days. Yesterday five US soldiers were killed in three separate bombing incidents, killing four and one respectively, the US military announced today.

Sectarian violence has flared in Iraq since the US-led invasion, leading some to speculate that Iraq is now in the throwes of a civil war. Calls to partition the country are becoming louder, bringing into question the future of Iraq as a unified state. The assassination of the chief prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide highlights the deep divisions between Iraq's cultural factions, lending creedance to speculation that Iraq has a long way to go before the safety of civilians can be assured. Factions still loyal to the Hussein Regieme remain under cover, undermining the reported progress of western forces.


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Austrian teenager mourns captor's suicide

August 28, 2006

An eighteen year old Austrian girl, who was held captive by a 44 year-old man in the basement of his house for eight years, said that she is mourning his, which he committed after she escaped from him.

, abducted on her way to school eight years ago, had been "part of [her captor's] life." Police and investigators, unable to find a single lead or tip of her whereabouts, had all but given up hope of finding her alive and well until last week, when Natascha fled from her captor,, a telecoms technician after he left her cleaning his car to answer the telephone. Natascha's abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil, committed suicide hours after Natascha's escape by throwing himself in front of a train only minutes after he realized her escape.

After hearing of Priklopil's death, Kampusch wrote "..[Priklopil] was part of my life, that's why in a certain way I'm mourning him". believe Kampusch may be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, a psychological condition in which captives begin to feel empathy, and even affection, for their captors. Psychoanalysts are well represented in as, the founder of Psychoanalysis was Viennese. After eight years with her captor, Kampusch is spending time receiving care from at a secret location, away from the media and her parents. Natasha spoke at first but later became more reticent and reluctant to answer questions. A feared a "delayed trauma".

Kampusch's parents expressed their frustration on not being allowed to have access to their daughter. Nevertheless, psychiatric staff with the girl have said that Kampusch needs time to re-adjust to life in the outside world. In a letter to her parents, Kampush stated that they would have "...all the time in the world..." once she had become re-accustomed to the outside. Psychologists claim she may lead a normal future life but probably will require years of psychological therapy. Ludwig Koch, her father said, "Natascha is very thin, has very, very white skin, and patches on her whole body. I don't want to think where they come from." She may be suppressing physical or sexual abuse. Early on she had to call her captor "master" or "lord".


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Talk:Austrian teenager mourns captor's suicide

August 2006
Hello Bill -

I realize that we have a global focus, which is why I do not necessarily always follow stories from the Middle East (although they do represent the bulk of the stories I've filed to date). I did note in several sections of the article that the story took place in Austria, and is significant because of the human impact. - Nikishka —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nikishka (talk • contribs) 01:31, 29 August 2006

I am outraged that FellowWikiNews is reverting my changes to the article without any pretense or basis. I was fixing the article because it was in shambles. This explanation had better be good. Merodoc 02:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC) 02:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but what did I do? F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

The site wasn't updated after my changes had been made, and I thought you had reverted it to the dismal pre-edit. My apologies. Merodoc 02:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Apologie accepted. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I should be the one offering apologies. You're right, that was terrible - gotta stop rushing to publish. Apologies all around. - Nikishka —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nikishka (talk • contribs) 04:15, 29 August 2006

Category and link
edit protected Please add this article to Category:Vienna and localize the link of the same name. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 00:03, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * cat'd, w-ized. --Pi zero (talk) 02:22, 28 October 2015 (UTC)


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Talk:Iraq; Another day of violence in Baghdad and the south

You only have one source!--SVTCobra 01:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * And just put BBC or BBC News, "British Broadcasting Corporation" is so 1950s.--SVTCobra 01:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No, there are three sources. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  01:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


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Sri Lanka - Government Army strikes at Tamil Tiger enclaves in the north east

August 29, 2006

Casualties are mounting in a Sri Lankan army offensive launched against the separatist Tamil Tigers militia in the northeast of the island nation. Reports say eight soldiers have been killed and 28 injured in the latest fighting.

The campaign, launched Sunday, includes navy, air and ground force advancement into Tamil Tiger held territory. Last month the town of Muttur saw heavy fighting and recession of rebel-held territory to the Sri Lankan Government. The fighting prompted international aid agencies to send emergency supplies to the estimated 500,000 residents.

"There was heavy shelling and aerial bombardment, 20 civilians were killed and 26 injured," rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiraiyan told the Associated Press. Accounts of the fighting differed from the account given by Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe of the Sri Lankan Government forces, "We have killed no civilians. I don't think any civilian lives there."

Neither of the reports can be confirmed at this time. International observers have pulled out of the conflict zone and the district is closed to outsiders. The port of Trincomalee is an important supply point for the region's 43,000 government troops.

The airstrikes and shelling have internally displaced close to 204,000 civilians.

The offensive continues even though a 2002 ceasefire is in place, from which neither side has officially withdrawn.


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Sorry, but what did I do? I didn't revert any changes that you made. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Apologie accepted. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

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Canadian MP Benoit Sauvageau dies in car crash

August 29, 2006

Bloc Quebecois Member of Parliament Benoit Sauvageau was killed in an automobile accident on Monday morning after his vehicle hit a tow truck at the side of a road in his Montreal constituency.

Sauvageau, 42, had been an MP since 1993 and represented the riding of Repentigny at the time of his death.

Bloc Québécois (BQ) Leader Gilles Duceppe, speaking in Quebec City, remembered Sauvageau as a hard-working representative who was widely respected "not only in the sovereigntist camp but by his adversaries who always recognized him for his honesty and his determination."

"I think he was a very good member of Parliament, a very good sovereigntist," added Duceppe.

Visibly shaken by the news, Duceppe said: "It's awful, at 42 with four children (daughters) between the ages of five and 15, it's not right."

Former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard, who led the BQ when Sauvageau was first elected, told Radio Canada: "It's a tragedy. It's unbelievable that he died like that."

"He is a man who was engaged in political fights but he did it correctly, with nobility and idealism and a lot of respect for others, even his adversaries," said Bouchard.

Sauvageau was a history professor before entering politics. As an MP he was the Bloc's spokesperson on public accounts and the treasury board and was also the party's critic responsible for the Official Languages Act and the rights of Francophones outside of Quebec.

"On behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada and our Parliamentary caucus, I would like to express my deepest sadness and regret at the news of the death of Benoît Sauvageau in a tragic car accident in Repentigny this afternoon," said interim Liberal leader Bill Graham.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the prayers and thoughts of all Parliamentarians are with Sauvageau's loved ones at this difficult time.


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Watchdog group StopBadware.org warns against free AOL software

August 29, 2006 The software watchdog group StopBadware.org, run by the of  and the, has opened a dialogue with AOL about concerns over the presence of badware, also known as , in the now-free AOL 9.0 software. Badware refers to software applications that try to download additional software with very little or no explanation. StopBadware.org decided to investigate after their users have sent in complaints regarding the operation of the software.

According to the "open inquiry" on StopBadware.org, the preliminary tests conclude that AOL 9.0 installs software and extensions without the consent of the user, requires users to take certain actions, and it doesn't completely uninstall itself. The page then warns readers not to use the AOL software unless they're prepared to handle the risks involved.

The report clarifies its charges; for example it lists "RealPlayer, QuickTime, AOL You've Got Pictures Screensaver, Pure Networks Port Magic, and Viewpoint Media Player" as the software that is installed without notification. Additionally, the AOL toolbar, a bookmark to AOL.com, as well as extra icons are added to Internet Explorer without consent. The report continues by noting that AOL coerces users into upgrading the software by a popup window that does not allow refusal, as well as automatically upgrades the software without allowing that option to be disabled.

AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein claims that these problems are going to be addressed in an upgrade available next month. In the meantime, Weinstein claims that the problems are not malicious. "No one has done more to protect users from malware than AOL," Weinstein said. John Palfrey agrees that the findings of AOL are not the worst he's seen, but they should disclose more information about the software to users. When AOL was issued with an advance copy of the report, StopBadware.org was "very impressed" with their response, and that they look forward to working with AOL.


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Annan demands Hezbollah free abducted soldiers and Israel lift blockade

August 31, 2006

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Hezbollah, Monday, to release the two Israeli soldiers who were captured on July 12.

Annan also urged Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon faulting it for not meeting the requirements of the UN resolution governing the 15 day old ceasefire. The UN leader made his comments in Beirut following talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.

"It's a fixed menu. . . . It's not an a la carte menu where you choose and pick," said Annan of the ceasefire provisions and the failure of both sides to fulfill them. He said that the truce had created the opportunity for a "long-term ceasefire and a long-term peace" but that all sides of the conflict had to fully implement the UN Security Council resolution for that to occur.

Israel responded to Annan's comments by saying it intended to continue the blockade until international forces are deployed along Lebanon's border with Syria and other entry points in order to stop arms shipments to Hezbollah.

"Once the international forces are fully in place and they're able to prevent the smuggling of weapons to Hezbollah, there will be no need for the air and naval blockade," said David Baker speaking on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Addresses Syrian concerns
Annan said that the Lebanese army, not the international force, should have the responsibility of policing the border with Syria saying that the deployment of peacekeeping troops on the border of two countries that have not been at war would be unprecedented. Syrian President Bashar Assad has said having international forces on the country's border would be a "hostile" act.

He stressed that southern Lebanon must become an arms free zone, "In Lebanon, there should be - as we have all agreed - one law, one authority, one gun," he said, and that the disarmament of Hezbollah must be achieved by national agreement within Lebanon and could not be implemented by international forces.

Annan's visit to Lebanon is the first leg of a tour of the Middle East aimed at propping up the ceasefire. He will also be visiting Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Territories and Iran.


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Category talk:Middle East

Just a note, Afghanistan is not in the Middle East. Crimson 03:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Afghanistan is NOT in the MIddle-East!
Someone already pointed out that Afghanistan is NOT in the MIddle-East back in 2006! There should be a way to re-categorize such articles without having to go through them one by one.

 * It might or might not be, depending on what definition of "Middle East" you use. See this map for details. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:46, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Turkey
Afaik we've never counted Turkey as part of the Middle East news region. Perhaps there's some project history I'm missing, there; a particular weakness of the wiki platform is its inability to reconstruct what was in a category at a past point in time. --Pi zero (talk) 22:53, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * We haven't? Well, if we aren't then where is Turkey? Our map clearly displays Turkey. Joking aside, it has been a point of contention (over at Wikipedia). I never really understood why given history, but I think it was political edit-warring. After Turkey joined NATO and was contemplating joining the EU, there were massive amounts of edits removing Turkey from the Middle East on Wikipedia. Some tried to conflate it with notions of "Near East" and "Far East" but Turkey was always kept in Middle East. This "push" seems to have stopped under Erdogan as he consolidates power. Whether or not what I just said is true or not, I think we can put Turkey in the Middle East simply from their activities. Turkey is heavily involved in everything that occurs in the Middle East. From flotillas to Palestine to fighting ISIS in Syria (and using it as a pretense to also fight Kurds all the way into Iraq) Turkey is Middle East. And historically, didn't the Ottomans create the Middle East? --SVTCobra 23:59, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Historically, Turkey was the heart of the . You can thank  for that.  There's a cultural tie, there; however, my (close, though flawed) memory was that when I arrived here Turkey was classified in our hierarchy as part of Asia, period.  Looking at the history of our Turkey, it appears I was not personally responsible for any of its shifts between regions, though I have been personally responsible for going through and normalizing inclusion of articles about countries in particular regions, which had come out kind of random.  I see at User:Pi zero/Categories I've got places to flag out for correction articles that belong to Turkey but not Asia, to Turkey but not Europe, or to Turkey and Middle East — that last being laborious because it isn't always wrong: an article doesn't go under Middle East because it's under Turkey, but many articles under Turkey are also under some country such as Syria that does belong to the Middle East region.  I see that, in fact, our Category:Turkey was created as only in Europe but almost immediately added to both Asia and Middle East, all that in December 2004; remained in all three until Jaunary 2010 when brianmc removed it from Europe; then in February 2010 Rana added it back into Europe and removed it from Middle East, which is how it's been ever since.  I think I knew all that when I started on my squaring-away of such things as tracked on my /Categories page, and figured, well, let's at least be consistent. We don't really have control of the image.  Images have always been a weak spot in the wiki concept, I've felt, because they often contain information that could be described by wiki markup but the image cannot be controlled by wiki markup. --Pi zero (talk) 00:28, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, the images which Commons updates are debatable. But checking the history here, I see maps which were not updated "after a change of opinion" such as this File:LocationMiddleEast.png. Interesting about the Asia only thing. We did see our share of Marxist 'opinionators' who flooded us with NPOV complaints, the scars of which are still seen todsay. Perhaps Turkey was given to them in a hostage situation. --SVTCobra 01:15, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:Watchdog group StopBadware.org warns against free AOL software

Badware, Malware, Spyware, Crapware (plus a couple more less used ones), why can't people choose one name for stuff [end pointless rant]. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Funny Quote
In the article this quote: "No one has done more to protect users from malware than AOL," I found quite funny. I think of heaps of companys that has done more to protect users from malware than AOL, e.g. Microsoft with their Windows Defender programme. --Nzgabriel | My RfA | Talk page 05:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "'No one has done more to protect users from malware than AOL,'[citation needed]" Nuff said. —     07:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I love this! XD You have Windows as an example of non-malware. :D Windows is the most Mal and Ware in all the land. Try Linux. Ok I sound fanboyish, but I was perfectly content with Windows XP until I tried Ubuntu Linux. Do it. It's amazing. At least this wasn't completely off topic. 70.153.231.91 01:37, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Berkman?
They're in Cambridge, MA. Don't we have some resources to do an interview there? 134.146.0.27 13:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


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5 killed as bus from New York City to Montreal crashes

August 29, 2006

Five passengers have died and more than a dozen are injured after a bus bound for Montreal from New York City crashed through a guard rail in upper New York state on Monday evening.

The Greyhound bus was heading north on Interstate 87 when it rolled over at around 6:45 pm before reaching Westport, New York, about half way between Albany and Montreal. Several passengers were still trapped two hours after the crash, according to the Plattsburgh Press Republican.

"All we did was try to comfort people," said Plattsburgh Mayor Daniel Stewart. "I also did a lot of French to English translation for police. Many on the bus were tourists returning to Canada."

The dead include a 16-year old boy and 34-year old man, both from Montreal, and a 69-year old woman from an undisclosed Canadian location. The other two victims are both from New York State including the bus driver.

Thirty-seven passengers were taken to Champlain Valley Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York, following the crash. Twenty-two were treated and released.

Two passengers were have been transferred to Montreal General Hospital where they are in intensive care. Four others are in stable condition.

Reports suggest that the bus crashed through a guard rail after passing a truck, went down an embankment and rolled at least twice before landing upside down. The rear and top of the bus were crushed and one of its back wheels was turned inward. According to Don Jaquish, deputy director of the Essex County, New York Emergency Services, many of the passengers were thrown out of the bus and landed on a grassy area nearby.

Major Richard Smith, Jr., of the New York State Police said that investigators believe a tire failure may have been a contributing factor in the crash. Survivors say they heard a loud bang before the bus lost control.

Smith said that 48 of the 52 passengers on the bus sustained injuries. Greyhound Bus No. 4014 had been due to arrive in Montreal at 9:10 pm. Many of the passengers are believed to be from the Montreal area.

The highway remained closed late Monday between Exits 30 and 31 in both directions.

Family members can call Greyhound at 1-800-972-4583 for more information.


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U.S. commuter blows up section of Washington D.C. Bridge

August 29, 2006 Regular commuter Dan Ruefly detonated a half-mile (800 m) section of the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge just after 12:30 a.m. local time (0530 UTC) on Tuesday 29 August 2006. The detonation brought down over 2,600 tons of steel. The bridge, which carried the Capital Beltway across the Potomac River, was scheduled for destruction as part of a $2.4 billion project to replace the span. The bridge has caused traffic delays nearly every day since its opening in 1961.

Mr. Ruefly had won the honour of pushing the plunger in a contest to find the worst commuting experience; after a motoring accident he became stuck in a traffic jam. Mr. Ruefly (who leaves home at 5:00 a.m. every day to beat the traffic) had crashed into a stationary tractor-trailer on the bridge, leaving him with severely crushed hips. The ambulance sent to transport him to hospital was unable to make it through rush hour traffic and, as a result, Mr. Ruefly almost died.

The detonation of the six-lane drawbridge was originally planned to occur at 11:59 p.m. however it was delayed by over half an hour when spectators broke through security fences to get a better view, the bridge was finally brought down at around 12:35 a.m. There was a 20 second delay between the time of initiation and the actual detonation. It was reported that the plunger was not actually wired to the charges, and was only a ceremonial prop to signal the actual detonation by the engineering crews.

The demolition is part of a complete replacement of the former six-lane bridge with a twelve lane version comprised of two side-by-side drawbridges. Work started on the project as early as 1999 and the new north-bound bridge was opened on June 10 2006. This demolition is the first step in the next stage of the project; to replace the existing bridge with the southbound 'twin'.

Boat traffic on the Potomac River and vehicle traffic on the new Wilson Bridge were halted during the detonation. Airspace was also briefly closed for a short duration.

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New Zealand police want bus driver to pay reparation

August 29, 2006

Christchurch, New Zealand Redbus bus driver Micheal Sean Ohiomhair, 57-year-old, is being sought for NZ$9000 by the New Zealand Police for wasting time and resources after he filed a false statement that a woman had attacked him. The police had put 100 hours into the hunt for the attacker.

The Christchurch District Court found out today that the injuries he sustained were self-inflicted. Ohiomhair changed his plead to guilty to the charges of making a false statement after originally pleading not guilty. Serina Bailey, defence council, said "57-year-old Ohiomhair had originally pleaded not guilty because there were medical and psychological issues I wished to raise". Her client has now consulted mental health services for on-going psychological matters.

Police and ambulance personnel were called to the scene on May 10 at 2045 (NZST), when Ohiomhair told the police that a woman had attacked him while he was at a bus stop in Hornby, Christchurch. The ambulance staff treated him at the scene for injuries he sustained to his forearm and the left side of his head.

The police and police dogs then searched the area but failed to find the alleged woman attacker. After reconfirming what happened the police told him that it appeared his reconfirmation appeared incorrect, he then left the station but later appeared back at the station and confessed to making it up.

This incident followed an original incident when a different bus driver was attacked by teenage girls.

Ohiomhair will appear back in court, after he was remanded on bail, on September 15 for a probation report, a reparation report and sentencing.

Mark Berryman, Police prosecutor Sergeant, said "He said he received information from a family member two hours before, which caused him to become stressed and confused," the information he had received was relating to an incident that happened 25 years ago.


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User:Flipjargendy~enwikinews

So Much Information
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User talk:Flipjargendy~enwikinews

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