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I think I merged "Battle of the Beach" into this article via redirect. Nyarlathotep 19:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * What is the source of this? - "SUBJECT: WHITE POWERlets hope these filthy lebs get whats comming to them! on sunday every white person in the area that still gives a shit about this country will meet at cronulla beach to beat the living shit out of any muslim/arab in sight. lets hope this spreads to the rest of the country until this filth is eradicated! 25,000 are expected to turn up, including sydneys biggest bike gang and stormfront." - It's extremely offensive. --elliot_k 02:10, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Added by an anon. I can't find it in any of the sources, or on Google News or Google Groups. I've removed it, also the reference to "neo-nazis". - Borofkin 02:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Back to develop
I've moved it back to develop, because I think a great deal needs to be done with this story. Because of the wildly differing points-of-view on this issue, this will be a good test for us. - Borofkin 02:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

 * There was talk of this today, and i'll try to verify, but sms alerts like the violent/racist message above were definately circulated. There was even talk of using the new "Sedition" laws to charge the person who sent out the message... more later. --elliot_k 02:23, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Yep, there were definitely SMS messages going around. If we can find someone who received one we can include it in the article as original reporting. - Borofkin 02:52, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm giving this story a make-over... --elliot_k 03:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

 * No worries. I'm preparing a "Reaction from Sydney bloggers" section. - Borofkin 03:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Pictures
There's some awesome pictures at flickr. I've emailed the guy who took them and asked him to release them under a free licenese. Do we know of any other pictures we could use? - Borofkin 03:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * We certainly need more pictures. This is turning out to be a great article (of a tragic event) but without images it is not as good as it could be. - Apollyon 14:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Warren Hudson has set the licence on his flickr photo's of the Cronulla Riot to Creative Commons attribution, which means we can upload them to the Commons. The photo's are here:

 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/warrenhudson/sets/1554165/

I'm not going to be able to upload them for a little while, so if anyone is looking for something to do, feel free.....

- Borofkin 23:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Ethnic Origin!?
"In what has been described as disgusting, un-Australian and shameful behaviour, a 5000-strong mob assaulted people suspected of being of Lebanese or ethnic origin."

Just who is "ethnic" and who is "unethnic"? I realise this is probably referring to people of Mediterranean apperance, but if it is it should state this in a compleatly accurate and correct way so that that people unfamiliar with Australia understand.--220.238.43.237 04:43, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Probably a fair point. The protest/riot appears to have been directed solely at Lebanese, I don't remember any other ethnic group being mentioned, so I've removed the "ethnic origin" bit. - Borofkin 04:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * No worries.--220.238.43.237 04:54, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Police Media Release
Received by email. Not avaialbe on the web yet:

 * 16 arrested in night of violence in Sydney

 * 12 December 2005

 * Sixteen people have been arrested and charged with 41 offences after a night of anti-social behaviour. Police have also issued a number of Field Court Attendance Notices for various offences. General duties and specialist police from the Inner Metropolitan, Greater Metropolitan, Northern and Southern Police regions were deployed as part of a police operation following anti social behaviour at North Cronulla Beach, Maroubra and Brighton Le Sands yesterday afternoon. Twenty-three civilians (20 males and three females) and two ambulance officers were injured at North Cronulla. Six police were injured suffering cuts, sprains and bruising. The following people were charged:

 * • A 23-year-old Mortdale man was charged with malicious damage x 3, resist police, hinder police x 2 and assault police. He was bailed to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 24 January, 2006.

 * • A 25-year-old Cronulla man was charged with assault police x 2. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 24 January, 2006.

 * • A 36-year-old Bondi Junction man was charged with resist arrest x 3 and possess prohibited drug. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 24 January, 2006.

 * • A 34-year-old Cronulla man was charged with offensive manner and resist arrest x 2. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 24 January 2006.

 * • A 17-year-old male juvenile from Cronulla was charged with assault police and will appear at Sutherland Children’s Court on 24 January, 2006.

 * • A 33-year-old Kareela man was charged with offensive behaviour and will appear in Sutherland Local Court on 24 January, 2006 • A 28 year-old Cronulla man was charged with threaten violence and affray. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 19 January, 2006.

 * • An 18-year-old Granville man was charged with possess knife in a public place, drive furiously and not display P Plate. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 24 January, 2006.

 * • A 20-year-old Lugarno man was charged with affray and offensive behaviour. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 2 February, 2006.

 * • A 21-year-old Greenacre man was charged with possess offensive implement and goods in custody. He was bailed to appear at Kogarah Local Court on 17 January, 2006.

 * • A 17-year-old male juvenile from Mascot was charged with drive in a manner dangerous and negligent driving. He was bailed to appear at Sutherland Children’s Court on 17 January, 2006.

 * • A 25-year-old Northmead man was charged with drive in a manner dangerous and negligent driving. He was bailed to appear in Kogarah Local Court on 10 January, 2006.

 * • A 21-year-old Jannali man was charged with resist police x 2 and was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 2 February, 2006

 * • A 40-year-old Sutherland man was charged with offensive language. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 24 January, 2006.

 * • A 24-year-old Cronulla man charged with offensive behaviour, affray, resist arrest and not comply with a direction. He was granted bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 13 January 2006.

 * • 20-year-old Riverwood man was charged with breach of bail condition and is expected to appear at Sutherland Local Court today.

References?
What about putting links to some of the USENET postings referred to in the 'sources' section? Either http: links to a USENET archive or news: links to USENET itself. That way readers know it's not just a USENET beat up.

quality
Let me just say that the quality of wikinews articles as a whole, this one and the oil thingy blowing up, being prime examples, Is definitly Improving and, sometimes Surpassing other news sources. Good Work. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Absolute crap, there was 1 girl waving a Patriotic Youth League sign, there were NO reports of racist flags unless we now consider the Australian flag to be racist.
 * Have a look at the pictures on flickr - there are people with "no lebs" written on their shirts, posters that say "today is the shire's independence day". Also, in the context of what happened on Sunday, the use of the Australian flag was racist. This was truly a shameful event. The footage of an ambulance, surrounded by police, driving away from a mob that is pelting them with bottles just topped the whole thing off. - Borofkin 23:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

why remove the racist elements of this story?

 * I need to verify this but there were indeed White Power flags, posters etc. And many people had painted anti-lebanese slogans on their bodies...--elliot_k 10:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

And why remove the historical context? johnnie howard may want us to forget about the White Australia policy, but this was still legally happening until the 1970's. In any case, wikipedia and wikinews are about NPOV - we may not like what happened in the past, but we can't pretend it happened 1000 years ago. The majority of wikinews editors (those living in Australia) probably did not exist before 1973 (Whitlam's effective closing down the policy), but have nevertheless been influenced by parents, grandparents, teachers, university academics, media owners who are much older than 32... Racism is a fundamental part of Australian history and there's no need to pretend that what just happened is isolated from all historical context. Boud 23:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit skeptical about the relavence of White Australia to this particular incident. Racism is certainly a fundamental part of Australian history - it is a fundamental part of the history of all nations, and arguably fundamental to human nature. If you want to provide "historical context" for the events, I reckon it would be better to add a few paragraphs about community paranoia surrounding Vietnamese crime gangs a decade ago, or Italians and Greeks in the 50's, or the Chinese in the 1800's. - Borofkin 23:37, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm also a bit skeptical about the opening paragraph. I doubt all 5000 people attacked people.  The attacking mob was probably smaller than 5000.

Reinstating Source
I am reinstating the "WHITE POWER" source in this story. Yes, I find the content of that source vile, but here are my reasons for reinstating it.

 * It shows that early on in the piece that white supremacists were involved in organising the events at Cronulla. It seems that those who took part in Sunday's events were being used, probably unawares, by white supremacists.

 * Combined with the "aus.tv" source, it shows how a racist call can get transformed into a more innocuous form, hiding its true meaning. Documenting this effect might cause some to question such 'milder' calls in the future.

 * It is a primary source. Reports from the police are secondary sources.  If someone says "I don't believe the police" and denies the involvement of white supremacists the USENET post proves them wrong.

Didn't have to reinstate it. Someone beat me to it John Dalton 23:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

PROPOSAL FOR A WIKINEWS PROJECT: Can someone try to trace the 'paper trail' (electron trail??) backwards on the Internet, and draw a tree diagram to pinpoint where the calls for gathering at Cronulla first entered the Internet and how they evolved? When did the first call go out? Did the SMS messages predate USENET postings?
 * Can you provide us with a link to one of these postings? I haven't seen one yet... - Borofkin 00:03, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Does the link in the wikinews source work for you? Clicking the title of the link should give you Google's record of the USENET posting to aus.politics (google groups is just an interface to USENET).  Clicking on "show options">"show original" within google groups shows the source of the USENET message.  Here are the headers for the "WHITE POWER" message, including the message-ID:

Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "VoteFromTheRooftops"  Newsgroups: aus.politics,alt.religion.islam,soc.culture.australian,aus.general Subject: WHITE POWER! Date: 7 Dec 2005 04:33:12 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 12 Message-ID: <1133958792.147854.88240@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.129.157.94 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1133958799 12498 127.0.0.1 (7 Dec 2005 12:33:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:33:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 proxy5.mel.dft.com.au:80 (squid/2.5.STABLE10) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com; posting-host=203.129.157.94; posting-account=vVaEaQ0AAACywga-PNb2Gfxle6hwaq1i

I've been able to find these messages on the news server of my ISP as well.

There is a second message out there trying to organise a repeat of the events with in a different location with 10x the people. It was sent via an anonymiser and signed "Action for Australia". Headers are below:

Path: nnrp.waia.asn.au!nntp.waia.asn.au!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!news.wiretrip.org!news.dizum.com!sewer-output!mail2news-x4!mail2news-x3!mail2news-x2!mail2news From: Nomen Nescio  Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above. It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software. Please report problems or inappropriate use to the remailer administrator at . Newsgroups: aus.politics,aus.general,aus.culture.true-blue,aus.tv Subject: Cronulla is only the start! Message-ID: <56a443494a0a393eebbfe0a4a5d029eb@dizum.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:20:06 +0100 (CET) Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@dizum.com Organization: mail2news@dizum.com Xref: nnrp.waia.asn.au aus.politics:361001 aus.general:50699 aus.culture.true-blue:27015 aus.tv:312907

Let me know if you still can't find the posts.

Should copies of these postings be uploaded to Wikinews? The nature of USENET is that articles expire after a certain time, so they will disappear from local servers. Also, aus.politics will see limited distribution outside Australia. Alternatively, perhaps google groups acts as a perpetual global archive for USENET so the existing links will do? John Dalton 00:58, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

How to Handle Future Events
The nutters are on the move again, posting to USENET to try and get a repeat of Cronulla in another part of Sydney. I saw a brief report on Wikinews, which was deleted. The reasons given for the deletion were to avoid publicity for the nutters' cause. Is there a consensus on how to handle such situations?

So far I've just saved a copy of the USENET posting, for use as a source after the event if anything happens. I also sent a copy to the news desk of a mainstream newspaper on the basis that they might know how to handle it 'properly'.

John Dalton 23:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * If you think you have a story, then create it here, sourcing the usenet posts. How about Usenet being used to organise violence in Sydney ? - Borofkin 23:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Further Research
I used google groups to seach Usenet for any postings containing the words "Cronulla" and "Sunday" between the dates Sunday 4th December (the days the lifesavers were assaulted) and Sunday 11th December (the days of the violence). The only postings I could find were the two referenced by this article. Either google coverage isn't complete, a lot of people read Usenet or most of the organisation was done by other means (eg. text messenging). Since the 11th Usenet is abuzz with Cronulla, but little before then.

appalling
I've just deleted the "chanted racist slogans" and waving nationalist flags out of the story. Check the press, there was NONE of this. There was an occasion anti-lebanese chant but there was NO reports of white nationalists flags!!!!

 * Incorrect. It has been widely reported that there were many racist chants. I've reinstated the comment and am also adding more on the White Pride element. It has also been reported that WP groups were present, Jim Saleam and Luke Conners (notorious racists) both stated there were ove 100 of their members at the rally. With some coming all the way from Newcastle. According to other media sources 2GB talkback radio also played a big part in stirring the wasp nest... More to come. --elliot_k 10:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

sign your comments
i know sometimes people forget(including myself) but if you want your views taken seriously and to have any weight in the discussion sign them.--Whywhywhy 05:27, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Possibly controversial changes
There have been some possibly controversial changes to this article today. I've summarised them here:

"White supremacist" vs "White nationalist"
Any options on which is more accurate? Wikipedia says "White supremacy is a racist ideology which holds that the white race is superior to other races.", whereas "White nationalism is a political and social movement to advance the social and economic interests of white or Caucasian people. White nationalists explicitly deny being racial supremacists, arguing that they merely wish for each group of people with shared heritage." What to call them is always going to be a matter of opinion, perhaps we should only refer to what people are calling them, e.g. "Persons who the premier described as 'neo-nazi's'... ? - Borofkin 00:55, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe there has been some debate about the term "White Nationalist" -- based on my quick reading, it's the preferred term by White Supremacists who want to appear more legitimate. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:57, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

"Pro white videos"
This appears to be a new development, probably deserving of it's own article, so I'm going to remove all references to video's from this article. I've informed the anon that s/he should start a new article. - Borofkin 00:55, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

triskelion emblem
The term "neo-nazi emblem" has been replaced with "triskelion emblem". I can find no mention of such an emblem in the sources, so I'm also going to remove this. Please discuss here on the talk page before putting it back in. - Borofkin 00:55, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

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From America
We were visiting there shortly before this happened. I was shocked at learning about this. This whole thing of 'we grew here, you flew here'   Unless your Aborigne , Your not so long ago ancestors floated here on the Jail Boat. The Aborignes got there homes robbed by killers, rapists, and robbers; and your in protest over Muslims; who you find guilty JUST by racial profiling? They say usually what we are most sickly offended by, is what reflects in ourselves; maybe now I see the connection.


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Imitation gun pointed at Australia swimmers during training

December 17, 2005

Photos have emerged in the Australian media of a 9mm imitation pistol being pointed at swimmers by a coach. The incident occurred at a swimming camp where a number of young swimmers were training for next year's Commonwealth Games.

At the camp, Nathan Schrag, a Royal Australian Navy trainer, aimed the pistol at two swimmers whilst simultaneously firing a real pistol in the air. The two swimmers in question had just completed a two hour set.

It is believed that swimmers as young as 16 attended the camp. The officials responsible for the programme have stated that such methods will not be employed in the future. Meanwhile, Rod Kemp, the sports minister, has said that there is no place for such behaviour in sports training.

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U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security visit Dartmouth student over library book

December 17, 2005

A University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth senior was visited by federal agents in September, after he requested a copy of Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, which is colloquially known as "The Little Red Book".

History professors Brian Glyn Williams and Robert Pontbriand reported that the student requested the book through the university library via an interlibrary loan, which the Department of Homeland Security monitors. The agents apparently told the student that the book was on a watch list.

The student was writing a research paper on Maoist communism for Professor Pontbriand's class on fascism and totalitarianism. Government monitoring of library loans is often viewed as totalitarian practice.

"My instinct is that there is a lot more monitoring than we think," said Dr. Williams.


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Incidently? Totalitarianism? Wow. By who. The FBI has been doing it for years.--Tomtom9041 20:46, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Its a pretty common theme in the tin-foil hat community, and people generally don't like it much. I wrote that sentence poorly, but my first attemp was worse. :) Nyarlathotep 00:10, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

More sources
Anyone have anymore sources on this one? My initial instinct is it's bollocks. The student isn't identified; though the paper claims to know them. I suspect the profs are elaborating and feeding this to the paper. Anyone in the area willing to conduct a phone interview?
 * A Dartmouth Professor is a reliable source; here two are quoted. You could just fire off an email to one of the professors if you like; less work then a phone call.  Heck, maybe he'd even edit the article himself.  Nyarlathotep 00:10, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Does Wikinews prefer to promote hoaxes?
The original story, as reported in Wikinews on December 17, 2005, and as reported in Wikinews as I write this, is a hoax.

On December 24, I added text to this effect and added two newspaper sources:

New Bedfored Standard-Times: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/a01lo719.htm Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/24/students_tall_tale_revealed?mode=PF

Within one hour, a Wikinews administrator reverted the page back to the original version. By taking this action, Wikipedia readers may incorrectly consider that this story is factual when it is based on a lie.

Unless a Wikinews administrator takes action to correct this hoax, it will appear that Wikinews prefers to promote hoaxes instead of facts.
 * It is our practice to preserve articles as published as much as possible. A small notice, with a link to the new article, would be most appropriate. When the new article detailing the hoax is published, I plan to add a one-line notice to the top of article explaining the hoax and linking to the new article. I hope this meets with your approval. --Chiacomo (talk) 22:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we have our retraction someplace. I think it was doing pretty well, but it may not have been published yet.  We should keep the article as is, but end with a one line tag-like italics blurb saying "this story was found to be based upon a hoax".  Also, the word "lie" is POV and should be avoided.  The word "hoax" is accurate.  Nyarlathotep 04:00, 27 December 2005 (UTC)


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This is painfully obvious. The original page title included the same typo as well. This needs to be deleted immediately as blatant plagiarism. WAvegetarian 00:22, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm looking into this. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 01:56, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * This is copied from the original author's web site and is not copyvio. Please see Talk:China names its new head coach for swimming (the same article is published at http://www.swim-sites.com/news/chinacoach.html). -- IlyaHaykinson 02:28, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
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President Bush defends NSA domestic intercepts

December 19, 2005

In a radio speech from the White House on 17 December 2005, President Bush acknowledged that in the weeks following 9/11 he had "authorized the National Security Agency [NSA], consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations."

President Bush said that the government establishes a clear link to terrorist networks before intercepting these communications, adding that the purpose of the program is to "detect and prevent terrorist attacks against the United States and our allies."

Stating that terrorists inside the United States were communicating with terrorists abroad before the 9/11 attacks, President Bush said that the authorization he gave the NSA "helped address that problem in a way that is fully consistent with my constitutional responsibilities and authorities."

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that established procedures requiring court approval were simply not quick and flexible enough to respond to the urgency of the terrorist threat, and to allow the administration to eavesdrop on highly mobile targets in order to disrupt potential plots.

Before Bush's secret order, such wiretaps were obtained through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. It prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power. FISA also allows the Attorney General to grant permission for emergency wiretaps without a warrant, with retroactive application being made within 72 hours. Historically, the vast majority of applications are accepted without modifications by FISA. For example in the 2004 report of FISA to Congress it is noted that the number of approved warrants with substantive modifications was 94 out of a total of 1758 while 5 applications were rejected.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Peter Hoekstra defended Bush's authorization of the surveillance program and to bypass the FISA. Chairwoman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senator Susan Collins announced a call on the NSA for a "full briefing" about the program, and said that the program's authority needs to be clarified. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Bush's radio address raised "serious questions as to what the activities were and whether the activities were lawful."

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President Alvaro Uribe asks Washington to stop meddling

December 18, 2005

Alvaro Uribe, president of Colombia, reportedly told the United States on Friday to stop meddling in the affairs of his country. The U.S. ambassador to Colombia asked the president to take steps to fight corruption that have plagued Colombian regional elections. Uribe stated that "the Colombian government does not accept the meddling of foreign governments, even if it is the United States."

U.S. ambassador William Wood gave a speech in which he claimed that many regional, including mayoral, races had gone unopposed due to bribery and intimidation. The ambassador blames rightist paramilitary groups for most of the offenses. Wood suggested that groups who continue to commit offenses despite the peace deal they signed should be stripped of the benefits they have received through that deal.

Uribe has been criticized by many human rights groups for going soft on paramilitary organizations. President Uribe's father was killed by leftist guerillas.

Uribe is a conservative politician and one of the United States closest allies in the region. The ambassador, William Wood, apologized for confusion made by his comments saying that "there was no intention to interfere in any way with Colombian elections, but rather to support the democratic, free, open and impartial process."

A former ambassador, Myles Frechette, suggests that because the president is up for re-election in May, he might want to demonstrate to the country that Colombia is a sovereign nation.


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This article contains many biased/POV terms. Please remove them in accordiance with the NPOV policy. Additionally, please attribute all quotes by posting the exact quotation (or quote a source's summary), and attribute it. As such, this article has been put back into development. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 03:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

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I fixed the TOC problem
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Australia's Howard calls for nativity scenes

December 18, 2005 Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has made an impassioned plea to restore the religious meaning of Christmas.

Mr Howard said he had "contempt" for arguments that the religious side of the Christmas season should be toned down by removing Christmas trees and symbols and nativity scenes. He said he had been saddened by the removal of Christmas trees and nativity scenes from public places.

It is thought that the reason behind the removal of traditional Christmas scenes was so that non-religious people and those of other faiths were not offended. Mr Howard said "You don't win tolerant brownie points by pretending to be something that you're not".

Backing Mr Howard, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby said "We are a Christian country. If minorities are to integrate, they need something to integrate into.  I don't think there is any intolerance in saying, 'This is who we are'".

The president of the Islamic Council of Queensland, Abdul Jabal, said "We don't celebrate Christmas but we support others doing so. It's a time of peace and sharing".

Opposition leader Kim Beazley used Mr Howard's comments to attack the government's industrial relations policy saying "I would say this to John Howard and to the Australian people about it, the biggest threat to Christmas in this country is John Howard's extreme industrial relations law". He added that people who wished to take time off work to celebrate Christmas have no rights to do so under the government's industrial relations reforms.


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London bomb survivors launch campaign for public inquiry

December 18, 2005

Survivors of the London Bombings have urged the British public to write to their MPs, and set up an online petition calling for an independent Public Inquiry into the attacks.

52 people were killed and hundreds more injured on July 7th 2005 when four suicide bombers blew themselves up on three separate London Underground trains and a public bus.

Earlier this week the British government rejected calls for a Public Inquiry, arguing that such an investigation would be too expensive, take too long, and be a distraction from their efforts to combat terrorism. Instead, the government has offered to put together a "narrative of events".

But survivors of the attack argue that a fully comprehensive investigation could teach valuable lessons which may help reduce the likelihood of future attacks, and improve the response capabilities of the emergency services.

Some survivors, such as Rachel North (a pseudonym), who has been active in organising a support group for her fellow victims, have been angered by the government's alternative proposal of a "narrative". Writing on the weblog she started to help her, and others, come to terms with the aftermath of July 7th, Ms North says:

"Even if you don't like the questions, don't like the answers, think you know the answers already, Mr Blair, it is us, not you, who are paying the cost for this... If the cost of answering questions makes you squirm, then too bad... We run the risks on the trains, the buses, the streets each day... How dare you presume you know our questions and how dare you presume that they can be answered by a 'narrative of what happened', as if we are children to be placated with a story. I know what happened, I want to know why."

Ms North also quotes a number of other survivors:

"We are constantly reminded that this is the worst peace time bombing London has ever seen, for something that bad there should be an inquiry. People died, families lost someone they loved and hundreds are still suffering. You can't put a price on that but apparently the government can." - "Fiona"

"If nothing else, an enquiry would make sure some of these lessons were learnt in case, God forbid, anything like this happened again. I thought there were plansin place for emergencies such as this. Whilst the emergency services did a fantastic job on the day, I have been stunningly underwhelmed by the support offered to victims since." - "Pauline"

An anonymous survivor, writing on the "Yorkshire lass" website, says:

"'When I watched the Al-Qaeda video declaring Jihad against the UK I was haunted by the familiarity of the voice, it was my voice, my accent, my dialect. This is not a man who was recruited and trained in some far off country that I have barely heard of, this was a man who was recruited and trained while he lived 20 minutes from my mother's home where I was born and raised.The words he spoke of are words similar to what I have heard many times from disillusioned young men that I studied for my A Levels with. They are the words of hatred I overheard when I worked as a support worker at my local college. They were words of students who were educated... when someone follows through with the actions of those opinions to the detriment of others, questions need to be asked why preventions were not put in place and this needs to be done by public inquiry for peace of mind.I have been told that I am looking for justice in the wrong place and in some way that is right. However, I want some sort of justice, some manner of peace of mind, some questions answered and resolutions made. I don't want others to have to go through what myself and hundreds of other commuters did on that Summer's day.'"

Relatives of the dead have also been very critical. Quoted on the BBC's website, Saba Mozakka, the daughter of Behnaz Mozakka,who died in the Piccadilly Line explosion, said:

"The families will be campaigning for there to be a full public inquiry... A narrative of events will not satisfy anybody. This is not something we will go away on."

Marie Fatayi-Williams, whose son Anthony was killed in the attack, told the BBC: "I ask myself - if there is really nothing to hide then why shy away from a public inquiry? It is the only real way that we can truly get things discussed and see for ourselves what happened and what lessons can be learnt and whether we are better prepared now than on 7 July... I have a son who was killed and is never going to come back. Nobody is going to tell me that [an inquiry] is a waste of police time."

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Approval down for President Pacheco

December 18, 2005

According to a poll taken by Demoscopia and published in the Costa Rican newspaper, 53% of respondants say they disapprove of the presidency of. This is an increase in 21 points since the last poll taken in August of this year.

Costa Rica is the only Central American country yet to ratify the (or CAFTA). Pacheco has sent the bill to the legislative branch for ratification but they are not expected to approve until April of 2006. CAFTA was supposed to go into effect on January 1, 2006.

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German hostage freed in Iraq

December 18, 2005

The German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff, who was abducted in Iraq on November 25th, has been freed.

Her brother told n-tv that she had been brought to the German embassy in Baghdad and is well. Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed the reports and said that her Iraqi driver, who was abducted along with her, is still in the hands of the kidnappers but they have promised to release him as well.

How she was freed, whether ransom was paid, or even which group abducted her is still unknown at this time. Steinmeier declined to answer any questions on the topic.

The captors demanded that the German government breaks off diplomatic relations with Iraq, which it has refused to do.

Osthoff had been living in Iraq since 1991. She is a converted Muslim and married to a Jordanian. Her 12-year old daughter is living in Germany. In recent years Osthoff became more and more involved with delivering aid to the Iraqi people. She was featured on the front page of the New York Times in 2003 and appeared in a series about her work in the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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San Diego ends Colts' bid for perfect season

December 18, 2005

The San Diego Chargers defeated the Indianapolis Colts 26-17 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. It is the first loss of the season for the Colts, who are the fourth team in NFL history to win their first 13 games.

San Diego pulled ahead early, scoring a touchdown and two field goals in the first half. Nate Kaeding kicked a 48-yard field goal in the third period to increase the Chargers' lead to 16 points, but Indianapolis responded with two touchdowns and a field goal in 6 minutes, giving the Colts a 17-16 lead.

Kaeding made a 49-yard field goal to put San Diego up 19-17 in the fourth quarter. The Colts' ensuing drive ended when rookie Chagers defensive tackle Luis Castillo sacked Colts quarterback Peyton Manning putting Indianapolis out of field goal range. Chargers running back Michael Turner then scored a touchdown on an 83-yard running play, pushing San Diego's lead to 26-17 with two minutes left.

The Colts attempted a comeback but Manning was intercepted in the Indianapolis endzone, bringing to an end the game and the Colts' 13-game winning streak.

The win means the Chargers remain in close contention with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who won in Minnesota, for an AFC wildcard spot. San Diego and Pittsbugh both have 9-5 records, however the Steelers won their head-to-head matchup which would searve as a tie-breaker. The Colts have already clinched top seed in the AFC.

"It's tough to go 16-0. You have to play well every week," said Colts coach Tony Dungy. "The only consolation now is that we won't be asked all those questions, have all the media around and we can have more focus on our ultimate goal, to win the Super Bowl." The Colts no longer threaten the record set by the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the last NFL team to boast a perfect season.

The Colts (13-1) are in Seattle next Saturday to face the Seahawks (12-2), and the Chargers (9-5) are in Kansas City to play the Chiefs (8-6).


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Integration
Why do people continue to use the word "integration" when they really mean "assimilation"? Why is it so difficult to get this distinction straightened up in the public mind? --vonbergm 21:06, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Because he's simply calling it what he calls it. Do you think that Howard intentionally chose that word in-order to mislead people? - unsigned comment by 24.94.246.41
 * ???? --vonbergm 18:36, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I dont believe it was Howard that used that term. I thought it was a church leader Cartman02au 20:15, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

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Israeli PM Sharon suffers 'mild stroke'

December 18, 2005 Hospital officials at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem announced that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a temporary mild stroke Sunday evening.

"Our tests have shown that the prime minister had a mild CVA," (stroke) said Dr. Yuval Weiss, a spokesman for the hospital. Sharon briefly suffered some minor physical symptoms including slurring of speech and loss of some motor control.

Sharon was reportedly returning to his ranch in the Negev desert when he told aides he was not feeling well. He was rushed to hospital and admitted shortly after 8pm (18:00 UTC). The later statement of Dr Weiss stated that no invasive procedures were necessary.

Sharon's stay in the hospital is likely to be brief, some reports suggest he may be released in the morning although his personal physician, Boleslav Goldman has stated the stay may be three or four days. Despite hospitalisation, he is continuing to maintain full control of events in Israel.

Sharon has not previously suffered major health difficulties, although the BBC suggests his stressful life and position may have contributed to the incident and surrounding scare.

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Talk:President Bush defends NSA domestic intercepts

suggest headline change to something like: President Bush defends NSA domestic intercepts--Cogito 22:57, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
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Kwaśniewski to end his term within 5 days

December 18, 2005 Aleksander Kwaśniewski, a post-communistic ex-leader of the Alliance of the Democratic Left (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej), will end his term as the president of Poland within 5 days. His successor, conservative Lech Kaczyński, from the Peace and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość), is going to take the reins on December 23rd. This comes as the result of the October 9 elections and the October 23 run-offs, when he defeated liberal Donald Tusk by 54% to 46%.

Although Kwaśniewski has quite a good reputation in Polish society, he has often been called irresponsible and very static. That was said by some, especially from nationalistic and populist parties, such as Peace and Justice, and Self-Defense and League of Polish Families, candidates in the last elections (both parliamentery and presidential), who had been promising people a strengthening of the position of Polish president.

The last weeks of Kwaśniewski's second term were marked by the issuing of some pardons to people related to the post-communistic left.

Kwaśniewski, who took over the presidency after the election of 1995, and then was re-elected in 2000, is the successor to Solidarity movement leader Lech Wałęsa. He was unable to stand for re-election again as the Constitution of Poland states that the Polish president can only be re-elected once.


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Dick Cheney makes surprise Iraq visit

December 18, 2005 United States Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Iraq today promoting the recent Iraqi election, amidst an upsurge of violence that has killed more than 30 people. The Vice President's visit was so secretive that even Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari was unaware he was coming.

In a visit lasting 10 hours, Mr. Cheney met with military commanders and Iraqi politicians as he was shuttled between locations including the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad and the Al Asad air base in Anbar province west of Baghdad, travelling by a group of eight armed helicopters. Cheney commented on the recent elections, stating that "I think what started here in Iraq will have an enormous impact through the region," and "We're, as Americans, very proud to be part of that."

Later, Cheney took questions from 30 troops in a large tent. "From our perspective, we don't see much as far as gains," Marine Cpl. Bradley Warren told Cheney. I was wondering what it looks like from the big side of the mountain -- how Iraq's looking." "Well, Iraq's looking good," Cheney responded. "It's hard sometimes, if you look at just the news, to have the good stories burn through. Part of it is that what we're doing here, obviously, takes time from our perspective, looking back, as I say, to a year and a half ago, I think it's remarkable progress. I think we've turned the corner, if you will. I think when we look back from 10 years hence, we'll see that the year '05 was in fact a watershed year here in Iraq."

Cheney's visit was marred by a surge in violence after a relatively quiet period following the elections. Nearly two dozen people, including two police officers, died Sunday in a combination of suicide bombings and insurgent attacks.

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Hi! Great picture of the rally on Sunday. I've moved the picture over to a new article, Anti-racism rally in Sydney, and started to develop it. Did you go to the rally? If so, you are welcome to add your observations to the article, trying to be as neutral as possible. See the page original reporting for more information. - Borofkin

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Hi Cartman.... Just letting you know that I've comletely redone the Australian Portal - it now displays articles grouped into days, the same as on the main page, and has a lead article. We can set our own standards on the Aussie portal - for example, we could ditch the whole "develop" and "publish" stages if we wanted to, or we could create an "australia-publish" stage, that would cause the article to appear as published on the Australian Portal, but not on the Main Page. Articles are still in the main namespace, however, and still have to be NPOV. Anyway, let me know what you think on the Australian discussion page. - Borofkin 23:33, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

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Black vulture population targeted for reduction at Virginia boat launch

December 19, 2005 A Virginia recreation and fishing boat launch on the James River near the Dominion Virginia Power plant at Dutch Gap is the scene of too many Black Vultures, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Virginia Department of Inland Game and Fisheries.

In 2002, more than 350 Black vultures were killed at Dutch Gap in an effort to reduce their numbers to a level of a couple dozen birds. But they made a quick come back in the area, and during this past week a hundred of the birds have been disposed of by a shot to their head with a pellet gun.

The USDA reports that both Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus), along with their close relatives called the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), are experiencing population increases stretching well over the last 10 years.

The species is increasingly a problem by growing into being a nuisance, as well as a threat to health and safety concerns. The presence of the birds in large numbers, at places they roost, can cause damage to property as they peck and claw at construction surfaces, and cause unsanitary human health conditions from the defecation and regurgitation of the birds. Their presense at landfills, often in near proximity to airports, is a problem for airplanes during take-off and landing.

At the entrance to the Dutch Gap boat launch parking lot, a large yellow warning sign is posted that reads: "Please be aware of possible damage to vehicles and trailers due to the large Black Vulture population currently inhabiting this parking area. Because the Black Vulture is a federally protected species, Chesterfield County is working with the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture and the Virginia Department of Inland Games and Fisheries to resolve the problem. You can help by disposing of all litter (even non-food items such as cigarette butts) in trash barrels. Thank you for your cooperation." The vultures reportedly perch on vehicles and scratch the paint, and for some reason are going after windshield wiper blades. Vultures have shown an ability to adapt to residential and business settings. The bird, with a 4-foot adult wing span, can be seen gliding through the air at virtually any time of day in Chesterfield and Prince George counties in central Virginia.


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Talk:Kwaśniewski to end his term within 5 days

A little explanation of English metaphors to help the original contributor:

"to reign" means "to rule", but "to take the reins" means "to take control" - reins are what a rider holds to control his horse.
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Public services shutting down in New South Wales, Australia due to lack of money

December 19, 2005

Some public services in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, are shutting for extended periods over Christmas and New Year in an effort to save money.

Public hospitals are cancelling elective surgery for periods of up to six weeks. The University of Newcastle has forced all staff to take annual leave and has ceased its core functions of research and teaching for three weeks.

A NSW Health spokesperson has defended its decision to keep quiet about the shutdowns, saying "They [NSW Health] don't want to release any more information - we are telling the public enough." The NSW president of the Australian Medical Association, John Gullotta, disagrees saying "We are losing up to three months of the year in shutdowns." He went on to say "A lot of it is about cost savings - they will blame the holidays, but it is about reining in costs."

According to the University of Newcastle its shutdown "is, at this stage, a one-off event." Further, "the primary objective of the Christmas close down is to reduce leave accruals." Earlier in the year the University laid off 412 staff in an effort to reduce costs.


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Can anyone else flesh this story out with more examples of public services using Christmas/New Year as a cover, and closing for longer periods than are necessary?

I noticed that my line "Disclosure: John Dalton, a contributor to this article, is currently a postgraduate student at the University of Newcastle." was deleted. This was not meant to be a "by-line" trying give myself credit. It was meant to be a way of warning readers that I am in some way associated with an institution being discussed in the article so they could be on their guard against bias.

How are we to guard against such bias? I have made every effort to be unbiased and base what I say on third party sources rather than my opinions. Despite this, I think readers need to know of my association. Is a line "Disclosure: A contributor to this article, is currently a postgraduate student at the University of Newcastle." acceptable?

One solution might be to refrain from writing articles about any institution which which I am associated. I think that is over the top and eliminates important sources of information from Wikipedia. There are two ways to look at a Wikinews contributor:

 * As a reporter, in which case it is questionable whether I should be writing about the University of Newcastle.

 * As a source providing information to a reporter, in which case it is acceptable for me to write about the University of Newcastle. In this case the 'reporter' is all the other people on Wiknews, who are free to edit the information I provide.

I lean towards the second scenario, as a crucial difference between wikinews and a newspaper is that bias due to an association can be instantly removed by a third party.

What do others think?
 * We are all biased - some people hate George Bush, some people hate leftie pinko protestors, some people think global warming is a load of rubbish, some people work/study at the University of Newcastle. It is up to yourself and the community to try to eliminate the effects of that bias in articles, or rather, present all biases equally. In the case of original reporting, it is always going to be the case that the person doing the reporting is in some way involved in the events being reported. This is certainly true with all of the Sydney protests that we have reported - the contributors are almost universally participants in the protests. If you have done original reporting for this article, then you should add an "Original reporting" section to this talk page, explaining what you did and what information in the article came from you as the source. Remember, this article wasn't written by you, it was written by the Wikinews community. Very few may have actively changed it, but many have read it, and decided to not change it. However, if you still feel that you need to declare your bias, feel free to do it here on the talk page. - Borofkin 02:45, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


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The fact that this news can't even make it into wikinews, while some nativity scene crap about australia can is a sad statement on the state of wikinews. ROFL!
 * I'm not entirely sure what you mean - the fact that you are commenting on the article talk page demonstrates that it has made it into Wikinews. - Borofkin 02:57, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

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This article was on WN:DR; the tag had been removed. While I think the article is ready for publication, I've restored the tag and moved back to develop for now. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 20:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
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Snore...the fact is that wiki will win in the end, duh!


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Talk:Black vulture population targeted for reduction at Virginia boat launch

I find it kind of strange that they were able to get permission to do this as they are prottected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Doesn't that kind of make the treaty useless? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:07, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I meant to check that treaty, but the date made me forget. I think shotguns are best for a bird that size, a vulture for Xmas anybody? Gads, hey, catfish is good eating. -Edbrown05 04:21, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

This is very stupid! Vultures are cool and they are protected! Makes me angry! >:( I don't get what they did in the first place! *sighs*.... --207.69.139.146 03:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

What's the root cause?
How come they thrive so well? According to the wikipedia page this article points to, "They mainly eat carrion, but also eggs and decomposing plant material. They may scavenge at garbage dumps and sometimes kill young animals." So, immediately i suspect that they are feeding on material discarded by humans (foods, or refuse from a nearby food processing industry) Jerome Potts 01:20, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Those questions nag at me too, and I am afraid there is no apparent answer that I became aware of. I hoped not to create an impression that the parking lot is or was trashy, because it is not. The boat launch is in a location that is fairly remote, and is also located next to a 810-acre conservation area. If I were to venture a very unprofessional speculation, road kill is up from heavier vehicular traffic, and the area hosts plenty of fields and livestock. -Edbrown05 02:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 11:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Australian government accused of neglecting regions
Hello. Thanks for your feedback on the regional funding article. I've responded on the article talk page. I've looked back through your contributions to this site, and it seems that you have a different perspective on politics to me. My latest effort is Thinktank recommends changes to Australian student fees, only started this morning, and still in develop status. I'd appreciate any help that you could provide, especially finding original sources that provide a different point-of-view or more depth to the article. However, even just a review of the article would be welcome. - Borofkin 01:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

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Evo Morales wins presidential elections in Bolivia

December 19, 2005

The New York Times has reported that Evo Morales has won presidential elections in Bolivia. Morales ran on a campaign of restoring coca farming in Bolivia, in spite of the United States' program to wipe out coca growing (in an effort to reduce the cocaine business). Morales is an Aymara Indian and former coca farmer himself. Morales described his victory as a signal that "a new history of Bolivia begins, a history where we search for equality, justice and peace with social justice."

At 9pm last night Jorge Quiroga conceded defeat saying, "I congratulate Evo Morales." The National Electoral Court had yet to confirm the votes as of Sunday night, but Morales is expected to win easily. According to the Bolivian media based on exit polling, Morales is expected to receive 51 percent of the vote, compared to 30 percent for his nearest rival, Jorge Quiroga.

Evo Morales' government will be the first to be led by an indigenous president in the nation's history. Morales' left of center policies, especially his support for the coca industry will likely not make him a popular Latin American figure for the Bush administration in the United States, who might be afraid of a closer alliance between Morales, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and even the more moderate but still left-of-center Luiz Lula da Silva of Brazil.

Morales has commented saying that under his administration there will be "zero cocaine, zero narco-trafficking but not zero coca." In addition to being against the U.S. policy of coca extermination, Morales is also against many of the neoliberal policies of the past Bolivian governments, including free trade agreements. However he might have some difficulty getting through his new programs as the Movement Toward Socialism party to which he is a member did not win control of the congress.


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The same as Wikipedia:User:m.e (why do we need to create an identity in each wiki?)

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British MP calls for ban on Aspartame

January 2, 2006

Roger Williams, a UK Member of Parliament, has called for emergency action to ban the artificial sweetener Aspartame (aspartamine), questioning its safety. The MP said that there was "compelling and reliable evidence for this carcinogenic substance to be banned from the UK food and drinks market altogether."

Reservations of some U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists about the safety of Aspartame were overridden when the agency initially approved the food additive in 1981, but many other countries followed the U.S. lead in endorsing the chemical sweetener for general public use. Aspartame has been linked in various studies cited by Mr. Williams to brain tumors, anxiety attacks, neurological impairment and other side effects, particularly in experimental animals; however, several reviews by government agencies have found no credible proof of such risk to humans and no country has banned or limited the substance for human consumption and such non-governmental groups as the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association assert that extensive investigation has not shown any serious adverse effects attributable to Aspartame. Nonetheless, organized groups continue to debate the issue vigorously and there are calls for class action law suits. The initiative by MP Roger Williams may now bring the debate into the open political arena of the House of Commons.

New research on combining Aspartame with other common food additives suggests that while each substance alone may be safe enough, some combinations frequently found in commercial products interfere with the development and function of the nervous system in rats. (Lau, et al.) Few, if any, other experiments with combinations have been conducted. On the other hand, surveys of human populations, which consume Aspartame in various combinations with artificial colorings and flavorings, have failed to convincingly show significant harm.

Aspartame is sold under the brand names of Equal, Nutrasweet and Canderel and is an ingredient of thousands of "diet" or "lite" products.

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:15, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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title: User talk:Defenestrate~enwikinews


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User talk:Ironpenguin~enwikinews

Welcome
Ironpenguin, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Brian McNeil / talk 15:30, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Ironpenguin~enwikinews