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Alaska senator Ted Stevens indicted in corruption scandal
It seems capitalizing VECO was the right thing to do if we trust the DOJ. Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

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Appeals court confirms death penalty for Saddam Hussein

December 26, 2006

According to the Tribunal spokesman Raed Jouhi, the Iraqi High Tribunal's appeals court in Baghdad confirms the sentence of death against the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, after a month and a half of trial review.

According to the CNN, no sentence has been notified to Saddam Hussein yet.

On November 5, Hussein was sentenced to death for his role in the Dujail massacre in 1982, in which 148 Shiites died.

According to Iraqi laws, Hussein would be hanged within 30 days, and there is no chance of pardon.

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Berufungsgericht bestätigte Todesurteil gegen Saddam Hussein Confermata la condanna a morte per Saddam Hussein

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Gasoline pipeline explosion in Nigeria kills hundreds

December 26, 2006

Reports say that hundreds of people are dead after a gasoline pipeline exploded in the northern suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday.

"Some of the bodies were so burnt that it would be difficult to recognize them as those of human beings," said one Red Cross official, Kingsley Amori.

The Red Cross says that many of the victims can only be identified by looking at the remains of their skulls. Estimates suggest that 200-900 people were killed, and another 60 people received medical treatment.

"The bodies are scattered over the ground. We can't get close enough because the fire is still burning. We cannot confirm how many hundreds were killed." said secretary-general of the Nigerian Red Cross, Ige Oladimeji.

The explosion is believed to have been caused by vandalization in the pipeline. Reports say that thieves used a drill to punch a hole in the pipeline in order to steal gasoline, which is sold on the black market.

Fuel was being pumped into the pipes to be distributed for consumer use when it exploded. The pipeline is operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which is owned by the State of Nigeria. Workers have stopped pumping fuel through the pipelines.


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Oil spill reported in Gulf of Mexico

December 26, 2006

At least 21,000 gallons of has spilled into the  near the United States mainland coast, about 30 miles off the shore of, Texas. The says that oil is still leaking at a rate of 80 to 400 gallons a day.

The High Island Pipeline began to leak on Sunday and was immediately shut down when a pressure loss was detected. The pipeline is owned by who state that the incident is "under investigation" and that officials are working to "minimize the impact of the incident."

"A medium crude oil pipeline ruptured 30 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, and leaked approximately 21,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, December 24," said a press release by Coast Guard.

"There's a 60-yard-wide oil sheen that extends for about half a mile. It is still leaking slowly, about 80 to 400 gallons a day," added the Coast Guard.

Reports say that the oil is traveling away from any shoreline and that remaining oil is being suctioned out of the pipeline. Ships in the area have not been diverted.

"All appropriate agencies have been notified. Plains, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Texas General Land Office are working within a unified command system consisting of Federal and state agencies and oil spill response organizations to manage and mitigate this incident. In addition, Plains has activated its spill response plan to contain and clean up the spill. At present, Plains has mobilized Airborne Support, Inc., Clean Gulf Associates and other additional resources in an effort to minimize the consequences of the incident," said a press release by the Plains oil company.

So far, no injuries have been reported.

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Saddam's image
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Talk:Gasoline pipeline explosion in Nigeria kills hundreds

the numbers dead are varying widely by source - the bbc and cnn are still reporting around 250-260 deaths @ http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/26/nigeria.blast/index.html and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6209845.stm but some of this article and some of the other sources quoted say more - maybe there needs to be a change of headline???

IMHO, the title has been been left fairly ambiguous as it is, and BBC and CNN cosourced together is pretty trustworthy. Unless there comes a report that maybe 1200+ died, then I'd say to change it. Unless the title was already changed to 'hundreds.' Fephisto 21:35, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Lagos Island.jpg
Please replace the first image with "Lagos Island.jpg". Thanks. 82.95.171.213 11:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, Cirt (talk) 11:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


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Saddam Hussein to be hanged in 30 days

December 26, 2006

National security adviser for Iraq, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, has confirmed that Saddam Hussein is to be executed within 30 days of losing his appeal at the High Tribunal Court. Mr. al-Rubaie said: "The appeals court approved the verdict to hang Saddam." Following the announcement, approximately 20 people were killed and 12 people injured in Baghdad, in a bomb explosion and a mortar attack.

The decision requires ratification by the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani who personally opposes the death penalty. However President Talabani has given legal permission for one of Iraq's two vice-presidents to sign death orders.

Mr. Hussein was first sentenced to death on November 5 when he was convicted of murdering 148 Shi'ite's in Shi'ite village, Dujail, following an assassination attempt. Mr. Hussein claims that those killed were found guilty in an Iraq court of law. Others who were involved will also be hanged, those people include Mr. Hussein's half-brother and chief of intelligence, Barzan Ibrahim and head of the Revolutionary Court in Iraq who issued the death orders against the Shi'ites, Awad Hamed al-Bander. Taha Yassin Ramadan, former vice-president of Iraq, had been given life imprisonment but an appeals court found that was lenient and have asked the High Tribunal Court to give Mr. Ramadan the death sentence.

Scott Stanzel, spokesman for the White House, said that the decision was an "important milestone in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law. The Iraqis deserve praise for continuing to utilise the institutions of democracy to pursue justice. Saddam Hussein has received due process and legal rights that he denied the Iraqi people for so long, so this is an important day for the Iraqi people."

Raed Juhi, spokesman for the High Tribunal Court, said: "The Iraqi judicial system would ensure that Saddam is executed even if Talabani and the two vice presidents do not ratify the decision. We'll implement the verdict by the power of the law."

In December 2003, Mr. Hussein was found hiding in a hole north of Baghdad with a pistol which hadn't been fired.

During the trial, which was televised all throughout Iraq and the Middle East, Mr. Hussein was kicked out of the courtroom for repeatedly giving harangues. The others also given the death sentence showed up during the trial with only underwear on and sat with their backs to the judges. Also during the trial, three lawyers acting on behalf of the defense and one witness were murdered.

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Russian spy deported out of Canada

December 28, 2006

The alleged Russian spy who called himself Paul William Hampel was deported out of Canada on Tuesday. It is believed by CSIS, the Canadian intelligence agency, that Hampel was part of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.

Justice Pierre Blais, who took his case, ordered the alleged Russian spy's deportation on December 4th. Customs Canada sent the man to the airport at 11:00 p.m. on Christmas Day. The man arrived in the Russian capital at 7:35 the next day.

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said that Russia provided papers to allow the man to return to his home country.

"He was closely monitored the whole time," Day told the Canadian Press on Tuesday. "We didn't think he was a risk to flee but the usual procedures were in place."

"As this case demonstrates, individuals who do not respect our laws and threaten the safety of our communities are not welcome in Canada."

Day also said the incident would not ruin Canada's relations with Russia.

"We understand that these things go on in the world, the Russians understand that also."

The man, when he was in Montreal's federal court, said that he is a Russian citizen that is in Canada illegally. The judge, who took his case, allowed Hampel's true identity to remain secret. When Hampel was arrested he was carrying more than $7,800 in many currencies and three mobile phones.

Hampel stayed in Canada for about 10 years.

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Hampel possessed the following items at the time of his arrest:

 * A fraudulent Ontario birth certificate in a travel pouch under his shirt
 * A Canadian passport
 * $7,800 in five different currencies
 * Several bank and credit cards
 * Index cards with detailed notes about Canadian history
 * Three mobile phones
 * Five SIM cards, used for when a cellphone user changes countries - several were password-protected
 * Two digital cameras
 * A shortwave radio

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You've been blocked for 24 hours, for deleting sources without reason. Please stop. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:02, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:208.53.138.229

Please don't vandalize wikinews. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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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! Bawolff ☺☻ 04:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC) - P.S. Documents implicating Farmers Insurance Group for discrimination released (Farmers Discrimination Documents Released!) Needs more and better sources before it can be published. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Mormon group article
hi, thanks for contributing to Wikinews. i just wanted to let u know that the Wikinews Content guidelines do not permit Wikinews to republish press releases written by parties to a dispute (see also What Wikinews is not). while writing an article about a controversial issue, pls use multiple sources and ensure that the views of all parties are represented (see WN:NPOV). articles that fail to meet these standards will not published on Wikinews and will be deleted unless they are adequately improved upon. as mentioned in the welcome message above, Writing an article walks u through the steps of writing an article. — Doldrums(talk) 16:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * the main problem with Press Releases is not so much the copyright restriction as the fact that they are almost invariable not NPOV in content and expression. to write an unbiased article, pls use multiple sources including those independent of the disputing parties, represent the views of all parties and finally, pls do not publish an article until u are sure it meets the minimal standards for an article. do note that repeatedly reverting someone's edits is considered Wikinews:Edit warring and is expressly frowned upon. — Doldrums(talk) 16:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * pls do not repeatedly attempt to publish disputed content without addressing the content raised. it is considered edit warring and can get u blocked from editing Wikinews. — Doldrums(talk) 16:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

REPLY: This article follows the guidelines of all fine Schools of Journalism and it is quoting from a Primary source. As far as a dispute. There is no dispute as to whether the letter was sent or written. IF Wiki. chooses to censor this article than it would have to censor every article that someone finds offensive.

Lawsuits are filed for libel and slander. In every case, the court holds the Primary Source reponsible, not the news publisher. We have quoted the primary source. Please publish the article and stop the stonewalling. Thank You.
 * Well I see that your familiar with this. Anyways, please see the comments on Farmers Insurance's Mormon War. [most importantly, please address WN:NPOV ] Bawolff ☺☻ 05:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * your new article has similiar issues as the last one. it won't get published unless these issues are fixed. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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Please test stuff in the sandbox. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Please remember you need to have sources before you can publish an article. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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category this, category that. -Edbrown05 10:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Some categories are usefull to offer news ordered by topic. I only use the main big categories and less as possible. I would merge day categories that appears in Wikinews (see Special:Category ) in by-year superior categories. Regards. --82.159.137.19 10:28, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm reequesting Categorical index be deleted as it jas categories we mostly don't seem to use (or should use), and Browse already exsists. sorry Bawolff -)(-: 00:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I request maintain it and I erase the delete message . It is a common Wikimedia category tree. We can use Categorical index for  category order and Browse  for existing categories. --Mac 07:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
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User talk:75.126.48.148

Good day. Please do not blank or replace talk page text. As you did to Talk:Former U.S. President Gerald Ford dies. It is considered vandalism and is subject to you being blocked. Thanks. Neebs 15:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Iran parliament to review compliance with IAEA standards

December 27, 2006

Following a bill, which was passed with approximately 81% by the 207 MPs attending, Iran's wants Iran to review its compliance with the International Atomic Energy Agency. This was the first time since the that a bill was passed in five minutes. This bill was given double-urgency status, making it a higher priority over everything else. This passage occurs after the UN implemented sanctions against Iran for continuing its nuclear program; the new law permits for Iran to continue its program against the UN's wishes.

This new law allows President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to take action about, including establishing conditions of inspections by the UN. However, the bill does not authorize the complete end of inspections.

The UN's atomic agency's governors may meet in January to consider imposing more sanctions if Iran does not end its nuclear program 60 days after the sanctions imposed on Saturday by the UN Security Council.

Iran is considering withdrawing from the.


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Surgeon declares that Fidel Castro does not have cancer

December 27, 2006

José Luis García Sabrido, the chief surgeon at Gregorio Marañón hospital in Madrid who treated 80-year-old Fidel Castro last week, announced that the intestinal bleeding which led to surgery was not caused from cancer. Rather, he had a "benign illness" with a series of complications. He is currently recovering from a serious operation. When asked if Castro had cancer, Sabrido responded, "From what I know, I absolutely deny it."

Sabrido refuses to declare which caused Castro's illness, keeping in the Cuban government's wishes, however The New York Times says diverticulitis is a common, non-cancerous cause of intestinal bleeding.

US politicians still believe that Castro is seriously ill; there is speculation in Washington and among Cuban exiles that Castro has colon cancer. John D. Negroponte, the United States Director of National Intelligence, told The Washington Post that Castro is "terminally ill" and will be dead in "months, not years."

Fidel Castro transferred his position to his brother Raul on July 31 due to intestinal surgery. The Cuban government has since kept his health situation relatively secret; this is the first time a medical expert outside the Cuban government has commented on his health since he dropped from the public view in July.

According to recent reports, Castro will be healthy enough to be President of Cuba again.


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Blair flight overshoots runway

December 27, 2006

A British airways flight from London, England to Miami, Florida containing British prime minister Tony Blair has missed a taxiway at Miami airport. The Boeing 747-400 plane hit lights as it was turning off the runway onto a taxiway taxiing at 1815 local time on Tuesday evening (2315 GMT).

The pilot couldn't see the correct taxiway due to poor lighting, said British Airways spokesman John Lampl.

Prime minister Tony Blair, with his family, was on his way to stay with Bee Gees star Robin Gibb at his house in Miami Beach when the incident occurred. The plane and all 343 passengers onboard were not damaged or hurt.

A U.S. safety board has said that it's now investigating the incident.

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Iranian president sends letter to Pope Benedict XVI

December 27, 2006

The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI which was delivered by the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Vatican City has not released the contents or details of the letter, but news agencies in Iran report that the letter contains a discussion about the United Nations resolution against Iran, which imposes sanctions.

In a statement, the Pope said that he "reaffirms the role that the Holy See intends to carry out for world peace, not as a political authority but as a religious and moral one ... so that peoples' problems will always be solved in dialogue, mutual understanding and peace."

Ehsan Jahandideh, a spokeperson for the President of Iran's office, states that the letter "is completely non-political. The president has emphasized in the message that cooperation of divine religions will help resolving problems of mankind."

There is no word on whether or not the contents of the letter will be released to the public.


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European telescope searches for planets

December 27, 2006

A telescope designed to find earth-like planets outside our solar system was launched on a from  inside the country of. The project, which is known as  or COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits, is led by the French.

"Our Corot satellite has been put into orbit today perfectly by a Soyuz rocket," said president of National French Space Studies Center, Yannick d’Escatha.

The telescope will remain in space for at least 2 years to hunt down and find other planets. The telescope will begin to first monitor the. After approximately 150 days of monitoring, the telescope will then begin to watch the constellation. Every 150 days the telescope is expected to monitor a new area of space.

The telescope will take images of light that a star puts off and then watch for the brightness of that star to dim, which usually means a planet has crossed in front of the star. Scientists hope to find at least 10-40 planets, and additional gas giants.

"These create a 'starquake' that sends ripples across the star’s surface, altering its brightness. The exact nature of the ripples allows astronomers to calculate the star’s precise mass, age and chemical composition," said a spokesman.

"Such planets would represent a new, as yet undiscovered, class of world that astronomers believe exists. With Corot, astronomers expect to find between 10-40 of them, together with tens of new gas giants," said a spokesman for the E.S.A..

The telescope contains a camera, equipment to communicate with the scientists, direction controls and temperature detection.

"Corot will be able to find extra-solar planets of all sizes and natures, contrary to what we can do from the ground at the moment. We expect to obtain a better vision of planet systems beyond the solar system, about the distribution of planet sizes. And finally, it will allow us to estimate the likelihood of there existing planets resembling the Earth in the neighbourhood of the sun or further away in the galaxy," said one researcher on the project, Claude Catala.

The telescope weighs nearly 1,500 pounds.

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68 pieces of luggage found behind Texas pet store

December 27, 2006

At least 68 different pieces of luggage has been found behind a pet store inside a garbage dumpster in Houston, Texas. The luggage came from several different international flights and authorities do not know how they got there or if the contents of the luggage have been stolen.

"We're going to be investigating and the authorities are going to be investigating," said spokeswoman for Continental Airlines, Mary Clark. All luggage was handed over to Continental Airlines.

The luggage is reported to have been sifted through, and most pieces have come from all over the world. The luggage is reported to have come from. Some pieces of the luggage have name tags and Clark states that "we're trying to reach whoever we need to let them know the bags are there."

Officers with the Houston Police Department are in charge of the investigation. The luggage was found by individuals who own the pet store.

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Polar bears reviewed to become "threatened" species

December 27, 2006

The United States is giving some thought to adding polar bears to the list of threatened species. The proposal to list polar bears has resulted from a lawsuit settlement the Bush administration reached in February with Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a decsion was to be made 12 months after that settlement, based on the Endangered Species Act petition process.

"Today the Interior Department's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. We are making this proposal because a scientific review of the species by the Fish and Wildlife service found that populations may be threatened by receding sea ice, which polar bears use as a platform for many activities essential to their life cycle, including hunting for their main prey, Arctic seals," said Dirk Kempthorne, the Secretary of the Interior in the U.S.

"[Polar bears are] one of nature's ultimate survivors, but we are concerned the polar bears' habitat may literally be melting," added Kempthorne.

"[We have never had a species] listed with such a close correlation to climate change as this one," said an attorney with Natural Resources Defense Council, Andrew Wetzler.

"Global warming is the single biggest threat to polar bears' survival, and this will require the government to address the impacts on the polar bear," added Wetzler. The "threatened" category encompasses "vulnerable," "endangered," and "critically endangered." Currently, polar bears are listed as "vulnerable" under the World Conservation Union.

Although the United States Fish & Wildlife Service makes no formal mention of increasing or decreasing polar bear population within US borders or worldwide, it is estimated that there are between 22,000 and 25,000 polar bears living, some 4,700 are living in the state of Alaska, and about 15,000 live in Canada.


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At least it wasn't a Wikinews hoax!! ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  23:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Cindy Klassen named Canada's female athlete of the year

December 28, 2006

Speed skater Cindy Klassen was voted as the 2006 Bobbie Rosenfeld Award's female athlete of the year, on Wednesday. Her second time winning the honour, she was given the award for winning five medals at the 2006 winter Olympic games in Turin, Italy, in February.

Klassen had 131 of 144 first-place ballots in voting by sports editors and broadcasters. The editors and broadcasters were surveyed by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News. She finished at 412 points in the Canadian Press award voting. Clara Hughes, of Winnipeg, was second with 104 points and three first-place votes.

Hayley Wickenheiser, of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, had five first-place votes and finished third with 83 points. Wickenheiser helped the Canadian women's hockey team win Olympic gold in Turin.

"There were so many good moments," Klassen said. "I just had so much fun with my team at the Games."

Klassen will also be racing in the 2010 winter Olympic games in Vancouver, British Columbia and in nearby Whistler, British Columbia, a popular snow skiing destination.

"It's such a tremendous opportunity, to be able to race in your home country and have the home crowd," Klassen said. "You have such a huge advantage."

"I'll be 30 then. I hope I get stronger and that I'll be peaking at that age," she said. "As I've seen with a lot of speed skaters, your career goes up and down. I'll just keep trying and hope for the best."

Klassen, a Winnipeg, Manitoba native, was also awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy this year. Her five medals made her Canada's most decorated Olympian. She also won the bronze medal in the 3,000 at Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002.


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Canadian gold-medalist arrested, charged with kidnapping

December 27, 2006

Canadian gold-medalist is facing a January 5 extradition hearing from the United States, after she was arrested and charged with abducting her 12-year old daughter Maude. The athlete is arguing she should be allowed to return to Canada on her own.

Bédard had taken her daughter to Washington D.C. with her new husband, Nima Mazhari, on October 2, violating the terms of her divorce settlement from Biathalon coach Jean Paquet. Mazhari, who is a sculptor, was charged with the unrelated theft of $100,000 worth of paintings last year.

Paquet filed a report with the on December 8, stating that Bédard had violated the divorce terms, and an international  was issued.

On December 20, the case was brought to the attention of Interpol, and two days later the announced her arrest in, Maryland, at a hotel celebrating Maude's 12th birthday. Maude was taken into the custody of the Marshals Service for three days, before being returned to her natural father.

Defence attorney John Pepper is arguing that the United States should be obligated to release Bédard on bail as she hasn't been formally charged with any crime, pending her extradition to Canada, where she faces two charges, child abduction and violating a custody order.

Pepper is also arguing that the three-time Olympic medalist was seeking refuge from "bureaucratic terrorism" in Canada, a claim that Bédard made in a letter she sent to the, Kofi Annan and US ambassador explaining why she was leaving Canada.

Bédard gave testimony during the, where she stunned the courts by alleging that advertising firms had been engaged in , that her current husband was responsible for the decision not to send the to Iraq, and that Formula One driver  had been paid $12 million to wear a Canadian flag, claims that were not verified by other sources.

Bédard is facing growing doubts about her mental state, which her attorney says are attempts to "belittle" her, due to personal grudges and her role in the scandal.


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Talk:Iranian president sends letter to Pope Benedict XVI

Let's hope it's not about that holocaust denial stuff. The Pope is German and Germans are very sensitive about ze war. ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  04:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * He mentioned it once, but he thinks he got away with it. Sherurcij 09:01, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

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Former U.S. Senator John Edwards announces candidacy for U.S. President

December 28, 2006 John Edwards, a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina announced his candidacy for U.S. President today in New Orleans, Louisiana.


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Italian MP starts thirst and hunger strike to protest Saddam execution

December 28, 2006

Marco Pannella, a member of the European Parliament (MP) and leader of the Nonviolent Radical Party, started a thirst and hunger strike to protest the death sentence against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

"The Iraqi government would commit a horrible act, of the same level as those committed by Saddam Hussein himself," Pannella said yesterday in a statement on the party's Web site.

Granting clemency to the former Iraqi leader would be "an extraordinary occasion, to make literally explode in the hearth of the Middle East and in the world, an immense act of peace and a debate among the peoples and consciences, the scandal of nonviolence as an alternative to dictatorships and to the war; a war that now, more than ever, is impending on humanity".

"In 2003", he said, "despite the vote by a large majority of the Italian Parliament calling for the exile of Saddam Hussein as an alternative to the war, and for a free Iraq, both the Italian Government and the parliamentary opposition, did not follow up to that vital decision. Saddam Hussein was aware of our initiative. He could remember it now with gratitude and regret for not accepting it. A living Saddam Hussein, could become an essential and unique instrument to pacify and deligitize the 'army', made up of gangs of assassins, which is continuously committing massacres against the Iraqi people".

Marco Pannella, aged 76, has been at the forefront in Italy of the promotion of important reforms regarding narcotics, facing incarceration on various occasions for his civil disobediences. Engaged in the defence of civil rights in Eastern European countries, in 1968, he was arrested in Sofia for having distributed leaflets against the Communist regime. He is one of the first promoters and founders of the “Green” and “ecologist” political movements in Europe.

On August 12, 2006, as reported by news agencies, Marco Pannella made a bold new proposal for World Peace, composed of three elements:

 * Admission of Israel to the European Union

 * A World-Wide Satyagraha for Peace, including co-ordinated hunger strikes around the world

 * Obtain a pardon that would convert the death penalty for Saddam Hussein to 30 years in prison (the international appeal)


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The following are contests that FellowWikiNews participated in or won.

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Note that FellowWikiNews finished third in Messy's Contest.
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 * Language: English
 * Current number of points: 99
 * Joined: 01:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Finished: 28 December, 2006

 * Copyediting, NPOVed, found additional sources: Family sues CNN's Nancy Grace after 'heated debate' 3 points
 * Created prepared article, original reporting: Dion wins Canadian Liberal leadership after fourth ballot 5 points
 * Created: Pope Benedict to visit Turkey among anti-pope protests 6 points Three additional points - Turkey has low coverage and It's a place that I'm not from.
 * Copyedited, found additional source: Spanish cyclist Isaac Gálvez dies after crash in Ghent, Belgium 1 point
 * Created: Canadian Cabinet Minister resigns over Harper's Quebec motion 3 points
 * Copyedited: Liberals, BQ, win Canadian by-elections 1 point
 * Found additional sources: Canada to revisit same-sex marriage issue next week 1 point
 * Added substantially to, found additional sources: Two fallen Canadian soldiers return home from Afghanistan 4 points
 * Copyedited, found additional sources: Ed Stelmach elected new Alberta premier 1 point
 * Copyedited, found additional sources: Former Chilean President Pinochet suffers heart attack 1 point
 * Created: Ignatieff, Rae say they'll run in next Liberal election 3 points
 * Copyedited, found additional sources: CNet Reporter James Kim, family missing 1 point
 * Copyedited: New Zealander fired for checking background information on girlfriends 1 point
 * Copyedited, found additional source: Prime Minister Blair flies to Washington 1 point
 * Added substantially to, found additional source: Chess champion loses to computer 6 points Three additional points - Russia has low coverage and It's a place that I'm not from.
 * Copyedited, found additional source: France24 non-stop news channel on air today 1 point
 * Found additional source: NASA unveils plans for moon base 1 point
 * Created: CNET reporter James Kim's body found in Oregon wilderness 4 points One additional point - Not from the U.S. or Oregon.
 * Added substantially to, found additional sources: Same-sex marriage reaffirmed in Canada 5 points
 * Copyedited, found additional source: Woman burning her flatulence downs American Airlines flight 1 point
 * Copyedited: Boil water advisory lifted in Vancouver 1 point
 * Added substantially to, found additional sources: Taco Bell pulls green onions from all U.S. and Canadian stores 5 points One additional point - Not from the U.S.
 * Created: Canadian jazz star Diana Krall gives birth to twin boys 3 points
 * Created: Canadian Liberals show strong lead, says poll 3 points
 * Created, original reporting: Male models win The Amazing Race 5 points One additional point - Original reporting.
 * Created: Canadians to elect senate for first time 3 points
 * Created: Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71 3 points
 * Created: Ed Stelmach sworn in as new Alberta premier 3 points
 * Created: Court of Appeal upholds Ontario's talks with Caledonia 3 points
 * Copyedited, found additional sources: Toronto team-led research on Type 1 Diabetes 'groundbreaking' 1 point
 * Created: Rally organizer arrested in Caledonia, Ontario 3 points
 * Created: Canada's environment minister may be replaced 3 points
 * Added substantially to, found additional sources: JK Rowling announces seventh Harry Potter title 5 points One additional point - Not from the United Kingdom.
 * Copyedited, found additional source: Blair flight overshoots runway 1 point
 * Created: Canada's Cindy Klassen named female athlete of the year 3 points
 * Created: Russian Spy deported out of Canada 3 points

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Talk:Italian MP starts thirst and hunger strike to protest Saddam execution

What does MP stand for? Neebs 22:00, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Member of Parliament. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

What the heck?
"an extraordinary occasion, to make literally explode in the hearth of the Middle East and in the world, an immense act of peace and a debate among the peoples and consciences, the scandal of nonviolence as an alternative to dictatorships and to the war; a war that now, more than ever, is impending on humanity"

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New Zealand doctor starts smoking in protest

December 29, 2006

A New Zealand doctor has taken a "stupid step" as he has started smoking in protest of a three-day strike being held by radiographers.

Doctor Chris Wynne, clinical director of radiation oncology at Christchurch Hospital and a senior cancer treatment specialist, has described his actions as stupid but has said that this was the only action he could take to highlight that around 250 cancer patients are going to suffer during the strikes. Dr Wynne said: "I've tried everything sensible so now I am doing something stupid. Appealing to common sense hasn't solved these strikes."

The national secretary of the radiation therapists union sympathises with Dr Wynne. Deborah Powell, said: "I agree with him [Dr Wynne] that this situation is stupid and I can understand his feelings of frustration because we are frustrated too."

The strike is over pay disputes and is due for January 9, 2007 and will last for three days. But Dr Wynne disagrees that the strikes are over pay because: "The doctors have said if they tell us what the difference is in the money we will make it up, so it isn't even about the money any more." Dr Wynne said that no one responded to the offer.

Ms Powell said: "However, the problem is the DHBs [ District Health Boards ] and their offer. We are losing staff to Australia because pay and working conditions are better and we need to change that. If this doctor [Dr Wynne] wants to help he should be sitting on Gordon Davies' [chief executive of the Canterbury DHB and national DHB spokesman] doorstep and asking him about money."

"The union and management are so close but they don't seem to be able to resolve this," Dr Wynne said.

Dr Wynne said that he had smoked as a teenager. But despite that he is still going to smoke until the pay disputes are over, "as long as it takes."

Sneha Paul, spokeswoman for Action on Smoking and Health, said: "Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable deaths, so we would recommend he found another way to express his concern. Every cigarette does you damage."


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Sydney FC to lose competition points

December 29, 2006

Australian A-League club Sydney FC has been docked three competition points by Football Federation Australia (FFA) after it was found guilty of breaching the Player Contracting Regulations.

The FFA stated that the offences warranted a A$259,000 fine as well as a three-point deduction, however it considered "the cooperation and full disclosure provided by the current Sydney FC Board and Management to the FFA" during the investigation process, and reduced the penalty to a A$129,000 fine plus two competition points deducted.

However, this most recent breach also activated a one-point suspended penalty issued to Sydney FC in August 2006 for previous breaches of the salary cap, increasing the total points lost during this case to three.

This latest breach also incurred a suspended penalty of a one-point deduction which will automatically be activated for any breaches during seasons 2006-07 or 2007-08.

In a statement released on the official A-League website, "the [FFA] Board determined that the following breaches had occurred: an undisclosed payment made to a player; pre-payments from the Club to players; and payments made by the Club to agents of the players".

Sydney FC, the defending champions of the A-League, will not be deducted the competition points immediately and has one week to appeal. If Sydney decides not to appeal the FFA decision, the points will be removed on January 5, 2007.

According to Sportal, the club has notified the FFA it intends to appeal the decision, however no formal confirmation has been published. Sydney FC have said in a statement on their website that "the club will consider its options regarding the decision before issuing a further statement".

Sydney is currently sitting in second position on the 2006-07 A-League table and the three-point reduction would see it fall to third place.

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Train collides with bus in Mexico

December 29, 2006

A train has crashed into a bus in a suburb of Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. The bus and train slid along the track for more than 100 yards (approx. 90 metres), according to witnesses.

The collision has killed at least 24 people and injured 12 more, according to police and other Mexican authorities.

Another department spokesman, Octavio Campos, said that 19 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the bus, and that two of the 12 people initially listed as injured later died in the hospital.

The incident occurred as the bus headed north on a highway in Cuautitlán. The bus collided with the 36-carriage train as it crossed the tracks in the industrial area.

The bus driver apparently misjudged the speed at which the train was traveling, thinking he could beat it across the level crossing.

The bus driver was arrested following the crash, and according to officials, was trying to flee the scene. The train conductor was also detained for questioning. The train was pulling 36 empty wagons at the time on the incident.

Juan Carlos Herrera, an emergency worker at the scene, said the casualties were all from Mexico.

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High definition anti-piracy DRM possibly hacked

December 29, 2006

Several companies that designed the encryption system for DVDs with a high definition are currently analyzing the claim of a hacker, who said to have cracked the code protecting new generation DVDs from illegal copying. This was stated by a representative of one of the companies on Thursday, December 28.

Muslix64 is the name of the hacker that announced the details of the process he performed in order to unlock the encryption. The purpose of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) is to prevent pirate copying. It is supposed to restrict the devices that are able to play the DVDs.

Such companies like Walt Disney Co., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Sony Corp. were the ones to create the encryption so to defend the high-definition formats. The latter encompass HD-DVD format developed by Toshiba, with a series of other corporations, and Blu-ray format developed by Sony and its partners in this enterprise.

The hacker launched on a famous hacker website his decryption codes and posted a short film on a video site. The film displayed the process of copying several films, like "Full Metal Jacket" by Warner Bros and "Van Helsing" brought by Universal Studios.

Muslix64 also mentioned that he is going to post some more source codes on the second day of the New Year. According to his words the codes will allow copying a wider variety of titles.

The inability of companies to protect their production could find themselves in a difficult situation. This concerns especially those that have the goal of boosting their revenues. They are aware of the fact that the standard DVD format is not as popular as it was. The sales of DVD movies in 2005 gained around 24 billion dollars for the industry of movie making.

The technology expert Adrian Kingsley-Hughes wrote on the ZDNet.com (tech-site) that the decryption code developed by Muslix64 looks quite genuine. He also mentioned that the decryption code for HD-DVD might give some advantages for those that look forward to backup discs. However in general none of the rival formats will be in advantage of this possible hack.


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Custody of Saddam Hussein given to Iraq, to be executed 'today or tomorrow'

December 29, 2006

Saddam Hussein is reported by BBC to be already executed, at around 6:05 Baghdad time today.

10:22PM EST, CBS broke into Friday night coverage to report Saddam was executed.

As of 10:00PM EST, the nation of Iraq was awaiting word of Saddam's execution.

The custody of Saddam Hussein has been turned over to the Iraqi government and a judge, who is to be present during the execution of the former Iraqi dictator, says that the execution will take place no later than Saturday.

One of Nouri al-Maliki's advisers has stated that the execution will be carried out by 6 a.m. on Saturday (10 p.m. Friday EST).

"A few minutes ago we received correspondence from the Americans saying that President Saddam Hussein is no longer under the control of United States forces," said a statement by Hussein's lawyers.

At least one judge has stated that the execution could take place as early as "today."

"Saddam will be executed today or tomorrow. All the measures have been done," said Munir Haddad, an appeal's court judge who upheld the vedict to have Hussein executed. Mr. Haddad is expected to be present during Hussein's execution.

"I am ready to attend and there is no reason for delay," added Haddad.

Not everyone agrees that Hussein should be executed. The Prime Minister of Yemen is trying to urge U.S. President George W. Bush to stop the execution from taking place.

"The Yemeni government urges [Bush] to intercede to prevent this sentence from being carried out ... as it would lead to more internal strife and suffering for the Iraqi people," said a letter to Bush from Yemeni P.M., Abdul-Qader Bagammal.

He is expected to be hanged on a custom-made gallows that has been kept in Camp Cropper, a U.S. military prison at Baghdad airport where Hussein has been imprisoned.


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Donald Trump reacts to 'Pimp' comments

December 29, 2006

Real estate tycoon Donald Trump on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 reacted to Rosie O'Donnell's comments about him on the The View.

"Rosie has some real problems," Trump said on Anderson Cooper 360. "Rosie's a loser. She's been a loser always."

It started when Miss USA Tara Conner was caught under age drinking. Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe Organization, gave her a second chance. Rosie O'Donnell called him a "Pimp" on her personal blog and said he has no right to be "the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America" on The View, which she co-hosts.

"Rosie got mentally beaten up by me," Trump told The Post yesterday, "because she's a mental midget, a low-life."

"It's too bad a degenerate is able to get away with things like that," Trump said yesterday. "I met Tara the night of the pageant and didn't see her again until she got into trouble."

Trump said that he would sue her over her comment.

"It will never end on my behalf because I've exposed Rosie for what she is: a very dumb human being," Trump told the Associated Press. "She's got no intelligence, but I've known that for a long time. Unfortunately, Rosie's pulled the wool over the public."

When CNN contacted O'Donnell, one of her representatives said she was unavailable for comment. CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 also said that she is welcome to comment anytime.

Blog post
O'Donnell's blog post is read as follows:

"a young girl in nyc meets a pimp he cons her into a life of illusion she works for him no fun — no f******g — no future she is owned when she sneaks out on her own to party the night away he freaks he roughs her up a bit shames her in front of the others teaches her to behave for his own benefit"

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Ice shelf breaks free in Canadian Arctic

December 29, 2006

The Ayles ice shelf, which is more than 11,000 football fields in size and is located just south of the North Pole, has broken free in the Canadian Arctic. Scientists say that global warming has played a "major" role in the break.

The entire 41 square miles of the shelf broke away from Ellesmere Island at least 16 months ago, and the break was discovered when a satellite took pictures of the region recently.

"This is a dramatic and disturbing event. It shows that we are losing remarkable features of the Canadian North that have been in place for many thousands of years. We are crossing climate thresholds, and these may signal the onset of accelerated change ahead," said Warwick Vincent, a Laval University scientist who studies conditions in the Arctic.

Higher temperatures are believed to have played a significant role in the break, and all 6 shelves in the Canadian Arctic have become at least 90% smaller since they were discovered in the early 1900's.

"It [the break] is consistent with climate change. We aren't able to connect all of the dots, but unusually warm temperatures definitely played a major role," added Vincent.

Seismographs detected the break and collapse of the shelf in August of 2005. The short amount of time it took for the event to occur has come as a surprise to scientists.

"What surprised us was how quickly it happened. Even 10 years ago scientists assumed that when global warming changes occur that it would happen gradually, so that perhaps we expected these ice shelves just to melt away quite slowly. It's pretty alarming," said head of the University of Ottawa's global ice lab, Luke Copland.


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User talk:Bfgx~enwikinews

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FDA backs clone meat

December 29, 2006

United States Food and Drug Administration announced that cloned meat and milk from specific animals was "...as safe as the food we eat every day." An FDA spokesperson also added that there where "No unique risks for human food consumption...".

Coming after a lengthy study, the move is likely to meet with opposition from U.S. consumers, despite the final decision having still to be made.

Consumer groups have met the announcement with caution. Carol Foreman, a spokesperson for the Consumer Federation, was quoted as calling the move "a very bad decision".

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Talk:Donald Trump reacts to 'Pimp' comments

Is this kind of tabloid badmouthing really worth a Wikinews article?
 * As I understand tabloids, their stories are ninety-eight percent blatant bullshit, while this isn't. And if it's big enough to cause at least a national stir, then it deserves to be reported on. Bl a st  30,12,06 1917 (UTC -5) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|18px]]


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Talk:Ice shelf breaks free in Canadian Arctic

If this happened on August 13, 2005 why do we have it as a news story on December 29, 2006? Mac Davis 22:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It occurred in August 2005 but was only recently detected on satellite images. (BBC) --Naught101 02:14, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * What is 11,000 football fields? American football or the international game? Shushruth 05:12, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

where??
without a diagram its impossible to tell where this happened.

Football fields
Not a good idea of size: see this comment.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:28, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * i came to this discussion page precisely about this. 11,000 football fields is lousy as a comparison of size. I see that the French WN article mentions it "larger than Manhattan island"; that's much better. Jerome Potts 06:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Global Warming
Only one scientist in the four articles sites claims that "Global Warming" played a major role in the event, the others basically say that it is hard to tie this to any single cause and the one that did use the term "major" also said, "We aren't able to connect all of the dots...":

 * "It's hard to tie one event to climate change..."
 * "The researchers suspect climate change may have played a role...cannot definitively say it is a result of global warming."

It really should be changed to One lone scientist claimed that although he "wasn't able to connect all of the dots" he still claimed that "global warming has played a "major" role in the break."

How about some NPOV? -- Sgartner 09:47, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Category - Arctic
Would like to add the category to a number of arctic related news articles to begin a wikinews Arctic portal to complement and support the Wikipedia Arctic portal and wikiproject. Kind Regards [[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|<small>talk</small>]] (talk) 01:29, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


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User:Mac Davis

Please see my User page at the Wikipedia :) Wikipedia:User:Mac_Davis

Although I do not do much editing here, I am here to add science to the science articles, citing actual sources (not Reuters or CNN), debiasing where there can be bias, and guarding against sensationalism in reporting. :) Sorry guys.

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Reasons for Litvinenko's conversion to Islam revealed

December 30, 2006

Exiled Chechen emissary Akhmed Zakayev revealed that although dissident Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko had converted to Islam on his deathbed, he had been considering such a move for a long time. FreeMediaOnline.org reported that Mr. Zakayev comments on Mr. Litvinenko's conversion to Islam were made in an interview for the Voice of America (VOA) Russian program which aired Friday.

Mr. Zakayev said that Mr. Litvinenko grew up in the North Caucasus among Muslims and was always interested in their religion. According to Mr. Zakayev, Mr. Litvineko was ashamed of Russia's actions in the Chechen war and this also influenced his conversion. Mr. Zakayev told VOA that Mr. Litvinenko wanted to show that not all Russians behave the same way as those responsible for atrocities in Chechnya.

Mr. Zakayev was granted political asylum in Great Britain and the British government has refused Moscow's requests for his extradition. The Russian authorities accuse Mr. Zakayev of foreknowledge of terrorist attacks and other crimes involving hundreds of killings and captures of Russian servicemen during the separatist wars in Chechnya. He has denied these accusations.

Alexander Litvinkenko died in 2006 after a three-week struggle with effects of radiation poisoning. Before his death, Litvinenko accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of ordering his death. Since then, British and Russian investigators have found numerous traces of a rare radioactive element that caused Litvinenko's death, although no connection to Putin has been found.


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Putin's critic dismisses Kremlin's accusations in Litvinenko's case as 'science fiction'

December 30, 2006

Exiled Russian businessman and President Putin's critic Boris Berezovsky dismissed the latest accusations by Moscow in the Litvinenko poisoning case as moving beyond absurd into the realm of science fiction.

Mr. Berezovsky was reacting to the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office announcement on Wednesday that it suspected Israel-based former Russian oil billionaire Leonid Nevzlin might be involved in the death of Alexander Litvinenko, who died in a London hospital on November 23 from exposure to the highly toxic radioactive substance polonium-210.

Mr. Nevzlin dismissed allegations by Moscow and said he had co-operated with the British authorities investigating the London murder of the dissident Russian ex-spy. The Russian government has unsuccessfully sought Mr. Nevzlin's and Mr. Berezovsky's extradition on charges of fraud. The Russian authorities have also accused Mr. Nevzlin of involvement in contract killings. Both men dismissed these accusations as politically motivated. Mr. Nevzlin, who lives in Israel, is now believed to be on a visit to the United States. Mr. Berezovsky received political asylum in Great Britain.

In the Voice of America interview, Mr. Berezovsky said that the US government would not have allowed Mr. Nevzlin into the country if Washington gave the slightest credence to Moscow's accusations. "I know him personally, and these accusations have absolutely no basis in fact," Mr. Berezovsky told VOA.


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Talk:Wikipedia again blocked in China

On December 1, 2006, The New York Times published another report by Howard W. French, titled as "Wikipedia lays bare two versions of China's past." And "the articles are already pre-censored by party-leaning moderators and users." [3] from Chinese Wikipedia

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Islamist militia driven out of Mogadishu, vow to keep fighting

December 29, 2006

After being driven out of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops, the Council of Islamic Courts continues to struggle for power over Somalia. Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, the executive leader of the group, told the media that the Council of Islamic Courts has no intention of fleeing the country. "We will not run away from our enemies," he said. "We will never depart from Somalia. We will stay in our homeland."

On the same day, Ali Mohamed Gedi, Somalia's Prime Minister entered Mogadishu in an armoured 22-car convoy, for the first time in more than six months. "We were fighting for our political survival but with the will and the support of the people we are the winners," Gedi told the press. "We are here to start our work." Gedi greeted the crowds as he drove through the city, but some citizens did not have a warm welcome for him. In the north end of the city, protesters filled the streets and threw rocks at Ethiopian army vehicles.

Certain analysts fear a "Afghan scenario", with a central government encircled by a nebula of independent armed Islamic groups. This situation could also attract foreign fighters from other parts of the Muslim world to join the Council of Islamic Courts in the conflict.


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Talk:Arab Media Reports Say Saddam Has Been Executed

Photographs and Video
These were supposedly made of the execution, and I imagine are fair use. I don't know how they will be released. If someone finds them, post them. --Kalmia 03:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)