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User talk:64.229.30.162

Welcome
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Creating an account
I've noticed that you've edited several pages recently -- from different IPs, probably dialup? I suggest that you create an account so others can easily identify your account! Again, please let me know if I can assist you! --Chiacomo (talk) 05:37, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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User:Rvalles

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User:R2b2/Sandbox

This is my sandbox... nothing to see here, move along :)

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Consensus reached on incentive package for Iran

June 2, 2006

In, top diplomats from the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, France, and Germany reached an agreement on Thursday on an incentive package to offer to Iran in exchange for its giving up.

The specifics of the incentive package were not revealed, but a delegation from Europe led by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana is expected to formally deliver the offer to Iran in the coming days. Iran would then have several weeks to respond.

In a prepared statement, British foreign secretary Margaret Beckett said, "We have agreed on a set of far-reaching proposals as a basis for discussions with Iran. We believe they offer Iran the chance to reach a negotiated agreement based on cooperation."

Beckett did not mention any sanctions to be taken against Iran if it refuses to comply. The United Nations Security Council is expected to take up the question of sanctions should Iran turn down the offer.

The agreement comes a day after the United States offered to participate in multilateral negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program if Iran suspends its uranium enrichment program. Iran agreed to the idea of holding talks but rejected the preconditions.

In the first direct reaction by the Iranian government to the offer, Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday; "Iran welcomes dialogue under just conditions but won't give up our rights," Iranian state-run television reported. "We won't negotiate about the Iranian nation's natural nuclear rights but we are prepared, within a defined, just framework and without any discrimination, to hold dialogue about common concerns," he said.


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World conference of expatriate Greeks to take place in Athens

The first world conference of Greeks living abroad will take place in Athens, Greece, between 6-8 of June 2006. The congress is organised within the frame of the celebrations for the ten years of Ecumenical Hellenism program's operation. In the organisation of the conference, the University La Trobe of Melbourne, Australia joins with its co-operation.

The congress is organised under the patronage of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Municipality of Athens as well as under the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriach Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodoulos and the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Theodorus. Official guests of the congress - which will take place in a central Athens Hotel as well as in the Zappion Conference Centre - are topmost personalities of the expatriate Hellenism, top members of the political, religious and cultural leadership of Greece as well as businessmen and University professors from Europe, America and Australia. According to the conference's organisers, an especial distinction of honour will be delivered to the Mayor of Havana, Cuba, who is an official guest of the congress, as a result of his offer to the classical studies in Latin America and to Orthodoxy.

The organiser of the first world conference of Greeks living abroad, is the program "Ecumenical Hellenism"; a result of the co-operation between the Greek National Line publishing house and the Institute for National and Religious Studies of Thessaloniki.


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Talk:World conference of expatriate Greeks to take place in Athens

Major source is the website of Ecumenical Hellenism program. However, as long as i contacted some of the members of the program and the Institutes that organize the whole conference, there are some more information, exclusive to Wikinews. Special thanks to professor Athanasios Angelopoulos & Nicolas Mottas of the Institute for National and Religious Studies, for their help. For more information you can contact, ++30 210 8810109, Athens headquarters of Ecumenical Hellenism or thessaloniki@lobbyist.com. Please, do not make changes in the information of the article if you don't discuss those changes with me before. Thanks indeed. Zorba 12:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


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User:Cowicides

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User talk:Cowicides

Neutralizer is being falsely accused
By Chiacomo and CSpurrier of having made edits we made.

They are also trying to keep the community from knowing about our admission Cowicides 14:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

ALLEGED block evasion by Neutralizer
Isn't this a more truthful topic title? Comment; "suggestions"? isn't that a pretty flimsy accusation to justify an absolute title like "Block evasion by User:Neutralizer"? Cowicides 13:51, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Cowicides 14:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Racist scuffle on Anti-OBE Teachers' forum

Hi - this is an article I wrote a couple weeks back. I can't say I really understand what is going on with the comments - first I was told to leave a source on an original story and then I was told not to put a source on an original story. Seems like a bit too much trouble to publish here. I thought it would be for the greater good, as they were spares that I haven't published elsewhere, but I really think it isn't worth the time and hassle. Best of luck with it all though.


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User talk:TylerXKJ~enwikinews

Welcome
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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! Doldrums 15:19, 2 June 2006 (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 TylerXKJ. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name TylerXKJ~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 23:22, 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) 06:39, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Sgurvey

Welcome
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"Metric tonne" of date rape drug was bound for US

June 2, 2006

Scottish police have arrested a man and a woman after finding Britain's largest ever stash of Gamma-butyrolactone. The man in charge of the operation, Graeme Pearson, director of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, called the find "the most significant discovery of the drug in the UK."

Denise Caron MacPherson, 45, and Hanan Rabin, 53, have been charged with exporting the drug, also known as GHB, to the United States between 19 April and 24 May. The news of the Scottish factory comes as a US study found drug use was involved in two-thirds of sex attacks, while 5 per cent were given an actual "date rape" drug.

Graham Rhodes for The Roofie Foundation, a helpline for victims of drug rape, said: "I am very relieved this has been recovered as in the wrong hands it is very dangerous. Not only is it used to spike the drinks of people to rape them but it's also used to assault and rob people."

Used by ravers, robbers and bodybuilders, the base chemical (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) was taken during a raid on a house and business in West Lothian. The haul would have been put on the United States illicit drug market and sold for fun and more sinister purposes.

In its non-powder form GHB is barely detectable: clear and having no smell it can be particularly potent with a few drops mixed into an alcoholic drink. Once a sufficient amount of the salty liquid has been ingested the victim can be knocked out within an hour.

While GHB is known both as "liquid ecstasy" and the date rapist's "Plan A", the versatile compound is also used by body builders instead of anabolic steroids, by dieters and as a sleeping aid.

In Britain, GHB is a "Class C" drug which means making it, holding it and selling it is punishable with up to two years in prison. The effects of rape, for which the drug is reportedly used, can last a lifetime. Jane Cumming, from support group Crisis, said she received an average of 4 calls a week from people claiming to be victims of date rape.

The pair, who were caught in Livingston, were accused of distributing the drug in Scotland from MacPherson's house around the same time as they were exporting to the United States, while MacPherson was also charged with Cannabis possession.


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Talk:Consensus reached on incentive package for Iran

June 2006
I don't think you should be putting a tag of "conflict" on this story. Politics, yes, but there has been no conflict yet. Greenknight 16:06, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I Like how you listed the names of the countries, instead of just calling them "World Powers" like many sources. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.42.160.56 (talk • contribs) 05:17, 3 June 2006

Category and link
edit protected Please add this article to Category:Vienna and localize the link of the same name. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 23:57, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * cat'd and w-ized. --Pi zero (talk) 02:29, 28 October 2015 (UTC)


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User:Greenknight

Hey, I'm the same GreenKnight from Wikipedia. Nuff said

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90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler

June 2, 2006

Convicted on the first of June by a military jury for participating in prisoner abuse at, former sergeant , 32, a dog handler in the , was today sentenced to ninety days of hard labour and demoted to the rank of.

Cardona was charged and convicted on two counts: aggravated assault, for using a to threaten detainees with actions "likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm," and for dereliction of duty in relation to this act. He was cleared of seven other charges.

Cardona faced up to three and a half years in prison on these charges, and despite the conviction his attorney has expressed relief at the sentence. He will not be held in confinement during the term of his sentence.


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User talk:Fearwig~enwikinews

Welcome
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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! Doldrums 16:36, 2 June 2006 (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 Fearwig. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Fearwig~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 23:17, 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) 06:31, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler

Sorry, screwed up the title (capitalization). How do I fix that? Can I? Fearwig 16:40, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * no prob, it's easily fixed :) (by using the rename link above). Doldrums 16:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit
editprotected "and despite the conviction his attourney..." should be "and, despite the conviction, his attorney..." Heavy Water (talk) 15:55, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ --SVTCobra 20:43, 3 April 2023 (UTC)


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User talk:202.177.186.27

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Wikinews:Briefs/June 2, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 2nd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Consensus reached on incentive package for Iran
Austria

In Vienna, top diplomats from the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, France, and Germany reached an agreement on Thursday on an incentive package to offer to Iran in exchange for its giving up uranium enrichment.

Two Iraqi women, one pregnant, killed by US soldiers
Iran

A car was on its way to maternity hospital in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad. Two women, one of them about to give birth, were shot dead by US forces according to witnesses and police Capt. Laith Mohammed.

90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler
United States

Convicted on the first of June by a military jury for participating in prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, former sergeant Santos Cardona, 32, a dog handler in the United States Army, was today sentenced to ninety days of hard labour and demoted to the rank of specialist.

World conference of expatriate Greeks to take place in Athens
Greece

The first world conference of Greeks living abroad will take place in Athens, Greece, between 6-8 of June 2006.

Federal and NSW governments withdraw Snowy Hydro shares
Australia

The Australian federal and New South Wales governments will not be selling their shares in Snowy Hydro Limited (the owner and operator of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme).

"Metric tonne" of date rape drug was bound for US
Scotland

Scottish police have arrested a man and a woman after finding Britain's largest ever stash of gamma bytro lacktone. The man in charge of the operation Graeme Pearson, director of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, called the find "the most significant discovery of the drug in the UK."

US accused of sinking The Pirate Bay
Sweden

Debate about the raid on the world's largest Bittorrent site in Sweden continues. According to Swedish television, requests for the closure of "The Pirate Bay" were made at a meeting between the Swedish justice department, police and the US government in April.

New Zealand's Taupo Airport worst in the world
New Zealand

Taupo airport has been rated the worst in the world by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations because safety is "critically deficient".

Katharine Close, 13, wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
United States

Katharine "Kerry" Close, a 13-year-old 8th-grader from Asbury Park, New Jersey, spelled "ursprache", a word for the ancestor of a language or language group, to win the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night.

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Hackers hit Swedish police website

June 2, 2006

Hackers have brought the Swedish Police Service's website down. It is suspected this might be retaliation for the raid on The Pirate Bay on May 31.

The police's website went down on late June 1, after a Denial of Service attack sent large amounts of traffic to the site, causing it to crash.

Police spokesmen Lars Lindahl said today that a link with The Pirate Bay "is quite possible, but that is only speculation." He added that a criminal investigation has started.

It was later revealed a 17-year-old student, who claims “it only took 10 minutes”, carried out the attack that kept the site down for almost a day.

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Hi Ian!

 * Hey! I was rather surprised to find you were the sole contributor to something I felt like editing. Ian13 18:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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Late Indian politician's son in critical condition after suspected drug overdose

June 3, 2006

Rahul Mahajan's condition has improved and has been taken off ventilator support. Rahul's CT scan report is normal and his vital parameters have shown an improvement. He will however, be kept under observation for another 3 days. "The condition of Rahul Mahajan has gradually improved over the last 12 hours. After due assessment of clinical status and investigation, our team of doctors found his vital parameters improving," a medical bulletin released by the Apollo Hospital said.

June 2, 2006

Rahul Mahajan, the son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan has been admitted to the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi in a critical state, apparently after a drug overdose. Rahul was found in an unconscious state in his father's residence in New Delhi early today morning. Vivek Moitra, Pramod Mahajan's secretary who was with Rahul at the party has been declared dead presumably as a result of the same drug. Police say the Rahul, Vivek and three other men were drinking champagne together and were also apparently consuming cocaine. This assumption is based of the fact that opiate traces were found in the deceased Mr. Moitra's pocket.

Doctors described Rahul's condition as "critical but stable". They said that details regarding what led to his present condition would be revealed after the conduction of a toxicology test. Two domestic helps rushed the men to hospital in the early hours of today morning. The helps disturbed the scene by clearing up the glasses and the bottles. Traces of what seems to be cocaine were however found in one the glasses.

Rahul is currently on a ventilator and his condition will have to be closely monitored for the next couple of days. He was supposed to visit Assam tomorrow to immerse his father's ashes in the Brahmaputra. Mr. Pramod Mahjan died about a month ago after being shot by his brother. Rahul was on anti-depressants as a result of this.


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British police shoot man in anti-terrorism raid

June 2, 2006

At dawn this morning a team of 250 policemen stormed a building in Forest Gate, London, England. A part of the police teams were armed, while others were equipped with chemical weapons gear. Two men were arrested and one was shot in the raid made under the 2000 Terrorism Act.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, the Metropolitan Police's anti-terror chief, said he had acted on specific intelligence, "we planned an operation that was designed to mitigate any threat to the public either from firearms or from hazardous substances."

The injury to the man who was shot was not life threatening and the Independent Police Complaints Commission, who have opened an investigation into the incident, say a single shot was fired. At Royal London Hospital where the man, later arrested, was taken armed guards were seen at the entrances.

The man, said to be 20 years old, who was not shot, has been questioned at Paddington Green police station. Others at the address have been moved out - two residents have been treated in hospital for shock.

The search at the house in Lansdown Road is said to be ongoing. Police have closed Lansdown Road, Rothsay Road and Prestbury Road and a blind has been erected around the premises. The Civil Aviation Authority report a four-day "no fly area" below 2,500ft is in force over east London.

The British intelligence agency, MI5, and the Health Protection Agency also had a role in the operation, which British Prime Minister Tony Blair had been told about. The raid is not thought to be linked to the London tube and bus bombings in July 2005.

June 3, 2006 Police say the raid was carried out in search of a 'suicide vest' that could be used to release poison gas. Police say MI5 believe there exists 'firm intelligence' that such a vest exists.

As of Friday evening, police had yet to discover weapons, chemicals or any other evidence of a planned attack.

The two men arrested are believed to be 23 and 20 year old brothers, Mohammed Abdul Kahar and Abdul Koyair, both of Bangladeshi origin. Abdul Kahar was shot in the shoulder during the raid, his injury is said to be non life threatening.


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Federal Air Marshal's cover blown

June 2, 2006 A Federal Air Marshal decided to exit a Southwest Airlines flight today after dropping ammunition on the aircraft floor. The incident occurred at Chicago’s Midway Airport.

After earlier arriving from Philadelphia, the Marshal was on board a Southwest Airlines jet bound for Kansas City, when his gun’s clip fell to the aircraft floor, spilling bullets. According to Southwest Airlines spokeswomen Whitney Eichenger "He picked up the bullets immediately." She also added, "Since he was no longer traveling incognito, he decided not to continue on the flight to Kansas City."

Because of the incident, the flight was delayed 45 minutes.

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Help expanding this article is appreciated. This is my first article. MyName 19:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:70.48.205.36

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Preliminary hearing against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal delayed

In a statement, attorney Arthur Giacalone in charege of the case, Nancy Pollina et al opposing Savarino's Elmwood Village Hotel, who is co-owner with Patty Morris of Don Apparel at 1109 Elmwood in Buffalo, New York has said that the preliminary hearing in New York State Supreme Court has been delayed.

"The court appearance has been adjourned for two weeks to 6/22," said Giacalone.

The Elmwood Village Hotel is a 72-room, seven-million-dollar hotel proposed by Savarino Construction Services Corporation and designed by architect Karl Frizlen of the Frizlen Group. Its construction would require the demolition of at least five buildings, currently at 1109-1121 Elmwood, which house several shops and residents. Although the properties are "under contract," it is still not known whether Savarino Construction actually owns the buildings. It is believed that Hans Mobius, a resident of Clarence, New York and former Buffalo mayoral candidate, is still the owner. The hotel is expected to be a franchise of the Wyndham Hotels group.

Buffalo's Common Council, Planning Board, Mayor of Buffalo, Byron W. Brown, Savarino Construction Services Corporation, Hans J. Mobius and his son Hans S. Mobius owners of the properties at stake, Pano Georgiadis, owner of Pano's Restaurant on Elmwood, and Cendant Corporation, the parent company of Wyndham Hotels are among those named in the suit.

According to Giacalone, the city of Buffalo has requested two week extension to prepare their defense. Area councelman Joseph Golombek has been contacted to further confirm the date change request, but has not yet responded.


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Oil workers kidnapped off of Nigerian oil rig

June 2, 2006

Eight oil workers have been kidnapped after gunman boarded the Bulford Dolphin oil platform off the African coast of Nigeria. One American, one Canadian, and six Britons were among those kidnapped. The names of the victims are not known, but families have been notified. At least 84 workers were on the platform at the time of the incident.

"Some unknown persons boarded the rig at 0300 local time (0200 UTC) and took eight workers. One of the abductees was made to call their onshore office in an attempt to open negotiations. Other than that, we don’t know who appears to be responsible or what the condition of the abductees might be," said a spokesperson for the Dolphin Drilling company.

Gunmen boarded the platform from three speedboats firing shots from their weapons while doing so. At least twenty gunmen are blamed for the incident.

Authorities investigating the crime do not know who is responsible. "We are on their trail and trying to secure the hostages’ release as soon as possible," said a spokesman for the Nigerian police.

Oil drilling on the platform has been suspended until further notice.


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Talk:British police shoot man in anti-terrorism raid

The title of this article is incorrect and misleading. To my knoledge there have been no explosives found at the site. It is also important to note that the police did not evacuate surrounding residents in accordance with explosives protocols. Therefore the police did not believe there to be explosives on site. A more suitable title could be "British police shoot 'terror suspect'"
 * I agree, though i;m not really sure how to change the title Pluke 08:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Bombs are never mentioned anywhere. I'm new to wiki news though, so I'm reluctant to change. Crosbiesmith 09:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * moved, these is a little rename button at the top of the page, i must be going blind:)Pluke 09:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * In case of articles like this its good to use the tag

as imho it fit or at least earlier fitted this category international 12:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
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Talk:"Metric tonne" of date rape drug was bound for US

This is highly biased and emotive. GHB may be used in some cases as a date rape drug, but it is much more frequently used as a recreational. It also has a number of approved medical uses. This article is pure sensationalism...

GHB disinformation
GHB is a safe, effecive, low cost sleeping aid and the pharmaceutical industry works hard to keep it suppressed. Verified incidents of it being used for date rape are vitually non-existant. 24.242.241.251 21:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC) joejohnson

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Senior Liberal wants centralised control over water resources

June 3, 2006

NSW Senator Bill Heffernan wants the Federal government to take control of all the nations waterways. He is calling for a referendum on this issue.

The move comes after the Federal government pulled out of the sale of the Snowy Hydro scheme because of community opposition

Mr Heffernan has accused the states of bad mismanagement of the waterways, and says that a central nationwide organisation should look after them. "Australians today should have great heart and great national pride in the fact that people power has convinced the politicians that we ought to retain one of the seven engineering wonders of the world in safe hands," he said.

New South Wales Environment Minister Bob Debus has rejected the proposal to give responsibility to the Federal government, he says he cannot see how they could manage it by themselves, "It has no particular skills to do so and we still need the states to be involved," he said.


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User:Free them/Revealing gender wealth gap in the United States

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to be in balance between man and Women but, in only
 * 10 year revealing gender wealth gap in the United States. Women are saving more money then men and 401(k)s cash value used
 * 10 years there has been a 32% increase in the cash value of womens 401(k)s to 2/3 of balance of cash between man and Women and if this trend continues for the next
 * 10 years women will have 87% of the 401(k)s balance of cash between man and Women.

2/3 of the new small businesses are being started by women. Women owned businesses grew in 5 years to employ 26% of the workers of United States, 27.5 million people. If this trend continues for the next
 * 10 years women owned businesses will grow to employ over 41 million or 38% the workers in United States.

President Bush said "Women owned businesses are growing at twice the rate of all other United States firms", today women own 9.2 million businesses after growing 14% over 5 years if this trend continues for the next 2/3 of single family homes are being bought by single women.
 * 10 years women will own 11 million businesses.

98% of women marry men who make more money then the women. Money is the number one cause of divorce. Women over 40 file 2/3s of divorcees because wives over 40 are most likely to earn more money the there husband. In about will be the number one filers for divorce in United States.
 * 10 years wives earning more more money then there husband

Almost 60% of all college degrees are going to women.

Boys are the now consuming 80% of Ritalin being sold

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 * Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Urges Senate Committee to Address Retirement Issues of Women 401(k)

 * Remarks of Labor Secretary Chao, U.S Department of State webpage "women are saving more"  March 4, 2002

 * COVER STORY Business Week, May 26, 2003 "The New Gender Gap" boys consuming 80% there are school districts giving more then 20% of the boys in there school Ritalin. By Michelle Conlin


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National Rugby Competition to kick off in Australia

June 3, 2006 Following a three-day summit in Sydney rugby union officials reached a decision to start a National Rugby Competition in Australia in July 2007. The aim of the competition will be to bridge the gap between Super 14 and club rugby. The competition will most likely be similar to similar to New Zealand's National Provincial Championship and South Africa's Currie Cup.

It was revealed that the eight-team competition will involve three teams from New South Wales, two from Queensland and one each from the ACT, Western Australia and Victoria. The QRU later revealed that one of the Queensland sides will most likely be playing out of Queensland Rugby's old home Ballymore Stadium, with the other team going to either the Gold Coast or Northern Queensland.

Some Sydney clubs, in particular, Randwick and Sydney University Football Club were opposed to the competition, and want stand-alone status in the competition rather than being part of a cumulative Sydney team, also believing that the competition will see them lose funding. Businessman John Singleton came out and showed his interest in having one of the NSW sides playing at Central Coast Stadium.

Super 14 players will be playing, but as there will be twice as many clubs as the Super 14, so there will be a lot of available spaces for club footballers. There is no plan for an immediate draft. Although Super 14 players will be playing, around 30 players will be unavailable due to Wallaby duties. The ABC has apparently expressed interest in broadcasting the games next year.


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17 arrested in Canadian counter-terrorism operation

June 3, 2006

Seventeen people, including five minors, have been arrested in the Toronto area on terrorism-related charges. Over 400 officers, drawn from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), and the Toronto, Peel, and Durham police departments raided a dozen locations throughout the greater Toronto area. More arrests are expected overnight.

Anonymous sources have told Canadian Press that those arrested are suspected to have been inspired by al Qaeda, and that they had plans to detonate explosives somewhere in Ontario. According to BBC News, three tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer that can be used as an explosive, have been seized. RCMP assistant commissioner Mike McDonnell stated, "To put it in context, the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people was completed with only one ton of ammonium nitrate.” In order to protect the investigation, he was unable to provide any information as to the potential targets, but did state that the Toronto Transit Commission was not targeted.

The suspects are currently being held under extremely heavy security at a police station in Pickering, just east of Toronto. According to RCMP spokeswoman CPL. Michele Paradis, “The investigation is ongoing.” The suspects are expected to appear in court today, in Brampton. They have all been charged under Section 83 of the Criminal Code of Canada.

The father of one of the suspects, Mohammed Abdelhaleen, told reporters: "I'm shocked. It's crazy - it's just crazy. It has no meaning whatsoever."

The Arrested
The following contains the names released by the RCMP, that have been arrested. The list does not contain the names of the 5 charged minors. Under Canadian law, the police may not reveal any information concerning anyone under the age of 18. It is arranged by city of residence.

Toronto:

Fahim Ahmad, age 21 Jahmaal James, age 23 Amin Mohamed Durrani, age 19 Steven Vikash Chand (aka Abdul Shakur), age 25

Mississauga:

Zakaria Amara, age 20 Asad Ansari, age 21 Shareef Abdelhaleen, age 30 Qayyum Abdul Jamal, age 43 Ahmad Mustafa Ghany, age 21 Saad Khalid, age 19

Kingston:

Mohammed Dirie, age 22 Yasim Abdi Mohamed, age 24


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Australia in the midst of a "baby boom"

June 3, 2006

Australia would appear to be in the middle of a baby boom, with the largest number of births recorded since 1992. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed that 261,400 births were registered in 2005, 6,200 more than 2004.

Australian treasurer, Peter Costello believes his speech during the 2004 election may have influenced Australians to have more children. In 2004, Mr Costello said that each family should have three children. After seeing the statistics for 2005, he said "One for mum, one for dad, and one for the country - it was a light-hearted way of making a serious point,"

"I am delighted that at least some families have been taking up the challenge," said Mr Costello.

The Howard government believes that Australia's aging population and low birth rates will threaten the country's economy in the future.

As part of the 2004 budget, the Howard government introduced an AUD $3,000 maternity payment to all mothers who give birth to a child. As of July, the payment will increase to $4,000. As a further incentive to have more children the government increased family tax benefits and from July, will allow families to claim a 30 percent childcare rebate (capped at AUD$3000 per year).

Wayne Swan, the opposition's treasury spokesperson said Mr Costello isn't the reason for the boom. "I am willing to let Peter Costello claim credit for higher interest rates, even higher fuel prices, but I think claiming his charms have lifted the national libido may be a bridge too far" he said.

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New Zealand Greens party has new co-leader

June 3, 2006 New Zealand Green party has elected a new party co-leader, Russel Norman at the AGM this weekend.

Russel Normans election to co-leader follows the death of previous co-leader, Rod Donald.

Russel Norman, 39-year-old, was elected on the first ballot at Silverstream, Upper Hutt on the Greens Annual General Meeting.

Norman was up against four other candidates, including MP Nandor Tanczos. Tanczos would have been automatically put in as co-leader if a remit had passed stating that a co-leader had to be an MP.

Dr Norman will make his first speech on climate change on June 4, 2006.

"Members chose me for a variety of reasons, mainly because... I focused on the main issues for the Greens, around climate change, public transport, those kinds of things." Dr Norman said. Dr Norman said he would not try to fill Donald's shoes but make his own mark instead. He is the Greens party development coordinator in Wellington. He also holds a PhD in political studies.


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The Pirate Bay back online

June 3, 2006 Swedish site The Pirate Bay is back online following the Swedish police raid of their office on May 31.

Pirate Bay has previously announced on their website that they "will be up and fully functional within a day or two". A Pirate Bay spokesperson identified as brokep told Slyck News that if necessary, they'd reopen in another country. The reopened website is currently hosted in the Netherlands.

The web page titles have been changed to The Police Bay and the indexing capability is reduced, with the search function disabled, though this is expected to change. All searches are now returned with the error message:

 * No hits due to politics

 * The search function will be back later today

Searches can still be done with Google and other search engines by adding site:thepiratebay.org to the search. Most attempts at downloading .torrent files resulted in error messages during the first hours after the site went back online, however torrent downloads seem to be working fairly well now.

Currently 11:00 a.m. June 6, The Pirate Bay seems to be back and operational, but downloads still aren't working too well; you may be able to, you may not. There's probably a lot of traffic right now.

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Shock in Greece as teenagers confess to murdering 11-year old missing boy

June 3, 2006 Alex Meschisvili, 11, was missing from his home in Veria, northern Greece, since February 3, 2006. Five months later, Greek public opinion is numbed as the developments of the missing child case bring five children, aged from 11 to 13, to admit that they killed Alex after a fight. According to the Police directorate of Imathia, the alleged murderers are two Greek brothers, one Romanian and two Albanian boys.

The juveniles allegedly confessed to the act and have indicated the place where they buried the body in the center of Veria, at an abandoned house just behind the Municipal building.

While the search for the finding of Alex' body continues, the local Police bureau in collaboration with the Thessaloniki Police department continue their own investigation, based on all the information available since the disappearance of the 11-years old boy, reviewing all scenarios and any relevant information.

If there is confirmation of Alex Meschisvili's murder by the alleged juveniles, it will be the first known case of a teenager's murder by teenagers in the crime history of Greece.


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Indonesian human-to-human bird flu infection may be false alarm

June 3, 2006

Human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 Avian Flu (Bird Flu) virus was earlier suspected in an Indonesian nurse currently hospitalised who was showing symptoms of the virus. However it is now being reported that tests on the woman for avian virus have been returned showing negative results, and that the samples are being sent to a World Health Organization approved laboratory in Hong Kong for further analysis and confirmation.

"Thank God, the result came back negative," said senior official for the Indonesian Health Ministry, Hariadi Wibisono.

The nurse had been in close contact with two children, brother and sister, who have died. The sister, nine, was confirmed of having died from the virus by local lab tests. The brother was buried before any blood tests could be taken, but showed similar symptoms.

It was reported on Friday that an analysis has shown that the virus has not mutated, and the WHO has said that there was no evidence so far of human-to-human transmission.

Other members of the same family are currently ill, but all members have received the Tamiflu antiviral drug.

"I think it is a cluster. The local test from the victim in Pamulang is bird flu positive.  The symptoms of the virus are very similar to previous clusters we've had.  The parents are also suffering from flu, and we are giving them a full dose of Tamiflu now," said Indonesia's Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari.

"The characteristics of germ (the boy had) is very similar (to his sister's), and now their mother and father are suffering from flu. They are all in the Pamulang district," added Supari.

The nurse, whose initials are "C.I.," 25, has been put in isolation at Bandung's Hasan Sadikin Hospital, but officials say that her condition is stable and that her case may be the result of human-to-human transmission due to the fact that she has not had any contact with poultry.

"We could not confirm whether she is positive of having been infected by avian influenza virus or not, although she had earlier have contacts with siblings, 18-year old Ad and 10-year old Ai, who died of bird flu virus recently," said Hadi Yusuf, chief of the Bird Flu team at Sadikin Hospital.

"When she arrived at this hospital last night, her body temperature was very high, namely 39.6 Celsius degrees but now it has decreased to 37 Celsius degrees. After considering her contact with dead bird flu victims, we declared her a suspected bird flu case. But she is still fully conscious, her breathing problems are not too serious and she's not experiencing chest pain," added Yusuf.

The names of the children and the nurse have not been released. The nurse is undergoing treatment and has been administered Tamiflu. She is expected to be released when the required amount of doses is given, which officials say could be as early as next week.


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Montenegro prepares to declare independence

June 3, 2006

Montenegro is preparing today to declare its independence from Serbia in a special parliamentary session in the capital, Podgorica. The official announcement comes two weeks after a referendum, where just over 55% of voters chose to support the split.

The 650,000-strong nation has been tied in this current union with Serbia since 1918, and the two countries are the last to remain joined since the dissolution of Yugoslavia. This evening, the alliance will come to an end to the sounds of the Montenegrin national anthem, which will be played to mark the occasion.

The main feature of tonight's session is to be the reading of the official declaration, which prioritises Montenegrin membership of the European Union and NATO. A draft version of the document states that "Montenegro is determined to build its state policy by respecting the principles of the United Nations, EU, Council of Europe and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe."

Despite initial intentions that the event be low-key, thousands are expected to turn out in celebration of the split. Among those not expected to attend the session is Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, who openly supports pro-union movements. Koštunica is not the only Serbian official who is against the separation: Serbia and Montenegro's President, Svetozar Marović, has reputedly resigned today ahead of tonight's events.

The session is set to begin at 8 p.m. local time (1800 UTC), and will include the presentation of a final report by Slovakian diplomat František Lipka, who is the head of the referendum's commission.


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Talk:Hackers hit Swedish police website

I've said it before and I'll say it again. People who carry out DDoS attacks are not hackers, and should not be labelled as such. DoS attacks are created by spreading malicious code to a group of computers and directing them against a target, among script-kiddie DoSers there is no hacking involved. 69.128.161.186 12:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * In mine, and many others, POV hacking means causing damages to a machine on purpose. Computerjoe 14:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I've never hard the phrase "POV hacking". Also, no "damage" has been caused to any machine. The only damage is to users, who have been unable to visit the site. "DDoS attack" is the right term. 81.231.137.101 17:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * LOL. I didn't mean POV hacking I meant in mine, and many other, point-of-view. Computerjoe 17:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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Iraq rejects US probe clearing US troops of killings civilians in Ishaqi

June 3, 2006

Adnan al-Kazimi, an advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said, "We have from more than one source that the killings were carried out under questionable circumstances. More than one child was killed. This report was not fair for the Iraqi people and the children who were killed".

The U.S. military yesterday made a statement about Ishaqi allegations that U.S. troops "executed a family … and then hid the alleged crimes by directing an air strike, are absolutely false". Troops had been fired on and they returned fire and called in air support, which destroyed the house, killing one militant and "up to nine collateral deaths".

In March, the U.S. military said four people died when they attacked a house suspected of holding an al-Qaida operative. The house was destroyed by fire from the ground and air.

The BBC has video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 Iraqi civilians. The videotape, from a hard-line Sunni group opposed to coalition forces, shows a number of dead adults and children at the site. Clearly gunshot wounds according to John Simpson, BBC world affairs.

Local Iraqis said there were 11 total deaths, and claimed that they were killed by U.S. troops before the house was leveled. An unidentified local said, "After they handcuffed them, they shot them dead. Later, they struck the house with their planes. They wanted to hide the evidence. Even a 6-month-old infant was killed. Even the cows were killed, too"

Also according to Associated Press Police in Ishaqi say five children, four women and two men were shot in the head, and that the bodies, with hands bound, were dumped in one room before the house was blown up.

Riyadh Majid, nephew of Faez Khalaf, who was killed, said U.S. forces landed in helicopters and raided the home. Ahmed, Khalaf's brother said nine of the victims were family members who lived at the house and two were visitors.

The U.S. military said in March that the allegations were being investigated. On Friday U.S. military said it was targeting and captured an individual suspected of supporting foreign fighters of the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist network. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S military spokesman acknowledged there were "possibly up to nine collateral deaths". The 'collateral deaths' are:
 * Turkiya Muhammed Ali, 75 years
 * Faiza Harat Khalaf, 30 years
 * Faiz Harat Khalaf, 28 years
 * Um Ahmad, 23 years
 * Sumaya Abdulrazak, 22 years
 * Aziz Khalil Jarmoot, 22 years
 * Hawra Harat Khalaf, 5 years
 * Asma Yousef Maruf, 5 years
 * Osama Yousef Maruf, 3 years
 * Aisha Harat Khalaf, 3 years
 * Husam Harat Khalaf, 6 months

According to there is a  widespread public perception that U.S. troops can shoot and kill with impunity and Iraqi leaders are too weak to do anything about it. Abdullah Hussein, an engineer in Baghdad, says to Reuters "Ishaqi is just another reason why we shouldn't trust the Americans", and continue "First they lied about the weapons of mass destruction, then there was the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal and now it's clear to the world they were guilty in Haditha"

John Simpson, BBC Correspondent in Baghdad says "It's hard to find an Iraqi here who has not suffered, through his family, his friends, from the tough tactics the Americans use".

, Human Rights Minister, said a fact-finding commission would be sent to Ishaqi in the next few days.


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Talk:Indonesian human-to-human bird flu infection may be false alarm

Please give source for this quote: "Indonesia's health ministry believes the cases are also a result of human to human transmission"

Please give source for this quote: "but officials say that her condition is stable and that her case may be the result of human to human transmission."

Thank you.
 * Well these are not quotes for one. But stable is a decent term IMO given she is not dead and they never said she is dying. They make the suggestion and the suspicion and are worried that it is human to human transmission.
 * When she arrived at this hospital last night, her body temperature was very high, namely 39.6 Celsius degrees but now it has decreased to 37 Celsius degrees. After considering her contact with dead bird flu victims, we declared her a suspected bird flu case. But she is still fully conscious, her breathing problems are not too serious and she's not experiencing chest pain," added Yusuf.
 * We could not confirm whether she is positive of having been infected by avian influenza virus or not, although she had earlier have contacts with siblings, 18-year old Ad and 10-year old Ai, who died of bird flu virus recently

The quotes i have listed...most are from the Peoples Daily sources. Jason Safoutin 14:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I think the article is very well-written, but these 2 line above take away from it...we can't know what the health ministry "believes" and apparently no official has "said" that her case may the result of H2H...Thanks for the article!
 * Well its Indonesia's official health ministry so its not just "some official." I also added another source: http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=13714 Jason Safoutin 14:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for indulging me! I think the changes to the article are great...this is such an important subject and we really need good people like you to spread the word about this crisis!
 * No problem :) Thanks for pointing the stuff out :) Happy reading/editing :) Jason Safoutin 14:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Fact-gathering
This is an important story, so we should try to understand it and make sense of it as best as possible. From my reading of the sources, human to human bird flu transmission is NOT suspected in the case of the two children, but IS suspected in the case of the Nurse, who had close contact with the children. In which case the article as it stands is misleading. Am I understanding correctly, or am I missing something? Frankie Roberto 14:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's a summary of the facts gleaned from the sources. IMO, we should have at least two sources for each, before publishing. Please feel free to edit these as more sources confirm the information, and work the article on the basis of these...

 * Two children (siblings) have died in Indonesia, a seven year-old girl and a nine [or ten] year old boy.
 * The seven year old girl died of bird flu, as confirmed by local lab test.
 * The nine/ten year old boy had similar symptoms to his sister, but was buried before any tests could be taken.
 * The two siblings lived near a poultry slaughter house
 * The girl had been in contact with sick poultry - Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official.
 * Two siblings, 18-year old Ad and 10-year old Ai, have died of bird flu.
 * A nurse, 25, identified as 'Ci', who treated bird-flu patients has been admitted to hospital after showing bid-flu like symptoms.
 * Hadi Jusuf - head of bird flu treatment at hospital, has suggested that human-to-human transmission of the virus to the nurse will be suspected if she has the virus.
 * The virus has not mutated
 * WHO confirms no evidence of human to human transmission.

Promotion
I've promoted this over on Wikipedia: Transmission and infection of H5N1 and have asked for help in editing and following this story. Frankie Roberto 14:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

misleading title
The title does not reflect the facts in the article. Acording to the article, tests revealed that the nurse likely did not even get infected with bird flu. --vonbergm 17:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The title reflects the original story, which has changed over time.... Frankie Roberto 22:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


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Researchers discover giant asteroid impact crater in Antarctica

June 3, 2006 Researchers have found a giant asteroid impact crater under the Wilkes Land ice sheet of Antarctica and it may have been responsible for creating the conditions in which dinosaurs evolved, but may also have been the cause of a mass extinction.

"This Wilkes Land impact is much bigger than the impact that killed the dinosaurs, and probably would have caused catastrophic damage at the time," said Ohio State University Professor of geological sciences, Ralph von Fres.

"All the environmental changes that would have resulted from the impact would have created a highly caustic environment that was really hard to endure. So it makes sense that a lot of life went extinct at that time," added von Fres.

The crater is over 300 miles wide and was made about 250 million years ago by an asteroid nearly 30 miles wide. Researchers say that it may have caused an Earth-wide Extinction Level Event (ELE), but also may have created the conditions under which dinosaurs evolved. The species that benefited include the archosaurs, the immediate ancestors of the dinosaurs.

It is thought that nearly 96% of Earth's ocean life and at least 70% of animals on land were made extinct. The impact itself may also have caused the supercontinent Gondwana to break, ultimately forming Australia.


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User talk:Free them/Revealing gender wealth gap in the United States

This: by the year 2020 women will own more then 95% of wealth in United States dosen't seem to be backed up by any evidence. MyName 15:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

What country do the figures apply to?

The United States but the same is happening world wide Free them 09:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Briefs/June 3, 2006

The time is 17:00 (UTC) on June 3rd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Iraq rejects US probe clearing US troops of killings civilians in Ishaqi
Iraq

Adnan al-Kazimi, close to Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejects US probe clearing US troops of killings civilians in Ishaqi. The U.S. military yesterday said that troops executed a family is "absolutely false".

Human to human transmission of Bird Flu suspected in Indonesia
Indonesia

Human to human transmission of the H5N1 Avian Flu (Bird Flu) virus is suspected in an Indonesian nurse currently hospitalised who is showing symptoms of the virus. She had been in close contact with two children, brother and sister, who have died.

British police shoot man in anti-terrorism raid
England

At dawn yesterday morning a team of 250 policemen stormed a building in Forest Gate, London, England. A part of the police teams were armed, while others were equipped with chemical weapons gear. Two men were arrested and one was shot in the raid made under the 2000 Terrorism Act.

Montenegro prepares to declare independence
Montenegro

Montenegro is preparing today to declare its independence from Serbia in a special parliamentary session in the capital, Podgorica. The official announcement comes two weeks after a referendum, where just over 55% of voters chose to support the split.

Senior Liberal wants centralised control over water resources
Australia

NSW Senator Bill Heffernan wants the Federal government to take control of all the nations waterways. He is calling for a referendum on this issue.

New Zealand Greens party has new co-leader
New Zealand

New Zealand Greens party has elected a new party co-leader, Russel Norman at the Annual General Meeting this weekend.

Australia in the midst of a "baby boom"
Australia

Australia would appear to be in the middle of a baby boom, with the largest number of births recorded since 1992. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveraled that 261,400 births were registered in 2005, 6,200 more than 2004.

Late Indian politician's son in critical condition after suspected drug overdose
India

Rahul Mahajan, the son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan has been admitted to the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi in a critical state, apparently after a drug overdose.

Researchers discover giant asteroid impact crater in Antarctica
Antarctica

Researchers have found a giant asteroid impact crater under the Wilkes Land ice sheet of Antarctica and it may have been responsible for the creation of the dinosaurs, but may also have been the cause of a mass extinction.

The Pirate Bay back online
Sweden

The Pirate Bay is back online following the Swedish police raid of their office on May 31.

National Rugby Competition to kick off in Australia
sports - rugby

Following a three-day summit in Sydney rugby union officials reached a decesion to start a National Rugby Competition in Australia in July of 2007. The aim of the competition will be to bridge the gap between Super 14 and club rugby.

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Bush calls for ban on gay marriage

June 4, 2006

United States President George W. Bush used his weekly radio address to propose the country's Constitution be amended to ban same-sex marriages.

Mr. Bush formally defined marriage as a "union between a man and a woman" and said that an amendment was needed because the presence of "activist" courts left him with no alternative. He also stated that, "Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society."

Democrats have accused the government of using this as a smokescreen to divert attention from more important issues. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said, "Bush Republicans would rather focus on purely divisive maneuvers than real solutions that address the growing energy crisis."

The President may be able to focus attention on a subject of his choosing at a time when an energy crisis or the war in Iraq may be a distraction for his Republicans and a vote-winner for Democrats.

A recent Gallup poll showed that 59% of Americans were against validating gay marriages by law. It is possible the Republicans will use this finding to gain a political edge come election time. An amendment such as one to ban gay marriage may not pass, but some assert this will be a vote-winner for the Republicans during the mid-term polls in November.

Any such amendment would need two-thirds approval in the House of Representatives (290 out of 435) and the Senate (67 out of 100) as well as the approval of three-fourths of the state legislatures (38 out of 50). Currently, the Republican Party holds 231 seats in the House and 55 seats in the Senate, and has majority control of 20 state legislatures. A similar amendment was defeated in 2004.

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User:Betsythedevine

I edit Wikipeda under this username, so if you want to find me check my userpage there: w:User:Betsythedevine. Betsythedevine 18:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Senior Liberal wants centralised control over water resources

The title of this article is kind of ambiguous; there's a Liberal party in Canada too and the title gives no indication of which country this Liberal is from. — Canar 19:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


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Would you kindly list the source where you got the information as to where the arrested suspects, in the Toronto Terror bust, resided? Thank you MyName 19:31, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice fix with the sources! You're getting the hang of things.  One more thing, When you list the arrested names with cities, is that the place of their residence or where they were arrested?  MyName 20:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not completely sure, to be honest. CTV gave street names for those in Toronto and Mississauga, so they appear to live there. As for the two in Kingston, no information was given other than that they were "in Kingston". --Blah.blah.blah 21:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Blah.blah.blah~enwikinews

One quick question just to clarify things. Were you formerly User:67.71.50.8? MyName

Yes, that was me. I've used Wikinews for a while now, so it's probably about time that I start posting things now and again. This one particularly caught my interest, since I live in Toronto.--Blah.blah.blah 00:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool, it’s nice to see you're getting involved. I'm relatively new here too, and one of the first things I noticed is, the pace of things here is much slower than on Wikipedia.  Also, I did some research on the Toronto bust.  It turns out the cities listed were the place of residence of those arrested, so I clarified that on the article.  Have a Good Day.  MyName 01:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

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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 Willgfass. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Willgfass~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 23:23, 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) 06:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:71.194.191.92

Welcome
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title: User talk:71.194.191.92


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Talk:17 arrested in Canadian counter-terrorism operation

According to Wikipedia "ammonium nitrate can be induced to decompose explosively by detonation" MyName 23:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * NO suspect "links" to alqueda; only "inspired" reported to be. Yrtsihpos 13:09, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Bomb material waz always undre police control as "sting" operation. was announced today. Yrtsihpos 20:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I was under impression that CSIS was not a police force
I though CSIS wasn't a police force. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


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User:216.164.203.90

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title: User:216.164.203.90


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User:Capitalistroadster~enwikinews

I am user capitalistroadster on the English Wikipedia and will be appearing from time to time. Capitalistroadster 02:04, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

title: User:Capitalistroadster~enwikinews


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Talk:The Pirate Bay back online

As I read this, one thing comes to mind; what the hell is The Pirate Bay?

Protest
Should we mention the protest, we have some great Images. However its sort of already published. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Change image
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Change image to File:The Pirate Bay logo.svg Computerjoe (talk) 20:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ --SVTCobra 00:35, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

title: Talk:The Pirate Bay back online


title: File:04June2006.pdf


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text: Portal:Portugal/Lead article

title: Portal:Portugal/Lead article