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Sony announces new 80GB PlayStation 3 and reduces price of 60 GB version
On July 9, 2007, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the release of an 80GB hard drive version of its PlayStation 3 video game console, priced at US$599.

Sony also announced a price drop to US$499 for its current 60GB model. Jack Tretton, Sony Entertainment America chief executive, said, "Our initial expectation is that sales should double at a minimum."

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Nigerian gunmen release British toddler
Nigerian gunmen have released three-year-old Margaret Hill, after holding her captive for four days. The toddler has since been reunited with her parents. She is reportedly in good health but covered with mosquito bites and also hungry, having not eaten recently.

The kidnappers had threatened to kill the toddler unless a ransom was paid or Mr. Hill came to take her place. The family claims no ransom was paid for her freedom. She was kidnapped from her car on July 5, on her way to school. Her driver was stabbed trying to protect Margaret.

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Semiautomatic handgun
This is kind of silly. Isn't it implied by the word "handgun"? Do they even make single-shot handguns? —BlackTerror 15:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
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TNT blamed for Chinese karaoke bar explosion that killed 25

July 9, 2007 More than a ton of TNT stored illegally in the basement of a karaoke bar caused the recent explosion that killed 25 people and injured 41 more in the north-eastern Chinese town of Tianshifu, news reports say.

Qu Yujie or Yijie (known locally as Qu Hua), owner of the two-storey Tianying Karaoke Hall and Bath House which was levelled by the blast was amongst those killed. He was described as "a successful businessman" who owned a local colliery. Many residents of Tianshifu, where the blast occurred stated that he regularly used the basement of the building as a storage site for his explosives. His elder brother and his elder brother's wife were also among the deceased according to Benxi county government spokesman Fu Qingbin.

As part of a short statement regarding investigative results made available to state news agency Xinhua on Sunday, the following conclusion as in to the cause of the disaster was given: "After more than three days' efforts, we found self-ignition of the explosives led to the explosion,".

Reports state that there were many students celebrating the end of exams at the bar when the explosion occurred - eight teenage girls who were part of a group of 13 from a local department store celebrating a the 19th birthday of Sun Bo, including Bo herself, and several pedestrians outside the building were amongst the casualties of the disaster. The drivers of a truck and a motorcycle passing the building when it exploded were also killed, as were a couple who owned a car wash near to the site. The explosion also buried a number of cars under tons of concrete and blew out windows in nearby buildings.

Police estimated that over a ton of TNT was required given the force of the explosion, and noted that the explosives had been manufactured by a factory in the local area. This was backed up by the Beijing News quoting an investigator as saying "The explosion was so powerful that there must have been about one tonne of explosives,".

The coal mine the explosives were intended for is one of around 3-400 in the local area, which operate both legally with licences and illegally without. Detonators were also recovered from ground zero.

Relatives of the deceased are currently being put up at local hotels in preparation for compensation discusions with the authorities. Of the 41 injured survivors, all are still being treated in local hospitals, four with "serious injuries" and the remaining 37 with "fractures, chest injuries and broken ribs", according to one physician. One person suffered injuries of a severity that required him to be taken to the Benxi City Central Hospital, while the rest are in either Benxi County No. 1 hospital or at a hospital in Tianshifu itself, according to deputy director of the Benxi County Health Bureau Jiang Yongcheng. A dozen extra medical experts have also gone to Benxi County to help treat the victims.


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Perhaps we should mention that Airbus tipped its hat at Boeing today? I will if no one objects. --Wpktsfs 18:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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Unfortunalty, the photograph used in this article was originally uploaded to enwiki by someone who didn't have the permission of the photographer and no permission has been received so I've had to delete this image from Commons. Could someone replace the image with Image:Boeing 787 Roll-out.jpg which shows very much the same information.

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U.S. Hurricane Center director leaves position

July 9, 2007 Bill Prozena has left his position as director of the National Hurricane Center in the United States after about half of the center's employees called for his removal. He has been re-assigned within the center and will be replaced by deputy director Ed Rappaport.

National Hurricane Center spokesman Dennis Feltgen said, "We need to move forward. Effective immediately Ed Rappaport will serve as acting director on an interim basis."


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About the NHC
I suggest someone more familiar with the subject than myself might like to add a brief closing paragraph of a couple of sentences to explain the role of the NHC. This will give readers additional context of this article. Adambro 20:51, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


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Tour de France: Gert Steegmans wins stage 2

July 9, 2007

Belgian riders, Gert Steegmans and Tom Boonen, finished one-two in stage 2 of the 2007 Tour de France that ran mostly in their home country.

Starting in Dunkirk, France, and ending in Ghent, Belgium, the 168.5 km (104.7 mile) stage is considered a flat stage. The roads were wet with rain today.

"What an explosion of emotion it was after the finish," Steegmans said. "It was really important for the team. You could feel this enormous pressure because we're a Belgian team." Boonen thought that the picture of the photo finish in Ghent was "the most beautiful picture of the year."

Steegmans and Boonen are not only countrymen, but also team-mates on the Belgian-sponsored Quick Step-Innergetic team. Boonen took the green jersey from Robbie McEwen, who came in sixth.

There was a large crash with less than 3 km to the finish. A cyclist from the team Milram hit the wheel of Tom Boonen and fell, dragging everyone behind him into his fall. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara was involved in the crash, but maintained the overall lead. The overall consequences were limited: Tomas Vaitkus broke his thumb, Fred Rodriguez sustained several rib fractures.

After 18 km in the race, Marcel Sieberg (Milram), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) and Cédric Herve (Agritubel) escaped and took the lead and soon rode five minutes before the peleton, but 3 km before the finish the trio was caught again.

The first ten to arrive in Ghent were:
 * 1) Gert Steegmans (in 3h48’22’’)
 * 2) Tom Boonen
 * 3) Filippo Pozzato
 * 4) Robert Hunter
 * 5) Romain Feillu
 * 6) Robbie McEwen
 * 7) Erik Zabel
 * 8) Heinrich Haussler
 * 9) Oscar Freire
 * 10) Sébastien Chavanel

The overall ranking after the second stage is:
 * 1) Fabian Cancellara  8h36’13’’
 * 2) Andreas Klöden  + 13’’
 * 3) David Millar  + 21’’
 * 4) George Hincapie  + 23’’
 * 5) Bradley Wiggins  + 23’’
 * 6) Vladimir Gusev  + 25’’
 * 7) Tom Boonen  + 26’’
 * 8) Vladimir Karpets  + 26’’
 * 9) Thor Hushovd  + 29’’
 * 10) Alexandre Vinokourov + 30’’


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Political pundits debate Fred Thompson's younger wife

July 14, 2007 Political analysts widely regard Fred Thompson as a potential, if not likely, candidate in the United States presidential election in 2008. Thompson is a lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Republican Senator for Tennessee now residing in McLean, Virginia near Washington D.C.

A recent article in The New York Times (NYT) labelled his wife, Jeri Kehn Thompson as a "trophy wife" and a potential liability in the 2008 race. The NYT article described her as having "youthfulness, permanent tan and bleached blonde hair" and wonders if "so-called values voters" would "accept this union."

Thompson and Kehn, married in June 2002, when he was 60 years old and she 35.

Television commentator and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough compared Kehn to a stripper and asked if "she works the pole."

According to the Associated Press, "trophy wife" originally "meant the second (or third) wife of a corporate titan, a woman who was younger, beautiful and — equally important — accomplished in her own right."

ABC News says that the current definition of "trophy wife" suggests Donald Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples and the late Anna Nicole Smith as examples.

However, ABC News also questions whether Kehn fits this definition. "Though she's blond, beautiful and nearly 25 years younger than her husband, Kehn Thompson, a political media consultant who previously worked for the Senate Republican Conference and a prestigious Washington law firm, doesn't appear to fit the typical description," wrote Emily Friedman.

Karen O'Connor, a political scientist and the director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University, said Thompson may lose support from Republican women, a group he needs. It may also make it difficult to gain the support of the "value voters", already skeptical after the report that he lobbied for an abortion-rights group.

"You have a situation where a candidate happens to have an attractive wife, therefore it’s open season for smutty thoughts and lowbrow humor, and no concern for the fact that this is a wife and mother, a professional woman?" said Mark Corallo, a former Justice Department official who is a consultant and the chief media adviser to the Thompson campaign. "One picture on the Internet and all of a sudden she’s reduced to being a bimbo?"


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Try to rely on facts. This article reports too much of pundits views instead of hard facts. --SVTCobra 01:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

 * This article needs some work:
 * A verb in the title (Fred Thompson's wife a political liability?) is required.
 * In terms of content, if you are going to write an article on how a political candidate's spouse looks, please discuss other candidate's spouses. (How is Bill Clinton looking these days?)
 * Avoid using phrases such as "is an attractive bleach-blond is raising eye-brows." (and check the grammar). --Jcart1534 01:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed huge chunks, and the question mark. News shouldn't be a question. C56C 23:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Not ready
I do not agree with the publication of this article "as is". First, it can't be published now with a July 9 date. It must be bumped. But more importantly, it is still chock full of one-sided criticism and pejoratives. Removing the question mark and crediting an "analyst" who doesn't get defined in the article doesn't cut it for making the article neutral. --SVTCobra 01:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It is based on a New York Times article, a newspaper that doesn't share Wikinews' enthusiasm for NPOV. --SVTCobra 02:24, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and "soon-to-be" candidate is bad. Don't predict the future. --SVTCobra 01:46, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Revised and put up for review
I made significant edits and added sources (and moved the date up). I tagged it as "ready" so please review. I think I included viewpoints from across the spectrum including Thompson's campaign staff. --SVTCobra 03:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Published. Much, much better. Well done! :)  Daniel  03:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


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Pakistani army storms Red Mosque; Ghazi is killed

July 10, 2007 After failed last-minute negotiations, Pakistani troops have moved in to end the nearly one-week standoff at the (Red Mosque) in Islamabad. There have been reports of an initial round of explosions early Tuesday morning (4:00 a.m. local time) followed by sounds of ongoing gunfire. As many as 1,800 clerics and followers had remained in the mosque.

"The militants are using small arms and grenades," said Major-General, a Pakistani military spokesman. "They are in the basement, we have covered the rooftop." According to Major-General Arshad, five Pakistani troops had been wounded in the military incursion. He expected the operation to be wrapped up in three or four hours.

Up until the latest military procedure, as many as 21 people had been killed in violence related to the standoff, which began a week ago when Pakistani forces first moved on the mosque.

Tensions had been rising between mosque clerics and the Pakistani government for the past few months as militants at the mosque led a movement, in Islamabad, pushing for implementation of sharia law. Tensions reached a peak when students of the mosque detained seven Chinese nationals that they alleged had been working in.

Several people, including former prime minister, intervened and tried to broker a deal to end the standoff. "I am returning very disappointed," said Hussain on his return from the mosque.

At least 50 militants and eight soldiers have been killed or injured as result of the military offensive. 's body has been found, according to interior ministry spokesperson, Javed Iqbal Cheema.


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This article should be renamed "Neola North wildfire blamed for three deaths", as the wildfire it discusses is being commonly referred to as the Neola North wildfire (see for example: this Google search).
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NASA readies Mars lander for launch

July 10, 2007 NASA technicians are beginning final launch preparations on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft destined for the planet Mars. The unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Florida's east coast on August 3, at around 5:35 a.m. EST (9.35 UTC). Phoenix will land in the Red Planet's northern polar region to search for signs of life, and analyze the Martian climate from a polar perspective.

The launch period for Phoenix extends from August 3, 2007 until August 24, 2007 and consists of two launch windows per day. A Delta II rocket will carry the spacecraft into Earth's orbit to begin its 122 million mile journey to Mars.

The journey is expected to last about 9 months, ending around May 28 at a landing site called Vastitas Borealis in the northern Arctic plains region of Mars. The site was identified in 2002 by the Mars Odyssey orbiter as having large amounts of water ice just below the surface. The high concentration is necessary to ensure that Phoenix will find water ice within reach of its instruments after landing.

Phoenix will remain on the surface of Mars for about 92 Earth days examining the water ice expected to lie a few inches beneath the rocky surface. The lander contains instruments that will help scientists to determine if life as we know it has ever existed, or currently exists, on this barren planet. The lander will study the atmosphere, surface and subsurface to determine if the Martian Arctic soil could have ever supported life. A detailed analysis of the weather will help scientists determine the Martian climate as well as aid in planning future un-manned and eventually manned missions to our planetary neighbor.

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48 hour block
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What's With The Map
Why does the map include Taiwan's territories? Why do the people in Taiwan always have to take this insult. It make me really want to say the F word here.


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Polish Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper sacked

July 10, 2007

, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as of the Republic of Poland, was sacked on Monday over a corruption investigation.

, the current Prime Minister, explained the reasons of dismissal in an interview for public television channel TVP1: There are serious reasons to believe they [members of Lepper's party] may have been involved in criminal activities. Kaczyński was referring to two people arrested by the on Friday. One of them, Andrzej R., told the Bureau that he was linked with Lepper. It is widely rumoured that a bribe in the amount of 3 million was involved.

Mr. Lepper insist he is innocent, but he also told news-channel TVN24 that the coalition is over. Lepper is the leader of the {{w|Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland]] party, which is the second largest in the government coalition. {{cquote|I am not going back into this government.}}

The coalition's break-up means that there is no majority in the Polish parliament at the moment. Self-Defence has 46 deputies in the 460-seat Sejm, the lower house of the Parliament. However, it may not mean early elections – the Opposition has too few votes to dissolve the Parliament.

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Polish political crisis
Thanks for the extra source on that, but can you list the Polish one you originally used too? --Brian McNeil / talk 19:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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Plane crash in Florida kills five

July 10, 2007 At least five people have been killed, and several others injured, after a Cessna 310 crashed into a neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, in the United States. Two people on the plane and three others on the ground were reported to be killed in the crash.

The plane was attempting to make an emergency landing at the Orlando-Sanford International Airport when it crashed into two houses, causing a massive fire. The aircraft is registered to Competitor Liaison Bureau Inc. of Daytona Beach, and is linked to NASCAR's late chairman. The plane was traveling from Daytona Beach to Lakeland in Florida when the pilot declared smoke in the cockpit, and attempted an emergency landing.

The 310 is a twin-engine plane that is often used for air taxi services, and for personal use. It seats six people, including the pilot.

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Top two aides quit US presidential candidate McCain's campaign

July 10, 2007

The top two aides in United States presidential candidate John McCain's campaign have resigned from their posts today.

The resignation of campaign manager Terry Nelson and long-standing chief strategist John Weaver was announced while McCain was on the floor of the Senate debating strategy in Iraq. Nelson said, "It has been a tremendous honor to serve Senator McCain and work on his campaign," and "I believe John McCain is the most experienced and prepared candidate to represent the Republican Party and defeat the Democratic nominee next year."

Weaver's statement echoed that of Nelson: "It has been my honor and a distinct privilege to serve someone who has always put our country first. I believe that most Americans will come to the conclusion that I have long known there is only one person equipped to serve as our nation's chief executive and deal with the challenges we face, and that person is John McCain."

In a statement, McCain said the resignations were "accepted with regret and deep gratitude for their dedication, hard work and friendship." He further said, "I will continue to address the issues of greatest concern to the American people, laying out my vision for a secure and prosperous America."

Rick Davis will step in as campaign manager. Davis served in this capacity during McCain's 2000 presidential bid.

McCain has not performed well in recent opinion polls. He usually trails Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson, pulling only single digits in some surveys.

Last week, McCain announced financial information for his campaign. The US$11.2 million that were raised in the last three months placed him third among Republicans. The $2 million the campaign reported as cash-on-hand was viewed as a relatively small sum by analysts.


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Self-Defence party to stay on in the governing coalition of Poland

July 10, 2007 Andrzej Lepper, the now-former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland announced on Tuesday that his party is "conditionally" staying on in the governing coalition. The only condition is to show "so-called serious proofs" of his guilt until this Friday. The crisis has media speculating that Poland's coalition government may fail and early elections be required.

Lepper told the journalists on his press conference that he want the so-called proofs to be shown: They say that there are some recordings, some tapes (...) so show them all, please.

Self-Defence stays on in the government, but, as he said, without him. He didn't want to disclose the name of his successor on the position of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In an interview for Polish news-only channel TVN24 Lepper said that the whole situation was faked by the Central Anticorruption Bureau and that there is no connection with him. He repeated also that he won't come back to the government again. I surely won't be the Minister of Agriculture anymore. (...) I won't come back to the government and I keep my word. (...) The post of the Deputy Prime Minister is waiting for me if these charges won't be confirmed, but I want to focus on work related to my party. (...) The Central Anticorruption Bureau has faked this affair from the very begining [sic]. (...) I have played no part in this issue. (...) If there really are proofs in this matter, why nobody showed them?

He explained why Self-Defence stays on in the governing coalition as well: We think that this coalition has still a lot of work to do.


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Cyprus and Malta to adopt the euro

July 10, 2007 The European Union's has approved the entry of Mediterranean islands Cyprus and Malta into the. They will begin to use the from January 1, 2008.

European finance ministers (collectively known as Ecofin) set fixed rates of one euro to 0.585274 and 0.4293 to the. Slovenia was the first new country to join, which adopted it in January of 2007. No other country has yet met the strict entry criteria into the Eurozone, including inflation, which prevented the entry of states such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The news comes amid a rising value of the euro, on the same day it reached a new all-time high of 1.37 U.S. dollars.

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Talk:Self-Defence party to stay on in the governing coalition of Poland

This should probably be merged with Polish Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper sacked as an expansion/correction to that article (which says they are leaving the coalition). --SVTCobra 18:03, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. The party's leader, Andrzej Lepper, said on Monday that they will leave the coalition, but today he changed his opinion, and the first article says what was the situation on Monday. The second article, on the other hand, tells us what is the current situation. These are two separate events, and I think it is OK to have two separate articles. There will be an interview with him on Polish television in 20 minutes, so I'll try to write more about this situation. 83.27.106.252 18:11, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I agree with you. I guess I just assumed it all happened today. --SVTCobra 21:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * For future reference, if you can find an English source and a non-English one to back it up that's fine. Just put some quotes and translation on the talk so those of us who are linguistically challenged can verify the story. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid these are the only English sources at the moment. Even BBC Here's the BBC article: 1. I've used Google News to find them. There's a lot of articles in the Polish press: have a look on the main pages only and try to find words like "Lepper", "Samoobrona", "koalicja" and so on: dziennik.pl, gazeta.pl, tvn24.pl, wprost.pl... 83.27.106.252 19:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for coming back and doing a bit more work on this, sure you'd not prefer to set up a username? --Brian McNeil / talk 19:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Typo in a quote
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"All seven eight" should be "all eight"

✅ Thanks --Mark Talk to me 18:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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Argentina celebrates its independence day covered in white

July 10, 2007 Yesterday, amid the celebration of the Argentinian Independence Day, snow and sleet surprised many in the greater area of Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina. It was the first snowfall there since June 22, 1918. The National Weather Service even doubted to announce the predicted snowfall, because it is a phenomenon that occurs only about every hundred years.

"It's the first time that sleet falls here since the sixties, and it hasn't snowed since 1918 –I wasn't even born yet," said Diana Morinelli, a resident of the Olivos locality.

The snow fell mostly during the night and when the inhabitants of the capital city left their homes in the morning, many began to play with the snow. In 1918, the snowfall inspired composer Agustín Bardi's ¿Qué noche! (What a night!) tango.

Argentine daily La Nación reported that at least two homeless persons died because of the unusual cold. In Santa Rosa, La Pampa, the temperature was -10°C, with the perceived temperature as low as -15°C in some cities. Late May, the lowest temperatures in Buenos Aires in 40 years caused 23 deaths due to hypothermia, and an energy crisis.

The Argentinian version of Google decorated its main page with an Argentinian flag to celebrate the Independence day.


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This article was translated from the Spanish Wikinews (Argentina festeja su día de la independencia vestida de blanco). User:Jurock lives in Buenos Aires and wrote the report. I've requested OR notes on the Spanish project. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:54, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * User:Jurock has left OR notes in Spanish on the Spanish Wikinews: es:Discusión:Argentina festeja su día de la independencia vestida de blanco. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


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Tour de France: Yellow jersey Cancellara surprises sprinters

July 10, 2007 In the third and longest stage of the Tour de France today, the Swiss leader Fabian Cancellara didn't wait to compete with the sprinters, and used his time trial qualities to just hold them off and haul in a second victory.

The riders had 236.5 km in front of them when they started around 11 a.m. this morning in Waregem, Belgium, heading for the French town Compiègne, which is known also as the start of the race Paris-Roubaix. Remarkably, the riders didn't go faster than 30 km/hour most of the stage, so they came in an hour behind schedule after almost seven hours in the saddle.

After an early escape, Nicolas Vogondy and Matthieu Ladagnous were joined by Stephane Auge and Frederik Willems (the first three French, the latter Belgian) at 42 km of the finish. The former duo had a maximum lead of around 13 minutes 45 seconds, but the quartet of escapees was caught by the peleton just 500 m from the finish.

The yellow jersey and winner of the prologue took an early shot at the finale and managed to keep off Erik Zabel, Danilo Napolitano and Tom Boonen, among others. The bonus seconds expand Canchellara's lead from 13 to 33 seconds. In the climbing ranking, David Millar lost the polka dot jersey to Stephane Auge but remains third, 43 seconds behind Cancellara.

Results
Results of the third stage:
 * 1) Fabian Cancellara: 6 hrs 36 mins 15 secs (others listed: same time)
 * 2) Erik Zabel
 * 3) Danilo Napolitano
 * 4) Tom Boonen
 * 5) Robert Hunter
 * 6) Robert Foerster
 * 7) Robbie McEwen
 * 8) Bernhard Eisel
 * 9) Mark Cavendish
 * 10) Heinrich Haussler

Overall standing:
 * 1) Fabian Cancellara: 15 hrs 12 mins 8 secs
 * 2) Andreas Klöden: + 33´´
 * 3) David Millar: + 41´´
 * 4) George Hincapie: + 43´´
 * 5) Bradley Wiggins: + 43´´
 * 6) Vladimir Gusev: + 45´´
 * 7) Tom Boonen: + 46´´
 * 8) Vladimir Karpets: + 46´´
 * 9) Thor Hushovd: + 49´´
 * 10) Mikel Astarloza: + 49´´


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Al-Qaeda threatens UK over Rushdie's knighthood

July 10, 2007

Al-Qaeda's No.2 Ayman al-Zawahiri warned in a 20-minute audiotaped message that the knighthood of Salman Rushdie was defying the Islamic world by granting the honour to the author of The Satanic Verses, which was deemed an insult to Islam.

Al-Zawahri said in the message that a "very precise response" is in preparation to retaliate against this offence, "And if you did not understand, listen, we are ready to repeat it for you."

Rushdie was given the knighthood last month by Queen Elizabeth II. The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the honor was not intended as an insult to Islam but was "a reflection of his contribution to literature."


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Evolutionary biology labs at University of Colorado threatened

July 11, 2007 On Friday, anonymous threats were sent to the evolutionary biology labs at the University of Colorado at Boulder by email and workers returned to their labs Monday morning to find threatening messages slipped under their doors. The threats mention a group affiliated with creationism, but police did not release the name of the group as it is still investigating if the threats were sent by them.

Currently, the University of Colorado police are not providing further details as they investigate the threats. Police have in the meantime increased patrols around the campus and threatened buildings.

Although the United States has had vigorous debate over the Creation-evolution controversy to date there have been no serious violent incidents, aside from an attack on Paul Mirecki, a professor at the University of Kansas, in 2005.


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US Immigrants protest Green Card delays with flowers

July 10, 2007

Hundreds of legal, highly-skilled workers in the United States sent hundreds of flowers to the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Emilio Gonzalez as part of a symbolic and peaceful protest over what they said was a "flip-flop" by the State Department and the USCIS on eliminating Green card processing delays.

Dr. Gonzalez announced on the USCIS website late last night that the flowers will be forwarded to the injured service members recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

In response, Immigration Voice, a non-profit organization representing skilled, legal immigrants, said that they welcome the fact that Dr. Gonzalez acknowledged the symbolic gesture of our protest and are overjoyed that these flowers will brighten the day of the injured service brethren.

Immigration Voice also said that it is their sacrifice for American freedom that has made this country great and such a desirable destination for multitude of people from around the world and that they wanted to say "Thank you and god bless you" to the servicemen.


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You were a bit quick to publish. This needs a bit of tidying. --SVTCobra 02:32, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, is 'US Immigrants' some sort of society? --84.71.35.120 13:43, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:English august

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Police investigate Youtube video of two year old 'on ecstacy'

July 11, 2007 The FBI and Jackson County police have tracked down the people who videotaped a two year old girl, unsecured and unresponsive in the back seat floorboard of a moving van. In the video, it is suggested that the child had been given the drug ecstasy.

In the video which was taken off YouTube, the toddler was not in a child seat, appeared unresponsive and was rolling her eyes so only her whites showed. There were comments made in the video that the little girl may have been given ecstasy - one teen in the van said "Cookie, stop rolling, girl" and "you shouldn't have popped no x". 'X' is a slang term for ecstasy.

Police tracked down the people involved via the MySpace and YouTube accounts used to post the video. The local police say it will be hard to prove if she was really given ecstasy since the drug is metabolised by the body within 48 hours.

In addition to the infant, three adults and four teens are seen in the video, with the camera being passed around between them. The van was being driven by the 21-year-old mother of the child. The mother, adults and teens are being questioned by the local police while the children are being taken care of by other family members.


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Area of focus

 * FC Bayern Munich
 * UEFA Champions League
 * UEFA Cup
 * FIFA Tournaments
 * Bundesliga
 * Germany national football (soccer) team

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This is a list of football (soccer) match reports I've written:

This is a list of football (soccer) articles I've started:

This is a list of articles that is not related to football (soccer):

Prepared stories

 * 1) /Bayern Munich
 * 2) /Toronto FC
 * 3) /Toronto Lynx

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 * /Contests
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WMAQ reporter Amy Jacobson leaves job following controversial video

July 11, 2007 WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago announced yesterday that reporter Amy Jacobson was leaving her job after being videotaped in a bikini with her two sons at the home of Craig Stebic. Jacobson has been covering the story of Stebic's wife Lisa, who has been missing since April 30.

Jacobson says that she took her children on a social visit on her day off, following an invitation from Stebic's family.

Jacobson has reported at WMAQ for the last ten years.

The video of her at Craig Stebic's home was either taken by or given to CBS 2 WBBM-TV Chicago, the CBS affiliate. The entire six minute video of Jacobson is available at cbs2chicago.com.

The WMAQ President and General Manager Larry Wert stated "Amy has been one of our most valued reporters for over ten years The decision to part ways has been a difficult one. We wish her the very best."

Speaking with WGN Radio on Wednesday morning, Jacobson described WBBM-TV's releasing of the video a "cheap shot".

She told Spike O'Dell that she is sickened by the entire ordeal and may pursue legal action against the people who took the video of her at Craig Stebic's house. Jacobson said her attorney told her it is illegal to videotape people on private property and she said she "is looking at all of her legal options."

A press release was sent to the WMAQ-TV Newsroom staff on July 10, 2007.

Jacobson came to WMAQ-TV in 1996 from Fox affiliate WJBK located in Detroit. Jacobson is a native of Mount Prospect. She began her career at KSAX and also worked in El Paso and Tucson, AZ. She started at WMAQ as a freelance reporter and moved up to general assignment reporter. She and her husband have two children and live on the north side of Chicago.


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Needs sources, categories, and interwiki links. WN:SG.  Daniel  05:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Much better, thanks Doldrums. I added some interwiki links and published it. Cheers,  Daniel  06:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't get it, what did she do wrong? The article isn't very clear. 204.99.250.45 23:56, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it is that she became too familiar with the subject of one of the stories she is covering for WMAQ. I guess they are implying that she perhaps even is dating the husband of the missing woman. --SVTCobra 00:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Which is a major violation of journalism ethics. --TUFKAAP 00:37, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Article title
Just a quick note about the article title, as per Style guide, use downstyle capitalisation, i.e Only the initial word and proper nouns are capitalized. Adambro 20:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Typo
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July 13 to Present

Elián González joins Communist youth group
This story needs independent sources. All 3 you listed are from Associated Press. --SVTCobra 15:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * They are not independent. Associated Press wrote them all. --SVTCobra 15:33, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Agencies should be listed as the author when their reports are on a secondary source, which means this story has only one source - AP. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Fret not, Kingjeff. I have added a newer Bloomberg article where it seems they went back and verified the AP story. I also added the Juventud Rebelde article and though my Spanish is limited, it seems to substantiate the claims. I removed the single source tag. --SVTCobra 21:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Anything football
Just ask me on MSN, it's easiest! :) ńăŧħăń  -  ŧĕẍŧ  15:26, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Football
Ok, the main page is finished being updated. I have done the headlines, banner, links, fixtures + results. Fixtures are only up until tomorrow at the moment, I will update it soon. Can I ask you to do Portal:Football/Bundesliga in the same way. I will make the banner and I will do Portal:Football/Scottish Premier League. Thanks, ńăŧħăń  -  ŧĕẍŧ  17:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Calenders
I noticed you were asking about calenders. The pages Calendaric archives, and Template_messages/General may be useful to you. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

tagging abandoned
Hi Kingjeff. When tagging articles as abandoned, please do so with the date. This can most easily be done by inserting into the article. Cheers, --SVTCobra 17:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiBureaus and other groups

 * WikiBureau Germany would be okay for me, if you still want my collaboration there. --Gwyndon (talk) 13:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Reporter Amy Jacobson leaves WMAQ over controversial video

That's messed up.--SVTCobra 09:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


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Italian President ends visit to Ghana

July 11, 2007 Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy has completed a three day visit to Ghana.

During his visit, he met President John Kufuor at the Osu Castle. They highlighted the bonds between Ghana and Italy and past cooperation such as the building of the Akosombo Hydroelectric Dam and AGIP's involvement in Ghana's petroleum business.

Napolitano also visited the Parliament of Ghana, where he paid a courtesy call on the Speaker, Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes. Napolitano said the European Union had a role to play in the integration of Africa. Sekyi-Hughes was pleased that the Italian president had shown confidence in Ghana's parliament and its young democracy.

Later, he visited the Kwame Nkrumah mausoleum in Accra and inspected work on the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium where Italian workers are engaged in construction work to prepare the stadium for the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament.

The next day, he visited the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre near Accra. Ghana and Italy affirmed their commitment to the training of civilian personnel attached to various peacekeeping missions. While there, he said "Italy appreciates the level of troop contribution to and for works done by Ghana's contingents to peacekeeping operations worldwide". He continued, "We are pleased with your sense of mission and the high level of professionalism being exhibited by your troops on peace missions, and we would continue to support you in your role".

He was the guest of honour at a state banquet held before his departure.

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Swiss President visits Ghana

July 11, 2007

The, , has begun a 2-day visit to.

The trip is part of an tour which includes, , ,  and. She has already been in.

She held talks with her host. Mrs. Calmy-Rey praised Ghana's successful democracy and said Ghana has a special role to play in Africa and is partners with Switzerland in that role. She is also keen to see more investment in Ghana.

They also discussed issues such as trade, taxation relief to help boost Swiss investments in Ghana and Swiss support for Ghana's cocoa and pineapple industry. Also discussed was possible increased budgetary support as well as assistance to the in.

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User talk:Jurock

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Thank you for adding the notes. I speak a little Spanish but my English is still better.

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"Police assrape terrified monkey in Wisconsin, USA" was vandalism
Hello,

I noticed you reverted my blank page at Police assrape terrified monkey in Wisconsin, USA. This was page move vandalism; the original title was Police capture escaped monkey in Wisconsin, USA. I'm sorry if it looked like I was a vandal myself, but I was only trying to help. 4.245.131.210 03:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

 * No offense taken. I just found the discussion about this at Admin_action_alerts. Thank you for your work, and I hope those vandals grow up soon. 4.245.131.210 04:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

On Wikinews talk:2007/September
✅ irid:t 01:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

PD
Well, We do not have a policy for PD or CC articles. I for one and not too fond of having an article that could be big news for WN, then have FOX News steal the material again. There is no policy against it, but it is not recommended. Also the rest of the editors who contribute to the article, also have to agree to PD. If you need a clearer answer, let me know...Just woke up and the coffee is still brewing :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:16, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

 * In short, there are two types of people - those who want to make Wikinews a recognisable, veritable news organisation (and thus want to make sure that accredition to "Wikinews" is included by anybody who uses the story), and those that hope by waiving the need for attribution, the actual information in the story will be spread further, even if Wikinews/they get no credit for it. To give a "extremely unlikely illustration" (as the author of the story to which you linked...) if I wake up tomorrow and see my local newspaper that is an identical, exact copy of my WN article on al-Tunisi - I'm not going to be mad and demand to know where my byline is - I'm just going to be glad that they were willing to use it, whereas they might not have if it weren't public domain, since they wouldn't want to appear "amateur" and admitting they were 'stealing' Wikinews material.  At the end of the day, CC works best to ensure that more and more news is released as CC, rather than copyrighted (the beauty of shareAlike) -- while public domain works best to ensure the furthest transmission of the information. Hope that's some help at understanding the thoughts behind it - but don't worry, as much as WMF loves GFDL/CC for their 'Freedom', the public domain is even more free :)  Sherurcij 09:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * A couple points on your explanations. First off, all cc does not (or at least the variant used on wikinews. there are many variants of cc) make sure more news is under a free license. All the CC we're talking about (known as CC-BY 2.5) does is make sure if someone republishes, copies, modifies, etc one of our article, they say originally from wikinews (or something along those lines. see ). They do not require you to redistribute stuff under the same license This is sort of similar to how if a news paper uses an associated press story, they have to give credit where credit is due (except then you also have to pay and follow all sorts of restrictions with the AP, wikinews you just have to credit). In theory, people see the by wikinews, and come over to the site and look at us. On the other hand, if it is in the public domain, you can essentially copy it and pretend it is yours (well at least in US, in other places like Canada, it is essentially the same as CC). As a whole, the community took a vote on what license we wished to use, and the cc came out as the winner. (see Wikinews/License) (bear in mind IANAL, all usual disclaimers to copyright madness explanations apply). Bawolff ☺☻ 03:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * P.S. Official wmf policy (I think) is all wikimedia projects are GFDL except for wikinews which is CC-BY 2.5. GFDL is in my (and many other people's but not everyone's) opinion an absolutly horrid license which is unsuitable to a site with our goals (and not really suitable to wikipedia either)

[responding to stuff on my page]
 * sorry for the confusion about my previous post. The basic answer to your original question, is someone wanted to make a pd, pd is less restrictive (at least in the US), then cc-by, so anything pd could also be used as cc-by (and therefor doesn't really violate any policies or cause problems), and no one opposed the person from making a pd article(s). Bawolff ☺☻ 22:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Finland

 * Laughs understandingly* well, I can understand why a quite country that doesn't really do much except in the music world isn't to many people's tastes. Still, most of the more traditionaly 'interesting' countries can only hold my interest for so long... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Image:Ming Campbell during visit to Brent in September 2006.jpg
I can't upload it to commons, my account is messed up. Would you mind uploading it for us? Thanks.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 22:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Category:Speedy deletion
Hi, as of this writing, all of the articles in this category marked speedy are preps for future matches. I deleted a few of them, perhaps unwisely. User:Kingjeff needs to put those to be saved in WN:SP and User:Jurock shouldn't add these to WN:SD (speedy) without consulting the author (Kingjeff in this case). Story preparation is useful and should be used for events known to happen at certain time/eventually, but they shouldn't be floating about in WN:MAIN, the mainspace. --SVTCobra 02:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I see many of the articles I started in addvance are up for speedy deletion. This is to avoid the tedious work when I actually start writing them. Yes it is news or else sports would never find it's way into newscasts and newspapers. Kingjeff 17:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

RE protected edits
I fixed all but the css one because I have no clue how to do that :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:42, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I did the CSS. Due hard refresh to notice it. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Javascript
Umm, yes should work quite easily. The reason the warning is there is that when I modified the code from commons to do that, I had very limited knowledge of javascript, and sort of edited it into working, without it being designed paticualry robustly. The main problem with it is that it has everything coded for en.wikinews and /comments. All that really needs changing is that stuff to the equivelent in spanish. I would be happy to make the modifications. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Date
✅ irid t i [mailto:ironiridis@gmail.com e]  00:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Byline/dateline
FYI - bylines are only used in cases of orignal reporting. See this section of the style guide. Cheers, --SVTCobra 15:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Oks. Well, it didn't harm anyone anyway, no? - Jurock (reply) 22:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Comments: namespace on es.
Has es.wikinews only started the comments experiment? I'd like to be kept informed how it works out. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Copyright question
Hi SVTCobra! (how I hate copyright). Well, I've seen you've used material from VOA News, but in their disclaimer a little phrase that has called my attention appears: "... we ask that you not abridge or edit any VOA material which you may use.". Isn't this a sort of "-nd" (non-derivatives), not compatible with our CC-BY? But, at the same time, the same copyright page states that "All text, audio and video material produced exclusively by the Voice of America is public domain [...]". I mean, 'public domain' means you can do absolutely everything with the material (except such things which are not allowed by law), thus meaning you can make derivative works. Nonetheless, the "we ask that you not abridge or edit any VOA material which you may use." doesn't actually –I dunno– guarantee this... Any thought? - Jurock (reply) 22:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

 * That's a good question. I hope the use of "ask" means it is just a request. I will try to research this and seek input from others. I hope that we can at least update the information. I have not 'abridged' anything per se, but I have added stuff to their story. I hope this use is OK. I will let you know what I find out. --SVTCobra 22:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I opened a discussion at the Water Cooler, see A question about public domain news sources. --SVTCobra 23:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Easier/ Oil prices
Hi! I was bold and made this thing (in which I've seen you've been involved) to be more easily updated (too much text confuses). Do you like it? It's what we do in Spanish Wikinews to update stock indexes... - Jurock (reply) 01:16, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I do like what I see. Perhaps there should be a "user guide" to help people who want to update. Something like what you should put if the market is down. I can see that it is ▲ if it is up, is the opposite "loss"? Also, from the sources that I use, the % change is not readily available, do I have to calculate that myself? It is clearly an improvement, nonetheless. --SVTCobra 01:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not at all :) I just simply don't have the time I used to have, except when I have the weekends off...which is no good since the markets are not open on the weekends :-P I like the updates you made, now we just need it done automatically :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:56, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Editor status
Hi Jurock. I think you should apply for editor status since you are a trusted user. It saves us the trouble of 'checking' your edits. You can apply at the permission board. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 14:50, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I have promoted you to the Editor class, as I feel you can be trusted to mark revisions of articles as sighted (review). Take a moment to read: If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews ! Cirt (talk) 16:02, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Flagged revisions
 * Reviewing articles
 * Peer review
 * Review
 * Reviewed article version
 * Flagged Revisions extension information, on MediaWiki
 * We are not really using the Reviewer class on this project yet. Cirt (talk) 16:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Markets down across the world; Dow Jones falls below 9,000
Thanks for the extraordinarily help that you did on it. I look forward to working with you on the next article. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 21:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It sure looks like that. You might want to see my comment over at Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals. We have a few editors here who seem rather inclined to work on economic related articles and it might be useful to create a place where we can work together. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 21:21, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiBureau Economics and business
Hiya ,

I saw that you expressed an interest in the proposal for an economics and business bureau. It has been created at WikiBureau Economics and business.

Thanks,

Anonymous101talk 18:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Evolutionary biology labs at University of Colorado threatened

Which University of Colorado is it? University of Colorado lists several. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'ts University of Colorado at Boulder - --SVTCobra 15:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Single source
Before anyone places a tag on this, I have searched and the Denver Post seems to be the only ones reporting this. For local news it is permitted to have only a single source. The second source is a blog which discusses the Denver Post article and the third is just background. --SVTCobra 15:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I'm trying to find more sourcing now but so far I can't find anything. (Incidentally, the blog in question although it is labeled as a blog is regarded at least on Wikipedia as constituting a generally reliable source since the authors are a number of biologists and other scientists and there is editorial oversight). JoshuaZ 15:42, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


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Well-preserved baby mammoth found in Siberia

July 12, 2007 Well-preserved remains of a baby have been found in the  in, Russia. The baby mammoth, named Lyuba, was a six-month-old female at the time of death, approximately 10,000 years ago.

Mammoths arose about five million years ago, in the, and are closely related to modern. Unlike elephants, mammoths had a thick layer of fur.

They died out about 4,000 years ago, although the population was in substantial decline well before then with more than half the population gone by 11,000 years ago. At present, scientists do not know what caused their extinction. However, major hypotheses include factors such as climate change, hunting by humans, disease, and combinations of these factors.

The specimen is well preserved with some remaining fur and substantially intact eyes and trunk. The only part which is missing is the tail which appears to have been bitten off. There is some hope that the mammoth may be sufficiently well preserved that DNA can be extracted for cloning or for other research.


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The 24th Shin Kong Life Tower Run Up will promote Bananas of Taiwan

July 11, 2007

The 24th Shin Kong Life Tower Run Up, the oldest building run up competition in Taiwan, organized by Shin Kong Life Insurance Co., Ltd., will be held on July 28, 2007 and promote "Bananas of Taiwan" as its main theme.

At noon of July 11, the main organizer held a pre-match conference and invited well-known Taiwanese delicatessen connoisseur Hong Chen to demonstrate two creative cooking by using bananas and other fruit.

Chen mentioned that lots common people in Taiwan lost the best origins due to pursuing new or fashion things, as they don't know the values of nutritions of bananas in Taiwan. As a living people in Taiwan, we can apply bananas from the other way like cosmetic or a perfume.

"Earlier, Shin Kong Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. also held a series of environment movie seminar to encourage people the importance of saving energy and using it appropriately. As now, international oil price raised, 'greenhouse effect' continued, everyone should concern about our environment for a better next generation." Shin Kong Financial president Frank Cheng said, after this press conference.