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User:Sj/CFP2006

Comments from CFP 2006...

People to look up : I. J. Good ... "half-baked ideas", and Olaf Stapleton.

Quotes : "One of the highlights of the conference was getting to meet and talk to Wikipedians" --VV

Archives
Civil Rights Archive. VA 1960's / UVA

Berkeley? CRON tv station, going under now...

Upcoming

 * Logging conf. at Harvard, about digital libraries... google print policies?
 * June 5-6 in NYC.

Banjo events
Thurs 18th, Lexington museum -- concern.

Banjo Camp North a few weeks later...

Ohio
James Meyer, wikipedian?

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Warehouse burns in Helsinki, Finland

May 6, 2006 A former warehouse of VR Group, a Finnish railroad company in Helsinki, Finland, is currently on fire. Reports say smoke can be seen throughout the City Center.

The warehouse was scheduled to be demolished next Monday.

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Polls open for the 2006 Parliamentary Elections, Singapore

May 6, 2006

The national flag of Singapore. Singapore polling stations opened this morning at 8 a.m. SGT (0000 UTC) and are expected to run until 8 p.m. SGT (1200 UTC) tonight. Election results are expected from as early as 10 p.m. SGT (1400 UTC).

For the first time in 18 years, the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) has not won a walkover victory on Nomination Day on 26th April after opposition parties fielded candidates for 47 of the 84 seats. However, political analysts believe that the PAP will win a majority victory again.

This is the first parliamentary election for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after he took over from the former Prime Minister and current Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong stepped down in August 2004 in a planned leadership transition. Lee, 54, is the son of the Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who was the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990.

As election surveys and exit polls are banned in Singapore, it is difficult to determine how the political outcome might be. However, in the previous parliamentary elections in 2001, the PAP won 82 of 84 seats with 55 walkovers. The 2 remaining seats went to Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) and Low Thia Khiang of the Workers' Party (WP). A win of less than 80 of the 84 seats could prove an embarrassment for PM Lee.

The last nine days saw intense campaigning from the incumbent PAP, the SDA, the WP and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Several thousands of people attended the opposition rallies. Debates about the widening income gap, rising medical costs, job cuts, and calls for a less authoritarian political system dominated the campaigning.

Parties
For a more complete list of political parties in Singapore, see list of political parties in Singapore. Table courtasy of Wikipedia specifically Wikipedia:User:Vision.


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Talk:Porter Goss resigns as director of the CIA

Historically important story
Goss is a man of honour (I think). There is a lot more to this story perhaps. The CIA is a multilayered cake, from what I can tell. While the bottom layers are what they seem, the top layers are sometimes filled with traitorous duplicities (as in keeping with it's skull and bones hegelian origins). I am looking forward to knowing why he really quit. Neutralizer 02:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


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 * No problem. I just wanted to say Great job on the elections. Add to publish. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:39, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I put in a table with some picts. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:14, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

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Rescue of Tasmanian miners delayed

May 8, 2006 Rescuers working to free miners trapped during the Beaconsfield mine collapse have moved to a slightly faster blasting method. The rescue effort was expected to conclude on Sunday, however due to rescuers encountering extremely hard rock, it has been once again delayed.

The vertical distance had previously been estimated at 1.5 metres, although rescuers believe it could be less with work being carried out overnight.

Todd Russell, 34, and Brant Webb, 37, have been underground for 13 nights after a minor earthquake triggered a rockfall in the Beaconsfield Gold Mine. They survived because they were in a small cage when the collapse occurred. Their workmate Larry Knight, 44, died in the collapse, and his funeral is to be held in Launceston on Tuesday. His family members have delayed the funeral proceedings with the hope that the trapped miners will be freed and able to attend.

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Cruise liner off England coast catches fire

May 6, 2006

A cruise ship caught fire 32 km (20 miles) off the southeast coast of England. The blaze started in the engine-room of the Calypso, which had 708 passengers and crew onboard.

The passengers were mainly Dutch.

Specialist firefighters transported by helicopter from the East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service tackled the fire.

It was tugged to Southampton by the Anglican Monarch, a tug boat jointly operated by England and France. The relieved passengers left to boat 16 hours after the fire started.

"A team will be going onboard to assess the situation, so time will tell," said the Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokeswoman.

There were no causualties and no evacuation.


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Car hits five-year-old Australian girl

May 6, 2006

A car driven by an 80-year-old man has hit a five year old girl at a pedestrian crossing at Frenchs Forest Road in Seaforth, in Sydney's north at 4 p.m. AEST.

Sophie Delezio, 5, was rushed to Sydney Children’s Hospital. She has injuries to shoulder, jaw, numerous rib fractures but her most serious injury is bleeding around her left lung. She is expected to fully recover. She is expected to be in intensive care for three weeks. She is not expected to have to undergo surgery. A drug called NovoSeven is credited with stopping the bleeding around her lung.

The 80-year-old driver of the car that crashed into her has been arrested on negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm and failing to give way at a pedestrian crossing. He is expected to front Manly Court on 15 July 2006.

Sophie was also involved in an accident involving a driver crashing into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre on December 15, 2003 causing her severe burns to 85% of her body. She also lost both feet, some fingers, and her right ear.

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User:Apartmento2

I live in Sydney, Australia. I enjoyed writing articles for Wikinews but am currently not interested. However, I still enjoy reading Wikinews and subscribe to the RSS feed of articles. I have an account at Wikipedia (Apartmento).

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Hey and hi. I changed the 06 in the date, and hit the refresh button on the Australian portal, maybe that was it. -Edbrown05 10:20, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

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International Contribution
Would you like to try this? --Carlosar 12:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

nice work...
on the Brazil air crash article. Doldrums 04:20, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Spelling style (User_talk:139.168.173.25)
I'm aware of the conventions on spelling styles, but surely we should spell the name of an organisation the way that organisation spells it? :) FiggyBee 00:15, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol I have to agree.--Apartmento2 00:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

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Getafe CF coach Schuster criticises preliminary Spanish World Cup pick

May 6, 2006

On Friday, Luis Aragones, coach of the Spanish national football team, announced the preliminary squad for the World Cup finals in Germany. The pick was criticised by Getafe coach Bernd Schuster.

The 27-man squad includes 7 players from the Premier League, among them Chelsea left-back Asier Del Horno. Schuster claims that Getafe full-back Mariano Pernia should have been picked instead. "All Del Horno has done this year is kick Barcelona's Lionel Messi in the Champions League," says Schuster, referring to Horno's red card in the Champions League game between Chelsea and Barcelona back in February.

Pernia, who was born in Argentina, has dual citizenship, and could play for Spain in the World Cup finals. According to Schuster, Pernia had a successful season in La Liga, scoring ten goals.

Aragones must announce his 23-man squad by May 15.


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Why is this article written as though we should know who Sophie Delezio is? Either she is a notable person and her feats should be briefly mentioned in the article, or she isn't and her name shouldn't be bandied about so much (e.g. Car hits five year-old girl, "A car driven by an 80 year old man has hit a five year old girl", etc.) --84.71.104.186 11:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with you here. Who is this Girl and such? Needs more background info. Jason Safoutin 11:32, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, hang on. Apparently she was involved in some sort of accident before. In that case, Sophie shouldn't be referenced as merely "a five year old girl". --84.71.104.186 11:34, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I see. Please feel free to add the background :) Jason Safoutin 11:39, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

New York and London time
I've removed the New York and London times, because it has no relevance to the article, and there is no precedent for including times from other countries. The AEST time is included because it tells us what time of day (morning, afternoon, nighttime, etc) the accident occured. - Borofkin 05:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

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10 American soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

May 6, 2006

Ten American soldiers were killed when a helicopter crashed near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border close to a landing zone in the Kunar province. A military spokesman said it crashed while conducting combat operations. The Soldiers were involved with Operation Mountain Lion, which is aimed at rooting out al-Qaeda and former Taliban militants.

"The remains of all the 10 soldiers have been found and there are no survivors. There is no indication that the helicopter came down due to some enemy action. Additional aircraft and crews were also at the landing zone and confirmed that enemy forces did not cause the crash," said Lt. Tamara D. Lawrence, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military.

However; Muhamad Hanif, a Taliban spokesman, said that the crash was the result of the Taliban. He also said that advanced weaponry was used to shoot down helicopters.

"We have no indication that that happened," said Lawrence in response to Hanif's claim. "The crash occurred in a very mountainous terrain and the landing zone was very difficult. It was a mountain-top landing zone. There were various weather factors that could have come into play…. There were high winds. We are investigating any possible causes for the accident but there were no enemy actions detected at the scene," she added.

In June of 2005, Taliban forces brought down a Chinook in the same province, which killed all American soldiers onboard. According to the military, rocket-propelled grenades were used in that attack.

There are at least 20,000 coalition forces in Afghanistan; 18,000 of them are American soldiers. At least 2,500 of the American soldiers are also involved with Operation Mountain Lion.


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Less US POV please
We MUST stop paraphrasing the US spokespeople as stating something as fact when they use weasel words like "no indication". In my opinion, they use this phraseology hoping media will report their qualified denials or assumptions as definitive statements while ignoring their butt covering qualifiers, but to be accurate and NPOV we MUST always include the US qualifiers when reporting their statements.

I have edited slightly (forgot to log in; 65.95.151.149 is me) to make the report of the US position conform to what they actually said (a qualified opinion that there is "no indication" of a shoot down. Neutralizer 13:52, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not the POV of an official, who I might add IS quailified. This is what she said and not her POV but her assesment of the situation and reports from troops. So unless you can specify a source otherwise, there was no POV. Jason Safoutin 14:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * In fact from ABC source in article: The crash was not the result of hostile fire, said Lt. Tamara D. Lawrence, a coalition spokeswoman. also this is an exact quote and also from a listed source: "The remains of all the 10 soldiers have been found and there are no survivors," here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1930725 Jason Safoutin 14:23, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi,Jason; please let me clarify. She did NOT say what you said she said; "However; Lt. Tamara D. Lawrence, a spokeswoman for the military said that the crash was not the result of any attack from militants." What she said was that there was "no indication" and she also said they were still "investigating"; so it is misleading to say that she said definitively "the crash was not the result of any attack from militants". Do you see my point on this? Neutralizer 14:26, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, the fact other sources may mis-quote the spokeswoman does not mean we can. You can say "ABC reports that Tamara D. Lawrence said the crash was not the result of hostile fire" if you like, but I think we are better at accurate reporting than ABC so I'd say we just report what she actually said. Neutralizer 14:28, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I see your point, but regardless, she said indication...which you changed to "there is no proff". She never said that...anywhere in any source. That is misleading and putting quotes into context and rewording them to fit POV, IMO. Also, read the Aljazeera source. It is IMO completely balanced. Claims, statements, responses. Please find a sources for your "there is no proof." Also, she said it in sataement. Read the sources Neutralizer, Read the BBC source...in a statement... Jason Safoutin 14:31, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Synopsis of helicopter crash
Hi, pardon the anon number; that's me but I keep getting unlogged somehow. I think it's better to include both sides opinion in the synopsis or else no reference to the cause at all. Doesn't that seem reasonable? Some people only read the synopsis. Neutralizer 14:20, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


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Anarchists, police clash in central Athens during anti-war rally

May 6, 2006

Tension and battles between Greek police and anarchist demonstrators took place in the centre of Athens, Greece, during the anti-war demonstration of the 4th European Social Forum which is taking place in the Greek capital, from 4 to 7 of May 2006. The march of the approximately 1,000 anarchists ended with clashes between groups of anarchists and police. Riot police used tear gas, while a branch of a Greek bank, a fast-food store and around 50 shop windows in central Athens were damaged.

The anti-war demonstration rally staged by the 4th European Social Forum started today morning with socialist politicians, peace and environmental groups from Greece and all over the world attending. The Synaspismos party, a coalition of Social Movements and Ecology Parties of Greece organized the demonstration.

Thousands of people from Europe, Asia, and America, members of Greek labour unions and non-government organisations took part in the march together with representatives of the Steering Committee. According to the European Social Forum and the organizers, there were approximately 80,000 demonstrators.

A group of youths set off clashes outside the British embassy, the War Museum, the Ministry of Foreign Ministry and the Parliament. They then headed to Ermou Street, where they vandalised several shops. Riot police arrested more than 15 people. Further small-scale incidents were reported shortly after 5pm near the U.S. embassy and the Athens Police Headquarters, when a group of anarchists hurled Molotov cocktails against police officers and cars.


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This article has been extensively re-written to an encyclopedic style. Wikinews is not an encyclopedia. Please re-write as a news article, with sourced factual statements. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:09, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I might have re-edited many times, but that's because i am new to Wikinews, and struggling to get the Wiki-language right. But, the content has remained same since yesteday. I just elaborated the New plans, and sub-categorised the article for easy reading. If you read the article, i have not tried to interpret it at any stage. Also, the source of all the factual statements are linked. I think in present form it still looks like a news article. and, is there any thing wrong with categorising ? Please compare yesterday's edit with today's. I leave to others to decide.Indrajitneogi 19:39, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


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I edited some and removed words like leftist mob and similar. Also left wing is not used so often in europe, replaced with socialist, communist etc. international 19:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

And some stuff is still missing sources but Im out of time to fix it. international 19:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


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Iraqis celebrate deaths of British troops

May 7, 2006

A British military helicopter crashed in Basra on Saturday killing four crew members. Local Iraqis filled the surrounding streets celebrating the crash before a clash occurred with British troops upon their arrival.

"We can confirm it was a British military helicopter that has crashed and an investigation is ongoing," a British military spokesman in London said.

An AFP reporter on the scene heard from a local policeman that the helicopter was hit by a rocket fired by local militia.

According to Basra police spokesman Lieut. Colonel Kareem al-Zaidi, "a multinational forces helicopter was hit by a rocket and went down on houses in central Basra". He also added that fire-fighters later found the four British crew members charred in the wreckage and that no causalities on the ground resulted from the impact.

Earlier, an AFP journalist sighted the downed British military helicopter and reported he saw two burnt crew members after the impact which caused the helicopter to burst into flames.

After the crash, it is reported that hundreds of people from the local area, many of them youths, celebrated the helicopter's downing in the streets surrounding the crash.

On the arrival of British troops at the scene, including two tanks and one land rover, the crowd allegedly attacked the British forces with rocks, debris and petrol bombs.

A British spokeswoman, Capt. Kelly Goodall, said British soldiers who responded came "under attack by a variety of weapons, including small arms fire, petrol bombs, as well as blast bombs and stone."

British soldiers used foam to extinguish their vehicles, escaping uninjured.

Members of the crowd allegedly shouted slogans such as "victory for the Mehdi Army!" and "we are all soldiers of al-Sayed" in support of local militants lead by Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

During the conflict, An AFP photographer was shot and wounded in the leg by a rubber-coated bullet. Contrary to reports from the British defence department, the journalist said that British soldiers raised their rifles and shot one man dead and also later shot the driver of a car in a local street dead.

As conflict was escalated, British and Shi'ite gunmen exchanged fire which resulted in the addition deaths of four Iraqis including two children. An estimated 30 civilians were reportedly injured in the melee.

An Iraqi policeman in Basra said the helicopter was downed by a rocket and said four Iraqi civilians, including two children, were killed and another 19 wounded in the fighting.

Military forces later cordoned off the scene and imposed a curfew on the surrounding area in Basra.


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I cleared out most of the remaining backlog of editprotected requests today. Yours had been sitting there for a while because they were more difficult than the standard "you spelt that wrong" requests that we usually get;). I approved both your requests, more or less. It actually took me a fair amount of time to decide how to handle those, as they were both in the grey area of current policy. Either way though, I hope the issues you had were satisfactorily resolved.

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User talk:65.29.34.82

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User talk:Rossp

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Spanish-language version of U.S. anthem stirs controversy
Again, thanks for contributing to Wikinews! The article you've edited, Spanish-language version of U.S. anthem stirs controversy, was published on April 29. According to WN:NOT, Wikinews articles are not works in progress -- basically, once the article is published the only changes should be grammar/spelling correction or perhaps categories. This is frustrating at times (for me at least) because there may be additional information that I want to add. If there is new information, it is best to create a new article. DragonFire1024 reverted, I think, based on this principle. Please do let me know if I can assist you in any way and, again, welcome to Wikinews! --Chiacomo (talk) 02:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:59.93.7.206

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-n-paste versions of articles which are published under a restrictive copyright. A copy and paste like that is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase those even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! Bawolff ☺☻ 02:16, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Iraqis celebrate deaths of British troops

Seems a bit POV, but I'm unsure of what side its biased to. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * To me, it appears to have a bias of support to those who were cheering the deaths of the downed coalition forces. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:37, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Illogical
Isn't it illogical to bring up pov if one can't even tell what the pov is? The article has been re-written and is certainly not POV now if it ever was in the first place. Neutralizer 03:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Title
The title sounds a bit odd, it made me think it was talking only about a celebration by iraqis for all the British troops that have died and not an article on an helicopter being gunned down, and the unrest afterwards.64.230.125.9 22:25, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


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Tornadoes cause millions in damages in Waco, Texas

May 6, 2006

Early Saturday morning winds up to 90 miles per hour struck Waco, Texas and central McLennan County, United States, causing widespread damage and leaving many households without electricity.

No deaths or serious injuries have been reported; however, there is a tremendous amount of damage in 15 areas of the city, leading Mayor Virgina DuPuy to declare the city a disaster area.

The hardest hit area was Franklin Avenue, where the Coca-Cola bottling plant's roof was peeled open as if by a giant can-opener. There were Sprite bottles spread out onto the street. The nearby Furniture Row shopping center was also hit hard. Some furniture was found as far as three-quarters of a mile away. Other hard-hit areas were Robinson, Hewitt, Woodway, and Speegleville. Densely populated Inner Waco was spared of any catastrophic damage, though hundreds, and possibly thousands, of trees have fallen, and roofs destroyed.

The main concern is restoring power to over 23,000 households and businesses. Many gas stations and grocery stores in the disaster areas were closed until power is restored. Those that remained open have had to throw out all perishable items. Also of concern is getting electricity to those with medical needs. The city has provided help to those without power at the Dewey Recreation Center.

The storm is the hardest to hit the area since the tornado that struck on May 11, 1953, which tore through downtown and killed 114 people.

Waco has seen more than its share of tornadoes recently. Only a week ago, an F1 tornado damaged many houses along Orchid and Kendall Lanes. No people were injured, though two horses were killed when their stable collapsed.

The National Weather Service confirmed this morning's winds were a F2 tornado, where wind speeds may have reached 115 miles per hour in some locations.


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User:Nzgabriel

Me, Myself, Nzgabriel, Gabriel Pollard and I
My name is Gabriel Pollard and I live in New Zealand. I am a 17-year-old male and I add content to Wikipedia (My Wikipedia talk page) and Wikinews which interests me. I am the reason for the controversy surrounding Wikinews and the amount of New Zealand articles. The articles I do write can mostly be found on the Wikinews New Zealand portal so keep a eye out for them. And please remember that when you are awake, I am asleep cause you are behind in the times ;).

On the September 23, 2007 edition of Sunday - a magazine found in the Sunday Star Times - I was featured among five others. This article was regarding what I did in the holidays; I talked about Wikinews, Wikipedia, photography, etc.

I now blog at Gabriel Pollard's blog about the Internet and various things about it.

It is possible to find me on the Wikinews IRC channel under the name Nzgabriel.

Adminship
As of 31 August, 2006 I am an administrator. I also survived a self-request for reconfirmation ending on June 19.

Accreditation
I have been approved. Check it out here: Gabriel Pollard credential verification

Arbitrator
On August 1 (UTC) I was elected to the arbitration committee with my membership set to expire July 31, 2008.

Articles
Most of the articles I create can be found here Portal:New Zealand

If you wish to view a full list of all the articles I have ever written on Wikinews then please go to my article list.

Click here for a Portuguese Wikinews article translated by me.

I won Messy's Wikinews contest, prize money of $100 thanks to the generosity of Messedrocker and IlyaHaykinson, an Orkut invite courtesy of Terinjokes and a Gmail invite for my friend from Bawolff.

Print edition
The New Zealand Print Edition is a weekly PDF file of the weeks news on the NZ Portal.

Hobbies
My hobbies include photography (my photography website is here), computers, internet, news, videography and photo/video editing.

Exclusive interviews
I apologise if I have forgotten anyone from this list.

Nice list

 * Sarah Gavin/Bebo (Exclusive look at Bebo)
 * Candace Bagnall/Ministry of Health (Getting the exclusive lowdown on The Lowdown
 * Clayton Cosgrove (reports not yet published)
 * John Boscawen (Protesters march for free speech in New Zealand)
 * Nicky Wagner (Protesters march for free speech in New Zealand)
 * Victoria Sinclair/Naked News (Naked News presents a new style of news)
 * Craig Milmine (Liberterianz discusses a free state with Wikinews)
 * Bernard Darnton (Liberterianz discusses a free state with Wikinews)
 * Cam Slater/Free Speech Coalition (Trust formed to protect New Zealand's free speech)
 * Joe Stewart (New Zealand's anti-spam legislation kicks in – exclusive report)
 * John Ballinger (Interview: cracked iPhone working in New Zealand)
 * Sue Kedgley (Exclusive report on New Zealand's digital TV service)
 * Dr Jonathan Coleman - via phone - (Exclusive report on New Zealand's digital TV service)
 * Steve Maharey (Exclusive report on New Zealand's digital TV service)
 * Noel Cox (Noel Cox talks to Wikinews about New Zealand's constitutional monarchy)
 * Lewis Holden (Exclusive interview with New Zealand republican, Lewis Holden)
 * John Key (Exclusive video interview with New Zealand Opposition leader, John Key and Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful)
 * David Farrar (Exclusive interview with prominent blogger, David Farrar and New Zealand's anti-spam legislation kicks in – exclusive report)
 * Nick Smith (Nick Smith responds to claims he is New Zealand's worst behaved politician)
 * Don Brash (executive assistant to) (Former New Zealand politician, Don Brash, officially leaves politics)

 * Kordia (Kordia's annual report shows increase in profit)
 * Candor Trust (Wikinews exclusive: 'speed not behind New Zealand's road toll')
 * New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) (Number of breaches during New Zealand's end of year exams)
 * Department of Corrections (Two prisoners fell unconscious while transported in New Zealand)

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Unless otherwise stated, the following did not respond at all to e-mail requests.
 * Toll Rail
 * TradeMe - Sam Morgan denied the request to be interviewed, their PR guy was very nice and professional, however
 * Microsoft New Zealand
 * Xtra/Telecom New Zealand
 * Ihug
 * Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
 * Papanui High School - via phone
 * Helen Clark
 * Trevor Mallard - refused to comment following his press conference
 * Damien O'Conner (the secretary informed me that the press secretary had been forwarded the request, never got a reply)
 * Keith Norris - despite multiple requests (New Zealand's anti-spam legislation kicks in – exclusive report)
 * David-Benson Pope
 * Harry Duynhoven

Latest New Zealand news
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PAP returned to power in 2006 Parliamentary Elections, Singapore

May 7, 2006 The incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) has retained its power in the Singapore parliament after getting 66.6% of the valid votes. It maintained 82 of the available 84 seats after securing 45 of the 47 contested seats, together with 37 of the seats that it won on Nomination Day on 26th April through walkovers. The opposition parties Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) and Workers' Party (WP) also retained one seat each.

Despite having more seats contested in this election compared to the 2001 General Elections, the breakdown of seats remains unchanged from the previous election. However, the PAP only won a reduced majority, having only 66.6% of the valid votes compared to the 75% that it won in the previous election because of the spectre of terrorism and a poor economy then.

The PAP took all 7 contested Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) in Ang Mo Kio, Aljunied, East Coast, Jalan Besar, Tampines, Pasir Ris-Punggol and Sembawang, making up 38 of the seats. It also took seven of nine of the single seats in Bukit Panjang, Chua Chu Kang, Joo Chiat, MacPherson, Nee Soon Central, Nee Soon East and Yio Chu Kang.

Among the opposition parties, the WP had the best showing, taking 16.34% of the valid votes, which is an improvement over the 2.7% that in received in the previous election. In the Hougang ward, the incumbent Low Thia Khiang of the WP took 13,987 (62.74%) of the votes, defeating Eric Low Siak Meng of the PAP who only managed 8,306 (37.26%) of the votes while the remaining 277 votes were voided. The opposition win in Hougang is a big disappointment for PAP, which had dangled a carrot of some S$100 million in housing upgrading grants.

Despite losing all of its GRC contests, its best performance was in the controversial and hotly-contested Aljunied, where it took 43.9% of the votes against George Yeo's PAP team who won 56.08% of the votes. Just a few days before, James Gomez of the WP was heavily criticised by the PAP for a non-submission of a certificate proving of his status as a minority. It then became a heavily debated issue in the campaigning until the PAP decided that it should move on to more important issues. Opposition position poster girl Sylvia Lim of the WP Aljunied team seems to be the most likely to be appointed as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) as she got the highest non-winning number of votes.

Chiam See Tong of the SDA beat PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin in the Potong Pasir ward with a margin of 8,242 (55.84%) over 6,518 (44.16%) votes. The remaining 186 of the votes were voided. This is an improvement over the previous election where he only won 52.4% of the votes. However, they did not manage to win any other seats. They received more than 30 percent votes for the seats that they did not win.

Contrary to the performance of the other opposition parties, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) performed poorly in this election compared to the previous election. It lost all the 7 seats that it contested and only received 4.06% of the valid votes compared to 8.1% in 2001. SDP blamed the losses on the ban of political podcasts. SDP also alleged that the media waged a relentless campaign against it and that the lawsuit against it by the PAP prevented it from raising the issue involving the National Kidney Foundation scandal.


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Australian veteran Nine Network reporter dies

May 7, 2006

During a live press interview broadcast at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine on the Seven and Nine Networks, veteran 60 Minutes news reporter Richard Carleton suffered a massive heart attack.

Other reporters witnessed Carleton going red in the face, walking a short distance then collapsing to the ground. A few minutes earlier Carleton asked Beaconsfield Mine Manager Matthew Gill about the safety of the mine.

Ambulance officers worked to revive Carleton for over 25 minutes, before he was rushed to hospital. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Launceston hospital.

Carleton had a history of heart problems, which includes a heart attack in 2003 and a bypass operation in 1988. He was also diagnosed with prostate cancer in early 2005.


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User:SillyWilly

Hello! I'm interested in making recordings for spoken Wikinews. I'm also keen to write up news stories. Feel free to leave me a message!

On Wikipedia I'm SillyWilly.

General Notice
I'm new here. I've read and understood as much documentation as my brain can handle. There comes a time when you just have to be bold. If I have done something wrong, please let me know and I'll try not to do it again!

News articles I have started

 * UK Government report into UFOs released
 * Apple Corps loses court case against Apple Computers
 * Beckett: no plans for Iran
 * UK hacker faces extradition to US
 * UK Home Secretary proposes controversial paedophile law
 * Northern Hemisphere celebrates summer solstice for 2006
 * Death penalty abolished in Philippines
 * Cheney defends stance on bank records

Spoken Wikinews

 * Australian veteran Nine Network reporter dies
 * 10 American soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
 * Human Rights Watch implicates 600+ in war prisoner abuse
 * UK Government report into UFOs released
 * Rescue of Tasmanian miners delayed
 * March against new French copyright law
 * Britney Spears announces she is pregnant again
 * Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
 * Last American survivor of the Titanic disaster dies
 * Multi-Million Dollar fraud at Boston 'Big Dig'
 * Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer
 * Explosives stolen from California mine
 * UK hacker faces extradition to US
 * The second-oldest British survivor of World War I turns 108
 * "Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
 * Australian Internet filters "belated": Opposition
 * FOX to produce new 'Futurama' episodes
 * Film project aims to raise £1 million to make a Creative Commons-licenced film
 * KLM flight makes emergency landing on Eindhoven Airport
 * Cadbury's recall over 1 million chocolate bars over salmonella fears
 * Apple to lower UK iTunes prices
 * British troops may have received contaminated blood from American donors
 * Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88
 * Indiana legislators vote for state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
 * Researchers survey planet-sized space weather explosions at Venus
 * UK's Northumbria Police arrest, bail man over murder of seven-year-old
 * Piers Morgan interviewed by police investigating phone hacking

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Sudan will welcome UN Peacekeepers in Darfur

May 7, 2006 The Government of Sudan has expressed that the Darfur Peace Accord with main rebel group, Sudan Liberation Army, led by Minni Menawi, can overturn the previous rejection of UN Peacekeepers. So far, only African Union Peacekeepers were allowed in Darfur.

"The Sudan government will be open for any assistance," Bakri Mulah, secretary-general for external affairs in Sudan's Information Ministry, said in Khartoum, Sudan.

In New York, John R. Bolton, the US ambassador, on Saturday welcomed Khartoum's new willingness to accept a UN peacekeeping force to take over from AU soldiers in the Darfur region. He cited the Sudanese government representatives' comments to indicate they were now willing to accept the UN force. He said, " We view this as a very encouraging sign, the first positive outcome from the Abuja peace agreement. "

In the meantime, top UN humanitarian official Jan Egeland has arrived in Sudan to review the situation in the Darfur region. He is expected to visit southern Darfur, where fighting has broken out recently. It is the first visit by a UN official to the region since the peace deal was signed.

He said that access for aid workers in Darfur was at its worst level in two years. "At the moment Darfur is slowly being strangled, it's dying in front of us, half of the population now has become war victims...so I believe, yes, we are turning the corner, but the whole world has to put pressure on the parties." said Mr Egeland, the UN's Emergency Relief Co-ordinator.

Earlier, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan requested Khartoum to issue visas to his team of assessors so they could plan for the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to replace the 7,000 African Union troops later in the year. The AU troops, now running out of funds, had largely been ineffective in stopping atrocities, leaving millions to struggle in camps with little food or water. While details for a UN peacekeeping force are finalised, the US diplomat said the US had asked Rwanda to send in some 1,200 troops to supplement the AU forces.

In a recent development, an unknown assailant shot a Spanish United Nations Aid worker in Chad. She is working in the eastern part of Chad to assist the refugees from Darfur region. 2,00,000 refugees have crossed the border to escape from the violence in Darfur. She is in critical condition.


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User talk:Millertime~enwikinews

mother nature, what a creep. -Edbrown05 10:42, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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Iran says it may withdraw from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

May 7, 2006

In a letter to the United Nations, Iran's Parliament has said it may have to withdraw from the if pressure to end its nuclear program escalates.

The letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan stated that if the issues with Iran's nuclear program are not settled by peaceful methods, then "there will be no option for the parliament but to ask the government to withdraw its signature."

"Should the UN secretary general and Security Council members not fulfill their crucial duties in settling arguments, there will be no choice for the but to demand the government withdraw the ratification of the additional protocol and put on its agenda a review of Article 10 of the NPT," said the letter, signed by at least 160 deputies.

In the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Article 10 states that a country can withdraw its signatories from the treaty if the interests of the country have been compromised. In 2003, North Korea withdrew from the treaty for the same reason.

"We will not accept any resolution that is against our rights. Any action by the Security Council will have a negative influence on our cooperation with the agency. The involvement of the Security Council will direct the path of cooperation towards confrontation. It's obvious that the Security Council should not take any action that it is not capable of dealing with later because we will not refrain from our rights," said Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hamid Reza Asefi in a press conference on Sunday.

"Suspension and pause is not on the agenda at all, and the Security Council should not do something that will get it into trouble later on," and "intervention by the Security Council in this issue is completely illegal," added Asefi.

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan still urges Iran and the United States to hold direct talks. According to journalist and anti-nuclear-weapons activist, Iran is "keen to reach a deal or compromise on the nuclear issue" and "numerous governmental and non-governmental experts" in Iran believe that there is "fairly broad agreement" that a compromise proposal could be negotiated which would be politically acceptable in Iran.

Annan stated, "If everybody - all stakeholders and key players - were around the table, I think it would be possible to work out a package that would satisfy the concerns of everybody. Should they (Iran) be offered a diplomatic package allowing them to pursue nuclear energy for peaceful ends, and they resist that, how do they explain it to the world?"

Asefi also said that Iran isn't prepared to discuss it's nuclear program with the United States "one-on-one".

"The U.S. isn't prepared to have talks on a one-to-one equal basis. They are following the politics of threat. So under these conditions we see no necessity to start talks with them," said Asefi.

earlier made claims from unnamed intelligence sources that some parts of the US administration are opposed to diplomatic activities with Iran. It claimed that US vice-president Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld are carrying out "an ongoing attempt ... to squash diplomatic activities" and using, a key figure in the , to monitor and report on "any interaction and attempts at negotiations between Iranian officials and US ambassador to Iraq, ."

The treaty was opened for signatures in 1968 and in 1970 entered into force. There are 187 signatures on the treaty.


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