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So what? What do people expect? five-star hotels for terrorists?

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this article is quite a relief given my sense of the typical rt-wing bias of wikipedia that typically reflects a tyranny of the majority. —98.245.115.190 (talk) 15:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)


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46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan

April 7, 2009

The bodies of 46 Afghan illegal immigrants who suffocated to death in a container truck Saturday near Quetta, Pakistan, returned home Tuesday.

The Edhi Foundation placed the victim's bodies into coffins to transport them back to Chaman. Funeral prayers were said before victims left Quetta hospital. "We are taking these dead bodies to Spin Boldak and later these will be flown to Kabul by helicopter. We are thankful to Pakistan government for every help," said Afghan consul general Daud Mohsini.

Afghan officials received the bodies from The Edhi ambulances and Pakistan police escorts at the Pak-Afghan border Bab-e-Dosti (Friendship Gate). Security was high and traffic was backed up at the border crossing. The bodies were taken to Kandahar then to Kabul before they were laid to rest in their home towns.

Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan dispatched aircraft to Pakistan to bring home the 46 victims. Poor weather grounded the planes, and the bodies were driven back across the border.

Pakistan police found a locked truck packed with approximately 111 Afghan illegal immigrants around south of Quetta on Saturday. The driver had fled the scene where 62 people were initially pronounced dead. Police said that from the strong smell emanating from the truck, the victims may have died days before they were discovered.

45 other people were found unconscious and taken directly to the hospital. At hospital two more migrants died. "The death toll is 46," said Ghulam Dastagir, a police official.

Wazir Khan Nasir, a senior police official said, "We have been able to talk to some of the people, who were trapped in the container. They were all Afghans in the container and the container was going to Iran, When the condition of people inside the container deteriorated, the driver fled, leaving the container."

Survivors have reported that a human smuggling racket locked 64 Kabul residents and 37 Spin Boldak residents in the truck container Friday afternoon. The truck's air conditioning unit stopped working causing the locked passengers to cry out for help which was unheeded by the truck's driver, and they fell unconscious. However, the loud ruckus caused by the trapped people inside did alert police and local residents to their plight.

The trip had cost each illegal immigrant US$4,000 to 8,000 for the trip. Gul Zameen, a survivor said, "We are all poor and wanted to find jobs in Quetta and Iran."

The survivors have been charged under the Foreigners Act and some have been detained. Karzai has ordered an investigation and "demanded people avoid dangerous illegal migration and not be deceived by smugglers." "We'll go to Pakistan and talk to the survivors to find out what had exactly happened. The culprits will be brought to justice," said Moheeddin Baluch head of the investigating delegation.

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is also investigating. Five suspects believed to be involved in running the human smuggling racket have been arrested.

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United States Senate candidate Al Franken increases lead in recount

April 8, 2009

With 351 additional ballots counted, Al Franken has increased his lead over former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman from 225 to 312 votes, local news agencies reported Tuesday.

In November, the results of the 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota showed Republican Norm Coleman with a 215 vote lead over the Democratic challenger Franken. The close margin — less than 0.0075 percent — triggered an automatic recount which resulted in Franken leading by 225 votes, the total ratified by the Minnesota Canvasing Board January 5. The Coleman campaign filed a motion January 6 in court to block the certification of Franken's victory and prevent Franken from taking a seat in the United States Senate. On March 31, a three-judge panel hearing the case ordered 400 additional ballots be considered for counting.

State elections director Gary Poser read the results of 351 of those ballots to a hushed courtroom in St. Paul. Franken received 198 votes, while Coleman received 111. Third-party candidate Dean Barkley and other candidates got the 42 remaining votes.

Poser was supervised closely by Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Franken lawyer Marc Elias and Coleman lawyer Tony Trimble.

With his case resting on the outcome of the unopened ballots, Coleman can no longer win mathematically, as he can now receive a maximum of 49 votes yet to be counted, which would not erase Franken's lead.

Franken's campaign said the result told the story.

"The result confirms what we knew going in, which is that more Minnesotans voted for Al Franken than Norm Coleman," Elias told reporters. "That was the case when we recounted the ballots the first time, and it's now the case after the election contest."

The Minnesota court can rule as soon as Wednesday and Coleman has ten days to appeal that ruling to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The Coleman campaign said it will file sooner than the ten-day time limit.

Coleman's campaign wants more than the 351 ballots added Tuesday counted. They have compiled a list of at least 1,300 ballots they want counted and Coleman legal adviser Ben Ginsberg was optimistic that more will be counted.

"It should have been about 10 times more than that," Ginsberg said. "We will be appealing this to the Minnesota Supreme Court."

Ginsberg went on to say that Tuesday's decision was not a large one.

"What happened today in the sphere of this election is really inconsequential," Ginsberg said. "What we've been saying is there's a much bigger pool of ballots that should be opened."

An election certificate requires both the signature of Ritchie and governor Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty hasn't said whether or not he would sign the certificate though he did say that if Coleman appeals the Minnesota Supreme Court decision, the governor would be unable to sign the certificate until any federal legal process is concluded.


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The title needs to be changed to address the global audience. --SVTCobra 23:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Good idea, I thought so too, but I wasn't sure. I also didn't want it to be too long. Calebrw (talk)
 * I didn't want to change it on you since you have the editing tag on the article. --SVTCobra 23:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Changed it now. If you see room for improvement, I'm open to suggestion. Calebrw (talk) 23:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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Shouldn't "Senate" be capitalized as it describes a proper thing? 76.117.247.55 13:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
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Category:Balochistan (Pakistan) and Category:Quetta need to be added. Ali Rana (talk) 06:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ — Gopher65talk 01:29, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

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"46 suffocated Afghanistan victims return home" makes me think these people are now zombies. Could a less...awkward title be considered? --Resplendent (talk) 23:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but this is a tricky one. The titles that the sources use also raise questions, but overall I think they are better. --SVTCobra 23:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean about the zombies, not so good. Changed title above, if longer titles are ok, then it could still read...

SriMesh | talk  04:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan; bodies returned home
 * Bodies of 46 Afghan illegal immigrants returned home.
 * Bodies returned home to Afghanistan after Pakistan container truck tragedy
 * Bodies of Afghanistan illegal immigrants who tragically suffocated in Pakistan returned home.

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editprotected Category:Quetta. Ali Rana (talk) 07:15, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ – Juliancolton  | Talk 16:53, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Article is misleading
According to reports, each person paid 30,000 rupees (about $30) but the article here states $4,000 to $8,000. That's a very huge difference. Afghans don't need to pay a penny to visit Pakistan, 3 months visa is free vice versa.--Afghan King (talk) 20:53, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

 * This appears to be some sort of implicit proposal for a correction, so I'm tagging it as such. --Pi zero (talk) 22:36, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ — The article was incorrect, but 30000 Rs is more like 400 dollars, not 30. Note that one source does indeed claim that 4 to 8 thousand was paid per person. That is incorrect. They probably meant that 4000 to 8000 was paid total. — Gopher65talk 02:20, 2 November 2013 (UTC)


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5.6-magnitude aftershock earthquake strikes Italy

April 8, 2009

An aftershock with a magnitude of 5.6 shook Central Italy on Tuesday, nearly 48 hours after a major 6.3 quake hit the country. Earlier in the day, another aftershock of 4.2 was also reported. The death toll from the quakes has now surpassed 200 with thousands of others injured. At least one person was killed in the aftershock.

The aftershock caused two apartment blocks to collapse in the city of L'Aquila, and slabs of masonry fell from other damaged buildings. Local media reported that an old church and many houses were also damaged. The shaking was felt as far away as Rome.

Francessco Rocha, the head of the Italian Red Cross, estimated that 20,000 people had lost their homes, and it may be many months before they can return to them.

"The victims so far are 207," said the premier of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, at a press conference. "Of these victims, 190 have been identified while other 17 remain unidentified, 15 people are missing and there are more than 1,000 injured, 100 of which are in serious conditions," said Rocha.

"Civil protection men are working hard and for the next 48 hours rescuers will search for other survivors," added Berlusconi. "More than 7,000 men are at work. These people risk their lives and I want to congratulate myself with them, they are doing an extraordinary job considering the frequent ground movements complicate rescuing operations. Already 150 people have been extracted and saved from the ruins."

The 6.3-magnitude quake on April 6 is the deadliest quake to strike Italy since November 23, 1980. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Southern Italy in the Irpinia region. At least 10,000 were injured in that earthquake, with over 300,000 being left homeless.


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Hi, my name is Reader781 and I mainly edit Wikipedia, but often read Wikinews. I hope to contribute to this great project soon!

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Welcome
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Jews around the world recite special sun blessing

April 9, 2009

On Wednesday morning, April 8, Jews gathered around the world to recite the sacred and rare blessing of the sun (birkat hachama in Hebrew), recited only once every 28 years.

The blessing is intended to celebrate the positioning of the sun, stars, and planets in the exact formation in which they were created. Although modern science seems to have disproved such a claim, the blessing is still recited and maintains much symbolic value in the Jewish faith.

The sun or the shape of the sun must be seen in order to recite the "BirkatHachamah" after sunrise but no later than noon. Areas which forecast cloudy or rainy weather were hoping for a glimpse of the sun. A contingency plan would be to raise above the clouds aboard an aircraft to sight the sun and then recite the prayer.

This year also marks the first time in 2,000 years that the prayer was recited at Massada’s ancient synagogue.


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tempo di valse  13:19, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Thanks very much.Breviate (talk)

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tempo di valse  13:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Well, usually, we start a new article if something like this occurs, not correct an article that is a week old. Also, the article is technically not incorrect because it documents what was known at the time. You are, however, very much welcome to start an update article, if you wish, and add an update link from the old article to the new one, informing readers that there are new developments. Thanks, and welcome to Wikinews. tempo di valse  13:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Yes, I undestood that. The news article does sucessfully report what we knew at the time. I meant to say that it doesn't do justice to what we know now.

 * The articles in wikipedia are already updated: G-20 Meltdown, 2009 G-20 London summit protests. I believe that the attention the video is gathering is certainly a case for creating a new article. Maziotis (talk) 13:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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You've been blocked
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User talk:Watti Renew

tempo di valse  13:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Changes to archived articles
Hi, if you need an archived or protected article changed - use editprotected on the relevant talk page. Thanks! --Brian McNeil / talk 15:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks Brian McNeil, as my request is completed, could you please remove the comment on page Italian court overturns law preventing trial of Prime Minister Berlusconi? Watti Renew (talk) 16:24, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * We don't generally remove them - a history of requested changes. Is there any particular reason you'd like it removed? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok. After correction, the note is unnecessary, but the general custom is ok for me. I add the template next time. Thanks! Watti Renew (talk) 16:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Peat energy war in Finland
In its current form, this article isn't "news" according to our definition, as I have explained in more detail on the article's talk page.

When and if you believe it is suitable for publication, you will need to put a review tag on it to request that it be peer reviewed by an authorized reviewer. --Pi zero (talk) 20:55, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

 * This was my my first article in Wikinews: Peat energy war in Finland . In my opinion speedy deletion was not neutral since it benefits commercial interests. Further, there are no evidence of the deletion criteria available as the talk page do not excist. Watti Renew (talk) 18:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

 * The deletion was completely neutral, as it was based on criteria that are applied to all articles on this project, regardless of topic. The public log of the deletion is.

 * The peer review by BRS on 22 January failed it on newsworthiness because it was stale, and failed it on style because it was "Written as an encyclopedic piece." There was also this exchange between you and me on the 22nd:
 * In my opinion this news fits Wikinews better than Wikipedia since it describes more in detail one major conflict connected with one political decision. In my opinion this article should take place here, since it describes an essential conflict in Finland’s national energy policy and human rights and has important connections to the international environmental and political concerns of peat. In order to understand the conflict better, I may need to include more background information about the peat. Ignore all rules: If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. This should apply also here. I think we should use common sense and not love the rules. Watti Renew (talk) 13:39, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikinews is not Wikipedia. Note especially, on that page, items 6 and 9.  Wikinews and Wikipedia are independent sister projects under the aegis of the Wikimedia Foundation (so that, incidentally, a Wikipedia guideline such as w:WP:IAR doesn't apply to Wikinews, any more than our guidelines apply to Wikipedia).  Wikinews publishes articles about events that have just happened.  --Pi zero (talk) 14:20, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * --Pi zero (talk) 19:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

A few tips on getting oriented to Wikinews
Watti Renew,

I noticed you were having a difficult time getting adjusted to Wikinews. It's a different project than Wikipedia, although many Wikipedians migrate over to the news side here. Both share a NPOV mindset. So you're bringing something to this sister project just by being here. My advice for fitting in would be to think about how the form and culture are different from what you are used to. Don't worry, such disorientation is normal.

The news form has something in common with the encyclopedia form in that the significance goes up top. But the news lead is typically current and focuses on giving the most relevant answer to the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how (much). Several structures are common. The most common is the pyramid whereby you would put the most important information after the lead and follow through to least. Another popular stucture in time-oriented articles is the chronological structure where you present the story in order of occurance. Issue oriented stories are generally presented in blocks of ideas. News articles are not as indepth as encyclopedia articles. Be as current as possible and link to the relevant background. You only need as much background in a news article as a reader needs in order to make sense of the focus and details. These are just a few tips. You'll find that writing news is creative and helps keep you engaged with what is going on the world.

The culture: Wikinews has a hierarchy that is quite standard in journalism. There's the writer and the editor. It's a relationship where the writer tries to write and report to the highest quality and the editor helps the writer until the writer is able to achieve more. If I had to compare to Wikipedia, I would point you to the relationship between the article creator and the editors at AFC. One more point: Wikipedia emphasizes it is not news. And Wikinews emphasizes it is not an encyclopedia. So there are good reasons why there are differences in the process.

To start off, select an event within the past few hours, find two sources for now, read them, sit back and reflect on what is important, use one of the structures above, and write it out. Ask another writer for feedback. Watch your article closely during this period as you'll most likely have to revise based on suggestions and resubmit. Address every issue. The editor will always work in good faith; it's the standard. The editor is your best friend, and so work with this person and others to revise all issues.

I hope this makes sense and that you'll decide to stay and try it out the news way! Good luck to you and all the best from a fellow Wikimedia volunteer, Crtew (talk) 15:59, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

 * Thanks Crtew. I exist and have good will but am in a hurry. Come back. Thanks. Watti Renew (talk) 12:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Finnish court gives MP Ilkka Kanerva suspended prison sentence
Hi. There were some issues that need resolving, so the article was not ready on review. See the review comments, and. --Pi zero (talk) 20:25, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Environmental expert article
You tried hard on that one!! Good show!! When you're having problems getting an article through the review process, I've had success by taking an axe to the article's contents!! Shorten that one up......facts, facts, facts! "Inverted pyramid".....the big, critical stuff in the first paragraph (about 4 sentences should do it), then a little back story, then a touch of "fluff".....then, you're done!! Keep at it! Need help? Just ask. Bddpaux (talk) 02:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposal
I'm actually genuinely sorry to have upset you. I'm not at my best right now for several reasons (primarily the one noted at the top of my talk), and I have found it really frustrating when you keep ignoring what is intended as useful advice. It's also frustrating to see you waste lots of time making large-scale additions that don't solve the problem at hand, and then waste our time too. So you've upset me too. Two upset people, not good.

What I want to propose is this. Take a break. As much time as you need. Tinker elsewhere on WMF if that's all you have time for. But, when you have quite a bit of time to spare - significant amounts of a day for two-three days - come back. We'll pick a story and we'll work on it together. A new, completely fresh story. We'll try and keep it simple to start off with, half the problem I think is you're keen to do very ambitious articles but don't have the time required to complete them before it's far too late. English sources only (because, sadly, that's the reality of the current set of reviewers we have), and not absolutely massive. Something about the length of what we've been publishing the last few days; still worthwhile to readers, but more... manageable.

Then lets see if we can produce something constructive out of all this. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:39, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

 * I understand we are both frustrated. Sorry. I have been looking for more than an hour more English sources for Critics of Danish Security and Intelligence Service, but the point is that this is ignored in the nglish media. Here one: Espionage trial of Finnish professor starts in Denmark 9.5.2012. I try to write this in English Wikinews as you have no access to this news in English. If you have not access, I can not publish it? It does not make sense. For me it is important to link this peace of news Russians arrested environmental expert Knuuttila in Russia, since both may have link to the Arctic methane and climate change. Watti Renew (talk) 17:55, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

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Hello. I am sorry to inform you that the username you have chosen violates Wikinews's username policy because it appears to promote a company or product, and is disruptive. I have indefinitely blocked your account from editing because of this. If you wish to contribute to Wikinews in a positive fashion, please do so by creating another account with a name that conforms with our username policy from Special:CreateAccount. If you believe this block was made in error, please add to this page. Thank you.

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Hi. I'm Jacroe from the English Wikipedia.

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tempo di valse  14:20, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Publishing articles
Hallo. I noticed that you recently published an article (diff). I thought I'd just let you know that only users with the Editor permission are able to review and publish articles so that they appear on the main page, for technical reasons. To request this right, you may apply at WN:FR/RFP. Thanks for your understanding, and welcome once again to Wikinews. tempo di valse  17:28, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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I'm glad we can leave Iraq safely now. And more happy he admitted (kinda) he was wrong on the surge.--KDP3 (talk) 14:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)


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He's lucky he didn't blow himself up!
I just had to add the "Related Articles" part to this news story! It's just too funny. Zul32 (talk) 18:19, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Careless smoking of cigarettes
What.. careless smoking of cigarettes? The dude cleaned his apartment with GASOLINE. I don't smoke and it really annoys me, but come on. Put blame where blame is due. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.12.14.250 (talk • contribs)
 * Gasoline in and of it self isn't terribly flammable. It is the vapours that come off it while it evaporates that mix with the air and become extremely flammable. So if he hadn't thrown a lit cigarette on the freaking pile of wet, gas soaked clothes, the apartment would have just aired out over a few hours. Everything would have been fine once the volatiles had evaporated away (well, for a given value of fine:P). It's possible that this moron had done his "cleaning" routine many times before with no ill consequences. Gopher65talk 03:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Lol.
I find this inexplicably funny. -- Poe Joe (talk) 23:50, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

FIVE GALLONS!?
—71.17.188.132 20:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Fire.... fire.... fire....

What? No one's coming? I'll just walk to the police station...

Either he was deliberately trying to burn down his apartment building, or he is intellectually "challenged." Either that, or he's just plain dumb.—71.17.188.132 20:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


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Original research
"Depending on the method he used to obtain the film, he may not have infringed copyright at all, just exercised legal fair use exceptions. When you add in the very positive review he gave the film, it makes you wonder why Fox acted as they did. The reason is painfully obvious, to 'send a message'. Alas the only message they send is that they don't care about facts, and let no-one stand in the way of their paranoid witch-hunt" -- Andrew Norton, spokesperson for Pirate Party International (via IRC) --Killing Vector (talk) 22:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Premieres
There is a single date given for the premiere, is this US, EU, Worldwide? --Brian McNeil / talk 23:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!tempo di valse  21:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
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Fox News movie reviewer fired for downloading film

April 8, 2009 Editorial journalist Roger Friedman has lost his job at Fox News following a dispute with the company. Friedman admitted in a movie review late last week to having wached a bootlegged online video stream version of a partially-completed copy of the upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation production. Friedman had worked for several years as a reviewer and media journalist for Fox News. While a press release from Fox says that the company and Friedman had "mutually agreed to part ways immediately", news articles report that he was fired.

Friedman's status had been ambiguous after an April 5 statement from Fox that Friedman had been fired was met by a response from the journalist that no action had been taken against him.

Friedman began his April 2 column, now removed from the Fox website, with: "Yes, I've seen 'X Men Origins: Wolverine.' It wasn't at a screening, either. I found a work in progress print of it, 95 percent completed, on the internet last night. Let's hope by now it's gone." Friedman went on to praise the ease and convenience of downloading, noting that the current box office top 10 were all available. "It's so much easier than going out in the rain!", he wrote.

In an exclusive statement to Wikinews, Pirate Party International's spokesperson Andrew Norton said: "Depending on the method he used to obtain the film, he may not have infringed copyright at all, just exercised legal fair use exceptions. When you add in the very positive review he gave the film, it makes you wonder why Fox acted as they did. The reason is painfully obvious, to 'send a message'. Alas the only message they send is that they don't care about facts, and let no-one stand in the way of their paranoid witch-hunt".

Website Ain't It Cool News editor "Beaks", meanwhile, responded to news of Fox's initial press release concerning Friedman's review on April 3 with "Friedman has admitted to breaking the law. If 20th Century Fox—and the FBI—are serious about nailing the perpetrator(s) of this leak, then Friedman must be fired immediately for downloading and reviewing stolen material. There's no wiggle room here."

The positivity of Friedman's review had led some commentators, Ain't It Cool News among them, to speculate that the leak of the work print of the film had been a deliberate act by 20th Century Fox.

The full-length workprint of the film, lacking some special effects and ten minutes of footage shot after principal photography, was leaked on March 31, 2009. While 20th Century Fox adds digital forensic markings to its workprints to trace leaked versions, so far the company has not identified any party as responsible for the leak.

X Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the X-Men franchise of films, premieres in theaters in the United Kingdom on April 29, Australia and New Zealand on April 30, and the United States and Canada on May 1, 2009.


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US crew retakes ship hijacked by pirates; captain held hostage

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The crew of a United States-flagged ship managed to retake the craft from four Somali pirates on Wednesday, but the boat's captain is reported to be held hostage in a lifeboat. According to the authorities, a US destroyer and six other vessels were dispatched to the scene.

The ship involved in the incident was the 17,000-tonne Maersk Alabama, which was headed to Mombasa, Kenya. It was attacked by Somali pirates about five hundred kilometers from Somalia's coast, according to the CEO and president of Maersk, John Reinhart.

Ken Quinn, the ship's second mate, said that the four pirates were in the vessel's lifeboat with the captain, having sunk their boat after seizing the Alabama.

The ship's crew had taken one of the pirates hostage in an attempt to swap him for the captain, but the ploy failed.

"We had a pirate we took and kept him for 12 hours," Quinn said to CNN. "We tied him up and he was our prisoner." The crew returned the pirate, but the pirates did not release the captain. "So now we're just trying to offer them whatever we can, food, but it's not working too good," Quinn said.

The Maersk Alabama was carrying food aid to the Kenyan port of Mombassa when it was attacked by the pirates. Twenty US crew members were aboard. According to Quinn, the crew did not have any weapons, but pirates were armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles. The crew locked themselves in the steering gear compartment of the ship, and remained there for twelve hours. Quinn says that the pirates "got frustrated because they couldn't find us."

Piracy in the waters off the coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden is rife: this is the sixth ship to be seized by Somali pirates in the area in a week. The last time an American ship was attacked by African pirates was in 1804.


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Transgender woman hired as city manager for Lake Worth, Florida

April 9, 2009

Susan Stanton, the former city manager of Largo, Florida, has been hired as the new city manager for Lake Worth. Stanton was fired from her job as Largo's city manager in 2007, apparently when her gender transition became public knowledge. "We said all along that we'd pick the best candidate regardless and that's what it's all about, we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't," said Jeff Clemons, the mayor of Lake Worth. He added that the city's commission voted in favor of Stanton 4 to 1.

Stanton was the city manager of Largo for 14 years before she was fired by the city's commissioners in 2007. Stanton alleged that when she went public, the commissioners voted to fire her. Five of the seven city commissioners voted for Stanton's termination. According to the commission, Stanton was fired because "of poor judgment" and lack of trust.

After her termination, Stanton was in second running for the city manager position of Sarasota, but the commission instead voted in favor of Robert Bartolotta. Stanton has applied for over 100 city manager positions in Florida since 2007. She also began a campaign to enact laws to protect transgender and homosexual people from discrimination in the workplace.


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The third paragraph is very confusing. --SVTCobra 01:44, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I c/e'd it a bit. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:52, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Horrible title
"Transsexual hired as..." moved to "Transgendered woman hired as..." Cary Bass (talk) 16:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * And, upon consultation, moved to "Transgender woman" for correct grammar. Cary Bass (talk) 16:20, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

"Allegedly fired"
She was not allegedly fired. She was fired. The reasons she was fired are alleged. Please fix this! Cary Bass (talk) 16:26, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Better now? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:34, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


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Election in Moldova instigates rioting mob demanding recount

April 9, 2009

Protests which began Monday escalated to a on Wednesday consisting of over 10,000 people in, the capital of Moldova, protesting the results of Sunday's , which showed an apparent, narrow victory for the  (Partidul Comuniştilor din Republica Moldova, PCRM). Demonstrators claim the victory was the result of electoral fraud.

The demonstration escalated to a “” of between 10,000 to 15,000 communicating via online tools like email, micro-blogging tool, and social-networking website. "We sent messages on Twitter but didn't expect 15,000 people to join in. At the most we expected 1,000", said Oleg Brega of the activist group Hyde Park.

Police deployed tear gas and water cannons, and fired blanks into the crowd. The rioters threw stones at the riot police and took control of the parliament building and presidential office. A bonfire was built out of parliamentary furniture and all windows below the 7th floor were broken.

Approximately one hundred protesters and 170 police officers are reported as injured. There have been conflicting reports as to whether a female protester died during the altercation.

193 protesters “have been charged with looting, hooliganism, robbery and assault," said an Interior Ministry spokesperson. This announcement sparked another protest by those demanding the release for those detained.

There is wide speculation about who was to blame for the rioting.

has expelled the Romanian ambassador from Moldova, blaming Romania for the violent protests. "We know that certain political forces in Romania are behind this unrest. The Romanian flags fixed on the government buildings in Chisinau attest to this" said Voronin. “Romania is involved in everything that has happened.“ Voronin also blamed the protests on opposition leaders who used violence to seize power, and has described the event as a.

Protesters initially insisted on a recount of the election results and are now calling for a new vote, which has been rejected by the government. Rioters were also demanding. “In the air, there was a strong expectation of change, but that did not happen”, said OSCE spokesman Matti Sidoroff.

"The elections were fraudulent, there was multiple voting" accused Chişinău mayor of the. “It's impossible that every second person in Moldova voted for the Communists. However, we believe the riots were a provocation and we are now trying to reconcile the crowd. Leaders of all opposition parties are at the scene,” said Larissa Manole of the.

The (OSCE) proclaimed the PCRM to have won 61 seats in initial counts, enough to guarantee a third term in power for Voronin, who has held the position since 2001. But the Central Election Commission has received evidence of election violations, according to, and upon recounts conducted of disputed polls, the commission reported that the Communists achieved 49.48% of the Moldovian vote, giving them 60 parliamentary seats — one short of the total needed to win the presidential election. "The electoral commission also granted opposition parties permission to check voter lists, fulfilling one of their chief demands," said Yuri Ciocan, Central Election Commission secretary.

Voronin will step down in May, however his party could elect a successor with 61 parliamentary seats without any votes from outside parties as well as amend the. With the PCRM garnering 60 seats, the opposition will have a voice in the presidential election for a new successor.

The western part of Moldova was a part of Romania from the Romania's independence until the region was detached by the in 1940 to form the. On independence in 1990 the country sought union with Romania but the eastern, Russian- and Ukrainian-inhabited areas of the country declared themselves independent from Moldova and formed the state of Transnistria and movement toward union was halted.

Moldova is Europe's poorest country, where average income is less than 250 (168) a month. The country's neighbours are Romania and Ukraine. Romania is a European Union (EU) state.


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whats the world coming to? if we hire or vote people who can't even run there own lives do you really think she is gonna be worried about taxpayers now.NO its not gonna be worried about giving sickos rights lol its crap is what it is

As long as he/she/heshe can do the job right it shouldn't matter if they are transsexual or bisexual/gay/straight, some people feel they need to live as a different gender to feel right in the head, but it's what makes them right for the job that should matter above all. Obviously if he/she was in the job for what the article says (14+ years?) he/she was doing a damn good job until he/she's PRIVATE life went public and only then was he-she fired.

WRONG
this is wrong Some jobs require a higher level of moral decision making than others. This person has proven that it's moral decisions will be flawed as it thinks that it's lifestyle as well as the gay life style should be held up as normal and acceptable. You would not let an inmate of a mental hospital do this job, or adopt children or any number of other things that the mentally sick are incapable of doing. It is mentally sick. If it finds relief by modifying it's body to fit it's mental image, more power to it. But it's lifestyle as with the gay life style should not be held up as normal, acceptable, or something to strive for.06:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

1. Replace all references, in these comments, of transsexuals to blacks and "sickos" to a well-known racial slur 2. Reread 3. ???? 4. Profit!

Sickening
Sick and desgusting. I don't belive what is hapenning in this country!. Pretty son an elephant will be managing this country! We are going toward hell, oh no we are in hell! God have mercy on us.

Religion is evil.
You Christians are pathetic. You act so entitled. Get over yourself. No one cares what you think is 'okay'.

This is good news.
Hopefully this can help strengthen the image of transsexuals in the US, assuming she's not a failure.

Humanity
Before going on and on about our country 'going to hell' and referring to this event as 'sick and disgusting' (sic), understand that you're talking about a human being with emotions, goals, desires, and personal beliefs. I simply do not comprehend how this could be seen as a horrific event for which you must ask for the forgiveness of an omnipotent being. (Although you really have to ask yourself: why the hell would an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient being be offended by a transwoman obtaining a position for which she is very qualified?) Honestly, this is a fantastic improvement for transgendered people in government. During the times of wide-spread racism, Americans fought racism by electing minorities to government positions. And now this will occur once again as we fight against the wide-spread discrimination against LGBT humans.

A message to my fellow-Christians
Shut up. It's their life and not yours, they are entitled to do whatever any other person can because they are human beings, and that includes running for public office. It is their God-given right and the right that our forefathers gave us two hundred and thirty-three years ago. It's sad to see that it took so long for so many people to get those rights.

I beg to differ
I'm sorry what are your [I mean this in the plural] problems with transsexual individuals? I can understand if you don't empathize with them, but suggesting that they ought to have less rights than non-transsexual individuals? (This is essentially what you are doing by complaining that they should not be entrusted with such positions.)

In males gender dysphoria occurs when one has (significantly) longer than normal androgen receptors, (this causes longer repeat cycles, thus less androgens [all male hormones, testosterone etcetera] are absorbed into the developing areas (and hence, during birth and puberty, the brain) which forces them to develop in an androgynous (if normal amounts of oestrogens are present) or feminine (if [even if only relatively slightly] higher levels than oestrogens are present) manner. This causes the individual to identify more with either an androgynous or feminine rather than a masculine gender role. BBC article on study YNOT.com blog post on study (Unfortunately I can't find the original study, I read it before but alas!, its not to be found... I believe it was on a .au university / research domain, if someone else knows the URL it'd be nice if you would point readers too it, :) )

Therefore we can safely label transgenderism as a genetic fault, now why, pray tell, should you judge someone just because of a certain genetic makeup? You may just as well judge people for having black hair or being female or brown eyes. See what I mean?

Now aside from her gender is there anything negative about her? It is excusable to fire someone on such grounds if the had an affair or went through a (very) messy divorce with their spouse, not because they have different genetic traits to yourself, we can't all be Aryan... (An enormous amount of sarcasm intended, please nobody take offence :) )

I'd also like to add that life is pretty hand for individuals with high levels of gender dysphoria, over 50% attempt suicide before the age of 21, and 31% (of all individuals with gender dysphoria, not 31% of individuals who attempt suicide) actually succeed, and just being the offending gender role causes an enormous amount of depression (in individuals, not speaking of the group in general). So please don't assume that transsexuals are trying to force their views or opinions or hopes of acceptance onto you, they just want to not become another statistic, they just want other people who are too shallow to understand that there is more to gender than 'X' or 'Y', there is also what you perceive yourself to be. In addition to this I'd just like to point out that if we would just stop attaching so much importance to gender (and masculinity or femininity respectively) and self image then transgendered individuals would be much less likely to commit suicide and to need to express themselves as female (this, of course, applies only to semi-borderline transgendered individuals, those who feel a need to be "not masculine" or to not have the stereotypes of masculinity applies to them, individuals who have higher levels of gender dysphoria will not be as easily swayed, however in our hypothetical society where people no longer attach significance to such things this won't be a problem...).

In addition to my, I'm going to call it a semi-rant (I did have an OK ratio of facts to emotion there didn't I?), I'd like to say that I have no problem with her re-election, in fact I wholly support it if she will do a good job, although I most certainly do have a problem with the city's reasons for firing her in the first place.

Yours lovingly, 86.46.47.230 20:10, 11 April 2009 (UTC)unpure. :)
 * I think your argument can be summed up as, "this is genetic", nobody - really - nobody would go through all the surgical procedures if they didn't truly believe it was what was best for them. It isn't a lifestyle choice, and if someone wants to argue that it's a genetic issue that we can 'fix', well, we're probably 20+ years away from that, and I'd question if it really is ethical to apply such if we find it. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:20, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


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Fiji court rules interim regime unlawful

April 9, 2009 Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the removal of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and the appointment of Fiji's interim regime following the military coup in 2006 was unlawful.

It has ordered President Josefa Iloilo to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister to dissolve Parliament and call elections. However, it has denied former Prime Minister Qarase's argument that he should be reinstated, instead ruling that the President should appoint an independent person.

Former Prime Minister Qarase welcomed the decision. "We are very happy with the decision of the Court of Appeal today... the Constitution of Fiji 1997 is the supreme law of Fiji and it has to be respected by everybody including the President," he said.

Interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said that the ruling had created a power vacuum. "There is a vacuum, because the court has not said that (ousted prime minister Laisenia) Qarase comes back as Prime Minister, the court has simply said that the President has to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister, a third party," he said.

He said the government would be appealing the ruling.

Fiji's military government was reportedly on alert in anticipation of the ruling, with police manning roadblocks throughout Suva, the capital city.

The case was brought by former Prime Minister Qarase. It questioned whether President Iloilo had constitutional authority to replace the Qarase administration with an interim government headed by military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama.

Soqosoqo ni Duavata ni Lewenivanua Party lawyer Brad Walker argued that the President's powers to dismiss the Prime Minister were constrained by the constitution. State counsel Richard Gordon QC argued that the President had powers to act outside the Constitution to protect the country in times of crisis. But the court ruled that the President's prerogative powers had been extinguished by the 1997 constitution.

A previous decision by Fiji's High Court ruled that President Iloilo's actions were lawful and valid.

The case was heard by Judges Justice Randal Powell, Justice Ian Lloyd and Justice Francis Douglas.


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Why are there still uncounted ballots?! "Unseal more ballots"??? W.T.F.??? Just as I've suspected all along. 76.177.116.194 (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2009

Great! Let's go Al! 72.209.8.195 (talk) 19:35, 9 April 2009


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Such a Great Thing to happen, Corner Gas is Such a great show

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Article is misleading
According to reports, each person paid 30,000 rupees (about $30) but the article here states $4,000 to $8,000. Afghans don't need to pay a penny to visit Pakistan.--Afghan King (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


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Missouri town re-elects deceased mayor

April 9, 2009 🇺🇸The town of Winfield, Missouri in the United States has re-elected its incumbent mayor for a third term nearly a month after his death. Mayor Harry Stonebraker died of a heart attack on March 11, yet came out on top over opponent Alderman Bernie Panther, with 90% of the vote.

The ballots had been printed and absentee voting was already underway by the time of Stonebraker's death. County Clerk Elaine Luck commented that Stonebraker was quite popular, especially after his efforts to help the town evacuate during last year's flooding.

Just nine years ago, the state of Missouri posthumously elected one of its US Senators, when Democratic challenger Mel Carnahan defeated incumbent John Ashcroft, a Republican, after dying several weeks before the election in a plane crash.

"I figured he'd win because he seemed to get even more popular after he died, just like Carnahan," Luck said.

Luck said an interim mayor would be appointed to serve until a special election in April 2010 can be held and whose winner would fill out the remainder of the two-year term.

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If the family does not object to the media being there it should be allowed. If it becomes a media circus or political event the families can and will quickly introduce a blanket ban of their own by objecting once again keeping the media out.

Good
The media's access should be virtually unlimited. -- Poe Joe (talk) 23:49, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launches VORTEX2 to study tornadoes

April 10, 2009

Approximately 100 scientists and students will take part in the Verification of Rotation in Tornadoes Expermiment VORTEX2 project in May to study tornadoes in the central United States along Tornado Alley. One of the unique features of VORTEX2 is that it is mobile, with no fixed base. The large armada will operate from the Dakotas down to Texas, operating in a different area every day as the weather dictates. The project will run between May 10 to June 13, repeating again in 2010 from 1 May until 15 June. 40 research vehicles will use mobile radar, deployable arrays of instruments called Sticknets and Podnets to measure around and inside tornadoes, ten instrumented vehicles, 4 balloon launching vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and other instruments to surround tornadoes and the supercell thunderstorms that form them.

"We have a strong focus on trying to figure out why storms tornado when they do. VORTEX1 made a significant difference. But now we have a lot more technology to make real-time predictions, which can increase warning times.” Louis Wicker, National Severe Storms Laboratory research meteorologist said, “Data collected from V2 will help researchers understand how tornadoes form and how the large-scale environment of thunderstorms is related to tornado formation.”

The US$11.9 million project, will help to determine why and how tornadoes initially form and how tornadoes are related to supercell thunderstorms.

Stephan Nelson, National Science Foundation (NSF) program director for physical and dynamic meteorology, whose program is providing the bulk of funding for VORTEX2, said “An important finding from the original VORTEX experiment was that tornadoes happen on smaller time and space scales than scientists had thought. New advances from Vortex2 will allow for a more detailed sampling of a storm's wind, temperature and moisture environment, and lead to a better understanding of why tornadoes form - and how they can be more accurately predicted," Researchers from Finland, Bureau of Meteorology in Australia, Environment Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), ten universities across the US, and the NOAA Storm Prediction Center will take part in the project.

Already in 2009, there have been nine fatalities caused from tornadoes in the US alone.

The VORTEX1 project took place between 1994 and 1995, and was the largest tornado study to date, collecting valuable data that enhanced scientific understanding of tornadoes and tornadogenesis.


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Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson dies

April 10, 2009 Dave Arneson, co-creator of the first roleplaying game, Dungeons and Dragons, died on Tuesday of cancer, at the age of 61.

A close friend of Arneson, Bob Meyer, reported on April 5 that he had taken a turn for the worse and was admitted to a hospital. Family later confirmed that he was in a facility "where we can focus on keeping him comfortable." Reported at that time, the doctor indicated that he had days to live.

The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design in 1984 inducted Arneson into their Hall of Fame. Pyramid Magazine in 1999 named him as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, "at least in the realm of adventure gaming".

Arneson started out as a wargamer including naval games. He soon developed some for his personal use due to the major publishers' slow release of games. With David Wesley and the other members of the Midwest Military Simulation Association, Arneson developed the basis of modern role-playing games with individual miniatures representing one person and having non-military objectives.

Arneson attended the University of Minnesota as a history student. He was a founder, along with Gary Gygax, of the Castle & Crusade Society as a medieval miniature chapter of the International Federation of Wargamers. With Gygax in 1972, he authored Don't Give Up the Ship!, a naval wargame.

Arneson's Blackmoor was the first role-playing game, a genre in which players describe their characters in thorough detail and can attempt almost any action the character plausibly could. Ernest Gary Gygax, then a close friend of Arneson, worked with him during 1972–73 to develop the extensive set of rules (in this case three volumes) that such a game requires. This became the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons. With his experience with David Wesley, Arneson tried it with fantasy miniatures free style calling his game, Blackmoor. He then latched on Gygax's Chainmail miniature game and Fantasy supplement for resolution of battles. He showed Gygax what he was doing. Gygax got involved and started preparing a set of rules to supplement Chainmail. They shopped the game, Dungeons & Dragons, around to various gaming companies but got turned down. Gygax started a business partnership, Tactical Studies Rules, to publish the game in 1974. The game launched a whole new category in gaming.

Although not involved with rulebooks for later editions of D&D, Arneson did create adventure modules for later editions.


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Nintendo Wii sales decrease in Japan

April 10, 2009 Nintendo's widely popular game system the Wii was hit by a decrease in sales in Japan. Nintendo hopes to regain its sales by releasing a new version of its Wii Sports game in June. The current CEO of Nintendo said in a press conference they will not be slashing prices of their hardware. "If our products are not much different from competitors', price cuts would generate significant fresh demand. But video games are just not that kind of product."

As of December 31, 2008 the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales.

The Wii's competitor the PlayStation 3 for the first time exceeded sales in 16 months in Japan for the month of March.

The Wii Sports Resort and other new games and software will show up in Japanese stores in June to renew interest in the Wii.

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Talk:Election in Moldova instigates rioting mob demanding recount

Publish it
I think this article should go ahead and be published so that we can at least get this out into the world. Once new information comes in, we can update it as we go. Jacroe (talk) 21:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Agreed, I added the review tag back again. The way I look at it, any original reporting we might have can go into a separate article, while this is meanwhile about to become old news. tempo di valse  21:55, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


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Fiji's President abrogates constitution

April 10, 2009 Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has abrogated the country's constitution and signalled the appointment of a new interim government.

The move comes in response to yesterday's Court of Appeal decision declaring the removal of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and the appointment of military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama as interim Prime Minister unlawful.

In a televised address to the nation, President Iloilo declared he was abrogating the constitution, and appointed himself as head of state. All judicial appointments were revoked, but existing laws would remain. He said he would appoint a new interim government in the coming days to pave the way for "true democratic and parliamentary elections" to be held by September 2014.

Iloilo claimed to have the "full support" of the security forces and directed the military to take "all reasonable steps" to maintain law and order. He said he was taking these steps to implement the reforms of the People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress. He promised that the basic human rights of all citizens would be protected.

Iloilo praised Bainimarama's interim government, saying that it had brought about reforms. "It has had a positive impact on the lives of our people, in particular the ordinary citizens of our country, including those in the rural areas," he said.

Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua Party director Peceli Kinivuwai called the move "a sad day for Fiji" which sent the country into "unchartered waters". "He [the president] has set a serious precedent, where he has decided to take sides other then allow the rule of law to prevail," Kinivuwai said.

Fiji's government was overthrown by a military coup in 2006.

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User talk:Louie'spainters

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Talk:Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson dies

The entire latter paragraph about D&D being a tabletop RPG, the evolution of RPGs, etc. doesn't really belong in Arneson's obituary. More about Arneson himself should be found instead. John Darrow (talk) 00:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed, especially as the obit isn't that long now. Also the dice image isn't really needed. I don't what it ads. Also this page needs the Obits infobox. Calebrw (talk) 14:18, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Image removed, sidebar added. tempo di valse  14:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Intergration of other story
Even though normally I wouldn't, I thought that this would be a good use of post publication addition as additions come from a prepared story and adds to the current story, so I cited the changes. Calebrw (talk) 14:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


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Hi. Thanks for editing Wikinews. Unfortunately, your articles, such as Weight loss, Vitamin c, and Bladder cancer had to be deleted, as they are not news articles. We are Wikinews, and cannot accept encyclopedic entries. Encyclopedic entries should be created at our sister project, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thank you, tempo divalse  00:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

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

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:31, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:H64~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Surjeet~enwikinews

Gopher65talk 04:14, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Surjeet~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Jon Canas

Gopher65talk 04:14, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

title: User talk:Jon Canas


text:
User talk:Kkg 1991

Gopher65talk 04:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

title: User talk:Kkg 1991


text:
User talk:Krishnaajay~enwikinews

Gopher65talk 04:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:33, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Krishnaajay~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Belle Machine

Gopher65talk 04:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

title: User talk:Belle Machine