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NHL: Sharks Lose Game 5 to Wings

May 5, 2007

''Detroit leads series 3-2. (Best of Seven)''

Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg each scored a goal and set up two others Saturday, leading the Detroit Red Wings past the San Jose Sharks 4-1 and within one victory of reaching the Western Conference finals.

Detroit is ahead 3-2 and can close this conference semifinal Monday night in San Jose.

The Red Wings outhit and outshot the Sharks in Game 5, but they also had some luck.

Datsyuk turned San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov's misplay into the winning goal late in the second period, and Nabokov didn't seem the same after that, surrendering a pair of third-period power-play goals.

With the Sharks circling in the Red Wings zone, Detroit cleared the puck into San Jose territory. Nabokov left the goal to play the puck, but sent it straight into a charging Datsyuk. He scooped it up and sent it into an open net with 3:47 to play in the second.

Detroit, the top seed in the West, twice has come back from two-goal deficits to win games in this series, but needed only to erase a one-goal San Jose lead Saturday.

Unfortunately for the Sharks, blowing leads is becoming something of a habit. A year ago, they lost a 2-0 series lead over Edmonton in the conference semifinals.

Three Stars of the Game

 * #1 = Nicklas Lidstrom, D, Detroit Red Wings - 1 Assist
 * #2 = Tomas Holmstrom, LW, Detroit Red Wings - 1 Goal, 1 Assist
 * #3 = Henrik Zetterberg, LW, Detroit Red Wings - 1 Goal, 2 Assists

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User:Havelock

Zohar Drookman, born 1985. Sysop on Hebrew Wikipeida and Hebrew WikiNews (where it seems that I am the entire community).

Trying to make a difference, probalby ain't going nowhere.

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User talk:AnnaLothson

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User talk:Havelock

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 * Thanks, will do. Zohar 21:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Havelock
Admittedly I don't keep tabs on comments on the blog. Once I have the schedule more sorted with Israel I will let you know. --David Shankbone 16:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll be waiting. You might wish to notify me on my he.news talk page. You can also email me via this page. Havelock 19:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:88.232.36.24

Hello,

Thanks you for your contributions. However, articles should not be changed retrospectively, otherwise it would seem as if we can predict the future.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Street Sense wins Kentucky Derby

May 5, 2007

Street Sense cruised to a 2 1/4 length victory in the 133rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Ridden by jockey Calvin Borel, Street Sense is the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to capture the Kentucky Derby, and the colt is the 3rd post-time favorite in the last 7 years to win the Derby, the last two being Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000 and Smarty Jones in 2004.

The second place finisher in this year's race was Hard Spun. The colt almost got away with running the Derby with a leading position from the starting gate to the finishing wire.

Hard Spun led until the 1-mile mark when Street Sense passed him. The third place finisher, Curlin, made an attempt to be the first Kentucky Derby winner to have not raced as a 2-year-old, something not done in over 120 years plus. He also closed well enough, but could not overtake Hard Spun in the end.

Street Sense went off as the near 5-1 favorite and paid $11.80 to win. The $2 exacta (7-8) paid $101.80, the $1 trifecta (7-8-2) paid $220, and the $1 superfecta (7-8-2-5) paid $14,523.20 with longshot Imawildandcrazyguy in 4th at 28-1. The top three finishers are expected to race in the second leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing at the Preakness in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, May 19.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, a horse racing fan herself, was a spectator at the 133rd running of the Derby. Her visit to the U.S. also included a visit to Jamestown, Virginia for a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of colonization of the Americas. Jockey Borel has been invited to a white tie dinner at the White House on Monday with President Bush and the Queen.

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User talk:Saraalan~enwikinews

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At least nine killed in Greensburg, Kansas tornado

May 5, 2007 At least nine people were killed and another 60 were injured after a tornado swept through the town of Greensburg, Kansas in the United States.

The tornado, which meteorologists described as a 1.4 mile wide wedge tornado, came through at approximately 9:38 p.m. local time. It leveled about 95% of the town, including at least two schools and the town's hospital. The entire population of the town, around 1,500 people, has been evacuated.

One of the few structures currently left standing, a tavern, has been turned into a makeshift morgue. Residents are currently being bussed to nearby hospitals or storm shelters for the night.

More tornadoes can be expected Saturday; Greensburg is in the area which the Storm Prediction Center has listed as a high risk for tornadoes, something that is rarely done.


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Iranian minister eschews un-Islamic dress at Sharm al-Sheikh

May 6, 2007

Manouchehr Mottaki, the foreign minsister of Iran, did not attend a dinner at Sharm el-Sheikh because the red dress of a Ukrainian violinist did not meet the "Islamic standards." According to Mottaki, "There was something wrong with that so I offered my apologies. There was no other reason."

The planned discussion of Condoleezza Rice and Mottaki would have been the highest-level formal talks of U.S. and Iranian officials. It was intended to enable the foreign ministers to thrash out ways to curb the security problems in Iraq.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack explained the issue in term of intimidation when he said, "I don't know which woman he was afraid of, the woman in the red dress or the secretary of state."

In lieu of a longer substantive discussion, there was a 3-minute exchange of pleasantries between Rice and Mottaki at the end. However, Rice did have a complete discussion with Walid Moallem, the foreign minister of Syria, to alleviate Iraq's security problems.

Later, Mottaki stated that Iran believes that the presence of American troops is the source of instability and called for the withdrawal of American troops. He said, "The U.S. must issue a clear troop-withdrawal plan so that peace and stability can be restored."

According to Mottaki, The terrorists claim that they are fighting the forces of occupation, while the occupiers justify their presence under the pretext of the war on terror. Therefore, this axis of occupation-terrorism is the root of all problems in Iraq.


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User:Symode09/Fergie Playing Trix

editorial

May 6, 2007

It is a well known fact that in this world of advertising and product placement, video clips are no exception but, to what degree can product placemnt go before it becomes subliminal advertising.

While watching a video fergalicious, a was appauled when I saw the amound of advertisements, most of which flashed on the screen for a fraction of a second.

From Trix cereal boxes painted on crunk dancers to flashes of huge nike logo's on shoes, the video is riddled with such advertisements.

I can live with the ever so subtle advertisement half way through when fergie starts to listen to a samsung mp3 player but, it is the whole idea that videoclips are the new prostitutes of the media that gets on my nervess.

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User talk:Poopoo blowjob~enwikinews

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Indonesian suspected bird flu case dies; symptoms included encephalitis

May 6, 2007

Indonesian authorities are conducting tests on samples taken from a suspected bird flu patient who died on Thursday, May 5. The 26-year-old poultry trader from Sukoharjo, Central Java, died after being hospitalized for three days. If confirmed, this will be the 95th case of human H5N1 infection in Indonesia.

The Indonesian daily Suara Merdeka reports that, in addition to high fever, the victim's symptoms included bronchitis and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). Encephalitis has been reported in other H5N1 cases, including that of a 67-year-old woman from West Java who died in October 2006. In her case, the H5N1 virus was reported to have been found in her cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

The Kedaulatan Rakyat, a newspaper based in Yogyakarta, reports that following the death of the 26-year-old man on Thursday, 125 of his neighbors have been examined for signs of bird flu and 34 have been tested for the virus. Thirty are reported to have flu-like symptoms but are said to be suffering from seasonal flu.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a total of 81 H5N1 cases including 63 deaths in Indonesia since 2005. However, there have been at least an additional 13 locally confirmed H5N1 cases including 11 deaths in Indonesia since January 29 of this year. According to these figures, Indonesia has had the highest number (94+) of H5N1 human infections, surpassing Vietnam's total of 93 cases. The WHO has not had access to H5N1 samples from Indonesia since January when a dispute arose over the use of H5N1 samples from Indonesia in commercially made vaccines.

Scientists fear the deadly H5N1 strain could mutate and become easily transmissible among people, triggering a devastating pandemic. According to the WHO, last year in Indonesia a 32-year-old man was probably infected with H5N1 via his 10-year-old son (both died), suggesting that the virus had in that instance acquired the ability to transmit human-to-human, albeit in a limited manner. The father and son were part of a larger, familial cluster in which at least six persons died.


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User talk:Jun~enwikinews

DragonFire1024: re. your cleanup comments for "Indonesian suspected bird flu case dies; symptoms included encephalitis":

"Needs proper Wiki links, sources can probably be shortened, needs proof read"

I've taken out some of the sources. What do you mean by 'needs proper Wiki links'? And what other changes should I make to get the story into a publishable form?

Thanks! Jun

Jun 06:15, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Well first start by seeing the welcome message I am going to poste below. That should help. A Wikilink is a link to Wikipedia on a certain word or etc. Example, type this to get a wiki link for: United States, which would look like this: United States.

 * Unless the news situation is a breaking news situation, we want to try and keep sources "tidy" if you will...sometimes too many sources can take too long to verify the contents of an article. Many information is repeated in many cases in news articles in general.

 * There may be a few typos and grammar checks but then you should be set :-)

 * Here are some links to help get you started: DragonFire1024 07:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * p.s., I'd like to point out, that Article name automatically gets changed to Article name on save, which is a little faster to type, happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome, advice and editing DragonFire1024, Bawolff and Doldrums! The article now looks terrific! And that infobox is really cool, Doldrums! :-) I'll definitely be perusing the "how to" pages over the next few days.  And look forward to posting more news soon.  Yay for Wikinews!

Jun 02:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear. If you need any help with the how to pages, (especially the ones starting with help:, they are not that great quality. The help pages starting with wikinews: are generally quite good) don't hesitate to ask. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:02, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Iranian minister eschews un-Islamic dress at Sharm al-Sheikh

Good story
Thanks, i found the story informative. Described well the interchange between the Iranian minister and Rice, also the Iranian perspective on the Iraq war, which is shared by, I might say, judging from the recent election, the majority of Americans. So who is Iran the enemy of anyway? It could not be the majority of Americans, certainly. Must be that goofball in the oval office, and his crony thugs.


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Comments:Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes

Americans
I'm willing to bet every American reading this article reads "1 American" and dismisses it as "eh, not a big deal." 69.19.214.183 06:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


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User:Chuq

Hi. I am w:User:Chuq on the English Wikipedia!

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Khatami: dialogue is best solution to solve Iran's nuclear controversy

May 6, 2007

Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami met with Massimo D'Alema, the foreign minister of Italy, where he stated that dialogue is a sine qua non to resolving the impasse over Iran's nuclear activities.

Khatami said, "The Iranian nation will by no means abandon its nuclear rights." He cited the "consensus among Iranian authorities on the country's right to access nuclear technology" and said that sanctions against Iran would not be effective.

Khatami also called for dialogue in two additional areas: On Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Israel/Palestine to end the Middle East conflicts, and on Islam. In fact, since leaving the Iranian presidency in 2005, he has started his own NGO and fully dedicated his time to promoting peace and understanding as the head of Center for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations.

With respect to the Middle East conflicts, Khatami stated to Ferdinando Casini, the head of the world's Inter-Parliamentary Union, that these problems cannot be solved by excluding Iran, "[the] International community needs Iran for creating and maintaining stability and tranquility in the region and this idea that the conflict in the ME can be solved without Iran's presence is a wrong conception." On Saturday, he delivered an address at a Rome University where he used the pulpit to dispel misunderstandings concerning Islam. He said, "Islam is a religion of peace and tranquility." He has called peace a virtue and wants world politicians to seek any "ideology that breeds peace".


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Wreckage of Kenya Airways flight 507 found in jungle; All 114 on board killed

May 7, 2007

The latest information on the information website states, "Kenya Airways regrets to confirm that its  from Douala to Nairobi has been located on a mangrove swamp, 20 km southeast of Douala, on the planned flight path." The website also indicates that search and rescue operations have been initiated. There are no survivors. Flight KQ 507 had 8 crew members, 106 passengers and a flight engineer on board, and was traveling from to. It made a stopover in, Cameroon where more passengers got on the plane before it continued on its flight. The plane sent a distress signal at 2:00 a.m., just after it took off from Cameroon, but it is not known what triggered the distress signal. The plane was supposed to land at 6:15 a.m. local time, but never arrived. It left Abidjan at 11:05 p.m. local time in Nairobi.

"All I can say for now is that the wreckage of the plane has been located in the small village of Mbanga Pongo, in the Douala III subdivision. Access to the area is very difficult. We are beginning a new painful phase. Our task will be more difficult now, the task of recovering the corpses," said Hamidou Yaya Marafa, Cameroon's Minister of State for Territorial Administration, during a press conference.

So far only small portions of the plane have been found, as much of the plane is reported to be underwater.

"The plane fell head first. Its nose was buried in the mangrove swamp," said chief of meteorology for the Douala airport, Thomas Sobakam.

Reports say that many of the remains of the individuals on board the plane are dismembered and when rescuers attempt to recover the remains, they fall apart in their hands.

"It's devastating. I found one or two whole bodies at the start, but since then everything is in pieces. People were afraid of the bodies at the start, so I had to pick them up with my own hands, and they came apart in my fingers," said Captain of Cameroon's fire department, Francis Ekosso.

There were passengers from 26 different countries on the plane, not including the 9 crew members from Kenya (see list below). Kenya Airways has released the names of all passengers on board Flight KQ 507 (see external links below).

The area where the plane went down is reported to be thick with forest, and difficult to reach. Local Fisherman are said to have lead rescuers to the crash site after they heard a "boom" and saw "disturbances in the water."

"We are told the aircraft was covered by a canopy of trees, and that was the delay in sighting the crash site. The mangrove area is a very tricky area, access is very difficult. I think they will use trekking and boats," added Marafa.

Earlier the chief meteorologist for the airport in, Cameroon, Thomas Sobakam said that "signs" of Flight KQ 507 were located, but also said that what was located was not wreckage. Sabakam also said that the reports that wreckage had been found were "premature."

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but officials say the plane took off in bad weather and are looking into whether engine failure played a role or not. At least one black box from the plane has been found, but its not known if it was the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder.

The next scheduled press briefing will be on Monday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Nationalities of those on board

 * 37: Cameroonians
 * 15: Indians
 * 9: Kenyan crew members
 * 7: South Africans
 * 6: Nigerians; Ivorians
 * 5: British, Chinese
 * 3: Nigerians
 * 2: Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea;
 * 1: Burkina Faso; ; Congo-Brazzaville; Egyptian; Ghanaian; Malian; Mauritius; Mauritanian; Senegalese; South Korean; Swede; Swiss; Tanzanian; Togolese; American


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User talk:Look4edmund

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Forward advance! - Battle of the Atlantic Parade in Toronto, Canada

Today Sailors of, Cadets of RCSCC 18 Vanguard, Navy League Cadets of NLCC Ark Royal and Air Cadets of 618 Queen City Squadron marched though with drums beating, colors flying, and rifles held proudly. All this was to mark the, which was a series of naval battles fought from 1939 to the end of the second world war. During the Battle, Canada lost about 2000 Sailors and 762 members of the.

The Parade started out at, it then marched a short ways to the Cenotaph at , where a ceremony was held for the dead and wounded in the Battle of the Atlantic. The parade then began again with a snappy left turn and marched along Queen Street West. It then wheeled north along Yonge St. to the Naval Club on Hayden Avenue. Seen in the photograph below is Lieutenant (Navy) Armstrong, the Executive Officer of RCSCC 18 Vanguard, in the background, are Vanguard cadets.

There where approximately 130 sailors, sea and air cadets in attendance.


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Talk:Forward advance! - Battle of the Atlantic Parade in Toronto, Canada

Reporting notes: "Start at new city hall, march east to old city hall, pause for cenotaph ceremony. Left turn and eastbound march to young street, left wheel and march north on young street, right wheel at Hayden and march east on Hayden, Halt at naval club, parade over" These are my location notes.

"units Vanguard, HMCS York, 618 Queen city, ark royal" are the notes for what units mustered.

"about 130 on muster" for my numbers on the amount of people who showed up.

Rz350 19:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


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Sarkozy wins 2007 French Presidential election

May 6, 2007

Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected as the 23rd President of the French Republic with 53% of the vote. His rival, Ségolène Royal, was defeated with 47% of the vote. Ms. Royal has accepted her defeat.

Mr. Sarkozy has promised to be the "President of the French People" and Royal has vowed to "keep on fighting". Sarkozy's first term will begin on 16 May. Sarkozy has promised to try to reform France to face the challenges of the 21st century, with putting the nation back to work at the top of his agenda.

Sarkozy has said that he would also work to form a link between Europe and Africa. "We have to overcome hatred to give way to the great dreams of peace and civilization," he stated in his first speech as President-Elect. "It's time to build a great Mediterranean union." he added.

U.S. president, George W. Bush has congratulated Mr. Sarkozy.


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Global WTO competition for law students won by the University of Melbourne

May 6, 2007

The team of the University of Melbourne has won the fifth annual ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law for law students in Geneva yesterday, after beating the team from the University of Hong Kong.

Organised by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA), the competition brings together students from around the world each year to contest a case based on the legal system and case law of the World Trade Organization – the global treaty that governs world trade and commerce.

This year, the case for the competition was on the topic of intellectual property rights and access to essential medicines – one of the most contentious issues in world trade in the past decade. Participating teams played out a dispute between two WTO members – one setting aside a pharmaceutical patent (respondent), the other challenging this on behalf of its industry (complainant).

Under World Trade Organization rules, a country can sidestep patents by issuing a "compulsory license" - a legal mechanism that allows a country to manufacture or import generic versions of patented drugs for public health and national emergencies while paying the patent holder only a small royalty.

The global finals last week were the culmination of months of national and regional rounds, with eighteen teams from universities in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific winning a trip to Geneva for the final round. The first semi final was contested by the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, while University of Hong Kong and Georgetown University fought out the second semi final.

In the grand final at the WTO Centre William Rappard, the University of Melbourne acted for complainant, the Government of Costo (imaginary developed WTO member), while the University of Hong Kong defended the position of the Government of Factoril (imaginary developing WTO member) – respondent in the matter.

After the two and a half hours of intense debates, the Grand Panel, including Gabrielle Marceau from the WTO Secretariat, Jayashree Watal from the WTO Intellectual Property Division and Werner Zdouc from the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, decided in favour of complainant. The arguments submitted in favour of protecting the intellectual property rights of the pharmaceutical patent holder were deemed to be better structured and presented which led to the University of Melbourne winning the competition.

"The subject of the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health has raised a wide range of issues in the public debate. I think the ELSA Moot Court gave a timely opportunity to bright, young lawyers involved with WTO law to reflect upon and debate the complex legal and political issues raised by this subject," said Jatashree Watal, Counsellor, WTO Intellectual Property Division.

The students' debates during the final round in Geneva coincided with the decision of the Government of Brazil to put patients' interests before patent holder's interests and issue compulsory license on important AIDS drug. Some parties believe that the economic interests cannot be compared with saving human lives and protecting the public health while others would prefer a more balanced approach to this matter.


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Please add sources that relate to the article. Thnaks --Mark Talk 21:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Original Reporting notes
I have attended the event myself and saw the final at the WTO organisation building, room W. This has not been reported yet at the ELSA (organiser) website. Mogmaria 00:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


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Football: Manchester United clinch Premiership title

May 6, 2007

Manchester United clinched the Barclays Premiership title Sunday after second place Chelsea drew at Emirates Stadium with Arsenal. United put the pressure on Chelsea Saturday with a 1-0 win over hometown rivals Manchester City, leaving Chelsea requiring a win to keep the title race going.

Saturdays game saw United's top goal scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, as the only name on the scoresheet when he slotted home the ball from the penalty spot after being dragged down in the area by Michael Ball. Ball had earlier stomped on Ronaldo with his cleat, but the action was missed by the referee, and Ball was allowed to continue with the match. Ball was then involved in the game again as he earned a penalty when he was brought down by Wes Brown. Darius Vassell stepped up to the spot, but his hard drive at the center of the net was saved by the trailing leg of Edwin Van Der Sar.

With the pressure now on Chelsea to win at Arsenal, the blues traveled to the Emirates in hopes of keeping their title hopes alive. As the game neared half-time, Khalid Boulahrouz brought down Júlio Baptista in the box, and a penalty was awarded to Arsenal, while Boulahrouz was red-carded. Gilberto Silva converted easily on the spot kick, and Arsenal went into half time with the lead. For much of the second half, Arsenal controlled the game, but on 70 minutes, a flashing header by Michael Essien tied the match for Chelsea. The blues pushed for the second goal, but it never came, and the draw meant Chelsea could no long catch United, who are seven points ahead in the table.

The title is United's sixteenth English championship and their ninth Premiership crown in fifteen years, but their first in four years, after league domination by both Arsenal and Chelsea left United adrift in the race.

United travel to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday in what Chelsea were hoping to make a title decider, but with United already in control, the fans at the Bridge will instead clap United onto the field in a Guard of Honor.


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Quantum Ring Conspiracy
I've moved your comment from the Comment: to the Talk: page and responded.

I'd prefer to see that article die off, we do not want to encourage every wing-nut conspiracy theorist to bring their gripes with Wikipedia here. And yes, it is just a rant. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:33, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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Can I ask what you are doing on your page: Remi...? Just curious. Also we normally do not welcome users unless they have made contributions. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:54, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. There is no policy against it. I have just always been told that we don't usually do that. Me personally, I don't see the big deal about it so long as its not done in masses. If you do welcome users, just make sure you are not welcoming a vandal. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

User subpages
Hi Remi. You seem to make a significant amount of edits to subpages of your userpage. Could I ask what this is all about? Cheers. Adambro (talk) 17:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your recent comment on my talk page. When might I expect your response to my question above? Adambro (talk) 20:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

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Iran's leader appoints new members to cultural council

May 7, 2007

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, appointed 22 members to the main body that determines the cultural policy of Iran. The body is known as the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

Khamenei's decree allows the appointees to serve for three years on the cultural council. Appointees like Ahmad Jannati, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, and the others are long-time allies of Khamenei. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel's daughter is married to one of Khamenei's sons.

 * 1) (Secretary of the Guardian Council) Haj Sheikh Ahmad Jannati
 * 2) (Majlis Speaker) Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
 * 3) (Former Vice-President) Hassan Habibi
 * 4) (Former Prime Minister) Mir-Hossein Moussavi
 * 5) Ahmad Ahmadi
 * 6) Ali Shariatmadari
 * 7) Reza Davari
 * 8) (Former Foreign Minister and Leadership Advisor for Foreign and International Affairs) Ali-Akbar Velayati
 * 9) Iraj Fazel
 * 10) (Former Vice-President) Mohammad-Reza Aref
 * 11) Mehdi Golshani
 * 12) (Top nuclear negotiator and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council) Ali Larijani
 * 13) Ali-Reza Sadr-Hosseini
 * 14) Mohammad-Ali Keynejad
 * 15) Mohsen Ghomi
 * 16) Hassan Rahimpour
 * 17) Mohammad-Reza Mokhber
 * 18) Sadeq Vaezzadeh
 * 19) Ali-Akbar Sadeqi-Rashad
 * 20) (Head of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization) Mahmoud Mohammadi Araqi
 * 21) (Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology for Education) Mansour Kabkanian
 * 22) (Member of Board of Instructors of Tehran University's Faculty of Social Sciences) Hossein Kachuian.

The cultural council has to ensure that Iran can counter the Western culture with Islam and works closely with the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance.


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User talk:69.232.159.44

Hello there. I reverted your edit, as the link to the image didn't really add very much to the article. There is already an image, images should be linked inline, and the site doesn't like people directly linking to the image (click here[assuming you haver reffers turned on, and the img isn't in your cache]). Also you removed some interlanguage links. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks Bawolff for fixing the alignment problems :) Edbrown05 08:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Glad I could help. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Pictures

 * We could also add some message for an optional picture of the person, but I don't know where we'd put it. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the photo's location on Category:Hillary Clinton. With the middle part replaced by the DPL, and the right side for links to other projects. —Zachary talk 09:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you think of category:Linus Torvalds? (and should it start with title, or below?). Bawolff ☺☻ 09:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I like it, with the header directly to the right of the image. Looks great! —Zachary talk 09:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, I hated the image to the left on Category:George W. Bush, feel free to revert me but I feel images look better on the right and smaller, lay-out-wise that is.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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 * To me it's better to have a bit of white space than to have the bullets on the left disorganised...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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I'm having a hard time believing that we only have 3 articles "that mention George W. Bush" in 2007, although the template is giving just that impression. I'd change the wording to simply "latest articles" instead of "Latest articles for PAGENAME".--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The template is - in effect - reminding people to get out their AWB and categorise. I just discovered we don't have Karl Rove. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

A bit of a software structuring issue
Currently, a user must manually list in the category section of an article a link to the 'People' category. This should all be automagic when an article makes news mention to a "people" or "person": then 'boom, the article appears in the 'people' category (if the category exists). Linkage means an internal link here on Wikinews. -Edbrown05 07:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The same goes for regions... In other words, a crawler for news written here. If a category exists, the crawler picks it up and includes it on the relevant page. -Edbrown05 07:40, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Topics would have to still be done manually. But in my opinon, the Main Page should be arranged by Topic when the time arises. Everything else is software sortable. -Edbrown05 08:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikiquote
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Talk:Khatami: dialogue is best solution to solve Iran's nuclear controversy

I'm not sure "Khatami has been hailed as Iran's main voice for reform and moderation since his election in 1997" is really correct. He was elected as a moderate, and he may have been the most moderate president, but he's abslutely not the "main voice". In fact his presidency quite disapointed the real "main voice" for moeration in Iran. Nyarlathotep 09:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


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Markie removed them saying: "remove ref tags - not used on WN and link to copyvios". I agree with the copyvios, the external links is not used on the English wikinews but it is used in other language version such as the French Wikinews.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

 * If there is a copyright violation, then you should bring it to the attention of YouTube and MEMRI. I restored the videos.--Blivit 11:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't think we as a site would like link to copyvios. Furthermore, there have been style arguments. Please don't just revert but discuss.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, the videos are edited in such a way that they aren't quite NPOV.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:53, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

 * The premise of your argument regarding copyright violation is false. If you weren't nitpicking, then you would contact YouTube & MEMRI.--Blivit 11:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I have removed the video links again. Please do not just insert them again.  If you do you will be blocked fro breaking the 3 revert rule.  --Mark Talk 12:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I have emailed MEMRI notifying them that their copyright is being violated on YouTube. Links to the transcripts they provide would be more appropriate and should be clearly labelled as what source they come from. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It isn't just YouTube. Even the video that linked to MEMRI's site itself was removed.  I assume that the remover is claiming MEMRI is violating copyrights and Wikinews could get sued for this; I am not sure about the validity of the remover's claims here.--Blivit 13:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Here are the transcripts
 * Hasan Rahimpur Azghadi of the Iranian Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution: We Are Stronger Than America and the West 2006
 * Hasan Rahimpur Azghadi of the Iranian Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution: Christianity, Not Islam, Was Spread by the Sword; The Pope Used to Serve Hitler, Now He Is Serving Zionism 2006

One more
 * Member of Iranian Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, Hasan Rahimpur-Azghadi: Relationships in European Countries Are Based Solely on Sexual Pleasure 2005

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It's 19:50 UTC on Saturday, May 5, 2007. Hello, I'm David Jacobson with Audio Wikinews, News briefs and en.wikinews.org.

A Kenya Airways jet with 115 on board crashes
Officials say that a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 with 8 crew members and 106 passengers and a flight engineer on board, has crashed in Cameroon.

Flight KQ 507 was traveling from Abidjan to Nairobi. It made a stopover in Douala, Cameroon where more passengers got on the plane, before it continued on its flight.

It is not known if there are any survivors, but Kenya Airways says that there were passengers from at least 23 different countries on the plane.

"Flight 507 was coming from Abidjan via Douala. The aircraft unfortunately has not arrived. The last message was received in Douala after takeoff and thereafter the tower was unable to contact the plane," said the CEO of Kenya Airways, Titus Naikuni.

Mohammad Khatami meets Pope Benedict XVI
Mohammad Khatami, the president of Iran from 1997 to 2005, was among a delegation of Islamic clerics to meet Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican City in Rome on Friday. This is Khatami's first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and his second with any pope.

Khatami told a press conference after the meeting that the wounds caused by Benedict XVI's remarks that linked Islam to violence were very deep. He, moreover, stated that the wounds "cannot be healed easily and a single meeting may not be enough."

On the issue of terrorism, Khatami made it clear that dialogue is the best solution to eliminate terrorism and the great military conflicts, stressing that one cannot invoke God "as a password for war and hate." He emphasized the need for a joint effort.

Kentucky faith-based agency under fire for religious coercion
A lawsuit filed by a former employee of Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children (now Sunrise Children's Services) and four other tax-payers, has shed light on the possibility of religious coercion by the organization. The lawsuit challenges the faith-based agency's eligibility for state funds.

Specifically, interviews of children conducted by the state of Kentucky have revealed complaints from some of the children. Mainly, children who said they were Catholic, Pentecostal, Jehovah's Witnesses or atheist voiced complaints in the interviews.

"They tried to more [or] less force me to become a Christian," said one child in an exit interview. "I just felt I was being pressured into giving up my religion."

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President-elect Sarkozy promises change for France

May 7, 2007

After winning the presidential election on Sunday, President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy immediately began to lay out his plans for France. Political observers consider the 53% to 47% the victory over Ségolène Royal, a "resounding win," lending credibility to his policies.

Sarkozy is expected to announce his government soon. He left Monday to go on a retreat with his family, while considering his cabinet line-up and strategy for the important parliamentary election in June.

Cheers and riots
Cheering crowds were seen at Place de la Concorde in Paris. "I am proud to be French with him as president. He is a man of action, he doesn't give up," said Laurent Scipio, 55. "We are happy because Sarkozy will let people keep their hard-earned money," said Martine Vellard, 52. "He will discourage people from living off benefits."

Elsewhere people were not so happy. Rioting broke out on the other side of the city at Place de la Bastille. Unrest was reported from several suburbs. "Sarkozy ran a better campaign. Ségolène did not have a positive message. She only rallied those who were against Sarkozy," said Doriana, 22, a Royal supporter. Another had a different view: "Sarkozy won because he manipulated the media," and added "He is just like [Silvio] Berlusconi. We have a fascist in power!"

Official figures released by police today, said Sunday's unrest saw 730 cars set ablaze and 78 policemen injured across France. 592 people were arrested in the violent protests against Sarkozy.

His party, the Union for a Popular Movement, wants to capitalize on the victory in the upcoming parliamentary elections on June 10 and June 17. "We are going to see how we can give him the biggest parliamentary majority possible so he can put into effect his undertakings," Alliot-Marie said.

"We have to act, the French people expect it. They have given him a real mandate," said Sarkozy's chief of staff, Claude Guéant.

"As he said again last night, he wants to carry out all the commitments he made during the campaign," said Michèle Alliot-Marie, the Defense Minister and high-ranking member of UMP, outside his campaign-headquarters.

Nicolas Sarkozy, who has often been described as a devisive cabinet minister, was conciliatory in his victory speech. "France has given me everything, and now it is my turn to give back to France what France has given me," he said. "Tonight is not the victory of one France over another," he continued and pledged to represent "all of France and leave no one by the side of the road."

Domestic issues
Sarkozy is expected to seek an end to the 35-hour workweek which was one the mainstays of his campaign. "I want a France where everyone has a chance - but chance comes for those who work for it," he said. Another part of his so-called "economic revolution" is a pledge to bring unemployment down from current 8.3% to below 5% by 2012, the end of his term.

Another reform would be a curb on the amount of power that is held by labor unions. "All attempt to pass things by force would backfire," said Jean-Claude Mailly, secretary general of Force Ouvrière one of the five biggest unions in France.

Sarkozy also proposes allowing employees to work overtime, as well as reducing restrictions on hiring and firing staff. He is also expected to tighten immigration laws.

Foreign relations
Sarkozy announced that "France is back in Europe," saying that the European Union should pay more attention to the people it is supposed to protect. During Jacques Chirac's term the European Constitution failed to pass. Sarkozy favors a shorter, less ambitious treaty for changes in the EU to be submitted to the French parliament for approval, and not voted on in a referendum.

"I enjoyed that he said the word 'Europe,' which in the campaign was a non-word," Peter Raduński, a former advisor to Helmut Kohl, said. "I hope it will get us moving forward."

The only issue of foreign policy that Royal and Sarkozy debated was the EU membership of Turkey. Sarkozy is opposed to admission of Turkey. This concerned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who told reporters: "Our heart-felt wish is that we won't hear the kind of statements made by Mr. Sarkozy during his election campaign in our bilateral relations as well, both in contacts between France and Turkey and in the EU process."

Nicolas Sarkozy also wants to thaw the oft frosty relations between France and the United States. "I want to call out to our American friends to tell them that they can count on our friendship," he said shortly after being declared the winner.

"He will be a better partner for the United States," said Peter Radunski. "It was important that he mentioned he wants a good relationship, which for a French president, is very significant."

"He does not come to office with the baggage of a certain kind of anti-Americanism," observed Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"We know that there have been areas of disagreement but on the other hand there are certainly real opportunities to work together on a broad range of issues," White House spokesperson Tony Snow said.

"I mean, it would be nice to have someone who is head of France who doesn't almost have a knee-jerk reaction against the United States," U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer told CNN.

In a recent television interview, Sarkozy said he is opposed to keeping French troops in Afghanistan indefinitely.

"I want to tell all those in the world who believe in the values of tolerance, liberty, democracy and humanism, that France will be at their side, that they can count on her," Sarkozy said, hoping to base French foreign policy on a commitment to human rights.


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Gas pipeline explosion in Ukraine
A 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has been destroyed by an explosion. Although supplies to Europe via this pipeline have stopped, Ukrainian Energy Minister Georgi E. Boyko said that supplies to Europe would not be affected.

"There are no changes in volumes of gas being transported," Yuri Korolchuk said. "Volumes due to pass through the damaged section are being redirected through the Soyuz pipeline."

Normal flows are reported in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Price for semi-precious copper shows dramatic rise in 2007
Copper prices are rising. Between record copper imports from China, and a mining strike in Peru, the prices have climbed to over $8100 (United States dollars) a tonne, for a gain of $575 dollars over the last week. However the upward trend is not new, it has been climbing for quite some time. In April 2003, the price of copper was under $2000 a tonne.

The metal market has been tending up due to growth in the Chinese industrial production. This trickles down to the local level, where the buying price at scrap yards is ever climbing, making scrap metal collection a more profitable endeavour for individual people using pick up trucks or other such vehicles to collect and cash in the scrap metal at metal buying yards. It can be collected via agreements with businesses, from the garbage, or, sometimes, by theft.

Copper prices fell today on the NYMEX commodity exchange from US$3.7545 per pound to US$3.7125 based on the July futures contract.

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Exploding device kills one man in Las Vegas
One man was killed and another injured by an exploding backpack in the parking lot of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The explosion happened at 4 a.m. PDT when the victim tried to remove a the object left on top of his car.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are on the scene. Aerial images did not show any apparent damage.

"We believe the victim was the intended target of this," Bill Cassell said, spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. "This is being treated as a homicide in which the weapon used to cause death is a non-traditional weapon."

Both of the victims worked at the Luxor.

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Apologies - I am out of practice - please would someone kindly clean this up for me Fentonrobb 15:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Russia Today url
this url http://www.russiatoday.ru/test/index.php?id=8&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=5154&tx_ttnews[backPid]=122&cHash=2e62a3ec31 seems to be a problem for the template. --SVTCobra 23:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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Price for semi-precious copper shows dramatic rise in 2007
Notes:

I talked to a local scrap collector named "roger" He told me he has been making a lot more money as of late, due to the rapidly rising prices, and that he now focus's on scrap metal collection, instead of working on temp jobs and other more traditional employment.

In early march, I called Triple M metals for their spot price on #1 copper, they where 2.90 Canadian Dollars per pound, they are as of Friday, May 5, paying 3.45 Canadian Dollars per pound.

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Original reporting seems to be uneccessary for an article of this nature. There are many, many articles in all kinds of publications that discuss the rising price of copper and other metals. I'd just as soon avoid the telephone testimony of "roger" the scrap-metal dealer. --SVTCobra 19:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It qualifies as OR, but it needs to have a more time-specific title. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:26, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Change the title somthing you think is apprioate. The OR section of it relates to increase in scrap metal collection by individuals, and I added this in a bit more detail to the article. Roger is a scrap collector with a truck, and thus a decent source for that aspect of it.

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Exploding backpack kills one man in Las Vegas
Widely reported as a backpack, authorities have now claimed it was not a backpack. Police are treating it as a (rather unusual) homicide, and are treating the victim as the intended target. The device does not appear to have been designed for destruction of the structure, and so it does not, at this time, seem to be terrorism. More as it develops. --205.201.141.146 16:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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88th annual Brita Kongreso draws to a close

May 7, 2007

The 88th annual Brita Kongreso (British Congress) in Letchworth, England drew to an official close, Sunday, after a weekend of presentations, courses, lectures, and activities in Esperanto. With the final excursion to Cambridge (town of the Third Universal Esperanto Congress in 1907) taking place on Monday, the event will draw to a final close at the end of today.

The Brita Kongreso is an opportunity for Esperantists the world over to convene and spend the weekend being entertained, lectured, and socialising with other Esperantists in a relaxed atmosphere. This year, it was also host to a Guinness World Record attempt by French musician Jean-Marc Leclercq, a.k.a. jOmO, who successfully sang 25 songs in 25 different languages in an open air concert on Saturday, before providing evening entertainment within the main venue, Plinston Hall.

Activities
The weekend was host to a number of activities for both newcomers to the language, as well as fluent and native speakers. A number of interesting lectures were provided covering a wide range of topics, from discussing Hidden messages in children's books to African activities, demonstrations of martial arts, as well as the holding of Annual General Meetings for the Esperanto-Asocio de Britio (Esperanto Association of Britain) and the Junularo Esperantista Brita (Young British Esperantists) organisations.

Beginners were invited to a small gathering in the Green Room, a small conference area, on Sunday where they enjoyed speaking with other newcomers and more advanced speakers in a relaxed environment over a game of Happy Families. Helpers were available all weekend for those who were new to the language, although many of the lectures given were accessible to all.

Social Activities
All attendees were provided with a numbered name badge, which allowed for identification and ease of communication between those who had not met before. The bar inside the main hall and the snack area in the Green Room were popular areas for socialising with other Esperantists, and trips to local pubs were not uncommon throughout the weekend. Many Esperantists also slept in the same hotels and ate meals in the same places, making for a very sociable event throughout the town, as well as the event.

Communication between the participants was primarily in Esperanto, however English was used in the AGMs. Visitors from other countries were, thus, able to participate in the events and communicate with others with ease by using Esperanto.

Related Groups

 * http://britakongreso.org/ - Brita Kongreso Website (Esperanto / English)
 * http://www.esperanto-gb.org/ - Esperanto Association of Britain (English)
 * http://www.novajeb.org.uk/ - Junularo Esperantista Brita (Esperanto / English)

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Palestinian Islamists attack children's festival in Gaza Strip

May 7, 2007

Palestinian Islamists attacked a children's festival at a United Nations school in Rafah because boys and girls were intermingled at the event which the Islamists declared was a violation of sex segregation in Islam.

Prior to the grenade attacks and the ensuing gunfight, the Islamists issued warnings about diluting the people's Islamic faith. Protest signs read that the U.N. "is turning schools into nightclubs." The gripe of the Islamists who appeared in long Islamic robes and wore beards was that the United Nations was "turning people away from Islam."

Nevertheless, U.N. officials ignored the protesters. Later, a bodyguard of the Palestinian legislator Majed Abu Shamaleh was killed and several kids ended up injured. The bodyguard was shot dead in broad daylight while terrified children observed the incident. John Ging, the top U.N. official at the festival emerged un-harmed from the incident.

John Ging believes that the security problems in Gaza are due to lack of money, saying "The bottom line is that security forces that we all rely on to uphold law and order have been without their regular salaries for well over a year."

According to one official who spoke anonymously, "What's new is that this group, which seems to have developed a few years ago, believes in violence if they see things they believe are wrong."


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Prayers on TV mandatory in Iran

May 7, 2007

Ezatollah Zarghami, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) who is appointed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said, "In the current year, television productions that do not have prayer scenes will not be allowed to air."

Referring to a scene in a television program wherein a murder suspect was shown supplicating, Zarghami stated, "Prayer scenes should not be confined to positive and leading characters, the elderly and the clean-living types." Consequently, program heroes and villains are expected to pray alike because it is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

All television stations are interrupted five times everyday to permit praying to be broadcast. News anchors and reporters are also required to call upon God.

Some Iranians watch Western television shows in Iran notwithstanding their being banned. IRIB itself sometimes airs censored versions of Hollywood movies; however, since Iran and the United States do not have any sort of copyrights relations, companies in either countries do not have any legal recourse.

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Their contents of the stories are similar but they aren't duplicates.--Blivit 18:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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15th anniversary of Russian Federation Armed Forces.

May 7, 2007

Today the Russian Military celebrated its 15th anniversary. The current Russian Armed Forces were formed by decree on May 7, 1992 by then President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the armed forces were under the purview of the Soviet system, and at the time served the entire U.S.S.R. Upon the collapse of the U.S.S.R., property and personnel where divided up amongst member states and Russia created the Armed Forces of Russia.

The Armed Forces of Russia have currently over one million serving members in its ranks across its three services, the Air Force, the Land Force and Navy, in addition to its three independent troops, the Rocket Forces, Spaces Forces and Airborne Troops. Many of the troops, nearly 69,000 of them, have no permanent home. This highlights a general decay of Russian forces since the fall of the Soviet Union. However, the state of the Russian forces has been improving recently.

Earlier this year, the length of service in the Russian Forces was cut from 24 months to 18 months on a decree of President Vladimir Putin. It is to be cut again to a term of one year starting January 1, 2008.


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Talk:President-elect Sarkozy promises change for France

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Wow impressive article...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice article but not sure about the title - doesnt really make sense to me. Would "Elected President Sarkozy promises change for France" be any better?? --Mark Talk 21:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliments. I think "president-elect" is the perfect term. See these hits on a Google News search. --SVTCobra 22:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm i can see you point but also do a search for Elected president on google news and see how many you get. --Mark Talk 22:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Also the definition of a President-elect is "someone who has been elected president" and this makes far more sense to me as an englishmen (President elect does not really make sense in English).--Mark Talk 22:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it changes it from an adjective to a verb. Most of your hits are "Sarkozy is elected president". --SVTCobra 22:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The BBC even uses "president-elect" Victorious Sarkozy pledges unity. (first sentence) --SVTCobra 22:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm alright ill give you that then. Nice article. --Mark Talk 22:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and thanks for removing the table of contents. I didn't know how. --SVTCobra 22:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well you know now, is the magic word.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

President-Elect
This is the right term to use in English at the moment. It positions him as the person elected to the position but not yet sworn in and holding it. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC)