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Six miners trapped in Utah mine after possible earthquake

August 6, 2007 At least six miners are trapped approximately 1700 feet underground in a coal mine in Utah after portions of the shaft collapsed. The mine is owned by Utah American Energy and is close to the town of Huntington, Emery County, 160 km south of Salt Lake City.

Robert Murray, The CEO, President, Director and owner of Murray Energy and the owner of Utah American Energy, said during a press conference at 5:00 p.m. (eastern time), an "earthquake caused the collapse at about 3:00 a.m. (mountain time)."

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded what is allegedly a magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 2:48 a.m. (mountain time) on Monday morning 21 km (13 miles) east, southeast of Mount Pleasant, Utah, but the director of the USGS seismology stations Walter Arabasz, says that no earthquake caused the collapse.

Murray states that at least "two mining machines will be brought in to clean out the debris" at the beginning of the collapse and that he will "spare no expense" in rescuing the men.

"We have four rescue teams working to free the trapped miners. We will try four ways to get to the miners which include drilling 1,700 feet from the top of the mountain. We will also drill a hole" in a neighboring mine shaft sealed in 2004 after it was finished being mined that is "about 100 feet from the miners."


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I got the quotes from Murray from a 4:50 p.m. press conference on TV. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

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I found this page, Crandall Canyon mine (on Wikipedia) and started posting. I know nothing about the mine, but thought it could use some help.--24.30.160.130 04:45, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

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2007/08 DFB Cup: FC Bayern Munich beats Burghausen in shootout to advance

August 6, 2007Burghausen, Germany

A capacity crowd in Wacker Arena saw Bayern Munich beat Wacker Burghausen in a shootout to advance to the 2nd Round of this season's DFB Cup.

Bayern Munich pour shot after shot on Wacker Burghausen's goalkeeper ,Manuel Riemann, only to see the 3rd Division club take the lead in the 61st Minute when Wacker Burghausen striker, Thomas Neubert, looped a header over Oliver Kahn.

Just 17 seconds had passed when Ribery took a shot that missed by inches. Riemann made his first save from Altintop on three minutes, However, almost gave Burghausen the lead when Hungarian midfielder Levente Schultz forced Oliver Kahn into a save near the post.

Quotations
Ottmar Hitzfeld: ”We basically played well. We played convincing football and made further progress. The problem was wastefulness. Sometimes we were unlucky, and sometimes we were denied by an outstanding Manuel Riemann. Compliments to Burghausen, they played above themselves, they were totally motivated, quick, aggressive, and they kept our defenders busy too. It was a cracking tie with everything you want from the Cup. But the match also showed we still have a lot of work to do. We have to do a lot more than simply turn up, even the last doubter must be convinced of that by now.“

Oliver Kahn: “All I’ve been doing for the last 14 years is remain focused until I’m needed. Obviously, you’re always pleased when you save a couple of penalties. Wacker fought till they dropped, but I have to say I saw a fantastic Bayern team, playing fantastic football, but failing to put away its chances.“

Philipp Lahm: “It was decent stuff from us. We created any number of chances and we were very solid at the back, but it’s always hard work when you fail to take your chances.“

Mark Van Bommel: “We weren’t great, but we weren’t bad either. You normally lose matches where you have 20 shots but none of them goes in. Young Riemann was lucky in that we kept shooting at him, and when we didn’t, we hit the bar or the post.“

Ingo Anderbrügge (Wacker coach): “I don’t see it in a negative light at all. Obviously you’re disappointed after you’ve been one penalty away from a massive upset. My lads showed we have a decent team again. I’m proud of the way they managed to match Bayern for so long. That’ll give us confidence for the league. Manuel Riemann is a pretty sorted guy for his age, he could have a bright future ahead of him.“

Manuel Riemann (Wacker keeper): “Disappointment is the main emotion at the moment, because we were so close to a miracle. But I want to praise the team for the fight we put up.”


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League table of world universities published: top three from USA

August 8, 2007

The Academic Ranking of World Universities was published for 2007 by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. This year the top four universities are Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and Cambridge, compared to last year Cambridge has slipped from second to fourth place with the order of the top three U.S. universities unchanged.

The league tables began in 2003 as an effort to measure the gap between Chinese and "World class" universities. In 2007 the highest ranking Chinese University is Tsinghua University at equal 151–202nd place, an improvement from 201–250th place in 2003.

The ranking takes account of factors such as the number of Nobel laureates, highly cited authors and publications in the journals of Nature and Science. Its authors admit that the methodology is skewed towards science over arts and humanities and favours English speaking countries. In the top 19 all are from the U.S. except Oxford and Cambridge from the UK, with Tokyo at 20th the first university from a non-English speaking country.


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Largest exoplanet so far is discovered

August 7, 2007 The largest extrasolar planet or exoplanet has been discovered orbiting the star GSC 02620-00648, around 1,435 light years away. The planet, named TrES-4, after the Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) is 1.7 times the size of the planet Jupiter. TrES-4 also has a lower mass than Jupiter and an extremely low density of 0.2 grams per cubic centimetre, which is less than a wine cork. Georgi Mandushev of the Lowell Observatory in Arizona said, "It's way lower than the density of water."

TrES-4 orbits its star at a distance of only 7 million km (4.5 million miles), meaning that the temperature of the planet is estimated at 1,327°C (approximately 1,600K or 2,300°F).

Mandushev went on to say, "Because of the planet's relatively weak pull on its upper atmosphere, some of the atmosphere probably escapes in a comet-like tail."

Due to the planet's size, current theories about superheated giant planets find it hard to explain why it is so large. Francis O'Donovan, a graduate student in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology which operates one of the TrES telescopes said, "We continue to be surprised by how relatively large these giant planets can be. But if we can explain the sizes of these bloated planets in their harsh environments, it may help us better understand our own Solar System planets and their formation."

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Image
All three sources for this story use the same image. I don't know however if we can use the image as well. It does not mention copyright, but it mentions the image is credited by one Jeffrey Hall of Lowell Observatory. Can we use it for the story? ISD 14:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

 * The source is the Lowell Observatory's press release here. Looking at that page it is clear that the image is being made available for use in news stories but I cannot see a statement that the image is released under a free licence. For this reason I suggest we can use the image under fair use by tagging it with publicity. Adambro 14:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your help Adambro. ISD 19:07, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


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Template:Coordinates

Map and coordinates,

Outputs decimal coordinates with a Geo microformat and a link to GeoTemplate for map links, as on Wikipedia.

Always give a name parameter where possible; that will cause the template to also generate an hCard microformat.

Name parameters may be linked.

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 * Add optional name parameter with hCard output.
 * Decide on location of display, perhaps with a display=inline,title parameter, as with the coord template on EN-Wiki
 * "title" display indicating that the coordinates apply to a whole story, not just one of several places mentioned in it)
 * Make coordinates a link, in the format http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=52.548_N_1.932_W_region:GB_type:city (Note "N" and "W" parameters, instead of "+/-" values)
 * Possibly enable DMS input/ output, like the coord template on EN-Wiki (complex!)

Discussion
Comments welcome! Andy Mabbett 18:07, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Articles nested within pages?
If articles on the Main Page had coordinate tags, would those be accessible as geotags on the main page? So a tool such as GreaseMaps would show a map with the locations of all those tags? (SEWilco 05:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC))

 * They would either have to be inserted manually, or by some form of Bot or script. (I assume you mean Greasemap?) Andy Mabbett 10:52, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

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Foot-and-mouth source confirmed as research laboratory

August 7, 2007 A report released tonight by the Health and Safety Executive has confirmed that there is a "strong possibility" that the cause of the recent foot-and-mouth outbreak is contamination, most probably by human movement, from a nearby research facility in Guildford, Surrey, UK. The labs in Pirbright, where both private firm Merial and the governmental Institute for Animal Health operate, have been subject to ongoing investigations since the discovery of a new foot-and-mouth outbreak on Friday. The strain of the disease had already been identified as an O1 BFS67-like virus, which was isolated in a 1967 outbreak and was being used at the labs for research and the production of vaccines. It is not yet known whether the virus escaped from the Merial or the IAH lab.

Since foot-and-mouth was confirmed in cows at a Surrey farm, more than 200 cattle have been culled as a preventative measure. A protection zone has been set up around the affected areas and rules preventing the movement of livestock have been introduced throughout the country, with the aim of stopping further spread of the contagious disease. Restrictions on the import of English beef have already been imposed.

The last outbreak of foot-and-mouth in the UK, in the spring and summer of 2001, resulted in total losses estimated at £8bn. Seven million animals were slaughtered, and tourism was also badly hit.


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Additional information: The press release with the link to the full-resolution is here: http://www.lowell.edu/media/releases.php?release=20070806

The Lowell Observatory states in its Media Room that: We strive to provide timely, accurate, and engaging print and audiovisual content for any media needs.

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This is just a placeholder as I learn how to properly code my User page...

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User talk:Maxadds

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Reports: Parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are suspects in her disappearance

August 8, 2007 The parents of the missing girl Madeleine McCann from the United Kingdom are now reported to be the main suspects in her disappearance and death after the finding of blood samples from a "deceased person" were found in the vacation apartment where Madeleine was staying, the night she was reported to have disappeared from the Praia da Luz resort on May 3.

The Diario de Noticias, a Portuguese newspaper, says that Madeleine died "accidentally" inside her parent's apartment while asleep and that she was sleeping with her brothers. It is also reported that someone had attempted to clean up the blood stains inside the apartment.

Traces of "almost invisible" blood were discovered by police dogs and detectives using ultraviolet lights. Police are attempting to run a DNA analysis on the blood, but have not confirmed or denied that the blood is Madeleine's.

The newspaper also states that authorities are asking for some family members and friends close to Madeleine to come back to Portugal and be interviewed by police.

Despite the newspaper's claims, Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann denied all reports and accusations that they were suspects in Madeleine's disappearance. Portuguese police also deny the reports.

"The family are not suspects. This is the official position," said a spokesman for the Portuguese police, Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa.

"We're not naive, but on numerous occasions the Portuguese police have assured us they were looking for Madeleine alive and not Madeleine having been murdered. I don't know of any information that's changed that," said Mr. McCann with his wife Kate adding, "Last week when we met with the police they said, 'We are looking for a living child.' It is not us who committed the crime, but people will always criticize."


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Giant Lego man found in sea

August 8, 2007 A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall recovered the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall toy which had a yellow head and a blue body.

"We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water. It was a life-sized Lego toy," said one worker at the stand. At least one witness says that the toy came from the direction of England.

Upon his chest are the words 'No Real Than You Are', the meaning of which is still unknown, but one website says that the giant toy is a promotional stunt for an artist by the name of Ego Leonard who is believed to be "aiming to document small pieces of beauty from round the world."

It seems the giant toy was built for "Dance Valley" http://www.egoleonard.com/dancevalley/dancevalley.html. It is not known how he ended up in the sea, but has since been placed on display at the drink stand.

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the sources need to be formatted according to WN:SG for starters. --SVTCobra 00:32, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

http://www.egoleonard.com/dancevalley/dancevalley.html Someone should read into this dance valley.

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User talk:BrassMonkey

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Giant Lego man found at sea
"Giant Lego man found at sea" wasn't quite ready to publish under our guidelines (see WN:SG) but thank you for the contribution. --SVTCobra 00:42, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I am not keen on the way you are incorporating bloggers into the article. They don't seem to be in the sources. --SVTCobra 01:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but you listed the source in the middle of the article. You also seem to be quoting someone without attributing the quote. (or perhaps it is a giant block-quote). I am signing off, so I cannot help you further tonight. I am not sure if User:Zachary is still here, but he can be very helpful if he is. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:40, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess Zach wasn't around, but I think the article turned out pretty nice. --SVTCobra 21:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Edbrown05/'Oversight' overshot its mandate

An article from 2005 does not qualify as news by most standards --SVTCobra 01:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Not News

 * News from 2005 is not news anymore. Please do not remove tags during a dispute. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Criticism
I am not sure about the exact policies here, so forgive me if I am wrong, but this appears (at least to me) as a very unbalanced article - it is only showing the anti-oversight point of view, with no information on the pro-oversight points or the useful ness (resolving legal matters, personal information, etc). I think that's the major issue with this. TheFearow 01:24, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Kingjeff/Archives1

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Welcome Kingjeff, good to see you over at Wikinews! It's always great to see another person with such a keen interest in football grace Wikinews :) Rather than 'template' you, see here for the message. Cheers,  Daniel  05:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You got templated anyways :) Cheers,  Daniel  00:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

UEFA
Yes i am aware of UEFA living in the UK but this still does not matter as our policies require multiple sources. Thanks for adding another. --Mark Talk to me 20:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

2007 FIFA U20 World Cup: Austria, Czech Republic, Spain and US make it to quarters
Hi Kingjeff, I made some updates to your article. Initially, I made a mess of things (particularly with the Notes page). Please be aware that the use of note-subpages has been replaced with putting notes on the collaboration page. You can find more information at WN:OR. Also, please see Talk:2007 FIFA U20 World Cup: Austria, Czech Republic, Spain and US make it to quarters for more information on what I did and why. Cheers and happy editing. --SVTCobra 00:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I take full credit for "templating" you. Hadn't read Daniel's note.--SVTCobra 00:58, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Violence erupts after game at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Kingjeff, this article is dated July 20. You are adding sources after that date. This should not be done. If you want to write about new developments (investigation, consequences, whatever), please start a new article. Thank you. --SVTCobra 16:38, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Major League Soccer: Beckham will miss game against Toronto
Hi Kingjeff, I thought your article on Beckham was very interesting. Though it was overall well made, I noticed that you had copied two sentences (perhaps more), from the source that you cited. Please try always to reword/rearrange sentences so that they do not appear to be copied. See the Content guide for more on that. I have fixed those sentences, and added some background information about Beckham. Cheers. --  JayH  t - wp 04:45, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Beckham debut
I watched the LA Galaxy vs. D.C. United game in which Beckham debuted. What are your thoughts? Might make a good article. --  JayH  t - wp 23:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Champs Lge Article
I beat you to it. UEFA Champions League 2007/08: Group Stage Draw. Could we possibly merge the two together? Celticfan383 17:02, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yea mine's done. I sat watching it and updating it throughout. There's another one too. Celticfan383 17:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Football Result Template
Please may you use Template:Footballbox for the results. Celticfan383 17:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw your article on the U-17's and it uses the wrong match result template. Celticfan383 17:19, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Reports
Of course I can. I will be applying these to all the match reports. It's a new scheme for a new look portal! Celticfan383 10:28, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I'll apply them to some of them. Celticfan383 18:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

My Template?!
This is the official Wikipedia template. You can check for yourself.

It's very user friendly. It tells people everything at a glance.

What are your complaints?!

If you have a personal complaint I'm happy to listen to it otherwise why can't you use the new one?! Celticfan383 08:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Deletion_requests
Please comment on Deletion_requests Bawolff ☺☻ 18:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

re man utd v roma
Whoops, I didn't notice them...thanks for telling me! The lineups and statistics should be correct now - Pilchard 01:01, 3 October 2007 (UTC).

Football summary?
Hi Kingjeff, have you ever considered publishing an entire day's worth of results as one article. The stats by themselves aren't publishable, and usually the articles don't include anything more than just the stats. But a few different games' stats all together would be very publishable. So thus, you'd have articles like "2007/08 UEFA Cup: October 4 results". -- Zanimum 16:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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

 * Sorry for the inconvenient, but they should have been at WN:SP/article_name from the very start... Sorry anyway for not consulting with you. - Jurock (reply here) 20:34, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

 * hi, i've restored 2007/08 Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich and 2007/08 UEFA Champions League: Celtic vs. AC Milan as well. sorry about the hasty delete. best, –Doldrums(talk) 08:06, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I've put prepared on all of them. Although technically not the correct process for prepared stories, it gets them off the developing stories list. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:29, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

All articles
Hi,

Your footie results article wasn't showing up on the front page because you missed the date template. I fixed that, thanks for the article. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Football portal
Hi, could you take a look at this user's edits Abc183 contribs, and make sure the football portal isn't being messed up. Also, the user seems to be adding content dating back to September. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Translation help needed
Hi, Kingjeff! Currently we are translating some articles from foreign language wikinews to German to get more input for de.wikinews. Franz started with a translation of the article Djekanovic to Whitecaps; O'Brien to Earthquakes written by you. Unfortunately, there is a small problem with the translation of the last sentence in the article. None of the users at de.wikinews seems to be able to translate this sentence. It would be very nice if you explained this sentence to us such that we could finish the corresponding article at de.wikinews. Greetings, --Angela H. - (talk) 16:30, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your help at Talk:Djekanovic to Whitecaps; O'Brien to Earthquakes. --Angela H. - (talk) 12:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Bayern Munich v Getafe
Hi there! I've noticed your a Bayern fan and write alot of articles on them. I was just wondering if your planning on doing a report for their UEFA Cup match against Getafe which took place today. I'm doing a full round-up of the matches today, so if you are I'll link your match report to it. Lemme know :) thanks m8 Dark_Squall - (talk) 23:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Match Templates
Yes I'm aware they are quite handy, but the setup and time it takes to do them is well..agonizing. If you feel like adding them to the roundups i write feel free, but I will only be filling out the templates on individual match reports. Thanks Dark_Squall - (talk) 03:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Sources for articles
I left a similar note for - do you think it'd be possible from now on, on these sorts of sports articles, to use 2 or more sources instead of just one ? Cirt - (talk) 01:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * For example, 2007/08 Bundesliga: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich has only one source. Cirt - (talk) 00:56, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah I see. In that case the match report in the template should also be listed as a source in the Sources section. (Same for other future similar articles.) Cirt - (talk) 05:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Project Wikinews
I like the project, but I know for a fact that Wikipedia does not accept Wikinews as a reliable source. But I wish you luck with the project ... and if you can think of any specific instance where I can be of help, feel free to ask. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:15, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

 * This discussion, which includes statements from Jimbo, highlights some of these difficulties. See: I want to help. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

An interesting idea. A different approach which I would highly recommend for this WikiProject - would be to foster more inter-wiki participation between Wikinews/Wikipedia. For example, we could always use more contributors to Wikinews who already know their way around a wiki from another project, but just need a little experience with the Wikinews way. And also at Wikipedia, we could always use more links to relevant Wikinews articles in the External links or See also section of Wikipedia articles, using w:Template:Wikinews or another similar template like w:Template:Wikinewshas. Cirt - (talk) 05:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Suggestions

User pages
Hi Kingjeff, if you want User:Kingjeff/UEFA Competitions/UEFA Intertoto Cup deleted, I think it would be better to add reason instead of abandoned. This way, the first admin that sees it can speedy delete it. Replace reason with "user space deletion requested by user" or even something shorter. As long as you are logged in when making such requests, they should occur rather quickly. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Russian Premier League
Hey, sorry for my inactivity recently, i've been a bit busy (and I have exams from Monday-Friday).

There's nothing in English but I did find this: http://www.rfpl.org/

-- ńăŧħăń  -  ŧĕẍŧ  08:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

2007/08 European football season: Spots finalized for European stage
Sorry, in the midst of working on an article and infobox stuff. But I did notice you need to add a Sources section. Cirt (talk) 01:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, I usually do research and work on sourcing first. Cirt (talk) 01:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Contest
So far as I can tell it doesn't actually require it, no, but I'd advise it so that points can easily be tallied and verified. I think it was done before on the contest page, but that would make it very clutterd and overly long IMO. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, I'd agree with you there. I guess we just have to use our own judgement and common sense. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

 * To me it's Africa, Asia and Central & South America. Oceania contains Australia, and there's often war stuff going on in the Middle East, so I wouldn't count those two. I'd keep an eye out, though, to see what others are doing. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Looking at the talk page now, I see Cirt counts them. I guess we'll have to wait for Brian himself to clarify, it being essentially his contest. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

OR
Plesase remeber to add OR notes, explaining the nature of the OR to the talk page of your OR article. Anonymous101  19:01, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

To add OR notes just go to this talk page and explain the Original reporting. Anonymous101  19:14, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, could you say which parts of the article were original reporting in the OR notes. Anonymous101  19:16, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Premier League wikinews
Hi. I'm interested in writing the reports and the like bu am not sure about how it works/ regulations etc... Please reply here. Eddie6705 (talk) 22:06, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm back!
Ok so as Euro 2008 is around the corner ńăŧħăń  is back to help! I'd like to cover Sweden + Poland for definite. ńăŧħăń -  ŧĕẍŧ  23:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yah, I remember the process. I take it we're using the template I installed (used for Celtic vs Spartak Moscow). Add me to MSN: nathan@celticfan.fsnet.co.uk, thanks. ńăŧħăń  -  ŧĕẍŧ  00:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

FIFA and European Union are set to collide
You still have to put the sources in chrono order from most recent to oldest, recent at the top. Cirt (talk) 06:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

New categories
Good idea, it'll be easy to find articles if the categorised like this! ńăŧħăń -  ŧĕẍŧ  19:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

RE: UK study highlights child abuse by humanitarian workers
Hah, thanks. When I said I'd be willing to discuss scoring disputes, I was expecting something more likely to cost me points than gain them. Still, looks like I'm running a distant third at the moment. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 03:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

RE: Soccer match reports
Sorry, I'm not much of a sports person. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:41, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Your question from 28th April 2008
Hi,

and thanks for your question!

But, alas!, at the moment and - as you could probably see - for the last months I hadn´t had, and I do not have the time to work with and for the wiki-project.

Sorry, and good luck with the German buerau. regards gumboyaya

 * I suppose I could fill in with regional representation in Baden-Württemberg /Stuttgart (I live nearby) and in Munich (most of my customers are there, so I partly work in the area), but not the rest of Bavaria. And some general german political news, especially when it's about German EUropean politics. I might have to be poked sometimes, though, off this site (email, IM or somesuch) --Gwyndon (talk) 00:18, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

recent articles
Hi Kingjeff. I realize that you are taking part in the User:Brian/Contest, I hope that is not the reason that your articles are devoid of wiki-links. Quality should not be sacrificed. --SVTCobra 23:03, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Norwegian Premier League
Hi! What kind of reports and news do you want. Got any examples for me to follow?--Kjello (talk) 00:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Euro 2008
I was gonna say that: We should do a round-up with all the match reports in one article. So Matchday 1 for all the games finishing with Greece vs Sweden (HEJA SVERIGE) and Matchday 2 starts tomorrow. :) ńăŧħăń  -  ŧĕẍŧ  19:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Who's writing what (or together?). What a goal by Ibrahimovic. And, are you Russian? ńăŧħăń  -  ŧĕẍŧ  16:09, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * So if you start writing an article about Euro 2008 Matchday 1, you cover Groups A+B and I'll cover Groups C+D. I thought you were Russian because you were looking for Russian Premier League articles.

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UEFA Champions League 2007/08: Rangers, Copenhagen, Tampere and Dinamo Zagreb advance to 3rd Qualifying Round

August 7, 2007

Rangers, Copenhagen, Tampere United and Dinamo Zagreb advanced to Third Qualifying Round of this season's UEFA Champions League.

Rangers beat FK Zeta 3-0 on aggregate. Rangers lost a European round once after winning the first leg 2-0 at Ibrox. this was to Borussia Dortmund in December 1999. The only goal of the 2nd leg came in the 81st minute as Beasley got possession on the left and cut inside two defenders before scoring. The Glascow club will find out their next opponents on Wednesday, when Crvena Zvezda play Levadia Tallinn in Tallinn. Crvena Zvezda won the 1st leg 1-0.

Dinamo Zagreb will play Werder Bremen in the 3rd Qualifying Round after beating NK Domžale 5-2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

Copenhagen beat Beitar Jerusalem in extra time to advance to face Benfica of Portugal. Marcus Allbäck scored the goal to send the Danish side through.

Tampere United of Finland will compete in the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League for the first time after beating Levski Sofia 2-0 on aggregate.


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North and South Korea to hold second summit

August 8, 2007

Korean government announced the second summit between the two divided Koreas will be held on Aug. 28. For the summit, Roh, president of South Korea will visit the North Korean capital for three days.

North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency also announced at the same time that the two Koreas are to hold a preparing meeting of the summit in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

The two countries last held the first summit in June 2000, when Mr. Kim met then South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung in Pyongyang. The two nations remain technically at war because their 1950s conflict ended only in a truce. This summit is expected to make an end of the state of the war.


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Talk:Reports: Parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are suspects in her disappearance

Diario de Noticias
I used babelfish translation to read the initial report made by this newspaper. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Means, motive, and opportunity
I've seen the speculation about the parents reported by many news sources but all of them fail to deal with a key principle of homicide prosecutions: motive. Why would Madeleine's parents have their own 4-years old daughter killed in their own hotel room and then subsequently attract the attention of every news outlet in the Northern hemisphere - and a couple of world-known celebrities - to the case?

If they wanted to cover up something - say sexual abuse - Madeleine's disappearance could have been staged much, much more discretely.

 * How much motive is enough? You may have missed this speculation, how about dumb luck ineptness? An accidental overdose versus their medical professional backgrounds.
 * There are some references to counter or mitigate this particular speculation
 * Alledged in various newspapers, that the parents drugged their children to sleep through the evening while they dined out.
 * Although, it is noted that only Madeline had had a crying jag previously, and may have been the only one needing to be handled
 * It would be callous, but practical from their POV to use a little sedative to help ensure a quiet evening while they dined nearby, and only enough for a couple of hours
 * The alleged lack of response, the other children sleeping through the ruckus after the parents returned to find Madeline missing.
 * The alledged forcing open of the bedroom window, versus all of the easier, saner, entry and exit points of their apartment
 * To protect and safeguard their remaining family and lifestyle and their good name they would most certainly find it an easier out to feign the kidnapping than risk ridicule and ruin and jail -- not necessarily in that order
 * Under the same circumstances, how many have the moral fortitude to turn themselves into the police for negligent manslaughter, and would either of you, husband or wife, accept the full blame and save the other and the family?
 * Thus this would only be just another sad tragic story, a variation on the same order of ineptness and guilt as all of those parents who have left a child in a parked car to cook to death, by accident


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User talk:222.127.91.42

Hello,

Wikinews is not an encyclopedia. Try Wikipedia for articles like the ones you created. Thanks, Thunderhead - (talk) 06:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Reports: Parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are suspects in her disappearance

I still don't see
Why is Madeleine McCann so important. Many children go missing/kidnapped each day probably, why should we even raise our eyebrows to the disappearance of this girl? --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that would go on it's normal talk page, wouldn't it? Thunderhead - (talk) 06:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Not really, because my opinion is that it's not newsworthy, but the amount of news reports (including here in Aotearoa New Zealand) are staggering, meaning that it is newsworthy. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * How many missing kids have their posters sent out with every box of Harry Potters, to every book store in every country the book was sold in? She's become a major missing person's case in people's minds. --  Zanimum 14:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * News begets news - throughout history of news reporting, some stories become bigger than could possibly be justified. Recent examples include Natalee Holloway in 2005, JonBenét Ramsey in 1996, and the O. J. Simpson murder case in 1994. And I only grudgingly admit that we covered Paris Hilton quite a bit. --SVTCobra 23:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess the common thread in my examples is that they all involve blonde females. --SVTCobra 23:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I have paid very little attention to this case - callous as it is - this is another missing child, most do not get this degree of publicity. I'd like to know why she's different and the MSM have paid so much attention to this. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I can only speculate why this story got so "popular", but if I had to guess it is because it feeds into people's worst fears. When traveling abroad with your family, the worst scenario has to be to return home without one of your children. In this regard, it is similar to the Natalee Holloway case, which would be sending a child on a trip only to have the kid not return. --SVTCobra 22:19, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Iamsaa

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Gohar Shahi article
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Wikipedia features Encyclopædia Britannica on its main page

August 8, 2007

The Encyclopædia Britannica today appeared on the main page of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia as it became the day's featured article. Encyclopædia Britannica has recently been critical of Wikipedia in terms of the website's openness and accuracy as an encyclopedia. The Encyclopædia Britannica, first published in Scotland in 1768, has been critical about Wikipedia in the past due to the way it is written. Whilst the Encyclopædia Britannica is written by a team of identified contributors, 19 full-time editors and over 4,000 expert contributors, Wikipedia can be written by anyone who has access to an internet connection. The Encyclopædia Britannica claims that the differences between Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannicas editorial policies make Encyclopedia Britannica more accurate than Wikipedia.

One study carried out by the news department of the scientific journal Nature, a study of 42 selected science articles showed that Wikipedia had 162 errors, whilst the Encyclopædia Britannica had 123. The Encyclopædia Britannica responded by saying that the study was misleading because certain articles were not taken from the Encyclopædia, some articles were combinations of several articles, others were simply excerpts.

Wikipedia's featured articles are to be examples of the site's finest work. Out of over 1.9 million articles that exist as of writing, there are only 1,535 featured articles. These are indicated with a bronze star in the top-right hand corner of the article.


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Talk:Wikipedia features Encyclopædia Britannica on its main page

''' This page and its corresponding article fall under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Taking material from this page requires attribution to Wikinews.'''

Original reporting
My original reporting comes from Wikipedia's own article about the Encyclopædia Britannica, and the page on featured articles. ISD 07:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

problems
i feel this is more Signpost material than Wikinews. the event itself - what's today's Wikipedia FA is a very minor one, and the pro-con analysis is mildly skewed towards WP (surprise, surprise!) - specifically, "team of identified contributors" instead of "19 full-time editors and over 4,000 expert contributors", "attacked" and "claims" are not neutral words, the "However" is not justified unless Britannica made a claim not only of more accuracy, but qualified it as much or enormously more - something which would be contradicted by the 160-120 tally. also Wikinews does not find things ironic - we don't editorialise. the title, "Britannica reaches", sounds like B. did something to get there. something along "Wikipedia features B." is better (the world may not be familiar with main page business). –Doldrums(talk) 07:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

This is hardly news. The news content here is something like "A mild irony (or not) occurred"; otherwise it's plain routine that articles get featured. Suggest removing. 213.243.151.237 09:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

This isn't even ironic; featured articles become such, as has been stated time and time again by Wikipedia itself, because of the quality of the article and not the subject of the article. It's not an accolade to Britannica in the slightest. I also support removing this self-important wankery. --84.65.21.21 12:49, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

suggestion
wikinews should have a daily article reporting what the featured article on wikipedia is.--216.75.93.110 17:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I thought it would make an interesting article because of the recent criticism made by Encyclopædia Britannica against Wikipedia. I thought it was interesting that such a major rival should appear in such as a way. ISD 20:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * and i appreciate the intent and the effort. my comment above was an attempt to point out that Wikinews has to try and avoid giving disproportionate and/or friendly coverage of WP news. and this is not just a matter of fixing one article or one contributor working at it. it's something that we all have to keep in mind when looking at such an an article. –Doldrums(talk) 20:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Speaking of the "recent criticism" by Britannica, can you find something newer than 2005? Admittedly, I only barely skimmed the Nature article, but in it seemed Britannica declined to comment, rather than levy criticisms. --SVTCobra 21:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:League table of world universities published: top three from USA

Strange to see this come out so soon after to the Times Higher Education Supplement rankings, yet show completely the opposite trends! Might try and work this in, to show the contrast. the wub "?!"  14:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * sure, have a go. But note the THES list has a different purpose, and includes things like staff student ratio. ARWU is very focused on research impact, Nobels, citation etc only, and is to measure teh gap between china and the best. The THES is I suppose to help people choose which university to study at? Billlion 17:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I found an online version of "Academic ranking of world universities - methodologies and problems" which is very helpful. However, all the sources are Shanghai Jiao Tong University. There should be some comment whether anyone else considers these rankings useful or credible. --SVTCobra 23:42, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well they are widely quoted, as well as their merit debated. For example they were cited in The Economist 2005. And of course universities variously put out  press releases to celebrate when they go up (eg . The President of Manchester University Alan Gilbert eagerly awaits the results the results each year as he has set out to improve the university's position in this table as a major performace indicator.  Other mention: the European Commission  . However I don't really think it needs all these references: the ranking is pretty well established in the academic sphere as something people take note of even if though they argue about the methodology. Interestingly though there is not much take-up from the press on the 2007 table being published yet, which was why I thought it would be nice to get it out on Wikinews quickly....Billlion 05:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

THES appears quite slanted towards British universities since 30% comes from internationalization of faculty & students and faculty/student ratio, two measures which obviously favor the British system. I doubt you'd include these two measure if you were not trying to either push multi-culturalism or maybe bolster British universities directly. fyi, American universities have fallen in internationalization for political reasons concerning student visa.

Conversely ARWU seems only interested in top preformance indicators like nobel prises and fields medals, this isn't very relevant to students, nor does it provide a broad research picture. I don't see much use for the ARWU rankings outside China's specific ambitions.

So :
 * 1) If you wanted a "students success ranking" for undergraduates, maybe you should just resort the THES table acording to it's recruiters ranking.
 * 2) If you want a broader metric, just discard the internationalization of faculty & students and faculty/student ratio from THES.

fyi, Among the top 5 or 6 on THES, the recruiters ranking is identical to ranking by citations per faculty. But this ends with Cal. Tech which scores 100% on citations but only 20% on recruiters. Cal. Tech is a unique & strong place but it's students have a terrible time adjusting to "life on the outside".

And don't forget that graduate students need specific subject area rankings.. plus a size measure for their department.. a generic indicator is meaningless. Nyarlathotep 13:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Should n't some of this move to "Opinions"?Billlion 15:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Category request
editprotected Following this discussion with user:Brian McNeil, would someone mind adding Category:University of Cambridge? Bencherlite (talk) 20:44, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
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MLB: Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record

August 8, 2007 Yesterday LF Barry Bonds hit a 435-foot home run, his 756th, off a pitch from  of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by.

The pitch, the seventh of the at-bat, was a 3-2 pitch, which Bonds hit into the right-center field bleachers. Matt Murphy, a 22-year-old from in New York City, got the ball and was promptly protected and escorted away from the mayhem by a group of San Francisco police officers.

After Bonds finished his home-run trot, a ten-minute delay in the game marked the occasion. This included a brief video by Aaron congratulating Bonds on breaking the record which Aaron had held for 33 years. An impromptu emotional statement by Bonds on the field, with at his side, followed.

"I move over now and offer my best wishes to Barry and his family on this historic achievement," said Aaron in his video-taped statement, which was played on the scoreboard.

After the game Bacsik said of Bonds, "He's the greatest of all time ... Giving it up to Barry Bonds is nothing to be ashamed of."

Speculation about banned, performance-enhancing drugs have followed Bonds in recent years. But he said to his critics, "This record is not tainted at all -- at all. Period." He also said to reporters, "You guys can say whatever you want."


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Comments:Wikipedia features Encyclopædia Britannica on its main page

Why don't they merge together? 80.78.230.135 16:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Go Wiki-P!
Welcome, Britannica, to the wrenching displacement already experienced by factory workers, middle managers, technicians and even record companies. The eulogy for contemporary printed information will be delivered in this namespace. What the poor folks at Britannica should do is this: Set up a non-profit organization, set a donation goal that will cover the expenses of all those experts, then pay them to apply that expertise filling in and polishing up Wikipedia articles. Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated. We no longer need king and country, profit and loss, if we just act more like a sentient species. -zaz

Notable?
How is this notable as a news item? It seems like self-aggrandisation to me; boasting that Wikipedia has an article on Britannica featured somehow making it superior.129.96.234.175 04:04, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "main features of biology"
main features of biology —124.109.49.122 (talk) 11:19, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "How was this ever newsworthy?"
How was this ever newsworthy? —Richard n (talk) 01:00, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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Dutch MP advocates proscription of Koran

August 8, 2007

In a letter published this morning in the paper de Volkskrant, Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders advocated proscribing the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam.

The right-wing politician, who is the leader of the Party for Freedom, compared the Muslim holy book with Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, which is currently one of the few books proscribed in the Netherlands today.

According to Wilders, the Qur'an is "a fascist book" that promotes violence and should only be allowed for academic studies. In the letter, Wilders stated that the people who had beaten up local politician Ehsan Jami had been inspired by the Qur'an and that he was ashamed of "the cowards" in the political capital The Hague. Wilders said that he probably will not get a majority in parliament for the proscription, but he will not let that stop him from introducing legislation to this effect.

On the same day the letter ran in de Volkskrant, Els Lucas, a lawyer from Lelystad, filed a police complaint against Wilders, saying that the politician is inciting hatred between groups within the population.

Responding to the news of the police report, Wilders said "I do not want to incite hate; I want the Koran to be banned. That is a political opinion. I am in Parliament in order to express my political opinion."

A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office in Lelystad confirmed receipt of the complaint and said the office would investigate the report.

Since his election to parliament in 1997, Wilders has been in Dutch news a number of times with statements about immigration and the Islam. In 2004, he left right-wing liberal party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy to set up his own party. In the election of 2006, his party won 9 seats in the Dutch parliament which has 150 seats.


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Strong earthquake shakes Indonesia's capital Jakarta

August 8, 2007 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Indonesia's main island, Java, at 5:05 p.m. UTC, which is just after midnight locally.

The epicenter was located 100 kilometers (65 miles) east of Jakarta and was at a depth of 289.2 km (179.7 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that no tsunami is expected as the depth of the quake exceeded 280 km.

There are no reports of damage, injuries or deaths.

"No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time. Because this earthquake is located about 290 km below the surface of the earth, it will have been felt strongly over a wide area, but is not likely to cause severe damage. We have received reports that the earthquake was felt in much of Java and in parts of Malaysia", said a statement posted on the USGS website.


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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Taiwan

August 9, 2007 Preliminary reports by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) say that a magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Taiwan at 00:55 UTC (8:55 a.m. local time). Other reports say that the magnitude was 5.7.

The epicenter was reported to be 40 kilometers (25 miles) east, northeast of Kao-hsiung, Taiwan at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), but the Central Weather Bureau in Taiwan says that the depth was only 5 km.

So far there are no reports of damage, injuries or deaths, but reports say that buildings located in Taipei swayed and shook during the quake.

Taiwan is currently recovering from tropical storm 'Pabuk' and is expected to be hit by another one named 'Wutip'.

The quake struck just after the Wikimedia Foundation held its third annual Wikimania convention in downtown Taipei.

In September of 1999, 2300 people were killed in central Taiwan after a magnitude 7.6 quake. Another quake in 2006 struck just off the shores of Kao-hsiung with a magnitude of 6.7, which severed telephone and internet lines in the sea.

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this could use a more unique title since this is not the first earthquake to hit Taiwan and probably not the last. --SVTCobra 01:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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I'm all for one advertising Wikimedia, but do we really need to put in that the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikimania was just held? --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:47, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


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Tornado touches down in New York City

August 9, 2007 During heavy rainstorms that flooded rail lines and subways, a tornado touched down in New York City, the reports. It sustained winds around 111 mph to 135 mph, causing damage to buildings and vehicles. Starting from the Bay Ridge area, the tornado continued for two miles through Brooklyn. At least one person was killed.

The roof of a Nissan dealership had been ripped off, as was that of a Brooklyn church. At least 16 homes were damaged. Torrential rain had drenched the region early Wednesday, causing delays at, JFK, and LaGuardia airports. Wind and rain caused major slowdowns in the mass transit lines, virtually halting services. The brunt of the storm struck the city during morning rush hour, a time when hundreds of thousands of vehicles and people are in transit to work. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that in some flooded subways, police resorted to crowd control tactics to stop rioting. Trees were torn from the ground and some cars were crushed.

In a damage assessment tour of Brooklyn, Mayor Michael Bloomberg remarked, “I don’t know that God had rush hour in mind when the storms hit.”

The expects service to return to normal by Thursday. At a press conference MTA chairman Elliot "Lee" Sander said the pumps located citywide in the rail and subway lines are adequate to handle 1.5 inches of rain per hour. He said the rain, however, came "too fast and with little warning."

"The storm took us by surprise because it was not predicted by the National Weather Service."

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Reports: Design flaw caused Minneapolis, Minnesota bridge to collapse

August 9, 2007 Investigators say that flaws in the design of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota may have caused it to collapse and that the design flaw is not "unique" to the Minneapolis bridge.

According to an ongoing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the flaw was found in the steel plates connected to girders, which are large support beams used in construction and connect the plates together. It is reported that extra stress from construction equipment might have caused the plates to separate, causing the bridge to collapse.

The flaw has not yet been confirmed to be the source of the disaster, and the NTSB says that the investigation could take several months to fully be completed.

At least six people were killed and at least eight are missing, whilst over 100 are injured after the bridge collapsed on August 1.


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This feed came to me twice by rss. anybody else?--70.74.80.112 08:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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This article is missing the Category:Michael Bloomberg tag, may someone with sufficient permission please add the tag. Cocoaguy (talk) 18:09, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

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Just stupid grand standing, right wingers don't want their immigrant populations to integrate. A useful approach is : ban segregating dress (headscarves) in schools and terminate all religious worker visas. People tend to integrate if their not segregated by traditional dress and not being told to segregate by foreign organizations.

Geert Wilders and the Koren
I think Geert Wilders is absolutely right, the Koran should be forbidden in the whole of EU and extremist Imams put in jail. From: Anonymous

Extremists of all kinds and religions should be educated, not simply put away. Also, http://www.humanistsofutah.org/2002/WhyCantIOwnACanadian_10-02.html Nomikos 13:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Extremists don't want to be educated. They are happy to be ignorant and ill-informed. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:12, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


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This feed came to me twice, along with other feeds. Please fix. thanks--70.74.80.112 19:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


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Canadian power worker says grid is 'String of Christmas Lights that’s been Running Since the 1950s'

August 11, 2007

"Just like they told us that our bridges were safe, they also want us to swallow that our power grid is in no danger of a system-wide, no-power-for-weeks crash", said tenured power grid expert Donald McCormick, a senior contractor with Hydro One, an Ontario, Canada based electricity provider.

Mr. McCormick indicated that in reality though, there’s no question that the system of grids that supply power throughout the continent are in much worse shape than the majority of bridges, levees and borders in Canada and U.S. He has over two decades of experience in all aspects of power grid construction, infrastructure, maintenance, and distribution. During a recent interview, Mr. McCormick compared the ten major interconnected power regions that comprise the "North American Grid", to a string of Christmas lights that’s been active non-stop since the 1950s. Mr. McCormick's qualifications include being a licensed red seal interprovincial/interstate electrical engineer and he's worked at numerous power generating stations mainly in Canada, but also across the U.S. He's participated in building regional infrastructure related to both generation and distribution. Additionally, Mr. McCormick is Orange Level qualified as an Atomic Radiation Worker (ARW) registered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. McCormick offered his candid assessment of today’s continental "power grid" by making several observations about this critical, civilization-supporting industry. His power plant experience includes both nuclear and coal, and he’s a certified expert in alternative fuel technologies such as wind, solar and hydrogen. He said that, from nuclear to coal, the majority of power generating plants operating across North America have momentous deficiencies, and the collective 10-region “power grid” has not been maintained properly (across the board) since the 1960s. Population growth has created a state in which North American power consumption is far greater than what is being yielded by current technological capacity to generate consumable energy. Mr. McCormick indicated that the infamous August 2003 blackout, in which the Northeastern U.S., Mid-Eastern U.S. and most of Ontario suffered stifling, life-interrupting blackouts, was just the beginning of something much more significant. In reference to the North American Power Grid Initiative, he said that it’s nothing more than a case of, "too little, too late".

"You’re frequently seeing substandard parts and equipment being employed, on sites across the continent, and being used for sensitive construction projects, often related to components integral to the grid system itself. North American nuclear energy generating plants are among the worst when it comes to safety violations, not only endangering on-site employees with blatant disregard but also literally thousands of people with regard to unregulated, unnoticed pollution and waste being dumped in rivers, lakes and oceans, into the atmosphere and, more specifically, our entire ecosystem," said McCormick.

Mr. McCormick strongly feels that another major breakdown of the grid system may occur by the end of this year, and he further stated that he’s also concerned that domestic power grid system is in grave danger of being undermined by terrorists.


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Thanks! Feel free to add content whenever you like. I suggest you create a subsection for it first then edit that to avoid edit conflicts. The idea is that we will cover as many events as possible and then publish the article once today's events have finished.Anonymous101talk 09:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Matt, I tried to expand the ticker to my wiki. To reach this, I copied the part of common.js, common.css, ticker.js and the js for the stylesheet. I also made a source for the ticker like on your page but somehow it doesn't work. Do you have any idea why this could be? Hsp (talk) 17:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti hospitalized

August 10, 2007

Luciano Pavarotti, 71, a world-famous opera singer has been admitted to the hospital due to a high fever. The cause of the fever is currently unknown, however some reports say that he is being treated for pneumonia. His condition is being reported as stable.

"He [Pavarotti] is currently under observation and his condition is satisfactory," said a spokesman at the Modena University Polyclinic in Modena, Italy. He is reportedly being treated in the hospital's cancer ward and hallways have been blocked off and are being protected by private guards.

Pavarotti was admitted on Wednesday for observation, and the hospital states that he could be released "in the next few days." He was on vacation in Pesaro, staying at one of his homes when he fell ill.

Pavarotti had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and in 2006 underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mass. According to Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavarotti's wife, he has also been receiving radiation treatments.

"I can now say he is doing well. He's reacting well to a fifth cycle of radiotherapy. He's fighting like a lion and he has never lost his heart, also because a family he adores is by his side," said Mantovani.


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Human Rights Torch Relay Night held in Taiwan

August 10, 2007 After the starting of "Global Human Rights Torch Relay" project in Athens, Greece, Epochtimes Taiwan and Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) held "Human Rights Torch Relay Night" at 228 Memorial Park, Taipei City in the evening of August 10. In addition to musical performances, the evening show includes an impromptu opera and ending chorus to revealed the problem of human rights at PRC China. The "Global Human Rights Torch Relay" project was founded by over 300 people from many fields of expertise including politics, human rights, free culture, and medicine. Organized by CIPFG, more than 32 countries and 150 cities and counties echoed this project. This torch of hope symbolized protection of human rights and respect of human life, and also protested the 2008 Olympics held in China without human rights and many unfair discrimination. The newly-elected Chairman of Taiwan Solidarity Union Kuen-hui Huang criticized Mainland China in oppressing human rights, and international status of Taiwan such as economic, sports, NPO/NGOs, and politics, that couldn't be accepted by many countries ruled by law. He also mentioned that Mainland China hold Olympic Games is surely a sarcasm.

Also, a lawyer of CIPFG said that Mass Media in Taiwan didn't revealed the truth of oppressing human rights in Mainland China and also promoted Beijing 2008 with "We Are Ready" slogan. If they still support Beijing 2008 with those way above, Taiwan will be in a great crisis and no one can see the truth of Mainland China.

After the evening declaration of the "Global Human Rights Torch Relay", CIPFG and Epochtimes Global will launch "World Human Rights" Web and still promote "Global Human Rights Torch Relay" for accepting registration of welcoming the Torch to Taiwan.

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Please do not test bots in other user's namespaces. Bot testing is usually done on Test Wikipedia. Thunderhead - (talk) 16:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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Third death following RAF helicopter crash in North Yorkshire, UK

August 10, 2007 A third man has died today from injuries sustained in the crash of an Royal Air Force Aérospatiale Puma helicopter in the county of North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, earlier this week. Twelve people were on board the aircraft when it crashed near Catterick Garrison army base on Wednesday evening during what is said to have been a routine training exercise.

The man has not been named but is understood to be a soldier from the Infantry Training Battalion at Catterick. Brigadier David Clements of the Commandant Infantry Training Centre said "We are all deeply saddened by the news that one of the recruits involved in Wednesday's helicopter accident has died as a result of the injuries he sustained. His family were with him when he passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this most difficult time."

Flight Lieutenant David Sale, aged 28, and Sergeant Phillip Burfoot, aged 27, died at the scene of the crash.


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Markets dragged down by credit crisis

August 10, 2007

Global stock markets fell today, in a mass sell-off stemming from the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded late in the day after falling more than 250 points, ending the day down about 31 points. The UK's FTSE-100 index fell 232.90 points to 6038.30, and Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 406.51 points to 16764.09.

Central banks across the world are injecting funds into their banking systems to add liquidity, fearing that many financial firms with subprime ties will be insolvent. Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Reserve transferred US$24 billion to temporary reserves, following the European Central Bank, which authorized a record €83.6 billion addition to its banks, its biggest cash infusion ever. On Friday, the Fed entered into a $38 billion repurchase agreement of mortgage-backed securities, easing stockholder worries. Also on Friday, the Bank of Japan injected ¥1 trillion into Japan's financial system.

The Federal Reserve met this week, but decided to maintain its target rate of 5.25%, although on Friday the federal funds rate was hovering around 6%, indicating a drop in liquidity.

The volatile week began last Friday with Bear Stearns tumbling as a result from its complete loss of two major hedge funds worth more than $1.5 billion. The hedge funds had been dangerously exposed to the massive sub-prime mortgage failure, and the company announced it was unable to return any money to investors.

Washington Mutual, and Countrywide Financial, both very large U.S. home loan lenders, saw shares fall. Countrywide Financial made a statement this week, saying they will be forced to retain a greater proportion of mortgage. American Home Mortgage Investment Corp, another large lender, recently filed for bankruptcy. The U.S. housing market has been declining for more than two years after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates 17 times. Now, lenders are in a quagmire from millions of people who are unable to repay loans after taking adjustable rate mortgages, teaser rates, interest-only mortgages, or piggyback rates.

Jim Cramer, of CNBC's Mad Money, remarked that as many as seven million people will lose their homes from bad mortgages. Last Friday, Cramer went on a tirade on CNBC's Street Signs, saying that the "Fed was asleep" and called for them to lower rates immediately.

Asian and European markets have become increasingly entangled in the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. Deutsche Bank of Germany lost almost $3.5 billion in share value, forcing the government to organize a bail-out. France's largest bank, BNP Paribas SA, halted withdrawals from three large investment funds which were crippled by sub-prime exposure.

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Migrant workers in Dominos Pizza 'slavery'

August 10, 2007

Eight Hungarian migrant workers sacked from a franchise in Derby, England are said to have taken home virtually no pay for months because of illegal deductions.

The claim is refuted by the company who said in a statement "We have begun a thorough investigation during which we have scrutinised the franchisee's employment practices. This took place with his full co-operation. The franchisee concerned is confident that he possesses the evidence required to refute these allegations. To the extent that we have been informed of all allegations and have reviewed all available evidence, we also believe this to be the case."

The sacked workers are being supported in their claim by the workers union Unite. The union say the "there appeared to be a deliberate strategy of keeping the workers in debt to the company through a series of crippling deductions. The deductions included payments to cover the contract purchase of a car from their employer, insurance for the vehicle provided through their employer, and exorbitant rent for substandard accommodation, again provided through their employer. In addition, some workers had to pay fees of up to £180 for an "introduction" to the company. One worker earned just £5 in four months because of the constant and hefty deductions out of his wage packet. When the workers protested they were sacked."


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'Gouge' found on wing of Space Shuttle Endeavour

August 11, 2007 NASA has stated that a three inch gouge has been found in the heat shield on one of Space Shuttle Endeavour's wings. The gouge was spotted as the shuttle approached the International Space Station (ISS) and captured on camera by ISS astronauts.

According to NASA, the gouge was found on a six-inch thick tile on the starboard wing of the heat shield and that it may have been caused by ice and not foam. NASA is worried because the hole appears to be deep. "What does this mean? I don’t know at this point. There are three prongs to our assessment, first we will conduct a thermal analysis based on the damage, check the flight history and test the area. We would never take it lightly to send astronauts to the underside of the vehicle to do anything," said the mission management team chairman, John Shannon who also said that until the damage is inspected, "it's way too early to determine whether any repairs are required."

If the damage is found to be irreversible and cannot be fixed, the crew of Endeavour would stay on the ISS. NASA says that supplies would last until a rescue mission could be launched October 8 by sending up Discovery.

During lift off of Endeavour on August 8, cameras had shown moisture which had gathered on the camera's lens, but NASA states that the object which caused the damage was not caught on camera. At least nine pieces of debris were reported to have been filmed while the shuttle took off, but NASA says that only three of those pieces of debris had a possibility of hitting the shuttle.

Astronauts are expected to use a laser that is attached to the shuttle's robotic arm to measure the exact depth and size of the gouge on Sunday. The tile could be repaired by affixing a metal plate over the tile, filling it with putty, or sealing the gouge.