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April 6, 2006

"The Frugalware Development Team describes Frugalware as a general purpose Linux distribution, designed for intermediate users who are not afraid of text mode. Frugalware also plans to offer a live CD with desktop options, to be developed by one of its teams. A live CD enables running the Linux software on most compatible Intel and AMD chipset architectures, without having to partition a drive."

"A freelance journalist writing for Wikinews interviewed the founder of Frugalware Linux, Miklós Vajna."

Wikinews: Frugalware is a slack distribution at present. Are there plans for developing binary package management platforms of it?

Miklós Vajna: Our package manager is called pacman, and its primary purpose is to install binary packages. If you want to install packages from source, you can use our "repoman" tool.

Wikinews: What are your visions for the future of Frugalware, do you plan to globally distribute it as a product, and would you consider allowing a major corporation to sponsor your efforts?

Miklós Vajna: The second. Frugalware is free, but maintaining it needs hardware, mirrors, money. We got several donations already (build servers), and we continuously need them. If a corporation want to sponsor us, I think that is totally O.K. :-)

Wikinews: What is Arch Linux in relationship to your project? And how do their efforts fit into your game plan?

Miklós Vajna: The common [thing] in Arch Linux and Frugalware is the package manager. (To be strict: nothing else.) Developing our package manager is a common effort. If anyone [is] interested in its development, he/she can subscribe to the pacman development mailing list.

Wikinews: I've successfully installed Frugalware, OpenSUSE, and WinXP on the same box. Do you see a lot of people doing this sort of thing in the future?

Miklós Vajna: We support having more than one operating system on a single machine — though this matters only in case Frugalware is the last installed operating system. We do not have any statistics about what operating systems do other people use besides Frugalware, if they have more than one.

Wikinews: Is it possible that PearPC and Frugalware may have a relationship to distribute the PearPC Emulator with Frugalware in the future?

Miklós Vajna: It is already available.

Wikinews: What kinds of software might you include with further editions of Frugalware? Is Muse part of the base package for electronic musicians, or will you have those sorts of things?

Miklós Vajna: No. It is not available at the moment. You can request a package by filing a feature request to our Bug Tracking System, at.

Wikinews: Is the autoupdating feature of Frugalware unique to Frugalware and perhaps a keystone to future developments?

Miklós Vajna: I have never tried other autoupdating features. What one can see is that upgrading even from the previous stable release — which means installing 6 months of update at once — requires only a few tricks, and these are documented. So it works as it should, and we always pay attention not to break this great feature.

Wikinews: What can new users of Frugalware do to test and relay infotmation back to the developers through the correct channels?

Miklós Vajna: We have released stable versions two times a year. There are testing releases every two months. If one would like to help us, then download these releases, test them, and if something is broken, then file a bug report to the BTS (mentioned above already).

"Frugalware has new X Windows video drivers that provide a major speed improvement over available patches for previous editions of Linux. Alex Smith has been working on them as a developer."

"In addition, the PearPC emulator mentioned above, which comes with the package manager, may, with proper tuning and installation of a legal copy of Mac OSX, enable many Intel and AMD Frugalware users to use the Apple OS on their desktops. Alex Smith is also a contact person for the PearPC project, which can also be found in irc://irc.freenode.net and at http://www.pearpc.net."

"The official release time of the latest edition frugalware-0.4 was Mar 30 07:42:21. The developers can be reached for comment through IRC at #frugalware in the irc.freenode.net network."


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Actually, it can't. Can somebody fix this? --67-21-48-122 16:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. irid:t 19:54, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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I edited the article to fit the interview. There is a source, but someone other than me should add the info related to it as I know nothing about linux and unfortunately have no clue what they are talking about :) Jason Safoutin 13:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I forgot what OR means, other than operating room.

 * It means original reporting.

Critics of this article say it sounds too much like an advert due to the fast and loose vague language:

 * 1) Attribution - Who's answers are those? I know it says "one of the chief developers of Frugalware Linux," but a name would make it more credible in addition to the title. Is it Miklós Vajna, the founder of Frugalware? An interview from him would be more impressive.
 * 2) Anniversary - When was it released, exactly? I know it says "The official release of the latest edition is only a few days old," but an anniversary date would be more credible.
 * 3) Explainations - Instead of explaining what a Live CD is, post a Wikipedia link to it. Same for AMD and [w:Intel|Intel]] processors - link them for more information to a nice summary of what they are in case people don't know. This is Wikinews, informative links are a big deal here - and your story has none currently.
 * 4) Logo - Does it have a logo you can upload and post with the story?
 * 5) Charts - Any tables you could create with a version history or information about how many are using versus time and compared to how many are dual or multibooting?
 * 6) Summary - a paragraph or so near the end that's not part of the interview, but summarizes things not mentioned will make you look like you did your homework.

Put some more work into this and I'll try to help this story, otherwise I believe it has a chance of being deleted. Karen 21:19, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I defend this article, as it stands after improvement, on the deletion requests page. Restored the brief description of a live CD. The Wikipedia reference is very informative, but an explanation of the term is justified here.
 * —67-21-48-122 15:32, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Good work! I did not vote to delete it knowing only a few changes needed to make it publishable. Thanks for the story! Karen 19:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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As per WN:NOT: "1. Wikinews articles are not press releases. There are a variety of press release aggregators online who provide this service; check the Reference desk (or try News sources on wikipedia) for links to some of them. Wikinews articles address the 5 Ws and H where possible, and attempt to present newsworthy articles which are balanced and have multiple sources, which press releases by definition do not."

 * I post this because I see this article in no way to be notable: a new version release of a deriative of Linux is simply not newsworthy. Updates may be worthy of a blog, but I do not find them newsworthy in the sense for our organization.  Additionally, where there should be an objective article, there is a transcript of an interview.  Based on these arguments, I am withholding publishing of this article.  I'm sorry we only made it to one article today, but there must be some quality control on this site.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

 * 1) It's not a press release.
 * 2) Have you ever interviewed the founder of an OS?
 * 3) Do you use linux?
 * 4) Are you aware that Mac OSX can run under Linux and that a LOT of people aren't aware of it?

I could care less if you work on scrapping the story, Google has it cached, and I've got it blogged. For precisely this type of argument. Also, the Frugalware people have made copies. Its this type of censorship that is Unconscionable in any news or journalistic endeavor.

READ THE TEXT BEFORE JUDGING IT.

Chris Bradley 09:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've read it, I'm a Linux user, and that statement alone is worthy enough to call it a press release. Keep the tag up, you have not addressed any of my concerns.  "Censorship" is a stretch for an argument - this simply is not newsworthy.  Please do not remove my tag again.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 10:56, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I reproduce here my comment from the Deletion requests discussion:
 * "Surely this article never needed charity to deserve to escape being called "spam." (Remember the essence of Spam and spam: you find them everywhere.) Apparently several of the original objections no longer apply. I have changed the headline to make it satisfy guidelines and no longer seem promotional ("Frugalware Linux Pushes Forward"). (I am not the article's originator and have no connection with nor prior knowledge of Frugalware.) As it has been improved, it is still imperfect but contains interesting news. Similar interviews related to other Linux distributions could only be welcome.
 * —67.21.48.122 14:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)"

--67-21 12:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

What are the specific objections, so this interview can be re-worked and published again? Karen 05:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

No specific objections after a reasonable time passed (07:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)), I'll remove the tag and make comments concerning these quotes: Karen 07:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've read it, I'm a Linux user, and that statement alone is worthy enough to call it a press release. - The "this is a press release" argument failed.
 * I see this article in no way to be notable: a new version release of a deriative (sic) of Linux is simply not newsworthy. - Yet a story about Apple making a program for Mac OS X just to boot an OS is? That inconsistency lends doubt to the "simply not newsworthy" argument.
 * "Censorship" is a stretch for an argument - this simply is not newsworthy. - I simply wonder why only one person has voiced this "simply is not newsworthy" mantra here in this discussion.
 * Keep the tag up, you have not addressed any of my concerns. and Please do not remove my tag again. - seem like threats and bullying when stated seemingly without valid reasons. I thought awhile on this, but I just don't see the valid reasons.
 * Have you ever interviewed the founder of an OS? - Isn't this a distribution, not a whole new operating system? Let's not exaggerate a baited question.

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"The Simpsons Movie" hits theatres July 2007

April 1, 2006

The Simpsons, a major hit animated television show, is set to appear in movie theatres. It has been confirmed that The Simpsons Movie will appear in theatres July 27, 2007.

The Simpsons has been on television for 17 seasons and FOX confirms that it will run at least two more seasons. The show is currently contracted through FOX until 2008 and is the longest running television show on prime-time in the United States. An estimated over nine million people watch the show every Sunday night, but that number is down from earlier peak viewer numbers.

Moviegoers that go to see Ice Age: The Meltdown will get to see a 25-second 'teaser' trailer of the upcoming movie.

The Simpsons first began on the The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987 and in 1989 they started their 30-minute series on FOX.


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Donald Trump plans £300m "golfing paradise" for rural Scotland

April 1, 2006

American multi-billionaire Donald Trump has announced plans to build a massive golf complex on an 800-acre site just north of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Speaking last night from the Trump Tower in New York, Trump said that the development will be akin to a "homecoming" for him. The ginger-haired property tycoon's mother is from the Western Isles of Scotland.

The £300m project at Menie in Aberdeenshire will include both a links course and an inland course, and a 400-bedroom hotel as well as a golfing academy and holiday homes. The facilities are being built with the intention of attracting the Open Championship to the site, officially dubbed Trump International Golf Links, Scotland.

Fields and sand-dunes make up the landscape of the coastal site. Trump said of the location, "As soon as I saw it there was no question about it. I looked at 211 fantastic sites all over Europe, but here it is - the dune size and the ocean front. There is no piece of land that I have ever seen that is comparable to this." The billionaire claims that the complex, set to be his only development outside the United States, will be the "best course in the world."

Local and national political figures, including Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell, have welcomed the announcement with open arms, as the project is expected to bring in an additional £157m to the region's economy within the first ten years. Scottish tourism company VisitScotland is also optimistic, expecting an influx of international visitors to play on (or simply visit) the site. Plans to expand the A90 road running past the site in the near future will enable more road traffic to and around the area. An £60m expansion of Aberdeen Airport will also allow for vastly increased international air links, akin to those operated using Boeing 767 aircraft.

Work on the golf complex itself is set to begin in September this year, with the Trump Organisation hopeful for a Spring 2008 opening date.


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IAEA chief, Russia, China express concerns about threats against Iran

April 2, 2006 Following the recent UN Security Council non-binding presidential statement supporting the and calling for Iran to temporarily suspend its right under the NPT to enrich and reprocess, the chief of the , Mohamed ElBaradei, and diplomats from Russia and China have expressed their concerns about the threats of economic sanctions or military actions against Iran.

said that Iran is not "an imminent threat" and urged states to "lower the pitch" in their discussions related to Iran's alleged intentions to develop nuclear weapons.

He opposed both economic sanctions and military actions, saying about the latter, "There is no military solution to this situation. ... It's inconceivable. The only durable solution is a negotiated solution."

The Russian Foreign Minister,, said that "Russia doesn't believe that sanctions could achieve the purposes of settlement of various issues."

He also supported the validity of the IAEA's investigations, saying "Before we call any situation a threat, we need facts, especially in a region like the Middle East, where so many things are happening. ... We prefer very strongly to base our specific actions on specific facts, and in this particular case the facts could be provided by the [International Atomic Energy Agency] . So far, they have not been provided."

China's deputy Foreign Minister, Dai Bingguo, said, "The Chinese side feels that there has already been enough turmoil in the Middle East. We do not want to see new turmoil being introduced to the region, because that would not serve the interests of any party and would only be very detrimental to the interests of the people in Middle East."

A recently leaked letter by British diplomat John Sawers, dated March 16, 2006, revealed intentions by the UK to get the UN Security Council to refer to Chapter VII of the, which allows for the use of economic sanctions and/or military force as a method of , in relation to Iran. The recent UN Security Council non-binding presidential statement referred to as a method of conflict resolution, but not to economic sanctions nor military force.


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Sun releases T1 source code

April 1, 2006

On March 21, 2006, Sun Microsystems released the source code for its newest processor, the UltraSPARC T1. The UltraSPARC T1 is available with four, six or eight cores, each able to work on four threads at a time. The concept is similar to that of the Intel Pentium EE which uses two cores with two threads.

A multicore processor is like having many CPUs on the one chip. Multiple threads allow each core to work on a number of tasks concurrently on a single core. This is particularly useful in a server environment where the UltraSPAC T1 was designed to be used.

Sun call the open source version of their processor the OpenSPARC T1 and have made the source code (in Verilog format) and specifications available on the OpenSPARC T1 website under the General Public License, the same license under which most distributions of Linux are released.

Industry observers say that the move is triggered by the SPARC architecture's shrinking market share to the likes of IBM's POWER architecture and x86 based chips from Intel and AMD.

Open Source Hardware has been gaining momentum since 2002, when Kofi Annan issued a challenge to technology companies. Despite Sun's OpenSPARC T1 not being the first open source processor in the world, it is the first time that the design for a proprietary design processor has been released to the open source community.

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Flooding in Honolulu wreaks havoc

April 2, 2006

Torrential rains pounded Honolulu and the eastern part of the island of Oahu on Friday during the midday, causing flooding along streams and major highways and closing a major shopping mall.

Between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. HST (2030 to 2300 UTC), rain fell at the rate of about one to two inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) an hour in Honolulu and up to three inches (7.5 cm) an hour in Waimanalo on the southeast coast.

Makiki Stream overflowed its banks at several points along its route, especially in the Pawaa district where homes and businesses near Kalakaua Avenue were inundated by up to a foot of water. Several houses in Manoa were also reported flooded as Manoa Stream overtopped its banks.

Kahala Mall, a major shopping mall in the upscale district of Kahala, was closed due to flooding that left 80% of the stores under as much as a foot and a half of water. According to eyewitness reports, the flooding started when rushing water breached a wall in the mall's movie theatres. The mall remains closed today and tomorrow while officials assess damage and clean up.

The rainstorm capped one and a half months of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the state of Hawaii, and arguably its rainiest March in recent memory.

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Thais head to the polls for snap election

April 2, 2006 Today sees the snap election for the lower house of Thailand's parliament. With only one of the parties with seats contesting the election it is seen more as an attempt by current caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to shore up his position in the face of mass protests and accusations of malfeasance. The snap election was called on February 24 by the beleaguered PM, approximately one year after the previous election where his Thai Rak Thai party took 377 of the 500 seats in the lower house making it the first party to have been able to form a government without entering into a coalition.

With the main opposition parties, Democat Party (Pak Prachatipat), Great People's Party (Phak Mahachon), and Thai Nation Party (Phak Chaat Thai) boycotting the election the results may not carry the legitimacy that Thaksin is seeking. Along with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the main opposition parties have called upon voters to mark their ballot as an abstention. With over 150 Changwats (constituencies) having a single Thai Rak Thai candidate on the ballot, some may not reach the required 20% of the eligble votes to be returned. This would leave the parliament short of its 500 seat requirement and unable to reconvene and ratify the appointment of a Prime Minister.

Allegations of corruption centre on the Prime Minister's family's involvement in the sale of Shin Corp. to Temasek Holdings, described by Wikipedia as the investment arm of the Singapore government. On January 23, the PM's family sold their 49.6% share in the company tax-free for US$1.88 billion. Whilst protests and allegations had been made prior to the sale, it was a catalyst that provoked mass rallies in Bangkok demanding the PM's resignation.

With polls opening at 8 a.m. local time (0100 UTC), the BBC reports that voting has been steady and that the PM and his children voted a couple of hours after the polls opened. Some have used the poll as an opportunity to protest, with one university lecturer arrested for completing his ballot paper in blood.

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Thais head to the polls for snap-election

''Today sees the Thai snap election for the lower house of the country's parliament. With only one of the parties with seats contesting the election it is seen more as a an attempt by current caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to shore up his position in the face of mass protests and accusations of malfeasance. The snap election was called on February 24 by the beleagured PM, approximately one year after the previous election where his Thai Rak Thai party took 377 of the 500 seats in the lower house making it the first party to have been able to form a government without entering into a coalition.''

Iraq war vet claims atrocities by U.S. soldiers

''Joshua Key, a 27-year-old U.S. war deserter, alleged to a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board yesterday that American soldiers had been kicking the severed head of an Iraqi in Ramadi "like a soccer ball." Key now works as a welder in British Columbia where he and his wife have four children under six years of age. There were no representations made at this hearing to dispute the claims made by Key; but Key also did not provide any proof to substantiate his allegations.''

The Simpsons movie to be released into theatres in 2007

''In Entertainment News, The Simpsons, a major hit animated television show, is set to appear in movie theatres. It has been confirmed that The Simpsons Movie will appear in theatres July 27, 2007.''

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

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

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Renamed
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User talk:Oldriver~enwikinews

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

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

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

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User talk:Mrawat 159

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User talk:Goaplus

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User talk:AussieDingo1983

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called AussieDingo83. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name AussieDingo83~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:MonteChristof

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User talk:Martin Leng~enwikinews

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Great Article
Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 14:53, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

As for your graphics suggestion, that would be great provided that they are NPOV and not under an unusable copyright. You did well with Rice and Straw arrive unannounced in Baghdad, I hope you stick around and produce more articles of that excellent quality. --Sfullenwider 18:23, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Just want to say the same - the Rice and Straw article was great. Dan100 (Talk) 18:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. How would I get those graphics up and running?

 * It's important to sign your comments so we can follow who said what. Four tildes will do the trick " ~ ".  All you need to do is to make your images and upload them at the upload page.  You may want to give a link and a description on the Water Cooler so people know what you've made available. Also, you can add the graphics directly to articles if you wish.  --Sfullenwider 20:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

infoboxes

 * Hi Martin, before anything, you'ld have a look to infoboxes, for exemple : Avian Flu infobox

i think there's a list somewhere the list is here : Infoboxes list] Jacques Divol 14:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Use of Wikinews logo in images
We cannot use the Wikinews logo in other images, such as your "alert" images. The logo is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, and is restricted in its use to avoid dilution of the mark.

The second issue is your images are sensational, and POV in some cases. The terrorism image, for example, is being applied where there are opposing views that the act is not terrorism but a reasonable act of war. The Iran issue is in large part a debate over state sovereignty and international law, and not about nuclear elements at all - do international entities have the right to limit a state's industrial and research efforts, especially when those efforts are specifically protected by an international treaty which all parties are signatory of? Simpler, less text-orient images are probably more appropriate.

This is a really tough message to write, because I really want to encourage you! I think the idea is great! it's just this particular implementation is a little rough. Can we work together and make some improvements? -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:26, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Of course - I would be glad of some assistance. As for actually making the images I have no difficulties, but as ideas go I'm a bit stuck to be honest. Though NPOV is honourable in its intent, it really is a minefield! Also, I agree with your less text-centric idea - this would make it easier to display the tags in infoboxes etc. Finally, sorry about the incorrect use of the logo - genuine mistake!

 * Wonderful! Yes, the logo/trademark issue is a pain. There are a couple of images we had about nuclear and North Korea... let me see if I can find that image for you, as an example idea (not to copy it, just an example of one which avoided using text.) I really like the Iraq War image; let me think about some ideas based on that one too. Back in a second. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * commons:Image:Iran nuclear illustration.png and commons:Image:NKorea nuke illustration.png are the two I was thinking about. There may be others in the Template:Issues series of templates. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:56, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Do you think I could get away with using the "nuclear logo" in my design? Also, can you think of anything "visual" to stand in place of terrorism? —Martin Leng 18:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Bootstoots

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User talk:Misterknowall~enwikinews

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

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

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User talk:Tarret

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User talk:Ken41932

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User talk:Elzair~enwikinews

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User talk:Bucs77377

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User talk:Emma farry

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User talk:Rogerd

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User talk:UKPhoenix79~enwikinews

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User talk:Shezmu

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User talk:Yuriybrisk

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Thanks!
Thanks for the latest F1 report, can you put some original reporting notes on the talk page please? Unless you were one lucky guy at the race I assume you watched on TV, just detail what channel, times, and - if you know - commentators. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Correct assumption. Though I'm an F1 fan, you know... Maybe in future I'll be such a "lucky guy", but not for now... :( Placed notes here as requested... --Yuriybrisk 17:51, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:18, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

re: Thanks for reading "Alonso wins Spanish GP"
You´re welcome. The pleasure was mine. Even though I have to admit, it was one of the toughest articles I´ve read so far. My problem was - of course - to "jump between the pronounciations" of different languages, or to be more precise, names from different countries. (In one part of the article, for example, a french Renault "was follwed" by an italian Ferrari.) Nice task though. :-) Gumboyaya 21:41, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

French Grand Prix story
Excellent work! I have questions regarding the images, however. It is most likely the case that these images cannot be hosted on Wikinews as they are from news broadcasts; we cannot claim fair use for such images. This is why our fair use policy does not allow such images, but only a limited collection of fair use images such as publicity images, or corporate logos. If you can provide a url to the source of these images, I can attempt to verify if they might qualify under our fair use policy. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 15:08, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Photos are not from news broadcast, but from official broadcast. Using fair use policy: "Screen captures may contain copyrighted information even though the image is made on a personal computer, but may perfectly illustrate an article about software or the internet. When used this way they are fair use." Moreover, I think that this is simply as if I made a photo from the stand. If I can not afford a ticket to the F1 event to make a better shot from the stand, I probably could make a photo of lower quality from my TV, why not?
 * Surely I couln't provide an URL cause it is my photo :) --Yuriybrisk 15:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * "Example of appropriate use: A capture of a program's splash screen or a shot highlighting a specific news worthy item in an article about the program or news item."
 * Can you explain to me what an "official broadcast" is? -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Official broadcast is the primary news source, a translation of a live event. It's simply as if I made a photo from the stand. --Yuriybrisk 12:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, you should be aware that it is not your photo. Although you created a capture image of the broad cast, the entire video, being made up of many thousands of images, is owned and copyrighted, according to US law. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Why is it not my photo if I made it? Yes, it may contain copyrighted work, i assume this. But I also assume that the work may be distributed under "fair use" because it: 1) "perfectly illustrate an article", 2) "have significantly lower quality". Probably, we should simply ask Formula One Administration if such use is possible (without any spontaneous actions)... --Yuriybrisk 12:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I forgot 3) "non-commercial use"... --Yuriybrisk 13:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Bernie Ecclestone & co have shutted down fan sites that made highlight videos that probably didn't do much else than to promote the sport. Wish you good luck :-) --Jambalaya 14:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, i can not understand your previous sentence. What fan sites are you talking of (links, court decisions, forum discussions)? In any case, Wikipedia is not a fan site - it's a news source. This article about Formula 1 is also a news article, not a fan discussion. What do you mean? --Yuriybrisk 14:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The owner of Formula One's commercial rights, Bernie Ecclestone, is very strict on keep exclusive rights. That means FOM (Formula One Management) only allows accredited use of their TV material. I don't even think FOM does allows fair use of it's material. Mail them, show them your screen cap, show them the Wikinews story. I doubt they'll allow it. --Jambalaya 15:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * How about that - http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/photos/2006/index_gp.shtml? They claim copyright on the photos with the content copyrighted by FOM!
 * Well, OK, I'll mail FOM if I'll find their correct e-mail... --Yuriybrisk 16:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * And why this image Image:M_schumacher_win_2006.jpg Image:M_schumacher_win_2006.jpg is different? --Yuriybrisk 16:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Official broadcast is the primary news source, a translation of a live event.
 * In short, it is a news source. As we are also a news source, fair use defense cannot apply to our use of any material from another news source unless it is an original, unique expression. A screen capture from a video stream is not an original, unique expression.

 * Furthermore, if you attend an FOM event you will find the fine print on your ticket stating that you agree that any photo, video, or audio of the event will be copyright by FOM, and/or that you agree to not record in any way the event. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, I'll repeat my question: how about that - Image:M_schumacher_win_2006.jpg? How about a fine print on his ticket or on the tickets of those guys on f1.racing-live.com? I'm really confused, you know... :)
 * Probably, we shouldn't make any futher actions until the first official notice from FOM... --Yuriybrisk 17:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * F1.racing-live.com's photos are taken by accredited, professional photographers. Doesn't seem the photographer of Image:M_schumacher_win_2006.jpg is aware of FOM's rules. --Jambalaya 17:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, then one must remove Image:M_schumacher_win_2006.jpg... Let's remove the whole F1 image segment on Wikimedia! :-)

An excerpt from here: "FOPA would later become known as Formula One Management. FOPA received 23% of TV revenues, 47% went to the teams, and 30% to the FIA. FOPA, however, received all the fees paid by promoters. In exchange for this FOPA paid prize money to the teams." FOM contracts with TV companies. TV companies broadcasts their content to us, end users (viewers). TV companies receives revenue from commercials. FOM, probably, have nothing to do with us (viewers).

All the major information on the FIA site (there's no direct FOM site as it seem to me) is about accreditation: ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES FOR THE 2006 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. Very good you say, but that article is about "professional journalists and photographers" - I doubt that we are "professionals" in their thoughts (we all work on a non-commercial basis and are juniors :)...

There's interesting note about "ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND WEBSITES" - All applications from web sites and other electronic media should be directed to Formula One Management, as with television, radio and promotional photographer applications. Well, it's also about commercial use...

I couldn't find a distribution policy for non-commercial news sources...

I'll write a letter to press@fiacommunications.com to see what they will answer...

--Yuriybrisk 17:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

French GP
The French GP is being shown 'tape delayed' on network TV in the USA, and just started. When this happens, or when I tape an F1 race, I am always very careful not to visit many sites before I watch the race, so I don't learn who won. I would never guessed that I would have to add Wikinews to that list. I should have known better! Good article. I hope you enjoyed the race. At least I'll be able to watch the GP2 race, and Champ Car and be surprised. Emperor NortonXXIII 17:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanx :) --Yuriybrisk 23:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

User Pages
Please note that copyrighted images are not allowed in the user space. Unfourtuanelty, I have removed a a copyrighted logo from your userspace and replaced it with a message saying copyrighted logo removed. I suggest you remove this.

Sorrry for the inconvenience,

--A101 - (talk) 12:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Referencing
Hi,

Just a quick note, here on Wikinews we don't use inline references for some reason, we just put all sources under the Sources section. I've fixed that article for you, but keep it in mind for future :) TheFearow (userpage) 21:15, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

 * OK, noted. --Yuriybrisk (talk) 21:53, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Georgia wants ceasefire in Ossetia war
I called it bias as it seemed to be promoting the Ossetian viewpoint and it had opinions in it. I removed it after a discussion regarding the edit with other users on IRC who agreed that it did not follow NPOV. I am sorry if I was mistaken and please feel free to re-add it if you disagree (I will not remove it again). Thanks, Anonymous101talk 22:05, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Use of quote templates
Just wanted to highlight a couple of concerns on your article about Shoemaker coming back to F1. My concern, which I fixed in a copyedit was to take out inline links to other Wikinews stories. These, as you'll now see, are collected in the related news.

The second concern is use of QuoteLeft and QuoteRight. The strongly recommended practice with these is to only use to highlight text that is in the actual body of the article, not an additional quote that is unused elsewhere. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:04, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Understood both points. I agree, thanks. --Yuriybrisk (talk) 13:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Lewis Hamilton wins 2009 Singapore Grand Prix
This article is now published after some copyedit and cleanup work. I'd really appreciate if you look at the changes made following your submission of it for review. The following were some of the points I had as critisisms:
 * There was still a link within the article to a previous Wikinews story, and from my point of view this doesn't seem right.
 * In general, the article was way, way over-wikified.
 * For related news, the template to use is wikinews.
 * A lot of the phrasings to describe who took which position were grammatically incorrect and, well, just not something you'd see in standard English.
 * Date formats in the WN:SG are "Monthname Daynumber, Year". That's always the full month name, and although the ordering may seem Americanised it is unambiguous.

I hope the above helps you improve your F1 contributions, it is clear you put a lot of work into them and I think everyone is quite happy to help improve the English on them because you get the key points of avoiding copyright infringement and the general article style. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Brian, I honestly think it's O.K. when somebody corrects issues when and if somebody messed up. In this case Wikinews is just like Linux kernel development for me - when everybody doing his work front but are ready to help if some troubled stuff occurs (no, I'm not a Linux contributor, I just make minor changes in it for myself :) It's just a matter of open content systems - our job is to make all aspects of them better (by working together too).
 * I agree with most of your points except over-wikifying the article... I think it's a bit subjective. Any piece of plain text may point at certain related information in any form it once was presented (surely, the most appropriate form is preferable). Still, the articles with less hyperlinks leaves a feeling that something is missing... and you'll never know what could interest the reader. --Yuriybrisk (talk) 19:48, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Recruiting from Wikipedia
Can you look at w:Portal talk:Formula One? You write a lot of F1 stuff, this might get others to copyedit, or provide pictures. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:57, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Death of musician
I've left a couple of comments on the talk page-Talk:George Garanian, Russian Armenian jazz band leader, dies at age 75. I don't have time to copyedit I'm afraid, but it might be giving a native speaker a shout to fix it up. Shouldn't take long. Sorry!   Tris   18:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

2010 GP Season
I have to say I'm delighted to see you trying to get these in. I've always found most of your submissions just need a copyedit for the reason that you're not a native speaker of English.

Please keep subbing the articles, pestering people for sub-editing, and improving your written English!

I appreciate your efforts, and apologise that time/work constraints prevent copyediting as I've done previously. If I wasn't editing from a mobile phone I'd make you a Scalelectrix Barnstar for your F1 efforts. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:01, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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Mayor of Dzerzhinskiy city near Moscow shot dead

April 2, 2006

The mayor of the city of Dzerzhinskiy near Moscow was shot dead on Friday, March 31, as the Interfax news agency reports, quoting Moscow region law-enforcement officials.

The body of Victor Dorkin, the head of the Local Government Board of Dzerzhinskiy, was found at 03:05 (GMT+3) in the city at 5 Tomilinskaya St. near the children's playground. Preliminary crime scene investigation reported that Dorkin suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and that 10 shells were found fired from a Makarov pistol. An investigation is in progress.

Dorkin was 52. He was educated as a chemical production engineer, and was a science candidate since 2004. He was first elected as mayor of Dzerzhinskiy in 1991.


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Wikinews talk:Requests for arbitration/Users Cartman02au et al v Mrmiscellanious/Workshop

This isn't getting anywhere, okay... yes it is... but Wikinews can't let some person stomp on another's right to expression. You can't say, you are "lazy" to elliot_k. Maybe MrMiscellanious had a bad week or a bad day, maybe a bad month.

Findings of fact
I'm really quite appalled to have a range of suggested remedies, but not a single finding of fact! How could you possibly consider what to do ... about something you have not agreed is happening yet? -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There are findings of fact on the proposed decision page. - Borofkin 01:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Nothing, including the findings-of-fact statements, should bypass the /Workshop page. This is so as to allow discussion and possible alteration before voting. It would be very unjust to MrM, which I have recently learned to my cost. StrangerInParadise 02:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Workshop page is not required as any arbitrator can submit any element he or she has confidence in to the proposed decision page. Even at that point, an arbitrator can amend any element so long as it's not been voted on... There may be very similar findings/remedies/etc on the proposed decision page with slightly different wording... You're welcome to copy elements of the proposed decision to the workshop and discuss it if you like, of course. I have done so myself. --Chiacomo  (talk) 03:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that it is not required, but it is nevertheless unjust, and perhaps ought to be required. The potential for abuse of a straight-to-vote finding  or remedy is high: an arbiter can place a misleading, last-minute resolution and get votes without prior discussion.  It is very bad process, as I have found to my cost.  You have to consider that not all arbiters in the future will be as conscientious as you. StrangerInParadise 04:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Each element is independently voted on -- and then the final decision is voted on. There is ample opportunity for an arbitrator to oppose an element. Again, of course, anyone can copy an element to the /Workshop page... We have hopefully selected abritrators who will analyze proposed decisions before they vote -- I think we have. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, the ArbCom may directly propose findings of facts on the decision page. In so doing they bypass the process of discussion involved in arbitrating a decision. I would strongly encourage the ArbCom to propose findings of fact before accepting proposed remedies on /Workshop. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:02, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


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License
Ummm... Probably, licence need to be changed to Free Use (with a "Gazeta.ru" link needed)... I thought that Publicity means Free Use... --Yuriybrisk 11:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You need to show that this image comes from the city website, and that it is not a stock photograph from AFP or similar. If you can put in a link to the city's website someone can check out the sourcing of the picture and put the correct license on it. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's from the city website ugresh.ru, and always was... --Yuriybrisk 06:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


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Rice and Straw arrive unannounced in Baghdad

April 2, 2006

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have made a surprise visit to Baghdad, Iraq to meet Iraqi officials.

The pair, who have been together for the past few days as part of Rice's visit to the United Kingdom, arrived at 10:30 a.m. local time (0630 UTC) to visit Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, among others. Mr. Jaafari, who is of the majority Shia Alliance, is under increasing pressure to stand down after failing to gain adequate support from the opposing Sunni and Kurd minority groups.

According to leading Shia politicians, who are also losing faith in the Prime Minister, the US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has claimed that George W. Bush "doesn't want, doesn't support, doesn't accept" Mr. Jaafari's decision to stay at his post. Mr. Jaafari responded by claiming the comments undermine President Bush's commitment to a democratic Iraq.

The unannounced visit comes after her brief trip to Jack Straw's constituency of Blackburn, England, where she faced anti-war protests. At one speech, she admitted that the United States had made "thousands of tactical errors" in Iraq, but later dismissed the comments as being made purely figuratively.

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On the formation of a united Iraqi government, Condoleezza Rice said she considered it a "matter of urgency." Speaking to reporters in Baghdad, she said that, "The fact that we're going out to have these discussions with the Iraqi leadership is a sign of the urgency which we attach to a need for a government of national unity."

Jack Straw is reported to have said that, "We're committed to Iraq, very committed. But we need to see progress."

Ambassador Khalilzad said last Saturday that the prospective government "...needs to have a good programme to govern from the centre and needs good ministers who are competent." He made a damning comment regarding the speed of the process by claiming that, "Iraq is bleeding while they are moving at a very slow pace."


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Talk:Auckland City Council acts to remove suspect chemicals in pre-school's soil

"A potentially cancer-causing chemical has been found in soil at a children's playcentre in Auckland." I very much doubt that it is permissible to copy word-for-word the lead slug (subtitle) of the stuff.co.nz story, as the very first sentence of the Wikinews article (or as any other sentence). Shall we ask stuff.co.nz and see what they say? —67-21-48-122 14:56, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


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Blasts rock Thai polling stations

April 2, 2006

Several explosions occurred at polling stations in Narathiwat, Thailand, during the current snap election. Narathiwat is one of the country's southern Muslim-majority provinces. Two policemen and four soldiers were injured. The area is a often seen as a hotbed of activity as a result of the resident separatist rebels. More than 1,200 people have died in clashes and revenge killings in the troubled southern region, all directly linked to the insurgents, who are mainly spread across three of the main Muslim provinces.

The election has been called three years early because Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is accused of corruption and abuse of power, has been the subject of increasing discontent in several anti-government protests across the country.

In protest of the election, three of the rival parties in the Thai Parliament have begun a boycott with the intention of reducing the number of seats able to be filled in the Parliament to below the 500 required for a government.

Thaksin, who is a member of the Thai Rak Thai party, has promised to stand down from the Prime-Ministerial post if his party gains less than 50% of the vote in the election. Results are expected later today.

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US helicopter crashes in Iraq; 2 unaccounted for

April 2, 2006

The two crew-members of a US Army Apache helicopter which went down near Youssifiyah, Iraq are said by U.S. officials to be presumed dead after several failed searches for their bodies in the surrounding area.

A statement by army officials said yesterday that early reports suggested that the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter crashed at around 5:30pm local time on Saturday, near the town of Youssifiyah, located approximately 12 miles southwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The statement went on to say that the aircraft had been on "combat air patrol" at the time of the incident.

The statement, which was vague in its details, did not specify a definite crash site. Regarding current efforts to find the wreckage (and presumably the bodies), it was merely stated that "Two pilots are presumed dead, but recovery efforts continue following the crash." The identities of the two victims are known; they are being withheld until their families are notified.

No other details regarding the crash were released, and the cause of the crash is unknown at the present time, but Youssifiyah has been the site of insurgency in the past. As of 3 p.m. GMT today, the US military have announced that they believe the aircraft was shot down.


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British military denies secret meeting regarding action against Iran

April 2, 2006 Claims in the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that senior military officers of the United Kingdom will meet with government officials on Monday to discuss a US-led assault on Iran have been denied by the Ministry of Defence.

However, the Defence Correspondent for the BBC Paul Wood said that "US plans for a possible strike are thought to be at an advanced stage." This echoes reports made in December by the influential German magazine Der Spiegel that, according to a report by intelligence expert Udo Ulfkotte, during a December 2005 visit to Ankara, Turkey, CIA Director Porter Goss asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for support in a potential air strike against the Iran's recently infamous nuclear facilities, including the enrichment facility at Natanz. Der Spiegel goes on to say that, "More specifically, Goss is said to have asked Turkey to provide unfettered exchange of intelligence that could help with a mission." While speaking on British television channel ITV1 during her recent visit to the UK, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "We believe that diplomacy has a chance to work but we are going to work with whomever we can, in whatever form we can, diplomatically, to try and bring the Iranians around. Iran is not Iraq. I know that's what's on people's minds. The circumstances are different." However, she then added, "The president of the United States doesn't take his options off the table." Also on the programme with Rice was Jack Straw, the British Foreign Secretary. After admitting that UN Security Council member Russia was uneasy regarding the Iran issue, he said, "They are worried about the possibility of the Iranians stirring up trouble for them, but they also share our high suspicions that Iran may be using its civil nuclear capability to develop a nuclear weapon and they do not want that."

In the initial article, The Sunday Telegraph stated that "a high-level meeting will take place on Monday in the Ministry of Defence at which senior defence chiefs and government officials will consider the consequences of an attack on Iran." The Ministry of Defence, (often abbreviated to MoD), later denied all the claims, and made it clear that there were absolutely no plans for a meeting of the kind described in the newspaper.

However, the article also went on to claim that an attack centred around removing Iran's nuclear capabilities was inevitable if Tehran failed to accept the demands of the United Nations. Somewhat surprisingly, the MoD failed to comment on this point, merely stressing the false nature of the claims regarding the meeting supposedly set for tomorrow (Monday, April 3).

Regarding his country's nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is maintaining his defiant stance, alluding to the fact that Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which was reaffirmed by the United Nations Security Council in its March 29, 2006 presidential statement, implies that Iran has as much right to press on with such technologies as any other nation which is party to the NPT.


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Talk:Stanisław Lem dies at 84

Dupe.

Interwiki to add
 L'écrivain Stanislas Lem est décédé

Thanks. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 03:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
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UK government links London 2005 attacks to the occupation of Iraq

April 2, 2006

A report from the British government concludes that the occupation of Iraq motivated the men that performed the suicide bombings of London summer 2005. Other motivating factors are identified: economic deprivation, social exclusion and a disaffection with the society in general.


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Herb Sendek leaves NC State

April 2, 2006

According to many published reports and TV sources, Herb Sendek, who is under fire at North Carolina State Unversity in his role as the basketball head coach, has accepted the job of head coach at Arizona State University (ASU), for reportably at least a seven-figure contract. The Arizona Republic reported that Sendek will be named head coach on Monday, and school officials did not deny it.

Sendek went 170-118 (.590) during his 10-season stay at NC State, and this past year went 22-10 overall, and 10-6 in the ACC. Sendek is replacing Rob Evans, who was fired on March 10. Evans went 119-120 in eight years at ASU.

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Greek President attends inauguration of Greek Orthodox Church in Egypt

April 2, 2006

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Carolos Papoulias, attended the inauguration ceremony of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Alexandria, Egypt. The ceremony was blessed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew. Also attending, in addition to the Greek President, were two ministers of the Greek government, a former Prime Minister of Greece, many Greek businessmen and the Orthodox bishops of Africa.

The development of the Church of the Annunciation in Alexandria has been financed by the Onassis Foundation. Tomorrow, President Papoulias will meet unofficially in Cairo with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.


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Beautiful job! —67.21.48.122 18:56, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Category
editprotected It may be better to replace 'Category:Britain' with 'Category:United Kingdom'. Articles on the same subject have that category. Van der Hoorn (talk) 11:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:53, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


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Did the greek president attend or not attend? The wording seems odd, I wanted to fix, but am not sure which way to fix it. Lyellin 19:45, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

The Greek President attended the ceremony. Moreover, this is the most important aspect of this article. Zorba 08:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


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Photo Essay: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in DC

The Japanese Cherry Blossoms have again bloomed around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. and a city along with thousands of visitors mark the beginning of Spring with their arrival. The accompanying National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual celebration, commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift to the city of 3,000 Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo. Mayor Ozaki donated the trees in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also celebrate the continued close relationship between the two peoples.