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Congressional dems visit to Iraq encourages support of Bush $81B "reconstruction" plan

March 29, 2005

A visit to 's "" on two separate days last week (March 22 and 24, 2005) has convinced Washington's Democratic senators and representatives that things are going well.

The Senate delegation, led by Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev), visited on Tuesday. The House delegation, led by Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), visited two days later. They all came away from their whirlwind visits with opinions that although conditions were improving there would still be many years of American occupation before Iraq could be a true democracy.

"Although progress has been made, there is a significant way to go until the Iraqis are capable of providing for their security," said Pelosi, the House Democratic leader. She led an eight-member group that included seven Democrats and Republican Rep. (R-Vista) (San Diego County).

The delegations spent their one day in Iraq's Green Zone, the heavily protected area in downtown Baghdad that serves as headquarters for the 150,000 U.S. military forces and diplomats and the Iraqi government. They headed to their other stops in, , and. Security was tight and didn’t allow for any additional travel in the war torn nation.

The sole Republican in the Congressional delegation, Issa, said "I believe it will be a fairly long stay."

Pelosi’s comments echoed Issa, and added "the cost of this war is huge to the American people," citing 1,500 service personnel the Bush administration has admitted were killed in action, and the estimated $500 million-a-day price tag. "The message some of us had for our military leaders and Iraqi leaders is that whatever it takes to transfer security responsibilities should be applied now. It's long overdue," she added.

An emotional trip to Beirut, Lebanon, by the congressional delegation included a visit to the grave of former Prime Minister, who was assassinated in a Feb. 14 bombing that is blamed, but not substantiated, to have been committed by Syrian agents. Darrell Issa, of Lebanese descent, noted "there's a huge permanent group of mourners at his grave, with hundreds of tents set up.'’

Senator Reid stressed the need for continued U.S. support for reconstruction efforts, along with training Iraqi security forces to replace U.S. military personnel and help bolster the Iraqi economy and political structure. "Everyone understands that reconstruction is an important part of the U.S. mission here," he added.

Senate Minority Whip (D-Ill.) agreed: "I believe what we are seeing here is good."

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a leading critic of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, seemed upbeat about the future of the new Iraq government. Iraq's future stability "greatly depends on the training of Iraqi security forces."

"We got a very, very upbeat report from the top U.S. military officials,” she added.

All of the delegation seemed to agree that their trip enforced the enormity of the challenge and the financial need to help the Iraqi people. This would require a continued input of American taxpayer dollars and left little doubt that they would line up to support the Bush administration’s proposed new $81 billion dollars (US) in expenditures there.

 * Congressional delegation sees progress... San Francisco Chronicle March 26, 2005
 * Senators encouraged by progress in Iraq The Hill March 23, 2005


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Sudan preemptively rejects Security Council resolution on war crimes extradition

March 29, 2005 In anticipation of a Security Council vote on trying alleged Darfur war criminals at the, Sudan announced today it would reject any United Nations resolution that required war crimes suspects to be tried abroad. The resolution before the UNSC was drafted by the French delegation, and is expected to be voted on this week.

Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said, "Any resolution that is going to include the taking of a Sudanese — whether he is a rebel or government official — outside the Sudan: we are totally against it." In contrast, some rebel groups are in favor of the resolution. Tajeddin Nyam, of the rebel group "Justice and Equality of Movement," said he thought the resolution would contribute to peace.

Perhaps in an effort to avoid such extradition, Sudan has begun arresting officials in relation to human rights abuses in Darfur. Government officials announced that 15 members of the military and security forces in Darfur had been arrested this week, and were to be sent immediately to local courts.

The region of Darfur has been the center of civil strife for over two years, during which time tens of thousands of people in the black African population have been killed, and many more wounded or abused, by government-supported Arab militias. It has often been suggested that this qualifies as, and that Darfur is enduring the world's most severe and localized abuse of civil rights.


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Israeli parliament rejects disengagement referendum

March 29, 2005 Israel's parliament, the Knesset, voted against a bill calling for a referendum on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's controversial plan to withdraw Israeli forces and civilians from the Gaza Strip and some parts of the West Bank. The vote passed 72-39, with three abstentions and six absent. The vote removes the last major hurdle for Mr. Sharon to implement the proposed plan, scheduled to start in July.

Mr. Sharon's administration has not yet survived the upcoming vote on the 2005 budget, which takes place on Tuesday. But it has secured the support of the secular Shinui party, so a majority looks likely. Shinui had reservations about the amount of money transferred under the budget to projects organised by ultra-Orthodox parties. Under Israeli law, if the budget fails to pass, new elections must be held. Opponents of the disengagement plan intend to use the budget vote to topple Mr. Sharon's government, and several MK's attacked Shinui for their decision to support the budget.

Mr. Sharon's position sparked a rebellion from his own center-right Likud party, with a significant majority of Likud MKs voting in favour of the bill, including several members of his own cabinet. Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, and Education Minister Limor Livnat all voted in favour of a referendum.


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Talk:Congressional dems visit to Iraq encourages support of Bush $81B "reconstruction" plan

Things are going well?! Are you moving too fast here moving this to headline section? I scanned your sources, but the lead-in to this story, well... -edw 05:22, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * We need lots more stories, Edbrown05, IMHO. Just look at what we have ready for today's masthead! Looks like they were all written last night, eh?
 * Maybe you can write a few today! (I don't know what you write or don't write, Ed, I just know it's better to type than complain, agreed?)I don't do much editing of other people's work unless it is really shaky. Good luck! --Alan J. Franklin 14:14, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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US Transportation Security Administration "made inaccurate statements" about passenger privacy, says Department of Homeland Security report

March 29, 2005 In a report from the Department of Homeland Security released on Friday, March 25, they allege the US Transportation Security Administration "made inaccurate statements" about its management of personal data belonging to passengers. The report claims, "TSA did not ensure that privacy protections were in place" as it handled data transfers to private contractors for use in the development of a computerized passenger screening application, called CAPPS II. While the report criticizes TSA for its inaccurate statements, it notes the "misstatements were apparently not meant to mischaracterize known facts," but were instead "premised on an incomplete understanding" of the truth.

According to the report, the data at issue described passengers flying on the following airlines: America West Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, and JetBlue Airways. In most of the problematic transfers, the privacy violation occurred by allowing third parties to access passenger data that was not anonymized. In one case, passenger information was made public on the internet through a presentation prepared by Torch Concepts. According to the report, " Torch Concepts' subsequent efforts to remove the presentation from the internet have failed."

In an AP report, ''Yahoo! News'' notes that TSA announced the launch of its "Secure Flight" system, saying, "Congress has said the agency can't proceed with Secure Flight unless the Government Accountability Office reports that the technology ensures privacy and that the data are protected." The report from the GAO was to be released Monday, March 27, 2005.


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Talk:China releases 'Human rights report' on U.S.

Those familiar with contemporary Chinese history know that this is not nonsense. Perhaps DV knows. Please do not be so quick to judge things as "nonsense." Most Wiki contributors are ren zhen, lao shi (honest and earnest). Being so quick to delete can easily lead to the slippery slope of intolerance/conformism. Thank you. 70.57.139.181 05:50, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you, user 70.57.139.181, for setting me straight that this story is not nonsense. And you certainly made my case harder by citing high-school newspaper articles and other types of mockery and derision to prove it is not nonsense!
 * If your headline had been a little more genuine, such as China, US, trade barbs on human rights, and then gone so far as to write the story, we wouldn't be chatting so pleasantly in here today. Not to mention that it is nearly a month old. Have a nice day. And it only takes a minute to sign in as a real person. --Alan J. Franklin 14:59, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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 * Please consider that dumping a bunch of links and expecting others to do all the work is a bit baffling.

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 * Wikinews is collaborative, but I have no idea how to proceed with a random collection of links - I can't read your mind.

 * Please, at a bare minimum, provide an outline of the high points you want the story to cover, so others can jump in and fill in what's missing.

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 * Thanks for the pretty decent little piece on this story. No further objections. --Alan J. Franklin 14:45, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure what is so "controversial" in claiming that that the US are violating human rigths. Just to let people know, it is very evident that the US are violating human rights on many sectors. I'm really worried if this comes as a surprise to someone - I think this has been a widely acknowledged fact outside the States for several years. The Amnesty International is a world-wide 'human rights watch-dog organization.' Every year, they publish a report on human right issues in every and each country of world. The 2004 report on the United States is not easy reading; really severe violations on areas where the armed forces are having a war (especially in the Guantanamo Bay), general misbehaviour against international peace, bad ill-treatment of immigrants, ill-treatment and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, ripping people off civil rights and liberties after the 9/11 attacks and continued use of death penalty, which is in direct breach with the 3rd article (right to life). Maybe China's record is even worse, but no one is to deny that the US are heavily violating rigths of millions of people - in the US and around the globe. See also this. Hydrox 22:04, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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China releases 'Human rights report' on U.S.

April 2, 2005

In response to the United States Department of State issuing its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, China has issued a contradictory report highlighting human rights abuses in the US, The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004.

For the past six years, the People's Republic of China has issued an annual statement on human rights in the US in response to the annual report on China. "Only the Chinese people themselves have the right to comment on the human rights situation in their own country," said Liu Jianchao, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

The US State Department, beginning in 1977, issues annual country reviews of its perceptions of the rights records of individual nations, based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The current report for 2004, released on February 28, 2005, contains candid assessments and detailed criticism of the human rights records of 192 countries, including China. Amnesty International, the international 'watch-dog organization' for human rights, has however criticized this paper as being biased, because it is made by a government which itself is violating human rights on many sectors.

The Chinese response, was released on March 3, 2005. In this report, the Chinese government attempts to deflect criticism of itself by drawing attention to the various publicly documented shortcomings within US society, including statistics on crime, violent death, imprisonment, poverty, rape, child abuse, and racial and sexual discrimination that are an acknowledged and publicly documented part of life in the US.

Amnesty International's 2004 annual report on US human rights in 2003 agrees with many of these claims.

Amnesty is also worried about: severe violations committed by the United States' army outside the countries' borders; the situation of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay; United States' general misbehaviour against international peace; ill-treatment of US immigrants; ill-treatment and excessive use of force by the US law enforcement officials; the US citizens losing civil rights and liberties after the 9/11 attacks; and continued use of death penalty by the state, which is in direct breach with the 3rd article of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the right to life).

Comment by Peter Edidin of The New York Times, characterized the Chinese report as "a frank indictment [that] draws a picture of America that approaches caricature. But that doesn't mean it won't buttress the negative image of the United States held by its critics around the world."

This ongoing dispute does not capture the entire relationship of US and China on civil rights. Even as both sides trade accusations, the US on March 18, 2005, declined to table a resolution at the UN criticizing China, citing the ongoing improvements that are being made in that country. This is the second time in three years that the US has not submitted such a resolution, which in fact has never passed the UN when it was submitted before.


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Cure for cat allergies may be close, with help from some mice

March 28, 2005

Although they may be unwilling participants, a group of mice are helping solve a long-time conflict between cats and humans. Scientists from (UCLA) and the  (NIAID) reported today in the scientific journal  that they have developed a technique that will one day lead to a cure for cat allergies.

The scientists have bred mice that were genetically engineered to be allergic to cats, and injected these mice with a special, derived from both cats and humans. Normally, when humans allergic to cats come in contact with a particular feline protein their body releases a that causes the allergic reaction.

The newly developed protein is a fusion of cat protein with a human protein that normally acts as a brake on the. The cat part stimulates an allergic reaction, but the human part suppresses the response and, in the process, resets the immune system.

After being treated with the protein, it took the mice a month to be cured.

According to experts, nearly one in every seven children are allergic to cats. However the scientists who made this discovery feel that their technique may also be adapted to cure other types of allergies, including food allergies. In some populations allergies affect a large number of people — as many as 30% of all adults in, for example.

The new cure is still in development stages, and will need years of animal and human testing before becoming commercially available.


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Australians more concerned by global warming than terrorism, says Lowy report

March 29, 2005 A report released by Allan Gyngell of the Lowy Institute on Monday, revealed many Australians view US to be as dangerous as. It also found that 58 percent of the population had a positive view of the United States.

The Lowy Institute, established in 2003 with a $30 million endowment from Australian philanthropist, claims it is "an independent, non-partisan think tank."

The report, entitled "Australians speak 2005: public opinion and foreign policy", showed that global warming and nuclear proliferation were greater foreign policy concerns than terrorism and illegal immigration. 70 per cent of Australians were worried about global warming, the report stated, while only 63 per cent were worried about international terrorism. The report also noted most Australians believed improving the global environment should be Australia's number one foreign policy goal.

Mark Wakeham of Greenpeace said, "Clearly Australians understand the warnings from scientists about far better than our governments do. Once again, the community is leading and governments will be pulled into line."

He continued by saying, "Scientists tell us that, to avoid dangerous warming of more than two degrees, we have to cut our greenhouse pollution by at least 60 per cent by 2050. This means moving rapidly and decisively away from dirty coal to clean, renewable sources of energy like solar, wind and energy efficiency."

The Lowy Institute surveyed 1000 randomly selected people to interview for the report.


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Upper house of former Kyrgyz parliament steps down, Bakiyev pledges to fight corruption

March 29, 2005 The upper house of the former Kyrgyz parliament declared it was terminating its work "to stabilize the situation and do away with conflicts" on Tuesday, as the lower house had done a day before.

The decision was signed by 32 of the 45 deputies. "We think we have fulfilled our task, as far as was possible, especially in this time of trials," they said.

Opposition leader and acting President and Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev, said the deputies "have made a historically correct decision." He called on everyone to accept the new parliament as legitimate "in the interest of the whole nation".

Bakiyev then delivered a 30-minute speech to about 300 civil servants, which was received with complete silence. He told them, "fighting corruption and paying pensions and benefits is our number one priority now."

"We need to deal with the economy ... A huge part of the state system was devoted to the election process. That is not a secret...We have all seen what happens when the executive branch gets involved in elections. I think we will not get into that now ... I think that staff should get back to work," he said.

"Whoever is ... on my staff, if I hear that they got promoted for money or because they are someone's relative, or they belong to particular clan, then this person will be removed immediately," he added.

"We will set up public hotline so that people can complain against corruption," he told them.

Meanwhile, deposed president Askar Akayev's supporters said they would form a party and run a candidate in the presidential poll.

Ousted emergencies minister Timirbek Akmataliyev and interior minister Keshenbek Dyushenbayev said they were forming the Akyikat (Fairness) political party. Akmataliyev said he would run for president in June.

The two called for Akayev to return to Kyrgyzstan and formally resign. "Askar Akayev has to come back to the republic and answer for his actions in front of the people, after which he must immediately resign," Akmataliyev said.

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Japan asks "Where's the beef?"

March 29, 2005 Shortages of beef in Japan prompted consumers to submit a petition with about 1.19 million signatures to Japan's Agriculture Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura on Tuesday. The petition was presented by a group led by Takashi Sakamoto, president of a chain of used book outlets.

Japan has banned imports of U.S. beef for 15 months, citing concerns about mad cow disease after authorities discovered a cow with the disease in the United States.

Japanese health and agriculture ministers said they would ask their country's food safety commission to approve lifting the ban.

"We will ask the commission to decide if resuming U.S. beef imports is safe based on safety measures taken in the U.S.," said health minister Makoto Kanie.

Analyst Kazuhiko Saito says this may cause a delay "until later this year", telling Bloomberg, "The Commission has been very slow on reviewing domestic mad cow tests and will also be slow to review the U.S. beef import plans."

U.S. lawmakers and diplomats have pressed Japan to re-open their market, and some Washington lawmakers have even threatened Japan with sanctions should beef imports not resume soon. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brought up the matter earlier this month during her visit to Japan.

So far, the Japan Food Safety Commission has only taken the step of loosening inspection rules, such that mad cow testing is not required for all imported live cattle.

Japan has dealt with 14 cases of mad cow disease of their own.

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this looks interesting, judging by the title: Sexy Yawns (from the guardian's 'most read' list) --151.207.240.3 16:17, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Sleepiness: A yawning chasm for working Americans

March 29, 2005

Did we need to take a poll to find out how well America sleeps at night? Probably not, but the results of the poll offer a worrisome picture about our problems getting a good night’s sleep.

The National Sleep Foundation, the poll sponsor, reports three-quarters of adults say they frequently have a sleep problem, such as waking during the night or snoring. The average adult gets less than the recommended seven to nine hours of uninterrupted sleep each night. This leads to poorer health, lower productivity on the job, more danger on the roads and a less vibrant sex life. One-fourth admit their sleep problems do have an impact on their daily lives.

Becky Mcerien, 50, in Philadelphia, told a reporter "By 3 to 4 in the afternoon, I'm starting to feel brain-drained and I need that caffeine to pick me back up again,"

But Guillermo Sardina, 55, of Hamilton, N.J., said "I sleep through the night. I'm a sound sleeper. I don't even remember my dreams." He averages six or seven hours a night.

Darwin McCallian, 51, of Burke, Va., rises at 4 a.m. to get a jump on traffic for his commute to Washington, DC. He usually gets six to eight hours of sleep.

"When I sleep in a little bit longer, it makes me a safer driver," McCallian noted.

Sleep Foundation CEO, Richard Gelula, said the link between sleep and quality of life is strong. It affects professional relationships and takes a serious toll on personal interactions and intimacies:

They recommend avoiding alcohol and caffeine close to bedtime, and that adults pay attention to how much sleep they get as well as the quality of that sleep, and seek help if needed.
 * Six in 10 adult motorists said they have driven while drowsy in the past year; 4 percent reported that they have had an accident or near-accident because they were too tired or actually fell asleep while driving.
 * Three-fourths said their partner has a sleep problem, and the most common is snoring.
 * Roughly one-fourth of respondents who have partners report that their sexual relationship has been hurt because they have been too sleepy. They had sex less often or lost interest in having sex because they were too tired.
 * Seven in 10 people said their doctor has never asked them about their sleep.
 * Polling Information: conducted by WB&A Market Research
 * 1,506 adults interviewed by phone
 * Dates: between Sept. 20 and Nov. 7, 2004
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User talk:151.207.240.3

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User talk:Ed Cormany~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.

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User talk:65.7.80.139

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User talk:66.67.55.149

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Lorry drops thirteen tonnes of fish in British town

March 29, 2005 A lorry spilt thirteen tonnes of raw fish on a road in the small British town of Shaftesbury, Dorset, earlier today.

Crates of iced fish, worth £80,000, apparently burst out the rear doors of the lorry as it climbed a hill.

The BBC reports Dorset Police as saying "It appears as the lorry started its ascent up the hill the load in the rear of the articulated container slipped backwards, probably on the wet floor, and the weight of the fish on the rear doors forced the doors open."

The clean-up was hampered by poor weather conditions as Dorset County Council struggled to use a digger and a second lorry to clear the fish.


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Talk:Irish scientists had predicted further Sumatran earthquake

As far as I can tell the 'prediction' is that "another earthquake will occur sometime". That's a bit like saying "I predict the sun will rise tomorrow morning..." Dan100 (Talk) 19:20, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:WeatherBot

Postings under the user name "WeatherBot" are made by a "bot" - an automated software program that performs a tedious task.

Please leave a message over here if you have a question or comment. — DV 10:51, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:24.86.201.239

You're editing logged out again Amgine! Dan100 (Talk) 07:33, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi Amgine!
Hi Amgine! Don't ya think it would be a good idea to login? -- NGerda July 5, 2005 20:39 (UTC)

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User talk:BjarteSorensen

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User talk:65.12.115.17

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User talk:205.221.1.79

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User talk:128.138.41.192

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Canadian Football League to test Atlantic expansion with exhibition game

March 29, 2005

The Canadian Football League released details today concerning the June 11 exhibition game dubbed Touchdown Atlantic between the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Huskies Stadium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The game is planned as a gauge for expansion east to an Atlantic city but with ticket prices at $40 and $62.50 (Canadian), CFL commissioner Tom Wright admitted they were considerably more expensive than the average price for other season-ticket holder single games which, he said, is "in the mid to high $20 range".

At the news conference in Halifax, Wright defended the prices as necessary to break-even with the additional costs required to set-up the game and temporarily expand Huskies Stadium from 2 000 to 10 000 seats and comparable to similar, one-time events.

Events Halifax chairman Fred MacGillivray said he is confident that the showcase game will be a success. "I think the general public's reaction to this event will tell the CFL that there are a lot of people in the Maritimes who want to see CFL football and we feel very confident we'll have a full house for that event in June", he told the news conference.

Hamilton head coach Greg Marshall agreed and said he thinks expansion to Halifax is viable. "Halifax is the natural site and it's just a matter of coming up with the facility", he said. "I think there's a lot of interest here and I think there's a lot of interest in the CFL to put a team here."

Events Halifax and the CFL have also set up a number of events surrounding the game including a Friday-night kickoff party, a schools program, open team practices with player autograph opportunities and a pre-game festival.

CFL fans watch with interest how ticket sales will do when they go on sale on April 8 as the league considers expansion in 2008.


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California State University, Chico fraternity suspended for making frat house porno flick

March 29, 2005 The local chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at California State University, Chico was suspended after members were linked to a pornographic DVD apparently filmed in the club's fraternity house. According to reports, the DVD shows students engaged in various sexual activities with female porn actresses.

The Chico fraternity also has been suspended by the national Phi Kappa Tau organization and Chico State's Interfraternity Council, the student governing body for all fraternities. In addition, the national Interfraternity Council issued a press statement saying it was embarrassed by the Chico group's actions.

The company responsible for making the porno film is Van Nuys, California-based Shane's World. A spokesman for Shane's World said the Chico fraternity contacted it months ago with the idea of making a sex film in its "College Invasion" series.

The company says it requires all students who participate in its sex films to show proof that they are 18 or older and sign release forms. Shane's World has made five other DVDs at other U.S. universities since 2000.

University officials suspended the local fraternity from being able to participate in school sponsored activities at the rural northern California campus. The school also is investigating whether any illegal activities happened during the porn shoot including underage drinking.


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User:Bawolff

t'll the 14th!

Hi I'm Bawolff. I read Wikinews a lot and it is now my hompage (now an admin). You can also find me on wikipedia at w:user:bawolff and pretty much every other wikimedia project [this is my global username]. My first (non-registered) edit I can remember is on Template talk:Ping. Or actually, on second though I don't think it is. (Well its me, but I'm not sure if its my first edit). Umm, what else. I hang out on #wikinews and #wikinews-en sometimes. I tend to do stuff in the background instead of writing articles. I'm also fairly good with templates, as well as javascript/css, and maintain some of the gadgets, and some other js used on the site. If theres anything I can do for you please don't hesitate to ask.

My picture of the week
This is just some picture I found, which I thought was cool (note: these are other people's pictures. trust me, i'm not that good). Full list

useful links

 * Template messages/Infoboxes
 * user:Bawolff/Sandbox
 * User:CGorman/Categories
 * this is so cool
 * Category:Spirituality (should be empty)
 * meta:Image:WN-spin-logo.gif
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Random articles written by other people I like
Really cool articles from an old featured list (that all got demoted, but i felt the list should be saved somewhere so i put it on my userpage. Again, please note none of these articles are mine, I just think they're mostly well written): Major explosions at UK oil depot 2005

* June 16: World Bank president addresses global youth forum on genocide * June 12: More political, soccer-related unrest in Iran follows Bahrain victory * May 16: Hundreds of people gather in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky * May 9: Grafton, New York Peace Pagoda celebrates birth of Buddha with Flower Festival * May 6: Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election * April 11: Ethiopia plans to expand country's Internet access * April 2: Pope John Paul II dies * March 24: Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant * March 16: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech * January 21: Unrest in Belize

2004

* December 31: Strongest earthquake in 40 years hits Southeast Asia

To do list
Things to do if i run out of things to do (If you're looking for something to do, don't hesitate to do something on this list)
 * Make the help namespace not suck (I think we can learn from the wikipedia usability survey, as we suffer from many of the same problems, if not more so than 'pedia)
 * Change the meta template Country Infobox so it accepts an orientatiion paramater (so that a whole host of infoboxes could easily become horizontal). Prefereably intergrate with the tab box
 * Try and make the whole overlapping tab thing work.
 * Finish MediaWiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js
 * Import Twinkle to wikinews
 * Investigate the possibility of polls
 * take advice from this insightful wc post

other stuff

Quote

Would I ever vote against world domination? ~ Jimbo Wales 21:15, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)  --

Articles that I have contributed to (semi-significantly)

 * World celebrates new year for gregorian calendar
 * President Bush receives anti-free speech award
 * City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water

 * Oh well, I've never been that good at writing anyway

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 * 1) pagehistory span.minor { font-weight: bold; }
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 * keep the whitespace in front of the ^=, hides rule from konqueror
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 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="gopher://"] {
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="https://"],
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="mailto:"],
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="news://"] {
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="ftp://"],
 * 1) bodyContent a[href ^="irc://"],
 * 1) bodyContent a.extiw,
 * 2) bodyContent a.extiw:active {
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 * 1) bodyContent .plainlinks a {
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 * general portlet styles (elements in the quickbar)

/*
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 * 1) p-logo h5 { display: none; }
 * 2) p-logo a,
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/*
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position:relative; z-index:3; }
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 * 1) p-search {
 * 1) p-search .pBody {
 * 1) searchGoButton {
 * 1) searchInput {
 * 1) p-search .pBody {

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 * 1) p-personal .portlet,
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 * 1) p-personal ul {
 * 1) p-personal li {
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 * 1) footer {
 * 1) footer li {
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 * IE/Mac fixes, hope to find a validating way to move this
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User talk:24.239.85.28

Welcome
24.239.85.28, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 00:21, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Bawolff

 I'm somewhat busy in real life, and as a result, it may take me until the weekend to respond. Bawolff ☺☻ 16:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

De-admin??
As a Bureaucrat, I am a bit embarrassed to ask this, but: I've never taken anyone's keys away here. There is a user who is OK with being de-admin'd.... but I'm not sure how to do that. Can you advise, please?--Bddpaux (talk) 20:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you can just do it from Special:UserRights. On some wikis Bureaucrat's are not allowed to remove admin rights (In which case you have to ask on the steward's noticeboard on meta), but i believe wikinews is one of the wikis where crats are allowed to remove admin. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Wikt
Hey Bawolff, when you've got some time can you make leadGenerator.js strip wikt links (/\{\{[wiktWikt]\|([^\}]+)\}\}/g)? (It would be great as well to switch the .imgMap maps to .svg's and add support for South Sudan.) Thanks! Heavy Water (talk) 15:00, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

social media (cross-posted to all members of reviewer group)
Hi, Water_cooler/miscellaneous may be of interest to you as a reviewer, thanks and regards, Gryllida (talk) 05:53, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Requesting a review
Hello @Bawolff, I can see that Wikinews has not published any articles since January 4, so I am reaching out to request a review of my first article here: World Athletics Indoor Championships concludes in Glasgow with new world records and significant wins

I understand you aren't currently active, but I was wondering if you could review the article, or if not then could you please approve Asheiou's RfP here? It seems like there is an inactivity issue and I would really appreciate your prompt help. --Habst (talk) 14:23, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

 * You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

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Your lack of activity
Your last review was in October 2021 which is nearly 3 years ago. Your last admin action was in March 2024 (technically), but it was an action that should not have been taken and one you later reverted. Outside of this, your last admin action was in October 2018, nearly 6 years ago. According to WN:PEP users who do not use those permissions for 2 years will have them removed. This is just a notice and I have not requested removal of your permissions. You will also be renotified at least once more before I make a request for removal of your permissions. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 18:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

 * I defer to the wikinews community what rights they want me to have. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

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O.J. Simpson lawyer, Cochran, dead at 67

March 29, 2005

Johnnie Cochran, U.S. lawyer famous for getting O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder charges in the 1990s, died Tuesday afternoon in his home in Los Angeles, California. He had been suffering from complications of an inoperable brain tumor.

"The family of Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. and members of The Cochran Firm are deeply saddened by the passing," his family said in a statement to the press. "The world has lost not only a legendary attorney, but an outstanding humanitarian."


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User talk:130.166.74.92

Welcome
130.166.74.92, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 01:59, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
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Monday night's Indonesian quake toll appears less than first feared

March 30, 2005 Although Monday night's quake off Indonesia, at 8.7 on the Richter scale, was one of the ten largest in the past 100 years, the death toll has been relatively few. Damage was also less than expected, and the feared tsunami never eventuated. But 430 are confirmed dead, with aid workers guessing a final toll of 1,000 to 2,000.

Over 270,000 died following last year's December 26, 9.0-Richter quake and tsunami, prompting alarm when such a large quake struck on Monday night. Mass evacuations and alerts turned out to be unnecessary, when the potential hazard of a tidal wave failed to arise.

Initially Indonesian Vice-President Yusuf Kalla put the number of dead at the island of Nias, near the quake's epicentre, at up to 2,000. But officials who flew over the area said the damage could be less than expected.

Indonesian National Coordinating Disaster Relief Agency said only 330 were so far confirmed dead at Nias, with a further 100 coming from another island, Simeuleu, according to the head of the health office in Aceh province, Mulya Hasjmy, and numbers expected to rise as workers further explore the rubble.

The quake occurred offshore, with its centre around 205km west of Sibolga on Sumatra island, and 245km southwest of Sumatran city Medan, about 320km from that of the quake which caused December's tsunami.

Oxfam aid workers at Gunung Sitoli, the main town on Nias, described the scene. "The water system has failed completely and huge holes have been made in the roads," said Alessandra Villas-Boas. "Bodies are being pulled from the rubble as I speak."

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has declared a state of emergency, and is to visit Nias today. The airport there was found to be intact, patients were receiving medical treatment already, and a field hospital was in the process of being erected on mainland.


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User talk:Whayworth~enwikinews

Welcome
Whayworth, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 03:07, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:39, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:24.82.106.177

Welcome
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Woman sells name on eBay

March 30, 2005

A, USA woman has sold her name on and received an offer. Terri Iligan, age 33, will legally be named "goldenpalace.com" after the required legal work is complete.

The casino owning the website paid 15,199 over the eBay auction service.

She said that she got the idea when trying to find how much it would cost to send one of her children to a school previously attended by.

In an interview by Knoxville TV station, she said, "To my kids and to my husband, I will always be Terri." As to the opinion of her husband and children, she said, "He thinks it's funny. As long as they get to call me mom, they don't care."

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Talk:Monday night's Indonesian quake toll appears less than first feared

Note: We could do with a reference for the quake being among the ten largest of the past 100 years. I heard it mentioned on SBS News last night. One of the SBS references I gave does mention that it was among the largest of the past 100 years, but not the ten largest.

It's just possible that I misheard, but I'm confident I didn't.

I hurt my neck so can't spend the time on the PC to track down a reference. Maybe later. Simeon 04:01, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Your correct, I heard it on TV aswell hear in Ireland that it was among the top ten. However only source I could find was the Pakistani Times! It will do! → CGorman (Talk)  17:14, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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SciScoop changes ownership

April 12, 2005

SciScoop, the online collaborative science news source, has changed ownership after two and a half years of operation under its previous webmaster, Ricky James. An earlier report by Wikinews that the site would be shut down was in error.

James cited lack of time as the reason to pass on ownership of the site, which specializes in breaking news in science and technology. The site has a growing membership and gets more than 30,000 hits a day.

SciScoop headlines are also carried on Slashdot and by the Google newsfeed. The site has a burgeoning archive containing hundreds of searchable news stories, providing visitors with an invaluable record of science news over the past few years. SciScoop also allows members to customise the layout of pages at their whim and add functions to their personal page, such as RSS newsfeeds.

The new owner and maintainer of the site is science writer David Bradley, who also operates the sciencebase science news site. Bradley is currently formulating a mission statement for the SciScoop site but has already said in a statement that, "The site is not going to disappear, nor is it going to change so radically that you won't recognise it."

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User:DoubleBlue/Tools

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UN Secretary General Annan cleared of influencing oil-for-food contracts by Volcker report

March 30, 2005 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been cleared of wrongdoing in an investigation of charges that he influenced the UN to award aid-screening contracts in Iraq to Swiss company Cotecna Inspection Services, which employed his son Kojo Annan. The investigation was led by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who said that the investigation initiated by Kofi Annan should instead have been referred to UN's independent watchdog agency. The report issued was called by the secretary general a "second interim report" in his statement reported in the New Zealand Herald. The commission will issue its final report in the northern hemisphere summer of 2005.

While Kofi Annan was exonerated, two of his staff members, Iqbal Riza and Dileep Nair, were criticized by the report. Riza allegedly shredded documents related to the contracts under investigation after the secretary general ordered that they be retained. The New York Times said that Nair was "faulted for appointing a person to a high-level post with oil-for-food responsibilities who did almost no work on the program".

According to the New York Times, the Secretary General said "I am deeply saddened by the evidence to the contrary that has emerged, and particularly by the fact that my son had failed to cooperate fully with the inquiry". The Guardian reports that Annan's son concealed from his father the fact that Cotecna continued to pay him for 6 years after "he left Cotecna in 1998". It was not clear from the Guardian report why Cotecna was paying Kojo Annan if he had indeed left the company.

Asked whether he planned to step down as Secretary General, as called for by US Republican Senator Norm Coleman, among others, Kofi Annan responded, "Hell, no!" according to Ewen MacAskill of the Guardian, as well as an unattributed Sydney Morning Herald article. Senator Coleman continued to press forward with his criticism of Annan and calls for his resignation despite the report's findings.


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User talk:24.117.117.5

Welcome
24.117.117.5, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 06:00, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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