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Talk:Swedish nuclear reactors shut down over safety concerns

number of reactors
I think its written little unclear. I suggest a small rewrite in first part. Like it is written on first page in the synopsis. Its quite dramatic that half of swedens nukelearreactors is closed down. is a good source. Forsmark reactor 2 is very similar to the failed reactor 1. Even if it is closed for maintenance it suffer from same problems. It wont start until it is solved. Together with Oskarshamn reactors 1 and 2 it make 4 reactors not allowed to start by safety concerns. international 20:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

is a autotranslation of, a statment from the Nuklearcompany. international 21:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

POV edit
I removed the statement that information about the incident was withheld from the public for two days since it simply is not true. Several newspapers reported about the incident the same day.

I also replaced the year 2010 with 'in the next few decades'. That may seem a bit vague, but the year 2010 has not been discussed for a long time. The Green Party wants to shut one reactor down in the next four years, not all of them.

I also added some more information about Lars-Olov Höglund, since the article contained very little information about him. He is known as an outspoken nuclear critic and involved in at least two litigations according to the article in Dagens Nyheter and is not a fair and unbiased source. No one else but him seems to share his view that the reactor was close to meltdown. 130.240.96.138 19:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Could you please add a newspaper source that reported the incident prior to July 27th? I could not find one. Also I cannot read the Swedish source you added, can you translate for us, by whom Mr. Höglund's views have been questioned? --Zeitlupe 00:05, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Reports of the reactor being stopped appeared the same day (such as ). News of trouble with the safety systems did however not appear in articles until July 27th (such as ). That news about the incident was withheld from the public for two days sounds like everybody thought the power plant was operating normally between July 25th and 27th.

 * The swedish source I added is from Dagens Nyheter (I tried to find and equivalent English source, but there was none). Yes I can translate it, perhaps this afternoon, I just need to remember to do it. Perhaps there is another Swede around?130.240.96.138 12:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the update on the newspaper reports. As for the questioning of Mr. Höglund's statement, I am mainly interested if it was by the SKI (which was already mentioned in the article), by the operating crew of the plant or only an opinion of the author of the article. --Zeitlupe 15:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

COOLING SYSTEM DID NOT FAIL
Hi. This is just to correct this great mistake that the cooling system failed. That’s simply wrong because there is an official report that stresses the opposite. It can be found on IAEA website specialised for nuclear incidents. The link is provided here: []. I urge you to correct this mistake as it leads to knock-on effect on other wiki articles. Log on as a guest and than go to events. For your convinience I provide full report here

''Opening of a disconnector in the 400 kV switchyard to which the unit is connected caused an arc and a short. As the voltage on the generator bus bars dropped to about 30% of nominal voltage the unit was disconnected from the grid. The excitation of the generator caused an increase in the voltage level on the generator busbars of about 120%. This overvoltage caused two out of four DC/AC inverters to fail. The failure of the DC/AC inverters implicated that two out of four emergency dieselgenerators did not start as expected, about 30 seconds later in the sequence when house load mode of operation on both turbogenerators was lost. The switchover to off site auxiliary power was successful. but the automatic start of the uninterrupted power supply and the start of two dieselgenerators failed. The two dieselgenerators were started manually after around 20 minutes and all electrical supplies was thereby operational. The scram (shutdown) of the reactor was successful, all control rods were inserted as expected. The emergency core cooling system in two out of four trains was more than sufficient as there were no LOCA. ''The control room staff was not able to supervise the plant properly as many indications and readings were lost due to the loss of power in two trains. As there was no LOCA or any other safety problems in the reactor and the core cooling capability was more than adequate is the event categorized under as a level 1 event on the INES scale. An increase to level 2 is justified by the common cause failure, two out of four, in the emergency power supply system. To remedy the problem the DC/AC inverters will be modified before the unit is allowed to power up again.--217.211.143.21 10:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

217.211.143.21 10:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)217.211.143.21 10:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

my understanding is that power supply to the cooling system was lost, albeit for a short time. is this right? does LOCA refer to "Loss of Cooling "? Doldrums 10:41, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you very much for your fast replay and my apologies for changing of the article. I didn’t realize it’s not allowed at first. There was no loose of power at the cooling system and this is why.

This is what happened at Forsmark and would happen in any other plant. Following a power surge that came due to the mistake of crew servicing nearby power cable (I would stress this is separate from power plant and it is not under Power plant jurisdiction) central computer at the plant decided to shut down reactor 1. This also automatically triggered auxiliary power system to start since power plant has lost its main energy source i.e. reactor. In this event there are 3 systems to choose from. Diesel generators, Gas turbines and electricity grid in which case power plant becomes user of electricity. The primary choice is always Diesel so computer automatically started four diesel generators. Due to power surge DC/AC converters on two units were damaged so they failed to start automatically and had to be started manually instead. This however didn’t jeopardize cooling because it is the most important system at the plant. So power went there immediately and two generators (trains) did suffice for them more than enough but some other systems for monitoring failed and had to be supervised manually during those 20 minutes. In case of the complete loose of cooling this would certainly not be number 2 incident which is considered relatively mild

LOCA is acronym from Loose of coolant accident. It refers on event in which cooling liquid (water) is lost due to pipe rupture or some other causes (like valve failure at Three Mile Island). If this happened more water would have to bee pumped in through emergency channels, but this was not the case. In that case gas generators would have been scrambled however chances of these two accidents combining are miserably small.

--217.211.143.21 11:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Correction statement
will this statement of correction cover the error? Doldrums 12:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

This article reports that the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant reactor cooling systems failed. This is incorrect. Two of the four emergency diesel generators supplying power to the plant failed to start as expected, during a reactor shut down. The emergency cooling system, which functioned normally was sufficient to meet the reactor's needs.

Sure. That's perfect. Thanks

--217.211.143.21 12:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Apology
I added an incorrect statement to this article, one that was unsupported by sources. I ought to have been more careful in sticking to what the sources said, and not have attempted to extrapolate from them. I apologise for my actions and will do my best to edit with care in the future. Doldrums 12:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


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The disturbance on Forsmark 1 2006-07-25

The disturbance was initiated with that the became card inclination wide works in 400-kiloVolts-ställverket here in Forsmark. The blocks are socketed to the big force net via the tripod agency. The card inclination gave a considerable disturbance on the electricity systems and the error was linked automatically away. In the introduction stage took F1: s own central generators entirely over the electricity maintenance in F1, sows called house turbine operation.

Via a complicated development, the turbines and the electricity maintenance of the security systems were intercepted were taken over of two of the four reservkraftdieslarna. The four dieslarna will automatically provide the security systems with electric power about all electricity maintenance from extraneous net and general generators is absent but the functioned only on two.

The security systems are uppdelade in four divides, sows called subar, that each and a has 50% capacity. About all circuits and all dieslar functions that the will finns therefore in principle doubley so high capacity that what as actually is required. Through that two dieslar started automatically and functioned during the whole the disturbance process so each the no problems with cooling of the reactor or someone else security function.

The serious is that the the automatic electricity maintenance of the security systems was prevented partially of the error on the the extraneous electricity maintenance. Such a depending sheep not exist. Elmatningen was restored and the two remained dieslarna was started manually of the control room personnel after approximately 20 minutes and thereby where all electricity maintenance off the security systems restored.

The operation personnel handled the whole disturbance on an a lot of good ways.

Direct after the event was started an extensive analysis work. The reason to that the two dieslarna intercepted is determined and preparations in order to deal with the basis problem is taking place. Before F1 may be started will analysis and measures be presented in FKA security committee. Moreover, the event is soft soap carcass serious that Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate will examine and to approve the analysis and the measures before F1 may be started.

Further information is left of Anders Markgren, stf information manager Forsmark's Kraftgrupp Ltd, tel. 0173-820 09.

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Israel detains Speaker of Palestinian parliament

August 5, 2006

Israel's military has placed the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislature under house arrest. Aziz Dweik, a leading member of Hamas has been confined to his residence since the army surrounded his Ramallah home. An Israeli army spokesperson told the Reuters news agency that "Since Hamas is a terrorist organisation, [Dweik] is a target for arrest."

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has responded to the action by accusing Israel of "piracy" and has urged "all Arab and international parliamentarians to condemn and denounce this crime and to secure the release of Aziz Dweik and all jailed ministers and lawmakers."

Mr Dweik's detention brings the number of Hamas government officials and MPs being detained since the end of June to 30 or 64 persons, according to varying sources. The detentions began after Palestinian militants captured an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, as part of the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict.


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American cyclist Floyd Landis tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone in second test

August 6, 2006

The second urine sample provided by the winner of this year's Tour de France, American cyclist Floyd Landis, has tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone. This confirms the results of the earlier test done after his victory in the Tour de France on 20 July.

The International Cycling Union said: "The UCI communicates that the analysis of the sample B of Floyd Landis's urine has confirmed the result of an adverse analytical finding notified by the anti-doping laboratory of Paris on July 26, following the analysis of the sample A.". Landis now faces the prospect of being stripped of his title, along with the possibility of a two year ban.

He also stands to lose $575,700 in prize money. This would be the first time a winner has been disqualified for doping in the Tour's history.

The American has refuted the charges saying his body naturally produces high levels of testosterone.

In its comment about Landis sample analyses, the USA Cycling announced that it will "refer this case to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the organization solely responsible for the adjudication of anti-doping cases involving American athletes in the Olympic movement"

The Phonak team fired Landis on Saturday for "violating the teams internal Code of Ethics", a statement released by the team said.

Oscar Pereiro Sio who finished second, 57 seconds adrift, now claims himself the true Tour de France champion after hearing about Landis' result.

Since 1984 testosterone use is forbidden, but difficult to test for because the body produces it naturally. A test involves measuring the testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio. An average caucasian has a 1:1 ratio but it is tolerated up to 4:1 (ratio was 6:1 or even 10:1 in the past). A new test using a spectrometer and carbon 13 ratio (CIR) exists. This new test gives a more accurate result for the presence of synthetic testosterone. This test was used on Floyd's samples in order to confirm synthetic testosterone in his blood.


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User talk:Stevenfruitsmaak

Steven Fruitsmaak is currently busy in real life becoming a medical doctor. Although he might be less active than before, he is always prepared to help out if you ask him via email (that doesn't include house calls, emergency steak knife tracheotomies, or brain surgery...)

Talk:Google finds Microsoft bid for Yahoo 'troubling'
Who are Schmidt and Yang? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, they are Eric E. Schmidt (Google Chairman) and Jerry Yang (Yahoo chairman). I really should have included that in the article as many people will not recognize the name. -- 16:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:Accredited
Thanks! I have contacted the other accredited reporter at es.wn and enabled my e-mail. --Boricu æ ddie  23:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
I rushed when i wrote the response :) but yeah, ehhhh, must remember to sign, must remember to sign. hit me on the head next time :) lol WikiBlue - (talk) 15:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Oppose
Those two OR pieces were written last year, both within a three month gap of each other. I don't think that's enough for me to want to give accreditation. I'd want at least one OR piece a month. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 14:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't want him to churn out one OR EVERY month, but at least an average over a span of time. I just wasn't horribly happy with presenting pieces from a year ago and going "This is my contribution." To me, that didn't sit well. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 14:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Template:Popular articles/recent
Ping! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:06, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm aware of the issue. Basically Leon's tool which my bot got the data from has not been maintained for quite a while. Recently the toolserver folks rearranged stuff, and no one has fixed leon's tool. On the bright side, Wikipedia currently has real stats coming from wikimedia servers, which might spread to us at some point, but in the mean while we do not have any data source for statistics. (come on irc if you have questions) Bawolff ☺☻ 23:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:
Thanks for the Welcoming. Terra What do you want? 18:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Good job. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks -- Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for adding a reference to Protester says Japanese whalers shot him to Dynamic quiz/quiz/2008/11. Cirt - (talk) 08:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, and thanks for the kind words on my talk page, it's nice to know someone has noticed my work and appreciates it. Cirt - (talk) 22:55, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

IRC
[Why] ...are you never on IRC? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Not sure ... I guess because the web interface stopped working for me ... I have now downloaded an IRC client ... maybe I'll pop in. --SVTCobra 22:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Featured picture
I think we should probably consider moving to separate featured pictures from those displayed in the news in pictures displayed on the main page. Since featured pictures should really be subject to a community discussion before being defined as such and this process doesn't fit in with the current idea of displaying a relevant image of a recent news event. In the current situation there is little value to declaring proudly that an image is featured because it doesn't mean anything more than one editor has decided to put it in news in pictures on the main page.

We might even wish to consider scrapping the whole concept of a WN featured picture altogether if it doesn't seem workable. Adambro - (talk) 16:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

 * "Featured" is a misnomer, the "News in pictures" header is more appropriate. It's just meant to make the front page more graphical and to promote photojournalism: consider renaming the template if you want to avoid further confusion. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Please note that I just used the Wikinews template name and moved it to commons with wikinews-en before it. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 17:18, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for adding African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs and Two UN contract workers kidnapped in Somalia to Dynamic quiz/quiz/2008/15, nice to know you thought they were worthy of WN:QUIZ. Cirt - (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Featuredpic
Hi Stevenfruitsmaak. Before we close this DR, I'd hope we could get a comment from you. Basically it involves migrating "Featuredpic" to "News in Pictures". You were the caretaker of this and the one who ran the Picture-of-the-Year. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Anonymous101  12:18, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: ArbCom
Added :) Thunderhead 00:45, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom
Hi, I have nominated you in the upcoming ArbCom elections. Please go to your nomination and state whether you accept or decline. Cheers, --SVTCobra 17:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Reminder: WN:ACE08
Hi, as you are a member of the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Election Coordinators, I am just letting you know that the voting is supposed to be open now. It is supposed to run July 18, 2008, 20:00 UTC to July 31, 2008, 20:00 UTC. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Rename AIDS category -> HIV/AIDS?
Hi, I just noticed that Category:AIDS might be more accurately named Category:HIV/AIDS since some of the articles relate to HIV, and not HIV with a low CD4 count and an OI. Also this would give it consistent naming with Wikipedia:Category:HIV/AIDS, although not the commons category (Commons:Category:HIV). -Optigan13 (talk) 05:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Results
I will be posting the results at exactly 20:00 on the actual page. You can second the certification then (FWIW, it's the same as yours, but I prepared a little statement like last year's people did). Mike Halterman (talk) 19:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Message from IRC User drivamgr2008Spri (User:Tmalmjursson)
Hi. This is a mass message to those I know on IRC from Wikinews and Wikinews EN. Please refer to my userpage for an important message concerning my IRC Presence. Thanks! Thor Malmjursson (talk) 14:15, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: WN:AR for Tmalmjursson
Thank you very much for the questions you posted to my AR. If you go to the Accreditation Requests page, you will find that I have responded to all of the questions you posted, plus your additional regarding the "Media release form". I would ask for the review of these responses, and any other questions you may wish to add are more than welcomed. Regards, and thanks for voting. Thor Malmjursson (talk) 16:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

OR notes
Hi Steven. What are your OR notes for RNA journal submits articles to Wikipedia? I'm assuming that it's just diffs on Wikipedia but I wanted to make sure. Thanks, --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 22:01, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Article review
I'd rather leave it a little while, since verifying sources in a language I don't speak, while possible, would be extremely difficult and time-consuming. If no-one else goes for it after a good few hours, then I'll take the plunge tonight. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:51, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

User:Tempodivalse/Writing contest
Hello! I noticed you're online today. Just wanted to let you know there's an article writing contest that's currently in progress. If you're interested in joining, drop a line at the above link. Thanks! ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 14:29, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

A penny for your thoughts
Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:18, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Accreditation Expiration
Greetings, I wanted to let you know that our policy regarding accreditation has recently changed slightly. Specifically we've enacted an automatic expiration of accreditation after 2 years. You can very easily "re-up" your accreditation should you choose to, but at this point in time you're on the Inactive list. As such your accreditation will automatically be revoked on March 15th unless you request otherwise. Currently, posting to the following thread will keep your accreditation. At a later date, all Accredited reporters will be put in for that "re-up", at which time you'll be notified. Thank you, and should you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 20:47, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

You have been put up for desysoping due to inactivity
Hi Stevenfruitsmaak, just as a heads-up, you have been put up for deadminship based on your recent inactivity. If you wish to comment on this, please leave a message here. Thanks, Tempodivalse [talk]  01:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Inactivity - Permissions removed
Since you were inactive on Wikinews, we removed your account bits (Administrator, Reviewer). If you become re-active and would like your bits back, simply ask as 'Crat. Thank you. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 18:14, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

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Vaccine targets obesity in rats

August 6, 2006

American scientists have successfully used a vaccine to slow down weight gain in an animal model, as reported in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The vaccinated rodents showed less increase in body weight even though they ate as much as their non-vaccinated counterparts. If supported by further studies, vaccination could become a promising new tool in the battle against the obesity pandemic, although application in humans is probably not for the near future.

The research team led by Dr. Kim Janda of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, vaccinated male rats using three different haptens (small molecules which can elicit an immune response when attached to a large carrier such as a protein). Vaccination teaches the immune system to recognise and destroy a target.

In this experiment, the target was ghrelin, a hormone produced by the stomach in both humans and rodents. Ghrelin stimulates appetite and promotes the build-up of fat tissue. It was also previously shown that mice with the ghrelin gene knocked out (makes the mice unable to produce ghrelin), expend more energy and break down their fat stores more easily. In this study, vaccinated rats retained the same appetite, but the other effects were altered resulting in a lesser weight gain. The fact that the appetite remained unchanged came as a surprise to the investigators, but the idea of being able to eat the same and put on less weight is intriguing.

The rats in this study were on a low-energy, low-fat diet quite unlike the typical diet of people with obesity, where energy-rich snacks predominate. It remains uncertain whether these findings could be extended to that setting. The group is already planning further studies to ascertain the therapeutic potential of the new vaccine. The question also remains whether it will prove effective in already obese subjects, and the group plans further investigations into this matter.

Vaccines are generally used to combat infectious diseases, but recently their field of application has been expanded to unconventional areas, drug addiction for example. One of the possible advantages of this approach to the field of obesity medicine, is that vaccination could promote long term effects. This could supersede the need for chronic intake of drugs sometimes associated with severe adverse effects (such as the banned Fen-phen).

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Participant claims drug trial gave him cancer

August 6, 2006

A man who fell ill after participating in a drug trial at Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London earlier this year has revealed he has the early signs of an “aggressive” form of cancer.

David Oakley was one of six men who volunteered to take part in a trial of a drug intended to cure conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and leukemia in March. But after taking the drug, the thirty-five year-old suffered multiple organ failure and prominent inflammation.

Mr Oakley, who lives in west London, told today’s Mail on Sunday that doctors have informed him he has “definite early signs” of lymph cancer. He also fears he could develop other debilitating illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and lupus. He will now undergo tests to see what treatments will be required. “It’s very frightening,” he told the newspaper. “I’m trying not to be too down about the thought of having chemotherapy or that I might die.”

Mr Oakley was paid £2,000 for his involvement in the trial, and that money subsidised his marriage to wife Katrina in June. He now fears their hope of having children has been jeopardised as a result of his ill health. “Katrina and I had planned to start trying for children six months after getting married, but we can’t do that now. Everything is on hold.”

There is nothing to suggest that Mr Oakley's cancer was triggered by the experiment. He is now seeking compensation from Parexel, the company which organised the drug trial. “Really, I’m just trying to do my bit and pointing out their mistake. If someone doesn’t point it out it could happen again and there’s no way I would like to see someone else go through what we’re going through right now.” Earlier this year, six men had to be admitted to an intensive care unit at the same hospital, in another Parexel drug trial which caused much upset.


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Iran bans Shirin Ebadi-led human rights group

August 6, 2006 The government of Iran has banned the human rights group Defenders of Human Rights Center led by Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.

On Saturday, the Iranian newspaper Shargh reported an Interior Ministry statement announcing the ban, "As the group calling itself 'Defenders of Human Rights Center' has not obtained a permit from the interior ministry, its activities are illegal and the violators of this decision will be prosecuted,".

Ebadi told reporters that such a permit was not required, "Non-governmental organizations that observe the law and do not disrupt public safety do not need a permit. So the... Center does not need authorization".

She said that the group had applied for the permit but the Interior Ministry denied the request without any explanation.

Saying that the "move is not in Iran's national interest", Ebadi said that the group will protest against the decision and explore legal options to "obtain our rights".

The group was started by six prominent lawyers and has campaigned on human and minority rights issues for the past four years. It has criticized Iran's judiciary for violations of human rights.

Abdolfattah Soltani, a member of the group was sentenced last month to five years in jail on charges of disclosing confidential information and opposing the regime. He had represented the imprisoned journalist Akbar Ganji as well as the family of the Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, who was killed in custody in 2003.

The group demanded an independent probe into the death of dissident student activist Akbar Mohammadi, who died in prison on Sunday following a hunger strike.

The ban comes on the 100th anniversary of Iran's "constitutional revolution" of August 5, 1906, when the monarch of what was then Persia decreed the creation of a constitution and an elected parliament - the Majlis.

"The ban has a bad meaning for the country" on such a day, said Mohammad Dadkhah, a founder of the rights group.

Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, for "her efforts for democracy and human rights...especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children,". She was the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to receive the honour.


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pov
the trial volunteer's allegation, suspicions and fears are all reported, but no oppurtunity for the company or doctors who conducted the trials to rebut or defend is given. Doldrums 13:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

pov sucks 71.103.122.153 05:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[could someone more wiki-literate than I connect this article and discussion to the "TGN1412" page?]

Parexel (the CRO) has remained mute on the subject, and has removed all reference to the clinical trial from their website. TeGenero (the biotech/drug company) has filed for bankruptcy.

I wrote and posted this at BioSpace forums; I am bcellgeek: The TGN1412 disaster could easily have been prevented, in large part by paying more attention to the science and medicine underlying the product and less to the bottom line on the business side of running a clinical trial for profit. It is shameful that the CRO is publicly washing its collective hands of responsibility for what continues to be worsening news as regards the outcome of a rushed and irresponsibly designed study, and of a molecule that from its first description had properties unlike any other. It is shameful that the fledgling biotech company failed to fully investigate the red flags that popped up in their primate studies. With about half an hour of searching readily-available published literature, if I had wanted to come up with a strategy for inducing systemic inflammation and potentially eliminating the Treg population in humans, TGN1412 (or TGN 1112) would have topped my list- did the folks at TeGenero or Parexel make even one-tenth of this effort before planning their trial? The selfish, greedy instigators of Enron decimated only bank accounts; the selfish, greedy instigators of the TGN1412 disaster have permanently ruined the health and lives of six brave men- and put a black splotch on the future of biopharma. I am embarrassed for my species. 70.109.85.41 00:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:Duncan.france

Welcome
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Copyedit
Pfffft. Yeah, China increased its military spending by 36.9 yuan. Heh. Thanks for catching that. I should have seen that when I reviewed it:). D'oh. Gopher65talk 14:58, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

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Edinburgh Fringe festival begins

August 9, 2006

The 60th Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the "world's largest arts festival" opened on Sunday, August 6. It features more than 1,800 shows put on by 17,000 performers in 260 venues.

The Fringe now dominates the group of annual arts festivals that draw 750,000 visitors to Edinburgh every year, last year 1.3 million tickets were sold for Fringe shows. Anyone can register, pay a fee, find a venue and put on a show at the Fringe, famous for its quirky choice of venues - this year, they include a double-decker bus, a swimming pool, tree and a toilet; and "Hamlet" is being performed in a bouncy castle.

An estimated 160,000 people watched the Fringe Festival Cavalcade, a jamboree of more than 3000 marchers, which marks the launch of the Fringe.

Fringe director Gudgin urged audiences to be selective, saying that it would take five years, 11 months and 16 days to see all the shows back-to-back. The Festival is scheduled to end in August 28.

A recent Edinburgh City Council study concluded the Fringe brought more than £75m to the local economy each year. The festival's job openings included rickshaw drivers, show announcers to shouts details of the impending show and tell the audience when it is time to take their seats, and collectors to pick up flyers that people throw away.

Good opening
Several shows sold out in a strong opening weekend, including those by comedians Russell Brand, the "people's poet" Pam Ayres in his maiden Fringe venture and One Man Star Wars at the Underbelly. Comedians Jason Byrne, Simon Amstell and Danny Bhoy along with shows such as Best of the Fest and Ella Meets Marilyn starring Sally Lindsay and Rain Pryor are expected to join the list.

The Assembly venue, with theatres on George Street and the 800 Assembly Hall on the Royal Mile, said it had sold 97,000 tickets by last Friday - more than the entire number it sold in 1999.

Religious satire prominent
Australian comic Wil Anderson lays into the Catholic Church, including a send up of the late Pope John Paul II. Breaking the Pope is about the infamous Magdalene laundries, religious-run workhouses for women in Ireland that existed until the mid-90s. "Mary and The Stripper" contrasts the tales of Mary Magdalene and a 21st-century stripper hooked on heroin.

Danish-Egyptian comedian Omar Marzouk performs a standup routine on the Prophet Mohammed cartoon controversy.

We Don't Know Shi'ite, uses vox pops in the streets of Britain to highlight ignorance about Islam. The play's director Joshua Blackstone said, "Britain could work so much better as a multi-ethnic society if people were more open-minded. We could put to rest the stereotypes if there is more understanding,"

Rev Donald Reid, a spokesman for the Festival of Spirituality and Peace, a religious gathering that runs alongside the Fringe, welcomed the focus on religion, calling it a reflection of an upsurge in the thirst for faith and spirituality.

"Artists are testing the boundaries of how far they can go ... But religion should be able to be commented on and its absurdities pointed out.", he said.

In Bible Babel Live! the Bible is read, in English, Greek and Chinese, from start to finish in 80 hours over 10 days.

Speaking of the religious motif, the festival director Paul Gudgin said, "Clearly it's a very personal subject that artists and writers currently feel a particular need to explore,".

"It's either about what is happening with radical Islam or reflects interest and concern over the influence Evangelical Christians seem to be having in the United States," he told Reuters. Pointing to a "Da Vinci Syndrome", he said, "All of a sudden, these topics are of huge interest. What has surprised me is the breadth of shows on offer.".

The religious theme received further impetus from the Racial and Religious Hatred Act introduced in the UK, which sought to give all faiths equal protection, was condemned by comedians such as Rowan Atkinson who feared it would turn satire into a criminal offence.

Religion and politics mix
Jesus: The Guantanamo Years is a one-man show by Abie Philbin Bowman, is playing to sell-out houses. In the show, Bowman plays Jesus, a bearded Middle Eastern man arrested by U.S. immigration officials and sent to the Guantanamo detention center in Cuba after confessing he was ready to die as a martyr.

Bowman says comedy can be an effective weapon if used responsibly. "Being Irish and having grown up in the 1980s I have a sense of my own culture having been hijacked by terrorists and people assuming all Irish were terrorists," he said.

Petrol Jesus Nightmare, from the Traverse Theatre Company features two Israeli soldiers holed up under fire, an apocalyptic thriller about the violent consequences of faith has been seen as "prescient" of the ongoing Middle-east violence.

The Black Jew Dialogues and According to Jesus were other shows on offer. The Situation Comedy is a play from Israel about a suicide bombing written and performed by Robbie Gringras. According to Gringras, it was inspired by true events, including suicide bombings in Israel.

The Scotsman newspaper's theater critic Joyce McMillan called the Fringe "the most amazing barometer of world politics," The Fringe tackled terrorism last year, following the July 2005 London bombings.

In Breasts and Burgers, a surrealist spectacle adapted from a play by 20th-century avant-gardist Guillaume Apolliniare - the US flag is ripped apart onstage each night. Cecile Shea, the US consul in Scotland, has said the play could cause hurt to ordinary Americans.

Director Richard Franklin defended it as a comment on freedom of speech. "The most serious thing to come out of the war on terror is the excuse to create legislation against this freedom (of speech)" he told the Herald newspaper, "It is a symbolic thing and is intended as such."

An American tourist John McCabe visiting Edinburgh was unconvinced, saying "It seems the Stars and Stripes is an acceptable target in this liberal environment," and "I doubt the desecration of the Koran on stage would be tolerated. Free speech is one thing, but where's the proportionality? I certainly would not go and see this play."

Controversy over Churchill's cigar
Actor Mel Smith, who plays Winston Churchill in Allegiance had to go without lighting the trademark cigar, as smoking in an enclosed public space is now a crime in Scotland. Officials threatened to close down the theater, the Assembly Rooms, if he lit up.

"I think it's absurd. In the context of an international festival like this, it's crazy. It's integral to the part of Churchill and it doesn't affect other people - it's just absurd.", William Burdett-Coutts, who runs the Assembly Rooms, said.

Funding woes
Organisers of the Show have called for more funding, both from public sources as well as from private businesses, to help the show.

Anthony Alderson, the director of The Pleasance, told The Scotsman newspaper that without further private sector funding the Fringe could start to shrink and lose its standing as the world's best festival. He feared that the current rate of expansion is unsustainable without further support from businesses. The Fringe director Paul Gudgin said last year that the Festival would need to make a string of cutbacks if it was to combat major losses.

The Fringe Society currently receives only £45,000 a year from the city council and £25,000 from the Scottish Arts Council.

Gudgin also called for an urgent Scottish Executive response to the Thundering Hooves report into the future of Edinburgh's festivals, published this May. It pointed out that the festivals contribute £184 million a year to the Scottish economy and stressed the need for continued investment, long-term planning, and international promotion to beat off competition from other cities.

The Edinburgh City Council responded within a month with the announcement of a £1m fund for the various festivals. Some have argued that this money was already in the pipeline.

Fees go up
The Edinburgh City Council has announced increases in theatre licence fees, which venues must pay before holding a show. For venues with 200 seats or less, fees go up from £127 in 2005 to £440 this year, £620 next year and £800 in 2008. For venues seating more than a thousand, fees went up from £295 last year to £1,320 this year.

The Fringe Society, which represents the festivals managers and performers said it was "deeply concerned about the council's decision to make these sharp increases in theatre licence prices", adding that "particularly the smaller venues who will suffer,".

The Council said new laws meant the costs of its licensing scheme had to be recovered from venues. Councillor Jack O'Donnell, convener of the licensing regulatory committee, said the scheme had been operating at a deficit of £177,000.

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Jenson Button wins 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

August 6, 2006

A rainy weekend turned out to be a great show for the spectators of the 13th round of the FIA Formula-1 championship. The Hungarian Grand Prix held on Hungaroring, Budapest provided an entertaining race with a few upsets.

An absolutely unlucky race for the Renault and Ferrari teams, only Felipe Massa finished at the tail of the peleton. Giancarlo Fisichella lost control of his car and ended the race very soon after the start. His teammate Fernando Alonso was in the lead for most of the race, but ended it right after his pit-stop, probably because a badly tucked right front wheel. Michael Schumacher ended his race not long after Alonso, because of the suspension damage in the numerous battles during the race.

Thus, the victory suddenly came to the hands of Jenson Button, Honda driver.

Tough luck for Kimi Raikkonen, who collided with Vitantonio Liuzzi and was replaced by his teammate Pedro De La Rosa in second place.

And a very good race for Nick Heifeld, the BMW-Sauber team's driver finished third.

The race probably disproved the popular statement that "the problem of Formula-1 races is no overtaking", saying that it's not completely true

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Syrian minister rejects proposed U.N. resolution

August 6, 2006

Syria has rejected a proposed United Nations resolution, backed by both the United States and France, for a cease fire in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

Syria's foreign minister has said that the resolution is a "a recipe for the continuation of the war," and "adopted Israel's point of view only."

Syria has also warned that their armed forces are under orders to respond immediately if Israel attacks. Syria's foreign minister said that "If Israel attacks Syria by any means, on the ground, by air, our leadership ordered the armed forces to reply immediately," and that "Syria is ready for the possibility of a regional war if the Israeli aggression continues."


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TV channel - Ren TV, Russia

Date - 06.08.2006

Time - 15:00-15:45 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Countdown»

Time - 15:45-18:15 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Race: Live from Hungary»

Time - 18:15-18:30 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Hot review. Best moments of GP»

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Reuters retracts image; suspends employee due to threat

August 6, 2006

The Reuters news agency has retracted a photograph of Beirut, Lebanon, after finding out that it was altered. Reuters released a statement saying: "Photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvience." The photograph had shown two plumes of black smoke rising out of buildings in Beirut.

Meanwhile a Reuters employee was suspended after using Reuters internet access to issue a threat saying, "I look forward to the day when you pigs get your throats cut." The e-mail was sent to, who maintains the blog. Johnson said: "This particular death threat is a bit different from the run of the mill hate mail we get around here, because an IP lookup on the sender reveals that he/she/it was using an account at none other than Reuters News. I think it's more than fair to say that Reuters has a big problem."

Reuters spokesman Ed Williams said: "I can confirm that an employee has been suspended pending further investigation. The individual was not an employee of Reuters' news division."


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British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan

August 6, 2006

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan during a joint operation with Canadian-led NATO troops. "It is with regret that we can confirm that a member of the UK Armed Forces has been killed in action this afternoon during ongoing operations against insurgent positions in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan," said an MOD statement.

According to a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force, a NATO peacekeeping organisation, troops came under fire after a successful operation.

The soldier’s details have not been released as next of kin have not yet been told.

In the past two months, ten British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.

The Sunday Telegraph today quoted commandos as saying British troops in Afghanistan are on "the brink of exhaustion".


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is there a source for the "promising new tool" stuff? else it shld be removed, as speculation. Doldrums 15:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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Lebanon fighting escalates as UN debates ceasefire

August 6, 2006

Fifteen Israelis were killed and more than 115 injured in an attack that saw more than 180 missiles hit towns in northern Israel Sunday. At least seven rockets hit Haifa, Israel's third largest city, killing three and injuring more than 100. Other missiles have hit the Ma'alot, Carmiel and Kiryat Shmona.

Twelve reserve soldiers died when a Hezbollah missile hit Kfar Giladi in Israel. "The scene is very difficult, it can be described as a battlefield," Shimon Abutbul, a rescue worker at the scene said. "There was a lot of blood."

In Lebanon, 17 people were killed as Israeli warplanes and artillery struck southern Lebanon. Three Chinese UN peacekeepers were injured when a rocket landed near their post.

Israeli jets also struck the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Israel has announced the detention of a Hezbollah combatant suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers that prompted the Israeli incursion into Lebanon last month.

The mounting casualties occur as the UN Security Council continues discussions on a draft resolution to halt the fighting. France and the United States have agreed to the wording of a decree which is expected to come to a vote on Monday or Tuesday.

The draft calls for the "full cessation of hostilities based upon, in particular, the immediate cessation by Hezbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations".

The pending resolution has been welcomed by Israel but condemned by the Syrian foreign minister, Wallid Muallem, who called it a "recipe for the continuation of the war". A senior Lebanese official has said his country would reject the resolution because it does not ask that Israeli forces withdraw from Lebanese soil.


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"(Jewish/Zionist)"
According to the source article, it merely read "I look forward to the day when you pigs get your throats cut." and s/he "left his email address as "zionistpig" at hotmail.com." Where did "Jewish/Zionist" come from? I can't even see a mention of "Jewish" in the source article. Jewish and Zionist are different terms, there are non-Zionist Jews and non-Jewish Zionists, although it's certainly true that zionist is sometimes used as code for Jew by anti-semites. It it not the place of a news report to insert such things into a quote however. I have corrected this.

Connection between the two parts
LGF is where this suspicious photo was discussed, gathering lots of attention from Digg, etc., and accumulating relevant information. So the photo manipulation and death threat are not just two events happened close to each other that may hurt credibility of Reuters. I thought the story should mention the potential connection by, say, explaining the role of LGF in this event. Tomos 22:48, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

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2006
 * Mideast stance hurts Canada's Harper (August 5)
 * Israel detains Speaker of Palestinian parliament (August 5)
 * Lebanon fighting escalates as ceasefire looms (August 6)
 * I'm staying for at least a year: Blair (August 6)
 * Canadian held in China faces execution (August 6)
 * Castro recovering following surgery: Cuban officials (August 6)
 * No full recount in Mexican election (August 6)
 * 5th Canadian solider in a week killed in Afghanistan (August 7)
 * Effort to stop monkey-ing around on Delhi subway (August 8)
 * Colombia's Uribe sworn in to second term as president (August 8)
 * Talks continue over UN resolution on Lebanon war (August 8)
 * 19 killed in Baghdad blast (August 8)
 * Israel pushes further into Lebanon (August 10)
 * UN backs Lebanon ceasefire (August 12)
 * International AIDS conference begins in Toronto (August 13)
 * Recuperating Castro shown in Cuban media (August 13)
 * Ariel Sharon's condition worsens (August 14)
 * Rae gains support in Canadian Liberal leadership race (August 15)
 * Dell recalls incendiary laptop batteries (August 15)
 * 6 Canadian soldiers injured in Afghan attack (August 16)
 * 11 suspects in UK air bomb plot charged (August 21)
 * 9 charged in US and Canada over plot to arm Tamil Tigers (August 22)
 * Scottish Socialist Party splits as Sheridan launches new party (August 22)
 * Congolese elections descend into violence (August 22)
 * Lech Walesa quits Solidarity (August 22)
 * Canadian troops kill boy in Afghanistan, brace for backlash (August 23)
 * 8 Afghans killed in early morning raid (August 24)
 * Israel buys nuclear capable subs (August 25)
 * Chavez in Beijing to boost trade, ties (August 25)
 * Bodies of Afghan boy, Canadian soldier returned (August 25)
 * Adulterous Czech PM's wife joins rival party (August 25)
 * 63% of Israelis want Olmert to quit (August 25)
 * Canadian MP dies in auto accident (August 29)
 * Annan demands Hezbollah free kidnapped soldiers, Israel lift blockade (August 29)
 * 5 killed as bus from New York City to Montreal crashes (August 29)
 * Mexican ruling boosts Calderon, rival vows parallel government (August 29)
 * Two Canadian ad campaigns bash Bush (August 29)
 * Jimmy Carter blasts Blair for "subservience" to Bush (August 30)
 * Mexican presidential address stopped by protests (September 2)
 * Dissent in Canada's NDP over Layton's call to withdraw from Afghanistan (September 2)
 * 200 Taliban, 4 Canadians killed in Afghan battle (September 3)
 * Calderón declared Mexican president-elect (September 6)
 * Blair pressured by resignations (September 6)
 * Israel announces end of Lebanon blockade (September 6)
 * Blair will quit as British PM within a year (September 7)
 * Jack Layton reaffirmed as Canadian New Democratic leader with 92% support (September 10)
 * New Democrats score upset in Ontario's Parkdale-High Park by-election (September 15)
 * New Brunswick voters shun Lord (September 19)
 * Cabinet shuffled in Ontario (September 19)
 * Arar cleared, RCMP blamed in inquiry report (September 19)
 * Two Canadian Liberal leadership candidates failed to donate to party (September 20)
 * Ex-Liberal president declares for Toronto mayoralty (September 29)
 * Ignatieff leads in early Canadian Liberal delegate count (September 30)
 * Ignatieff leads in tight race in Canadian Liberal "Super Weekend" (October 2)
 * Canadian House of Commons passes Quebecois nation motion (November 28)
 * Liberals, BQ, win Canadian by-elections (November 28)
 * Canada to revisit same-sex marriage issue (November 29)
 * Ignatieff tops first ballot in Canadian Liberal convention (December 2)
 * Canadian Liberal vote heads to third ballot (December 2)
 * Dion leads Ignatieff heading into final ballot of Canadian Liberal vote (December 2)
 * Ed Stelmach elected new Alberta premier (December 3)

2007
 * Canadian Liberal Gerard Kennedy to run in Parkdale-High Park (February 6)
 * New UK Jewish group formed; differs with Board of Deputies over Israel (February 6)

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 * Fears raised of Iraq Civil War
 * Lieberman loses to Lamont in Connecticut primary (August 9)
 * Ex-President Gerald Ford admitted to Mayo Clinic (August 15)
 * Liberal MP resigns as deputy foreign affairs critic (August 25)
 * Elizabeth May elected leader of Canada's Green Party (August 26)
 * 5 Afghans, Canadian soldier injured in mortar attack (August 27)
 * Case against Karr dropped: no DNA link to JonBenet Ramsey murder (August 29)
 * Canadian soldiers killed, wounded by U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts' "friendly fire" (September 4)
 * Dion wins Canadian Liberal leadership on fourth ballot (December 2)
 * Venezuela's Hugo Chavez re-elected (December 4)

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I'm staying for at least a year: British PM Tony Blair

August 6, 2006 Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, intends to remain in power for "at least another year" despite calls for his resignation from within his own Labour Party.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that it has learned from senior sources that Blair feels "rejuvenated" after a trip to the United States and believes he can continue to play a major role as prime minister.

According to the report, Blair, 53, is planning to stare down his critics, including some members of his Cabinet, to push through reforms in health and education.

Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer and the man long touted as Blair's successor, has been quietly urging a transfer of power to occur shortly after May 2007, the tenth anniversary of Blair's premiership.

If Blair tries to hang on to power much after next May he may face a full scale revolt by backbench Labour MPs who circulated a letter earlier this year calling for the prime minister to announce a timetable for his departure. Under the party constitution, 70 Labour MPs need to sign a letter calling for a leadership change in order to set a formal challenge into motion.

Blair has been the most successful leader in the Labour Party's history having won three successive elections. However, he led his party to a narrow victory in the 2005 election leading to widespread speculation that he would resign during this term in favour of Brown. His popularity has sagged due to his government's involvement in the Iraq war as well as the Cash for Peerages corruption scandal and several ministerial resignations.

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Canadian held in China faces execution

August 6, 2006

China is planning to execute a Canadian national next week according to his wife who is seeking help from the Canadian government to free the man.

Huseyin Celil, a Muslim who immigrated to Canada as a refugee, had been a dissident in China in the 1990s urging greater religious freedom. He was arrested last decade for trying to start a political party and fled China after breaking out of prison. He was sentenced to death in absentia by a Chinese court for his role in the anti-government movement. China also claims Celil was involved in a political assassination, a charge he and his family deny. Celil settled in Canada as a refugee and eventually gained citizenship. He was visiting his wife's family in Kyrgyzstan in March when he was arrested at the request of the Chinese. He was extradited to China in June.

His wife, Kamila Talendibaeva of, was told by Calil's sister, who lives in China, that Calil was being held in a prison in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang and may be executed as early as August 10.

"I can't get any information. I can't get any news and I'm just crying all the time thinking of him," Talendibaeva told the.

A Canadian official says that Ottawa has been in contact with China and received assurances that Celil will not be executed.

"In the past 48 hours or so, Chinese government officials at a senior level assured our embassy officials in Beijing that they would not seek the death penalty against Mr. Celil," Conservative Member of Parliament Jason Kenney told CBC News.

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Lebanon fighting escalates as ceasefire looms
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… fighting escalates as ceasefire looms.

Eleven Israelis were killed and 15 injured in an attack that saw 80 missiles hit towns in northern Israel Sunday. Later, at least seven rockets hit Haifa, Israel and the surrounding area killing one and injuring at least 20. Other missiles have hit the Ma'alot, Carmiel area, and Kiryat Shmona.

In Lebanon, 17 people were killed as Israeli warplanes and artillery struck southern Lebanon. Three Chinese UN peacekeepers were injured when a rocket landed near their post, according to the Xinhua news agency. Israeli jets also struck the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Syrian minister rejects proposed U.N. resolution
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Syria has rejected a proposed United Nations resolution, backed by both the United States and France, for a cease fire in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Syria's foreign minister has said that the resolution is "a recipe for the continuation of the war," and "adopted Israel's point of view only."

British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan
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The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan during a joint operation with Canadian-led Nato troops.

Canadian held in China faces execution
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China is planning to execute a Canadian national next week according to his wife who is seeking help from the Canadian government to free the man.

Iran bans Shirin Ebadi-led human rights group
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The government of Iran has banned the human rights group Defenders of Human Rights Center led by Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.

I'm staying for at least a year: Blair
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Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, intends to remain in power for "at least another year" despite calls for his resignation from within his own Labour Party.

Participant claims drug trial gave him cancer
A man who fell ill after participating in a drug trial at Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London earlier this year has revealed he has the early signs of an “aggressive” form of cancer.

Vaccine targets obesity in rats
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American scientists have successfully used a vaccine to slow down weight gain in an animal model, as reported in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Reuters retracts image; suspends employee due to threat
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The Reuters news agency has retracted a photograph of Beirut, Lebanon, after finding out that it was altered. Reuters released a statement saying: "Photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvience."

American cyclist Floyd Landis tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone in second test
sports - cycling

The second urine sample provided by the winner of this year's Tour de France, American cyclist Floyd Landis, has tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone. This confirms the results of the earlier test done after his victory in the Tour de France on 20 July.

Jenson Button wins 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
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Jenson Button has won the 2006 Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006
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Castro recovering following surgery: Cuban officials

August 6, 2006

Fidel Castro's condition is "satisfactory" following surgery last Monday for intestinal bleeding according to Cuban vice-premier and Cuba's health minister José Ramón Balaguer who adds that it will not be long before the Cuban leader returns to work. On Saturday, Cuban parliamentary speaker told CNN's Spanish service that Castro "remains in stable condition" and is "resting in order to recover as quickly as possible".

Lage, who is in Bolivia for the opening of that country's constitutional convention, said that Castro sends the Bolivian people "fraternal greetings" according to Cuban press agency Prensa Latina. Lage denied reports that Castro has stomach cancer and said that the ailing leader had "been made well by the operation and is recuperating favourably."

Venezualan president Hugo Chavez sent his good wishes during his weekly broadcast saying "Fidel Castro, a hug for you, friend and comrade and I know you are getting better."

"We have reliable information of your quick and notable recuperation" said Chavez on Castro's condition. In a telephone conversation with Bolivian leader later in the broadcast, Chavez said of the Cuban leader "this morning I learned that he's very well, that he is already getting out of bed, he's talking more than he should — because he talks a lot, you know. He has sent us greetings,"

Castro, who turns 80 later this month, temporarily transferred power to his 75 year-old brother, Raul Castro, prior to his surgery, leading to widespread speculation in the United States that he is dying or dead.

No pictures of Castro have been released since his surgery was announced last Monday fuelling speculation around the world about his condition. Acting Cuban leader Raul Castro has also not been seen in public in the past week.

The island's government has increased security due to fears of a US attack during Castro's illness. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told NBC News "The notion that somehow the United States is going to invade Cuba, because there are troubles in Cuba, is simply far-fetched"

Until temporarily relinquishing power to his brother last week, Fidel Castro had led the country since the.