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Australian blitz on fish poaching

April 20, 2005 Australian officials have impounded 27 Indonesian boats and 240 crew off the country's north coast, in what it says is the biggest operation against illegal fishing so far. Fisheries Minister, Ian Macdonald, told the nation's ABC Radio that a number of boats caught fishing for shark fin and reef fish had been taken to Gove and Darwin.

The nine-day joint navy, customs and army "Operation Clearwater" was continuing, and had taken months to plan.

"I think all of the illegal vessels up there, because of their inter-vessel communication will now be aware that there is a major sting on by the Australian authorities and those that haven't been arrested, I think will be hightailing it back to Indonesian ports as we speak," said Senator MacDonald.

Intelligence indicated what he called "organised transnational criminal activity", including some Asian connections beyond the Indonesian village ports where the vessels originated, but the activity was apparently limited to illegal fishing, and did not include smuggling.

"We are talking about large-scale commercial operations rather than simply subsistence fishing," Macdonald said in a statement, indicating that fifteen of the boats were large vessels with ice for storage. Two boats each had one tonne of fish, and shark fin. Fishing by some Indonesian peoples has occurred legitimately in the area between the two nations for hundreds of years before European colonization. A 1906 Australian claim on as much as 80% of the waters has since been softened by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two governments, recognizing some traditional fishing rights.

However analysts say the Australian government strategy is flawed, since it is based on the fishing technology employed, rather than catch numbers.

At time of writing, it has not been ascertained whether the currently detained vessels were fishing in such "traditional" waters or not, or whether they were operated by crews who would have traditional fishing rights, if they had been in compliance with the MOU.

Senator MacDonald told the ABC Radio programme AM that he expected in the case of those thought to have been fishing in Australian waters illegally, the captain and perhaps the senior fishing master would be charged, with other crew being immediately repatriated to Indonesia.

As for the boats, "We're required by international law to offer them to bond them back to the owners, but as the crew are immediately repatriated the ability of the owners to get them back to Indonesia ... is fairly limited," the Senator explained.

"I would expect that most of these boats apprehended in operation Clearwater will actually be forfeited to the crown and will be destroyed."

The fishermen were expected to appear in court next week, reported Reuters news agency. An Indonesian fisherman was last week fined $A130,000, setting a new record, after his boat was caught off with over 100kg of dried reef fish, 300kg of fish on ice and 10kg of dried shark fin.

The Northern Territory Fisheries Minister, Kon Vatskalis, on ABC Radio asked the Federal Government to commit the same level of resources permanently.

"Provide the extra funding, provide the extra resources to the Navy and the Customs and then they will be able to stop the illegal boats, not only when they run an operation but every day, every week, every month," Mr Vatskalis told the ABC.

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Italian PM Berlusconi resigns to form stronger coalition

April 20, 2005

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Wednesday, handing in his letter to Italy’s President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

A statement from the President’s office said Berlusconi had tendered the resignation of his cabinet. This brings Italy’s longest-serving government since World War II to a close.

The Prime Minister pledged to form a stronger coalition government than the present one, which has been weakened by a sluggish economy and the Prime Minister’s close relationship with George Bush and the war in Iraq.

His Forza Italia party was crushed in regional elections this month. Two other parties, the centrist Christian Democrats and a tiny New Italian Socialist Party bailed out of his coalition, triggering the crisis.

Berlusconi addressed the Senate, then went to the Quirinale presidential palace and announced his resignation and his plans to form a new government. He stated that the coalition has a loose agreement to form a new government that will last until elections scheduled for next year. It is heavily speculated that the parties composing the coalition are still debating about which ministers to choose.

He added that the crisis itself and resignations were simply a process dictated by the laws more than a necessary step. He claimed that the anticipated election time is not an option (even though it was used as a threat by UDC and PSI parties a few days earlier).

He also said that a new government, still headed by him, will be welcomed by the entire center-right coalition.


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"The Prime Minister pledged to form a stronger coalition government than the present one, which has been weakened by a sluggish economy and the Prime Minister’s close relationship with George Bush and the war in Iraq."

Is this opinion or fact?--Tsal 17:21, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm not the one who wrote it, but the opposition won regional elections mainly thanks to those themes, so I wouldn't consider it too wrong. Yet I can see these are my opinions... ^^ CarrKnightCarrKnight

 * ''But Berlusconi's popularity has declined as the Italian economy has slipped and opposition to Italian involvement in the U.S.-led war in Iraq has increased.

 * Berlusconi, a staunch ally of U.S. President George Bush, said last month Italy's 3,000 troops in Iraq may begin a partial withdrawal this fall.'' CNN. --HiFlyer 17:51, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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New version of Opera web browser released

April 20, 2005 After several months in beta, Opera 8 for Windows and Linux was released yesterday. The Opera browser is considered by many to be fast, small and standards-compliant.

Håkon Wium Lie, the CTO of Opera Software said "The vast majority of Internet users have had to deal with a slow and insecure browser for too long. People are spending more time online, and with the increase in online fraud it is vital that they have a browser that is fast, secure and easy to use. That's what we offer with Opera 8." He described Opera 8 as a "major leap in browser innovation".

This version included many new features including a new unique security feature, advanced page-resizing, tabbed browsing, and pop up blocking. Among the new features for Opera 8 is the support for voice; Opera can be both voice controlled and act as a screen reader.

Opera 8 for Windows is available in English, German, Dutch, and Polish, with more languages to soon follow. The Linux version is available in English, with more languages to follow. A beta version of Opera 8 for Mac (English) is also available.

A spyware-free, ad-supported version of Opera 8 is available free of charge. A small banner or text ad appears at the top of the screen. A version of Opera without ads is available for US$39 or US$20 for students.

Opera Software ASA is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. According to the company itself, it is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology, particularly in smartphone, PDA, home media, and vertical markets.

Opera is cross platform with versions for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, BREW, QNX, TRON, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Mediahighway.

Opera 8 can be downloaded at Opera's official website.


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Weekly Statistics April 5, 2005 - April 13, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 19-20, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 18-19, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 17-18, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 16-17, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 15-16, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 14-15, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Daily Statistics April 13-14, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Civil unrest forces out Ecuador's president

April 21, 2005 Amid unrest in the Ecuadoran capital city of Quito, President General Lucio Gutierrez has been removed from his office by congress. Vice-President Alfredo Palacio was voted in unanimously by deputies to replace Mr Gutierrez who is accused of abandoning his post.

The BBC reports Gutierrez left the presidential palace by helicopter after sparking protests when he tried to overhaul the Supreme Court. He is now in the Brazilian embassy in Quito where he has applied for asylum (www.planetmafia.net), as confirmed by the Brazilian department of foreign affairs.

In the worst political turmoil experienced in Quito in nearly a century, panic is evident. Many families have rushed to supermarkets to stock up in anticipation of further violence. The cause of this panic is the sudden escalation of violence in the protests and anti-government demonstrations that have been underway for a week.

Protests began as a reaction to the government’s unconstitutional appointment of a partisan Supreme Court. Last week, the inability of the Congress to resolve the problem led broadcaster Radio La Luna to call for a spontaneous demonstration against the government by the citizenry, without the intervention of politicians. The success of this demonstration caused it to be repeated each night when thousands of people went into the streets singing and banging on kitchenware.

On Friday, President Gutierrez, a self proclaimed "dictocrat" (dictator for the opposition but democrat to his supporters), declared a state of emergency in Quito, and suspended all civil liberties in the capital. (In the past, this president has not shown himself to be a friend of the constitutional order, and was part of a 2001 coup which overthrew President Jamil Mahuad). The president sent armed forces to shut down Radio La Luna, but when the troops were met by thousands of unarmed civilians, they stepped down. The President was forced to cancel the state of emergency within 24 hours given the tumultuous uproar.

The government instead called its supporters from the provinces to come to Quito and fight the protesters in the streets. Renan Borbua, one of the President's staunchest allies in Guayaquil, announced that buses packed with cudgel and machete-wielding thugs were on their way to Quito. Quito’s Mayor Paco Moncayo, and the prefect of Pichincha declared the highways closed and refused the ‘thugs’ a way into Quito. Nonetheless many government sympathizers were reported near the capital, looting stores and destroying parked automobiles.

The government also ordered the National Police to suppress the protesters, a move leading Quito’s mayor to declare that the National Police were no longer viewed as legitimate in the city. Also as a response to the President’s order, the Commander of the National Police resigned in protest, but was promptly replaced by the President’s own cousin. So far the Police have killed one person, a Chilean reporter, and injured hundreds. Roads are blocked, and numerous fires have been started as a response to the Police’s use of riot-gas.

It is unclear where the Ecuadorian military stands on this issue. Both sides have claimed its support. Ecuador’s provinces have been declaring themselves for or against the government, and depending on the ultimate position of the military, civil war looms as a dire possibility in everyone’s minds.


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Amgine - blocked?
Amgine is blocked!?!. How did that happen?? Cheers, Ronline 07:31, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh wait... I sort of get it now. I shouldn't have unprotected the articles, right? I'll protect them again if Amgine or anyone wants. Sorry, I'm really confused here :) Ronline 07:32, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I get it now, about the Amgine blocking. However, about the protecting articles, was it OK for me to re-protect the articles? Are they meant to stay protected? Ronline 07:38, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Just a quick note to say thanks for trying to mediate in IRC last night, in what appears to have been quite difficult circumstances. Dan100 (Talk) 21:51, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

User:Dcabrilo/Sandbox
Unfortunately you cannot rename your article over Croatian election results, because it isn't a redirect, but you can rename it over Results of 2005 Croatian local government elections, which is a redirect, when you decide to publish it. Uncle G 03:20, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Commemoration of Srebrenica massacre to be held on June 11
Are you sure about the date here? Other sources, including Wikipedia, say July 11. - Borofkin 05:56, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin. Just add to the old version and an admin will delete it. (User:NGerda is around, he can probably do it) - Borofkin 06:01, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews Scripts
You may have seen this on the water cooler, but if not, please see: Wikinews talk:Audio Wikinews --Chiacomo (talk) 2 July 2005 05:27 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
I've overhauled it, can you tell me what you think? Dan100 (Talk) 5 July 2005 13:05 (UTC)

Invitation
I'd like to say that making another Wikinews edition in the same language is a kind of non-sense. You should join your forces to make the service as good as it is possible, not to divide it into many different versions. The argument that took place won't have ever been if you would make votings for changing everything... but it would require so much time. Greetings from Poland :) Sblive 6 July 2005 06:41 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the copyed on the Nigeria story. -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 17:00 (UTC)

 * And thanks for fixing my headline! I was in such a rush to go and watch telly when writing that, I just came back, looked at the page as it was went "ooohh no!" - typo'ing my own sodding headline, indeed... Dan100 (Talk) 21:30, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Note to self
Create equivalent to on 'pedia.

Thanks for your Help
Thanks for the assistance with the Anthony Walker story. It's the first story I've ever created on Wikinews, so I definitely needed some help. If you're interested, there is a VfD on a Wikipedia article on Walker that you might want to vote on. DavidConrad 06:45, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Why not allow a "good news' title?
What's up with that? Paulrevere2005 22:34, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

SUB STORY
Well that's an interesting trick- delete a long polished story, to place your own new thing on some breaking story. One glance at my e-mail would have shown no "copyright" problem. And it's been developed for 15 hours. There's no problem that I can see, apart from finding some wiki links to put in the thing- it's sterilized of dreaded POV and original messy links (what original complaint was because I just pasted it over). When I added things I could just study existing html-wiki conventions to copy them- making a new story on a breaking story I didn't have time. Mkham 09:55, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Football vs. Soccer
Hi!

I noticed that you moved Igor Novakovic returns to NK Rijeka to Croatian soccer player Igor Novakovic returns from Russia.

It is generally an unwritten rule that we call football (a game in which you kick the ball with a foot most of the time) - football, and that we use "American football" for what Americans call football. There is no policy on this, so you can use either one (though it's probably not a good idea to change from football to soccer, but you didn't do it, so no problems there).

However, reasoning for calling football - football, is that most of the planet calls it that way (e.g. football in the commonwealth, Fußball in German, fudbal in Serbian, футбол in Russian, etc. And we do tend to be an international news source, that happens to be in English :)

Like I said, it's not an official policy, and I don't want to force you into doing anything, but it's just a short FYI. --Dčabrilo 10:23, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the comment. The reason for the change is that soccer only has one meaning, while football is ambiguous, and I didn't want to call it "un-American football", LOL.  While it's true that only a small fraction of the Earth calls it soccer, it's a fairly large portion of the English speaking world, including the US and Canada, and the English speaking world is the audience here.  In the article itself, I used both terms, to make it readable by the widest possible audience.  In an unrelated issue, when you only have a Croatian source, this makes it difficult to verify or add to the article, as most of us don't read Croatian.  Do you know of a site where we can get a free machine translation to English ? StuRat 10:41, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Missing article
I tried to publish the article Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control and it not only didn't publish but also disappeared from "articles under development". Do you know what I did wrong ? StuRat 20:23, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

A question
Hey Dcabrilo, I am relatively new and inexperienced around here, so can you please explain to me what happened to that article (see below), what is its "Wiki state/status" now, compare to previous version (before you shortened it), is it now maybe a so-called stub ??

P.S., Regarding your comment, I only wrote the original versions of the: Slovenian alpinist in rescue on Nanga Parbat (older one) and Slovenian alpinist rescued from Himayalan peak (newer one) articles, made first few edits and then others edited it towards final version and I pretty much forgot about it.

regards, Wayfarer-Talk

on August 26, 2005 at 2:03 GMT

 * I did link to it in the original comment above, i.e. it's that article about the Tomaž Humar's rescue. However, now I see that you just modified/shortened it to the "original" version, i.e. you just deleted all that new text regarding the Pakistani pilots. You see, I was comparing the two verisons' history and I thought that you totally shortened the article, making it a some kind of stub. It's my bad, sorry.

 * regards Wayfarer-Talk [[Image:Slovenia flag 300.png|20px]]

 * on August 28, 2005 at 1:44 GMT

I want to vote of the deadmin.of MrMiscellaneous issue
I'm putting it back,hope you don't mind; I'm sure he'll get through it anyway but I do think the vote should go ahead. Paulrevere2005 05:28, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Portal system overhaul
You seem like you know what you want, so I'm giving up on working on the currently unusable portal system. Have fun overhauling it! -- NGerda 18:37, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

Screen scraper bot
Can we teach the RSS bot to fetch article content? I'd be willing to help if it's written in a programming language I speak. action=render gets HTML without the skin and with absolutified links.--Eloquence 04:30, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

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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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Wikinews:Statistics/weekly/April 13-20

Weekly Statistics April 13, 2005 - April 20, 2005 International Wikinews Editions
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Norwegian whaling season starts with highest quota in a decade

April 20, 2005

Norway's whaling season started on Monday with the highest quota in over a decade. Fishermen are entitled to harpoon up to 797 whales before the end of the season on August 31st.

Last years quota of 670 was raised this year despite fishermen failing to reach their quota last year. Environmental activists from groups such as Greenpeace have denounced the increase. Speaking to the Associated Press, one activist said "Increased whaling is no solution for the problems along the coast." However despite international opposition, it is unlikely Norway will end whaling anytime soon.

Norway is the only country in the world to allow commercial whaling. Iceland and Japan do so solely on a research basis. Whale meat is used as steaks and in hamburgers and sausages in Norway. The number of whales caught by Norway has steadily increased since resumption of whaling in 1993, with the 226 caught that year rising to over 500 in 1997 and 670 in 2003.

The economic argument is that whaling provides employment and economic stimulant for fishery, logistic, restaurant and other related industries in developed countries. However many countries continue to argue that, if properly developed, whale-watching could be far more profitable and create far more jobs than whale killing.


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User:Richie

Since March 2005 I'm an administrator on the Commons. If you want to contact me, feel free to leave a message on my Commons talk page, in German, English or French (order of preference).

I'm studying Computer Science and Geology at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. My personal website is http://www.whizer.net/. — Richie 22:12, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Iraqi President Talabani speaks on 50 dead found in Tigris River

April 20, 2005

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a press conference to reporters Wednesday was quoted saying:

 * "More than 50 bodies have been brought out from the Tigris and we have the full names of those who were killed and those criminals who committed these crimes.

 * … terrorists committed crimes there. It is not true that there were no hostages. There were, but they were killed and they threw the bodies into the Tigris."

He promises more details in the coming days.

The presidential news conference was in response to events unfolding by reports from Shi'ite officials. They said Saturday that as many as 100 Shi’ites were taken hostage by Sunni fighters, and were threatened with death in the town of al-Madain, near Baghdad. An Iraqi security force on Monday raided the town of about 1,000 families, but found no evidence of a hostage situation. The Shi’ite officials later said the bodies — believed to be the hostages — were found in the Tigris River.

In a separate incident 200km north of Baghdad in Haditha, after hearing shots reporters and residents found the bodies of 19 men executed in a soccer stadium on Wednesday. It is believed those shot were Iraqi soldiers executed by anti-government fighters, according to an Interior Ministry official, although the victims were not dressed in military garb. They were thought to have been heading home for a holiday marking the birthday of the prophet Muhammad when abducted by insurgents.


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Talk:Civil unrest forces out Ecuador's president

sorry, i don't have the time to write this up, but if someone needs some sources, here are a few sources from which i recommend integration of material. Boud 23:26, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1732037_comment.php
 * http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1733998_comment.php
 * http://ecuador.indymedia.org - mostly in spanish, but run by and for people *living* in ecuador

I don't have time to write about it either, but here's one more source. MikeCapone 00:03, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1st person account of events in Quito
After closely reading source articles supplied by Boud and MikeCapone, there are no discrepancies between those accounts and the events reported by the anonymous contribution. I believe the article flag should be lifted and the story moved to headline section. This is exactly the seemingly on-site reporting we seek. -Edbrown05 19:12, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

For the moment
I've read through the text as it now stands and made a few minor alterations. I believe that its is reasonably well sourced and its content leigitmate now, thus I have removed the dispute tag. However should any furture issues of reliabilty emerge I am willing to undo my actions. → CGorman (Talk)  21:03, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

cannot find sources about civil war worries
The article still has several phrases (including the title) about worries about civil war. As far as i understand (from the sources cited) i don't see any evidence of civil war - there were mass protests, a president who earlier had lots of popular support, but lost it, resigned, and parliament and the army decided to go along with the general popular feeling. While what happened was probably not strictly legal in terms of parliamentary politics and the constitution (i'm guessing here), that doesn't make it civil war.

i have to admit that i'm a bit suspicious that someone (or some group) is trying to claim it's a civil war in order to justify a military intervention in order to support a "democracy" in which corporations and banks from the intervening military power get to "help" the locals learn democracy.

At the same time, i'm happy to trust NPOV third parties to decide, especially since i'm not claiming to research this in depth myself. My suggestion would be to change the title to something like Ecuador president removed by public pressure and remove claims that there are worries of civil war unless someone can find a source supporting the claim.

After all, in the Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan "revolutions", these had the fruity/flowery names of orange and tulip "pro-democracy" revolutions, not "civil war". Is a revolution which appears to be in favour of US corporate interests fruity/flowery while one appearing to be against US corporate interests is "worrying" and have connotations of "civil war"? Boud 01:03, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * You may have a point there, I don't see any evidence of civil war worries in the sources either. Perhaps the original writer was relying on their own opinion. DouglasGreen 23:12, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:New version of Opera web browser released

"unlike firefox, opera has ads". kind of makes it sound like firefox is the only ad free browser. Bawolff 23:55, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I agree with the idea however the exact qoute is "Unlike Firefox, Opera is not completely free." I personally do not think it needs this sentence at all as this is an article about Opera not Firefox and if we are to compare Opera to Firefox we should compare the rest of the features to, not just the bad one. --Cspurrier 00:02, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Opera has had tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking since the dawn of time. The third paragraph currently suggests otherwise. What "advanced page resizing" refers to I don't know, but the same may hold for that. 08:10, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * A lot of this article simply reguritates the Opera press release, listed as a source. Of course Wikinews doesn't do that.  So check other sources; and verify, polish, and neutralize away. Uncle G 11:37, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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

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Last 10 days of online voting for Chatterbox Challenge

April 22, 2005

The Chatterbox Challenge is a competition for chatbots (computer programmes designed to imitate human conversation). It has categories such as Best Learning Bot and Most Knowledgeable Bot, but also has a contest for the Most Popular Bot, which is decided by users voting. The voting runs through April, so time is running out to vote for your favorite bot.

The 2005 competition has over 100 bots entered. Well-known bots, such as AI Alex, ALICE, Ella, and Jabberwacky, are in the competition, as well as newer creations such as Barry DeFacto from two-time Loebner winner Robby Garner, and RoboMatix X1 from Egypt. The current leader is the relatively new SmarterChild, but a lot can change in the next ten days.

Contest organiser Wendell Cowart says, "The sheer variety of the chatbots entered is quite amazing... Chatbot names range from Aib to Zoe, and personalities vary from a banjo plucking hill-billy to a serial killer".

To vote in the Chatterbox Challenge, go to the contest website at www.chatterboxchallenge.com,


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Iraqi PM Allawi survives fifth attempted assassination

April 21, 2005

Outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi of Iraq escaped an assassin's bomb around 11pm local time on Wednesday night. In an attack aimed at his convoy in a residential part of Baghdad, "[The suicide bomber] did not stop and blew himself up almost near the middle of the convoy," said Allawi spokesman Thaer al-Naqib.

The bomb was set off by the attacker from a pickup truck loaded with TNT and mortar rounds, after police opened fire at him. The resulting explosion killed two policemen and wounded at least one other, and was large enough to damage some nearby homes.

This news follows a different assassination attempt on April 12 last week against Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Tariq al-Baldawi by gunmen in two cars who attacked his convoy; al-Baldawi escaped without harm in that attack.

In addition, three other car bombs are known to have been set off in the area of the Iraqi capital during the same day. Targets included a US military convoy, a police station, and a police patrol, resulting in the wounding of more than a dozen civilians and the deaths of two victims, including one child, according to sources reported by the Australian.

This is the fifth assassination attempt on Allawi himself. Previous attempts on Allawi have included a violent attack in 1978 by an axe-wielding intruder in his home believed to have been instigated by Saddam Hussein, which nearly severed Allawi's leg at the knee and also injured the arm of his wife, who was sleeping.

Allawi has received criticism from various groups in the past related to his activities on behalf of the American-appointed Interim Governing Council of Iraq.

Last year, militants under the leadership of alleged al-Qaida operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi offered $285,000 for the killing of Allawi, which may or may not be related to the most recent attack.


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A liquid universe--April 20th, 2005
That's right. Scientists now believe that the early universe was liquid. Of a sort, that is.

At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists collided quarks and gluons at high energies. What they expected was a cloud of loose quarks, but instead, it came out like a liquid.

Scientists believe that this liquid was formed in the same conditions as it would be seconds after the "big bang." However, the results of the experiments don't match up with theoretical calculations of what should have happened, so we can't be quite sure yet. Scientists have yet to publish the results completely, so I'd rather wait than say the early universe was quark soup. It just sounds funny to me.

Source: Discovery news


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Wikinews:2005/April/21

 * New England Senators brawl over imported pharmaceuticals
 * Breakthrough in talks between Philippine government, Muslim rebels
 * Civil unrest forces out Ecuador's president
 * Iran shuts down Al-Jazeera bureau
 * Major US bankruptcy reform bill signed into law
 * Partnership for a Drug-Free America study finds 1 in 5 teens abused prescription drugs
 * Fatal dog mauling owner pleads “Not Guilty”
 * Melbourne's tram-driving teen faces more charges
 * Advocate poll: GLAAD support not unanimous in U.S. gay commmunity
 * France still a hot topic on college campuses
 * Iraqi PM Allawi survives fifth attempted assassination

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Radioactive soil from Maine reactor refused at landfill in Utah

April 22, 2005

Envirocare, a corporation that runs a landfill in Utah that accepts radioactive waste, has turned away a shipment of soil from around the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant in Wiscasset, Maine, the Portland Press Herald reported. The soil, which is held in 48 boxcars, was contaminated during the 26 years during which the Maine Yankee plant generated electricity. The shipment was refused due to excess water in previous shipments.

The plant stopped producing electricity in 1997; its concrete dome was detonated in September of 2004. The decommissioning is scheduled for completion by the summer of 2005.

In a related development, a Wiscasset environmental organization, the Chewonki Foundation, has taken possession of a 200 acre portion of the former power plant's lands; the Foundation will act as stewards of the land, according to the Wiscasset Newspaper. The plot, known as Eaton Farm for its previous agricultural use, will be the site of what Chewonki Foundation Executive Director W. Donald Hudson, Ph.D., calls, "the coolest trail in the state of Maine." The five miles of trail on the Eaton Farm land will be part of a 12 mile trail that may eventually run from downtown Wiscasset to Montsweag Bay.


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UPDATE THE FREAKING CROSSWORD!

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