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User talk:209.175.88.10

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User talk:Mrmiscellanious/Sludge

Here you go. Anything below, you can rant about me as much as you want. Really. I probably won't ever read it, but you now have a space to put it!

Thank you.
Thank you for your rant. I haven't read it yet, and probably never will, but I have made note of it! --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 18:53, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, and please direct all future comments like yours to User talk:Mrmiscellanious/Sludge. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 18:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Complant
You do too much work on this wiki, that goes unnoticed :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:29, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Agreed(!) -Edbrown05 04:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:First results from Italian election

This, I have to say, was a bit of a mess. I appreciate we had a few new contributors, so I'll just outline what went wrong here. We're not an encyclopedia, which means that reports don't get updated to reflect significant changes to the facts. Initially this was published when the polls opened, and said so. It should have stayed that way and a new article been started for the poll closure. By now I suspect there should be three or four articles on the election. Folks, be bold, write new articles, put in a Related news section and link to other articles, even 2 on the same subject in one day is okay, but revising stuff that's a day or so past publishing should be avoided. You can rehash information in a new article that appears in an earlier one, provided there haven't been any new reports that contradict the earlier article. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Take a look at the Content guide for more details. Dan100 (Talk) 07:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Interwikis to update

 * Sieg für Mitte-Links-Bündnis bei den Parlamentswahlen in Italien to  Knapper Sieg für das Mitte-Links-Bündnis bei den italienischen Parlamentswahlen
 * Élection parlementaires 2006 en Italie to  Élections parlementaires italiennes de 2006

THanks. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 05:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * done. –Doldrums(talk) 05:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


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Seven south Thailand constituencies face one horse race

April 10, 2006

Following a phyrrhic victory by the Thai Rak Thai party, Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resigned to try to defuse the country's political crisis. It remains unclear what the eventual outcome will be.

In 38 constituencies, Thai Rak Thai (lit. Thais love Thais) stood unopposed and failed to garner support from the required 20% of eligible voters. Seven of those 38 may face the same ballot choice in the upcoming April 23 by-elections, according to the Thai-based English-language newspaper, the Bangkok Post. A repeat of the mass abstention that saw TRT resoundingly rejected in the south would leave the lower house of the parliament short of the required 500 seats and, according to the country's constitution, unable to convene and elect a prime minister. A reading of the constitution reveals that the only likely fallback position would involve intervention from the monarch.

Leaders of the PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy), who have spearheaded the campaign to bring down the Prime Minister, may face arrest, according to a report from the Thai News Agency. Protests organised by the PAD have been peaceful, and no specific charges that may be used against the organisation's leaders are given in the TNA report.


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NASA plans to send probe into Moon's surface

April 10, 2006

NASA, the United States' space agency, has announced that its next mission to the Moon will not only orbit the Moon, but also send two craft crashing into its surface. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), whose main mission pertains to mapping the Moon, will send a spent fuel stage and an impactor probe towards a crater on the South Pole. The crater seems to be rich in hydrogen and possibly ice.

The mission is part of the run-up to trying to land astronauts back on the Moon, and perhaps keep them there for a longer period of time than the Apollo missions did. Scott Horowitz, NASA's associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, had this to say: "What this mission buys is an early attempt to know what some of the resources we’re going to have ... we know for sure that for human exploration to succeed we’re going to have to essentially live off the land."

Twice before, with the Pentagon's Clementine spacecraft and with the Lunar Prospector, scientists have seen hints of ice on the Moon's surface. It is NASA's hope that this mission may provide better answers to the question of water ice on the Moon. This would prove useful to the agency's goal of a four-astronaut mission to the Moon by 2020.

The Probe
The name of the project is the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS for short. It will launch with the LRO in October 2008 and use its onboard cameras and spectrometers to watch the impact of its upper stage into the surface. The upper stage roughly resembles an SUV in mass - around 4,409 pounds.

The project manager, Daniel Andrews said: "We will create a substantial plume and excavate some sample material, some of which we think will be water ice." After the first crash, LCROSS will attempt to fly through the plume of debris, taking readings and sending them back to Earth. Once done, it will itself crash into a different region of the crater, allowing both the LRO and stations on Earth to observe the plume that it creates.


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Voyager 1 signal received by radio amateurs

April 10, 2006

On March 31, 2006 the AMSAT-DL/IUZ team in Bochum, Germany managed to receive a signal by the American space probe Voyager 1 using the 20m antenna. It is the first time that a group of radio amateurs has successfully attempted this. The team included: Freddy de Guchteneire, James Miller, Hartmut Päsler and Achim Vollhardt.

Voyager 1 had been launched on September 5, 1977 by NASA and was the first spacecraft to transmit close-up pictures of Jupiter and Saturn. In 2004 Voyager 1 entered the termination shock region, the region where the solar wind has weakened enough to mix with the interstellar medium, thereby leaving the Solar System.

Voyager 1 is now 98 AU from Earth (14.7 billion km or three times the distance from Earth to Pluto). It is the most distant human-made object. The nuclear powered probe continues to measure the properties of the interstellar magnetic field.


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Protest outside Cole inquiry

April 11, 2006

The Australian activist organisation AID/WATCH staged a protest outside the Cole Inquiry on Tuesday. In a press release, Kate Wheen of AID/WATCH attacked the government over the scandal, claiming that foreign aid is being used to benefit businesses rather than those in need. "It’s scandalous that AWB was paying kickbacks to the Iraqi regime, but it is unethical, immoral and possibly illegal that our government can ruthlessly support Australian business whilst so many in Iraq remain in such great need," she said.

The Cole Inquiry, started in January this year, is tasked with investigating whether Australian companies paid bribes to Saddam Hussein during the UN Oil-for-food programme. The government has denied any wrongdoing. In a press conference on Monday, the Prime Minister defended his ministers. "I do not believe, on the information known to me that any of my Ministers have been guilty of dereliction of duty and I am very, very happy to provide the statement and, if asked, to appear."

The Australian Trade Minister, Mark Vaile, and Foreign Affairs minister, Alexander Downer appeared before the Inquiry this week. During questioning, both men rejected all suggestion that they made any mistakes or acted in any way innapropriately.

On Monday Mark Vaile repeatedly answered that he "couldn't recall" details of whether he was aware of the many warnings given to the government from various sources that dealings between the AWB, formerly the Australian Wheat Board, and the Iraq government were corrupt and supplied the pre-invasion Iraq government with up to 300 million dollars of funding.

Alexander Downer spent 3 hours before the commission on Tuesday and said that he could not specifically recall the details of any of the 21 cables containing warnings about the possibility of kickbacks being paid to the Iraqi government. He claimed that he did not have time to read all the material in his department and spent much of the year travelling. The Labor Party opposition has pointed to the fact that this testament seems to contradict statements previously made to parliament.

The commission also received a written statement from Howard, which will be assessed by the inquiry's lawyers to determine whether he should be called before the inquiry. Howard has said that he is prepared to appear before the commission, if required.

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User talk:59.167.36.190

Hi, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! I see that you've been contributing to articles about Australia. If you're an Aussie, you may want to take a look at the Australian portal, and the Australian discussion page. If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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User:Ironiridis/ArchiveTemplate

Stolen from the talk page of User:Mrmiscellanious, piggybacked from the resulting template I made for User:Dan100. Slightly/heavily modified. ;) irid:t 21:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Ironiridis/1

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Your custom babel
Wikinews does not have user templates, because they are divisive and are often offensive. Please do not use the babel field template to create a "fake" user template. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 00:56, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Though I will comply due to your standing with the community, I fail to see how my artificial template (which is limited to my user page) would be divisive and offensive. Could you elaborate? ironiridis 01:20, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And, speaking of which, why would a babel that said I can't speak any languages other than English due to my nationality be offensive (considering this is a common case for many people), while an implication that President Bush is a dog fucker isn't? --ironiridis (forgot to sign ironiridis 03:18, 4 March 2006 (UTC))
 * I'm restoring my content. Here's why:
 * User:Mrmiscellanious has what appears to be custom templates along the same vein, added at this revision of his user page.
 * His support of a militant organization is arguably more divisive and offensive.
 * As far as I can see, nobody, including you, has made similar requests to him (I am assuming his sex because of his handle and his name, Jake Novak).
 * Considering these things, I don't think it's fair to label my edits "divisive and offensive". If you have any other points, let me know. ironiridis 03:24, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I understand your position. I was not aware of Mrmiscellanious's user templates; I don't visit his pages. I will ask him to remove his user templates as well, for the same reasons. I will also be removing the babel templating system. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:05, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome
Wikinews desperately needs more reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 02:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

RE: Fixed
Thanks a lot! :) --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 13:18, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi
"extreme political bias" or not, contributions such as this are welcome, well, at least by me. Doldrums 16:09, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * be assured: complimentary. and a belated welcome to wikinews. Doldrums 17:31, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * have also added a corroborating (if not independent) source to address the concern u raised. Doldrums 17:35, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

RfAr
I'm sorry, it was not my intention to indicate you were the instigator. Yours was merely the first I had noticed. I will modify my statement. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 18:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright issues
Hi Ironiridis - i've replied to your comments here Talk:Ian Thorpe starts to recover from chest pains. → CGorman (Talk) 19:53, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok i've stated on my site that the articles are released into the Public Domain . I hope this is sufficent. My site is still relatively new, so I still have'nt gotten round to adding a T&T or other legal part to it, but I will do so once I get time. Thanks. → CGorman (Talk) 20:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes
So you are saying the userboxes do not support the mission or goals of Wikinews. Then there is no basis for argument against their removal. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:46, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Just so you're completely aware, put myself up for RfAr for policy violation in this incident, and withdrew it only on request of others after someone else brought an RfAr regarding it.

 * I am aware of how helpful userboxes are for community. Not at all. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * WN:NOT, the same policy as on Wikipedia: "Wikinews is not a free wiki host or webspace provider. You may not host your own website or blog at Wikinews." -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:12, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * That would be your point, not mine. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Amgine's activities
Once Amgine used this phrase in regard to Vonbergm; "I have no reason to believe you are not a troll"...so I feel comfortable in mentally trying out that same sentence in regard to Amgine. Once I did that, everything he does makes perfect sense. Amgine is enigma spelled backwards,btw, which sort of fits into my little "what if" theory. Neutralizer 17:31, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * A minor correction, but I said I had no reason to believe he was not a sockpuppet. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Oh, I stand corrected; it was me who Amgine said was a wiki-troll. thanks. Neutralizer 17:39, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Deletion
Already had... Thanks! and np -  Amgine | talk en.WN 18:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

That article is news...
and affects everyone. How do you know that Trump isn't going to build a nuclear weapon production plant there?

about Jason
Yes, it was wrong. I red his statement as he was going to remowe that text. I was little frustrated and first when I published my answer I saw I missunderstand it. I instant deleted it.

"Yes but it has nothing to do with the prison closing. IMO it was added to have a reson to add prisoner pictures. I see no relevance to this, but I am not gponig to remove it. Jason Safoutin 23:16, 10 March 2006 (UTC)"

Sometimes its not easy to communicate with Jason and in combination with lot of editconflicts like it was at that time on the talkpage I went ballistic when I thougt he was going to delete that text. A 'not' can be missed and my readingskills was at that time low. Think my accusation earlier come in an interesting view now :/ International 19:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Rfa
that's a big problem for me; dealing with assumptors. i was pretty clear in my opinion i think; its to do with the time period and that's all its to do with, and btw, why in the heck does anyone care if they don't get to be a janitor? Neutralizer 05:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC) :: I did not know you were nominated until afterwards; this is my point exactly, it is really hard to deal with assumptions because a person has to waste so much f___ing time denying the ones that are wrong...and if you don't believe me, that's not a damn thing I can do about it; so assume whatever you want. Neutralizer 05:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You are absolutely correct. Thanks. Neutralizer 05:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

real McCoy
I happen to have a respect for anon IP posts. I have no doubt you know as much as anyone about Wikinews. I noticed your Admin request withdrawal.

I have no idea, other than an appreciation for your sensitivity, why I am posting here. -Edbrown05 06:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Hey Ed, doesn't he look like Earl Hickey in My Name is Earl?   Karen 06:54, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Mammoth Apology offered here
I want to offer my sincerest apology for the reference to "sockpuppet" I made. My apology is unconditional and my actions were absolutely inexcuseable. Only as a possible way that you might be able to forgive me for that, I want to explain exactly where I was coming from regarding that completely inappropriate comment. If you've been watching, I receive suggestions to leave wikinews from three editors on a regular basis; likely about 5 such suggestions from each of them. Your "take a break" edit on my talk page (so soon after we had had a little skirmish) came across in that context however well meaning your comment was. My duplication of an infamous Amgine sockpuppet comment was also meant just as a retaliation to your accusing me of voting against your admin because of your edits. That accusation really hurt my feelings as it was insulting to my integrity,imo, so I tried to do a "comeback" that was supposed to get under your skin like the "dissapointing" comment got under mine. I couldn't even stand my own comment so I changed it to a triple negative which basically negated the literal meaning of the damn thing. The bottom line is, it wasn't meant to be taken as anything more than a silly comeback comment. Obviously it was stupid and wrong for me to make that comment so I hope you'll allow me to work with you in the future as I think we've worked well on articles up til now. But that decision is now in your hands; and as I say, that reference to sockpuppet was and is completely,100%, inexcusable; and I'm very sorry I made that comment. Neutralizer 13:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Apology Accepted
I accept your apology to me, irid:t and Thanks for it; I just noticed a possible MyLai type massacre by US marines story popping up everywhere except US based media outlets. Perhaps you can help me get this story out in a NPOV fashion? Let's go to work! Neutralizer 21:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Speex
Ironiridis, help us!

The first time I listened to the spoken Wikinews (which was only a few days ago - I can read faster than they talk), I was concerned that the quality of the recording wasn't worth the bandwidth. I recalled how Vorbis had created Speex for the sort of thing that spoken Wikinews is doing and wondered why Oog was being used instead. The recording I heard was poor, recorded in a "Golf Announcer" voice at a whisper level. Please, someone do better! Karen 23:13, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Ironiridis, the "Queensland braces for category 5 cyclone" reading was the first story (and so far the only one) I've heard - and you're the one who recorded it! The RMS level is -37 dB. The maximum level is -15 dB. C'mon, a sock puppet can talk louder than that!

As for Speex, Maybe the Wiki Media people will consider it. I don't know why they'd use Oog for voice-only, but it'd be nice to be able to download on dialup at a reasonable quality/speed trade-off. Karen 01:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

re: Karen
Karen is flexing her wiki muscles and means no harm. -Edbrown05 00:07, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I come in peace. What have I done now? Ironiridis' picture really did remind me of the My Name is Earl show, which I enjoy immensely. Karen 01:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Strike Out on User:ShakespeareFan00
Not vandalism - Was striking out an old message and forgot to log in. :-(

Thanks for being vigilant :-)

ShakespeareFan00 21:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA2
Hi, ironiridis. I noticed that you finally passed the 30-day mark, so I thought I'd nominate you again. Hopefully, they will accept you this time. Good luck! WN:A ReporterFromAfar3136 20:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
For the heads up re; acidental talk page deletion; Please make sure its fixed if you have time? Best wishes and early congrats (holy cow; I think he's gonna make it.):) Neutralizer 01:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Huh?
Forgive me if I'm taking a joke way too seriously, but did you mean to suggest (not nominate) User:Uncle Amgine for adminship? . ReporterFromAfar3136 00:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Giant cracker explodes open the case of UK homeworkers
According to the history the article was created today. - Borofkin 06:10, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Quite alright. It's only 4pm here, and I just had a coffee, so it's no suprise that I'm more on the ball. - Borofkin 06:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Archiving my talk page
Yes, I'm afraid I've been too lazy to archive my talk page properly here! I've been using a nice archive on Wikipedia since someone asked me to do it to get their vote on my RfA over there :-), but never set one up on Wikinews.

I'd be very much obliged if you could set up an archive for me - possibly similar to the one I use on WP? I've also always marked where I've cleared my talk page with an edit summary of "Clear-out", so that should make it a bit easier. Thanks! Dan100 (Talk) 10:09, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow, nice job, thanks :-) I won't make any changes, it's great as it is! Dan100 (Talk) 06:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Burma story
just when I was getting to dislike that story, it gets axed, sniffle :) Edbrown05 06:04, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

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Phil Mickelson wins Masters

April 10, 2006 Yesterday in Augusta, Georgia at Augusta National Golf Club, American Phil Mickelson won the 70th Masters with a final round score of 69 and a four round total score of 281, seven under par and two strokes better than South African Tim Clark, the sole second place finisher. This was Mickelson's second consecutive major as well as his second green jacket. In a five-way tie for third place at four under par were José María Olazábal, Retief Goosen, Tiger Woods, Chad Campbell, and Fred Couples. Rounding out the top ten were eighth place finishers Angel Cabrera and Vijay Singh followed by Stewart Cink in tenth place.

Although Mickelson had to fire up during the last few holes to take the '04 Masters over Ernie Els, nothing of that sort was required during Sunday's round. He parred the first six holes before making two straight birdies at 7 and 8, and then went on to make two more at 13 and 15 before finishing off with a bogey at 18. Last year, Mickelson put Tiger's jacket on for him. This year, Tiger helped Phil into the jacket. "I certainly enjoyed having the jacket put on me," Mickelson said. "I love the chance to compete against guys like Tiger, guys like Retief and Ernie and Vijay and Fred who are playing so well. It gives me an incredible feeling of accomplishment to be able to come out on top this week." After 42 straight misses at majors, Mickelson is now on track with one major per year for the past three years.

Playing partner Fred Couples nearly got within one stroke of Mickelson but went on to miss the birdie putt and another par putt to sink out of contention. Putting was also Tiger Woods's major hindrance. He made three three-putts and had an overall total of 33 putts with a final round of 70. Afterwards, Woods remarked, "It was frustrating. I felt in control of my golf swing from tee to green. Once I got on the green, I was a spaz. I didn't have it all day - even this morning (in the third round) I didn't putt well." Clark capped off a great run and a final round 69 with a chip-in from the sand at 18 for a birdie. Clark moved to number 15 on the Official World Golf Rankings, Woods stayed at number 1, Couples moved to 21st, and Mickelson moved up to 2nd.

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Talk:Protest outside Cole inquiry

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Nice picture! Any chance of some original reporting about the protest? - Borofkin 07:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I've put another picture up. Someone pick one? hehe -- Jasabella 01:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

AID/WATCH press release
I've added some information from the AID/WATCH press release. I've gotta leave now, but there is plenty more that can be done with this article if someone wants to take it up.... - Borofkin 07:44, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

NPOV tag
I've left a message on Joann's talk page asking him/her to detail any actionable objections here on the article talk page. - Borofkin 01:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I've attempted to expand the governments pont-of-view in this article, and added some extra comments that the PM made during a press conference on Monday. Can everyone please review and consider the NPOV tag? - Borofkin 01:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Joann, just noticed that you removed the tag. Thanks again for helping with the article, I think it's much better now. - Borofkin 01:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup tag
What inquiry? There's no background information about what this "inquiry" is about. I looked at the WP article, but that's not sufficient enough. Pulling back from publish, please sort this out. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking a look at this article. I've added a sentence in the second paragraph explaining what the Cole Inquiry is. Please review again. - Borofkin 02:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Solves the issue. Thanks.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

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Buckingham Palace releases trivia about Queen Elizabeth II

April 11, 2006 As approaches her 80th birthday, on April 21,  has released 80 little known facts about her.

Did you know that: The Queen owns all, , and in British waters. She has sat for 139 official portraits, opened 15 bridges in the UK, launched 23 ships, and speaks fluent.

The Queen sent a message of congratulations to Apollo 11 astronauts, for the first moon landing on July 21 1969, and it was put in a metal container and placed on the Moon's surface.

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Prodi claims victory in Italian election; Berlusconi refuses to concede

April 11, 2006 Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi, leader of the center-left coalition L'Unione (Lit. "The Union"), was declared the victor today in parliamentary elections held Sunday and Monday, but Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has yet to concede his office.

Official but not yet confirmed results indicate that L'Unione won control of the lower house or Chamber of Deputies with 49.8% of the vote to 49.7% for Berlusconi's center-right Casa delle Libertà (Lit. "The House of Freedoms") coalition. The winning party automatically receives a minimum of 55% of the seats in the lower house, giving Prodi at least 340 seats in the 630-seat Chamber.

Berlusconi, however, claims that his party would control the 315-seat Senate by one vote, resulting in a split parliament. The current results, however, show Prodi with a 158-156 lead in the Senate, giving him enough seats of support in both houses. Berlusconi's spokesman also indicated that his party has requested a recount.

Italian law requires that the prime minister receive the support of both houses of Parliament. Should the two houses be controlled by different coalitions, the stalemate would result in new elections. A caretaker government would rule in the meantime.


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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon declared 'permanently incapacitated'

April 11, 2006

The Israeli cabinet today (Tuesday) declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "permanently incapacitated," a declaration that officially ends his tenure as Prime Minister.

Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose centrist Kadima party won parliamentary elections in March, is currently in negotiations to form a coalition government.

Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive hemorrhagic stroke on January 4. Under Israeli law, Olmert can serve in the capacity of acting prime minister for only 100 days, until April 14, before a permanent replacement must be chosen. The official announcement was moved up to Tuesday because the Jewish holiday of Passover begins on Wednesday, April 12. Olmert is expected to be named as Sharon's permanent replacement.


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Five charged in Ontario killings

April 11, 2006

Four men and a woman have been charged with first-degree murder in what the Ontario Provincial Police calls "internal cleansing" of a biker gang.

The eight victims found on Saturday in a farmer's field in Shedden, Ontario, as well as one of the suspects have been linked to a biker gang called the "Bandidos", Ontario Provincial Police confirmed on Monday afternoon. According to police, the victims were shot dead.

"The victims of this crime have been positively identified and are associated [with], or belong to, the Bandidos motorcycle gang," Det. Supt. Ross Bingley told a news conference in London, Ontario.

"This is an isolated incident with ties to the Bandidos."

"There's nothing to indicate that there's anything outside the Bandidos ...this is simply an internal cleansing," said Det. Insp. Don Bell.

Six people who were found dead are believed to be full members of the gang:
 * George Jesso of Etobicoke, Ontario.
 * George Kiriakis of Toronto, Ontario.
 * Luis Manny Raposo of Toronto, Ontario.
 * Francesco Salerajno of Toronto, Ontario.
 * John Muscedere of Chatham, Ontario.
 * Paul Sinopoli of Sutton, Ontario.

The other two victims were associated with the gang, according to police:
 * Jamie Flanz of Keswick, Ontario (a "prospect member")
 * Michael Trotta of Mississauga, Ontario (an "associate" member)

The five people charged are Kellestine of Dutton, Ontario, Eric Niessen of Monkton, Ontario, Kerry Morris, also of Monkton, Ontario, Frank Mather of Dutton, Ontario and Brett Gardiner of no fixed address.

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Talk:Buckingham Palace releases trivia about Queen Elizabeth II

Fun : it's a well known fact in France she speaks our language fluently. Remember Canada use French too and she's Queen of Canada no ? Jacques Divol 09:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

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Hello and welcome to Audio Wikinews Newsbriefs, at 0900 UTC, April 11, 2006.

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A couple of breaking news stories at this hour.

Israeli PM Ariel Sharon declared 'permanently incapacitated'
 * The Israeli Cabinet has declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon “permanently incapacitated,” formally ending his tenure as Prime Minister. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is currently in negotiations to form a coalition government after parliamentary elections last March, is expected to be named as Sharon’s permanent replacement.

Prodi claims victory in Italian election; Berlusconi refuses to concede
 * Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi is declaring victory in parliamentary elections held on Sunday and Monday. Preliminary results show Prodi’s center-left coalition with a slim majority in the lower house. However, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refused to concede, since the results of the upper house have yet to be determined. Italian law requires the prime minister to have the support of both houses of Parliament.

France to replace controversial youth worker law
 * In other news, French President Jacques Chirac has announced that the new youth job law that has fueled protests for the past few weeks is to be replaced by other measures to attack unemployment amongst young adults. Students and unions protested the new law, which would have given employers the freedom to fire youth workers under the age of 26 without reason during a two-year "trial period". The prospect had sparked somewhat violent protests across the country in the past two months.

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Straw and Bush respond to Iran situation

April 11, 2006

The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw dismissed the nuclear 'first-strike' plan reported in the New Yorker magazine on Saturday.

According to the New Yorker story, written by Seymour M. Hersh, American military and intelligence officials were making plans for a massive nuclear strike on Iran in order to stop the country developing nuclear weapons. The story also said that US special forces were already operating in Iran gathering target information.

The Iranian government insists that its nuclear development program is purely for meeting civilian energy needs, but several intelligence agencies around the world believe that Iran's true goal is to develop nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that it has not seen indications of diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices after several years of intensive inspections in Iran, but has also expressed uncertainty about the nature of Iran's nuclear program and called for confidence building measures from Iran.

A former US intelligence official claimed that Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is referred to as "the new Adolf Hitler" within the White House. Some military officials believe that Bush wants a "regime change" in Iran. President Ahmadinejad has previously disputed the existence of the Holocaust and at a conference discussing Zionism, he described Ayatollah Khomeini's statement that Israel as an occupying force in Palestine should be "wiped off the map" as "a wise statement".

An anonymous Pentagon official said "This White House believes that the only way to solve the problem is to change the power structure in Iran, and that means war. It also reinforces the belief inside Iran that the only way to defend the country is to have a nuclear capability."

US aircraft flying from carriers in the Arabian Sea have been flying practice nuclear weapon missions within range of Iranian radar, widely seen as an effort to intimidate Iran.

In the last few years Iran has been constructing a series of underground facilities to support its work. Colonel Sam Gardiner, a military analyst, says there are over 400 targets in Iran that would need to be destroyed to end Iran's nuclear program. In one option of a plan reportedly presented to the White House by the Pentagon this winter, "bunker-busting" mini-nuclear weapons would be used to penetrate the deepest-buried facilities, some of which are 75 feet below the surface.

An insider claimed that the Joint Chiefs of Staff tried to remove the nuclear option from the plan, citing problems of huge casualties and radioactive contamination, but the White House retained it. Another source claimed that while nuclear weapons were seeing more interest amongst civilian staff and within "policy circles", military officers remained very much opposed to their potential use, with some high-level officers threatening resignation.

The insider said "if senior Pentagon officers express their opposition to the use of offensive nuclear weapons, then it will never happen".

When asked about the veracity of the claims made in the New Yorker article, the White House said "As the President has indicated, we are pursuing a diplomatic solution". The Defense Department also said that Iran was being dealt with through "diplomatic channels". The C.I.A. said that there were "inaccuracies" in the account.

Since then, Bush has described the plan as "wild speculation", without denying it, in a speech delivered at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC.

"The doctrine of prevention is to work together to prevent the Iranians from having a nuclear weapon," he said. "I know here in Washington prevention means force. It doesn't mean force necessarily. In this case it means diplomacy. What you are reading is just wild speculation which happens quite frequently here in the nation's capital."

Jack Straw said "the idea of a nuclear strike on Iran is completely nuts." Speaking on a BBC television show, Straw said "I have made clear the British Government's position on this time and time again which is widely shared across Europe."

"The American administration, Condoleezza Rice, [and] President Bush use slightly different language. They say that it is not on the agenda. They are very committed indeed to resolving this issue - it is a complicated issue - by negotiation and, yes, by diplomatic pressure. "

Straw stated that the UK would not launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran, going on to say that he was as "certain as he could be" that neither would the US.


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Talk:Straw and Bush respond to Iran situation

Source?
is there a source for this statement in the article: "intelligence agencies around the world and the International Atomic Energy Agency universally agree that Iran's true goal is to develop nuclear weapons."

Doldrums 11:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I also heard, maybe I am wrong, that the Government admitted to some kid of report in regards to this situation? Jason Safoutin 11:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I was wrong :) Jason Safoutin 11:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Doldrums, the source for the quote, is in the frist source, the New Yorker here. Although I do believe that Iran is developing them thats my POV. IMO, that statement you question, is a POV and IMO violates the WN:NPOV policy sourced or not. But thats just my opinion :) Jason Safoutin 11:38, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * POVs in articles are fine. The NPOV simply demands that the alternative POV (assuming there is one) is also presented. Dan100 (Talk) 14:09, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * the Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei on 6 March 2006, falls considerably short of the above claim. am editing accordingly.

Implementation of Safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran The report on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran is before you. As you are aware, the Agency over the last three years has been conducting intensive investigations of Iran´s nuclear programme with a view to providing assurances about the peaceful nature of that programme.

During these investigations, the Agency has not seen indications of diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. Regrettably, however, after three years of intensive verification, there remain uncertainties with regard to both the scope and the nature of Iran´s nuclear programme. As I mentioned in my report, this is a matter of concern that continues to give rise to questions about the past and current direction of Iran´s nuclear programme.

For confidence to be built in the peaceful nature of Iran´s programme, Iran should do its utmost to provide maximum transparency and build confidence. Only through clarification of all questions relevant to Iran´s past programme and through confidence building measures can confidence about Iran´s current nuclear activities be restored. This is clearly in the interest both of Iran and of the international community.
 * Doldrums 11:48, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * This bit is also pretty important: During these investigations, the Agency has not seen indications of diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. so i added it. After 1000 person-days of IAEA inspections in two years in Iran, that's a lot better checked than many other countries - the total number of IAEA inspections is only about 10,000 per year for all countries inspected. So Brazil and South Africa and South Korea and Japan and Canada and so on also can probably not be 100% guaranteed by the IAEA not to have bomb-building programs. Boud 12:45, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

dismiss versus deny
IMHO the title of this is OK, but from the words cited for bush, he doesn't outright deny the claims that a nuclear attack is being planned - he calls it wild speculation, but that only means something like "you don't have evidence and i don't want to say it's either true or false, but i would prefer that you believe it's false". So "dismiss" is probably reasonable, but "deny" is too strong. He's lied enough as it is, he's still a good enough politician to avoid saying too many outright lies unless he's really cornered. So i corrected this, replacing the word "deny". but i'm not sure if "without actually denying it" needs to be there or not... i also added a bit of wikipedia background. Boud

Agreed - "the idea of a nuclear strike on Iran is completely nuts." Completely nuts, yes, but that's not the same thing as completely false, is it? We've seen them do a lot of completely nuts things after all. 136.159.71.113 20:11, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the point is that every possibility that can be planned, will be. That means that the US, UK, Israel, Russia, and a host of other capable counties will have plans for a nuclear strike on Iran.  They will also, of course, have hundreds of other options to look at before that particular sanction.  The point is, with suspicion around Iran building its own nuclear capability, these strike plans will be revised.  It won't necessarily change their position in the list of options, but the paperwork will pass over enough desks that someone can photocopy and leak it.  The resultant sensational story will sell eyeballs to advertisers, funny thing is I don't see any adverts on our main page. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:21, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * no dismiss or deny; only bable; will fix title. Yrtsihpos 02:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Saying what?
What does Straw mean when he says "They say that it is not on the agenda, but it isn't on the agenda."? Karen 15:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you, whoever removed the "but it isn't on the agenda" part of the quote. I'm not sure if it's a mis-quote or he mis-spoke, but it reads better without that bit of confusion in there. Karen 04:51, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You might be right but is it right to change in qoutations without backup of other/better sources than refered in the sourcelist? international 09:14, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * In this case, the way to do it would be to partially quote Straw and indicate the omission with an ellipsis: "They say that it is not on the agenda…." If the source had a source which indicated the listed source was misquoted, then we could list the more original source, too.  He might have actually said it that way - it just caused me to pause while reading it and wonder what he really meant.  Yes, it would be wrong to change the quote. If we knew his intentions, we could do this: "They say that it is not on the agenda… [and] it isn't on the agenda.". Quotes, especally, need to be sourced to attribute who heard who say what.  This one's not such a big deal. I just thought someone might have read it differently from another source or could explain if it's some kind of colloquialism…  Karen 18:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Article (in general)

 * Title
 * It would be fine at "Straw dismisses Iran nuclear attack plan", as that is the general focus of the article. The appending "Bush won't say for sure" not only is confusing (as it is talking about different professions), but it could be considered a POV statement.

 * Article
 * There are some issues with this article, namely the following paragraph, which adds a lot of "unnecessary filler":

"A former US intelligence official claimed that Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is referred to as "the new Adolf Hitler" within the White House. Some military officials believe that Bush wants a "regime change" in Iran. President Ahmadinejad has previously disputed the existence of the Holocaust and at a conference discussing Zionism, he described Ayatollah Khomeini's statement that Israel as an occupying force in Palestine should be "wiped off the map" as "a wise statement"."

 * May not be neutral, with the inclusion of snippets in random, short, unattributed quotes.

 * The attribution of those quoted sections is to "A former US intelligence official" - the former official's own words. The language used in the story doesn't insist the official is right, but tells us that the words quoted are only claims by an unnamed former official. If that's all we know, that's as much as we can state.  If we omit this information, we're not reporting claims made about the situation from a possible reliable source.  I'll agree that it would be nice to have the name, but I'm aware as a reader that it's as much as I'm going to know from what sources Wikinews has. Karen 04:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Name doesn't bother me. The quotes, however, are snipped in a suspicious way that may have been taken out of context - a full quote would take care of that suspicion.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 16:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Unclear attributions to sources:

"US aircraft flying from carriers in the Arabian Sea have been flying practice nuclear weapon missions within range of Iranian radar, widely seen as an effort to intimidate Iran."

 * "widely seen", standard operating proceedure - It doesn't take a military analyst to understand this one. Still, it's attributable to The New Yorker, who attributes it to the former official. That seems clear. Karen 04:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Mmm. Then it should be.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 16:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

"In the last few years Iran has been constructing a series of underground facilities to support its work."

 * Again, attributable to The New Yorker, who attributes it to "a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee." Karen 04:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * "Bush won't say for sure" would be incorrect, as highlighted in this quote:
 * "Bush won't say for sure" is nowhere in the story. Maybe that one was edited already? Karen 04:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Was in the title, seemed to have been fixed now. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 16:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

""The doctrine of prevention is to work together to prevent the Iranians from having a nuclear weapon," he said. "I know here in Washington prevention means force. It doesn't mean force necessarily. In this case it means diplomacy. What you are reading is just wild speculation which happens quite frequently here in the nation's capital.""

These are a few items that need to be fixed before this article is tagged with publish again. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:21, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

 * It's published again. I don't know if I've addressed the issues (ie., they're just not objectionable) or someone's fixed them for you (in which case it doesn't matter if they were objectionable), but if there's still issues left with attribution or all those quoted bits could use more copy-work, please make some edits or say so here so that you'll be heard. Karen 04:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Seems like most of them have been addressed. I'm still looking for a full quote from the official, though.  Something about the snippets seems a little fishy.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 16:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll agree with that. Half quote, half narrative isn't as good as a direct quote preceeding a short interpretive summary. The New New Yorker attributes it to a former senior intelligence official who attributes it to Bush and Whitehouse staff. That's a lot of chances to get it wrong. Karen 03:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Interwiki to update

 * Les gouvernement américain et anglais rejettent tout plan d'attaque nucléaire sur l'Iran to be replaced by  Les gouvernements américain et britannique rejettent tout plan d'attaque nucléaire sur l'Iran

Thanks. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 22:55, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. --Chiacomo (talk) 22:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


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Australia's deputy PM faces Iraqi kickback inquiry

April 11, 2006

Yesterday, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, appeared before the Cole Inquiry into kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime. It is the first time in over a decade that a senior government official has been called to give evidence before a royal commission in Australia.

The inquiry heard that Mr Vaile could not recall being told any specific details of the allegations made against the wheat exporter AWB before 2003, and despite his department receiving information about the allegations, it came as no surprise that he was not informed as he held no responsibility for the UN Oil-for-Food program.

Mr Vaile has been Australia's trade minister since 2000 and the deputy prime minister since 2005.

Mr Vaile told the commission that despite the cables received by his department in 2000 alleging that the AWB agreed to pay a kickback to Hussein's regime in Iraq, inflating wheat prices and paying money into another non-Iraqi account, he does not recollect being told specific details of the allegations.

When asked by counsel assisting the commission John Agius about how such cables are dealt with, Mr Vaile told the commission that they are looked at by department officers who decide whether or not they need the minister's attention. Mr Vaile said that if a particular cable needed his attention it was generally put into a ministerial submission. He said that such submissions may require ministerial action, while others just contain information which he may need to make a note of. Once the submission has been read, the minister signs it and it goes into the system.

Mr Vaile told the commission that on occasion he receives information from cables via briefings from his advisors and departmental officers.

When questioned about a cable sent to the department of trade containing concerns raised by the UN about AWB's dealings in Iraq dated January 13, 2000, Mr Vaile said that he was briefed in a general sense on the issues raised. Despite the UN's concerns being stated in the cable, Mr Vaile said that he "can't recall being aware of the substance".

Mr Vaile said he was under the belief that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Australia's UN mission were taking care of the UN's concerns. He said that he did not have responsibility over the issues being raised "That's my recollection, and my recollection is that there were concerns that had been raised about an AWB contract, and that DFAT and the Mission in New York were dealing with it, bearing in mind that I was not - I didn't have direct ministerial responsibility for either the UN Mission in New York or the Oil-for-Food Program" he said.

When asked if he would have expected to be briefed in detail on the issues in the cable, Mr Vaile said "Given the circumstances at the time, in terms of my direct ministerial responsibility and being new in the portfolio, probably not."

Mr Vaile told the inquiry that he was surprised that he had not been briefed about a cable dated March 11, 2000 from Austrade to the department of trade. The summary of the document said "It may be necessary to advise the minister of the situation."

The inquiry heard that in April, 2000 Mr Vaile was told by an advisor that the issue raised in January, 2000 had been resolved with the UN.

When questioned by Mr Agius about why he did not follow up on the allegations made against AWB in 2000, Mr Vaile said he was too snowed under with work. "My best recollections are that I was pretty well snowed under in taking on the responsibilities of a new portfolio and the breadth of issues, having come from a much narrower base in the previous portfolio, and I recall early in 2000 being very, very focused on what to do next in the WTO process after the Seattle ministerial failed in the December of 1999" he told the inquiry.

Mr Agius then questioned Mr Vaile about allegations made by US Wheat Associates in 2003 that AWB had been inflating wheat prices to Iraq. At the same time there were also allegations that money was being paid to Hussein's regime, that AWB was not being transparent in their dealings. At the time Mr Vaile defended AWB based upon information provided to him by his department. He claims that it was some time later that he learned the information he was given was provided to the department by AWB. Mr Vaile said that his department did not conduct an investigation into the allegations despite them being raised in 2000 and again in 2003 by separate parties.

Mr Vaile also admits that at the time, he dismissed the allegations made by US Wheat Associates as he believed that they were putting pressure on the US administration with regards to WTO negotiations between Australia and the US.

Mr Vaile told the inquiry that the first ha became aware of possible corruption with connected with AWB was in April, 2004. The inquiry heard that Mr Vaile and Alexander Downer (Australia's foreign minister) had received a submission claiming that AWB had acted properly, but the company they paid to transport wheat in Iraq had been paying kickbacks to Hussein's regime. Mr Vaile said that at the time he saw no need to review procedures within his department for the distribution of information regarding AWB.

According to Mr Vaile, the only time the department of trade investigated its files to locate information it had received on AWB's dealings in Iraq was around March 2004 to assist the UN's inquiry into the Oil-for-Food programme.


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State Farm Insurance allegedly destroying papers

April 11, 2006 Zach Scruggs, a lawyer for United States Senator Trent Lott, says that State Farm Insurance Company is destroying records related to claims for damage from Hurricane Katrina.

The records allegedly contain information saying that State Farm fraudulently denied insurance claims made by its policy holders, including Lott, that had homes there were damaged or destroyed when Hurricane Katrina came ashore on the Gulf Coast.

Scruggs said that Lott has "good faith belief" that many employees of the insurance company in Biloxi, Mississippi are destroying engineer's reports that were inconclusive as to whether or not water or wind was the main cause of damage to the buildings affected by the hurricane.

Lott is among thousands of home and/or business owners who had their property damaged or destroyed during the hurricane and had their claims denied because State Farm claimed that their policies don't cover damage caused by floods or water that was driven by the wind.

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Rapper Proof (D12) shot and killed outside Detroit nightclub

April 11, 2006

Rapper Proof, born Deshaun Holton, was shot and killed on April 11, 2006, at approximately 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 UTC) at the Triple C Club on 8 Mile Road in Detroit.

Proof was known for his work together with his good friend Eminem and his group D12.

Another man was shot shortly afterward, and was taken to St. John Hospital.

On April 12, 2006, Mario Etheridge, 28, of Detroit turned himself in to the police, having been named by several witnesses. Mario was allegedly a bouncer at the club. "Police said he is a cousin of Keith Bender Jr., the bouncer who was allegedly shot by Proof during the fight." The fight that started inside the club was reported to be over a pool game. The argument was taken outside where, "A shot was fired in the air, Proof allegedly pistol-whipped Bender, knocked him to the ground and then shot him. Etheridge then allegedly opened fire on the rapper, striking him four times in the head and chest. One week later, Keith Bender Jr. died of his injuries on April 18, 2006.

Official Police reports are yet to determine the series of events which left Proof and Keith Bender, 35, deceased. Bender died 8 days later on April 18, 2006. Following Proof's death, rapper Snoop Dogg called on fellow musicians to unite, describing the incident as "a loss to the hip-hop community".

The tributes were led by fellow rapper The Game who was first to comment on the tragedy. The Game remembers how he and Proof became 'real cool and real homies' and that 'Proof will always be remembered and I as well as the Black Wall Street family will keep his memory & his family in our prayers 1'. The second to comment on Proof was long time friend Royce da 5'9" who was deeply saddened by the death of his good friend. Royce had been a friend of Proof for over 9 years and the two had recently reconciled. Royce echoed the music community, saying 'He is such loss for the hip hop community...I hope that he will be remembered for the talented artist and great person that he was, and not the tragedy that he fell victim to'.

Eminem was the third to discuss Proof's death days after his passing, clearly affected by the tragedy. Eminem described Proof as "funny, smart and charming" and said that he would be sorely missed and described him as "the heart and ambassador of Detroit hip-hop". Eminem said that Proof was, and always will be, his best friend.

Tributes poured out of the UK with Vm2k6 leading the remembrance. Proof's demise which was mainly overlooked by the UK media was documented and reflected by VM2k6 in which he calls Proof 'fresh, talented and meaningful, a rarity in Hip Hop today'. He continues saying that Proof had 'the greatest ability to transfer his experiences and most of all feelings into words' and finished with the heartfelt line- 'I guess its only in Death you really begin to shine'.

Several fan videos were released in tribute to Proof, including the hit "Good Die Young" music video which used D12's 2004 single, which is currently one of the highest discussed and viewed videos on YouTube.com. Many other "slide show" flicks were created, which are appearing all over the internet. The "Good Die Young" clip was produced by RYKE Video Productions.

Proof stated how he wanted to be remembered in an interview with Sohh.com shortly after his album release; 'I want people to say that I was a true artist', ' That I did it best and stayed true to Hip Hop roots' and 'I'd want people to understand I did it for the love not for the charts.'


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Former Iranian president Rafsanjani states Iran is enriching uranium

April 11, 2006

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirmed on Tuesday that the country has successfully enriched from 164 of their.

"I am officially announcing that Iran has joined the group of those countries which have nuclear technology. This is the result of the Iranian nation's resistance. Based on international regulations, we will continue our path until we achieve production of industrial-scale enrichment," Ahmadinejad said.

"Iran has put into operation the first unit of 164 centrifuges, has injected (the uranium) gas and has reached industrial production. We operated the first unit which comprises of 164 centrifuges, gas was injected, and we got the industrial output. We should expand the work of these machines to achieve a full industrial line. We need dozens of these units (sets totaling 164 centrifuges) to achieve a uranium enrichment facility," said Iran's former President, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, earlier today.

Ahmadinejad had said on Monday that he would release "good nuclear news which will be a source of pride for the whole Iranian nation" today and that reports from the media are part of the United States campaign involving "psychological warfare."

"Nothing can stop our civil nuclear program as the Iranians are a courageous nation and not afraid of intimidations. We are not after atomic bombs," added Ahmadinejad.

According to the (IAEA), Iran began to test 20 centrifuges in March. Iran's current enrichment is only to reactor-grade — around 3.5% of the isotope. Uranium-235 has a and is one  which is easily. In order to create a nuclear bomb, a few hundred metric tons of natural uranium must be used enriched above 90% of uranium-235. Experts have said that if Iran is going to attempt to make enough uranium-235 for a nuclear bomb, they would need to install a few thousand centrifuges in series or process the gas through the same set of centrifuges over 50 times.

On Wednesday, Mohamed ElBaradei, the President of the IAEA, will visit Iran to review the progression, if any, to Iran's nuclear program and will release a report at the end of April.

The United States said that Iran is "moving in the wrong direction" in regards to its nuclear program and that if it continues its program, it will discuss the possibility of taking steps with the United Nations.

is said to "be talking about the way forward with the other members of the Security Council and Germany about how to address this [Iran's nuclear program]," according to spokesman.


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