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Wikinews:Request an account at Wikinewsie

This is the page to request to be granted an account at Wikinewsie, a wiki which contains prepared news stories with embargoed and sensitive information that should not be made public. Please note that only administrators of the English Wikinews and accredited reporters will be granted an account there; requests from other users will most likely be declined.

To request an account, please provide the following information:

 * 1) Your username.
 * 2) Your email address. It is needed so that a password for your account can be emailed to you.
 * 3) Sign your request - you must be logged in for validation of the request to occur.
 * 4) New requests should go at the bottom of the page.

After your account is created, go to the login page at Wikinewsie and log in using the randomly provided password, which will have been given to you by email. You will be able to change your password once you have logged in using the provided one.

Account creation procedure
Wikinewsie administrators should follow the below process to create an account on someone's behalf on Wikinewsie.
 * 1) Go to the Special:Createaccount screen, when logged in as a sysop.
 * 2) Enter a username and an email address, and click the "by email" button.
 * 3) The account will be created with a random password which is then emailed to the given address.

jonathan-alexandr.ledbury-romanov@wikinewsie.org --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 08:58, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ I've emailed you the password (i would have had the system do it automatically, but hit the wrong button. stupid login menu). Cheers. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:07, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

george.paleontex@ntlworld.com. Den dodge  T\C 19:36, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Check your email for a random password provided by the system. Welcome to the cabal. :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  19:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

 * computerjoe@gmail.com Computerjoe (talk) 15:43, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, I have to mark this request as ❌, at least for now, because you are not an administrator or accredited reporter here, sorry. (Maybe try again if your AR closes as successful?) Tempodivalse [talk]  16:43, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Shall do. I wasn't sure about the access policy with Wikinewsie. Computerjoe (talk) 17:45, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah right it says on Wikinewsie! Computerjoe (talk) 17:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It says here too. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:15, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * So it does. I'm obviously half asleep. Thanks for your time. :) Computerjoe (talk) 21:38, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Can I reapply now? Computerjoe (talk) 18:47, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think so, now that you've been officially accredited. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:22, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I reapply. Computerjoe (talk) 17:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ some time ago. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:07, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I hereby request the account SVTCobra at Wikinewsie. My e-mail address is wikinewssvt [at] optonline [dot] net. I am a Sysop at en.wikinews in good standing. I agree to abide by the confidentiality standards for embargoed news and to the protection of confidential sources that may be discussed at Wikinewsie. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:40, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ Account created, I dropped you the sysop bits as well. Welcome to the cabal. Smile.png Tempodivalse [talk]  00:17, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Perhaps the server is slow with permission ... but I got the emails with the link to confirm the account, however I get an error message saying I must be logged in to access that page. --SVTCobra 00:26, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Hum, that's odd. I might have done something wrong. I will email you the password to the account instead. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Password sent by email. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Tempo. I finally got in. Cheers, SVTCobra 00:45, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you tell me which page you could not access for login? --Brian McNeil / talk 21:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Requesting access/account Markie at Wikinewsie. Here I am an admin and also have OTRS access so I familiar with confidentiality. Email is newsmarkie@gmail.com. Cheers --Mark Talk to me 21:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Account created, check your email for the account password. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:27, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

 * [email address removed]. Cheers. Adambro (talk) 12:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No objections, apart from you having handed in accreditation and adminship, plus still having a retired notice on your talk. I'd certainly support an adminship app if the latter changes - and that would meet the criteria that've been applied here so far. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm still an admin here, the retired notice on my talk page is clearly incorrect and so I've removed it. Adambro (talk) 13:09, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My apologies, thought you'd resigned adminship too and only checked the accredited reporters. Watch your email. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:49, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅--Brian McNeil / talk 13:09, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I herby request access and the account Decap at wikinewsi. I have been given accreditation from wikinews and as a member of the Norwegian Union of Journalists i am bound by the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press. My email is alejandro(at)decap.dk Decap (talk) 23:33, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * already done earlier Tempodivalse [talk]  00:52, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

patrickflahertydc@gmail.com. Thanks! --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 23:00, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sorry for the long wait. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:52, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Juliancolton2@yahoo.com. Thanks, – Juliancolton  | Talk 03:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  03:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Looking to restart my writing for Wikinews, after an unintended lull. I'm an admin and acc reporter, I used to have general OTRS access about four years back. Requesting specifically to deal with a "history mystery" related article. nicholasmoreau@gmail.com --  Zanimum (talk) 17:12, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:24, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Looks like i beat you to it by a minute, Julian. Check your email, Zanimum, i had the system send you a random password to your account. Cheers Tempodivalse [talk]  17:27, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks! --  Zanimum (talk) 01:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Have had my accreditation request closed and passed, would like to apply for membership on the wikinewsie site. My current email is julesmattsson+wn[at]googlemail.com. Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 23:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  23:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I still haven't recieved a password by email, but wikinewsie does recognise my username. Could the email for me be changed to julesmattsson[at]googlemail.com, minus the +wn bit, as that may be causing problems. Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 10:48, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's possible for me to change the email, see below. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:27, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This has been ✅. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:58, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey there, people. Admin and accredited here on en.wn. Send to dodgestory(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks! --Thunderhead 23:35, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  23:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, previous request was done I think, as my username is valid on Wikinewsie, but I have not received a password, and when I click 'Email Password', nothing is received (have checked spam filter). I think the email adress down for me as an alt. contact is wrong, it might be the '+wn' suffix on my gmail for emails from wikinews is causing the snafu, would it be possible to change my alt. email to julesmattsson[at]googlemail.com and resend a pass. Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 11:57, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I was the one who created the account, I think I might have entered the wrong email address (although I thought I double checked). Unfortunately, now there's a problem: I don't know the password to the wikinewsie account (it didn't send it to me, only to the specified email address), so I can't log in and change the email address or password, so we're effectively locked out of the account, it seems. off the top of my head, there are two things we could do: create a different username and try emailing another password (but then you'll have separate usernames for wikinews and wikinewsie). Or, we could contact user:Brianmc, who has database access, and ask him to find the password and email it to you. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:27, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have database access. I've zero idea which table in a MediaWiki database the users are in. It may take quite some time to find and fix this problem. I've no idea how you actually request a generated password - the obvious thing is that should never be done. I've a few hardware issues to sort here (power went off running USB tests in Windows; don't see mouse or anything anymore). Need to get these computer issues sorted. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:53, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Uhm, right... Well thank you for your efforts, i'm not sure what to suggest to be honest. I don't overly mind different usernames, although would prefer not, so whatever is easiest really --JulesMattsson (talk) 17:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the inconvenience. I have an idea: I can create an account called "Jules Mattsson" for you at wikinewsie (the same as the one you have now, but with a space), but enter a password myself (instead of having the wikisystem do it), and email it directly to you. Is that okay? I think that's the best we can do for now, maybe once you get into your account we'll be able to rename it back to match your main WN account. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:48, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well potentially the following db query might do the trick:

UPDATE user SET user_email='email here' WHERE user_name='JulesMattsson'; but it might be easier to just do the renaming thing. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:46, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, creating a second account and doing a rename would probably be the easiest thing. The only problem is that Wikinewsie doesn't have the UserRename extention, we'd have to get Brian to install it. Tempodivalse [talk]  04:16, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅OK, i installed RenameUser extension, renamed the user, created a new one. You should get an email soon. Tell me if it works. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, i haven't yet had an email either on my gmail or wikinewsie address with the details outlines above, which would it be sent to? Thanks for helping, sorry for all the bother. Jules (--82.198.231.199 (talk) 12:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC))
 * It should be your gmail one. Bawolff ☺☻ 12:58, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've removed all privs from the renamed-to account and permanently blocked it. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've just checked and checked spam etc and haven't recieved anything, definately to julesmattsson@googlemail.com? Alternatively could it be sent to jules.mattsson@wikinewsie.org? Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 13:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've created Jules_Mattsson. We can rename it if it works. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:14, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Right, I got the email and am in as Jules_Mattsson, have changed the pass etc. Thanks. Would it be possible to rename to JulesMattsson? Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 10:06, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ (finally) Bawolff ☺☻ 12:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm really want to know how to configure my email on WinLive Mail, and to know what does the wiki says :P ✅ Bawolff ☺☻ 01:38, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * E-Mail: diego.grez@wikinewsie.org --Diego Grez let's talk 01:25, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

 * thewub.wiki [at] googlemail [dot] com the wub "?!"  11:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Your email should arrive shortly. – Juliancolton  | Talk 13:24, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

 * thenewmikemoral@aol -- Mike moral  ♪♫  01:47, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Bawolff ☺☻ 01:50, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

 * brian.anderton@wikinewsie Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 03:15, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ (didn't use your email though) Bawolff ☺☻ 03:26, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

 * pmlinediter@live Not accredited, but an admin here. Pmlineditor discuss 12:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

 * c628@live Same as Pmlineditor. C628 (talk) 13:26, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


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Category talk:Scientology/Archive 1

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Why is Authorities_in_Belgium_raid_Church_of_Scientology not listed here? 194.76.29.2 14:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It appears to be there now. Cirt - (talk) 14:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * when i look on the page i can not see it either -- 77.177.179.112 19:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know what you mean ... it is right there as the top story in the DPL: 12 April. Also, it is listed under "A" in the alphabetical listing below. So it is there twice. --SVTCobra 19:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

the same thing now with YouTube_accounts_of_Scientology_critics_suspended looks like there is some old version that is used here. (reloading does not help) looks for me like a configuration problem (squids not able to do theit work correctly?) 194.76.29.2 09:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC) (btw the belgium news are shown now)
 * Seems fine to me atm. Cirt - (talk) 09:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * now it is fine here too, but there seems to be always a few hours delay for me. 194.76.29.2 13:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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Count=5 was copied from an earlier infobox, not as some effort to otherwise promote a point of view. I cannot say the same for Misou reducing the count to articles he has started that are pro-scientology. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You are seeing ghosts, wake up. I reduced the box size so it would fit the smaller articles and not mess them up. Misou 21:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Count=5 is about standard, IMO. Shorter articles can be expanded easily, there is much to say on such a controversial subject. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I tried 5 but it is too long for most of the existing articles, cutting into the "Sources" box. 4 works fine, but ok, 5 it is then. Misou 21:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not really a problem if it cuts down the side of the sources box. If it meant there was lots of blank space or something, then it would require shortening. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I changed it to five and reduced the lines below the photo. How do I get rid of the blank space between the article list and the photo? Misou 22:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

3RR
I have again reverted your reduction of the article count. This is - as far as I am concerned - an efforto to reduce the number of articles critical of Scientology. Should you make another change to a lower number I will judge it to be a violation of WN:3RR and request a full 24 hour block. I have already requested a checkuser because I have good reason - based on your bloody-minded obsessiveness here and on Wikipedia - that you are too closely involved with Scientology to edit any articles on the topic.

Should you care to revert my final edit, or in any other way reduce the count of articles listed, I will go against convention myself and perform the CheckUser. If - as I strongly suspect - you are a Scientology shill I will permanently block as appropriate and wait for wrath from on high. Xenu forgive me! --Brian McNeil / talk 21:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

 * You are behind the 8ball here. Maybe you check my user contribs and see what I am doing. Guessing and spreading prejudice is nuts and has no place on Wikinews. And you are an Admin on top? God help us all. Misou 22:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Looking at your contributions, I have the same suspicions as Brian. Soryy, but it really does apear that you are censoring the subject, possibly on behalf of the church. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I understand. Give me an example where you think you see that. I might just have a viewpoint which requires some thinking to understand. You see, Brianmc went as far to block me because I do not follow his POV. This is an abuse of user rights, right out of fanatism. Misou, 22:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Warning: All users are warned that edit warring is unacceptable and that continuously reverting edits which aren't blatant vandalism could result in blocks or this page being protected. Adambro 22:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills at least 17

Cyclone Aila
The cyclone has a name, now Cyclone Aila, and information like death tolls & such have been updated. More references are available on the wikipedia page: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Aila#References 65.112.197.16 (talk) 16:51, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


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Welcome
Welcome!

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information (not even an e-mail address), and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages (the "collaboration" tab at the top of the page), or the comments pages (tab "opinions"), please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the date.

If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!Cirt (talk) 00:34, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

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Ontario investigators search for the body of Victoria Stafford

May 28, 2009 Police forensic investigators in Canada continue the search for the body of eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, whom they now believe was murdered on the same day she was abducted, April 8, 2009 from her Woodstock, Ontario school.

Counselors have been providing support to students at Oliver Stephens Public School.

There have been two arrests made, one for the first-degree murder and abduction of Tori Stafford and the other person has been charged with being an accessory and abduction. The next court appearance is May 28. Police and neighbours say that the parents of Tori may have been familiar with at least one of the abductors.

The search continues for the body of Tori as well as the rear seat of a vehicle connected with the abduction. The search area is around Guelph, and Fergus north east of Woodstock.

Police are seeking information about a blue 2003 four-door Honda which is believed to be blue with black spray paint on large portions of it. Investigators believe it to have been in the Home Depot parking lot in Guelph on the evening of April 8, the day of the abduction.

The grey cloth covered back seat from the above vehicle is missing and police are seeking to recover it. Police have been combing rural areas and scouring lake bottoms in the hopes of turning up more evidence.

"We continue to receive information on all different parts of the investigation and each piece of lead or tip, if you will, is being investigated as far as it can take us," said Laurie-Anne Maitland, an Oxford Community Police Constable. "If I were her parent I would want to have that ounce of hope too until I knew 100 per cent. I think it's the nature [of people to hope for] one possible little miracle ... and it's not [possible]."

Woodstock, the home town of Tori is located in the county of Oxford, and the search has spread out to the neighbouring county of Wellington. The city of Guelph is located about to the north east, and Fergus which is north of Guelph is about  from Woodstock.


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In relation to your edit to Former South Korean President dead after apparent suicide - both Pusan and Busan seem to refer to the same place, so i kept it at where it was originally. hope thats ok. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:36, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Ontario investigators search for the body of Victoria Stafford

Woman and Man charged have been named
The woman and man charged in this case have been named, but this was not added to this WN article as per ongoing previous debates about mentioning names of folks appearing in court cases.SriMesh | talk  05:37, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


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Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor to U.S. Supreme Court

May 26, 2009 🇺🇸U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Sonia Sotomayor, a United States Court of Appeals judge, as his first nominee to the United States Supreme Court.

The 54-year-old Sotomayor, who was born in New York City and attended Princeton University and Yale University, is the first female U.S. Supreme Court nominee of Hispanic or Latino extraction and, if confirmed, would become the third female U.S. Supreme Court justice, following and serving alongside Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sotomayor would take the seat of retiring justice.

Sotomayor was nominated in 1997 to the 2nd Circuit position she currently holds by then-President Bill Clinton. Prior to this, she was nominated as a district judge by Clinton's predecessor, George H. W. Bush. Suggested as a potential Supreme Court nominee during the George W. Bush administration, she was characterized at the time by Republican senators as "moderate".

Sotomayor's nomination was announced by President Obama today. She must now be approved by a U.S. Senate vote.


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Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. Thank you, Tempodivalse [talk]  15:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

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Attribution
If we use other CC-BY 2.5 things, surely we must attribute it to the coypright holder? But when someone copies off Wikinews, it is attributed to Wikinews. How do we attribute the original? Computerjoe (talk) 16:35, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


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American console sales continue to decline throughout April

May 29, 2009 The latest console data from the NPD Group shows that, in April, Nintendo's DSi handheld console outsold all other consoles in America in its first month of release. Apart from the Nintendo Wii and the original Nintendo DS, all other consoles sold under 200,000 units.

A worrying trend for the industry is that the Xbox 360, Wii and the Playstation 3 all had lower sales on a month-over-month and a year-over-year basis.

Hardware sales for the month in America fell 8% year-over-year, down to $391 million. Year-to-date sales are down 1%, sitting at $1.83 billion.

The fall in hardware sales year-over-year can be attributed to major title releases last year in the month of April such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii.

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Tempodivalse [talk]  18:20, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Your bot
Hi! The problem is some bot operators simply start running bots without giving us any indication they are about to. For this reason I block bots on sight, to prevent this - I don't like doing it, but it needs done. If you can assure me the bot won't run without approval at WN:BOT (except under the exceptions at WN:GB), then I'm happy to unblock it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:59, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

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Minnesota boy with cancer and mother return to abide by court rulings

May 26, 2009

After being on the run for about a week, Daniel Hauser and his mother, Colleen, returned home to Minnesota to attend a court hearing and proceed with treatments for Daniel's cancer.

The charges will be dropped against Colleen Hauser and her thirteen-year-old son Daniel who has Hodgkin's lymphoma after the pair fled a court order for chemotherapy.

Jennifer Keller, an attorney from Orange County, California, assisted the arrangement for the Hausers to return.

"She'll abide by what the court says," said Keller, "They always expected to return. She's horrified people perceive her as hiding out. That isn't what she intended. He wasn't in any acute distress. He was quite tired. He was very, very eager to get home."

The court hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in New Ulm, Minnesota will decide custody and medical care procedures.

County Attorney James Olson said, "A lot depends upon the attitude of the parents, their willingness to get on board with a treatment plan."

Daniel has only a five percent chance of survival without cancer chemotherapy treatments. Previous testimony revealed that Hodgkin's lymphoma which was diagnosed January has a 90 to 95% success rate for survival with chemotherapy.

The voluntary return of Colleen and Daniel from California was videotaped and arranged by Asgaard Media which submitted the video to authorities.

Daniel is in the care of Brown County protective custody services, but was allowed the night at the family farm in Sleepy Eye supervised by sheriff's deputies. He was seen at a Twin Cities hospital on their arrival Monday according to Tom Hagen, attorney for Collen and Anthony, Daniel's parents.


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Left-wing EU parliament candidates debate in Cardiff

Labour, Plaid Cymru, and No2EU candidates for the Wales seats in the European Parliament met at Cardiff's Sandringham Hotel last night for the second of two pre-election hustings debates hosted by Cardiff Trades Union Congress. Cardiff TUC president Katrine Williams moderated as Derek Vaughan of the Labour Party, Jill Evans MEP of Plaid Cymru, and Rob Griffiths of the No2EU coalition, the tops of their respective lists, took questions from an audience of 22 composed largely of socialist activists and trade union members.

Candidates from the Tories, Liberal Democrats, and Green Party were not invited to the evening debate, although the Liberal Democrats did take part in the TUC's debate earlier in the day. Ms Williams explained that the Liberal Democrats and Tories had been excluded because "we wanted to have candidates more representative of trade unions" but that not inviting the Greens had been "an oversight" due to the less prominent tradition of green politics in Wales. The BNP, UKIP and some minor parties also did not take part.

In opening statements, the three candidates discussed their records and their goals for the European Parliament. Mr Vaughan, leader of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, asserted the pro-organised labour credentials of the Labour Party, which has been under fire for several years from the left, and noted that Labour, which currently controls two of Wales's four seats in the EU Parliament, has brought £1.5 billion to Wales, with a comparable amount to come in the future. Calling the BNP "Nazis" and comparing the British political situation to that in Germany in the 1930s, Vaughan called for the parties of the left to rally behind Labour in order to ensure that the BNP did not obtain any seats in Wales; but he expressed resignation to the likelihood that the BNP would earn a seat in North West England.

Ms Evans, meanwhile, who has been an MEP for ten years, announced her opposition to the pro-privatisation current in the EU and pledged that Plaid would support a new program of public investment and pro-organised labour revisions of EU directives, particularly the Posted Workers Directive.

Mr Griffiths, meanwhile, who is General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, took a position urging radical reform of the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty, which he characterised as a re-branding of the European Constitution, would, he argued, enshrine neo-liberal policies in Europe and impose them on its member states in a way that was irreversible — "at least by any constitutional means". Calling for a "social Europe" as opposed to a "United States of Europe", Griffiths suggested that the creation of a European Defence Agency and the actions of the European Court of Justice were being used to turn the European Union into a capitalist "empire" akin to the United States.

Discussion of the ongoing UK parliamentary expenses scandal and its implications for MEPs, who draw salaries and expenses considerably higher than Westminster MPs do, dominated the early discussion. The Labour candidate expressed the position that the problems in accountability leading to the scandal had been fixed; his opponents noted that of the parties currently representing Britain in Brussels, only Labour has not yet disclosed their expenses (although Mr Vaughan states that the party will begin to do so soon) and Mr Griffiths furthermore declared that the scandal was part of a wider problem: the corruption of the political system by big business.

On the subject of a common European defence policy the three candidates supported widely differing views. The No2EU candidate stated plainly that he considers Europe not to be threatened, and said that a European defence force would be used for foreign adventures in Afghanistan, Africa, and elsewhere in the developing world while at the same time building up the armaments industry in Europe. Ms Evans, meanwhile, argued that the proper role of a common EU force would be as a "civil force" supporting conflict prevention and conflict resolution operations, and also called for the abolition of NATO. Mr Vaughan finished the second round of questioning arguing that a common European armed force should be an alternative to the "US-dominated" NATO, but also stated the importance of bilateral alliances in building up a common European defence force, citing the Franco-German Brigade of the Eurocorps as an example.

Debate ended on the contentious question of MEP salaries, with one member of the audience challenging the three candidates to pledge to accept a wage, if they won, equal to the average wage of their constituents. Ms Evans agreed that the set wage, currently £63,000 rising to £73,000 in 2010, was "too high", but would not commit to a so-called "worker's wage", under heavy criticism from the audience. Mr Vaughan, following, called it "not fair" to ask MEPs to take such a pledge but asserted "I have never been motivated by money" and finished his part in the debate with a call to elect more left-wing socialist MEPs. Mr Griffiths, whose No2EU coalition has made a worker's wage for MEPs part of their election manifesto, readily pledged to hold to a living wage, albeit not necessarily one equal to the average wage of his constituents, and described some of the difficulties associated with refusing an EU salary, noting that initially No2EU had proposed that its MEPs should draw no salary and claim no expenses from Europe but the coalition's legal advisors had said that to do so would endanger the status of any of its members as MEPs.

Voting for the European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom takes place June 4.


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Candidates from no2eu, plaid, lavour. Katrin Williams, trades council president. Tory & ld not invited (why?) Rob griffiths, no2eu (#1 no2eu) Derek vaughan, (#1 labour) --introduced equal pay on pt talbot council. Member of pcs and unite. Addressed euroskepticism -- now more social legislation from Brussels. 1997: adoption of social chapter of eu by blair gov't.funding wales gets from europe £1.5 billion, another 1.5 available. Make sre wales qualifies for more funding in 2013. Bnp: labour ill not share hustings with any bnp candidate. Sees bnp mep likelw from nw england. Compared bnp tonazis, says left fights itself too much. Jill evans mep, plaid mep for 10 years. Opposes privatization. Official status for welsh language. Learn from dutch model of cooperation between workers and managers. British opt-out generally negative.5-point pledge (on card). Invest in public services. End trident. Rob griffiths: oppose eu constitution/lisbon treaty. Irreversible ("at least by any constitutional means"). Civil service initiaing legislation. Oppose european defense agency to build "military industrial complex". Toward militarist, big business "united states of europe". Wants a "social europe". Labour has failed its mandate to the working class. Ecj undermining rights of trade unions wrt imported labor.eu fundingto wales is "recycked" -- ukk contributes 2 billion per year.

Expenses scandal: lab -- will boost fringeparties. Problem fixed, system reformed. "we will publish our expenses and claims every year". Pc: will boost turnout. Mep expenses system changing. End brussels-strasbourg move. Lisbon introduces citizen's initiatives. Only labour has not published expenses. No2eu: fundamental corruption of political system by big business. Money makes mps compliant. Bnp is criminal and fascist. Posted workers directive. Pc: strengthen new directive. Pwd is not immigration"it's not about immigration. It's about workers moving to different countries." no2eu: pwd can't be amended into something good in light of ecj. What's the point? Lab: eu is "there whether you like it or not". Tie economies so they don't go to war-- point of eu. Pc: european parliament rubber-stamps european round table. "the fix is already in" before gets to parl.

Role of media? No2eu: hard for small parties to break through. Discrimination against small parties --- he must rerecord parts of no2eu party political broadcast. Eu allows berlusconi's monopoly over italian media. Europe is not under threat. Force would be used in places like afghanistan, africa -- not in Europe proper. Goal is to develop european defense industry. "this is milrtatism

If that they intend to put into place. Would have dragged us into war over Georgia. oppose european defense agency, what collective defense?

Pc: euro defense: against militarization, but role for eu in conflict resolution. Create "civil force". Develop joint force for e.g france/germany. Eu parliament should mandate any action carrying out. Nato shouls be abolished. Media: it's interesting how other countries cover eu parl more than uk parl does. Message of low turnout depresses turnout. "strengthen and amend" postal workers directive.

Lab: media: unhappy with how bnp handled. Meps must improve own communications. Confident posted workers can be overtrned. Defense: should be an alternative tonato, which is usdominated. I am from "left ofhe labour party". How can New Labour work for workers with current positions?

Gatt: eu actively deregulating in gatt (water).

Who would keep worker's wage? Pc: set salary is too high. Voted for new salary package. £63000 going to 73. Won't commit to worker's wage. Should work toward joint agreement on wages.

Labour: "i have never been motivated by money". Not fair to ask for a commitment. Need to get socialist meps elected on june the 4th.

No2eu: eu has always been backed by monopoly capital. Eu has free market principles. Social europe with current structure is a fantasy. Wage: no2eu irst inclination wasno money from eu. Lawyers say it is almost impossible to refuse eu salary without endangering status as mep. Money will go to organization, who will pay reasobnable living wage (no precise definitional detail) to mep.

On record: ld not here because we wanted to have candidates more representative of trade unions.

Greens weren't here as it was an oversight. Not so much of green tradition in Wales.

Review
--Brian McNeil / talk 09:11, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Posted Workers Directive
Something has me wondering, should this be "Postal Workers Directive"? --Brian McNeil / talk 19:12, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Spotted it in the notes and fixed article. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

CPB general secretary Robert Griffiths did not argue for a "Social Europe" at this meeting or any other. The CPB rejects the idea that the EU can produce a "Social Europe", which it regards as a social-democratic illusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.11.239.20 (talk) 23:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


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