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Please ensure that sources you add to the reference desk are appropriate and carry news on the region you are applying them to. This means, don't put a generic source on Thailand, Australia, and every other country in the area. Otherwise someone might think you're spamming and remove them altogether. Brian McNeil / talk 19:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Khalsa

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Hi,

Your piece on some of the goings on related to the Sikh religion looks interesting, but it also looks like you might have copied it from somewhere else. Can you review the links provided above to get a better idea how a Wikinews story should look and revise it somewhat please? You may want to change the title as well as all story titles must be unique. Brian McNeil / talk 20:36, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * ALL The material you have put up on wikinews is a Copyright violation, and does not conform to Wikinews standards as laid out in the above links. I'm sorry, but it will end up deleted in it's current form. Brian McNeil / talk 20:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

A limited license to copy isn't enough for Wikinews I'm afraid, and your material - even if the copyright were to turn out compatible - is not in the right format for Wikinews. You're building a portal which will not ever be linked to from the front page because it looks like a news aggregator, not a news article. I suggest you start again with one story, write it in your own words, and cite the source you're using in the template that is offered when you start a new article. Anything that goes on Wikinews can be mericlessly edited by anyone and I very much doubt that is compatible with your source's copyright terms. As it is, we cannot provide links to sources in headlines and your material does not conform to our standards. There are a number of people who would help you build a Sikh portal for Sikh-specific news if you ask on the Water Cooler. Other faiths have done so and we have things like Bahai (or however its spelt :-) Brian McNeil / talk 21:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

New Category
Okay... Slow down, think about what you want to do, and bring it up on the Water cooler (there should be a link at the top of this page). I'm sorry to say it is highly likely one of the administrators will delete most of what you've done to date, but don't take it too personally. Someone will probably ask you to take a look at the portal that has been done for some Quakers who want to use Wikinews, and if you look through their portal you can get an idea of how you can use Wikinews to disseminate news about your religion.

We don't do the style you've adopted, although you either know Wikicode, or have got to grips with it incredible quickly - which should be a help in getting a proper portal set up for you. Brian McNeil / talk 21:24, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio articles
I have removed the cut and paste copyright violations from Portal:SiKHi NEWS. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:49, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

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Australian Van Nguyen executed in Singapore

December 2, 2005

Convicted Australian drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen was executed at Changi Prison in Singapore today. Prison officials have confirmed the execution took place at 0900 AEDT (2200 UTC Thursday).

The 25-year-old Nguyen was arrested at Changi Airport in December, 2002, while in transit from Cambodia to Australia. He was found to be in possession of 396.2 grams of heroin. He was convicted in the Singapore High Court and sentenced to death under the Misuse of Drugs Act which mandates a death sentence for trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin.

All appeals for clemency were rejected. Singapore's High Commissioner in Australia, Joseph Koh, said Singapore carefully considered appeals from Australia but decided the law must be applied consistently. "It had to treat Nguyen consistently with similar past cases, and apply the law equally to Singaporeans and foreigners," Mr Koh said.

After saying goodbye to his client, Nguyen's Australian lawyer, Julian McMahon, said Nguyen's execution was a waste. "He is completely rehabilitated, completely reformed, completely focused on doing what is good and now they're going to kill him," he said.

It was previously reported that Nguyen's mother would not be permitted to embrace her son before the execution, however, Mr McMahon has confirmed that they were allowed some physical contact. "Well I actually wasn't in the room when that happened but there was a grill and they were able to hold each other's hands and Kim was able to, at least for some time, I'm not sure how long, was able to touch Van on the face," he said. "She told me she was able to talk to him and touch his hair. That was a great comfort to her."

Prayer vigils were held outside Changi Prison and around Australia to mark the first execution of an Australian since Michael McAuliffe in Malaysia in 1993. Nguyen's body is expected to be returned to Australia on Saturday for a funeral next week.


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Talk:Australian Van Nguyen executed in Singapore

Minor nit, but as I post this it is 23:37 UTC, not 2nd December yet. :)

Can you add UTC times to the article? Brian McNeil / talk 23:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. Hope that's okay now. :) Sarah Ewart 00:11, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Which article?
Are we going to keep this article as the one that reports on the execution, or should we consider this to be closed and work on Australian man executed? I've already deleted another one. My vote goes for renaming Australian man believed to have been executed to Australian Van Nguyen executed in Singapore, and deleting Australian man executed. - Borofkin 01:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, I don't have a problem with that. Sarah Ewart 01:16, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * No worries, I've gone ahead and renamed the article, and made it the lead story. There's still lots more work to do though, it's very fragmented. - Borofkin 01:27, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Singapore depends heavely on exports of computer equipment. What is the best way to avoid buying things made in Singapore?

Perhaps some mention of the sharply divided public opinion about this is in order - many people feel that the execution is just, and that the media has been very strongly pushing the story, while others feel it is a great tragedy.

Typo
editprotected "tommorrow" => "tomorrow" Van der Hoorn (talk) 17:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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Australian Senate sits for extra day, passes industrial relations legislation

December 2, 2005 The Australian Senate sits for an unusual extra day today, in order to finish considering amendments to the. An extended sitting of the Senate was held yesterday, December 1, considering these amendments.

The bill has been declared as urgent and as consequently a timetable for debate is set, so the bill would have either passed or not in its entirety today. Key senator has expressed his support of the bill due to his influencing Government amendments dealing with public holidays. Non-Government senators expressed their concerns yesterday and today in regard to these amendments — senator  introduced amendment to try and complement the Government amendments, but the Government has expressed that they will not be supporting them as they do not contain "right to refuse" provisions.

The Senate had not finished debate on all the amendments in the nine page outline of business before 4.30 pm, the time set by the earlier guillotine, and the amendments were consequently put without debate. Non-Government members did not pursue divisions on all the amendments other than key ones. Ominously, during the following third reading debate, fierce thunderstorms had brought about the use of emergency power to the parliament with Opposition senator saying that "The lights may have just gone out in the Senate chamber, but they do not go out on the labour movement!". Persons in the gallery of the Senate were applauding to non-Government speeches, which brought about support from the Opposition and skepticism from Government senators saying that "no amount of guffaws from those who have been trundled in here today to stand up the back will change the fact that we have been re-elected four times by Australian working men and women."

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There should be some quoting from Friday's hansard which should appear on Saturday, I won't have access to these until next Thursday when I will next have access to the internet. Dysprosia 00:32, 2 December 2005 (UTC)


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Federal Opposition hounds Treasurer over appointment to RBA board, Gerard resigns

December 2, 2005 The Australian Federal Opposition has hounded the Treasurer, Peter Costello, over the appointment of Robert Gerard to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board. Mr Gerard announced on Friday 2nd that he will resign from the Board, citing the events of this week as the reason.

On Tuesday, November 29, Wayne Swan, the Shadow Treasurer asked of Costello in the first question of Question Time about an apparent statement that Costello made to Gerard, namely, "I know there's an issue with the Tax Office but I don't have a problem with you on the board". Costello responded that he had no problem with Gerard, noting that "he brings a great understanding of Australian manufacturing industry to the board", and that the obligatory declaration of interest was "indeed was signed by Mr Gerard".

Later it was said by Swan in the House of Representatives that Gerard's company was using "tax havens as tax avoidance schemes to the value of $150 million" and that the declaration of interest mentioned was only in regard to his personal affairs and on asking the Treasurer when he knew this, claimed that him actually knowing the information "would breach the secrecy act". Later Swan revealed that Gerard "and his corporate vehicles" have been "susbtantial donors" to the Liberal Party. Costello maintained that the Government "[does] not think that supporting the Liberal Party is a disqualification from holding ministerial office, prime ministerial office, Treasury office or other offices in Australia"

Swan moved a censure motion to "provide this House with a full and proper explanation of...his communications with Mr Robert Gerard...and his knowledge of Mr Robert Gerard's dispute with the Australian Taxation Office...", which failed in the Government's favour with votes 83 to 59 in division.

On Wednesday, November 30, Swan opened the House in a movement to suspend standing orders again to get information from the Treasurer, stating that "The Treasurer is in real strife" before the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer moved the gag. In Question Time, the Opposition continued to ask every question in regard to the appointment of Gerard. The Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley revealed in his question to the Treasurer that "some of his cabinet colleagues have privately said that they did not consider Mr Gerard was 'a good choice' in the first place for the Reserve Bank board". The Treasurer responded that Gerard's "appointment was supported by all members of the cabinet"

In the subsequent Matters of Public Importance debate, the matter selected was that proposed by Wayne Swan, namely, "The need for the Treasurer to uphold the highest standards of probity in the selection of candidates for the Reserve Bank Board."

On Thursday, December 1, the Opposition again reserved a number of its questions for inquiring about Gerard's appointment. Swan revealed in a question to the Treasurer that Gerard Corporation had "acquired an investment company in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands eight months after the Treasurer recommended his appointment to the Reserve Bank board". Costello responded to Swan referring him to "a statement about that allegation in the Australian Financial Review today...in which he makes it clear that no income has been derived."

Later, the Leader of the Opposition tried to move a censure motion on the treasurer, but leave of the House was not granted, so he had to resort to moving a motion to suspend standing orders to move the same motion, to censure the Treasurer for his appointment. The motion failed due to Government numbers, but the Matters for Public Importance (which follows Question Time) which was selected as "The need for the Government to govern for all Australians not just a privileged few." in order to draw a comparison with the unequal treatment of the Treasurer in supporting Gerard and the new industrial relations legislation, dubbed WorkChoices, and said how the Treasurer and the Prime Minister were "laughing up their sleeves", that the Treasurer was "not fit to lead", and Gerard "is the worst attendee on the Reserve Bank board."

The Minister for Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, however focused elsewhere on the MPI, and drew the attention of the Australian Labor Party's ties to the unions, had described the Opposition as a "policy free zone", said that "there is one group that represents privilege in this place and that is the Australian Labor Party", and stressed the benefits of WorkChoices.

Craig Emerson noted that the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party participated in "deliberate tax evasion", and that Mr Gerard "paid penalty tax in circumstances of deliberate tax evasion". Emerson later said that the Liberal Party was "soft on tax cheats", "soft on tax cheating Liberal Party donors...and members".

The adjournment debate also brought up criticism of Gerard's appointment in the adjournment debate. Christopher Bowen noted the "disquiet" in the media, and noted the previous Board member Bernie Fraser also calling for his dismissal. Bernard Ripoll called for a "full inquiry" into the Government's "self serving public policy".

Swan has said that Gerard had done the "honourable thing", but that he will not let up on pressing the Treasurer for a full disclosal of the facts.

The House of Representatives as of this date sits next on December 5, 2005.


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Talk:US Gross Domestic Product grew during third quarter of 2005

Read the report myself. --Sfullenwider 02:44, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Under Table 1, go down to exports, go right, 05r. It reports that exports increased by 0.8%, correct?

Correct. My humble, and somewhat humiliating, apologies. --Sfullenwider 01:08, 3 December 2005 (UTC)


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Man charged with Huxley attack

December 2, 2005

In Campbelltown, Australia, a 36-year-old carpenter faced the local court with charges stemming from five offences relating to the November 9 assault of a Northmead teenager named Lauren Huxley. Robert Black Farmer, also a resident of Northmead, was arrested by NSW State Protection Group officers.

Ms. Huxley was bashed unconscious, gagged, tied up and doused in petrol. Her attacker then set fire to the house and fled the scene. Firefighters rescued her from the floor of the garage. The 18-year-old remains in a critical condition in intensive care at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital.

Police prosecutor Jennifer Chenhall told the court detectives have collected a large amount of forensic evidence and have taken numerous statements. One of the charges against Farmer relating to the assault includes causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder. He did not apply for bail and was remanded into custody to face Parramatta Local Court on January 19, 2006.

The arrest comes days after NSW Police Commissioner, Ken Moroney, condemned the attack as the worst he had seen in his 40 years of policing and promised that detectives would not rest until the guilty party was caught.

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Hostage standoff in North Reading, Massachusetts ends in tragedy

December 1, 2005

In what appeared to be a hostage situation ended in tragedy this afternoon in the quiet Massachusetts town of when the body of a 72-year old man, Roaldas Baran, and his 65-year old wife, Zinaida Girdauskiene, were found dead in an apparent  at 14 Country Club Road.

The situation began when a neighbor heard four gunshots and a woman screaming and called. Police arrived at the home, and encountered the 72-year old man standing over, a brief conversation was held with the man who then went back inside the house. Then a fifth shot was fired. The team of the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council was brought in to clear the house and evacuate the surrounding houses. The was also on hand.

, the for, reported on what was found upon the SWAT team entering the house. "'In the bedroom, lying, apparently a victim of several gunshot wounds, was a female. We know her to be approximately 65-years-old. In the kitchen on the floor, also apparently the victim of a suicide, was a male we know now to be approximately 72-years-old who was her husband.'" Emily LaGrassa, Coxley's spokeperson said the man apparently shot the woman and turned the gun on himself. Two guns were recovered.

North Reading Police had been called to the house once before in August 2004. The North Reading police are currently investigating further.


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Was near the area
I was near the area of this crime, because the main street leading to the side street standoff was, I take everyday on a van ride to pick up another kid, so when we saw two sirens we thought it was an accident and such, we stopped at the transportation company office (which is right at the intersection) where it sounded like it was a standoff on the acutal golf course that is across the street. So we talked to the first officer direct traffic he said drive down and talk to the next officer, this officer said that we couldn't pass so we have to make about a ten-minute detour just to come out the other side the blocked off area.... I was going to snap some photos but didn't get a chance.... Dratz. --TUFKAAP 05:10, 2 December 2005 (UTC)


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Search continues for missing plane of George F. Baker III off coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts

December 2, 2005

The United States Coast Guard is currently searching still for the downed Beechcraft twin-engine plane piloted by philanthropist George F. Baker III off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Air-traffic controllers lost radar contact with pilot during the afternoon, even though the pilot has just talked with them moments before. The plane also did not issue a distress signal.

Weather is not believed to be a factor as visibility was above five miles.


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User talk:Bob.Steeger~enwikinews

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

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User talk:FTW~enwikinews

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

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Joseph De Veuster voted greatest Belgian

December 2, 2005

Yesterday, December 1, 2005, the election for the "Greatest Belgian" ("De Grootste Belg") was won by Father Damien (Joseph De Veuster). Runners up were Dr. Paul Janssen, founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, and Eddy Merkx, a cyclist.

Father Damien is famous for working and living with lepers on Molokai, where he persisted in caring for the outcasts, against directions of church hierarchy. Eventually, Father Damien died from leprosy himself.

The Belgian "Greatest National" poll is organized separately by the Flemish and the Walloon regional television stations. Father Damien was elected "Greatest Belgian" ("De Grootste Belg") in the poll organized by the Flemish television. Next week, the Walloon poll will conclude, so Belgium will have two "Greatest Belgians".


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User talk:Birkoff~enwikinews

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

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Both sides of Kenya's constitution dispute are negotiating

December 6, 2005

After Kenyans voted "no" for the implementation of the new constitution, the "Orange" anti-constitution campaign and the "Banana" pro-constitution campaign finally sat down together to discuss the way forward.

The draft constitution would have banned foreign land ownership, set the prime minister position to report to the country's president, banned same-sex marriages and restricted regional political parties. It would have also given women equal rights to inherit property, and addressed local elections. The country was attempting to rewrite its post-colonial constitution. This draft constitution was brought forward by the Attorney General, Amos Wako.

A day after the results were announced, the President of the country, Mwai Kibaki, fired his whole cabinet. It is not yet known what he plans to do, but hopes for reconciliation are high: a member of the opposition called on the president "to provide leadership in the way forward".


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User talk:Major Disco

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User talk:219.95.63.8

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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases: Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again!--Cspurrier 18:14, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

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

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

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:40, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Jumanjifro

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User talk:Johnny06man

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User talk:TimothyChenAllen

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User talk:Bonnesaum

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User talk:Willylew~enwikinews

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

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User talk:Ddlamb~enwikinews

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

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

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

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User talk:Neebs

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Mozilla to fix Firefox security hole in patch
Hi there, good job on your first article! However, it should be noted that new articles generally aren't published immediately after being written — people prefer to look over the article first, and then make changes (if applicable) and publish. Just thought I'd let you know... —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 20:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I was...unsure...I think I'll do that in the future.

Articles of Speech & Grammar
On the discussion page of the story ""Jezebel of Jazz," Anita O'Day dead at 87", which headline you so hastily, gleefully and improperly changed (no discussion & improper grammar), is a more thorough discussion of the proper use and tense of the English language.

You wrote in part that "The present tense of die is dies."

While there are numerous present tenses of 'die', (e.g. die, dies, am dying, is dying, have died, has died, have died, have been dying, has been dying - in the simple, third person singular, simple continuous -as personal pronoun & singular or plural subject- perfect present as personal pronoun, singular subject, plural subject, perfect continuous, as a personal pronoun or singular subject, etc.), the use 'dies' in the headline to which you changed, is wrong.

As I wrote on the article's discussion page, and share here with you now, "The present perfect of 'die' (base form) is 'died,' (past participle) NOT 'dies' (third person singular)."

A more fully detailed explanation the proper use of the English language as it pertains to the original headline, and defense of the same, may be found on the article's discussion page.

I wholeheartedly recommend you read it and consider the implications. Respectfully, Mink Butler Davenport 18:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Copyright
Dear neebs,

this is not a simple copyright violation. I source most of my articles directly from the Australian Assosiated Press. As my office pays for a subscriptoion to this website, the AAP supplies a feed of the ;latest stories. These are usually written by reuters or the AAP

this is all legal

thanks

Symode09 23:02, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

copyright
I have spoken to my company lawyers and they essentially said that it was alright to publish stories as long as the company is paying a subscription however, to play it safe and to comply with some other overseas laws, the story should still be credited to the origional Journalist

thanks

Symode09 00:57, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Microsoft fine
Thanks for correcting the figure re: the Microsoft MP3 patent violation fine. Twenex 21:50, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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Court finds random bag searches in NYC subway constitutional

December 2, 2005

The New York (NYCLU) lost their court battle today regarding the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's policy of conducting random bag searches in the  (MTA) system, which took effect July 21, 2005, in the wake of the attacks on the London Underground.

Finding that "the risk of a terrorist bombing of New York City's subway system is real and substantial," U.S. District Judge ruled that random bag searches are not as intrusive as alleged by the NYCLU. Justice Berman noted that "the threat of terrorism is great and the consequences of unpreparedness may be catastrophic", and reasoned that it would be folly not to allow random searches to take place. Former counterterrorism official, testified that the unpredictability of the city's searches would deter potential terrorists.

NYCLU legal director Christopher Dunn disagreed with the court's ruling, and believes the decision gives too much power for vague and unsubstantiated threats. "While concerns about terrorism may well justify certain extraordinary measures, they cannot support an indefinite program by which police officers are searching hundreds of thousands of innocent New Yorkers seeking to do nothing more than ride the subway."

There are no known plans for appeal by the NYCLU, nor word from the MTA if the policy will be expanded to its other transit systems, such as the city's busses, the, and.


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Best's body arrives in Northern Ireland

December 2, 2005

The body of former Manchester United player, George Best, has arrived in Northern Ireland. It was flown into RAF Aldergrove, on a chartered plane accompanied by his son, Calum, and his agent, Phil Hughes. Bests Family, including his father Dickie were waiting at the runway of RAF base in County Antrim.

Mr.Bests body was then driven in a black herse along a 20-mile route to the home of Best's father, Dickie, in the Cregagh Estate in east Belfast, where it will be kept overnight.

Up to 500,000 people are expected to line the streets to Stormont, the Northern Ireland Parliament buildings, where a public funeral ceremony for the former Manchester United and Northern Ireland football player will be held tomorrow.

Mr Best died at the Cromwell Hospital in London last Friday afternoon, aged 59. A private family service will be held at Best's Fathers home, which has been turned into a shrine to his son. Then a service will take place in the Great Hall at Stormont, before Best is buried in a private family service beside his mother Ann at Roselawn Cemetery. Among the people attending the private ceremony will be Best's lifelong friend Denis Law, Harry Gregg and Derek Dougan.

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Talk:Man charged with Huxley attack

Arrested in an early morning raid?
Australian Associated Press says the arrest was at the house in Bargo December 1, 7:30pm (AEDT). How is that an early morning raid? Karen 22:22, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Initially it was being reported it happened in the early hours of the morning. But you're right, it actually happened at 7:30 pm (according to the police press release). Sorry about that. Sarah Ewart 23:08, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Both sides of Kenya's constitution dispute are negotiating

i think the contributor, Birkoff, is clearly new to wikinews, and since s/he seems to live in Kenya, so it would be great if s/he could become a regular contributor to wikinews and/or wikipedia.

So i've made a few changes in the direction of an article that is more in a wikinews style, e.g. adding some wikipedia links.

i've put a few bits (OK, only 1 sentence) here for archival purposes, which i removed from the text without replacement:

 * I believe Kenyans have made a bold intelligent step in the right direction that other Countries ought to follow. (because it's a personal comment)

i'm not sure how reasonable it is to keep the whole paragraph about abortion in - i don't know if this is more of a personal comment or whether these are widely held opinions in Kenya.

Anyway, if anyone is willing to help, please join in and edit! Please remember that most people in Africa cannot edit wikinews - because of the simple fact that they do not have internet access. (Of course, it varies from country to country, city to countryside, etc., but the overall numbers are correct AFAIK.) So let's encourage those people in Africa who do have internet access...

There's a huge amount of stuff in Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2005 - so i'm not sure how much of that should be integrated here. Anyway, i've made an effort - others are welcome... Boud 22:26, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I am publishing the article, otherwise it'll get deleted as abandoned. After removing some of the personal opinion, it's become short but does communicate some information, and I'm very happy to see an article about Africa being published. -- IlyaHaykinson - 18:38, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


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Judge allows student to sue school for revealing sexuality

December 3, 2005

A U.S. federal judge ruled on Nov. 28 that 17-year old Charlene Nguon can sue her high school principal who revealed to her mother that she is lesbian.

The lawsuit, brought in September by a high school senior in California, claims she was unfairly disciplined by the school for kissing her girlfriend. She also alleges that her sexuality caused the school to suspend her when there was no specific policy addressing displays of public affection in the student handbook, and that her privacy rights were violated when the school principal revealed to her parents that she was lesbian.

The school district sought to have the charges dismissed by arguing in part that Nguon was openly gay on campus, and therefore had no right to privacy on the matter.

Judge James V. Selna of the Central District Court of California found that the school district was immune from the plaintiff’s claims in a 13-page finding issued on Monday. However, the individual administrators, the school principal and superintendent, did not qualify for immunity. In his findings he noted that the administrators did not take "action to stop or remedy the alleged harassment and discrimination", and did not enact an "adequate formal or informal policy to ensure that Santiago High is providing a learning environment free from discrimination", which is a requirement of the California Education Code.

In allowing the lawsuit to move forward, Judge Selna found that Nguon had "sufficiently alleged a legally protected privacy interest in information about her sexual orientation."

Nguon is seeking unspecified damages and is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

"This is the first court ruling we’re aware of where a judge has recognized that a student has a right not to have her sexual orientation disclosed to her parents," said Christine Sun, Nguon's lawyer.

Nguon was found in the hallway openly kissing and hugging her girlfriend, actions permitted between heterosexual students at the Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California. The school principal, Ben Wolf, told Nguon's mother about her daughter's sexuality after the student failed to stop the displays of affection between her and her girlfriend. During this time, Nguon was suspended numerous times for ignoring the requests, and was ultimately forced to temporarily change schools.

No trial date is set. The parties are scheduled to return to court on Jan. 23.


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User:Skyfaller

I'm Nelson, and among other things I am a reporter for War News Radio.

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