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User talk:81.159.81.146

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Former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra pregnant

December 23, 2007

Jessica Sierra is pregnant, according to the Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa, Florida, where she is imprisoned awaiting trial for charges of disorderly intoxication, violating parole and resisting arrest. Sierra became famous after once reaching the finals of American Idol.

Reports have been made by the prison infirmary that Sierra has been moved to a pregnancy diet and is confirmed to be pregnant. The father is said to be an unidentified rap musician.

Sierra had originally been due to go before a judge on the 20th, but her pregnancy has caused this to be postponed indefinitely.

Sierra was arrested on December 2 outside a local bar, and is being held without bond. Police claim that after they arrived, she first assaulted an officer then attempted to bribe him by offering to perform a sex act on him. Only two weeks earlier she had pleaded no contest to charges of battery and possessing cocaine. If she is convicted of all the new charges, she could be imprisoned for up to 11 years, which would mean she would have the baby whilst still in prison.

Sierra earlier pled not guilty to all charges.


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//A hide-away category to tagging trick. removes tags on load. Finds Categories, appends them as tags at bottom on save (or any submit) //problems with this: this is really something that should be done server side. (and in the end, this might be done server side, or we might not even do this) //note: this script, like all my edits is in the public domain.

//Todo: make this work with WikiEd, test, make robust. At this point, this script is just to show such a thing could work. /*extern wgAction addOnloadHook wgNamespaceNumber*/ if ((wgAction === "edit") && (wgNamespaceNumber === 0)) { var tag = {}; tag.cat = /\[\cC]ategory:([^\+)\]\]/g;

tag.makeTags = function { var editbox = document.getElementById("wpTextbox1").value; var categories = editbox.match(tag.cat); editbox += "\n"; editbox += ' '; for (var i = 0; i < categories.length;i++) { editbox += " "; editbox += categories[i].replace(tag.cat, "$1"); editbox += " "; }       editbox += " "; document.getElementById("wpTextbox1").value = editbox; return true; //make sure it submits }

tag.hideTags = function { //if you assign doc.getElementById(testarea) to a var, it doesn't seem to work document.getElementById("wpTextbox1").value = document.getElementById("wpTextbox1").value.replace(/\n\<\!--Start\stechnocrati\sTags\.\sDo\snot\smodify\son\sor\sbelow\sthis\sline\!--\>\s?\[\d\D]+\<\/div\>\s?$/, ""); }

//Attach the unhide to save button tag.attach = function { var editform = document.getElementById("editform"); if (!editform) throw new Error("No edit box! Problem with script, please tell someone.");

if (editform.addEventListener) { editform.addEventListener("submit", tag.makeTags, true); }       else if (editform.attachEvent) { editform.attachEvent("onsubmit", tag.makeTags); }       else { editform.onsubmit = tag.makeTags; }   }

addOnloadHook(tag.hideTags); addOnloadHook(tag.attach);

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Astronomers say asteroid could hit Mars

December 24, 2007 Astronomers have discovered an asteroid that is approximately 160 feet long, that may be on a collision course for Mars and may hit the planet sometime in early 2008.

Since the discovery of asteroid 2007 WD5 on November 20, 2007, scientists at NASA's Near-Earth object Office have been tracking it, and say that the asteroid could come within 48,000 kilometers of the planet around January 30, 2008.

"Right now asteroid 2007 WD5 is about half-way between Earth and Mars and closing the distance at a speed of about 27,900 miles per hour. Over the next five weeks, we hope to gather more information from observatories so we can further refine the asteroid's trajectory," said Don Yeomans, manager of the Near Earth Object Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

It may also hit near the area where the Opportunity Rover is currently exploring, but scientists say that the rover is outside of the zone of possible impact.

The current odds of the asteroid hitting the planet are 1 in a 75 chance that it will make its impact on or around that date.

"These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track...threatening asteroids. We know that it's going to fly by Mars and most likely going to miss, but there's a possibility of an impact," said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Office.

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German composer Harald Genzmer dies at age 98

December 24, 2007

German Composer of contemporary classical music Harald Genzmer died last week in Munich, Germany. He was 98 years old.

Born on February 9, 1909 in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Music beginning in 1928.

In 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln. During the second world war he served as a clarinetist.

From 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1957 to 1974 he taught at the Munich Hochschule für Musik.

Among his notable students was the Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim.


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Hello. Please note wikinews is only for news articles.Bawolff ☺☻ 04:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Astronomers say asteroid could hit Mars

Wow, like, who cares?
Really, why do we care if an asteroid is going to hit Mars? The scientists said it's not going to hit the rover, and it's likely not even going to strike the planet at all. It's not like it's going to blow up the planet or anything. How does this affect the lives of people on Earth who read the news? If there is a reason why this is notable, I want to know. ~Planoneck~ 04:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * For a start, it could provide data on such impacts in the event something similar happens to Earth - while there are plenty of differences to take into account, we really don't have much live data on planet-asteroid collisions, so anything we get it useful. Secondly, it always helps to remind people that these things do happen every so often - and next time, it could be Earth. There's no guarantee Bruce Willis will be available, so we need to realise that it's just a matter of luck as to whether we get hit or not - and in the bigger scale of things, a matter of time as to how long until we get hit. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 08:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Also, there will be a nice show for the observatories, and in turn we will get to see it. Oddly enough, I've never seen an asteroid strike something in my lifetime, and I have access to equipment powerful and accurate enough that if we refine the trajectory properly, I may be lucky enough to sit and watch it should it happen. Also, I find it ironic that the next thing you edited was former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra pregnant - yet I haven't showed up on any of the comments pages on the Jessica Sierra string to ask 'who cares', I've just accepted that someone must. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:02, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * "We estimate such impacts occur on Mars every thousand years or so," said Steve Chesley, a scientist at JPL. "If 2007 WD5 were to thump Mars on Jan. 30, we calculate it would hit at about 30,000 miles per hour and might create a crater more than half-a-mile wide." The Mars Rover Opportunity is exploring a crater approximately this size right now. --195.215.114.140 13:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Let Mars alone
Mars may be a planet, but if it was intended for human life there, well i think we would have been there long ago. I believe that they are poking around up there too much and that this asteroid is a sign to let it be. I'm sure that the asteroid will probably have impact with the planet and then what? Are they going to try to redirect it and the outcome be even more disastrous? I think that they r trying to do the impossible, and that they are screwing around with things that they shouldn't be! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.239.15.90 (talk) 14:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

No serious environmental effects, I assume. --195.215.114.140 14:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachary (talk • contribs)


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Hi. Please note wikinews is only for news articles. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:34, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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NBA 2K8 Asia Championship: Taiwan Stage Highlights

December 24, 2007 The "NBA 2K8 Asia Championship" Taiwan Qualifier, organized by NBA Asia Corp. and sponsored by Microsoft Taiwan, was held on December 22 & 23. According to the organizer, Taiwan was chosen as the first on-site stage tournament because of some of the market share factor on the gaming industry and the gaming population.

In Taiwan's qualifier, the organizer successively invited models from Catwalk Production House and two Taiwanese bands (Yummy, 2moro) for friendship matches with the public. With the entertainers' participation, it attracted media and press in the entertainment industry.

On the other hand, to conjunct with sports and gaming, the organizer set the experience area with not only the Xbox 360 gaming console but also a shooting machine.

In this 2-day qualifier, due to some issues on the arrangement of the schedule, some registered gamers offered to quit the championship, but it didn't take effect on the results of the single day champion, the 2-day champion, and overall champion. Finally, Yu-cheng Lin won the overall champion to participate in the Grand Final of the championship in South Korea on January 12, 2008.

According to the organizer, the Hong Kong qualifier will start on January 5 & 6, 2008 at Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill, Hong Kong.


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11 dead after snow storms in US

December 24, 2007

11 people have been left dead and thousands have no electricity after a snowstorm hit the central area of the United States. Hundreds of flights were also cancelled. A pile-up on Interstate 40, Texas caused one death and two life-threatening injuries. Hundreds of trees and power lines have also fallen across Chicago, Wisconsin, Texas, Kansas and Minnesota.

In Wisconsin there were three fatalities from the snow storm, while one died in both Kansas and Texas. These deaths were caused from road accidents which arose from the storm.

At O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, 300 flights have been cancelled due to the storm, which is expected to move north to the area near the great lakes. Winds were at speeds of 50 to 68 mph in the Chicago Area.

In many areas visibility was lowered to almost zero by the storms.

The death in Texas was expected to have involved over 40 vehicles and about 20 semitrailers. The accident involved many families, some going on a holiday for the festive season.

Three deaths were also caused by a traffic-related incident in Minnesota.

In addition, there were reports of children not wearing clothing appropriate to the weather conditions.

The type of storm that hit America today is not uncommon at this period in Winter. Authorities have the capability to deal with this type of extreme weather, to the extent that damage is lessened but not completely prevented.

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Talk:French writer Julien Gracq dies at 97

Copyright issues?
Hi. I noticed that this article is made up almost entiredly of parts taken from English Wikipedia. That naturally led me wonder about the potential copyright infringement.

Here are some relevant facts that I gathered.

On English Wikipedia, revision as of 9 December 2007 has texts that this Wikinews article has. That rules out the possibility that texts were copied from Wikinews to Wikipedia.

Wikinews article does not cite Wikipedia article. There seems to be little indication that texts are taken from English Wikipedia, though it seems that is what has happened.

There are 6 paragraphs in the current Wikinews article, excluding the lead. The English Wikipedia's entry as of Dec 9 (linked above) has 7 paragraphs. Except for the 2nd para., all of the main body seems to have been brought to Wikinews. In other words, rather substantial portion of the Wikipedia entry is used.

The word "high school" is spelled, for some reason, as "highschool" in English Wikipedia as well as here. Not a very common typo, I think. It is an indication that the texts are copied and pasted.

In terms of the four factors that must be taken into account in determining if a use falls into a fair use, I see that there is a possibility that the copying is problematic in terms of the third factor (amount and substantiality) only.

Even if this article is a fair use, it is better to declare it as such. If, for example, someone mistakenly believes that this article is original to Wikinews and translates it into Japanese and post it to Japanese Wikinews, that would result in a copyright violation because Japanese law could be applied to Japanese Wikinews materials, and the law does not allow this type of fair use. Not that it would be a highly risky case, though, unless you assume that the Wikipedian who wrote the original text would pursue legal action under Japanese law..

Tomos 07:13, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I spell high school as highschool quite often (and did not realize thats a typo), but thats besides the point. This looks like a copyvio to me, I don't really think this would be fair use, Wikipedia is gfdl, wikinews is not, and therefor it should be written (unless of coure the author is the author of the wikipedia article). Bawolff ☺☻ 07:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Hi.

 * GFDL does not prohibit anyone making fair use of the licensed work, as I understand. And fair use is not something that happens based on license terms. It is possible because of a provision in the copyright law. So if it is a fair use, I think it is okay regardless of the license the original work was under. I would assume either placing a notice informing readers of fair use or deleting on the ground of suspected copyvio would be the appropriate solution.

 * I also checked two sources (Reuters and CBS News) cited at the end of the article. Neither article contains some information that is in this article and the English Wikipedia entry.

 * Another possibility is that there is an original material elsewhere provided under public domain. But upon taking a look at the edit history of English Wikipedia article, such as this, it seemed to me that the current version grew out of collaboration of multiple contributors rather than coming from some outside source.

 * I also noticed that other obituaries from UnknownMan has some parts that is seen in Wikipedia's corresponding article. Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev dies at age 101 (early Nov) and English Wikipedia entry on him (as of Aug), for example.

 * I figure it is quicker to ask UnknownMan's help here than engaging in a rather tedious fact gathering further.. Tomos 08:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * GFDL is viral and not compatible with CC-BY. Sorry! --Brian McNeil / talk 08:19, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I agree with both of you assertions. But if this happens to be fair use, it is not restrained in any way by the terms of GFDL, in my humble opinion.. I am not a lawyer and not formally trained or educated in the field of law, but think about the fact that when you quote something out of a all-right-reserved book and if the quoting constitutes a fair use, it is not copyright infringement. Author's rights does not apply to that. If you quote from a GFDL'd document in the same way, the author's right does not apply to that, either. It means that the author has no claim to require the quoter to follow the license. Fair use, in short, does not require any license. Well, at least that is how I understand it. If, on the other hand, this is not a fair use, then it needs to fulfill the terms of GFDL, which is impossible here, given the incompatibilities between GFDL and CC-BY-SA. Here, I agree with Brianmc. Tomos 09:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair use can be a reasonable defense, but there are certain specific ways in which it has to be done. You need an "According to the Wikipedia article on ...." attribution (fair use doesn't mean you don't credit your source), and you need to verify details with WP's source - so why not write the information in your own words and attribute to the primary/peer-reviewed source? In the instance of an author you can use phrases like, 'Wikipedia describes xxx as "whatever" and lists the major influences on his writing as P, Q, R, and Z.'
 * Lifting material direct from WP should be a last resort with a plan to rewrite and use the wikipediapar template in the sources section. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:11 dead after snow storms in US

Sorry if I published early, but it is important information that needs to be published. --User:Anonymous101 08:19, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:90.229.135.159

You can't stop the sandbox being reseted. --User:Anonymous101 08:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews interviews Ritchie Lai of NBA Asia about the gaming industry

December 24, 2007 Sporting games are more popular with younger gamers and sporting people with a conjunction from two industries, between sporting and gaming. Although games from the NBA series are not the official games of the World Cyber Games, but with fashions of the NBA, and PC gaming population having a stable scale, the NBA game series attracted not only basketball and game fans but also sporting and gaming media world-wide, and its market was progressively expanded from America and Europe to Asia and other countries.

With those issues in mind, Wikinews Reporter Rico Shen briefly interviewed Event Director of NBA Asia Corporation Ritchie Lai about the sports gaming market developments at the NBA 2K8 Asia Championship Taiwan Qualifier.

Interview
Nice to visit this gaming competition by NBA Asia. After I received and read the official press release, I'm really surprised that Japan was not selected as the qualifier stage of the NBA 2K8 Asia Championship Tournament, but Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea were. I know that Japan is one of the great gaming countries of the world, why didn't NBA Asia consider not to select this country and instead select Korea?

Ritchie Lai: Generally, Japan is a notable gaming country, but due to some factors on market share, sponsorships, and gaming population in Japan, we finally decided to give up this plan even though we tried to enter the sport gaming market into Japan. As of some facts on the Gamerscore Blog, famous in Europe and America, several cyber-gaming competitions are often held in many divisions from Europe and America.

Ritchie: You got the point. Because the notability of NBA and the prosperous of the gaming population and market in Europe and America, some of the game stores were risen up with conjunction of the sporting industry.

It's a good idea with a conjunction between the gaming and sporting industries. I remembered that a sports game had to be named as the official game of the World Cyber Games since 2001, and during some gaming expositions like G-star in South Korea and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, show organizers often held a large-scale cyber-gaming competition which included PC games and console games for gamers from several countries world-wide. As of some good examples, would the NBA consider to cooperate with some show organizers about holding a gaming championship during a game exposition?

Ritchie: Lots of expositions have their regulations for participated companies so that some expos may not arrange the cyber-gaming competition during the expo. If we [the NBA] also consider factors on sponsoring, market share, background and the nature of gaming companies, it must be complexed. But this marketing style is a good idea for us to improve notabilities for companies from sporting, exposition, and gaming industries. We may consider to try this style in the future.

Nice, thanks. It's really rare and special for the public because the NBA often held activity on sports but sometimes on gaming competitions especially in Taiwan.


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Talk:Wikinews interviews Ritchie Lai of NBA Asia about the gaming industry

Interview OR info
I just tried to interview Ritchie about gaming, he mentioned to me more about market share, population, developments and SWOT. I think the event holding should be considered after his words. Brock contact... 11:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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I participated this championship as a texture press and a participant, and added photos from Commons to describe more information. Brock contact... 11:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews interviews Christoph Bals of the NGO Germanwatch after conclusion of climate conference

December 27, 2007

With the Climate Conference in Bali having come to a successful conclusion, Wikinews journalist Sean Heron interviewed Christoph Bals from the German NGO Germanwatch on his opinion of the outcome, and an outlook on the future negotiations. Christoph is the Senior Political Executive of Germanwatch, Co-Author of the Climate protection-Index and did lobby work on Bali.

=The interview=

Introduction to Germanwatch
Wikinews: Could you explain what defines the organization Germanwatch and what your targets are?
 * Christoph Bals: Germanwatch is a non governmental organization (NGO) that has the environment and north south justice/fairness as its main topics. We don't actually execute any projects in the south, but lend issues that are of relevance to the south - the so called developing nations - a voice towards politics, the economy and on the financial market.

WN: Could you go into more specifics on what it is you do on climate change?
 * CB: Climate Change is one of our main topics. Both the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change is important. For these two issues we engage ourselves both with regard to Germany and the least developed countries (LDCs). We are intensively involved in national and international political processes, building up pressure on politicians and economic players and/or working constructively with them, depending on how greater achievements are to be made.

The Negotiations in Bali
'''WN: The next question, which is very much at hand, is of course how Germanwatch views the outcome of the negotiations? Have your expectations been fulfilled?'''
 * CB: We haven't been able to write in the reduction targets that we would have needed. But these targets can still be achieved in the negotiating framework that the Roadmap has put down. The biggest obstacle here were the United States. It won't be possible to agree to targets with this administration, but hopefully, in two years and with the next administration, we'll be able to agree to the necessary global targets.

'''WN: Would you have expected this outcome yesterday? Or a year ago?'''
 * CB: A year ago I would have found the current outcome almost revolutionary. Compared with my expectations before the negotiation it's different though; I then still had the hope that there would be more extensive progress at the end of this climate year. If you look at the packages that have been agreed on: technology transfer and development, adaptation to climate change, financial mechanisms, forest protection; then you can see that quite a substantial process has been started. So a lot has been achieved, but the biggest hurdles are still in front of us.
 * What could cause some dynamics is that you need money for all these packages, and you can only really get that through strong reduction targets. Be it Climate charges or taxes, auctioning of emission certificates, or a sort of Tobin tax on international emissions trading. That leads to those nations that want money out of the packages having an incentive to work for stronger reduction targets. It is to be hoped for that movement for strong emission targets as well as for the financing of technologies, forest protection and adaptation measures develops. And that a coalition of progressive industrial nations, least developed countries (the so called LDCs) and newly industrialized countries - for example China, Mexico, South Africa, India - support this. There were first signs for such a development in Bali.

Outlook on the next two years
'''WN: How do things continue after this conference? What's the course of events until the Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark 2009?'''
 * CB: The four packages climate protection targets, adaptation to climate change, accelerated commercial launching of the necessary technologies and financing of technology, forest protection and adaptation have to be negotiated in detail now. Next year there will be four rounds of negotiations. The final conclusion is to be reached by the end of 2009, at the climate summit in Copenhagen.

'''WN: What needs to happen in this period of time in your opinion? What do the agreements that are hopefully to be reached need to look like?'''
 * CB: The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, so that a warming of more than 2°C (35.6 F) is averted, is central. The global average temperatures mustn't rise above 2°C in comparison with pre-industrial levels. We call this the aversion of the uncopeable, as the risks of such a warming would be simply too great.
 * To achieve this goal a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 50-85% by 2050 is necessary. For the middle term this means that the peak of global emissions needs to be reached in 10-15 years and that the output is cut considerably year after year from then onwards. The group of industrialized nations have to reduce their emissions by 25-40% till 2020 (compared to 1990 baselines) on average to make this possible.
 * Regarding adaptation, what we call coping with the inadvertable, the scale of funding is going to have to change. Roughly US$50 billion a year are going to be required.

'''WN: What do you see as (the biggest) obstacle(s) on the way to such an agreement? You've already mentioned the current U.S. administration.'''
 * CB: We shouldn't think that the problem is just in the U.S., even if it is to be seen most clearly there. Many of us [Germans / Europeans] don't realize what the necessary emission cuts mean. If we really want to achieve greenhouse gas reductions of the magnitude I have just described, we first need to become conscious of the fact that the wealth of the industrial nations is build on CO2. From the steam engine over coal power plants, the chemical industry up to cars and airplanes, the whole model of wealth is built up on fossil fuels and thus also CO2 emissions. Up until now more wealth also meant more emitted CO2. We now need to move towards an almost emission free model of wealth in large steps. And the role of leader seems to fall to Europe. If Europe manages to show it, the chances of the large newly industrialized nations following that lead rise enormously.

Possibilities for individuals to act
WN: Finally I, and perhaps the readers as well, are interested in how people at home can take a positive influence on the process?
 * CB: Well first, there is the possibility to engage yourself politically, working in an NGO like Germanwatch being the only option in that. What is encouraging in this area are the notable things that have already been achieved by an informed public. To name an example, the planning of multiple coal power plants has been stopped in recent times, just as well thanks to public pressure.
 * It should also be clear to everyone, that every banknote is also a ballot paper, with which you can decide for more or less emissions. For almost any way of spending money - be it groceries or mobility - there are climate compatible and non compatible choices. I can fly or take the train, or - if the later is not possible - at least compensate the warming effects via sites such as atmosfair.de.
 * But even when I save money, it's up to me if it works for or against climate sustainability. For every investment possible, by now there are also options that support the protection of the climate - often without needing to forgo returns. The money I put on the bank is used for investments and projects that contribute to or undermine the sustainability of our economic system.

WN: Does that mean the demand for a climate compatible life style?
 * CB: It's not about one climate compatible life style. It's more of a case of a climate compatible variant needing to be developed for each of the different life styles that exist in our society. The people in our society don't need to become uniform. Some will focus on protecting the climate through technical innovations and will bring their house up to the most recent level of efficiency, and massively use renewable energies. Others will see an increase in wealth in not having a car, instead buying a "Bahncard 100" [This is a flat rate for a years rail travel in Germany, at a cost of 3500 Euro, ed.] which also lets you take your kids along for free, and focus on a slower more conscious life. We don't need to prescribe one life style, what is necessary is to advance every life style variant in a climate compatible way

WN: Thank you for the interview and your time.


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Talk:Wikinews interviews Christoph Bals of the NGO Germanwatch after conclusion of climate conference

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I interviewed Christoph Bals on the Saturday the Climate Conference ended. In German though, I'm not sure where I can properly note this on the article page (as I think it should be stated that this is a translation). More details regarding the interview, and how I came to talk with Christoph, on the German articles talk page. Regards Sean Heron 13:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

mistakes in article
I've been sent a mail (some time ago actually) by one of the Germanwatch members (Dr. Gerold Kier) making me aware of some style issues and mistakes that slipped into the english translation of the original german interview. He had made this edit which was reverted as it was over a week after publishing, and there were no reasons given. I therefore reproduce his notes on his changes below (german, I'll translate soon):

Lieber Sean,

[...]

Zu den Korrekturen:

Tabelle "Umrechnung zwischen Temperaturskalen" anschaust, findest Du dort den Faktor 1,8 (pro Grad Celsius).
 * Für den Klimaschutz-Index haben wir einen eigenen englischen Namen: Climate Change Performance Index.
 * Als absolute Temperatur sind 2 Grad C zwar 35,6 Grad Fahrenheit, aber auf der relativen Skala entsprechen 2 Grad C Temperaturerhöhung nur 3,6 Grad Fahrenheit. Wenn Du Dir auf http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_Celsius die
 * "avoiding the unmanageable" und "managing the unavoidable" sind feststehende Redewendungen in der Klimaszene, die von Schellnhuber eingeführt wurden
 * "working in an NGO like Germanwatch being the only option in that" entspricht m.E. dem Gegenteil dessen, was Christoph gesagt hat (siehe auch deutsche Version), daher müsste hier z.B. das Wort "not" eingefügt werden
 * Wir schreiben das w in Germanwatch nie groß, also bitte GermanWatch.org in germanwatch.org (oder gerne auch Germanwatch.org) ändern.
 * "the wealth of the industrial nations is build" - hier muss grammatikalisch m.E. "built" stehen

Wäre prima, wenn Du das noch ändern könntest. Wenn das nicht geht, ist es auch kein Weltuntergang.

Herzliche Grüße + alles Gute für das neue Jahr 2008,

Gerold

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editprotected "Category:Global Warming" may be changed to "Category:Climate change". Subjects on the same topic have that category. Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Eight men and several Spinka charities charged with tax fraud in Los Angeles

December 24, 2007

Eight men and five Brookyln-based  charitable organizations have been charged with  and. Six have been arrested, and two are still at large.

The men charged are Naftali Tzi Weisz, 59, a Grand Rabbi from Brooklyn; Gabbai Moseh E. Zigelman, 60, also from Brooklyn and Weisz' assistant; Yaacov Zeivald, 43, of Valley Village; Yosef Nachum Naiman, 55, of Los Angeles; Alan Jay Friedman, 43, of Los Angeles; Joseph Roth, 66, an international accounts manager at a bank in Israel from Tel Aviv; diamond merchant Moshe Arie Lazar, 60; and Jacob Ivan Kantor, 71, an attorney from Tel Aviv. The first six were arrested last Wednesday, and four of them have been released on bail. The FBI believes Lazar to be in Israel. Kantor is also believed to be in Israel according to other reports.

The charitable organizations named as defendants in the charges are Yeshiva Imrei Yosef, Yeshivath Spinka, Central Rabbinical Seminary, Machne Sva Rotzohn, and Mesivta Imrei Yosef Spinka. The FBI alleges that these charities issued fraudulent receipts for bogus charitable contributions and were the beneficiaries of fees charged for transfers of funds as part of a money laundering conspiracy.

By a 37-count indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday morning, Weisz and Zigelman are charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the  and other crimes, 19 counts of mail fraud, one money laundering conspiracy count, 11 counts of international money laundering, and one count of operating an illegal money remitting business. Zigelman is in addition charged with two counts of aiding in the preparation of fraudulent income tax returns. Zeivald, Lazar, Naiman, and Friedman are charged in the main conspiracy count and with operating an illegal money remitting business. Zeivald is in addition charged with one count of mail fraud. Roth is charged in both conspiracy counts; several mail fraud counts; and several international money laundering counts. Kantor is charged in both of the conspiracy counts and several international money laundering counts.

The charges laid are that over a period of 10 years the conspirators solicited USD8.7 million in contributions to these charitable organizations, promising to secretly refund to the donors up to 95%, allowing the donors to claim the full amounts of the donations as tax deductions on their federal income tax returns. According to the FBI, this was done in two ways: Some donors received cash payments through an underground money transfer network involving Zeivald, Naiman, Friedman, and Lazar, some of whom operated businesses in and around the Los Angeles jewelry district. Other donors were reimbursed via loans made from the United States branch of an Israeli bank, organized by Roth and Kantor and secured on funds secretly held in that bank in Israel, to which the donations had been sent via wire transfer.

Several of the Brooklyn charitable organizations are schools. One such is Yeshiva Imrei Yosef, a private Orthodox Jewish school for boys in grades PK–12 with 312 students, which is one of 5000 such organizations approved for charitable donations by the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles draws a parallel between these charges and the creation of bogus schools in the case of New Square, quoting Jonathan Sarna, a professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University, as saying "I think that in Eastern Europe, especially where corruption was rampant, it was very common for Jews to engage in, shall we say, 'extra-legal activities' when they believed they were doing so not for their personal gain but for the good of the community or for some higher purpose."

His observation is that defrauding a corrupt government is part of the culture that has sometimes been carried in to the United States, and that people justify it when they believe that the money is going towards Jewish education. "I think the idea is that Jewish education is so important and so expensive and the folks say to themselves, 'we're forced to pay for public education which we don't use', and they manage to sometimes justify in their own minds these kinds of activities that are for the sake of a holy end."

Sarna states that violating the law is not condoned by Jewish communities in the U.S., a sentiment that has been echoed in reactions from the Los Angeles Jewish community, such as that by Rabbi Meyer H. May, president of the Rabbinical Council of California: "One thing is clear: The Orthodox community deplores any attempt to defraud the government of the United States, and there is no excuse for it, and there's no rationalizations that are acceptable. [...] It's against the Torah and it's against our moral foundation. At the same time, regarding these specific individuals, they should be allowed to have a fair trial, as everyone is innocent until proven guilty."

The FBI's press release contains a similar reminder of the.

Calls by the New York Times were unable to obtain any comments on the case from the defendants.


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Talk:Lordi release future Dark Floors soundtrack 'Beast Loose in Paradise' as single

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I went onto www.zed.fi and ran a search for 'Lordi', but the song is/was not availible. I checked the thread on the new single on the Monsterboard (official Lordi forum) and, on the most recent page, saw two links had been posted where the single can be downloaded - One to MTV3.fi and one to MSN Music Finland. There was also a third link, but the site is currently experiencing technical difficulty. The admin who had originally anounced that the single would be released by zed.fi was confused as in to why it was not availible there. All other info was sourced from Blabbermouth (although they sourced it all from the Monsterboard). Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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Four French tourists killed in Mauritania

December 24, 2007 Gunmen have killed four French tourists in Mauritania, Africa. The police chief of Aleg, Mohamed Ould Lemine, told Associated Press that the tourists were robbed at gunpoint before being gunned down with automatic weapons.

A fifth French tourist is reported to have survived, but is seriously injured. The gunmen reportedly sped away after the attack which took place East of the capital, Nouakchott.

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User talk:Pufferfish101

Welcome
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Germany announces large child porn investigation

December 24, 2007

Germany has just announced that a large investigation into an online child pornography-ring has yielded 12,000 suspects. The suspects are accused of downloading or possessing illegal images of children.

The investigation, which has been underway for months, is the largest in the country's history.

Speaking on Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Peter Vogel, who is heading up the task force, said, "The material was analysed. Then we called for search warrants." The investigators are also looking at suspects in about 70 other countries.


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Of course it's that bad
If not worse Jim! I don't know why we're covering stuff that belongs in the gossip section of Hello! magazine. The only people who likely know who she is are couch potatoes, American couch potatoes at that.

Nevermind, if it is a boy they can grow up to be a Gangsta Rapper, or - better yet - a Country and Western singer. "Oh, ma momma she was a cokehead when I was born in jail. They wouldn't let her nurse me, I got formula instead." --Brian McNeil / talk 17:29, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok... maybe it is that bad. I was just in a mood that was even worse. Felt a little better laughing at the above, though. Should anyone come along and wonder what triggered this, it was this edit summary of mine. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Not real news —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.12.180 (talk) 23:07, 26 December 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Threats of school shootings at the University of Winnipeg

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Could an admin make a couple edits to this please please?
 * 1) The first sentence links to Centennial Hall; that link should be removed as it links to a Wikipedia article about a building in Germany as opposed to the U of W's hall.
 * 2) I think that the last paragraph should be inside PhoneContact.

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Nepalese monarchy to become republic

December 24, 2007

The principal political parties of Nepal have decided to abolish the, headed by King , and turn the country into a republic. The insurgent would be allowed to return to the government.

The Maoists, a military group who want a socialist republic, left the government in September demanding the end of the monarchy. They had only joined since the peace agreement at the end of the 1996-2006. An agreement has now been reached after they signed a 23-point pact with the 6 main Nepalese political parties.

The treaty establishes that a should form in April to rewrite the, formally end the monarchy and put together the details of the new republican system. The Maoist rebels declared a cease fire and signed a peace treaty, agreeing to place its troops and weapons under United Nations supervision.

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Could Category:Wikinews templates please be added? Thanks! Greeves (talk • contribs) 17:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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I removed cat:world. There are very few instances when that cat is appropriate, I do not think this is one of them. --SVTCobra 17:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson dies at 82

December 24, 2007

Oscar Peterson, a Canadian jazz pianist who earned many honours during his decades-long career, died Sunday in Mississauga, Ontario aged 82.

The Montreal-born Peterson learned to play piano in childhood and by the 1940s was actively performing in Canadian big bands such as the Johnny Holmes Orchestra. A groundbreaking performance at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1949 brought Peterson's career to an international level.

Among many honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour, in 1984. He also received seven Grammy Awards and in 1978 was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

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Belgian Chamber of Representatives backs interim government

December 24, 2007

Yesterday, the interim Federal Government of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt received the confidence of the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament. The interim Federal Government is the third government headed by the Flemish liberal Guy Verhofstadt and was formed after talks to form a centre-right government of Christian democrats and liberals following the federal election of June 10 failed.

The new government is the first Belgian Federal Government that includes Flemish and French-speaking parties belonging to different political families. The asymmetrical coalition includes the Flemish liberals of Open Vld, the French-speaking liberals of the MR, the Flemish Christian democrats of CD&V, the French-speaking Christian democrats of CDH and the French-speaking socialists of the PS. The Flemish socialists are not included in the government, nor is the N-VA, CD&V's Flemish-nationalist partner, however, the N-VA does support the coalition.

Of the 144 Representatives present during the vote of confidence, 97 voted in favour, 46 voted against and one abstained. The parties that voted in favour were CD&V/N-VA, Open Vld, PS, MR and CDH. Vlaams Belang, SP.A-Spirit, LDD, Ecolo and Green! voted against and heavily criticised the new interim Federal Government and its programme. Symbolically, Sarah Smeyers of the N-VA abstained during the vote. The N-VA had announced in advance that one of its members would abstain in order to demonstrate that institutional reform remains a priority for them.

The fourteen ministers of the interim Federal Government were sworn in by King Albert II on Friday, after which Mr Verhofstadt outlined his government's programme in the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate. Extraordinarily, the Chamber of Representatives met on Sunday to debate Mr Verhofstadt's declaration and to vote on a motion of confidence.

Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has stated that there should be a permanent Federal Government under the leadership of Yves Leterme, the Flemish Christian democrat who emerged as the winner of the federal election of June 10, by Easter.

The interim Federal Government will concentrate primarily on social and economic issues, while Mr Leterme, who is a Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Budget in the new government, will attempt to prepare the ground for institutional reforms, an important part of CD&V/N-VA's platform during the campaign for the federal election.

Observers have noted the lack of enthusiasm for the interim government. Many fear that it may be overshadowed by tensions between the parties in the coalition as they try to negotiate institutional reforms, including more regional autonomy, an issue on which the Flemish and the French-speaking parties are divided. This is one of the reasons earlier attempts by Mr Leterme to form a Federal Government failed.


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This is not real news. This is something for Tabloids, not Wikinews.—68.173.12.180 18:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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This introduction differs from the 'assume nothing' version here. The assumption here is you're not new to MediaWiki but new to this particular Wikimedia Foundation project.

Like Wikipedia, or any other project, the best way to get started is to dive in - but there are some points to bear in mind...
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Wikinews' overview of the year 2007

December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let's say, 20 year's time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year that you first signed on to Facebook? The year Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse fell apart? The year author Kurt Vonnegut or mime Marcel Marceau died, both at 84?

Let's take a look at some of the international stories of 2007. Links to the original Wikinews articles are in bold.

[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|border|40px]] Portugal: Madeleine McCann goes missing
Madeleine McCann (3) disappeared on May 3 in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Initially, a local man called Robert Murat was mentioned as a suspect, although on August 7, Kate and Gerry McCann became suspects based on forensic evidence.

[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|border|40px]] United States: Virginia Tech shooting, California wildfires
On April 16, 33 dead, 15 injured in Virginia Tech shootings: A single gunman entered the campus and opened fire on students and faculty in two separate incidents, first in the West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory, then again two hours later at the Norris Hall classroom building, killing 33 people, including himself. It became the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. The shooter was identified as Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year old South Korean national. He was studying English and lived on the university campus. Between the two shootings, Cho sent a mail package to NBC News with his manifesto, pictures and videos.

In early September, adventurer Steve Fossett went missing. Fossett reportedly took off in a single engine plane to look for a suitable site in the Nevada playas for his planned land speed record attempt. His former crewmate and rival, Sir Richard Branson remained confident he would be found: "Steve is a tough old boot. I suspect he is waiting by his plane right now for someone to pick him up."

On October 12, The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Nobel committee cited "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change" as the reasons for awarding the prize.

In late October, 1,000,000 fled their homes in California due to wildfires strengthened by the Santa Ana Winds. A state of emergency was declared by President Bush and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. At a last-minute FEMA press conference with regards to the wildfires, FEMA employees posed as reporters asking what were regarded as overly friendly questions.

[[Image:Bills and coins.svg|75px]]Economy: Subprime mortgage crisis
Many banks in the USA saw their share prices falling after people were found to be unable to pay back many of their mortgages. The mortgages lent to people who may not be able to afford to pay back their loans are known as subprime mortgages.

This spread across the stock markets internationally and UK bank Northern Rock had thousands of people queuing outside their bank after they borrowed money from the Bank of England, which is known as "the lender of last resort."

[[Image:Flag of Iraq.svg|border|40px]] Iraq: US troop surge
On January 10, 21,500 more troops to bring Operation Law and Order to Baghdad was made public. The U.S. forces began to collaborate more intensely with Iraqi troops.

On February 21, the UK and Denmark announced troop withdrawals from Iraq. "The next chapter in Basra’s history can be written by Iraqis," said Tony Blair. Following a reduction in violence and troop deaths in the second half of 2007, the U.S. announced troop reductions in November. Meanwhile, Turkey said it would use military action against PKK rebels attacking the country from neighboring Iraq, which the U.S. pledged support for and "hoped to avoid".

[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|border|40px]] Russia: Vladimir Putin and Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin was named "man of the year" by Time Magazine. He would finish his 2nd and last term as President in 2008, although he said he would accept to subsequently become Prime Minister. Under Putin, Russia strove to increase its position as a geopolitical superpower, for example by claiming the North Pole. During 2007 former chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov, now a political activist, drew the attention of the international media.

Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia, died at 76 on April 23. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин) was the first President of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999. The Yeltsin era was a traumatic period in Russian history— marked by widespread corruption, economic collapse, and enormous political and social problems. Yeltsin maintained a low profile since his resignation, making almost no public statements or appearances. However, on February 1, 2006, Yeltsin celebrated his 75th birthday. He used this occasion as an opportunity to criticize a "monopolistic" United States foreign policy, and to state that Vladimir Putin was the right choice for Russia.

[[Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg|border|40px]] Afghanistan: opium production, David Hicks
More British troops were sent into Afghanistan, where the war that started after the 9/11 attacks continued with a large number of news events. In late August, it was reported that opium production in Afghanistan reached record highs. Australian David Hicks would become the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be sentenced, after which he returned to an Australian prison to serve out his time and was released on December 29.

[[Image:Flag of France.svg|border|40px]] France: Sarko for President
May 6: Sarkozy wins 2007 French Presidential election, defeating Ségolène Royal. Both separated from their partners afterwards. Sarko's style and self proclaimed openness is proved different from his predecessor Jacques Chirac. His confrontation with the unions came in the second half of November.

On October 30, the French NGO Zoe's Ark was accused of trying to kidnap hundreds of Chadian children they described as Darfur orphans -Sarkozy travelled to Chad to hold talks with local officials.

[[Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg|border|40px]] Pakistan: Bhutto assassinated
After a previous attack in October and house arrest, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack on 27th December, when an attacker fired 2 gun shots at her then exploded a bomb. This assassination occurred just weeks after Musharraf lifted the state of emergency that he had instated in November in his country. Her son and husband assumed her place at the top of the Pakistan People's Party.

In March, Musharraf sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, but he was reinstated in July.

[[Image:Flag of Iran.svg|border|40px]] Iran: President Ahmadinejad's controversial rule
On March 23, Iran captured 15 members of the British Navy and held them for alleged espionage. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pardoned them after 12 days, saying: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great prophet of Islam, and on the occasion of Easter and Passover, I would like to announce that the great nation of Iran, while it is entitled to put the British military personnel on trial, has pardoned these 15 sailors and gives their release to the people of Britain as a gift.

While the President of Iran was in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly in September, he was invited to a controversial debate at Columbia University. When challenged by the University President about Iran's treatment of LGBT's, Ahmadinejad stated that: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country," drawing laughter from the audience. "In Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don't know who has told you that we have it."

[[Image:Flag of Turkey.svg|border|40px]] Turkey: Hrant Dink and Abdullah Gül
On January 19, Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in front of the Agos newspaper office where he worked as the editor. Dink was known for writing about the controversial issue of Armenian genocide and the mass killings of Armenians by Turks under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. His assassin was then treated by some Turkish security troops as a "national hero".

In April and May, several large protests were held across the country by pro-secular Turks, out of fear that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would run for President, then due to concerns about Presidential Candidate Abdullah Gül, whose wife wears the islamic headscarf. Gül was not appointed in the first parliamentary round, when opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote. The opposition also appealed to the Constitutional Court to declare the process unlawful. General elections followed and Gül became President on August 28.

[[Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg|border|40px]] Burma: protests
In Myanmar (formerly Burma) government forces arrested hundreds of monks in September after several days of peaceful demonstrations, but despite the violent treatment from military personnel, the monks returned to the streets. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, had called "the continued detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and over one thousand political prisoners" unacceptable. Pro-democracy leaders were arrested and a death toll of more than 1000 was reported. In late October, Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi left her house arrest to meet with government official.

[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|border|40px]] United Kingdom: Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair, floods, and lost discs
On June 24 this year Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair as leader of the UK labour party and therefore Prime Minister after a long period of time where reporters were predicting the date of Blair's departure.

After this the UK was hit by its worst floods in 50 years. In late November, two computer disks were lost containing the entire Child Benefit database, estimated to contain the names, addresses, dates of birth, child benefit and National Insurance numbers, and sometimes the bank or building society account details of 25 million individuals, in what has been described as "one of the world’s biggest ID protection failures".

Northern Ireland: home rule, end of Troubles
Ian "Dr. No" Paisley and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness agreed to share power and have home rule return to Northern Ireland after four years of central rule from London. "I believe we're starting on a road which will bring us back to peace and to prosperity," said Paisley, who took the post of First Minister of Northern Ireland.

Just one day after a car bomb was defused in central London on June 29, a Jeep was driven into the Glasgow International Airport terminal and burst into flames in an unsuccessful terrorist attack. Several people aided the police in detaining the assailants, including baggage handler John Smeaton who received the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his actions.

[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|border|40px]] Australia: Kevin Rudd
On December 3, Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia after John Howard and the Liberal Party and Coalition were defeated in the election. After the ceremony, Mr. Rudd signed documents to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change calling it the first official act of the new Australian government.

[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|border|40px]] Germany: G8 summit in Heiligendamm
A post-Kyoto agreement on climate change and combating poverty in Africa were the main topics at the summit of the 7 richest industrialised countries and Russia in Heiligendamm in June.

While France and Germany were calling for quantifiable greenhouse gas emission cuts, the U.S. and Japan believed that growing economies such as India and China would need to join in on such efforts. Advocacy groups were critical about the aid promised to Africa: "Do they think we can’t read or count?" asked musician/activist Bono. "We are looking for accountable language and accountable numbers: we didn’t get them today."

The G8 Summit was preceded by mass demonstrations, such as the one in Rostock, where several hundred protesters were arrested.

[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|border|40px]] Finland: Jokela highschool shootings
Eight people were killed in a school shooting in Jokela, Finland. The shooter, an 18-year-old male student named as Pekka-Eric Auvinen, was arrested after a siege situation, but died due to a gunshot wound from an apparent suicide attempt. The killer had uploaded a home-made movie to YouTube announcing the "massacre" one day prior to the shooting. His profile featured several movies regarding an ongoing depression and unsuccessful treatment with SSRIs. Additionally, some movies of him shooting his new gun had been uploaded weeks prior to the shooting. Auvinen also had a personal website which featured images, music and documents, including a manifesto.

After the incident, Finland considered toughening gun legislation. Until then, Finland had actively resisted plans for all European Union member states to limit gun ownership to persons aged 18 and over. The law stipulated that Finns could apply for a gun permit at the age of 15.

[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|border|40px]] Argentina: Kirchner and Kirchner
Cristina Kirchner was the favourite candidate to succeed her husband as President. Néstor Kirchner decided not to run for a second four-year term, without giving an explanation. Mrs Kirchner consistently used her first name during her electoral campaign, which is a similarity to United States presidential candidate Hilary Clinton. However Cristina told the media: "I don't want to be compared with Hillary Clinton or with Evita Perón, or with anybody... There's nothing better than being yourself."

[[Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg|border|40px]] Bali: Climate conference
The two-week long U.N. climate conference in Bali ended with an agreement on the so-called Bali roadmap, which was welcomed with cautious optimism. The roadmap details the process for a post-2012 climate change agreement. European Union Commission President José Manuel Barroso stated: "We have worked hard to achieve this result. It is a very important step forward." The European Commissioner for Environment made it clear that Bali had only been the start of things: "Now the real hard work must begin. It is essential that the agreement to be worked out over the next two years is ambitious enough to prevent global warming from reaching dangerous levels.”

[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|border|40px]] Belgium: long government formation
More than half of the year in Belgium focused on politics, as the general elections on June 10 promised some difficult coalition talks. PM Verhofstadt recognised his defeat by Christian-Democrat Yves Leterme of Flanders, while the liberals broke the socialist hegemony in Wallonia. Orange-blue coalition talks failed to produce a government for 192 days, when it was Verhofstadt who gathered consensus for an interim government.

Earlier in the year, Belgium's first black city registrar organised a mass wedding against racism that caught international media attention.

[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|border|40px]] Canada: RCMP under scrutiny
The RCMP, received a negative spotlight in 2007, particularly for their handling of a distraught passenger at Vancouver International Airport in November.

Robert Dziekanski, 40, was immigrating from Pieszyce, Poland to live with his mother, Zofia Cisowski, in Kamloops, British Columbia. Since Dziekanski did not speak English airport security guards were unable to properly communicate with him. He started yelling at the airport staff because of this. He used chairs to prop open a door between a customs clearing area and a public lounge, he then threw a computer and threw a small table at a luggage section window. The police tasered him twice and he died.

Following the shooting deaths, in separate incidents, of two mounties stationed in northern communities, there were calls for policy changes related to how and when individual officers should call for back-up.

[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|border|40px]]Italy: Pavarotti dies
One of the world's best-regarded tenor singers, Luciano Pavarotti, died 6th September. His funeral drew thousands including Bono of U2, and fellow tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras. Pavarotti succumbed to pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed in July 2006.

[[Image:Bills and coins.svg|75px]]Economy: Apple's iPhone
In January, Apple announced its iPhone, which hit U.S. markets on July and made customers queue in the U.K. in November. Apple's decision to lock the phone to use one network exclusively was criticized as "anti-competitive", and hackers started circumnavigating the restrictions imposed on the phone.

[[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|border|40px]] European Union: Eastern-European expansion and Lisbon Treaty
On January 1, 2007, Slovenia adopted the euro currency, and Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union. In December, E.U. leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon, a landmark document which is to redefine foreign policy for the E.U. and creates an E.U. president. The treaty is a replacement for the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe which was abandoned after suffering defeats in referendums in France and the Netherlands. United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived late and added his signature later.

[[Image:P sport.png|40px]] Sports: Formula One spying controversy
Following alleged espionage, McLaren (the team of Fernando Alonso and newcomer Lewis Hamilton) was initially cleared but then in September fined $100 million and excluded from the Constructor's championship. The highly controversial and enthralling 2007 season came to an when Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 Championship.

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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

Last Updated: December 24, 2007

Quiz
{The modification of which New Zealand act was called an attack on free speech by opponents of the modification? - Broadcast Decency Act + Electoral Finance Act - Act for the Protection of the State - Communication Act
 * type=""}
 * See Free speech restricted in New Zealand with passing of Bill, say opponents

{About how many people died or were injured in the train derailment in Pakistan on the 19th"? + 206 - 56 - 700 - 150
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 * See Pakistani train derailment kills at least 56

{Which group of people is top priority for receiving a flu vaccine in case of a pandemic? - High risk conditions, all over 65 years of age - Intelligence, border, national guard, other domestic national security, community support, electricity, natural gas, communications, water, critical government personnel, children, household contacts of infants + Deployed/mission critical national security, health care providers, police, fire, vaccine manufacturers, top politicians - Active duty military, important health care, transport, food, banking, pharmaceutical, chemical, oil sector personnel, postal and government, children
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 * See US Department of Health proposes priorities for flu vaccine distribution

{How many whales does Japan plan to hunt this season? - 0 - 50 - 500 + 1000
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 * See Japan backs down from hunting Humpback whales

{Which war did J. Russell Coffey fight in? - Gulf war - WWII + WWI - Vietnam War
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 * See Oldest surviving US WWI veteran dies

{What hounor did Rajeev Bagga and Natalia Deeva receive? - Gold medal in 2007 annual Finley basketball cup for the hearing impaired - Blind Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year + Deaf Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year - Up and coming hearing impaired athletes of 2007
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 * See Rajeev Bagga & Natalia Deeva named as "2007 Deaf Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year"

{How many people died in a recent snowstorm in the United States on December 24? + 11 - 5 - 10 - 34
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 * See 11 dead after snow storms in US

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Your user sub pages
Welcome to Wikinews. Could you explain what User:Order magic/diffs and User:Order magic/sandbox-scrap are? Adambro 22:37, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Both excellent questions. Excellent indeed.--Order magic 22:42, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If you cannot provide an answer to my "excellent questions" then I will propose the pages are deleted as they currently serve no apparent purpose to Wikinews. Adambro 22:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Not to gang up on you, but as Adambro said, if we don't have some sort of most excellent answer to his excellent question, they're going to be deleted, as we are not a mirror, nor is our license compatible with wikipedia, so they are in violation of various wikipedians copyrights. Please respond in a more meaningful way (on this talk page, or on the wikinews chat room if you like that better). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed, tomorrow morning I will travel to London in the first service we refer you to the upper reaches by King day event reports and upload photos.--Order magic 23:03, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats very nice, but your subpages will be deleted by that time. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh rats! Well, go ahead and delete everything, then. Man, I just can't seem to do anything right :(.--Order magic 23:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I deleted them. If you need any help with anything don't hesitate to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:34, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Stories
How many stories are we looking for? What kind of stories? Primarily stories that appeal to the world at large? Primarily stories including original reporting or an exclusive interview? Greeves (talk • contribs) 23:13, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think all kinds...I think stories that would most impact the readers...I say we do a poll. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:43, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I was thinking a classic overview with the main 2007 stories, and a separate section at the bottom with some "Wikinews pearls": top/featured coverage and stories, images and interviews. Anyone can contribute, we can always discuss on the talk page if you absolutely disagree to add/remove something. It's totally subjective what we select, in a way, because there's no way to prove that something is or isn't a main story, it's just general common sense. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:23, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

NPOV
Why may content violate the NPOV policy --User:Anonymous101 20:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. This is getting far too out of hand. We should do this page in NPOV not POV.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Feel free to address NPOV concerns. I think the selection and order of stories is inherently POV, but the summaries itself should adhere to NPOV. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:24, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I am currently going through the article trying to address NPOV issues
 * I don't think the implications given by the this might not be npov note are a good thing. There is no reason for this to be pov (nor is it pov). Bawolff ☺☻ 01:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Observer
Why is the Observer a source, this article features information from Wikinews articles, not Observer articles. --User:Anonymous101 07:35, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

 * I used their overview to see which events should be included and for general inspiration. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Good idea. Thanks for replying --User:Anonymous101 09:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Virginia Tech
I thought my edit summary was pretty clear but apparently not. How is it appropriate that in a two sentence summary of this story, one of them is about Sue Gardner? Or more specifically, one of them is about Wikimedia? I am baffled as to how it was considered relevant for inclusion in the first place. Why the constant need for self-reference? regards --commons:User:pfctdayelise 02:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews overview of the year/Quiz
Shall I create a quiz to go with overview of the year --User:Anonymous101 10:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes! I was thinking the same, great minds must think alike. It should probably replace the World News Quiz.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I will create it at Wikinews overview of the year/Quiz and then it could possibly moved to replace this weeks world news quiz if other users agree. Obviously you (and any other users) are free to help make the quiz. --User:Anonymous101 10:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. 18 Questions but images still needed --User:Anonymous101 09:30, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

On Japan
I'm shocked two events which the internal media consider the most significant things in Japan missed on English Wikinews - issues of unpaid pension and faked labels of food at several companies. With this lack, I propose to focus on Shinzo Abe's LDP suffers set-back in Japanese elections about this country. This set-back is said to be historical and causes his resignation, negotiation of cohabitation between LDP and JDP or drawing of Japanese military presence from the Indian Ocean, so shortly gave a heavy impact to Japanese society both internally and diplomatically. --Aphaia 13:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

31st December
This needs a lot of development to take place by tomorrow. DO you think we might have to leave out some parts? --User:Anonymous101 17:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * We can always publish with some parts left unfinished.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Finnish school shooting?
Do you not think that the Finnish school shooting needs including, especially if we're adding the F1 scandal. Celticfan383 12:27, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Featured and OR stories
sorry for arriving so late in the day, but this is a good place to highlight our featured and OR stories. –Doldrums(talk) 14:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, feel free to make a selection and add some. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Lead paragraph
I was going to make this our featured story, but I never really liked the lead paragraph. Instead of talking about the stuff we didn't cover, how about talking about the stuff we did? ~Planoneck~ 15:44, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Go ahead, I just thought it was useful to mention some stuff that we didn't really cover, as I wouldn't be able to include it anywhere else. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Commons deletion - Kirchner
Please change Image:8C9E82A93E82380.jpg to Image:Cristina Fernandez at 2007 Presidential elections.jpg. It will be deleted on Commons because of bad name. -- Cecil - (talk) 23:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:11 dead after snow storms in US

This is on of the most dreadfully written stories I've seen on Wikinews!
 * We have articles by many different contributors. The beauty of this being a wiki is that editing and participating in the process is encouraged. Your criticism was well written. You should consider registering a user name and dive in! Cheers, Jcart1534 03:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

"In addition, there were reports of children not wearing clothing appropriate to the weather conditions." I though this bit was just great! A photo of some teenage girls in bikinis going sledging, please! 86.140.61.213 11:13, 26 December 2007 (UTC)