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Music duo The Bellamy Brothers accuse Britney Spears of plagiarism

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US pop and country duo are accusing  singer Britney Spears — also from the United States — of plagiarism in her latest single "". The group believes that Spears is "ripping off" one of their songs, a 1979 track entitled ""; they are thought to be attempting to have Spears prosecuted.

Howard and David Bellamy claim that Britney Spears' single, the first to be released from her upcoming album , is "too close" to The Bellamy Brothers song. Both tracks have reached number one on various music charts.

Speaking to British , David Bellamy said, "Howard and I have no personal beef with Britney. She’s a talented gal. But professionally we feel completely ripped off. We will without doubt take the appropriate legal action if our attorneys agree we’ve been ripped off."

A spokesperson for Britney Spears, made a statement to the same newspaper. "If this is now a legal matter then I am afraid we would have nothing to say until our lawyers have been alerted," the spokesperson stated.


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2011 'Pichileminian Week' ends

February 21, 2011 The 2011 Pichileminian Week (Semana Pichilemina 2011) concluded on Saturday night, after a performance of Chilean humourist Juan Carlos "Palta" Meléndez, and singer Douglas, in the city's Arturo Prat Square.

The Pichileminian Week celebrations began on February 14, on, with a performance of singer , along with other local artists. "My public still remembers with nostalgia my days as Rojo [a Chilean talent show] participant, [it] will be a huge opportunity to reunite myself with them," Martínez told Jorge Vargas González during an interview for Radio Somos Pichilemu. During that night, the participants for Miss Playa Pichilemu 2011 were presented to the public.

Celebrations on Tuesday were mostly based in. On Wednesday, the "Noche Ranchera" (" Night") took place: the Chilean cumbia band Los Kuatreros del Sur, along with Pichileminian musicians such as Gabriel y Los Bravos de la Costa, performed until very late in the night.

The "Gran Gala Folclórica" ("Grand Folkloric Gala") was made on Thursday, with folkloric bands such as Orimapu, Sentimiento Chileno, Voces Colchagüinas, and Las Capitalinas performing through the night.

Friday night saw the final stage of Miss Playa Pichilemu 2011, and the performance of Uruguayan New Wave band Los Iracundos, whose hit songs of the 1960s Puerto Montt, and Es La Lluvia Que Cae are still remembered among fans.

The winner of Miss Playa Pichilemu 2011 was the local student Natalie Pavez Cerda, aged 15. Camila Herrera Fernández, 17, ended up in second place, and Valentina Donoso Farías, 17, in third.

"This has been the best weekend I have seen for ages," said Hernán Garrido, former councillor of Pichilemu in Radio Entre Olas. "I am so happy that the tourism has [been] reactivated in our loved commune," he added. It has been estimated that Pichilemu was visited by around 100,000 tourists only this week, according to Radio Entre Olas reports.

In previous years, the had invited artists such as  (2010), and  (2009), reaching enourmous assistance to each of the performances.

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The first sentence designates the site as a disabled orphanage. Just to prevent misunderstandings, let's clarify that it's about an ''orphanage for disabled children. Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:47, 27 February 2011 (UTC)


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NASCAR: Trevor Bayne wins the 2011 Daytona 500

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driver, who qualified thirty-second, won the NASCAR   held on Sunday at  in , Florida, United States. This became his first win of his career, and his first at Daytona International Speedway. Throughout the course of the race there were 16 cautions and 74 lead changes among 22 different drivers.

Bayne had only one start in the series before the race, and by winning it, became the youngest winner of the in history at age 20. The win also gave Wood Brothers Racing their second Daytona 500 win, which their first was in the. Following Bayne, finished in the second position, ahead of, , and. followed Busch in sixth, while could only manage seventh.

,, and rounded out the top ten finishers in the race. led the most laps during the race with 37, but finished 22nd. Following the race, Bayne described his enjoyment of winning the race, "I keep thinking I'm dreaming. Our first 500 -- are you kidding me? To win our first one in our second-ever Cup race, I mean this is just incredible. Wow, this is unbelievable. How cool is it to see the Wood Brothers back in Victory Lane? It's crazy to get my first win before a Nationwide win -- I didn't know how to get to Victory Lane."

Afterward, second placed Edwards said, "Look, right now this is going to be a long night for me. I'm going to go back to the motor home, I'm going to watch the replay, think about a hundred things I could have done, think about, 'Man, what would it have been like to [win] the race?" Following the race, Edwards was the leader with 42 points. Next, Gilliland and Labonte was tied for second, only one point behind Edwards. Kurt Busch was placed fourth with 40 points, ahead of Montoya and Smith in fifth and sixth. Kyle Busch, Menard, Martin, and rounded out the top-ten point positions.

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The article contains some information which I have heard in some radio reports, such as the quotes of Hernan Garrido. I heard a program whose name I don't remember now, in Radio Entre Olas earlier today, in which he stated that. As for the Entre Olas reports, that information became available today, too, in the program "Sintesis Informativa" hosted by Jorge Nasser who by the way is the radio's director.

The Pichilemu News articles don't include some of the names of the artists that performed during the week, I added that information based in my knowledge. Diego Grez return fire 23:15, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

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The Ballamy Brothers are not a rock group. They are country.


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I was just notified by John Berooty of Strikeforce that he could not give permission for the photos as he thought, and instead I need to get that from Mike Afromowitz, doing so now.

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38 killed in attack on Afghan bank

February 21, 2011 38 people were reported dead Sunday, in a Taliban attack on a bank in, Afghanistan. The incident, orchestrated by five disguised as policemen and soldiers, quickly escalated into a confrontation between security forces and the invaders armed with machine guns.

After a several-hour standoff, four of the five attackers detonated their bombs while the fifth was arrested by police. A representative for the Interior Ministry told the press that "Thirty eight people were martyred which includes 21 security forces personnel and 17 civilians." Members of the police force were apparently receiving their paychecks when the attackers entered the bank and began indiscriminately firing at guards and civilians. 70 others were also wounded.

Although officials refused to itemize the casualties, they claimed that due to the random nature of the gunfire, both security personnel and civilian bankers were killed. Attacks targeting police have become common in the ; this incident was the third major attack this week.

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So dumb, there are only so many words in a language, next thing you know none of us will be able to say the same phrase, its like subway sueing over a place calling a 12" sub a foot long... isnt twelve inches a foot long? now everything is legal crap.


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editprotected Title Should be changed to "38 killed in attack on Afghan bank". The people of Afghanistan are Afghans, not Afghanis. The money of Afghanistan is called Afghanis. Afghan is the correct term. Please see the following... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_afghani http://ryan.boren.me/2001/11/13/afghan-or-afghani/ http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/afghan.html
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Will we next hear from Mel Brooks' attorney when someone else uses Shakespeare's line "To be or not to be?"

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Her Excellency, Quentin Bryce, of Australia is set to travel to Kuwait to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of the liberation of the country from Iraqi rule. This comes as terrorist threats and civil unrest begin to spread throughout the region.

In a tour that is set to conclude on February 27th, Ms Bryce will be representing Australia at several ceremonies marking 20 years since the first and 50 years since Kuwait gained independence from the United Kingdom. In addition, she will visit and other locations of national interest including sites of Australian wheat imports.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs released a statement claiming "Terrorists have demonstrated intent to conduct attacks in Kuwait against a range of targets, including United States military and identifiably Western targets such as hotels, restaurants and symbols and buildings associated with the Kuwaiti government."

The visit occurs in conjunction with the news of anti-government protests igniting across the Middle East including Kuwait. Despite this, the Governor-General's secretary told a Senate committee that the trip shall proceed.


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Perhaps people can think up taglines/headlines to help the campaign. e.g. "I see something beginning with less speed" "TOWN TO SET A FINE SIGN - METAPHORIC RISE TO LIFE." "Town of life support lives, Welcome to SPEEDKILLS " " MARCH CAMPAIGN TO CAUSE SLIGHT NET DELAY ", "Town counts clicks, way better than mounting toll" "Attraction of speed lies further afield, we have the sign of y/our lives" "We're not trying to make a name for ourselves, nor to become a ghost town, we're changing our name so you can keep yours. - By order the 'Mayor' S. Down " 220.101.66.30 (talk) 08:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


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Libya blocks access to Internet

February 22, 2011

The Libyan government has cut off Internet access in the country. The, Libya's main provider of Internet access, has ceased to function. It was shut down following citizen protests against the country's leader, Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, who has been in power since 1969.

The government of Egypt took a similar measure last month, when it cut off Internet trying to quell public protests against the regime. Despite the government's efforts, Egyptians who took to the streets for two weeks were able to oust the nation's president, Hosni Mubarak, after 30 years in office.

Limited access to the Internet makes it difficult to get information from the country. Libya is a country with a smaller population than Egypt, and has fewer service providers, which has apparently made the task of disconnecting everything a little easier.

In Egypt, the military refused to attack people protesting. The situation is different in Libya, where the armed forces attacked hundreds of demonstrators in the square of the city of Benghazi, causing many deaths.

The increasing violence in Libya has prompted the 27 European Union ministers to issue a statement protesting Libyan governmental violence toward protesters, saying it "condemns the ongoing repression against demonstrators in Libya and deplores the violence and death of civilians." Two Libyan pilots have defected to Malta and asked for asylum, saying that they were ordered to fire on protesters, according to Maltese officials.

The violence has spread to Tripoli. Witnesses have reported that a "massacre" occurred today in suburbs of the Libyan capital with the indiscriminate shooting of women and children. According to, hundreds have died over the last four days.

The escalating violence is causing turbulence in the world energy markets. The International Monetary Fund says that energy exports accounts for approximately 95% of Libya's export earning.

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I am Soumendra Nath Thakur (সৌমেন্দ্র নাথ ঠাকুর), son of late Satyendra Nath Thakur aged about 43 years (as on February 2008), a resident of 254, Madhyamgram Main Road, South Bankimpally, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Pin Code - 700129 also a resident of 67C, Raja Nabakrishna Street, Calcutta - 700005. I was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in north Calcutta. I was nick named Bapi, and a Cancerian. On June 29, 1964 at about 11. 55 A.M. my mother has given birth to a baby boy in R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital - it was me! Now I'm 5'10.5" tall, 90+ Kgs. healthy, young energetic man. I had joined in a Bengali medium school in Calcutta, later I had joined a co-educational college. Professional Diploma, Technical and Management training followed later. I was introduced to my professional career during my College days while I used to work for many national market research organizations in part-time basis. I have a bit of knowledge in business in the field of Engineering Entrepreneurship (development), Providence of financial consultancy, also having a fair knowledge in Online payment service provider, dealing in pre-owned Cars & Vehicles of Tata Motors products.

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·Sailendra Sirkar Vidyalaya, Calcutta, Secondary Education 1972-1982. ·Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College, Calcutta, Higher Secondary & Some months in B.Sc left to join Diploma 1985-1987. ·Datamatics Polytechnic, Calcutta, Diploma in Electronics Engineering 1986-1989. ·Hindu School Science Centre, Calcutta, Microprocessor & Digital Electronics 1994-1995. ·Department Of Science & Technology, New Delhi, Entrepreneurship Development & Management 1995-1995. ·SISI, Calcutta, Financial & Marketing Management 1996-1996. ·Institute Of Jute Technology - Entrepreneurship & Management Development, Calcutta, Entrepreneurship & Management Development 1997-1997. ·Bengal Engineering College - Physics Department, Howrah, Laboratory Instruments - Physics 1999-1999. ·Jadavpur University - Department Of Computer Science & Engineering - CAD Center, Object Oriented Programming in C++ 2000-2000. ·Small Industries Service Institute - Kolkata, Entrepreneurship on Computer Hardware & Service 2004-2004

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Talk:Libya blocks access to Internet

Review of revision 1182893 [Passed]

 * I was told to combine an article I had written with this one. Therefore I added the following:

"The increasing violence in Libya has prompted the 27 European Union ministers to issue a statement protesting Libyan governmental violence toward protesters, saying it "condemns the ongoing repression against demonstrators in Libya and deplores the violence and death of civilians." Two Libyan pilots have defected to Malta and asked for asylum, saying that they were ordered to fire on protesters, according to Maltese officials.

The violence has spread to Tripoli. Witnesses have reported that a "massacre" occurred today in suburbs of the Libyan capital with the indiscriminate shooting of women and children. According to, hundreds have died over the last four days.

The escalating violence is causing turbulence in the world energy markets. The International Monetary Fund says that energy exports accounts for approximately 95% of Libya's export earning."

 * This does not really directly relate to the title "Libya blocks access to Internet". The part I added has nothing to do with the Internet. It has to do with violence. Therefore, the subject changes in the middle of the article, making it disjointed. None of the part I added is covered in the lede. My article Violence esculates in Libya,  was deleted because I was told to merge it with this one.  Mattisse (talk) 00:39, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * The lede isn't a summary. It's a short paragraph that succinctly answers as many as reasonably possible of the basic questions about the news event that is the central focus of the article.  And that's all it does.  Subsequent paragraphs can provide further detail, and it is expected that the further down one goes, the more in-depth things get; cf. inverted pyramid.  The additional stuff you added here comes across as background, which is not out of place further down in the article.  --Pi zero (talk) 03:43, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island; dozens dead

February 22, 2011 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the of New Zealand at 12:51 PM local time on Tuesday (Monday 23:51 UTC). At least 75 people have been killed by collapsing buildings in central, with more feared. Mayor said 55 bodies had been identified and there were a further 20 unidentified bodies. The spire of the iconic Anglican has fallen and rubble is strewn throughout the central business district. Roads and carparks have cracked and lifted, and two buses are reported to be crushed under the bus exchange. Pools of mud have erupted due to burst water mains and liquefaction. Boulders and falling cliff faces have destroyed buildings on hillside suburbs. Fears for the safety of nearby towns Lyttelton and Akaroa are exacerbated due to communication problems.

The earthquake was centred near, at a depth of five kilometres, according to the. Unlike previous quakes in the region that caused no fatalities, Tuesday quake was shallower and closer to the central city and the damage was much worse. Condemned buildings, weakened by last year's widespread earthquakes, were destroyed. Some aftershocks have occurred in the area after the earthquake. The largest so far was a magnitude 5.6 which occurred at 7:04 p.m. February 21 (1:04:18 p.m. local time, February 22).

Mayor Bob Parker has stated that as many as 25 major buildings in the city are destroyed. Urban Search and Rescue efforts are focussed on people trapped in the remains of Canterbury Television and Pyne Gould Corporation office buildings. The historic in Christchurch has half collapsed, while the old Canterbury Provincial Chambers building, Piko Wholefoods, and a church on Durham Street have been destroyed.

The earthquake also caused an estimated 30 million tons of ice to break off of the Tasman Glacier forming icebergs in a lake near its foot. Tourists on boats at the time of the quake say waves of 3.5 meters swept the lake for at least 30 minutes following the event. The glacier sits on the country's west coast, approximately 120 miles (200km) from Christchurch. No injuries were reported.

Many people are trapped in damaged buildings or under rubble, but emergency services have been hampered by gridlock as motorists and pedestrians evacuated the CBD. The main hospital remains operational despite one damaged ward being closed, and three triage centres have been set up to provide medical aid. Several hundred delegates attending a medical conference in the city, the great majority from Australia, have been trapped in the city; some of these are assisting with tending to the injured.

Electricity, telephone services, and traffic lights suffered widespread outages. Orion and Telecom are attempting to assess the damage, and generators have been sent down from Auckland to replace the backup generators in the city. Civil Defence is mounting a response with all available national resources, and Cabinet is holding an emergency session. Speaking to,  said he was "thrown quite a distance", that there were scenes of "great confusion" on the streets, and that the quake was "as violent as the one that happened on the 4th of September". The emergency telephone code, 111 was not working for the entire region of but is apparently stable as of approx. 4 pm. Christchurch Airport is currently closed to all but emergency flights. Speaking after the earthquake, Bob Parker said at least 200 people are believed trapped under rubble, saying that New Zealand are "going to be presented with statistics that are going to be bleak".


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Talk:Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island; dozens dead

Review of revision 1182900 [Failed]
I disagree in the assessment, for Wikinews to become more crediable it needs to be able to be faster in its response to events as they unfold. To get a basic story on such significant should be priority as with all media they start with a single para say it happend then they build the story in depth as it evolves. Gnangarra (talk) 02:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not questioning the article as it is now. I reviewed a specific version, which contained barely one paragraph, while our policy clearly states that articles should be at least three-paragraphs (except in breaking news situations, where two paragraphs and a single source are generally accepted, although the article needs to be subsequently expanded and get another source.) Diego Grez return fire 03:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I support Gnangarra. If we wait for sufficient information to become available for three paragraph's worth of prose, the event may have fallen out of date. Imagine someone checking wikinews for informaiton, and finding no article: I think they're less likely to return than if they find at least some - maybe just a single paragraph. Yewbarrow (talk) 17:35, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but no, that goes against our policies, we cannot publish articles that have a single paragraph, even if it's the end of the world. The suggestion for "waiting until more details come to light" was in order to "expand" the article, something that wasn't really needed, and the article is already published. Diego Grez return fire 17:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I suggest the policy is wrong. I understand the reasons for your suggestion, but I feel they're less important than the one I spoke about in my original post. The article is published, but I'm making a general point. Is this the appropriate place to discuss it ? Yewbarrow (talk) 18:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 * If a story can't produce three paragraphs of news (which is a pittance), it isn't newsworthy. I disagreed with the reviewer's suggestion for just that reason; and I don't believe in artificially holding up an article just to make it longer later.  However, the reasons we're sometimes slow publishing things here are spectacularly not due to delays waiting for information to become available.  (If anything, the opposite:  a very large article may be held up being reviewed because reviewing it is an obviously colossal job that any given reviewer is therefore less likely to be able-and-willing to undertake.)  Publication delays are because we're a volunteer news site — which is non-negotiable because that's what we are by definition.  News is not somebody hearing something and "publishing" it — that's a blog; an "article" submitted for review isn't news until it's passed rigorous review by an uninvolved reviewer, which is why we are a news site rather than a blog.

 * There are things we are very good at. We have a hard-earned reputation for neutrality and accuracy, which might sound like minor things if you don't notice what other news outlets are like.  It's inherently impossible for our synthesis articles (we're not talking about OR here) to win at the scooping game, except in a few odd situations like when we're the first English-language outlet to carry a story from the media of some other language.  Our recipe for success is to accept that we can have those strengths and cannot escape that weakness, and publish our stories as promptly as we can within the framework that gives us our special strengths.  Our recipe for disaster is when we get obsessed with publishing every story at breakneck speed, or, at least as bad, with not publishing any story unless it's published at breakneck speed — because while that road doesn't lead to succeeding at the things we're not good at, it does lead to failing at the things that make Wikinews great.  --Pi zero (talk) 19:52, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 * I know that signficant delays can and do occur because of a lack of reviewers thats not the issue here, I came looking to see what had been written when I became aware of the event and I only found the the article because I knew where to look. At the time I read it while it was one paragraph it had three sources it was clearly a notable event the prose was ok and the information was neutral and accurate. I saw no validity in the delay for more information, such events are never one story articles if WN wants to encourage collaboration then getting an initial story (in these events) to the main page should be a priority. That said this isnt the forumn for bringing change to policies, I just disputed the reason for the failed review and that too has passed Gnangarra (talk) 17:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


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Egyptian man names daughter 'Facebook'

February 22, 2011 An Egyptian man in his early twenties has named his newborn daughter 'Facebook' following the 2011 Egyptian Revolution which was almost solely organized on the social-networking site Facebook. The father, Gamal Ibrahim, told the Egyptian newspaper that he gave his child the name to "express his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth."

The protests, which were largely organized on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, began on January 25 and led to the end of Hosni Mubarak's 30-year reign as president of Egypt.

The Al-Ahram report stated that, "The girl’s family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. 'Facebook' received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name. A name that shocked the entire world."

The Egyptian spelling of 'Facebook' is فيس بوك.

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Thread:Comments:Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate/What a clown, hope he gets assasinated,

Prohibition party? Where did this guy come from Saudi Arabia. Prohibition is against free will, the human spirit, is expensive and the social costs of enforcement, imprisonment, and violence related to organized crime are enormous. It was tried in the '30's and was a complete disaster. The US already alone imprisons more people in sheer number and as well per capita than any other nation in the entire world. The war on drugs is a massive failure and prohibition of the earlier part of the last century was seen as one of the bloodiest and costliest mistakes in all of political history.

Now we have this clown trying to bring it back? The US isn't a democracy, its a a neo-feudalistic republic (FPTP winner take all two-party system) which as shameful as it is at least it gives lunatics like this no chance in hell to achieve anything. Heck even in a pure proportionate representational system without a minimum threshold this clown wouldn't even get elected!

I should start a party, its only policy would be to run prohibitionists like this moron (probably Mormon too; heretic!) out of the country and I would get way more live and votes than this goof didler!

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Runways 'destroyed' at Libya’s Benina International Airport

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The runways at in Benghazi, Libya have been destroyed according to an Egyptian government minister. Foreign Minister said that the runways had been destroyed during the violence that is currently taking place. Protests have spread to Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi has made no signs of stepping down from his 35-year rule as leader of Libya.

Aboul Gheit told media at a news conference "Regarding east of Libya, the Benghazi airport runways have been destroyed. It is not possible for Egyptair flights or any other flights to land in that airport." He added "If Egyptians need to leave, and I always advise [them] to stay home, then they would have to travel to Egyptian borders by land some 500km in proximity to danger. Such trips must be in groups and in buses."

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Gaddafi's reign
Gaddafi has ruled over Libya since a coup launched against King Idris in September of 1969. Hence, his reign has lasted (thus far) for 42 years and not thirty-five.


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Pirates kill four American hostages

February 24, 2011

According to, the four Americans taken hostage after their yacht was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Oman in the have been killed. Pirates hijacked their yacht, named The Quest, on February 18.

The U.S. Naval ship that was following the yacht, which was traveling off the coast of Somalia, heard gunshots and attempted a rescue operation. Naval personnel had been negotiating with pirates when the incident occurred. After boarding the vessel, soldiers killed 2 pirates and detained at least 13 others. During the process they discovered that the pirates had shot and killed all four hostages.

"The forces discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite immediate steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages ultimately died of their wounds," said a statement issued by the U.S. Central Command.

The hostages were identified as Scott and Jean Adam, husband and wife who owned the yacht, from Marina Del Rey, California. Their two friends were Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle from, Washington. Two other bodies were found on the yacht, believed to be pirates. The party was taking place in a race with other boats, which started in Thailand, when they decided to leave it after scheduled stop in Mumbai, India. Reports say they spent some of their time distributing bibles around the world. They changed course and were hijacked by the pirates off the coast of Oman.

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A shorter title would be nice as well, for example, "Pirates Kill Four American Hostages". Might just be me -- kamnet (talk) 22:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


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This article written by your needs 2 different sources for it. The sources cannot be identical sources from different websites (IE, 2 different websites both running a CBC article, or a Reuters article), but two completely different articles. I've placed the "source" templates in your article. Fill them in as best you can, and we'll fix any problems with them, so that you can see how it's suppose to be done. Gopher65talk 22:05, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
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Anti-abortion activist Bernard Nathanson dies aged 84

February 23, 2011

Obstetrician, who provided abortions and then became an activist, is dead at the age of 84. Nathanson died in New York; the cause of death was announced as cancer. During his time as an obstetrician he estimated that he was involved in nearly 75,000 abortions, about 5,000 of which he performed himself. He performed his last abortion in 1979; shortly thereafter he became an anti-abortion activist.

Nathanson opened an abortion clinic in New York City in the 1960s but had performed abortions beforehand. In the 1940s he completed an abortion on his then girlfriend who was pregnant with his child. In 1969, he became one of the founders of the, an organization that still exists today.

After performing his last abortion and becoming an anti-abortion advocate, Nathanson narrated The Silent Scream, a film that showed a three month-old fetus being aborted. As well as films he also wrote books about abortion including his 1996 autobiography The Hand of God.

His wife, Christine Reisner-Nathanson spoke about his change of views. She said, "When he was an abortion doctor he was seen as a pariah by the medical community and when he went pro-life he was scorned by the women in the pro-abortion movement."


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I don't understand
Thank you very much for the offer but I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you're talking about. Can you please explain to me in greater detail what it is you want me to do? Thanks -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 23:57, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've just downloaded FinalTorrent but I can't get it to work properly. How do I download the link? -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 00:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The problem is, I do what you've just said but the file doesn't appear in the downloads section of FinalTorrent for some reason. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be? -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 00:38, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Otherwise, I would be willing to interview you, although some arrangements will have to be made. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 01:06, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Australian Foreign Minister condemns Fiji Media Decree
coul you review this as well =)

Australia's Governor-General cuts trip short over looming Election
^^ Refer Up =)

Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia
Needs Urgent Reviewing

Civil Partnership Bill "significant win for social equality" for Queensland: Greens candidate
I struggled with how to explain the difficulty I see with the article, which got more complex the more I tried to simplify them. Fwiw, review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 00:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedians to the Games
Hi. :) As you're an Australian contributor, I thought you might be interested in Wikimedians to the Games, which is an opportunity to cover the Paralympic Games as a member of the press. As you've experience writing Wikinews articles, this should give you a leg up. :)  LauraHale (talk) 08:44, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Whitney Houston
Extreme messiness because the lede said she died "today", but it was Sunday UTC when written as well as when published. It was Saturday for the author when written. When published, it was Sunday for the author but still Saturday where the event took place (California). Sigh. Anyway, it says "Saturday" now, and once Saturday is gone for all timezones it should be changed to "yesterday" on a permanent basis. --Pi zero (talk) 05:42, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Duely noted. (Note to self - Check JS time in top right hand corner of screen when reviewing) --RockerballAustralia c 06:13, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh. I keep wondering if there's some way to automate those relative dates, but so far I can't image how it could be done.  --Pi zero (talk) 06:39, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

FA Cup game article
Would you care to take over the review? I haven't really started yet, and am slow as molasses. --Pi zero (talk) 21:55, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Reviews
If you get time, can you look at the two Australian related articles I have submitted for review? Worried about timeliness. :( --LauraHale (talk) 06:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Sure thing --RockerballAustralia c 07:38, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Renaming post-publish (software quirk)
I see you've fallen victim to something that's caught me any number of times (I almost never get it right). One publishes an article, realizes a few moments too late one should have renamed it before publishing, quickly renames it — and then, because the wiki software doesn't properly warn about certain kinds of pending changes, forgets to sight the rename. I've just noticed this on, and sighted the rename of,. --Pi zero (talk) 12:48, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Ouch. Second problem: The opinions page didn't get moved with the article.  There's supposed to be a mechanism that pops up, a few moments after renaming an article that has an opinions page, asking whether to rename that too (this being a trick question of course, since I can't think of any situation where the answer wouldn't be "yes").  I wonder if something isn't working right with that part of the software, because this is the second time recently I've noticed the opinions page not get moved with an article.  --Pi zero (talk) 12:56, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

 * Thanks for that :-) A warning from the wikiware would've been nice, but what can we do --RockerballAustralia c 22:00, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Reviews again :)
As you do Australian sport... :D

 * Australian archer Alice Ingley readies for potential Olympic spot
 * Australian archer Odette Snazelle in Canberra for nationals
 * Australian field archers vie for spot at World Championships

If you could review one or more of those, that would be awesome. :D --LauraHale (talk) 09:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Review request again :)
Australian rowers prepare for 2012 Olympics is 35 hours over due and pi zero will be busy with the campaign trail article all day so is unlikely to get a chance to review anything else today. Any chance you could review? Also possibly Saipan Little League results? --LauraHale (talk) 15:46, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

And a third time :D
Capital Punishment mountain bike race won by Shaun Lewis. OR is fun. :) --LauraHale (talk) 10:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

African Olympians and Paralympians prepare for their London odyssey
This is a big article with a staggering collection of sources; Laura actually apologized off-wiki as she was starting to write it, for the massive task that reviewing it was going to be. A multi-hour review, for sure. (There were, btw, also lingering issues about whether it was being presented with a well-defined news focus so that it would come out as a news story rather than an essay; problems that hopefully could have been resolved, but it's not at all clear they had been, yet, and they overflowed into lots of other aspects of review.) You published the article, with no copyedits whatsoever, thirteen minutes after she submitted it for review. It's beyond my imagination how this could be anything other than rubber-stamping; it's impossible that the sources were checked. I'm not going to go, here, through the list of reasons that's utterly unacceptable. You're a valued contributor, in your capacity as a reporter, but rubber-stamp reviews are aggressively destructive to the project. I have in mind to nom you for de-reviewer later today (my local time), but obviously such is a very serious step and I wanted to inquire here after your side of the story first. I realize the time difference makes this awkward (I figure it's the wee hours of the morning in all Australian time zones atm). --Pi zero (talk) 15:01, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

 * I can see where you're coming from citing the time between Laura formally submitting for review and me reviewing it. She'd PM'd me on IRC atleast ten minutes prior to renaming the article (about 15:07 UTC). I duely noted the number of sources and began reading through them. Nothing obvious stuck out on innitial review. On the double check - the second read through and source check - for whatever reason, any errors didn't reister with me. (A list of errors you're seeing may be benificial)
 * I did er a little bit whether this read like a news story. I finally decided this is the "line" between news and essay.
 * I do admit I probably allow myself more time in review and get a second opin on an aticle like this. All feedback is welcome. --RockerballAustralia c 02:46, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

 * Sure enough; inadequacy of my imagination. <sigh>

 * There's likely a moral here about "paper trail" — IRC (let alone PM on IRC) leaves no evidence on-wiki, which can be a problem for observers (be they reviewers, writers, or readers). Awareness of the visibility problem figured into the creation of WN:Tips on reviewing articles, figures into its rule of thumb on copyedits, and is one of the things I like about using under review (though it wasn't helpful in this case; and it tends to be especially impressive when I use it because I'm such a slow worker).

 * Laura had rewritten the lede in response to my concerns about sharpness of focus, but not the headline. Had we caught it before publication, I wish we'd chosen a more unique headline (too late now, of course, post-publication renamings being strongly discouraged); the headline we ran with has nothing in it that identifies the time frame, and the time frame is all we have that pins down the focus of the article for the specificity facet of newsworthiness.  --Pi zero (talk) 04:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Please check......
....the talk page on your recent interview article. --Bddpaux (talk) 18:55, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews Brenton Clutterbuck
Category:Discordianism. --Pi zero (talk) 00:13, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Paralympic backlog
Hi. If you get the chance, can you help with the Paralympic article review backlog? The shooting ones should be relatively straight forward. --LauraHale (talk) 10:07, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Paralympic article backlog take two
We currently have seven unreviewed articles, many of them Paralympic articles. Any help in reviewing these today would be much appreciated. :) --LauraHale (talk) 05:24, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

good news article
Figured I'd leave a note here just in case you weren't familiar with the case. The author has spent nearly two months in what —however it started out (which is ambiguous)— seems to have gradually slid into an effort to subvert our review process. (The deleted article talk page is, I suspect, a treasure trove of useful information about the project — maybe I'd better undelete it and prepend it to the current talk page.) I left a note on the current article talk page — this being the second time in a few hours the author recreated the article after it was deleted; see WN:AAA. Yeah, I'll definitely undelete and prepend. --Pi zero (talk) 12:09, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Request for reviewing and other assistance
Hi. Next week is the start of the and two Wikinewies will be attending to cover the para-alpine skiing ahead of the 2014 Winter Paralympics. This is part of an effort outlined at IPC Alpine Ski World Championships. Immediately following this event, there will be a Meetup in Barcelona where Wikinews, the Paralympics and efforts to similar sport coverage will be discussed. At the moment, there are only two active reviewers on a daily basis. Demonstrating an ability to get reviews for these types of events done quickly is important for Wikinews credibility and gaining access to these types of events. I would really appreciate it if you could sign up on the IPC World Championship page to review, promote articles published during this period, assist in translating these articles into another language or attend the meetup in Barcelona. Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 09:32, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. It would be a really great time for you, as a Wikinews accredited reporter, to do some original reporting and conduct interviews. People should be around to interview to prevent a backlog, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

OR notes
I'd urge more complete OR notes. The principle we champion is, try to provide substantially more documentation than needed. This one was pretty marginal, even with the info I got from you on IRC about the origin of the stats for the other games; I note you didn't even say in the notes 'I attended this game' (let alone additional remarks). --Pi zero (talk) 12:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews at the Rugby: Sunshine Coast Stadium April 27, 2013
Could you add captions for the images/videos, please? I published it anyway, but.

Also, I had concerns about the documentation. See my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 21:00, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

 * Done. Thanks for the review --RockerballAustralia c 21:46, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

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Phones without Internet access join the Facebook revolution

February 22, 2011 Amsterdam-based electronics company has announced that it has developed a way of putting Facebook compatibility on to a mobile phone, to allow mobile phones with no data or internet connection to access the popular social networking site.

The report, appearing on the Slovenian tech site Monitor, says that users will be able to communicate directly with the site via SMS messages, as well as being able to exchange messages online and having the facility to write on other Facebook users walls. The formal announcement of the technogical breakthrough was made at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on February 14.

Users will see the changes to the website appear as messages on their phones, so they will be able to keep track of updates to the site. The announcement has drawn much interest from mobile phone companies and service providers, who are keen to take advantage of the new functionality which would significantly increase revenue due to the scaling up of SMS messages passing through their networks.

"Increasingly people want to be able to stay connected and communicate with their friends on Facebook anytime, anywhere. Gemalto has developed a creative solution in Facebook for SIM that enables people without mobile data plans to stay connected to their friends on Facebook in an affordable way," Gemalto's Head of Mobile Business (Facebook), Henri Moissinac, said in a statement.


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For those of you not versed in Slovenian
Here's a googlified version of the Slovenian text from that source :)

"The company Gemalto, namely specialist SmartCard smart card, has introduced a new product called Facebook for SIM, which allows connection with a popular social network via phone that do not support data (Internet) access.

The new solution is fully installed on your SIM card, which every mobile phone and is therefore compatible with the complete range of mobile phones in the market.

On top of exchanging messages and writing on the wall in Facebook does not need a data connection, as with a social network communicate via SMS messages. Users of solutions to new information on Facebook is seen as messages that are displayed on the phone screen when the site changes.

The solution is reportedly reaped a lot of interest from telecommunications operators in the new service to see a new source of revenue due to the increase in the number of SMS messages."

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Review of revision 1183502 [Passed]
Comment: The second source is actually a press release, which while not a news "source", can be used to verify an article, and for quotes. BarkingFish (talk) 23:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 * On the other hand (playing devil's advocate), verification is only one of the functions severed by the requirement for two independent sources. Another of them is to protect us from non-newsworthy promotion, the theory being that the promoter might be able to get one other news site to carry their material, but the story would have to reach a higher level of interest before they'd be able to get more than one other site to carry it.  --Pi zero (talk) 00:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

What is this apparently neutral title supposed to mean? What is the 'Facebook revolution', exactly? --78.144.162.93 (talk) 01:05, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Why is this news?
Can somebody explain why this is news? As I understand, Facebook sms has been available for quite some time: http://m.facebook.com/sms. 165.124.215.172 (talk)Chris


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Welcome!
Welcome to Wikinews and thank you for your contributions. Unfortunately, some of your articles have failed review. This is due to non-compliance with our style guide. I would recommend that you read the SG before writing additional articles to familiarize yourself with our policies. If you have any questions, I or any other editor here would be more than happy to help. Again, welcome! Tyrol5 (talk) 20:50, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards indicted on felony charges
This article, concerningly, has several sections which are near-verbatim from the Associated Press report.

Such is generally considered copyright violation. Please ensure in future you write in your own words. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:45, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

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Wow, if they can give you facebook without internet access, how long until the rest of the internet doesn't require a wifi connection?


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