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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/13

13, February 2006

 * West Ham v Birmingham, kick off at 20:00


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/14

14, February 2006

 * Liverpool v Arsenal, kick off at 20:00


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15, February 2006

 * Blackburn v Sunderland, kick off at 20:00


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25, February 2006

 * Birmingham v Sunderland, kick off at 15:00
 * Blackburn v Arsenal, kick off at 15:00
 * Charlton v Aston Villa, kick off at 15:00
 * Chelsea v Portsmouth, kick off at 15:00
 * Man Utd v West Ham, kick off at 15:00
 * Newcastle v Everton, kick off at 17:15
 * Tottenham v Wigan, kick off at 15:00


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/26

26, February 2006

 * Bolton v Fulham, kick off at 13:00
 * Liverpool v Man City, kick off at 12:15
 * West Brom v Middlesbrough, kick off at 15:00


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Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/18

18, February 2006
No football games today.


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19, February 2006
No football games today.


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20, February 2006
No football games today.


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21, February 2006
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22, February 2006
No football games today.


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23, February 2006
No football games today.


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24, February 2006
No football games today.


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27, February 2006
No football games today.


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28, February 2006
No football games today.


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29, February 2006
No football games today. This is most like because this day doesn't exsist this year. If you're reading this something bad happened.


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User talk:Newbie~enwikinews

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Please create a new username, as your current one may be confusing. Sorry for the inconvidance. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:19, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Don't murderlize each other

Murderlizing each other is a bad thing, and takes a long time time to clean up. Instead, take five minutes out, apologize, drink a little TEA, and calmly work with the person to resolve your differences. Remember that the other person(s) is equally or more likely more right then you are.
 * Cases of murderlization are dealt with harshly by the arbcom (or at least as long as I'm on arbcom...)

Page created by Bawolff ☺☻, inspired by Chiacomo.

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Avian Flu is confirmed in Egypt

February 18, 2006

Yesterday February 17, 2006, the World Health Organisation officially declared presence of the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus in Egypt.

"There is avian flu now in Egypt," Hassan el Bushra, regional adviser for emerging diseases at the eastern Mediterranean regional office of the WHO said. His response was to the reported presence of H5N1 virus in dead birds in three areas in Egypt - namely Cairo, Giza, and Al-Minya.

Today February 18, 2006, a responsible source from Egyptian ministry of health announced reporting of another 25 cases of infected birds in Al-Minya with aftermath of 35 confirmed cases between birds, yet there are no human cases reported.

Control measures
Egypt has banned the import of live birds and has tightened quarantine controls at airports to keep out bird flu. It has also canceled the annual bird hunting season to minimize contacts between people and migrant birds. In Cairo phone numbers 3912136, 3907147, and the hotline 152 have been assigned for reporting any suspected cases. A newly formed unit formed of veterinarians and preventive medicine specialists in Giza actively studying more than 70 reports of dead birds for exclusion of H5N1.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Naxif has advised people who breed poultry at their homes to dispose of their birds to prevent the virus from spreading.

"The time has come to get rid of the idea of breeding chickens on the roofs of houses, especially under current circumstances," he said.

Many Egyptian citizens breed chickens and pigeons on the roof of their residences for their own consumption and as a source of extra income.

Despite avian flu mainly being a disease of poultry, it has also infected 171 people, killing 93 of them, and is steadily mutating. If it acquires the ability to pass easily from person to person it could cause a pandemic that might kill millions.

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User:Abulmagd~enwikinews

Abul-Magd is a truth finder!!

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US pressure group proposes covert attack on Iran

February 19, 2006

The Iran Policy Committee, a pressure group meant to influence US government policy towards Iran, made up of former White House, State Department, Pentagon and CIA officials, and supported by several members of the US Congress, called for covert military action on Iranian territory and support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO or MEK), which is presently (though controversially) listed by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The MKO has had public support in several EU countries and the US, including from many members of Congress.

Members of the Iran Policy Committee proposed removing the MKO from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and supporting it as part of Iranian "Civil Society". Their proposal is to support Iranians by both covert military methods and other methods to remove the system of government under which president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was recently elected, in the second round of presidential elections in 2005, and replace it by a new form of government.

On February 15, 2006, Human Rights Watch (HRW) defended its May 2005 report on the MKO, describing additional interviews and verifications it had taken to check claims of inaccuracies in its report. It claimed that the former report was accurate. In the May 2005 report, HRW claimed on the basis of various documents and interviews with ex-members of the MKO that "abuses [occurred] ranging from detention and persecution of ordinary members wishing to leave the organization, to lengthy solitary confinements, severe beatings, and torture of dissident members." The report also noted that the MKO is strongly focused on its leadership, the husband and wife team of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, to the extent that members burned themselves alive in protest when Maryam Rajavi was arrested in Paris.

Meanwhile in the UK, the Conservative Party said that military action against Iran "should not be ruled out to deal with its controversial nuclear programme", that "it was wrong for the European Union's foreign affairs spokesman Javier Solana to rule out the use of force" and that "it is wrong for Britain's Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, to echo [Javier Solana] ."

The previous removal of an elected government in Iran in which the US was involved was Operation Ajax in 1953, a complex plot involving the CIA and British intelligence services, motivated by Mohammed Mossadegh's nationalisation of oil companies.


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User:Neutralizer/just for fun;just kidding(yeah;right:))

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you- Jesus Christ

This is the verse your pastor,preacher or priest may not want to talk about; Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood; but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".

Does it really make sense that if there is a Satan he would not be involved in the geo-political activities of mankind? Wouldn't he just love to spread war and fear and deceit and the love of money? And wouldn't he have some helpers? and what kinds of people would they be? Liars? Tricksters? Secretive? WOULD THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHURCH / CULT??

OR maybe its all just a joke...like the little red guy with the horns and the long tail ?

The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/skull-bones-vid.htm

SeeSkull and Bones particularly the illuminati connection and the education>elite control methodology

TRUTH AND HISTORY ARE, INDEED, STRANGER THAN FICTION;

"Without controlled conflict the New World Order will not come about...it's artificial,therefore it has to be created...and this is being done with the calculated, managed, use of conflict...and all the while there is profit in playing the involved parties against one another.Moreover, in the Hegelian scheme of events, this new synthesis will reflect the concept of the State as the "Agent of God" and the individual as totally subordinated to an all powerful protector ; the "State". The "Order" wants the citizens of the State to be little more than automated order takers (service jobs) ." - 1983 -Antony Sutton University of London and Stanford University's Hoover Institute's economics research scholar.

illuminati (and their american branch #322 known as the skull and bones order) is a cult of people who control important things in your life without you knowing it.Things like media, wars, job markets, interest rates and the price of gasoline. they subscribe to a hegelian dialectic philosophy which believes conflict is a good thing and they strive to control both sides of any major conflict and profit therefrom.In addition, they use wars and debt to bankrupt the people thereby making the people dependent upon the State which they have taken control of.Thus, the people are reduced to being order taking slaves and offer no threat or resistance to the State nor to the controllers of the State.

We have just experienced a U.S. presidential election where both candidates are members of this same small cult (By any dictionary's definition,it is DEFINITELY a"cult"). It is useful to note that the statistical odds of that having occurred without orchestration is over 200 billion (that's right; BILLION) to 1 !(the number of american citizens between 40 and 75 years old divided by the number of cult members between 40 and 75 and squaring that number). To illustrate just how far fetched it is to say it was "just a coincidence" ; the statistical odds of you buying 1 lottery ticket for each of 2 powerball lotteries and then winning both lotteries are better than the odds of this having happened in a non-fixed election process.

source;USA Today;Sep.25,2002 "Bush, a loyal and particularly active member of Skull and Bones, a mysterious, historically misogynist secret society, seems to have done almost all he can to promote a level of secrecy in government.One of President Bush's first social gatherings at the White House was a Skull and Bones reunion."

SOURCE: "MEET THE PRESS"; Feb.7,2004: Tim Russert interviews President Bush..full interview available online at NBC's "meet the press" website.

Russert: "You and Senator Kerry are both in Skull and Bones, the secret society."

President Bush: "It's so secret we can't talk about it."

Russert: "What does that mean for America?"

President Bush: "I don’t know."

Russert: "Number 322 ?" ''note; the american skull and bones order is branch #322 of the european illuminati (skull and bones was formed in 1832, and is the 2nd chapter)....the most dangerous fact politically for the american cult members is their subordination to european cult leaders..should this fact ever become public, their power in america will cease. The american public will put up with almost anything, but having leaders who are subordinate to europeans is not one of them''.

President Bush: (no response)

Skull and Bones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bonesmen

The short list of cult members below(click link above for their wikipedia links) are the ones to look at first; especially their long term effect upon US foreign policy;e.g.

(WW2 players were P.Bush, Harriman brothers and Walker)

(Vietnam players were A.Harriman and Bundy brothers)

(Robert Lovett directed the Korean War, Cold War and invented the CIA.)

McGeorge Bundy

William Bundy

George H. W. Bush

George W. Bush

Prescott Bush

William Henry Draper III

E. Roland Harriman

W. Averell Harriman

John Kerry

Robert A. Lovett

William Huntington Russell

Henry L. Stimson

George Herbert Walker

Then this book puts all the puzzle pieces together; it's available at most libraries.


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User:Hpetwe~enwikinews

Hi, I'm Hpetwe. I'm new to Wikinews. I'm also part of Wikipedia.

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Talk:US pressure group proposes covert attack on Iran

See w:Talk:People's Mujahedin of Iran for wikipedia debate about the MKO page. i'm new to the MKO page, but it looks like there's been a pretty tough fight between different Iranian individuals (in exile or in Iran), for the obvious reason that they feel deeply about the issue, and IMHO some (or one?) wikipedians not involved in the issue managed to force NPOVing the main article. So the stuff i quoted here on MKO is an attempt just to very briefly summarise what is, presumably, NPOV from the wikipedia, enough that is necessary for the wikinews article.

The Maryam Rajavi seems to be much less stable - see its talk page and also history and content. Boud 01:47, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

great article
enlightening. Neutralizer 02:13, 20 February 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:H5N1 confirmed in France

deaths
If dead are 171...why does info box say 91? Jason Safoutin 02:46, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Globally, The H5N1 strain has infected 171 people per revision as of 02:43, 19 February 2006

by 71.198.185.250 ("The H5N1 strain has killed infected 171 people" - fixed) Karen 08:17, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Local stories

Wikinews encourages highly local stories that are only relevant to readers from your town or city, that is, true "citizen reporting" from the ground. Please do keep the following in mind:

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 * Always categorize stories which are only relevant to a local audience as Category:Local only.
 * Everything in a story should be verifiable or traced to your original reporting. Necessarily, it is harder for us to verify and check the plausibility of highly local citizen reporting. It is therefore doubly important that you follow the Original reporting guidelines, and document your research on the discussion page. Having a track record in the Wikinews community helps.

As of February 2006, all stories published on Wikinews, including local ones, are shown on the frontpage. This may change as we develop more portals and the story publication rate per day increases. Putting local stories in the "Local only" category ensures a smooth eventual switchover. It also allows them to be filtered by scripts syndicating Wikinews content.

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User:Cartman02au/Opinions

'''The following are my opinions and beliefs. Keep in mind that these are in no way associated with the views held by Wikinews or the Wikimedia Foundation, and I, Nathan Carter, take full credit and responsibility for what is posted here.'''

I stole this idea from Mrmiscellanious who stole it from NGerda (who probably stole it from someone else :P). For editors to be able to write WN:NPOV articles, it is important for us to state our beliefs and opinions in an open manner.

Religion
I have no idea which religion I follow. I believe in god and karma and not much of anything else. I used to be christian, however I am no longer.

Freedom of Religion
In a true democracy, individuals should have the right to follow which ever religion they choose without reprisals.

Abortion
As with religion, I have yet another strange view on this. I do not agree that abortion should be allowed except where the mother has been raped or unless the mother's life is at danger from the pregnancy.

Firearms
The sale and possession of firearms should be restricted and monitored by the government.

Political views
I consider myself a centrist. I believe that the government should provide universal healthcare, decent infrastructure and support those who can not support themselves. I believe that the government should give equal rights to all individuals. I believe that religion should have no part in politics. I believe that the best way for the government to help its people is to support business, which will in turn create jobs (in particular small business).

At present, I support no single political party in Australia.

Homosexual relationships
I support homosexual relationships. It is the right of the individual to select their partner. If homosexual relationships are wrong - such a large number of decent and honest people would not be involved in them.

Forcing of beliefs
I find it utterly offensive to have others force their beliefs onto me. I find it offensive that members of certain religious groups come to my door and try to convince me that I am wrong about what I believe. I do not wish to see my elected representatives tell me that what they believe is 100% true and that anyone who disagrees is wrong.

Terrorism
I do not believe that people have the right to kill others to intimidate others to get what they want, however I believe that some states have gone too far in the restriction of people's rights in the name of counter-terrorism.

War on Iraq
I did not support the war in Iraq. I believe that those responsible for leading our troops into war based on lies should be held accountable.

Privacy
I believe every person should have the right to privacy.

Free Information
Information should be free and open to anyone who wants it. People should not be forced to pay for knowledge, nor should the government be able to withhold information other than that which relates to national security.

Education
I believe that every person should be allowed to reach their full potential through education despite their socio-economic background.

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Talk:Main Page/Archive 12

Викивести (Serbian)
Under Wikinews in other languages, first we write the name of a language in this very language itself, and then its name in English (in brackets), like Русский (Russian). But in case of Serbian, "Викивести" means just "wikinews" and should be corrected to Серпски (if i'm not mistaken, consult Main Page of wikipedia). --User:Anthony Ivanoff, 212.57.170.34 03:46, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Good catch. Changed to "Српски / Srpski (Serbian)". -- IlyaHaykinson 05:47, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Lookin' good
Just thought I'd drop a line to say how good the Main Page is looking at the moment. I particulary like the new fonts for the headlines. Plenty of stories too, which is nice to see. User:Dan100 (Talk) 00:39, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Who is the boss around here? --169.244.143.115 21:02, 29 December 2005 (UTC) let me know asap so he or she can help articles news.

 * No one is the boss. If you require assistance, you could probaly ask pretty much anyone (Including Me). As far as the hierarchy in wikinews goes, Admins have a little bit more power in regards to somethings but they should only use it when its in the best interest of the community and there is consensus to do so. If you ever have a complaint about wikinews (which i hope is never) and you're looking for someone in charge, you can bring it to an Admin, or put it on Dispute resolution, or if its a really big big problem with wikinews that you don't feel can be handled internally you can bring it to Wikimedia foundation which is the non-profit organization who runs wikinews (and other wiki projects you might of heard of like wikipedia). hoped that helped. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:58, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Phone lines
I think the hotlines have proved there usefulness with MrM's recent contributions via them, they're taking up whitespace on the main page that shouldn't be there because of all the new boxes on the right side. I honestly don't remember Dan100's objection to it. Therefore I was Bold and put it back. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

RSS feeds
Is anyone implementing RSS feeds for each of the main (location based) sections? It really needs doing and they need to update automatically. I'll create an account and have a go, otherwise. I just didn't want to do something already done or in progress. Well done. I'd also like to make feedback that the featured country is too dominent on the main page. It's confused as a main story. There should be a main story that is based on popularity or statistical reasons. Such as number of casualties and recent update.
 * I am working on a customizable RSS feed, though I am a bit busy right now so it may be some time before I finish it --Cspurrier 18:49, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah this is really important, nowadays you can't legitimately try to operate a news website that doesn't have an RSS feed...
 * We do have an RSS feed You can find it at http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikinewsLatestNews . We do not however have an RSS feed that is category based. The RSS feed above lists all stories published by Wikinews that day --Cspurrier 20:01, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * So is someone going to implement an RSS feed for each of the main news areas of the world?

Will someone link to the above feed from the Main Page, with standard syntax? Ashibaka 00:09, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I put together an RSS feed of the "Original Reporting" section. The feed is available at http://www.inic.org/wikinews.xml Also if you do not have an RSS reader, you can view a web based version of the feed at Wikinews Original Reporting RSS Feed Please let me know what you think. I will try to update it daily. Inic 04:19, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I believe there is technical issues with <link>ing the feed. We use to have category based feed, but they went by last edit, and they died in the upgrade to MediaWiki 1.5 (I think). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:58, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

News Titles too long.
Many of the news titles are too long. They aren't punchy enough. Many need to be shortened. Can we keep titles to less than 55 characters (including spaces). That's still rather large for a news heading. Please see examples on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/default.stm I realise that the general public struggle not to be describtive in their titles, but they really need to be told that 45 is the maximum used in most press agencies and that they should keep titles 'to the point'.

 * You should probally take this up on Wikinews talk:Style guide. I, personnaly like long titles. However I could see why short titles are good. Remeber you can rename things too, if you can think of a better title. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

YOU can't rename things. Only members can. This is the one thing we can't rename, under the terms oand conditions of the sites copyright licence this actually breaks it. We (un-registered users) should be able to change titles. If I'm wrong on this, please tell me how.
 * I do not agree that non-logged in users should be allowed to rename articles. It is a common form of vandalism, and the extra step of registering an account deters it somewhat.  Besides, if you're logged in then only a select few of the administrators can actually establish which IP address you are editing from. Brian McNeil / talk 17:02, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

 * If we enabled anonoymous renames, it would be: Whilley on wheels! hay-day Pagemoves cause lots of damage if used improperly, especially with DPLs. Whats wrong with registering. If you concerned about privacy issues, you have more privacy when registered. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:26, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

 * You are breaking your ownn copyright rules by not allowing us to edit titles of pages.

This means that wiki pages are editable by all (but registered users can edit more than non registered). It's like communism gone wrong. 'All animals are equal (but some animals are more equal than others). I thought George Orwell was clear on that issue. He was the creator of the wiki ideology, after all. I'd like to edit the titles, without registering. It's misleading. I would do an excellent job. You're excuses of vandalism are pointless. That excuse would result in only registered users editing anything in the wiki sites. If that happened then it would defeat the purpose of the site and idea.

 * Uhm, not exactly. Our copyrights are licensed under CC-by, and say nothing about user privileges. However, you should be aware that creating an account on wikinews is far more anonymous than editing from an anonymous IP. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Nowehere does it say that everyone is allowed to make changes without registering an account. Wikinews is released under the GPL, yes, but that means anyone can copy it, edit it, and put it on their site. Which isn't true for non-free, copyrighted works.
 * If you want to use wikinews.org, you can only do so in compliance with the terms of use. And if these require you to get an account in order to perform a modification that would be prone to severe abuse otherwise, that doesn't void the permission to copy and edit the content on your own site (redistribution, or distribution of derived works, respectively).
 * It's the same thing as with reverts and other people editing your stuff -- if you disagree, feel free to copy the article and publish it elsewhere (start your own wiki with you as the benevolent dictator, maybe?).
 * If you want an anarchic wiki, feel free to start your own. -- 80.135.205.102 06:20, 19 February 2006 (UTC) (Ashmodai)

 * Please Note: Wikinews is under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5, not the GPL Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Internet Trolling is now Illegal.
Somebody with more experience than me should write this.
 *
 * Another stupid law. sigh! glad I don't live in the US. If you start the article, someone may (and probally will) finish it for you. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Is satire "intent to annoy"? Mmmyes it is, this law probably just went unconstitutional.  Thanks George, we love ya. -(Extremely hidden Identity--C. Rice)
 * (As I wrote this, I swear I heard a black helicopter fly over!!)

Main Page Error!
Would someone PLEASE fix the "Earthquake shakes Athens" excerpt? It says that the earthquake was "centereded" around 200 km south of Athens. Fortunately, the error doesn't seem to be in the article: I checked. --Cromwellt 23:53, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You can change it yourself, if you like. See the links in the navbar on the right of this page for the various leads. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I've been a Wikipedian for a couple of years now, but only yesterday actually registered on WikiNews, so when I saw on the main page that it was protected, I assumed that I didn't have the clearance to change it. Thanks for the correction.  --Cromwellt 22:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I miss the good old days when wikipedia's main page was protected but the templates not. (Having the main page unprotected is before my time). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Cannot create article?
When I click on create article it says the wiki does not exist??
 * ? You input a headline in the textbox first, then click Create article? -Edbrown05 01:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

 * No you get a different error if you forget the tittle (you edit the page its on, which happend to be the main page which happend to be protected) What title did you use. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:33, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * answered here: User talk:DragonFire1024

Pictures not showing up?
I am seeing that thumbnails on my browser are not showing up in some places...some articles and on the WikiMedia page. Anyone having this issue? If not whats wrong? I use FireFox as my browser. DragonFire1024 23:52, 12 January 2006 (EST)

 * This happens from time to time. I think it has something to due with the image server. you could complain at irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-tech if you wish, but it will probally be fixed by tommorow. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]]

Resignation miscapitalized under january 14
Should be lowercase, shouldn't it? -- 129.21.37.133 04:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thank you for calling it out. -Edbrown05 04:18, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello!
Hello.It's 19:06 on Mon Jan 16, 2006 in Santiago(City NE of Cordon),Isabela,Philippines. My site is at http:// www.michaelmanalolazo.vstore.ca Just Surfing. Thanks.
 * Hello, can you sign your comments with ~, plus a link you your personal home page would probably be best put on your user page. Just click on your username at the top of the page once you're logged in. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

18 killed in U.S. air strike on village in Pakistan
I must say I am very disappointed in some individuals who participated in the editing of the article 18 killed in U.S. air strike on village in Pakistan. The article was changed from its original story of Zawahari being a target, to being very bias and in my opinion, misleading. I do not think I have seen a worse collaberation on news than this. While all the major outlets still report that Zawahiri was in fact the target, We do not even have a headline or a "real" article to support the sources stated in the article. The article was supposed to be based on Zawahiri being a target and was changed into talking about the victims. I think this article should be reverted back into the state of talking about Zawahiri (when the article was created as breaking news, the headline was "Zawahiri possibly dead"...and now it ended up to its current headline: "18 killed in U.S. air strike on village in Pakistan." I hope that everyone will learn from this experience and when other IMPORTANT news comes along, we can all work on it together. I must say I am very disappointed. Shame on you guys/girls. DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin
 * This is where you start to learn where some of the behind-the-scenes parts of Wikinews are. For example, if you check Special:Ipblocklist you'll see that one of the editors you had a problem with has been blocked.  That same user has been listed for an edit block.  If you have a really unpleasant edit done to an article, you can click on the history link, edit the prior version, and save that effectively reverting the changes.  Be aware of the three revert rule when doing this, and try not to get heated when you explain the revert on the talk page.  If you're being hassled or getting flamed on talk pages you can do a combination of checking Wikinews:Administrators and Recent Changes to see which admins may be able to intercede and give the problematic user a warning or a block. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:16, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There's also IRC, the Real-time chat link at the top of the page. You might find some help there. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:42, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Note after archive: URL has changed for chat web interface. not changing it there for archival reasons, but it should be whatever template:IRC says. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]]

CNN mistranslation
Can we take the scare quotes off "mistranslating?" Whether they did it on purpose or not, it's a mistranslation, and the scare quotes imply the former. -- Pakaran 00:57, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Made an effort to address that. -Edbrown05 01:38, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I feel dumb now, I assumed your main page templates were locked (they are on WP). -- Pakaran 03:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Crosswords
Can the link be removed off the front page, as there hasn't been any new ones since September 5? -- user:zanimum
 * I have removed the link. It can be reinserted later if needed. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:53, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Add Portal:Football link to mainpage?
Well, hopefully - tommorow i will be advertising WikiFootball (links to the portal) and think that if people want to go straight to sports or football news, there should be a category link like there is on the wikipedia. What do you think? Spum 19:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Click on browse by section on the sidebar. Changing the main page is a very touchy topic. However tell me where you think a good place to put it would be, and we could see what everyone thinks. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh you probally mean where all the countries are listed. I don't know. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Admin. needed for article dispute
I am voicing concern of severe NVOP in this article: Pakistani Officials say at least 4 terrorists killed in U.S. airstrike targeting Ayman al-Zawahiri. I think that this user: --vonbergm is taking articles on this subject and attempting to change words and FACTS around, reword articles to suit him and his agenda (possible anti us), tagging artcles so that they may not be placed into publication, causing disputes for almost 2 days on this article: U.S. airstrike targeting Ayman al-Zawahiri leaves 18 dead in Pakistani village and then doing the same on other article mentioned. I move that immediate action be taken against individuals who try to prevent factual news stories form being published. Also, the first article mentioned was the top story, and still should be, but was taken off because of disputes!! DragonFire1024

Template:Latest news 2
What are everyone's thoughts on trying out this template as the Latest news template for a week or so, to see what the response is? Noclip 21:48, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I like the idea, and would like to find some way to offer this as an option, but I realy like my news sorted by day :) --Cspurrier 01:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm interested in the daily news. The template reports only the latest 3 news items per topic. What if there are 5 'Crime and law' stories in one day. Also it presents itself in 2 columns, which would be crowded on the Main Page (perhaps single column). Is it possible to suppress the appearance of say, 'Obituaries', for that day of the 'Latest news' section if there are no stories for that news day. -Edbrown05 02:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * An older similiar alternative is User:Theshibboleth/Main_Page. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Too pastel-ly — Ilyan  e  p  (Talk)  04:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It's okay...it's different, but I agree with edbrown05's concerns. — Ilyan  e  p  (Talk)  04:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps another feasible option would by default show the new headlines by date and have another option to sort them by category if you so desired.

Yes the latest news ones need the DPL to show the date they were published. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:40, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Things need to formatted horizontally so that bulk of the articles are visible on a single screen. Conside the BBC website.24.94.246.41 06:56, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * As a marketing guy, I put a lot of value on "branding" a product...i.e. settling on a presentation that works and which the audience recognizes and is familiar to them. So, I think we should leave the front page alone for at least 5 years...for audience retention purposes. Neutralizer 13:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I like the front page and the lay out as is it as well...Maybe add another section for a lead or featured article or something to that nature...But I think gonig to a totally new template is NOT a good idea. I am new here and I am still trying to get used to the page as it is. If anything new happens, it should be as detailed if not more detailed than the current front page/template. Jason Safoutin 13:52, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't like the new format at all. I liked the old one better. I'm not saying we should compeltely delete this one but mabye set the old one as default and have the new one avalible as an option. BWF89 11:36, 5 Feburary 2006

 * I don't like it at all. Layout is far too busy, cluttered. Makes me confused and angry - I want to go somewhere else immediately. If I want categorised news, I'll go to the Topic pages. But the Front page of Wikinews is good with the latest published and dated news. But please change it back ASAP.--elliot_k 17:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with elliotK on this... Jason Safoutin 17:32, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Spelling error (section for 23 January)

 * "U.S. army interrogator convicted in Iraqi generals death" should be "U.S. army interrogator convicted in Iraqi general's death." Consider revising the way the title is phrased as well (e.g. "U.S. army interrogator convicted of Iraqi general's murder"), as it's not very correct or professional in its present state... –165.228.129.11 04:22, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for pointing that out. Logged in users can move pages. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Random portal
I added a random portal to the portal template on the frontpage, because I think its a good idea. thoughts. Only problem is occasional non-portal page (like subpages). Which would be fixed if 3951 was implemented. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

da Bomb
Who put 'disputed stories' on the Main Page with a lit fuse? (laff) Dunno about that one :) Edbrown05 08:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * prob better than 'year ago in the news' because who is going to do anything about that? -Edbrown05 08:24, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * That be me! We still have a year ago news too. I like the bomb. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Me too! -Edbrown05 19:06, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I'd suggest removing the bomb icon, it will look very inappropriate and unprofessional when we report about terror attacks and such things.--Eloquence 18:04, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Hmm, If it was a real bomb I'd agree with you, but I don't think a cartoon bomb like that would look unprofessional. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:34, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I think I agree with Eloquence; the bomb icon is likely to come up against some story about an explosion, and will be seen as inappropriate. -- IlyaHaykinson 06:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, I'm not to attached to it, so feel free to remove it. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:48, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Censorship for america
Where is the news of woman postal worker running amok in US? You try to cover up the fact that USA is a crazy country where people live and die by guns and they think it is normal? 195.70.32.136 08:43, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Cover-up? Hardly, do you want to write the article? -68.232.153.54 09:22, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I've been thinking of writing a response to this question.. becuase it's been on my mind recently. "Why don't you have article such and such? Are you covering up stories".. The point is we're not a usual new organzation. We have to re-write sources into our own article and usually days are very busy so we might type up every single article in the news that day because it's impossible, it's impossible for even regular news agencies. Alot of the time they usually just post the article off the Assoicated Press wire services. Even sometimes you won't find articles on major news sites. But no we're not trying to cover up stories... we want break stories... we just don't always have the time do so. I live in America and like to look at guns, I don't a gun and we are a gun-crazed country, but we don't live and die by the gun... I believe in gun control. --TUFKAAP 05:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * If, as the complainer says, the "USA is a crazy country where people live and die by guns and they think it is normal"; then this event is not newsworthy, thus is not worthy of being reported. You can't have it both ways 195.70.32.136; PS, It seems like obesity,auto accidents and smoking each kill more americans than guns. Neutralizer 17:58, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Floating ToC
I'm floating the ToC archive and templates because I think its a more efficent use of room. Comments?
 * I'd move the ToC above the Archive section, or leave ToC top-and-left. I'd also add a border around Archive and Templates.  That aside?  It's a bit narrower, but overall I think it was a good move. -- NeoAmsterdam 22:41, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I think that be to borderee. I moved the archive down, but i replaced it with update leads, is that okay? (yeah I'm doubtful thats what you meant). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:18, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Doesn't seem to like Cologne blue under IE5. but since no complaints have been raised, I'll keep it the same as currently is. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

New format for 'Latest news'
Can we get a published date adjacent to the headline? -68.232.153.54 06:52, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I second that for the fact that it was easy to see the day's new article by looking at the date at the top of the page but with the new layout it is tough to figure out which article is newly published. 24.203.251.69 18:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Please change the front page back to how it was. The entry point into Wikinews is now a cluttered, disorganised and convoluted mess. Please fix!! --elliot_k 18:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with eliot k. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:50, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

SOLUTION?
Thanks for fixing that. To encourage consensus, I'm thinking a button/link "Show news stories by topic" next to the "Latest news reports:" heading... What yas think? --elliot_k 01:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it will make the best of both Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:48, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * We've had a view all topics button for a while (in Template:FrontPageSectionMenu which is on the main page) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:32, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm thinking that a critical mass point has not yet been reached by Wikinews. When there are more than 10 stories published for any given day, those headlines are easily understood without categorization. When 20+ stories are being consistently published, then perhaps topic categories for the Main Page makes sense. -Edbrown05 00:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Layout
Bring back the layout that was up yesterday 125.236.44.47 23:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Alot of people didn't like it. However you could see it at Main Page/topical. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:25, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Outdated Wikispecies logo
Has anyone noticed that the main page displays an outdated black and white Wikispecies logo? Could someone please correct this. Yorktown1776 02:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats strange, I'm sure i fixed that a while ago. Thanks for reminding me. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Look at other language layout
I think it looks nice: fr: especially:
 * Th: still has fundraiser, and sv: is very space efficient. ro: has good place for create article box. Many use old banner ( User:Pingswept/MainPageHeader ). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:08, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Breaking news very outdated
The "Breaking News" is over a month old. Perhaps time to take it down? -Harmil 19:29, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Can you be a bit more specific, because I don't have a clue what your talking about. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:48, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem was fixed not long after I mentioned it. The "Breaking News" article was over a month old at the time that I posted the comment. -Harmil 14:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Main page Redesign
I believe the current Wikinews Main Page isn't as good a it could be. There are to many outdated stories in the left column and the right side is rather unorganized. All together it is quite dull. I propose a main page redesign. I have already created to versions myself(click here and here). Yorktown1776 23:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ohh, pretty colors, me likey. Actually, what I'd really LOVE to see is: Briefs not listed, but (automagically) agregated via } into one long briefs page for each day.  The link to the briefs page could be on the same line as the date.  Sadly, the automagically part would require significant mods to the DPL extension.  Nyarlathotep 00:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I hate to break this to you, but... This is not going to happen anytime soon (in all probability) redesign attempts have not been sucessful. I like your attempts though, but the headers to big so you have to scroll to much. see also Category:Sandbox. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * If your going to use a header like that, this style is nicer in my opinion - User:Pingswept/MainPageHeader. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:16, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Having automagically generated briefs would make it nice for us people doing audio briefs :) — Ilyan  e  p  (Talk)  00:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, its be cool, but the automagically part requires having a DPL generate == Blah ==, which means modifying the DPL extension, which has to be submitted, lost, found, and burried in soft peet for 3 months.  Really, there is no reason not to have DPLs generate pages based upon arbitrary protected pages in the MediaWiki namespace, but it wasn't written that way originally.  Nyarlathotep 00:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Can you explain the automagicly part in more detail? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:53, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, AFAIK, the DPL extension currently has very few modes of display, as controlled by the mode and addfirstcategorydate options. But you could always add a mode=aggregate option to effectively generate == PAGENAME == for each page, but ideally map the sections edit link back to PAGENAME. It'd need some safety cap on the output size to prevent crashes. Of course, nesting of DPLs must be restricted to protected pages, if you allow it at all.

You could even have a custom=Blah option which overrides mode and transcludes the page MediaWiki:Blah with set to page name, and  set to the date. Or alternatively, don't do any transcluding, just have mode=custom take all text untill  as the text to repeat, again with some temporary variables. But, I kinda prefer the first idea, as it maps edit links correctly. Nyarlathotep 01:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * So basicly transclude the pages, instead of list them. That would be cool. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:45, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't think using this design is a good idea; it's too close to Wikipedia's suggested Main Page redesign. I like the way it is, though wouldn't mind a new header. Ral315 21:53, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Iraqi abuse video
What, no mention of the video showing British soldiers beating up Iraqi teenagers? Angr 15:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * If you feel it should be icluded, Write it. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Olympic Medal Count Confusion
The chart displaying the current Olympic medal count has become outdated several times. I would also like to note that due to the arrangement of the chart it makes it appear that Norway is leading in the Olympics. Would anyone mind if I added a column to list the country's position? Yorktown1776 01:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea, go ahead. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * On the WP Olympics page the countries are listed the IOC way, with the first team being the one with the most golds overall. Shouldn't that be continued here? 209.137.182.35 04:22, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I personally think it should be total, but have no strong opinion. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:13, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The table is outdated again.

different sections
What are the thoughts on having a different section for different news items? ie. News, Sport, Entertainment, etc...? Apologies if this has been suggested before. JaymzSpyhunter 22:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Is something we have. see SectionMenu for the main list, or Category:Portal for the big list of everything. We've got almost everything from olympics to Google to Portal:Culture and entertainment. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:13, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

what happened to 'Write/edit article' link on Main Page?
The link has been replaced with a 'Current events'. I sort of need the other link. -Edbrown05 03:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I had experienced exactly the same thing a couple of days ago. A null edit to MediaWiki:Sidebar fixed it then. Oddly enough, the German Wikinews also had exactly the same problem at exactly the same time so I figure it's a Wikimedia wide bug. --Deprifry|+T+ 21:42, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Visitors
Why can't I get stats on how many visitors Wikinews has, through the http://stats.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Stats] site??? -- user:zanimum
 * I'm not sure, really, except that the Wikimedia servers receive thousands of page requests per second... Processing the huge logs would probably require resources that are better used in actually delivering content. Somebody somewhere decided that access statistics weren't really that important, I guess. --Chiacomo (talk) 20:40, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * But the thing is, why didn't they choose to not show Wikisource stats, or Wikiquote stats? How did they arrive on the assumption that Wikinews was the least important to track? All other projects seem to be tracked. --  user:zanimum
 * Wikinews began with a very early and healthy interest in tracking its readership. At about the time a war started within the community over whether to implement Portals back in August 2005, the Portal issue centered itself on the notion of being able to separate article counts and other content pages to get a grasp on the actual number of published stories. At sometime during that war, this user believes the tracking abilities were dropped. -Edbrown05 02:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry.. I don't see detailed TRAFFIC statistics for any project at the above link... Perhaps I'm missing something. Can you provide a direct link? --Chiacomo (talk) 02:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * See special:Statistics for a bunch. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

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Students find fossilised giant penguin

February 19, 2006

Children on a field trip in New Zealand have discovered what may be the finest giant penguin fossil yet found. These early penguins stood 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall, weighing over 100 kilograms (220 pounds), and lived some 40 million years ago.

While the party of 22 from the Hamilton Junior Naturalists Club were looking for fossils, they did not expect to find anything this significant in their trip to Kawhia, an hour southwest of Hamilton. Group leader Chris Templer said that the sea was already beginning to erode the fossil, and if it had not been found for another 18 months, there might not have been much left. He has dreamed of making a find like this since he began hunting fossils as an eight-year-old. "I went 'Oh my God', and just about keeled over on the reef," he said.

The fossil has been carefully removed after consultation with Te Papa (the national museum) and local Māori. Experts are excited by the completeness of the Kawhia fossil. Although roughly a dozen extinct penguin species have already been discovered in New Zealand, only a few fossilised bones have been found from most of these species. Te Papa has only three bones from the largest giant penguin. According to Alan Tennyson, curator of fossils at Te Papa, the Kawhia discovery might be of international significance. "I think it's very exciting to find something like this...it's a very rare event to find such a well preserved specimen," he enthused.

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Eleven die in Libya over Muhammad cartoon T-shirt

February 19, 2006

At least 11 people died in Benghazi, Libya on Friday when about 1,000 protesters surrounded and set fire to an Italian consulate and burned Danish flags. The demonstration was in protest of Italian Reforms Minister, who had worn a T-shirt displaying the.

A Libyan government statement said, "eleven casualties, including dead, resulted from the clashes." some of the casualties were police officers.

After wearing the T-shirt, Calderoli offered to resign.

On Saturday, Libya suspended its Interior Minister, Nasr al-Mabrouk. Libya said that "excessive use of force" was used in the riots the day before. The government also said that "all those involved in Friday's riots and the officials responsible for them" should be investigated and referred to the courts. "We condemn the excessive use of force and the inappropriate way that went beyond the limits of carrying out the duties of the police."


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CIA covert "rendition" operative blows her cover for frequent flyer miles

February 19, 2006

A December CIA report revealed several incidents of sloppy undercover work by agents. In one humorous series of incidents, a clandestine operative booked herself at foreign hotels under aliases, but insisted that frequent-flier miles earned at the hotels be credited to her personal frequent-flier account.

Other incidents detailed included cases of covert agents who failed to remove their cell phone batteries, making them vulnerable to electronic tracking even if the phone was off.


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UN says polio eradicated in Egypt and Niger

February 19, 2006

The United Nations World Health Organization reported on February 15, 2006 that polio had been eradicated in Egypt and Niger. There has been no reported case of the disease in the past year, leading officials to believe the disease is no longer present.

Egypt's Minister of Health Hatem Mostafa El-Gabaly said Wednesday, "Polio has been endemic in our country for all of recorded history. The best tools of our age finally defeated this enemy, who has been with us from pharaonic times."

The disease, poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio was reported in 16 countries in the past year. In 2005, 1926 cases of polio were reported up from the 1255 cases reported in 2004.

Nigeria's boycott
In August 2003, prominent Nigerian clerics called for a boycott of immunizations. The clerics called the vaccine a plot led by the United States to sterilize Nigerians or infect them with AIDS.

Immunizations started up after local officials ended the boycott in July, 2004. Nigeria reported having 782 cases of the disease in 2004, up 427 from the previous year.


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Talk:CIA covert "rendition" operative blows her cover for frequent flyer miles

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Now I know there is a great tradition in News of the Weird, but this is a completly un-supported and un-sourced article. There has to be a better source than this. -Drew 15:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I pulled this and placed the Sources Flag on it. This thing has no sources once I looked at the Salt Lake citation. Its from a compilation of unknown sources. It needs to be independently verified.-Drew 18:46, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Totally agree. What's this nonsense about cell phone batteries and electronic tracking?! A source might help --203.214.95.165 18:28, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

The original report was by the Chicago Tribune on Christmas of December 2005.

I'm new to this Wiki thing, so I don't know how to get this republished back to the main page - but it deserves to be. I'll leave that to you. Here is the link to the original Tribune Investigation:

CIA's bungled Italy job Sloppy use of cell phones, other missteps help police unravel cleric's 2003 abduction

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512250380dec25,1,7824008.story?coll=chi-news-hed

--Namaste rich 07:21, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I cannot get into that link to verify the information. If this was Christmas 2005, its fairly old.  Are we sure this is news? -Drew 16:13, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I sourced the link on the front of the article. Not sure why you can't link to it and read it; works for me. It seems to be news for the Salt Lake City Tribune (as it states in the original Wiki article written here - "A December CIA Report" - but this story broke back in December with the investigation by the Chicago Tribune. In the grand scheme, its not new news.  --Namaste rich 00:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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United States to expand 'information operations' against terror

February 19, 2006

The United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that U.S. public diplomacy efforts need to do more in the media to communicate a message friendly to democracy.

"We'll need to do all we can to attract supporters to our efforts and to correct the lies that are being told, which so damage our country, and which are repeated and repeated and repeated," Rumsfeld said in an address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York city on Friday. He said that insurgent groups have learned to use media and its new satellite and Internet technologies, and are working 24/7, to manipulate public opinion.

Rumsfeld called for the need to implement a "strategic communications framework" to present news information in Afghanistan and Iran. He warned, " ...the [news] vacuum will be filled by the enemy and by news informers that most assuredly will not paint an accurate picture of what is actually taking place." He said there was a need for communications training of military public affairs officials. The Department of Defense would begin with an emphasis on using out-sourced media expertise found in the private-sector, as was done with the controversial use of Lincoln Group who placed pro-democracy stories in Iraqi media in a business arrangement with the U.S. military.

Rumsfeld was critical of the U.S. media for its sharp response to that program at his address in New York, which he said had the effect of stopping that military effort. In an appearance on the The Charlie Rose Show, a televised program taped earlier and then aired by PBS last Friday, the same day as his New York address, Rumsfeld said "When we heard about it, we said, 'Gee, that's not what we ought to be doing.' ... They stopped doing that." But in a Los Angeles Times report, a Lincoln Group insider and a U.S. commander in Iraq, General George W. Casey, said the program was still in existence.

The White House has signaled a shift towards the use of media in the "War against Terror". The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Senate testimony on Wednesday last week that $10 million is already appropriated to support political dissidents, labor union leaders and human rights activists in Iran. The Bush administration will be asking for an additional $75 million in funding for the 2006 fiscal year to expand the program.


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India Win Hutch Cup One Day series 4-1

February 19, 2006

India won the final match of the recent cricket series. Yuvraj Singh made a unbeaten 107 (93b, 15x4)helping India's, chasing 287, achieved with 19 deliveries remaining on a good batting pitch. India have clinched the Hutch Cup ODI series 4-1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (77 not out, 56b, 6x4, 4x6) was another important contributor to the Indian Innings.

The Pakistani bowling, apart from a probing spell from paceman Rao Iftekar Anjum, was made to look ordinary. The Pakistani fielding let the side down again. Mohammed Sami lost the ball twice. When on 64, Yuvraj was put down at covers by Shoaib Malik.

India preferred to rest Sachin Tendulkar and Irfan Pathan. Tendulkar carried the drinks, indicating that in this Indian side experience and youth blended into one.

In Tendulkar's absence, Rahul Dravid opened the innings with Gautam Gambhir.

The left-handed Gambhir sparkled with a few pick-up shots on the leg-side; this also showed Pakistan's pacemen were not bowling the right line.

Mohammed Asif has not been a big factor in the ODIs since the away going delivery is a lesser weapon in this variety of the game, especially if a side is bowling in the afternoon. It was his two-way movement that made him so dangerous in Tests.

Gambhir once again wasted a start, but the opening pair had, importantly, raised 69. Dravid's 50 (6x4) might have consumed 82 deliveries, but he made sure that, in the absence of Virender Sehwag and Tendulkar, the Indians had enough wickets in hand before they began the final onslaught. The chase was splendidly orchestrated.

It was Sreesanth who dented Pakistan in the morning after Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar shared the new ball. The Kerala paceman, who is learning fast, cut down on his pace realising that there was not too much assistance for him from the wicket. He struck thrice and Pakistan, from 62 without loss, slumped to 77 for three. In the context of the match, Sreesanth's spell of 5-1-25-3 was crucial. Both Imran Farhat and Kamran Akmal, after putting together 62, fell to pull shots, and Shoaib Malik steered right into Suresh Raina's hands at gully. There is fluency about Sreesanth's run-up and action that is hard to ignore, and he did bowl well at the death, swinging the ball into the right-hander.

And off-spinner Ramesh Powar won a leg-before decision against an ominous looking Inzamam on the sweep; the delivery drifted into the right-hander from outside the off-stump and then straightened.

Pakistan recovered through a strokeful fifth-wicket stand of 95 in 110 balls between Mohammad Yousuf (67, 85b, 6x4) and vice-captain Younis Khan (74 not out, 79b, 3x4, 2x6). Yousuf appeared set for his hundred when he flicked Ajit Agarkar into Zaheer Khan at mid-wicket.

Abdul Razzaq biffed a 15-ball 24 before miscuing a pull of R.P. Singh, but Pakistan lost some momentum towards the end. However, the 18 runs off the last six balls by Zaheer came in handy for the side; Younis twice smote the left-armer over the mid-wicket ropes.

The bowlers, backed by aggressive fielding, had performed a fair job, under the conditions.

title: India Win Hutch Cup One Day series 4-1


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