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1) The two non-Wikinews articles should be listed as "sources," not Related Stories. 2) Both sources are dated today, and they are less about the bombings themselves and more about who orchestrated them. I already mentioned the MeK in my update. Yesterday the IRI hinted at MeK involvement, now they are formally alleging it and accusing the Americans of facilitating the attacks. The MeK is denying responsibility and accusing the regime of planting the bombs to discredit MeK and other opposition groups. There is also the possibility that a third group operating on its own did the bombing. My point? The trading of accusations from today (June 13) should probably go in a new article entitled something like "Accusations fly in Iran bombing aftermath." I don't have time to write it right now, but if someone else gets it started, using the two articles that the anonymous user added, I'll help expand it in a few hours.
 * That was me, forgot to log-in.

--Jpbrenna 21:48, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Serial child imposter held by French police

June 13, 2005

French police are holding a 31-year-old who managed to convince social workers and fellow students that he was a 15-year-old Spanish orphan and spent a whole month attending school.

Frederic Bourdin's alias was discovered when a teacher watched a television program about his exploits and his numerous identities.

Claire Chadourne, headmistress at the College Jean-Monnet, said, "He seemed a little older than his classmates, two or three years at the most. But 31. I still can't believe it!"

Bourdin, who speaks at least five languages, told social workers and classmates that his name was Francisco Hernandez-Fernandez and that his parents had been killed in a car crash in 2000 and that he'd spent three months in a coma. He claimed that after being placed into foster care, he was sexually abused and that he escaped to France.

He told his teacher that he had horrible scars that he wished to hide and was given special permission to wear a cap to hide his balding.

Bourdin is said to have assumed 39 other false identities in the past.

In 1997, Bourdin was arrested and imprisoned for six years in the United States for posing a Texas couple's 14-year-old son, who disappeared three years earlier. He managed to convince the couple that he was their son even though he had brown eyes and a heavy French accent.

The couple's son had blue eyes.

Bourdin lived with the couple for three months before a journalist exposed him and his lies were confirmed by a DNA test.

Returning from the United States in 2003, Bourdin showed up in the southeastern Alps, where he claimed to be Leo Balley, who went missing in 1996 when he was seven-years-old and camping with his father.

Once again, a DNA test revealed his lies.

Bourdin said, "I have only usurped the identities of two disappeared children. Otherwise 99% of the names are completely made up."

He says he assumes other identities as a way of receiving the attention he never got as a child.

Bourdin is slated to appear in court in September.

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Partiality
Isn't: "as if there were an urgent need of such a law" a very subjective sentence? shouldn't news be given on an objective and impartial point of view? Jotomicron 23:09, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed :) NGerda 23:14, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)


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If it isn't up, we can change the link. NGerda 00:01, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * too much work, just leave it as is, this way users can see what they need to listen.

I think, perhaps, the link to Audio Wikinews should go to Audio Wikinews (Releases). --Chiacomo 15:12, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Okay... Why is the Audio Wikinews link gone, and why is the News Brief link gone? --Munchkinguy 6 July 2005 02:36 (UTC)

Wikinews Network link
I say the link to WNN should be removed until there's actual content playing on the network. This is Latest Wikinews Media, not Future Wikinews Projects. It belongs in a more appropriate place, and once it does have Wikinews content streaming, we can link to it here. As some of you already know, I've been a big advocate of WNN, it's just that it doesn't belong on this particular template at its current state. Best regards, NGerda July 9, 2005 07:41 (UTC)
 * I agree--Cspurrier 9 July 2005 14:29 (UTC)

Remove RSS feed link
The RSS feed link directs to an off-site non-Wikimedia webpage RSS feed maintained by a single person, which is not wiki. This should not be linked to on the main page. I am merely using the same logic Dan100 uses to dismiss many of my proposals. Good day. -- NGerda 04:56, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Huh? I don't understand. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:01, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Chiacomo, I'm referring to the RSS feed link on this template (which is prominently displayed at the top of the main page), which links to Dan100's Blog, that he periodically updates with links to Wikinews articles. -- NGerda 05:04, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe you're looking at the wrong template -- you seek Template:FrontPageMenu, I think, no? --Chiacomo (talk)
 * I oppose removing it, it is a usefull service used by many, It is not antiwiki since as far as I know he does not exclude any published story. All he is doing is converting the work of the comunity into a diffrent form in an exact way. Also please see this page as it is very relevent to proposals like this --15:26, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews PDF
couple of questions/comments: 65.241.152.139 04:18, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Today's (14 Oct, 2005) print edition has an overlap of columns on the third page.
 * Is there any plan in place to extend wikinews to create an automated or dynamic print edition based on a wiki page (e.g. Print edition/2005-10-14)? That way the formatting of the print edition would be created by the wiki community (it could be locked down just prior to the release of the edition on the front page).
 * Wouldn't it be nice if we had the article of the day from the Wikipedia in the print edition? It's not strictly Wikinews content, but it would (a) be a nice way to get a daily summary of wikimedia content and (b) be a little bit more like a newspaper.  If we had a word-of-the-day feature on wiktionary, we could add that too!
 * These are interesting suggestions, too bad they were overlooked. Icelandic Hurricane 00:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Spoken Wikinews added, and quite a bit of cetera
The "Wikinews media" section on the main page had the wrong date for the one "Audio Wikinews News Brief," only the one most recent "Print Edition," and links neither to Audio_Wikinews/News_Briefs nor to Wikinews:Print_edition. There was no mention of "Spoken Wikinews," which is why I as a newcomer didn't discover for so long that it exists and what the distinction is between "Spoken Wikinews" and "News Briefs."

I made the correction, added the links, provided for times to be displayed for the Audio News Briefs (so having more than one per day, as there is once recently, won't be confusing), provided for seven days' Print Edition (because I used to appreciate finding unsold issues of the newspapers for the past week at my news seller when I realized I needed them, and seven provides a sample for each day of the week), provided for the same number of Audio News Briefs for balance, and added the last three recordings of Spoken Wikinews. Yes, the oldest Spoken Wikinews was from November 2005; I thought that constituted a hint that more, later ones are needed.

Imagine my dismay when, only a few hours later, I found the edit thus summarized: 2006-03-31 15:55:13 Dan100 (Tidy: fix markup, only need three of each I think, rm spoken as we don't want to advertise that some bits of the site are inactive). I haven't looked to see what "fix markup" refers to, but I took pains to make it look exactly the way I thought was best. —67-21-48-122 00:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

 * "Fix mark-up" was because you'd used html links instead of wikilinks for some pages. Dan100 (Talk) 20:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

"April 2, 2006 1200 UTC" looks ridiculous on the Main Page when its text line is broken and the "1200 UTC" is by itself on the following line, at the left margin. Starting the date-time string on a new line is better. —67-21-48-122 06:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

What on earth is the cause of the evident determination to keep the space occupied on the Main Page by Wikinews Media to such an absolute minimum? The edit of removing "1200 UTC" to save the space of one line (plus repeated removal of any but the one most recent Audio News Brief) leaves the "April 2, 2006" ambiguous, since there are two Briefs on some dates.

Why should there be such an imbalance between the five most recent days of "Latest news reports," which occupy today about 86 lines on my screen (not to mention the space occupied by Main article, Second lead, third lead, etc.), and the single line permitted to each of Audio News Brief and Print Edition (Spoken Wikinews having been removed entirely when deemed not sufficiently recent)? —67-21-48-122 16:56, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Old prints
Sometimes the old print editions won't open without saying Cannot find server. And I don't get why. Icelandic Hurricane 00:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Nvm. Icelandic Hurricane 20:12, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

New editions
Why hasn't a print edition come out since October 5? I thought there were new ones every day. Icelandic Hurricane 12:12, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * t has been a few days because my main computers hard drive died. I will start doing new editions later today --Cspurrier 13:46, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

audio and visual media
Should automatically be playable without directly linking to the java player. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/Transcripts/June 14, 2005

Audio Wikinews transcript – 2005 06 14 – 0100 UTC
As reported by Nicholas Gerda

June 14, 2005. This is Wikinews.

Lead Story
G8 finance ministers agree deal to relieve debts of 18 nations The finance ministers of the G8, the world's eight richest countries have agreed a deal to relieve the debts of 18 of the poorest countries in the world.

The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the African Development Fund will write off all of the money owed to them by the selected countries.

The countries are Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethopia, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

The deal, spearheaded by the UK, aims to free up government revenue for domestic spending on things such as education and health services. Full details are not yet available but $40bn is expected to be cleared.

The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Fund will write off 100% of the money owed to them by selected nations.

Charities have said that the debts of 62 countries need to be cleared if the UN wants to meet it's target of halving world poverty.

Fourteen of the eighteen countries to get debt relief are in sub-Saharan Africa.

Headlines
Lula's future in the hands of Brazilian Parliament The government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in a severe political crisis. The crisis began after the exposure of a series of scandals which involve the Workers' Party, the Brazilian ruling party.

Last month, some men, supposedly involved in illicit negotiations with the Brazilian Post Service recorded a video which shows former Post Office Chief, Maurício Marinho, during a supposed bribe negotiation. In the tape, Marinho receives and puts in his pocket R$3,000 (about 1,259 USD) in cash. He insinuates that the scheme is commanded by deputy Roberto Jefferson. The recording was aired by the major Brazilian television stations.

Report finds FBI missed multiple chances to stop 9/11 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) missed several opportunities to uncover and to possibly stop the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, a report has found.

The agency did not respond to leads and failed to follow up a theory that al-Qaeda was sending its members to US-based flight schools, it said. The report by the United States Department of Justice's Inspector General said that mistakes amounted to a "significant failure".

The conclusions indicated in the report are similar to others, drawn up after investigations into US intelligence performance in the months and years leading up to the events that occurred on September 11, 2001.

The report is a year old -- but is only being released after a legal battle involving lawyers for Zacarias Moussaoui, who has been convicted of an al-Qaeda plot against the United States, but is currently fighting a possible death penalty.

U.N. condemns lack of due process in American-run Iraq prisons The United Nations Secretary-General has criticised United States handling of prisoners in Iraq, during a recent report to the UN Security Council. He said that the prisoners were denied due legal process and other rights guaranteed under international law.

"One of the major human rights challenges remains the detention of thousands of persons without due process. Despite the release of some detainees, their number continues to grow. Prolonged detention without access to lawyers and courts is prohibited under international law including during states of emergency," the Secretary General's report said.

His argument is that since the US has declared that the occupation has ended and sovereignty has been handed to the Iraqi's, it has no legal right to detain prisoners.

The US military has defended its actions, saying that it has not breached prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions, and is acting to process current detainees as quickly as possible.

Wikipedia Current Events

 * The 2005 trial of Michael Jackson concludes with the singer found not guilty on all counts.
 * The finance ministers of the G8 member countries agree to $40 billion in debt relief for 18 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries before next month's G8 summit.
 * Following massive protests in Bolivia, Supreme Court Chief Justice Eduardo Rodríguez is named transitional president after Carlos Mesa resigns.
 * President Faure Gnassingbé names Edem Kodjo the new Prime Minister of Togo.
 * The United States drops its objections to another term by Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Today in History provided by Wikipedia
June 14 is Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands.

 * 1381 - King Richard II of England met the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt.
 * 1777 - The Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.
 * 1822 - Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
 * 1940 - Paris fell under Nazi Germany occupation (see History of Paris).
 * 1985 - TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by Hezbollah militants.

Today's fact provided by Wikipedia
Philip of Poitou, Bishop of Durham from 1197 to 1208, quarrelled so fiercely with his monks that he tried to burn them out of a church, and later excommunicated the entire chapter.

Thank you for joining us for today's segment. Join us again tomorrow for more headlines, news, facts, and anniversaries.

I'm Nicholas Gerda.

If you wish to contact the staff of this broadcast, please send an email to audiowikinews@gmail.com. If you wish to contribute to Wikinews, please visit www.wikinews.org, or call (206) 339-WIKI, that's (206) 339-9454. All content of Wikinews is in the public domain. Wikinews is a nonprofit independent news site run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.


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New rocky planet discovered in orbit around nearby star

June 14, 2005

A new Earth-like planet, called Gliese 876 d, has been discovered orbiting a star called Gliese 876 about 15 light years from Earth. It is the first rocky planet to be discovered orbiting a star, although three other rocky planets have in the past been discovered in orbit around a pulsar. There are two other gaseous, Jupiter-like planets in orbit around the same star.

"This is the smallest extrasolar planet yet detected and the first of a new class of rocky terrestrial planets," said Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution, one of the teams that discovered the new planet. "It's like Earth's bigger cousin."

The newly discovered world has about 7½ times the mass of Earth. Its orbital period, or "year", is a mere 2 days in length and its path takes it 10 times closer to its star than the closest planet is to our Sun. The temperature on the surface is estimated between 400 to 750 degrees Fahrenheit (200 to 400 degrees Celsius), and is too hot for life forms that are similar to those found on Earth.

"A planet seven and a half times the mass of the Earth could easily hold onto an atmosphere," explained Gregory Laughlin, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of California in Santa Cruz. "It would still be considered a rocky planet, probably with an iron core and a silicate mantle. It could even have a dense steamy water layer. I think what we are seeing here is something that's intermediate between a true terrestrial planet like the Earth and a hot version of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune."

Astronomers are continuing to advance the science of detecting extrasolar worlds. "We are pushing a whole new regime at Keck [Observatory in Hawaii] to achieve one meter per second precision, triple our old precision, that should also allow us to see Earth-mass planets around sun-like stars within the next few years," Butler said.


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UNHCR criticises Rwanda's and Burundi's decision to re-label refugees as illegal immigrants

June 14, 2005

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has criticised the governments of Rwanda and Burundi for their decision to mutually re-label each others asylum seekers as illegal immigrants. The UNHCR is concerned that the rights of asylum seekers may be abused.

"If they are summarily sent back without a proper procedure to determine whether or not they are refugees, then that could well be in contravention of international refugee law, and in particular the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the 1969 OAU Convention," a UNHCR press release said.

In a joint press release, both countries declared that the asylum seekers had left their countries "without good reason," and were therefore illegal immigrants.

The Rwandan asylum seekers began arriving in Burundi in March. Their main concern was the Gacaca courts, however the UNHCR is also reporting that some asylum seekers "... said they were fleeing threats, intimidation, persecution and rumours of revenge and bloodshed."

Earlier this week the Rwandan government put the number of asylum seekers at 2,000, and accused the UNHCR of exaggerating the size of the refugee problem, and thus causing more people to flee.

There are 8,000 Rwandan asylum seekers in Burundi, and nearly 7,000 Burundians in Rwanda, according to the UNHCR.


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 * Bombings reported in southeastern Iran
 * UN reports Rwandan refugees repatriated by force
 * Canadian military hosts first gay wedding
 * South African president dismisses deputy on implications of corruption
 * Chinese bloggers on Microsoft's MSN now face regulation of censors
 * New rocky planet discovered in orbit around nearby star
 * Aid group 'denied access' to Rwandan refugee camp in Burundi
 * UNHCR criticises Rwanda's and Burundi's decision to re-label refugees as illegal immigrants

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Aid group 'denied access' to Rwandan refugee camp in Burundi

June 14, 2005

The international medical aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has claimed in a press release that its medical staff have been prevented from accessing their clinic inside the Songore transit camp. The camp holds almost 7,000 Rwandan asylum seekers, who were receiving more than 100 medical consultations a day from MSF staff. MSF claims that the camp is now guarded by the Burundese military.

"It's unacceptable that our medical staff are denied access to our own health facility in Songore camp, denying medical care to the people in the camp. Also, by transporting these people back to Rwanda, MSF is not able to continue the medical care for those that were already under treatment. Some families have even been split apart because of family members being referred to a nearby hospital," says Michiel Hofman, operational director for MSF.

"MSF is very concerned about what can be seen as a forced repatriation where the basic rights of an asylum seeker are being denied", he added.

This action appears to be part of a wider crackdown on asylum seekers from Rwanda and Burundi. The UNHCR recently criticised the two governments after they issued a joint press release which declared that asylum seekers in each others countries did not have a legitimate claim and therefore were illegal immigrants rather than refugees.

The Rwandan asylum seekers began arriving in Burundi in March. Their main concern was the Gacaca courts, however the UNHCR is also reporting that some asylum seekers "... said they were fleeing threats, intimidation, persecution and rumours of revenge and bloodshed."

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has previously called for the asylum seekers to return home, stating that they will not be in danger.

"Gacaca is not intended to have all the people who appear at Gacaca arrested and put in prison. We want these people to show remorse and through that they will provide information and will allow people to forgive them and allow them to settle," he said.

There are 8,000 Rwandan asylum seekers in Burundi, and nearly 7,000 Burundians in Rwanda, according to the UNHCR.


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UN reports Rwandan refugees repatriated by force

June 14, 2005

The United Nations is reporting that thousands of Rwandan  who fled to neighbouring Burundi over the last few months have been forced to return home. Trucks laden with people have been seen leaving the camp, and some people have broken limbs after allegedly jumping to avoid returning to Rwanda.

According to a press release, the UNHCR was denied access to the Songore transit centre in northern Burundi, making verification difficult. The camp was home to at least 6,000 asylum seekers until last week. The Rwandan and Burundian governments met over the weekend and declared in a joint press release that the asylum seekers were not refugees but "illegal immigrants".

"Nothing justifies the presence of these people in Burundi. Rwanda is in peace and there is no persecution," said Burundian Interior Minister Jean Marie Ngendahayo.

This claim has been criticised by the UNHCR, which has stated that it would be illegal to return the people without first assessing their claim to asylum. Amnesty International has also claimed that Burundi's actions are contrary to international law.

"The use of verbal or physical threats to induce people to return to countries where they fear persecution is in complete contravention of international law — in particular the binding principle of ," said Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International's Africa Programme.

"We urge the government of Burundi to implement fair and transparent asylum procedures to establish the risks of return for every single person claiming asylum — as is their duty under international law," he added.

This action appears to be part of a wider crackdown on asylum seekers from Rwanda and Burundi. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international aid group, reported yesterday that their medical staff had been denied access to the Songore camp.

The Rwandan asylum seekers began arriving in Burundi in March. Their main concern was the, village courts established to expedite prosecution of perpretators of the 1994. The UNHCR is also reporting that some asylum seekers "... said they were fleeing threats, intimidation, persecution and rumours of revenge and bloodshed."

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has previously called for the asylum seekers to return home, stating that they will not be in danger.

"Gacaca is not intended to have all the people who appear at Gacaca arrested and put in prison. We want these people to show remorse and through that they will provide information and will allow people to forgive them and allow them to settle," he said.

A Wikinews reporter was in Butare recently talking to the locals. She says that the mood is generally supportive of the courts.

"People here believe in the Gacaca process. They say that people have fled now because the investigations are reaching their end and people now know that the are going to be exposed in the process. They have heard 'rumours' that may have been circulated by former leaders of the genocide — or there may not have been rumours they may merely fear the trials - that there will be reprisals and violence," she said.

Some people fear reprisals after testifying before the courts.

"Fear is also experienced by those facing testimonies at the Gacaca trial: the widows etc. who will testify against their neighbours. I have been told by several people that high levels of security have been put into place in villages to protect people from revenge attacks for testifying or for being involved," she added.

There are 8,000 Rwandan asylum seekers in Burundi, and nearly 7,000 Burundians in Rwanda, according to the UNHCR.


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Chinese bloggers on Microsoft's MSN now face regulation of censors

June 14, 2005

As of Tuesday, Chinese bloggers on Microsoft's MSN service will face the scrutiny of automated censors. Microsoft is changing the Chinese version of its blogging portal MSN Spaces to reject certain words deemed contentious — words such as 'democracy', 'freedom', 'human rights', and 'Taiwan independence'. The company states that the purpose of this action is to comply with local laws in China, a country with heavy regulation of online speech. This follows on the heels of an earlier action taken by the government of the People's Republic of China that required all Chinese bloggers to register their web journals with the government.

Ever since the Communist Party of China (CPC) took control of the government in 1945, the press has been strictly regulated, but with the advent of the internet, there were worries on the part of the CPC on whether their influence on the Chinese media would hold. As Chinese officials called for a more regulated internet, outsiders dismissed such regulation as impossible and contradictory of what the internet stands for. Yet government censorship prevailed with the installation of a complex system of proxies and firewalls (colloquially known as the Great Firewall of China), blocking Chinese internet users from accessing sites that ran counter to the censorship policy. A further crackdown in 2003 resulted in the closure of many internet cafés and the arrest of dozens of users.

With this recent action, Microsoft has come under scrutiny by Reporters Without Borders. Microsoft has issued a statement saying that it is its policy to comply with local laws and regulations of each country where it operates. Microsoft is not the only company obliging to the censorship policy of the People's Republic of China — Nortel, Yahoo! and Google have been criticised for similar measures. Google was blocked by the Chinese censors for some amount of time in the past, as has been Wikipedia, the sister project of Wikinews.


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Talk:Chinese bloggers on Microsoft's MSN now face regulation of censors

The word Thoughtpolice comes from Orwell's 1984, and has very negative connotations. I don't think it's very NPOV. Jacoplane 14:04, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Besides, isn't Microsoft just abiding by Chinese law? Note: personally, I do think this is a case of thought police, though the main problem here is the chinese govt, not microsoft. Jacoplane 14:13, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, when google was blocked, they also complied with requests from the govt . Jacoplane 14:15, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well...
It was un-professionable of me to use the word «thoughtpolice», but I am reading Nineteen Eighty-Four and couldn't help it.

I am angry at the Chinese Government, so I probably shouldn't be writing this article. I have now cleaned it up.

Thanks
I REALLY appreciate you adding the catagories! If there is anything else I can do to ready this article for publishing, please tell me.
 * The history that you walk through has a bit of POV. If that POV is taken out, it's ready for publication.  You can sign your name with for tildes ( ~ . NGerda 18:07, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Accuracy
Where in the source articles does it say that MSN employees will be reading blogs under supervision of Chinese censors? I only see mention of a popup saying "prohibited expression, delete it". -- IlyaHaykinson 01:51, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I attempted to correct the article for NPOV, accuracy. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

China may be the model for our own web-future
I've noticed how, in some ways, the US is becoming more like Kuwait than vice-versa; e.g. bringing in cheap foreign workers to do all the dirty work.

I heard on CNN yesterday that Microsoft has taken the word "democracy" out of the Chinese system(s)..hummm. In case anyone hasn't noticed, the U.S. congress is paying less and less attention to what the majority of Americans feel about important issues (82% of Americans are opposed to "free-trade" deals). Congress just caters to the lobbyists (8 per congressman) for the companies that get money to themselves and their pals. Paulrevere2005 12:28, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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 * from Les utilisateurs Chinois de MSN face à la régulation des censeurs
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Talk:UN reports Rwandan refugees repatriated by force

Original reporting notes

 * ClareWhite is in Rwanda. What follows was posted by her. - Borofkin 07:42, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I have been in Butare today, where most of the refugees come from and where they are being repatriated to. Information is very patchy but i hope to be able to get more. However, there are some clear points of view, as well as sketchy details of the motivations for people fleeing and what they think should happen, which isn't being reflected in international reporting.

This is based on brief conversations and any information is so far unverified: one of our media group has been talking to refugees and army representatives and he may be able to give better sources. People here believe in the Gacaca process. They say that people have fled now because the investigations are reaching their end and people now know that the are going to be exposed in the process. They have heard 'rumours' that may have been circulated by former leaders of the genocide - or there may not have been rumours they may merely fear the trials - that there will be reprisals and violence. However, fear is also experienced by those facing testimonies at the Gacaca trial: the widows etc who will testify against their neighbours. I have been told by several people that high levels of security have been put into place in villages to protect people from revenge attacks for testifying or for being involved.

The whole point of the gacaca process is that communities will be able to testify for reconciliation. The process is that everyone involved attends a public meeting at genocide sites and attempt to establsh the 'truth' of what happens. This comes after the previous investigation stage and then afterwards communities will also decide on guilt or punishment. Those who have been in jail since the genocide would have this time taken off and there will be a mixture of jail and community sentencing.

The perspective of this that should be reflected is that if people are not returned, they will not be able to complete the process and reconcilitation, moving on, will be impossible. If criminals suspected of crime fled to another part of the country, they may be extradited.

These are all points of view I have heard today, if you can use them n the article that would be good but I appreciate there will need to be more detail on sources. ClareWhite 20.00, Kigali.

Category improvement
"Category:Refugee" should be renamed to "Category:Refugees". Van der Hoorn (talk) 03:43, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Sken   my talk 20:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


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Bombings reported in southeastern Iran

June 14, 2005

Three separate explosions have been reported in Zahedan, a city in southeast Iran near the Afghan and Pakistani borders. Reports indicate that the bombings gave minor injuries to three people and caused some damage to houses. One of the blasts reportedly occurred at approximately 4:30 am, with the other two preceding shortly before.

The attack is part of a series of bombings that have occurred shortly before the Iranian presidential election. Blasts in Tehran and the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Sunday killed a total of 10 people. Despite these grave attacks, Iranian officials are asserting that the turnout for the election will not be impaired. At a Monday press conference, intelligence minister Ali Younessi said, ""[The] Sunday morning and evening [attacks] in Ahvaz and Tehran are not going to have any effect on people's presence at presidential election polls."

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South African president dismisses deputy on implications of corruption

June 14, 2005

Today at about 1600 UTC/GMT, South African President Thabo Mbeki announced in a special session of parliament that he has taken action he feels is necessary, that is to "release [his deputy president], Jacob Zuma, from his responsibilities as deputy president of the republic and member of the cabinet".

Zuma was implicated in corruption arising from his relationship with his former financial adviser, Schabir Shaik, who was convicted of corruption and fraud earlier this month. Shaik was found guilty by Durban High Court of two counts of corruption and one of fraud and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.

The President has called this one of his toughest decisions. Opposition leader of the Democratic Alliance immediately praised the president for holding "principle over politics", and, while deeply saddened, former president Nelson Mandela supported Mbeki's decision. Jacob Zuma was the favourite of the ruling African National Congress party to succeed Thabo Mbeki as president.

Following this ordeal, the government of South Africa has reaffirmed its dedication to the reduction and eventual elimination of corruption in all areas of politics.

UPDATE (July 7)

The African National Congress held a meeting of it's National General Council over the weekend of 2-3 July. Zuma attracted a lot of favourable attention, mostly from people who wished to defeat policy initiatives that included relaxing some of the legal constraints on employers. He was reinstated as ANC deputy president and, in a first for the party, granted a salary (details not revealed). It now appears that Jacob Zuma's political future is closely tied to that of the "left wing" of the ANC.


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Canadian military hosts first gay military wedding

June 14, 2005 Details emerged on Tuesday that the Canadian military hosted the first gay military marriage in North America at an airbase in Nova Scotia in May. A sergeant and a warrant officer, who didn't want to be identified, were married on May 3 by a United Church minister in front of about 45 guests at Greenwood airbase.

Lt. Cmdr David Greenwood, the base's Anglican chaplain, said he could not officiate but said he arranged the service and preached at the wedding. Greenwood said the wedding might encourage other gays and lesbians to come forward and make their vows official. Most Anglican dioceses in Canada don't perform same-sex marriages, but has postponed its official decision on the matter until 2007.

A National Defence spokeswoman confirmed this was the first gay wedding in the military's history. Currently, same-sex marriages are recognized and performed in seven provinces and one territory across Canada.

In 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction to decide who has the right to marry in Canada. Prime Minister Paul Martin said the government would pursue legalizing same-sex marriage across the country this year. The government's same-sex marriage bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons in May.


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Earthquake hits Chile

June 15, 2005

A major earthquake hit Chile on Monday with a 7.9 magnitude strength. According to the Reuters news service, the earthquake caused a major displacement of homes and caused major power outages. So far, there have been 11 dead in the quake and aftermath.

The epicentre was 115 km at  the northeast of the of Iquique, close  to the border with Bolivia,  and it  happened Monday, at 6:45 p.m. local time (22:45 UTC).

Right after the occurrence of the earthquake, schools were evacuated,  panic was generalized and the electrical power has been cut. The earthquake could be felt at the south of Peru and Bolivia, but there are not information about victims or damages in these countries. A very small earthquake was felt in some cities in Brazil, with no damages or victims apparently.

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EBay UK bans sale of Live 8 tickets

June 15, 2005 The UK division of eBay announced yesterday that it was removing all listings for sale of tickets for Live 8 from its eBay.co.uk site. Whilst asserting that "resale of tickets is not illegal", it stated that it was banning them in response to community pressure, and it was "absolutely the right thing to do". No similar announcements were made for any other of eBay's web sites, such as eBay.com, and no particular restrictions on the sales of event tickets with respect to Live 8 are included in eBay's resale policy.

Bob Geldof had labelled the advertising for sale of the tickets "sick profiteering". He described the community reaction as people realising that "the weakest people on our planet" were being exploited, and being "sickened by that". In response to an earlier offer by eBay to hand over to the Live 8 charity its fees from the sales, Geldof had said "It is not acceptable that a giant electronic company that makes billions upon billions then morally says 'we will just hand over our take to a charity'. It is filthy money made on the back of the poorest people on the planet. Stick it where it belongs."

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Tsunami bulletin issued from Pacific coast of California-Mexico border to Vancouver, Canada

June 15, 2005

On Tuesday night, the National Weather Service issued a tsunami bulletin for the Pacific coast from the California-Mexico border to Vancouver, Canada, after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake occurred approximately 80 miles off the coast of Northern California at 19:50 PDT.

The warning has now been cancelled. The quake's motion was horizontal, not vertical (the movement that typically leads to a tsunami).

Witnesses along the California coast reported buildings shaking, but no major damage or injuries were reported.

Details of the earthquakes which have taken place in the past week (including the three major earthquakes which have taken place in, or close to, the Americas over the last 24 hours) can be found at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

A full text of the now-cancelled tsunami warning follows:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0259Z 15 JUN 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0251Z 15 JUN 2005 COORDINATES - 41.3 NORTH  125.7 WEST LOCATION   -  OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAGNITUDE  -  7.4

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA. HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.


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Category talk:Pakistan

 * Pakistan Socialist Democratic Party formed on June 11, 2005 on the internet. Party membership exceeds over sixty at Yahoo Canada! and MSN.COM together.
 * Given that it contested the 2002 election, albeit with 1 candidate, this seems unlikely. This isn't the place for this, by the way. Uncle G 08:18, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Newly Originated !

 * This was a Social Democrats Platform on internet which converted into a Political Party. Named as Pakistan Socialist Democratic Party.  It is formed in June 11, 2005 and not yet participated into any election in Pakistan. jamilahmadgondal
 * False. You tried this over on Wikipedia.  The results were Pakistan Social Democratic Party and Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Pakistan Social Democratic Platform, PSDP.  Uncle G 08:46, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pakistan Socialist Democratic Party
Pakistan Socialist Democratic Party is not a part of Pakistan Social Democratic Party, it was a mistake, which was corrected later. Pakistan Social Democratic Platform is a part of Pakistan Socialist Democratic Party. For futher information please visit [] Thanking you.

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Boy dies on Mission Space ride at Disneyworld

June 15, 2005

A 4-year-old-boy named Daudi Bamuwamye from Sellersville, Pennsylvania, died yesterday after collapsing on the Mission: SPACE ride in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. His mother carried him off the ride, and after attempts to revive him at the theme park by paramedics, he was declared dead in hospital. The ride was closed after the death yesterday but, after an inspection by company engineers concluded that the ride was operating normally, re-opened. No changes were made to the ride or to the restrictions upon who may ride it.

A Disney official said in a statement that Disney officials were "providing support to the family and are doing everything we can to help them during this difficult time." Disney spokeswoman Jacquee Polak said that "We believe the ride is safe in its current configuration."

Sheri Blanton of the medical examiner's office in Orlando said that the autopsy yesterday showed no trauma, that further tests will be done, and that the cause of death may not be known for several weeks. The sheriff's office in Orlando said that the boy met the minimum height requirement (44 inches) for the ride.

The ride features 2 Gs of acceleration. While this is not abnormal for rides, several people had complained of nausea from the ride and airsickness bags had been installed on the ride itself. Houston-based theme park consultant Randy King, a former safety director at Six Flags, said "Two Gs is not that big a deal."


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

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

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Wikinews:2005/June/15

 * House votes to limit Patriot Act
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Bush may give special news conference about Iran

June 15, 2005

Anonymous White House sources say that U.S. President George W. Bush will likely give a special news briefing on the subject of Iran. Sources say that the press conference is scheduled to be held within a week and it will be officially announced in short notice. Other details about the rumored conference, such as what exactly will be discussed, are unknown.

One possibility is that Bush will deviate yet again from the expected theme at an already-scheduled function; on June 14, Bush addressed a Future Farmers of America (FFA) group at Penn State, but spoke mostly about Social Security instead of agricultural issues.

See Wikinews for further developments.


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Hey, great work on the Bush article. Are you the anonymous source? If you get a username (upper right-hand corner), then we can learn to trust your content, and you can still remain anonymous. I'd love to talk to you on Wikinews IRC! NGerda 17:02, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

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President Bush says U.S. will defend Taiwan if attacked by China

June 15, 2005

On Friday, June 10, 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush said that the United States will defend the Republic of China (Taiwan) if it is ever attacked by the People's Republic of China (mainland China). The President expressed this position in an interview with Neil Cavuto in Fox News Channel's Your World with Neil Cavuto.

CAVUTO: Do we still stand by an agreement, Mr. President, that if Taiwan is ever invaded, we will defense Taiwan?

BUSH: Yes, we do. It's called the Taiwan Relations Act. The policy of the U.S. government is this: We're for a One China policy based upon what they call the Three Communiqués, and that we adhere to the Taiwan Relations Act, which means this: Neither side will unilaterally change the status quo. In other words, neither side will make a decision that steps outside the bounds of that statement I just made to you. If China were to invade unilaterally, we would rise up in the spirit of Taiwan Relations Act. If Taiwan were to declare independence unilaterally, it would be a unilateral decision that would then change the U.S. equation.


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Bombing in Iraq kills US Marines and civilians

June 15, 2005

"Five marines were killed in action Thursday when their vehicle hit an explosive device while conducting combat operations near Haqlaniyah," the United States Military said in a statement on Friday evening.

The attack itself came hours after reports that up to 17 bodies had been found killed in the same province. Reports say that the bodies were killed "execution style" and were near Anbar.

In Baghdad, up to three Iraqi civilians were killed and several others were wounded in a car bomb blast, that exploded near a busy marketplace in the mainly Shia district of Shula.


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User talk:66.147.198.121

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  17:51, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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