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User:Essjay~enwikinews/monobook.css

/* make a few corners round, only supported by moz/firefox/other gecko browsers for now, i reduced this from 1em to 4px to make it very illnoticable */

/* user notification thing */ .usermessage { background-color: #b0c4de; border: 1px solid #7b68ee; color: #808080; font-weight: bold; margin: 2em 0em 1em 0em; padding: 0.5em 1em; vertical-align: middle;

}

/* Colors of links */ a { color: #808080; } a:visited { color: #696969; } a:active, a.new { color: #b22222; } a.interwiki, a.external { color: #808080; } a.stub { color: #8b0000; }
 * 1) bodyContent a.external { color: #808080; }

}

-moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 4px; }
 * 1) content, #footer {

div.pBody { -moz-border-radius-topright: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px; }

/* Dotted borders on pre look ugly, replace with a solid one */ border: 1px solid #aaa; }
 * 1) bodyContent pre {

/* suppress the person icon by your username */ li#pt-userpage { background: none }

/* Avoid offpage text */

/* Eliminate yellow colour everywhere in borders */ border-color: #aaa; } /* Make the footer not 100% wide, but as wide as the content box, and change it from the annoying yellow colour */ border-top: 1px solid #aaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: 1px solid #aaa; margin: 0.6em 0em 1em 155px; }
 * 1) p-cactions li.selected {
 * 1) footer {

/* Dont need this copyright notice on every page */

li#f-copyright, li#f-lastmod,
 * 1) editpage-copywarn { display: none; }

.portlet li, #BodyContent li { /*list-style-image: url("/style/monobook/bullet.gif");*/ list-style-type: square; list-style-image: url("http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/6/69/AAAAAA_Bullet.png"); }

.portlet li:hover, #BodyContent li:hover { list-style-type: square; list-style-image: url("http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/4/44/000000_Bullet.png");

/* Nice borders for (almost) all boxes */ input[type="radio"], input[type="checkbox"] { border:none; } input[type="text"], input[type="submit"], textarea { border: 1px solid #aaa !important; } /* make round corners for the rest */ input[type="text"], input[type="submit"], textarea, pre, #toc { -moz-border-radius: 2px; }

.printfooter {display:none;}
 * 1) footer {display:none;}

}

/* table.diff { background:white; } td.diff-otitle { background:#ffffff; } td.diff-ntitle { background:#ffffff; } td.diff-addedline { background: #f5f5f5; color: #4169e1; font-size: 100%; } td.diff-deletedline { background: #f5f5f5; color: #b22222; font-size: 100%; } td.diff-context { background:#e6e6fa; color: #708090; font-size: 100%; } span.diffchange { color: #00008b; }
 * Diff rendering

}

/*
 * the toolbox toolbar

/* this is the ul contained in the portlet */ color: #696969; }
 * 1) p-tb ul {
 * 1) p-tb li { color: #696969; }

 * 1) p-tb li a { color: #696969; }

}

/*
 * the navagation toolbar

/* this is the ul contained in the portlet */ color: #696969; }
 * 1) p-navigation ul {
 * 1) p-navigation li { color: #696969; }

 * 1) p-navigation li a { color: #696969; }

}

/*
 * the personal toolbar

/* this is the ul contained in the portlet */ color: #696969; }
 * 1) p-personal ul {
 * 1) p-personal li { color: #696969; }

 * 1) p-personal li a { color: #696969; }

}

/*   position:absolute; top: 1.3em; left: 11.5em; margin: 0; white-space:nowrap; width: 76%; line-height: 1.1em; overflow: visible; background: none; border-collapse: collapse; padding-left: 1em; list-style: none; font-size: 95%; }   list-style: none; }   display: inline; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-bottom: none; padding: 0 0 0.1em 0; margin: 0 0.3em 0 0; overflow: visible; background: none; }   border-color: #aaa; padding: 0 0 0.2em 0; }   background-color: none; color: #696969; border: none; padding: 0 0.8em 0.3em 0.8em; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase; position: relative; z-index: 0; margin: 0; }   z-index: 3; text-decoration: none; }   padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em;
 * the page-related actions- page/talk, edit etc
 * 1) p-cactions {
 * 1) p-cactions {
 * 1) p-cactions .hiddenStructure { display: none; }
 * 2) p-cactions ul {
 * 1) p-cactions li {
 * 1) p-cactions li.selected {
 * 1) p-cactions li a {
 * 1) p-cactions .selected a { z-index: 3; }
 * 2) p-cactions .new a { color: #b22222; }
 * 3) p-cactions li a:hover {
 * 1) p-cactions h5 { display: none; }
 * 2) p-cactions li.istalk { margin-right: 0; }
 * 3) p-cactions li.istalk a { padding-right: 0.5em; }
 * 4) p-cactions #ca-addsection a {

title: User:Essjay~enwikinews/monobook.css


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User:Essjay~enwikinews/monobook.js

/* */

/** * Extra tabs for monobook skin * Forked from User:ABCD/monobook.js around April 2005 * Dual licensed under the GFDL and GPL * See also: User:JesseW/monobook.js */

/**** Initialise on window load ****/

if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load",myLoadFuncs,false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload",myLoadFuncs); else {   window.previousLoadFunction = window.onload; window.onload = function {       window.previousLoadFunction; myLoadFuncs; } }

/**** Load custom functions ****/

function myLoadFuncs {   // &action=purge addPurge; // &section=0 addEditSection0; // cause the personal menu looks bad changeLinks; // because edit summaries are good addForceSummary; // if this is VFD, add the show/hide thingies if(document.title.indexOf("Wikipedia:Votes for deletion") != -1 && document.title.indexOf("Editing ") != 0) vfdlinks; // now add a million extra tabs morelinks; // and some stuff for the sidebar addToolBoxLinks; // for admins only... // if(document.title.indexOf("Confirm delete - Delete") == 0) addVfdLink; // change the title of the edit link ta['ca-edit'] = ['e', 'Edit page']; // re-render the title and accesskeys for stuff akeytt; }

/**** Extra tab adding ****/

function addEditSection0 {   ta['ca-edit-0'] = ['', 'Edit the zeroth section of this page']; if(!document.getElementById) return; var x = document.getElementById('ca-edit'); if(!x) return; var y = document.createElement('LI'); y.id = 'ca-edit-0'; if(x.className == 'selected'){ if(/&action=edit&section=0$/.test(window.location.href)){ x.className = 'istalk'; y.className = 'selected'; } else { x.className = 'selected istalk'; }   } else if(x.className == 'selected istalk'){ if(/&action=edit&section=0$/.test(window.location.href)){ x.className = 'istalk'; y.className = 'selected istalk'; } else { y.className = 'istalk'; }   } else { y.className = x.className; x.className = 'istalk'; }   var z = document.createElement('A'); if(x.children){ z.href = x.children[0].href + '&section=0'; z.appendChild(document.createTextNode('0')); y.appendChild(z); document.getElementById('p-cactions').children[1].insertBefore(y,x.nextSibling); }else{ z.href = x.childNodes[0].href + '&section=0'; z.appendChild(document.createTextNode('0')); y.appendChild(z); document.getElementById('p-cactions').childNodes[3].insertBefore(y,x.nextSibling); } }

function addlilink(tabs, url, name, id){ var na = document.createElement('a'); na.href = url; na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name)); var li = document.createElement('li'); li.id = id; li.appendChild(na); tabs.appendChild(li); return li; }

function addlimenu(tabs, name, id) {   var na = document.createElement('a'); na.href = ''; var mn = document.createElement('ul'); na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name)); var li = document.createElement('li'); li.id = id; li.className = 'tabmenu'; li.appendChild(na); li.appendChild(mn); tabs.appendChild(li); return li; }

function addPurge {   ta['ca-purge'] = ['g', 'Purge the internal cache for this page']; if(!document.getElementById) return; var x = document.getElementById('ca-history'); var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; if(!x) return; if(x.children) x = x.children[0]; else x = x.childNodes[0]; addlilink(tabs, x.href.replace(/=history/, "=purge"), 'purge', 'ca-purge'); }

function closevfd(bold, notbold) { var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; txt.value = " " + bold + "" + notbold + ". – ~\n" + txt.value + "\n\n"; txt = document.editform.wpSummary; txt.value = "close discussion: " + bold + notbold; document.editform.wpWatchthis.checked = false; }

function editSummary {   var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'Edit summary'; if(txt.value.length > 0) txt.value += '\n'; txt.value += ' ~'; txt.focus; }

function startThread {   var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; var which = prompt("Thread number?"); var now = new Date; if(which < 10) which = '0' + which; var timestamp = now.getUTCFullYear + ''; now.getUTCMonth < 9 ? timestamp += '0' + (now.getUTCMonth + 1) : timestamp += (now.getUTCMonth + 1); now.getUTCDate < 10 ? timestamp += '0' + now.getUTCDate : timestamp += now.getUTCDate; txt.value += '\n'; document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'new thread'; }

function welcomeMessage {   document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'Welcome to Wikipedia!'; var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; if(txt.value.length > 0) txt.value += '\n'; txt.value += ' ~'; txt.focus; }

function anonWelcome {   document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'Create an account!'; var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; if(txt.value.length > 0) txt.value += '\n'; txt.value += ' Thanks, ~'; txt.focus; }

function replace {   var s = prompt("Search regexp?"); if(s){ var r = prompt("Replace regexp?"); var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; txt.value = txt.value.replace(new RegExp(s, "g"), r); } }

function vfdresult {   var res = prompt("Result?"); var vfddate = prompt("Nomination date?"); if(!res) return; document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'VFD result - ' + res.replace(/'/g, ''); var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1; if(txt.value.length > 0) txt.value += '\n'; txt.value += '==VFD==\nOn ' + vfddate + ', this article was nominated for deletion. The result was ' + res + '. See Votes for deletion/ for a record of the discussion. – ~';   txt.focus; }

function hidevfd {   var divs = document.getElementsByTagName("div"); for(var x = 0; x < divs.length; ++x) if(divs[x].className.indexOf("vfd") != -1) divs[x].style.display = "none"; document.getElementById('footer').style.display = 'none'; }

function showvfd {   var divs = document.getElementsByTagName("div"); for(var x = 0; x < divs.length; ++x) if(divs[x].className.indexOf("vfd") != -1) divs[x].style.display = ""; document.getElementById('footer').style.display = ''; }

function vfdlinks {   if(!document.getElementById) return; var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:hidevfd', 'hide closed', 'ca-hide'); ta['ca-hide'] = ['', 'Hide closed VFDs']; addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:showvfd', 'show closed', 'ca-show'); ta['ca-show'] = ['', 'Show closed VFDs']; }

function changeLinks {   if(!document.getElementById) return; // remove the "my" bits document.getElementById('pt-mytalk').firstChild.innerHTML = 'talk'; document.getElementById('pt-watchlist').firstChild.innerHTML = 'watchlist'; document.getElementById('pt-mycontris').firstChild.innerHTML = 'contributions'; if(document.getElementById('ca-edit')) document.getElementById('ca-edit').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Edit'; // add a clock var toplinks = document.getElementById('p-personal').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(toplinks, , , 'utcdate'); showtime; }

function addForceSummary{ if(!/&action=edit/.test(window.location.href)) return; if(/&section=new/.test(window.location.href)) return; if(!document.forms.editform) return; document.forms.editform.wpSave.onclick = forceSummary; }

function forceSummary{ if(!document.forms.editform.wpSummary.value.replace(/^(?:\/\\*.*\\*\/)? *(.*) *$/,'$1')){     var r = prompt('Are you sure you want to submit without adding a summary?\nTo add a summary, type it in the box below:',document.forms.editform.wpSummary.value); if(r == null) return false; document.forms.editform.wpSummary.value = r;   } return true; }

function vfddelete{ var form = document.forms.deleteconfirm; form.wpReason.value = 'Votes for deletion/' + unescape(window.location.href.replace(/^.*\?title=([^&]+)&action=delete.*$/, '$1').replace(/_/g, ' ')) + ''; form.wpConfirm.checked = true; }

function morelinks{ var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; if(document.title.indexOf("Editing Wikipedia:Votes for deletion") == 0) {       addlimenu(tabs, 'vfd actions', 'vfda'); var vfda = document.getElementById('vfda').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("keep", "")', 'keep', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("merge and redirect", " to " + prompt("Merge and redirect to?") + "")', 'merge', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("redirect", " to " + prompt("Redirect to?") + "")', 'redir', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("transwiki", " to " + prompt("Transwiki to?"))', 'trans', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("transwiki", " to Wiktionary")', 'wikt', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("speedy delete", "")', 'speedy', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd("delete", "")', 'del', ''); addlilink(vfda, 'javascript:closevfd(prompt("Result?"), "")', 'other', ''); addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:replace', 'replace', ''); }   else if(document.title.indexOf("Confirm delete - Delete") == 0) {       addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:vfddelete', 'vfd', ''); }   else if(document.title.indexOf("Editing User talk:") == 0) {       addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:replace', 'replace', ''); addlimenu(tabs, 'talk messages', 'talkm'); var talkm = document.getElementById('talkm').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(talkm, 'javascript:welcomeMessage', 'welcome', ''); addlilink(talkm, 'javascript:anonWelcome', 'anon', ''); addlilink(talkm, 'javascript:startThread', 'thread', ''); addlilink(talkm, 'javascript:editSummary', 'summary', ''); }   else if(document.title.indexOf("Editing ") == 0) {       addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:replace', 'replace', ''); addlilink(tabs, 'javascript:vfdresult', 'vfd result', ''); }

}

function addToolBoxLinks {   var tb = document.getElementById('p-tb').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(tb, '/wiki/Special:Newpages', 'New pages', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/Special:Shortpages', 'Short pages', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/Special:Log', 'Logs', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/Template:Deletiontools', 'Deletion tools', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation_pages_with_links', 'Dab list', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace', 'Talk messages', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/User_talk:Alphax/special', 'Special characters', ''); addlilink(tb, '/wiki/WP:ICT', 'Image Copyright tags', ''); }

function showtime {   var timerID; var now = new Date; var timeValue = now.toUTCString.replace(/GMT/, "UTC"); document.getElementById('utcdate').firstChild.innerHTML = timeValue; timerID = setTimeout('showtime', 100); }

// Returns  name function addlilink(url, name) { var na = document.createElement('a'); na.setAttribute('href', url);

var txt = document.createTextNode(name); na.appendChild(txt);

var li = document.createElement('li'); li.appendChild(na); return li; }

// Adds a "blocklog" tab and fills in the username field on Special:Blockip, if a "&faketarget=username" is present. function do_blockip_stuff { // focus on Reason field document.getElementsByName('wpBlockReason')[0].focus;

// Look for a &faketarget= for the username/ip var l = location.search.substring(1).split('&'); var target = ''; for (var i = 0; i < l.length; ++i) {     var n = l[i].indexOf('='); if (l[i].substring(0, n) == 'faketarget') {	 target = l[i].substring(n + 1); break; }   }

if (target == '') return;

// put account name in "IP Address/username" field var addr = document.getElementsByName('wpBlockAddress')[0]; addr.value = unescape(target);

// add "blocklog" tab var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + target, 'blocklog')); }

// Opens the block log in the current window, and Special:Blockip in a popup. // Width, height, top, and left are chosen for a 1600x1200 display. //function blockpage_and_log(target) //{ // window.open('Special_Blockip.html?foo=blarg&faketarget=' + target, 'Block', 'width=1600,height=600,top=600,left=0'); // document.location.href = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + target; //}

// Adds "block" and "blocklog" tabs to User: and User talk: pages. function add_block_tab { var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

// use the "edit this page" tab to get already-tidied url var editlk = document.getElementById('ca-edit').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href; // cut everything up to "title=" from the start and everything past "&action=edit" from the end editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf('title=') + 6, editlk.lastIndexOf('&action=edit')); editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf(':') + 1); var slloc = editlk.indexOf('/'); if (slloc > 0) editlk = editlk.substring(0, slloc);

// add "block" tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABlockip&faketarget=' + editlk, 'block'));

// To open the block page and block log simultaneously, replace the above line with: // tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:blockpage_and_log("' + editlk + '")', 'Block')); // and uncomment the blockpage_and_log function above.

// add "blocklog" tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + editlk, 'blocklog'));

//add "contributions" tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=User%3A' + editlk, 'contributions'));

}

function do_onload { if (document.title.indexOf('User:') == 0      || document.title.indexOf('User talk:') == 0) add_block_tab; else if (document.title.indexOf('Block user') == 0) // could stand to be more robust do_blockip_stuff; }

if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", do_onload, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", do_onload);

if ( document.createElement && window.addEventListener ) {	function SoFixItInit // pre-load, (don't want to slow down loading of article's content, though) {

}

function SoFixItLoad // post-load {		UserMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-personal'  ); PageMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-cactions'  ); NavMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-navigation' ); //ToolMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-tb'        );

//	This is inefficient and not particularly robust. //	This comes first, I want this link to come up as //	fast as possible. //		function GetByClass( sElem, sClass ) {	var i, a2 = [], a = document.getElementsByTagName( sElem ); for ( i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) if ( a[ i ].className == sClass ) a2.push( a[ i ] ); return a2; }		var a, td = GetByClass( 'td', 'diff-otitle' ); if ( ( td = td[ 0 ] ) && ( a = td.getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ] ) ) a.href = a.href + '&action=edit'; // need to change text, later

var userName = UserMenu.getText( 'pt-userpage' );

// personal (top-most) menu //			//		Func Talk  Prefs  Watch  List  Edits  Kate  Logs  #IRC  Out //		UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mytalk'   , 'Talk'  ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-preferences', 'Prefs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-watchlist', 'Watch' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mycontris', 'Edits' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-logout'   , 'Out'   ); //		UserMenu.setHref( 'pt-mycontris',			'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=' +			userName + '&offset=0&limit=500' ); //			//			//	it seems there is a stylesheet that makes them lowercase //			//		ok, the lowercased menu items are starting to really bug me: //		document.getElementById( 'p-personal' ).getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[0].style.textTransform = 'none'; //		UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-mycontris', 'pt-list', 'List', '/wiki/Special:Watchlist/edit' ); UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-logout' , 'pt-logs', 'Logs',			'/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=' + userName ); UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-logout' , 'pt-irc' , '#IRC', 'irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia' ); UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-logs'   , 'pt-kate', 'Kate',			'javascript:void InlineKate( "' + userName + '" )' );

//	so I always know what time it is in UTC land: //		UserMenu.append( 'pt-utc', UTCTime, 'javascript:void UserMenu.setText("pt-utc",UTCTime)' );

//	article-actions menu, (the "tabs") //		if ( PageMenu[ 'ca-history' ] ) // theory: if it has a history tab, then it's purgable {			PageMenu.insertBefore( 'ca-history', 'ca-lastdiff', 'Last Diff',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'diff=0' ) );

PageMenu.append( 'ca-purge', 'Purge',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'action=purge' ) ); }

var x = 1; NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'monobook.js', '/wiki/User:' + userName + '/monobook.js' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'Cat:Wikipedia', '/wiki/Category:Wikipedia' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'Cat:Policies', '/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'Cat:Official', '/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_official_policy' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'WP:Templates', '/wiki/Wikipedia:Template' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'WP:Temp Tags', '/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup' );

}

function PortletMenu( id ) // constructor {		this.menu = document.getElementById( id ); this.list = this.menu.getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ]; // bypass " Views ", etc.

//	sigh...as far as I can figure, there is empty whitespace being treated //	as TextNodes.... //		var LIs = this.list.getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

for ( var i = 0; i < LIs.length; i++ ) {			this[ LIs[ i ].id ] = LIs[ i ]; }

this.newItem = function( id, txt, url ) {	var li = document.createElement( 'li' ); li.id  = id; var a = document.createElement( 'a'  );  a.href = url;

a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); li.appendChild( a );

this[ id ] = li; // watch this!!!

return li; }

this.append = function( id, txt, url ) {	this.list.appendChild( this.newItem( id, txt, url ) ); }		this.insertBefore = function( old, id, txt, url ) {	this.list.insertBefore( this.newItem( id, txt, url ), this[ old ] ); }

//	the ByTagName here is a bit annoying, but in Safari, I was picking //	up TextNodes by using this[ id ].firstChild.firstChild //		this.getText = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data } this.setText = function( id, txt ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data = txt }

this.getHref = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href       } this.setHref = function( id, url ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href = url } //	I add em as I need em.... }

function InlineKate( user ) {		var kate = 'http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki&user=' + user;

var div = document.createElement( 'div' ); div.id = 'inlineKateDiv'; div.style.position = 'absolute'; div.style.zIndex  = 1000; div.style.left    =  '20px'; div.style.top     =  '20px'; div.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFFF'; div.style.borderStyle    = 'solid'; div.style.borderWidth    = ' medium'; div.style.borderColor    = '#000000';

var top = document.createElement( 'div' ); top.id = 'inlineKateTop'; top.style.textAlign = 'right'; top.style.margin = '8px'; top.style.backgroundColor = '#DDDDDD';

var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( "Go to Kate's" ) ); a.href   = kate; a.target = '_parent'; a.style.margin = '8px';

top.appendChild( a );

a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( 'Close' ) ); a.href   = "javascript:void RemoveNode('inlineKateDiv')"; a.style.margin = '8px';

top.appendChild( a );

div.appendChild( top );

var iframe = document.createElement( 'iframe' ); iframe.id  = 'inlineKateBot'; iframe.style.width = '300px'; iframe.style.height = '400px'; iframe.style.margin =  '8px'; iframe.style.borderStyle = 'solid'; iframe.style.borderWidth = 'thin'; iframe.style.borderColor = '#000000'; iframe.src = kate;

div.appendChild( iframe );

document.body.appendChild( div ); }

function RemoveNode( id ) {	var node = document.getElementById( id ) node.parentNode.removeChild( node ); }

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Former Japanese prime minister Hashimoto indicated his retirement

August 12, 2005

On the 11th August, the former Prime Minister of Japan Riyutaro Hashimoto, age 68, formally indicated he would not run for the Okayama 4th constituency of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Japan, due to defectiveness of his physical condition, possibly nominally. Since the current prime minister Junichiro Koizumi had resolved that House, an election will be held on September 11.

The next day of that announcement, on the 12th, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) executive committee showed they had no intention to recognize him as a candidate to proportional representative constituency. There might be no possibility for him to run for the coming election as the LDP candidate and his political career would inevitably end.

On the July, 2004 it was reported that Hashimoto did not state the donation of 1 hundred million yen from a lobbist organisation in the annual political financial income and outgo report, which is legally mandatory to all minister and parliament speakers. Hashimoto had received that donation from the Japan Dental Political Federation, one of his main supporting organisations. His relation between medical and pharmacy lobbyists began at least in 1963 when he was appointed as a secretary of Minister of Health and Welfare. In the same year, he ran for a constituency for which his father had run since his death in that year. Later he was appointed to the Minister of Health and Welfare and played a roll as the representative of this ministry during his career.

Hashimoto had been a speaker of the House of Representatives since September 1963. He had not lost his seat until now. He was appointed to the Minister of Health and Welfare, and the Minister of Industrial Minister successively. He was the president of the LDP from 1995 until the party lost at the election of the House of Councillors in 1998. He was also the Prime Minister of Japan from 1996 till his resignation from LDP presidency. In 2001 he ran again for the presidency of the party, but was defeated by the present Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro.


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Welcome to my Sandbox! Anyone is welcome to edit anything I've done here, I just keep all this stuff here so I don't accidentally mess up anything on the important pages. Below are a few projects I've started:

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I mainly work over on wikipedia where my interests are many and varied. My user page there is here.

My main interest here is in promoting NPOV reporting through the way research resources are organised.

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Israel bans nonresidents from Gaza

August 12, 2005

In a policy change prompted by activists staying in Gaza protesting Israel's plan to close Jewish settlements there, Israel announced that nonresidents will not be allowed into the territory.

Israel's Southern Command on Thursday announced "only residents of the Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip will be allowed [entry into Gaza]", where the Jewish state plans to end its decades-long presence.

Israel also will stop issuing permits to close relatives of settlers.

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Pro-democracy demonstrations erupt in Maldives

August 12, 2005

Pro-democracy demonstrations took place throughout the atoll nation of Maldives today, endangering the rule of authoritarian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Reports indicated that the president was unable to approach the capital to take control.

The protestors, led by members of the newly-registered Maldivian Democratic Party, reportedly were demanding the release of political prisoners and the president's resignation.

Gayoom has been president since 1978, and brooked little dissent during his tenure.


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Iran stands firmly against nuclear agency resolution

August 12, 2005

In a nationally broadcast radio sermon by former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday, he said of the U. N. watchdog group adopting the resolution for Iran to stop nuclear enrichment activities, "The decision was a cruel one."

The Thurday adoption in by the governing board of the  (IAEA) was unanimous and legally non-binding in asking Iran to suspend all nuclear fuel related activities. The board also requested a report from the agency's chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, on its compliance by Tehran.

On Thursday, an Iranian member of their nuclear negotiating team, Sirous Nasseri, read in a statement made by his republic at the emergency governing board meeting of the IAEA regarding the  (NPT):"How can this body be called to react to an act, which is in full conformity with the NPT and the safeguards and constitutes a limited manifestation of the exercise of an inalienable right? A right, which by its own simple meaning, cannot be alienated from anyone."

IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming, said yesterday, "The resolution on Iran was just adopted without a vote, by consensus. So, full consensus. All 35 members of the board agreed to the language of the resolution text."

International concern over the Iranian nuclear enrichment program was led by the European Union countries of France, Great Britain, and Germany (EU-3), along with the United States. The pressure brought by these nations succeeded in obtaining language calling for the re-instatement of seals that were removed at the Uranium Conversion Facility in. The seals were removed during the recent installation of surveillance cameras by IAEA.

The agency is to monitor for compliance to halt uranium enrichment. After a September 3 deadline, Iran again faces a possible referral to the U.N. Security Council where it could be subject to economic sanctions.

Meanwhile, the United States is likely to grant an entry to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the United Nations opening session next month in New York City, New York.

The Bush administration probe into whether Ahmadinejad was connected to the 1979-1981 is looking like it was a case of mistaken identity. The decision remains tentative as intelligence reports within the administration continue to circulate, according to  citing U.S. officials.


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User talk:Rohingya~enwikinews

Hello Rohingya,

Wikinews is for writing news articles, not for storing encyclopedic information. You may be looking for Wikipedia. I've deleted the short articles you put here. If you'd like to create a news portal for Myanmar, the right location would probably be Portal:Myanmar.--Eloquence 20:32, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

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Prices at the pump spike overnight in U.S.

August 12, 2005

All this week, prices at the pump have been reaching record levels across the United States. Since yesterday, the price for a gallon of gasoline increased by as much as fifteen cents in some places. Large cities in California, such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, have reported gas prices that top $3.00 a gallon for regular grade, twenty cents higher than the state's average of $2.80. Chicago is reporting gas prices beyond $2.80. These price hikes are a direct reflection of the record price of crude oil at $67 per barrel and the fact that 12 U.S. refineries have reported issues that have affected output.

These price increases are concerning some who worry that those with considerable financial hardships will endure more of a burden. A poll was conducted for The Associated Press and America Online News about whether or not these gas prices will cause problems with people's personal finances and the poll found that 64 percent say gas prices will cause money problems for them in the next six months, while 35 percent did not think so.

According to a AAA Texas motor club spokesman, additional price increases will more than likely continue into the weekend.


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Talk:Prices at the pump spike overnight in U.S.

Original reporting
I went out last night and took a picture of the gas stations near my home to show the in-progress price hikes of two local gas stations. One has not yet posted the new prices. Emphaticdrivel 21:05, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

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Shouldn't this be titled something like "Prices at the pump spike overnight in the US" or something, if the article treats only the US case? Dysprosia 02:43, 13 August 2005 (UTC)


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User:ChristopherBradley

Chris Bradley is the author of 5  poetry books, free to the world in  internet format. He has been published in Atlanta and the  UK at | "Voidspace" for an article on the book  Pattern Recognition by  William Gibson. He is also working on a project to respond to each of Shakespeare's sonnets in poetic form. He has compiled a complete record album of his best work which is also available free on the internet. While new to apple technology, he is also working with the  podcast medium in spare time. He has appeared in the local Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, NY as a featured poet, and collegian.

From 1989 - 1996 he composed music under the working name Noisecontrol and has compiled an album called Zebra.

Wikinews articles

 * | "Bush gets tough on Central America"
 * An article about Bush and the Economy, and the position that he took on Central America during his conference in Texas during the week of August 4, 2005.

 * | "South Korean scientists clone dog for first time".
 * An article about the sensational cloned dog Snuppy, who has proven that clones of mammals are possible, through ear tissue. Even animals of special pedigree.

collaborative contributions to Wikipedia

 * | "Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005"
 * An article regarding the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act which I fear will bring a close to open Television and Radio in the United States. It offers the FCC the power to fine over 300,000 dollars per complaint, regarding violence and explicit content.

 * | "List of 2005 NFL Quarterbacks"
 * An incomplete list of this year's NFL Quarterbacks.

 * | "Yamaha MT-100"
 * An article on the Yamaha-MT 100 four track recorder that I used for a time in production of my music.

 * | "Keyboard Magazine"
 * An article on Keyboard Magazine - An Industry Publication covering the development of the Electronic Music Keyboard.

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 * http://pearpcfiles.blogspot.com
 * mavdecker@gmail.com
 * http://www.yellowikis.org/wiki/index.php/Noisecontrol_Publishing_INK
 * http://www.noisecontrolpub.com:10000/doku.php?id=the_sonnet_project

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Ministry reveals the details of their new album

August 13, 2005

The famous industrial metal group Ministry has revealed that they are working on a new album that is due out sometime in April of 2006, entitled Rio Grande Blood. It is going to be the follow-up to last year's studio album The Houses of the Molé, which was not successful as any one of their breakthrough albums like 1992's Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs.

This year, the band has a remix album due out this September, entitled RaNtologY, which includes the unreleased track "The Great Satan".

After the new album's release there will be two bands supporting their tour: Revolting Cocks and Spyder Baby.


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Talks with TGWU and Gate Gourmet to resume later today

August 13, 2005

The Transport and General Worker's Union and Gate Gourmet, the company that laid off 500 workers after workers staged unofficial strike action, will attend further talks held at a conciliation service by the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) on Saturday.

The director of Gate Gourmet, Richard Wells, denied that he was being "heavy-handed" over the dismissals. He insisted that the people affected were spoken to, and given written warnings before they were sacked.

As a result of British Airways (BA) staff at Heathrow joining Gate Gourmet's staff in the strike action, BA are running 50% of their short-haul flights, and 40% of their long haul flights today from 0600 BST/UTC+1. They are expecting to add more flights to the schedule as the day progresses, so passengers are advised to check the British Airways website.

Analysts said that the disruption may lose BA next to £40m because of the refunds that the company are paying out, loss of flight revenue, and the costs of accommodating passengers in nearby hotels.

Only passengers with confirmed reservations have been allowed to board flights at Heathrow. Barriers have been placed around Terminal 4 to stop people without reservations from joining flights. There are limited catering services on-board the flights.

British Airways advises passengers to telephone +44 (0)800 727 800 or check their website before travelling to the airport. They also said that they would refund customers that had to stay in a hotel on Friday night up to £100.

It is noted by passengers, though, that the advice line can be engaged for long periods, so users of the telephone line need to be patient.

Qantas, Finnair, GB Airways, Sri Lankan Airlines, and British Mediterranean are also affected, as they were serviced by BA's ground staff. Their telephone numbers are listed below.

Advice Line Numbers

 * Qantas: +44 (0)870 000 0123
 * Sri Lankan Airlines: +44 (0)208 538 2000
 * Finnair: +44 (0)8705 997711
 * GB Airways: +44 (0)870 850 9850
 * British Mediterranean Airlines: +44 (0)870 850 9850


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Talk:Talks with TGWU and Gate Gourmet to resume later today

What's the ACAS? surely not this. -Edbrown05 07:12, 13 August 2005 (UTC)


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Concerns about health situation in UK and Austria

August 13, 2005

A study in the UK has found that a so called "health inequality gap" between rich and poor, measured by infant mortality and life expectancy, has increased. Progress in narrowing the gap has been made on child poverty and improving housing, as well as cancer and heart disease death rates. Still, the life expectancy in the wealthiest areas of Britain is seven to eight years longer than the poorest areas.

The public health minister, Caroline Flint, said so-called "health trainers" would be provided for poorer areas (along with extra funding) in order to help people adopt "a healthier way of life". The government had pledged to reduce the inequality gap by 10% between 1997 and 2010.

Concerns have also been raised about the level of health care in Austria. Cancer and heart specialists have criticised the Austrian system. They argue that, due to lack of funds, patients are not treated as well as in other countries. Critics see these developments as leading to two-class medical care systems. Health minister Maria Rauch-Kallat has denied the allegations, saying that "everyone gets what they need". In a related move, non-monetary remunerations by pharmaceutical companies for doctors prescribing certain drugs have also come under heavy criticism.


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Talk:Anti-gay church protests U.S. at military funerals

This article is hardly NPOV. The bulk of the article opposes the church's "anti-gay" actions. Andrew pmk 12:50, 13 August 2005 (UTC)


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Sri Lanka's foreign minister killed in sniper attack

August 13, 2005

The Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Lakshman Kadirgamar, was fatally shot in the chest and head at his home on August 12. Two people have been arrested in connection with the attack but their identities have not been released.

The Inspector General of Police, Chandra Fernando told reporters, "It's the Tigers," blaming The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have observed a ceasefire since 2002. The rebels currently deny involvement in the shooting.

Since the shooting Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency. Many fear this assassination and resulting countrywide lock down could jeopardize the island's fragile peace process.

Under the emergency rule, the authorities can deploy troops whenever they wish, detain suspects of terrorist activities without charge, and search and demolish buildings at will.

Many world leaders including Jan Peterson, Norway's foreign minister and Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State has called this a senseless crime. India has called the shooting a "terrorist crime" and promised any help that is needed to end this crisis in Sri Lanka.


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Iraqi constitution met by Sunni resistance

August 13, 2005 Most points of disagreement on Iraq's new constitution have been ironed out, and the constitution should be ready before the Monday deadline, the President Jalal Talabani said in an announcement Saturday morning.

"The meetings are still going on and we have gone forward," Talabani told reporters. "There is a meeting today and another meeting tomorrow and God willing we will finish the job tomorrow."

The largest disagreement is over the governing the Kurdish and Shiite areas of central and southern Iraq, as well as the role of Islam in the state.

Constitutional committee members have said the remaining major stumbling blocks were federalism, a Kurds-style autonomy given sudden Shiite support by the call from its leading politician Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Sunni groups have called the move for federalism a deal breaker.

The controversy caused by the sudden Sunni call for federalism cast doubt on the chances for approval of the constitution draft by Monday's deadline. Sunnis fear that federal-autonomy zones will keep them from a share of the world's second largest known oil reserves. Those are concentrated in the Kurdish north and Shiite south.

But a Sunni participant Saleh al-Mutlaq said on Saturday, "An in principle agreement has been reached late yesterday that Iraq's oil revenues will be shared between the Shia, the Kurds and the Sunnis." The federal government would receive a percentage of oil revenues, and the rest would go to each governorate according to its population size."

Sunnis have still not agreed to any of the main points of the constitutional draft, but Kurdish National Assembly member Mahmud Othman said that Kurdish and Shiite groups could use their majority in the parliament to get the charter approved by Iraq's legislature.

The United States has played a strong role in the 71-member constitution committee writing the document described as the Transitional Administrative Law. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has acted as a broker between the Kurdish, Sunni Arab and Shiite Arab blocs.


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Palestinians arrested in West Bank raids

August 13, 2005 During overnight raids, Israeli soldiers arrested 10 people, allegedly members of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group. The raids were conducted during two operations near the towns of Jenin and Nablus. An M-16 rifle was also discovered during the raid near Jenin.

Meanwhile, Hamas, a group friendly to Islamic Jihad, made a rare public appearance 2 days before the Israeli pull-out of settlers and troops from The Gaza Strip. They defied the Palestinian Authority by draping themselves in the colours of the group. On Friday, Palestinian Authority officials said only the Palestinian banner of red, black, green and white should be used to celebrate the withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian territory.

Hamas are planning to run in the parliamentary elections to be held in January, next year.


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Julian McGauran makes rude gesture to Australian Senate/Brief

The Senator Julian McGauran in the Australian Senate had made an "unseemly" gesture across the floor of the Senate whilst it was in session on August 11, apparently as a result of interjections about a division taking place. Whilst this was not immediately debated, Senator Bob Brown had asked the Acting Deputy President of the Senate to look into the matter. Later the President of the Senate ruled that the gesture was "unseemly but not obscene."


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User talk:202.83.40.251

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User talk:70.20.21.83

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Activists remember Burundi's Gatumba massacre

August 13, 2005 Human rights groups around the world are marking the first anniversary of the Gatumba massacre, in which more than 150 Congolese "Banyamulenge" Tutsis were killed, at a refugee camp in western Burundi.

"On this first anniversary of this unspeakable atrocity, we have the moral obligation to honour the memory of these people who were killed just because of their Tutsi ethnic origins", said Emmanuel Nkurunziza of the Burundian campaign group "Action Contre Genocide".

"The search for those responsible for the massacre continues", said the UN's mission to Burundi (ONUB), in a statement.

In the immediate aftermath of the Gatumba attack, the hardlined Hutu-extremist rebel group Palipehutu-FNL (FNL) claimed responsibility, saying that they had no fear of being held to account because they had become "untouchable". UN investigators suggest that Rwandan and Congolese milita groups may also have been involved in the attack. The FNL later claimed that the refugee camp was a military base. The UN has found no evidence for this claim, and human rights groups pointed out that nearly half of the dead were children.

2,000 people, including survivors and relatives of the dead, today attended a memorial service in Burundi, Reuters has reported.

"What happened on August 13 was a genocide... One year after the massacre nothing has been done... We demand that justice be done", Banyamulenge spokesman Binagana Amon is quoted as saying. Amon also criticised the United Nations for its "silence" over the attack.

The London-based "International Action Network on Small Arms" (IANSA) today paid tribute to the 156 victims of Gatumba, who included a local member of the organisation, Pastor Jaques Rutekereza.

"His deep faith gave him the courage to face his awful death, and the death of those he loved, with dignity and courage", IANSA said last year, in a statement honouring Rutekereza. "The world has lost a great man. It has lost a man of peace."

Rutekereza died with six of his children, according to IANSA.

Members of the Congolese diaspora have been active in the commemorations. The community in Portland, Maine has organised a weekend of events, including public testimonies from those who lost loved ones in the attack, and a talk by John B. Robinson, who helped produce the film "Hotel Rwanda."

"We can't forget them", Georges Budagu told the Portland Press Herald.

"We want to make sure the United Nations and the United States use their influence to bring those people... to justice". Three of Budagu's cousins died in the massacre.

The UN, in turn, asked the Burundian authorities to do more to pursue the perpetrators:

"In the name of the victims, and as part of the effort to end impunity for the killings and massacres that have plagued this region for too many years, we urge the Government of Burundi to complete its investigation, issue the report of its findings and bring those responsible to justice."

The UN also repeated its call for Burundi to involve the International Criminal Court in the investigation. Previous efforts had stalled due to opposition to the Court within the UN Security Council.

Following the FNL's admission of responsibility for Gatumba, the Burundian government produced international arrest warrants for the group's leaders Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana. Regional heads condemned the group as a terrorist organisation, with South African's President Thabo Mbeki likening the FNL's ideology to that of the Nazis. Yet when Rwasa held a press conference in Tanzania in May, no attempt was made to arrest him. A ceasefire deal signed soon afterwards broke down within days.

Burundi's refugee minister Francoise Ngendahayo today said that her government is committed to seeing justice for the victims of Gatumba.

"Those responsible will be arrested but Burundi cannot do this work alone, we need the collaboration of the DR Congo and the UN", she told Reuters.

Burundi's President-elect recently suggested that the FNL could be allowed to join his government. Some analysts believe that offering the group an amnesty might help bring peace to Burundi. Others argue that this could make the situation worse.

"For reasons of diplomacy, people are sitting at the exact same table as war criminals, and in some cases granting them immunity. If the atrocities are to end there must be at least some indications that justice will be done", Human Rights Watch spokesman Stephan Van Praet told Reuters, in the aftermath of Gatumba.

Action Contre Genocide's Emmanuel Nkurunziza today criticised the UN for what he called a "paradoxical" response to the massacre. Despite widespread international condemnation of the attack, the UN representative in Burundi Carolyn McAskie held face-to-face meetings with the FNL in Nairobi earlier this year.

"There was no repentance from these killers prior to the meeting; nonetheless, she went on to relay their so-called demands", he said.

Local media recently reported 300 civilian deaths at the hands of the FNL during June and July. An estimated 300,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in Burundi since civil war broke out in 1993.


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Full text of AC-Genocide press release: ''A year after the Gatumba the Massacre of Ethnic Banyamulenge: any lesson?

On August 13, 2004, one hundred and fifty-two ethnic Tutsi from the Democratic Republic of Congo known as Banyamulenge were massacred, and scores of others wounded. The crime took place in the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. The PALIPEHUTU-FNL terror group claimed responsibility immediately after.

On this first anniversary of this unspeakable atrocity, we have the moral obligation to honour the memory of these people who were killed just because of their Tutsi ethnic origins. We hereby invite anyone who believes in the right to life, to check if the world community may have learnt any lesson from the carnage.

It should be remembered that for many years, the PALIPEHUTU-FNL terror organization has been committing scores of unspeakable crimes. For example, they attacked a Belgian airliner in 2000, and in December of the same year, they ambushed a public transportation bus, killing dozens of harmless passengers from diverse nationalities, among which children aged less than 5 years. Quite surprisingly, the terror group never underwent any serious condemnation from the world community. And well aware of the idleness of the UN, they engaged in more savagery. Thus, the Gatumba refugee camp was a half-mile away from the home base of UN Blue Helmets whose ROE were more than clear as provided by Chapter 7 of the Un Charter.

In the days following the massacres, condemnation arose from all over the world. However, it soon died away and was replaced gradually by complacency with terrorists. Yet, the massacres of Banyamulenge refugees by PALIPEHUTU-FNL were a reminder to the world that there is a persistent genocide ideology in the Great lakes region that is aimed at ethnic Tutsi. PALIPEHUTU -FNL is part a network which comprises among other members the Rwandan militia responsible for the 1994 genocide.1 The UN report on the Gatumba massacre shows that the killings were conducted by PALIPEHUTU-FNL together with other negative forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Still, the UN reactions in the aftermath of the massacres are quite paradoxical:

A couple months after the massacres, the UN Special Representative to Burundi, Ms Carolyn Macaskie met with the terror group leaders in Nairobi, Kenya. There was no repentance from these killers prior to the meeting; nonetheless, she went on to relay their so-called demands.

Leaders of the Great Lakes region declared PALIPEHUTU-FNL a terrorist organisation, but their stand was contracted by their subsequent inaction.

Tanzania organized a meeting between the Burundi President and the leader of the PALIPEHUTU-FNL terror group, providing the latter with an opportunity to appear as normal politician, though he is nothing but the head of a gang of killers

Why is the world standing still in front of such atrocities? How can nations like Canada and the UK, whose citizens have died at the hands of PALIPEHUTU-FNL terrorists, encourage negotiations with the same terrorists? Since these countries can condone PALIPEHUTU-FNL atrocities, why don’t they hold negotiations with Osama Bin Laden, Musa al Zarkawi, and other world terrorists?

Because of this tendency to tolerate the intolerable, we invite all those with whom we are engaged in the struggle for justice to never give up. We remind the rest of the international community that it is never too late to do good. There are many examples throughout history of how crimes against humanity always end up with punishment. For instance, the Armenian genocide was recognized more than 75 years after, or Germany formally apologized to the Namibian Herrero after more than 100 years.

For all the above reasons, we recommend that:

Burundians keep their demand for justice in spite of the current context whereby the country is about to be ruled by a PALIPEHUTU-FNL ally2, an unpardoned convict who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

Non-Burundians (especially citizens of countries having suffered from PALIPEHUTU-FNL atrocities): urge their governments to stop supporting terror groups and to arrest their leaders instead.

The UNO: to never fail their main mission of safeguarding peace by arresting and trying people accused of crimes against humanity, atop of them PALIPEHUTU-FNL. Toronto, August 13, 2005.

Emmanuel Nkurunziza

AC-Génocide Canada, Toronto division''

Rcameronw 17:01, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

BURUNDI COULD GET PEACE !
ACCORDIND TO THOSE IDEAS OUR FRIEND FIRSTLY WROTE,WE FIND EMMEDIATELY HIS POSITION. ABOUT GATUMBA MASSACRE OF PEOPLE NAMED BANYAMURENGE A REALY REALITY IS OFTEN HIDDEN ! REMEMBER THAT GATUMBA BANYAMURENGE REFUGEE'S CAMP WAS CHANGED IN MILITARY EXERCISES CAMP !!!! AND ABOUT SOME PALIPEHUTU OPERATIONS SAID. WHY DO YOU FORGET A BIG NUMBER OF INNOCENT HUTU PEOPLE WHO WAS KILLID BY TUTSI. BURUNDI.RWANDA AND CONGO WARS BECAME REGIONAL WAR WHERE TUTSI ARE FIGHTING TOGETHER AGAINST HUTU,THE SAME FOR HUTU. MEAN THAT BANYAMURENGE OF GATUMBA WERE DIED LIKE OTHER PEOPLE AT WAR-FIELD. ONLY THERE IS A HOPE,LET WAIT NKURUNZIZA PETER TRYING TO MAKE END BURUNDIAN DISORDER WITH PALIPEHUTU. OF COURSE,WE GONNA KNOW THE SEL-PARTICIPATION OF BANYAMURENGE TO THEIR MASSACRE. BURUNDIAN GATUMBA PEOPLE KWON THE BEST HOW WAS THE SITUATION. THANKS

RETTEN BY: MUGABO Fablice —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.240.117.94 (talk) 03:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

this is the most thing that every happened in my life i will never forget that night of August and all i can say is that us who are her in u.s please don't forget where we came from and don't forget god who helped us to get here keep in mind that god still their for us and our family guys lets do what we came here to do which is to study and help our parents remember we are their future so in all things that we want to do nothing we can do witout trusting in god god bless you and keep you and remember he is came no one knows the day or the time that he will come at. love jesus and do what u promised that you will do if you get here and i am pretty sure that one day we will see our brothers and sisters that died in gatumba and our momys and dads and everyone and to be with them forever!!!!!!!!!!! jesus help us do get what we want to get AMEN.'blessed our parents blessed our president and bless this country god and bless people who chose to bring us here be with them and help them to bring they other.

Burundese needs to talk
It is so sad to read about the killing in a bar in Gatumba - Burundi. Burundi needs stability at the moment but it seems like this a sleeping away. I returned to the UK on 01/08/2011 after a trip that led me to Burundi, DRC and passing via Rwanda. I learned about insecurity in the areas around Bujumbura which caused checks almost every 10km on all routes in Burundi. When reading that it seems that killers came from the DRC, I think people are trying to hide the illness Burundi is suffering from today. There are internal fights and this can be any Burundi group's responsibility. Congolese have nothing to do with killings. Even the nearly 4,5 millions killings that took place in the DRC were mainly done by Rwandans Georges


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This is a list of work that should be accomplished on Wikinews, and is ordered roughly chronologically by how we, as a community, should work on each task. According to what a few Wikinewsies have said, we should attack each obstacle one at a time. Feel free to edit the list as you see fit.
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Hendrix just like Kilpatrick will help Detroit's KKK take Detroit.
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Israeli greenhouses to be preserved after Gaza pullout

August 13, 2005

A last minute deal reached Saturday dictates that about 1,000 Israeli settler greenhouses located in the Gaza strip will not be dismantled after Monday's pullout. Instead, they will remain standing and be placed in Palestinian control.

The deal allows one of the Gaza strip's largest employers to remain intact. Greenhouses in the region currently employ more than 4,000 people.

The deal was pioneered by envoy James Wolfenson. Mr. Wolfenson will purchase the greenhouses using funds amounting to US$14 million. He will proceed to turn the properties over to Palestine.

Daniel Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the United States, spoke optimistically of the greenhouse agreement. Said Mr. Ayalon, "As we leave Gaza, and some parts of the West Bank, we are not leaving scorched earth. On the contrary, we are leaving behind means for them to take over and immediately better their situation."

In Gaza, the median age is 15 and about 80% of the population live in poverty.


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Veteran U.S. attorney appointed to oversee Plame inquiry

August 13, 2005

U.S. Dept. of Justice attorney for 40 years, Dave Margolis, was assigned by James Comey on August 12 to take over his position as the acting Deputy Attorney General. The former assistant deputy replaces Comey as the acting boss of Patrick Fitzgerald, the lead prosecutor of the Plame CIA leak case. Comey left the post for the private sector as general council for Lockheed Martin Corp.

Al Martin, ret. Navy Lt. Commander (who testified for Kerry's Iran-Contra hearings) alleges that when David Margolis was the Domestic Criminal Section Chief, he helped limit the liability of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush in the Iran-Contra affair. Martin is also on record as having alleged that Margolis was part of a "restricted access group" known as RAG-1, which "was first to develop and then to coordinate the CIA's policy of trafficking in narcotics on a large-scale basis, in order to produce ongoing covert revenue streams pursuant to the aid and sustenance of illegal operations of state," according to Martin.

President Bush nominated Timothy E. Flanigan for Comey's job. The Comey departure, without Margolis stepping in, would have left two key posts at the Justice Department unfilled. The head of the Criminal Justice, formerly occupied by Christopher Wray, has been empty since May.

Flanigan is facing tough questioning during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation process. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) said he is unsure whether he would vote for his confirmation. Flanigan's role in the aggressive interrogation techniques used on detainees from Afghanistan and Iraq and his ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff are being probed.

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What's this? --Pi zero (talk) 18:52, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * It's an experimental platform we're playing with for a hackathon this weekend, to generate articles about protests and other types of events. Obviously, it's not ready for public use yet, but we'd be glad to have wider participation as it develops further.--Pharos (talk) 19:01, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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Can you experiment with this to create articles? This may lead to further improvements in your system.

If it works well for you, it may work well for a friend or two. --Gryllida (talk) 20:26, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Admin action alerts/Archive 3

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User:Billy_Buttfuck needs a break, vandalising main page --Deprifry 09:45, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

London artists release a video about attacks - this article is a blatant piece of advertising, with no genuine sources quoted, I request that it be deleted ASAP. --Garysjp 12:23, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

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Dan is unilaterally deleting an article; London eyewitnesses: Police tackled Asian, held a gun to his head and " unloaded five shots into him" in developing stories that 5 other editors had been working on. No discussion either. Also deleted the talk page which is crucial re; an admin nomination (Mrmiscelanious).

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I believe that wikinews has lost enough good contributors because of Dan's arrogance( DV and Amgine) so I suggest the process for terminating his administrative powers begin. Paulrevere2005 13:56, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
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Kurmanbek Bakiev sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan

August 14, 2005

Kurmanbek Bakiev has been sworn in as the president of Kyrgyzstan after winning the elections one month ago with an 89% majority.

Following the exile of the previous president, Askar Akayev, Bakiev was appointed acting president until elections were held.

Mr Bakiev's main competitor in the elections was Felix Kulov. They agreed upon a power-sharing pact, meaning that Mr Kulov would become Prime Minister if Mr Bakiev became president.

Bakiev took his oath of office after a military parade, in front of diginitaries in Bishkek's central square.


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Talk:Veteran U.S. attorney appointed to oversee Plame inquiry

Is the title a bit obtuse? I didn't know what the Iran-Contra cover-up was untill I hit the wiki-link. Most people don't even remember the U.S. selling Iraq anthrax :/ the title makes it look like a bunch of anti-Bush writers trying to stir the pot.

What about: "Accused Regan assentor to oversee Plame inquiry"

I think assentor is a word (from assent - to agree). It's what the article says, and it's not unduly harsh (like, say, "cohort")

 * Seems like the story is being POVed into a Whitehouse press release with positive reference "veteran u.s. attorney"and deleting background on Margolis;and the Flannigan stuff doesn't really belong in this story.Just because someone doesn't remember a huge news event doesn't mean it should be ignored.67.71.120.133 11:56, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Concerns about health situation in UK and Austria

Should Focus Exclusively on UK Gap
Criticism of non-monetary remunerations to physicians is not a "related move" and should not be mentioned in this article. I'll remove the final sentence if no objections arise fairly soon. In a related move, the external link to Der Standard does not connect to a specific article. Actually, inferior medical care for poorer people is by no means unique to Austria and the UK and is not in itself anything "new". It is worthy of being considered in an OpEd piece or a general review, but that is not what Wikinews is all about. The point of the articles in The Guardian and BBC News is that a recent study showed unexpected widening of the healthcare gap in the UK and the planned response of the NIH. Perhaps we should cut Austria out of this Wikinews piece entirely and present more detail about the UK situation. Mpulier 09:19, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * here are some responses to the issues raised:

 * non-monetary renumeration and connection to health issue: this is all about the fact that doctor get some drugs for free but charge them to the social insurance, thus putting further pressure on the health system. The practice of pharmaceutical companies to issue some pills for free are also undermining the quality of the health system as it may influence the doctor's decisions which drugs to buy (namely those where free pills are included). It also undermines the patient's trust that he will get the right pills. At least that is the argumentation of the Austrian patient ombudsman, as quoted in "der standard":[ http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2139068]

 * the external link to der standard connects to a bunch of articles, all on the topic (reactions by different parties etc.). Articles in "der standard" are usually sorted into channels, each of which gets its own page.

 * The relevation that patients are not getting the best treatment because of lack of money is very much news in Austria, I can assure you (though perhaps an old hat in the UK).

 * The added value of the article is that it combines news reporting about the beleaguered health systems in Austria and The UK, which is absent in the national reporting on the problem in the two countries.

--Danielsp 16:25, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Non-monetary remuneration of physicians certainly puts an indirect strain on the healthcare economic structure in several countries and is worth going into, but not here in this article. It's neither a "new" topic in the sense of "news" nor is it unique to the UK and Austria. For example, it is a major problem in the US and is a subject of increasing controversy. The statement of the Austrian ombudsman may be news in Austria and may warrant an article in Wikinews, but it is too far removed from the news of the healthcare "gap" described in the UK to be attached to this article.

 * As I see it, the thrust of the news in the UK is that officials were surprised by the deterioration in healthcare recently reported there and are responding by deploying a cadre of relatively untrained health advisors into selected regions. Of interest is whether these advisors will be capable of altering health related behavior among their clientele, whether they will receive necessary support, whether their achievements will be adequately studied (e.g., in terms of cost-effectiveness), and whether the strategy of sending them out truly addresses the responsible underlying defects in the National Health system.

 * As for non-monetary remuneration of physicians by pharmaceutical firms eager to influence doctors to precribe their products over those of a competitor, while such practice may contribute to the gap between the level of care for the poor versus that for the general population... certainly the contribution is much smaller than is the impact of other causes. Thus the relevance of the remuneration issue is comparatively too small to deserve exclusive mention here. The "added value" is not worth the negative value produced by distraction from the main topic.

 * If Australia is mentioned as a country with a healthcare gap, we should list other countries where this is reported. A recent report in the US noted that in a region where adequate facilities seem to exist, certain population groups fail to take advantage; and it was suggested that education would be the key to narrowing the gap. This is congruent with the UK plan. That kind of information is what should be included in the current article.

 * As for the link to Der Standard, it may be helpful to indicate in the anchor that the clicking will elicit a set of related articles; otherwise a reader may arrive there and not know which way to turn. I know that there are headlines and such, but most people are not very assertive about such things and are easily discouraged from proceding when they encounter any confusion or obstacle online. Mpulier 17:31, 14 August 2005 (UTC)


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Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece

August 14, 2005

A Helios airliner (Boeing 737, flight HCY 522) with 115 passengers and 6 crew onboard has crashed into a mountain at 09:04 UTC (12:04 p.m. EEST) near Grammatiko, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Athens, while approaching the capital's airport. All on board perished. The plane was travelling from Larnaca, in the southeast of Cyprus (Greek:Kypros, Κύπρος) and scheduled to arrive in Prague after a stop in Athens.

In-flight events
Immediately after take-off, the pilots reported a problem with the air conditioning system of the aircraft and requested to stay at a low altitude. A few minutes later, the pilots alerted the station that the problem had been fixed and requested permission to ascend. This information however has been denied by the Director of Helios Airways. As the plane approached Athens, all communication abruptly ceased, and the plane never issued a mayday distress signal. Two Greek F-16 military aircraft were assigned to observe the plane. The pilots of the F-16s noted that one airliner pilot appeared to be unconscious and the other was not in the cockpit.

CBC reported the following:

"On Wednesday [August 17, 2005], state-run and private media, quoting anonymous defense ministry officials, said the two fighter pilots saw someone in the cockpit take control of the plane, which was flying in a gradually descending holding pattern apparently on autopilot. That person, probably a man who experts say must have had flight training, then banked the plane away from Athens, lowering it to 2,000 feet and then climbing back up to 7,000 feet before the plane apparently ran out of fuel and crashed."

The F-16s accompanied the airliner until it crashed.

Possible malfunctions and causes
The Greek F-16 pilots saw at least one of the aircraft's pilots may have become unconscious before the crash, causing control of the plane to be lost. The emergency oxygen masks were also reported to have dropped.

There had been speculation that an electrical fire or some other cause could have flooded the cabin with carbon monoxide or another gas that would render the passengers unconscious. However, the chief coroner of Athens, Greece, said that tests showed none of the passengers or crew had carbon monoxide in their blood. It was also speculated that the air-supply system of the aircraft may have failed, causing a loss of air pressure within the cockpit. This malfunction can cause a steep drop in air temperature. On December 16, 2004 the same aircraft made an emergency landing after failure of the ventilation system at 35,000 feet and 3 passengers were hospitalized. However, an airline spokesman insisted that the plane was airworthy when it took off.

Tests showed that at least 26 people on the flight were still alive when it crashed.

After a cabin decompression occurred onboard a Learjet carrying golf pro Payne Stewart in 1999, all the travelers lost consciousness and the plane eventually crashed with no survivors.

Passengers
Helios Airlines was unable to supply a complete passenger list, having only first initials and surnames available for investigators.

The official passenger list released by Cyprus Police, as reported by CNA, indicates that there were 22 young persons onboard aged 4-16. Most of the passengers were Cypriot, a small number were Greek and one of the pilots was German. There were 4 Armenian passengers who lived in Cyprus.

The complete list, in Greek, has been published by the Cyprus News Agency.

Post-crash events
After the crash, a fire started around the airliner. It was extinguished by firefighters after 2 hours. The fire burned most of the bodies that are now being collected by special firefighter units and transferred to the city of Shisto, near Athens. Meanwhile, the two F-16 pilots were transferred to Ministry of Defense to give their report.

The flight data recorder has been recovered. The cockpit voice recorder was found the following morning in bad condition. The two devices will be sent to Paris for examination.

Nektarios-Sotirios Voutas reported that a passenger (his cousin) sent a text message that read: "The pilot has turned blue [in the face]. [F]arewell we're freezing". He was arrested the following day as it appeared to be a hoax.

Reactions from Helios Airways
Helios has informed the relatives of the victims; however, the company has been met with criticism for failing to release the passenger list quickly.

Helios Airways released a statement on their website today, stating, "Our thoughts are with the families of those on board at this difficult time."

An emergency telephone number in Nicosia, Cyprus can be contacted at +357/70003737, 22 – 446146.

Official reactions
The Cypriot government has declared three days of national mourning and ordered flags to be lowered on half-mast.

Upon allegations brought by the Communications and Works Minister and the chief of police, warrants were issued by the attorney general to search Helios Airways offices

Timeline

 * 09:00 (06:00 UTC) Scheduled departure time.
 * 09:07 (06:07 UTC) Airplane takes off from Larnaka airport.
 * 10:30 (07:30 UTC) Flight fails to establish contact with the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
 * 10:37 (07:37 UTC) Last contact with Larnaka airport reporting problem.
 * 10:45 (07:45 UTC) Scheduled arrival time in Athens.
 * 10:55 (07:55 UTC) The Hellenic Armed Forces Joint Chief of Staff, Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis orders military planes to establish visual contact with the aircraft.
 * 11:05 (08:05 UTC) Two F-16 fighter planes take off from Néa Anghialos Air Base, Greece.
 * 11:18 (08:18 UTC) Fighter pilots note co-pilot slumped over the aircraft's instrument panel.
 * 12:04 (09:04 UTC) Aircraft crashes near Grammatiko.
 * 13:10 (11:10 UTC) Scheduled arrival time in Prague.

Cyprus and Greece are UTC+3, Czech Republic is UTC+2.

About Helios Airways
Helios Airways was founded in 1999 as Cyprus' first private airline. It is now a subsidiary of Libra Holidays Group of Limassol, Cyprus and is registered in Cyprus. Helios' remaining fleet consists of 2 Boeing 737-800 jets and an Airbus A319. Helios offers flights between Cyprus and London, Athens, Sofia, Warsaw, Dublin and Strasbourg.


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