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Talk:Thai Tourism Minister applauds the Chiang Mai Charity Calendar

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I have tried to comply with instructions given in recreating this page, and hope to have achieved some level of input acceptance.

I personally attended this event concerning the Chiang Mai Charity Calendar and also had the opportunity of talking to the Minister who was educated in the UK, speaks perfect English, and graduated with a doctorate from Boston University. His presentation outlined the problems facing Chiang Mai's tourism - i.e. a short length of stay (average 2 nights) and a sharp seasonal decline in low season arrivals from May to October, a period which required more intensive promotion by hotels and travel agencies.

He remarked that the city had grown from a small provincial town into a large city with a great number of attractions, and deserved to lose its reputation as being a 'stop on the way to somewhere else' and was now a travel destination in its own right.

Much of his talk centred on green education issues and raising environmental awareness amongst local people - including encouraging the use of cotton shopping bags instead of the plastic variety, and discouraging the burning of forest, which is done to promote the growth of mushrooms, and vegetables, and contributes to the haze which seriously affected the air quality earlier this year. He also outlined the importance of promoting domestic tourism, and encouraging Thai people to visit other provinces in the Kingdom.

He also talked about the importance of 'backpackers' in both establishing tourism destinations, and being very often serious travellers interested in local culture, traditions, etc.

He was sent a copy of the Chiang Mai Charity Calendar by the volunteer creator of the project, Mrs Ramlah Jafri, inviting him to attend the launch, which he accepted. The party consisted of:

H.E. Dr Suvit Yodmani – Minister of Tourism & Sports Khunying Songsuda Yodmani – spouse Mr Suvongse Yodmani – Son of the Minister Mr Weerawuth Thapinta – H.E. Personal Secretary Mrs Churdchom Srivardhana Kibreab – Secretary to Minister Mr Saeri Tantemsapya – Advisor to Minister Mr Niti Vongvichasvadi – Coordinator

I hope this forms a useful background to the article submission

Chowringhee 09:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a good set of OR notes, I hope you did a Thai version of the story on http://th.wikinews.org. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

 * There's been little to no activity on that language since May. It would be nice if you could have a translation for that site, Chowringhee, to try and reattract attention to the TH Wikinews project. --  Zanimum 14:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Al Gore and Climate Panel awarded Nobel Peace prize 2007

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There needs to be a source or something for the criticism comment. Lyellin 15:58, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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The "Oslo, Norway-" at the start isn't done on Wikinews unless that's where you are and you're doing Original Reporting. I'm not sure how clear our style guide is on it but that's really a style for AP or Reuters reporters who are submitting field reports. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

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TaiwanRFID 2007 shows the applications at the exhibition and seminar

October 12, 2007

At the 4th day of 2007 The 1st Taiwan International RFID Applications Show (TaiwanRFID 2007), in conjunction with TAITRONICS 2007, the organizer TAITRA held an international seminar with RFID solutions at the entrance of the seminar. This seminar is mainly focused on some topics (RFID applications and solutions world-wide) continued from the exhibition at TWTC Hall 3.

According to a survey by Institute for Information Industry (III), the top 3 productive value of RFID industry in Taiwan are sensor tags (39%), readers (31% approximately), and services (21%). This market trend can be observed at this exhibition with the industry nature of participated exhibitors such as chips producer, antennas, tags, and readers. Some of prominent manufacturers like IBM, Cheng Loong Co., Ltd., and ChungHua Telecom were participated at this exhibition.

Not only the performance of RFID applications, some of companies simulated the process of RFID smart tags in the factory to buyers. NXP semiconductor and National Instruments (NI) also provided RFID solutions to ensure the quality of RFID tags such as RFID test system by NI.

This RFID exhibition and TAITRONICS will open to 3 p.m. tomorrow.


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Talk:Creationism dangerous in education: Council of Europe resolution

This sounds like an interesting article but it really needs more information and backround before it can be published.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

This is an interesting article. I am studying in Finland and our teacher has told us about this. '''giggu 17:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


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Book Fair 2.0; On bloggers, ebooks and pirates

October 12, 2007

The Internet is very much present at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2007, not just, like in previous years, as a means for the journalists who have 80 workplaces for their own notebooks to report on the fair, but like before as a chance - and as a threat for rights-owners of digital media.

Bloggers in the Living Room 2.0 at the Fair
After a marginal existence in the previous year, bloggers have got their own "living room 2.0" at the fair, furnished with everything a blogger needs, including media attention. Every day from Wednesday October 10 to Sunday October 14 they will write and podcast about the big names to meet, the events not to be missed and their very personal experiences and thoughts. Three of the bloggers write in English, two English language podcasts are done, to widen the reach of the Book Fair 2.0. The blog entries and podcasts will be available until after the book fair at http://www.book-fair.com/en/wordpress/ and the bloggers themselves can be visited on the weekend at hall 4.2, Q411, though until now it is more the media and less the visitors of the fair, the bloggers come in contact with.

EBooks and Digitalization
Digitalization and digital media, especially books and magazines offered digitally, are a hot topic at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, as more and more publishers want to see the digital counterparts of their traditional media not just as a field to be present in, but as a possible profit center. With scientific books, this move already was quite successful: Publishing house Springer for example, offering over 40,000 ebooks and over 1700 electronic magazines, of which over 1200 are still actively continued with Springer, nowadays does an ebook-variant of every traditional scientific book they print - and already has the largest part of their cash-flow from digital media.

This is harder for fiction publishing houses as the Pabel Möwig group (VPM), which has become active early. They do offer the digitized new adventures of – say, the outer-space-hero Perry Rhodan -, but the turnover is still only a small addition to the print and other media versions. Readers become readier to read on a screen, but their readiness is still growing slowly. Since a new generation of readers is growing up using the internet as a reference work – especially Google and Wikipedia – it will become more and more natural in the future.

A growing number of service companies in the publishing sector therefore offers re-digitalization apart from increasingly effective content management systems, with which new forms of media can easily be compiled from the contents of a data base. Older works, of which the publishing house owns the rights, but for which a reprint might not be profitable, are scanned, divided into content sections and tagged. When the original type face isn’t good enough, books are typewritten in third world countries two or three times which are corrected and merged into a final version. Once in the system, digitalized books can be at disposal as MobiPocket ebooks or Print On Demand (POD) and with aid of the Amazon BookSurge program remain available, possibly even within 24 hours.

Digital content can also be used as a marketing-tool with the "Search Inside" from Amazon.com, where the full text of a book is visible but only small parts of the book are shown at a time.

Right after Amazon, Google also presented their own projects for the digitalization of books, where publishers have the option of just sending a box or container full of their books in printed form and leave the job of digitalization to Google, where afterwards their content will be findable with Google Book Search. The difference between those two internet services was obvious, though: Amazon wants to earn money with books, while Google's business is advertising, their revenue model is AdSense and AdWords, targeted as perfect as possible with full text search. Both services had to answer questions as to how they will protect the content from unpaid exploitation, as probably fewer and fewer users will be willing to pay for a digital eBook when they can read the content for free, up to twenty pages at a time. The freeloader mentality of many Internet users was seen as a threat by many of the publishers.

Pirates threatening the audiobooks
One product seen as endangered more than other media by the widespread internet piratery is the audiobooks. One of the more ambitious audiobook productions on five CDs would cost about 80,000 Euros and needs about 30,000 copies sold to sell at a profit. Once only 10,000 copies are sold and 20,000 downloaded via illegal filesharing on the internet, the model isn't profitable anymore, and the audiobook market, now thriving, might wither away again, explained Johannes Stricker of 'Der Hörverlag' publishing. Sideprofits possible in the music business are not possible for audiobooks: concerts are not the same as the public readings, which are often a deficit affair, and no one wants to pay for audiobook ringtones. On top of that, one complete work is much more costly than an album full of music, often 29, 49, 79 or even 99 Euros have to be paid for a full length reading. These prices in mind, especially young listeners rather take the free filesharing, especially as a bad conscience or the thought that this is illegal is absent from the young minds, as Oliver Rohrbeck, a famous speaker of one of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Three Investigators' detectives in Germany, complained. He admitted that he had compiled a tape for a friend as a gesture of love from time to time. Anyone using illegal downloads for such a gesture of love nowadays would face harsh fines, if only it were easier to get a little criminal to court.


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I'm there, covering it and -at times- first write in German for de.wikinews and localize it into english later. --Gwyndon 23:41, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Even I need a bit of a break - every help at translating the rest of the German source text into english would be very welcome. (I can fix minor errors in the translation later on Saturday night, if needed) --Gwyndon 01:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

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User:Ejikeme

Ejikeme P. Nwosu AMRSC, an ABI Nominee, is a Nigerian with a keen interest to provide the dire needs of the world on moral decadence. Born on 4th February 1983, through his site, www.nwosu.4t.com, he wishes to reach the world in due course. He is equally a science major, with keen interest in other areas like philosophy, mysticsm and sports. My teaching is this; CHASTITY IS COOL, WE SHOULD ALL TRY IT. The married should remain chaste while the unmarried should remain celibates. Through chastity, we can reach the mind of God. "chastity is the lily of the virtues, it renders man almost equal to the Angels". ST. Francis de Sale.

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Euro 2008 Qualification: Scotland vs. Ukraine

October 13, 2007

Scotland took a step closer to qualifying for Euro 2008 as a 3-1 win against Ukraine kept them top of Group B in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. The loss for Ukraine takes their tragic number down to 5 and could be officially be eliminated by the end of play at the end of the day.

Scotland took a 2-goal lead in the 1st 10 minutes of the match with goals from and. Ukraine made things interesting when they pulled a goal back when scored off of 's left-wing cross in the 24th minute. secured the win in the 68th minute.


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Comments:Vanessa Hudgens publicist makes apology about nude photo incident

Why?
Why would somine that already had made a role model out of herself dicied to det a horrible example like that?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.40.168.192 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 13 October 2007

She did it as a publicity stunt and it sort of worked.

http://Jammydodger.net —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.199.225.179 (talk • contribs) 10:01, 16 August 2009

Comments from feedback form - "peace out"
peace out —89.168.88.34 (talk) 11:44, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "AMAZING...."
AMAZING.... —112.215.36.175 (talk) 06:09, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

NEED TO ADD HER COMMENTS RE COVID in 2020 Its very important people are dying
Vanessa comments re COVID 19 she is a role model for young kids followers and sent the wrong message now we may be paying the price for the insensitive comments that should be here if she was sorry she have not said we she said in the first place. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.77.173.148 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 26 March 2020 (UTC) she is setting a bad example especially to young girls who look up to he.

 * A news article is a "snapshot in time". It's about a specific thing that happened at a certain moment in the past.  It's not like an encylcopedia article, that gets updated for later developments. --Pi zero (talk) 15:43, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Insensitive Covid -19 comments
Vanessa is a role model for so many kids and she now sent the wrong message to so many followers and was very immature insensitive for her Covid Comments making light of people dying who knows how many people have been infected and died re her selfish comments. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.77.173.148 (talk • contribs) 15:01, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

At least she apologized and she said that they were released by accident.She knows that a lot of people especially young girls look up to her and she wouldn't want to set a bad example to them!!!


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User talk:Maverick Senator

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At least two die in 15-truck pileup in California

October 13, 2007 At least two people have died and at least eight to ten were injured after two semi trucks collided in a truck tunnel on Interstate 5 (Newhall Pass) between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita California, United States, causing the tunnel to be completely shut down on both north and southbound lanes.

At approximately 11:00 p.m. (pacific time), two semi trucks collided and at least 13 other trucks smashed into the wreckage causing a massive fire. Firefighters are using foam to control the flames, which could take several hours to put out.

Officials say that the debris could take a day or more to remove and that a full inspection will have to be done on the tunnel before it can be used again because officials say that the structure of the tunnel has been compromised.

"It has impacted the structural stability of the tunnel," said John Tripp the Fire Chief for Los Angeles County who also said that there may be more people trapped in the wreckage.

"We're going to have to do a very methodical search. There could be unfortunately more people that were not able to escape," added Tripp.

The tunnel is 200 feet long.


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Comments:At least two die in 15-truck pileup in California

What the bleep!
Yes, accidents happen and a blown tyre or something like that can cause a collision between a couple of semis. But to have another 13 semis pile into them and wreck the tunnel tells me there is good reason why U.S. drivers have to sit a test if they move to the U.K. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I think that's a little unfair... it's a truck tunnel, so it probably means that there are many semis going in the 45-50 range in the tunnel - probably in two lanes. If two semis crash, they will amost certainly block both lanes - and in a tunnel, trying to stop a semi at that speed, well, there is just no chance. Lyellin 21:16, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Do they not teach "stopping distance" in the U.S.? I know cars here in Europe drive too close together but a 15 truck pileup just shouldn't happen. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The speed limit on an all semi only road can vary from state to state. I know in the case of Michigan, the speed limit there on the free ways is 75 mph and 65 mph for trucks (if I recall the trucks mph). So depending on what they were carrying, how bad the wreckage was, the lights of the tunnel...for all we know the explosion was instant and the tunnel lost power...that said a chain reaction at those speeds is almost certain and unavoidable...now again this is an only trucks road and not a single car...they can be carrying as many as two trailers at a time. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Cars are allowed in the tunnel. However, the primary use is for trucks, as there are auto lanes above. --Rschen7754 21:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


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2007 Rugby World Cup: England 14 - 9 France

October 13, 2007

Defending champions England have defeated hosts France 14 - 9 in the first semi-final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis.

France had been favourites to win the match on home soil, having beaten England comfortably in two World Cup warm-up matches and overcoming favourites New Zealand in the quarter-finals. However England, having improved after stumbling early in their campaign to reach the semi-finals after defeating Australia, won a tense match to reach their second consecutive final in a repeat of the 2003 semi-final.

England took an early lead when Josh Lewsey scored a wide try in the second minute, but Jonny Wilkinson missed the conversion. Lionel Beauxis scored two penalties for France to give them a one point lead in the 18th minute. Both Beauxis and Wilkinson missed chances to score with the boot later in the first half, and France went into the interval leading 6 - 5.

Lionel Beauxis extended France's lead with a penalty early in the second half, but Jonny Wilkinson scored soon after to reduce the deficit back to one point. Neither side could make a breakthrough until Jonny Wilkinson kicked a penalty with five minutes remaining to give England a two point lead. Three minutes later Wilkinson secured England's victory after kicking a drop goal.

England will play the winners of tomorrow's second semi-final between South Africa and Argentina in next week's final, while France will play the losers in the third place match.


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Dalai Lama to receive US Congressional Gold Medal

October 13, 2007

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso will arrive in the United States on Tuesday and will meet with U.S. President George W. Bush. On Wednesday he will attend a ceremony in his honor where he will be awarded the highest honor in the U.S. for a civilian, the Congressional Gold Medal.

This also marks an historical moment as it is the first time ever that a sitting U.S. President will appear with the Dalai Lama at a public event.

The honor has not gone without protest. China objected, accusing the Dalai Lama of "separatist activities." China also condemned a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the meeting a mistake and that relations between the two nations were damaged.

"We would hope that the Chinese leader would get to know the Dalai Lama as the president sees him, as a spiritual leader and someone who wants peace," said White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino.

The U.S. decided to award the Dalai Lama with the medal due to "his many enduring and outstanding contributions to peace, nonviolence, human rights and religious understanding."

The Dalai Lama has been living in India since fleeing Tibet in 1959 during a failed revolt against Chinese rule.


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Comments:Al Gore and Climate Panel awarded Nobel Peace prize 2007

He completely deserves this, although some minor inaccuracies in "An Inconvenient Truth" have recently been pointed out by the British judiciary. 216.141.250.213 22:01, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Global warming is a fraud! Global warming is a campaign being used to stop economic development in the third world and Africa. Do not fall for this trap. The West is using the global warming campaign to stop economic and industrial development in the third world in particular Africa which has 85 percent of the world natural resources. Peak Oil is a fraud there is so much crude oil and natural gas in the world even if all of the crude oil and natural gas in the Middle East was completely burned out there is still plenty of crude oil and natural gas in the world for thousands of years for every country in the world to enjoy a very high standard of living higher than the United States and Europe. A modest amount of increase in global warming and Carbon Dioxide would actually be very beneficial to mankind in lower food prices and the elimination of famine and hunger. Fruits Vegetables and grain plants crops prospers in global warming and a rich Carbon Dioxide atmosphere just ask any farmer botanist and Fruits Vegetables flower greenhouse plant managers. Carbon Dioxide is an essential gas for life the more Carbon Dioxide the more life prospers. If you study history and the climate charts from the “Medieval Warming Period” and the “Little Ice Age” The Medieval Warming Period was a time of great prosperity in Europe consistent crop surpluses growing productive population expanding education programs and universities. The little ice age caused the American and French revolution plus had caused a major famine in Europe millions died. Global warming and Peak Oil is a de-industrialization plan for the West and the developing south. Latest information is the promotion of nuclear fission powers and its toxic waste that is slowly killing off the population near nuclear power plants. Also do not fall for the population explosion trap it is really a genocide and sterilization programs in disguise.

 * I started to think about responding to this... then I decided it had to be a joke. Lyellin 01:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Creationism dangerous in education: Council of Europe resolution

This is the same old story of religion laying siege to reality/science. Not much has changed (except the names) since the days of Galileo and Copernicus. Religionists want to believe that they are the center of creation, so they despised heliocentrism (the fact that the planets circle the sun, not the earth), and now they despise evolution because they feel that their gods don't revolve around them. Folks, when religionists take a stand on scientific issues, you can bet your child's college fund that they are wrong.

I applaud the Council of Europe for taking a strong stand against mythology dressed in a laboratory coat. 64.241.37.140 22:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)kjdamrau


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Burma's military rulers arrest leaders of pro-democracy protests

October 14, 2007 Three of the last remaining leaders of the 88 Generation Students Group, which led the recent pro-democracy rallies in Burma, have been arrested by Burma's military junta.

The wave of protests, which began on August 15, 2007, was triggered by the Burmese government's decision to remove fuel subsidies, leading to dramatic increases in the price of diesel and petrol. The Burmese government's subsequent violent crackdown on the protests was condemned by the United States, Britain, and France, among other nations. On October 12, the U.N. Security Council released a statement saying that it "strongly deplores" Burma's response to the protests.

The three leaders, named Htay Kywe, Mie Mie, and Aung Thu, were arrested on Saturday morning in Rangoon, according to dissident sources. Human rights group Amnesty International expressed extreme concern for the well being of the three activists, saying that they "risk torture and ill treatment."

On Saturday, thousands attended a pro-government rally in Rangoon in which participants denounced Western countries and media. The participants in the rally had allegedly been paid to join the demonstration and were transported to the area by bus. One of the participants in the rally told AFP news agency that each factory in the city's industrial zone had been obliged to send 50 participants to the rally.


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Australian Prime Minister calls federal election

October 14, 2007 The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard has announced that the Australian federal election will be held on November 24, 2007. Howard visited the Governor General of Australia Michael Jeffries earlier today and then announced the news.

Mr Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia for over ten years now, said that the country's "best years lie ahead", but only if the "right leadership" team is in power.

"Is it a Government that has a proven track record in those areas? Or is it an inexperienced group of men and women, 70 per cent of whom are former trade union officials?", Mr Howard said. "The right leadership has the experience to further expand the prosperity of the Australian economy."

"I believe very passionately that this country's best years can lie ahead of us in the years immediately ahead," he said. "In order for that to happen this country does not need new leadership, it does not need old leadership, it needs the right leadership."

Mr Howard also stated that if his party, the Liberal Party is elected into government yet again, Peter Costello will hold the place of Treasurer of Australia and Alexander Downer will take the seat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Prime Minister announced that the writs will be issued on October 17. Consequently, following recent changes to the electoral act, Australians have until that date to ensure that they are on the electoral rolls and are able to have their vote. Voting is compulsory in Australian Federal elections.


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Comments:Burma's military rulers arrest leaders of pro-democracy protests

I heard they were going to talk with the leaders. If they actually kidnapped the people during negotiations, they are very bad people. Contralya 05:20, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
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Chris McCormack, Chrissie Wellington win Ironman Triathlon

October 14, 2007

"Normal" in the 2007 Ironman Triathlon World Championship was only the fact the sun rose in the east, as shortly past the swim start the day brought forth a hot and cloudless Hawaiian sky; injuries and illnesses to many; DNFs for two years worth of defending champions; and a first-time winner.

Australian Chris McCormack, placing 2nd in 2006, passed Aussie Craig Alexander in the marathon and further scorched the Queen Kaahumanu Kaʻahumanu Highway with a 2:42:02 run to claim the world title in 8:15:34.

In even more excitement, rookie (her first Ironman length race was seven weeks ago in Korea) Chrissie Wellington, from Great Britain, claimed the women's title finished in 9:08:45.

The 6:45 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time start to the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile time-trial, and a 26.2 mile marathon saw a cascade of unfortunates to favorites. Defending 2006 champions Normann Stadler and Michellie Jones and 2005 champion Faris Al-Sultan were struck down with stomach ailments; six-time winner and 2005 champion Natascha Badmann totaled her bike after crashing into road cone; and Luke Bell was sidelined with a leg injury.

But a sense of "normal" returned later in the day as the temperature and winds rose and as many of the 1,788 starters completed before the October 14, 2007 12:00am deadline.


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Talk:Euro 2008 Qualification: Scotland vs. Ukraine

What is this?
I'm sorry I have no idea what UEFA is other than it is a crazed European soccer tournament, could this article present a brief summary of what this tournament is each time its posted so that someone reading it will know instead of simply jumping into the update. Doing so will especially help me with News Briefs. .:*:*:DAVUMAYA:*:*:. 06:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Briefs/October 14, 2007

The time is 5:40 UTC and this Audio Wikinews Brief for Sunday, October 14, 2007.

At least 2 die in 15 truck pileup in California
In the U.S., at least two people have died and at least eight to ten were injured after two semi trucks collided in a truck tunnel on Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita California, causing the tunnel to be completely shut down on both north and southbound lanes. The incident occurred last Friday and firefighters are continuing to use foam to control the flames, which could take several hours to put out.

Officials say that the debris could take a day or more to remove and that a full inspection will have to be done on the tunnel before it can be used again because officials say that the structure of the tunnel has been compromised.

Dalai Lama to Receive US Congressional Gold Medal
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso will arrive in the United States on Tuesday and will meet with U.S. President George W. Bush. On Wednesday he will attend a ceremony in his honor where he will be awarded the highest honor in the U.S. for a civilian, the Congressional Gold Medal.

This marks a historical moment as it is the first time ever that a sitting U.S. President will appear with the Dalai Lama at a public event.

The honor has not gone without protest. China has objected, accusing the Dalai Lama of "separatist activities." China also condemned a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the meeting a mistake and that relations between the two nations were damaged.

Burma's military rulers arrest leaders of pro-democracy protests
Three of the last remaining leaders of the 8-8 Generation Students Group, which led the recent pro-democracy rallies in Burma, have been arrested by Burma's military junta.

The wave of protests, which began on August 15, 2007, were triggered by the Burmese government's decision to remove fuel subsidies, leading to a dramatic increase in the price of diesel and petrol. The Burmese government's subsequent violent crackdown on the protests was condemned by the United States, Britain, and France, among other nations. On October 12, the U.N. Security Council released a statement saying that it "strongly deplores" Burma's response to the protests.

Turkey outraged over U.S. Armenian genocide resolution
Turkish officials have expressed outrage over a United States congressional resolution labeling the Ottoman Empire's World War I era killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians as "genocide". The Turkish government has warned that the resolution threatens its strategic partnership with the U.S.

House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi said the resolution will go forward for a vote in the House despite Turkish opposition.

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2007 Australian MotoGP won by Casey Stoner

October 14, 2007

Casey Stoner, Australia's new MotoGP world champion, won the Australian Grand Prix on Phillip Island, Victoria, in the afternoon of October 14.

Stoner, 21, started the race in third position behind Dani Pedrosa and five-time world champion Valentino Rossi, but picked up speed quickly and regained first position, finishing the race in 41 minutes, 12.244 seconds.

"It's unbelievable to win in front of my home crowd," Stoner said. "I didn't think the season could get any better but it just has. I really wanted to win this one and it just puts the icing on the cake."

The win at the Prix in front of more than 50,000 fans was Stoner's ninth victory, after claiming the world title last month in Japan.


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I just tried the "play in browser" link and it didn't work for me. Will try again with my other machine when I get home, but can someone let me know what the requirements to use it are? --Brian McNeil / talk 09:57, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Java or another Ogg plugin. Try installing VLC Player, it works for me. Matt | userpage|contribs 10:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd guess Java is missing on my laptop, play in browser works on my main machine. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Licence problem
At the bottom of the page it says "This has been an Audio Wikinews Brief and is licensed under the GNU free documentation license at www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html". However Wikinews uses the Creative Commons licence. This is a bad mistake. I suggest the recorder of the breif's re-record the last sentence with "This has been an Audio Wikinews Brief and is licensed under the Creative Commons licence."  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh lawl, sorry uh, over at Spokenwiki we use GNU for some reason, I'm so use to it I don't think twice. Sure I can change it to Creative Commons. Sorry if I sound like a little kid, I haven't done radio news in about a year or two since college. .:*:*:DAVUMAYA:*:*:. 04:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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2007 Taipei Samsung Running Festival: A combination with charity, technology, and sports

October 14, 2007 With the success of the Samsung Running Festival from 2005 in Taipei, and continued with the image of charity, Samsung Electronics donated 100 PDA phones to Chinese National Association of the Deaf, R.O.C., Taiwan. (CNAD) and CNAD elected "Taiwan Top 10 Outstanding Deaf Occupational Excellence" delegates to receive this donation in the 3rd Taipei Samsung Running Festival. "Earlier in 2006, Samsung donated lots of funds to help the process of 2009 Summer Deaflympics in Taipei. In this meaningful activity, I'm appreciated with the donation from Samsung who helped lots of deaf people in Taiwan with a good enterprise image. I hope Samsung can still promote the charity in Taiwan." Jiong-huang Yang (Chairman of CNAD) said at the Donation Ceremony.

"Based on a concern with an enterprise of 'What's taken from the people is used for the people', Samsung imported this running activity and donated with charity activity in Taiwan. I hope this event will close on people in Taiwan." Kuen-Hee Park (Greater China Area Chairman of Samsung Eletronics) remarked at Opening Ceremony.

Nearly the start at 7:00 a.m. (Taipei Time), more than 30,000 runners were ready to start. To prevent the starting and route problem, the organizer Chinese Taipei Road Running Association set up the controlling line at the start line and it took a good effect with the start controlling. After the running activity, Samsung Electronics held lots of performances such as kids' street dancing, taekwondo skills by Taipei Physical Education College, CTITV Live Contest of "Ape Show" Program, and a small concert of CTV "One Million Star" entertainers. And National Palace Museum also invited runners visiting the NPM with dressing official "Taipei Samsung Running Festival" T-shirt after all the programs ended.


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Talk:At least two die in 15-truck pileup in California

Can more info be given on the location? Trying to find the tunnel entraces on Google Earth and can't see where there is any tunnel around the location given.
 * Given the Google traffic map, I'm guessing the tunnel/overpass is this. 72.74.211.41 03:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It might be this. 72.74.211.41 03:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It is that, according to this PDF from the LA Times. 72.74.211.41 03:44, 17 October 2007 (UTC)


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More allegations filed against Oral Roberts University

October 14, 2007

On Friday three fired professors filed more charges in their lawsuit against Oral Roberts University, University president, and his wife,. In addition to previous allegations of illegal political contributions, financial wrong-doing, and wrongful firings, the plaintiffs also added the ORU (Lindsay and Richard are both members of the board) to the lawsuit claiming regents did not oversee the university and its president Richard Roberts. One example cited in the lawsuit was that ORU allowed a man with three convictions of sexual abuse, including "exposing himself to a 15-year-old boy in a school locker room," to mentor ORU college students.

Also cited was that three days after the original lawsuit, Richard Roberts fired the ORU financial comptroller who had been with the school for 26 years and then proceeded to shred and destroy "voluminous materials and documents ... constituting spoilation of evidence."

In addition, the report attached to the lawsuit contained fresh allegations that Lindsay Roberts, 51, stayed overnight nine times with an "underage male" at a ORU "guest home". This "underage male" moved in with Lindsay and prompted her daughters to have locks added to the doors on the home. The filing also said she was photographed alone with that boy after Tulsa curfew 29 times, and this includes a picture of her and the boy smoking at the ORU guest house.

Friday's updated lawsuit also had an attachment of the document Stephanie Cantees, Lindsay's sister, wrote which contained the original document that the plaintiffs claim spawned their dismissals. This contains more details about the Roberts family than the previous document. Among other charges, Cantees' document says that Mrs. Roberts invites ORU athletes on her Make Your Day Count television show and gives them gifts, which is listed on the document as an "."

Previously on October 9th, Roberts and his wife appeared on, and denied all the accusations. On Friday ORU released a two sentence statement denying all allegations, and Lindsay released an email that said, "I live my life in a morally upright manner and throughout my marriage have never, ever engaged in any sexual behavior with any man outside of my marriage as the accusations imply." She continued: "Allegations against me in a lawsuit yesterday are not true. They sicken me to my soul."


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

Last Updated: October 14, 2007

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{Four died when one of President Musharraf's escort helicopters crashed. How many helicopters did he actually have as escort? - 2 + 3 - 4 - 5
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{A group was arrested by Burma police this week. What group was it? + A pro-democracy group - An anti-democracy group, which was arrested for over-protesting - A peace group - Amnesty International
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{The Dalai Lama will be awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal. What was the first reason, issued in a statement, for the U.S. awarding the Dalai Lama? - His defending of Human Rights - His dedication to Nonviolence - Religious understanding + Peace
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{Al Gore and his Climate Panel were awarded which Nobel Prize this week? + The Nobel Peace Prize - Nobel Prize for Economics - Nobel Prize for Environment - Nobel Prize for Literature
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{A shooting in Ohio this week saw five people injured before the gunman shot himself. What age was the gunman? + 14 - 16 - 18 - 20
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{Taliban militants and Pakistani troops were killed along the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan. How many Taliban militants were killed? - 80 - 90 + 150 to 200 - 201
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{Australian Prime Minister John Howard called the Australian federal election for which day? - November 26 + November 24 - November 11 - October 30
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{The 2007 Wikimania conference, held by the Wikimedia Foundation, was announced it will be held in what following city and in what country? - London, England - Cape Town, South Africa - Toronto, Canada + Alexandria, Egypt
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{Which political party was elected in the 2007 Ontario, Canada General Election this week? + Ontario Liberal Party - Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario - Ontario New Democratic Party - Green Party of Ontario
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{The Nobel Prize is awarded to people in six subjects. Out of four which Nobel Prize will be awarded to author Doris Lessing? - Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine + Nobel Prize for Literature - The Nobel Peace Prize - Nobel Prize for Physics
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Talk:Wikinews Shorts: October 14, 2007

Please, upload this one http://flickr.com/photos/aribakker/367471244/ photo of Reid's Black Beauty to Commons. I've got some troubles with Internet connection. --Yuriybrisk 19:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (South America): Colombia vs. Brazil

October 14, 2007

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Colombia and Brazil opened their 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign with a 0-0 draw.

Despite inexperienced squad, Colombia had most of the chances and Brazil became less of a threat as the game went on.

The match started 45 minutes late after a torrential downpour left the pitch temporarily unplayable. But the water drained away quickly.

Colombia pressed forward after for the majority of the game. However, they couldn't take any of their chances and ended with a 0-0 scoreline.

Brazil could find themselves in trouble with an accumulation of yellow cards as 4 of their players picked up their 1st yellow cards.

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2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa 37 - 13 Argentina

October 14, 2007

South Africa have beaten Argentina 37 - 13 in the second semi-final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France.

The first try of the match came in the seventh minute when Fourie du Preez gave South Africa the lead after a seventy metre run. Percy Montgomery added the conversion and South Africa led 7 - 0. Felipe Contepomi kicked a penalty to score Argentina's first points in the fifteenth minute, but Percy Montgomery restored South Africa's seven point lead with a penalty two minutes later. A second penalty from Felipe Contepomi brought the score to 10 - 6. However tries from Bryan Habana and Danie Rossouw gave South Africa a 24 - 6 lead at half time.

Soon after the interval Manuel Contepomi scored a try for Argentina to reduce the deficit to eleven points. Neither side could find a breakthrough for the next 25 minutes, but two Percy Montgomery penalties and a second try from Bryan Habana secured the match for South Africa.

South Africa, champions in 1995, will face defending champions England in the final, a repeat of an earlier pool match which South Africa won 36 - 0. Meanwhile, Argentina will play hosts France in the third place match. Argentina previously defeated France 17 - 12 in the opening match of the tournament.


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Talk:Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion

Original Research note
Telephone interview with Sam Brownback conducted Thursday, October 11, 2007. --David Shankbone 22:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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I am not saying that you're questions were bad, but perhaps you could of asked a few questions from the http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Story_preparation/US_2008 pages? I would hate to see all that brainstorming go for naught. I would like to see some of those questions answered by candidates. Contralya 22:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Many of those questions are outdated, and they are such a morass. For instance, "are you for or against discrimination based upon sexual orientation" was asked specifically related to his vote against that measure.  More important than the work done in compiling questions is, with limited time, talking about issues that are current and not so basic.  He recently came out supportive of the Elon Peace Plan and recently talked about leaving the Presidential race.  So, many of the topics in those questions are covered, the ones that are relevant and not staid, but I don't find that list of questions particularly useful.  --David Shankbone 23:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

 * They don't seem that bad to me. For instance, asking what made them decide to run for president... and there are others. There are some that perhaps shouldn't be asked, though only some of them are as outdated as you say. Yes, you have answered one or two, I would hate to see future interviews waste all of that question posting. And if no-one is going to ask multiple questions from those pages, than what are they there for? Contralya 08:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Some of the questions were asked or addressed. Some just aren't particularly interesting or current.  Everyone has an opinion as to what should be asked, but I don't see many offers of help in transcribing, posting, copy-editing...you know, the heavy lifting.  We have a blog that goes out to Google News that could stand to have people regularly help with updating....it's easy to come up with a few musings as to what you'd like to see someone else ask; however, all the heavy lifting is being done by a small group of us on here, and until I see more effort to help with the real work, I'll ask what I deem appropriate.  --David Shankbone 14:34, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I didn't say that you didn't answer any of them. I am not saying that any of the questions need to be provided in the exact text or format as they are on the pages, just that the question should be asked. Besides mainline issues (like stance on abortion), there are some more unusual questions that would grant incite into the candidate that wouldn't normally be seen, some unique things that aren't asked by everyone. And even though they give speeches on stuff, it would be nice to know a given candidate's stance on various issues in one interview. And about that 'heavy lifting', how hard is it to ask a person a question during an interview? I understand that you had limited time, though. The heart of what I am saying is that there should be more time in future interviews, and that more base questions should be asked. Whoever wins this election will no doubt play a big part in the future. There is about a year before the two main nominees are chosen, so I think there is time to get the important ones, if they don't see wikinews as a waste of their time. Contralya 15:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nothing is preventing you from doing interviews yourself. If you would like to see other questions asked, maybe you should do so.  I'm serious.  In the end, everyone has an opinion as to what should be asked, and what should not.  I'm not a puppet of the project and I do the work that I want to do.  Same as you.  Asking a question in a limited time frame with someone who is doing an interview or campaign event at every waking moment is far more difficult than perhaps you realize.  One question asked means another is sacrificed.  If I'm going to ask a question at the sacrifice of another, it will be for a good reason.  Not just because a menagerie of different users took five seconds to throw out a few questions they think would be interesting to ask ("What did Clinton do right?") that aren't nearly as interesting as discussing the Elon Peace Plan, national security and energy, etc.  And if I chose only questions from that page, then it would be, 'Why didn't you choose this question over this question?'  If you want more influence on the questions asked, there are two ways to go about that:  become more involved in helping with the interviews (I have a few you can transcribe for me since I'm about 10 interviews behind in transcription) or conduct them yourself.  Nothing is preventing you.  I'm happy for criticism, but the questions on that page are too old, too broad, too irrelevant, already been answered a million times (if we don't know the answer to "why did you want to run for President" at this stage of the campaign, then it's the reader's problem, not the interviewer's), or were actually asked.  Frankly, we are just lucky to get any interview right now.  We shouldn't be saying at this stage, "Well, we should get more time" when The New York Times feels the exact same way.  --David Shankbone 15:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Well it's not like there is a place were you can type in a politician and easily tell what there position is on all of the issues and the questions like 'why did you decide to run for president' (if there is a site like this, let me know so I can use it) and wikipedia is NOT it. Then if most of the stuff is answered, shouldn't we try to ask the things that haven't been answered? The kind of questions I would like to see answered are things that let you know about the person and there stance on things not often talked about, and what they stand for and against, intellectual stuff, like which would hurt the people more, a Stalinist government or a fascist one? And apparently, not everyone is as well informed as you about politics, what about the people who aren't politicians or interested in politics, but need to know who to vote for (like me)? And what I meant is, there is about a year, I would think that if they didn't think this site was too minor, they could give an hour out of a year. Oh, If I wrote someone's transcript, they probably wouldn't agree with it. Contralya 19:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * A transcript is a transcript - you don't change what was said. These people are running for president. Most people running for Congress don't have hours to give to each media outlet that wants it, let alone people running for pres. And I think what david is saying is that if you want specific answers asked, go out and do the interview. Questions are completely at the discretion of the interviewer. Lyellin 20:00, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem, Contralya, is that we are considered minor. Aside from the fact that I find the people I interview to be interesting, I'm doing big names, or at least bigger names, to increase our prestige value.  Nobody has heard of us, and the main way I get these interviews is by throwing Wikipedia's name out there.  The demands on these people's time is enormous.  I personally think I gave an interview you could read on its face and decide how to vote for someone.  I dislike questions like, "Why do you want to be President?" because they ring to me that same as interview questions that ask, "Why do you want this job?"  In this interview we talked about religion, the death penalty, gay rights, the Middle East, energy policy, his personal view, some personal misfortune, some philosophical questions, that if you read this and don't have a sense of whether you'd want to vote for this man, then I don't know how I can do better.  But I don't think those questions on that page are not going to particularly  enlighten you any more.  --David Shankbone 20:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Well I was talking about getting to know the person, because politicians aren't known for being completely honest. There needs to be a neutral, factual medium for voters to know what each candidate stands for and important questions. Every source for voter information I can find is un-neutral as far as politics, and the wikipedia articles don't give half the information that is needed. Well, anyway, if we can't get anything not heard anywhere else from interviews, there is hardly a point. No wonder 40% of the population doesn't vote. Out. Contralya 22:50, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know exactly what you are looking for, but everything you say you want is found in that interview. --David Shankbone 23:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I believe you asked very good questions David, considering the time restraints, that are quite unique from those that the mass media gives us. Thanks for providing the interview. And in regards to Contralya's complaints, there are few places where you can get a full view of a presidential candidate, the best way to do so is to spend lots of time looking at various sources. -- 75.153.125.142 1:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Sure, but no one place. I would have to spend months looking at all kinds of different media just to learn what they have already said. Anyway, I want to hear what they have to say about China and Russia, I have never heard them talk about that. 19:30, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

venezuala
how did you let him say Venezuela does bad things with asking for a follow up!?
 * I thought about that, actually. There were a lot of follow-ups I didn't get a chance to ask.  I only had half an hour, and I took 45 minutes (and received an annoyed e-mail from his PR manager).  Unfortunately, time is limited so we can only ask so many questions. For instance, in response to the hate crimes legislation, he said, "A number of people believe strongly that it will [make it a hate crime to speak out against homosexuality in a church]."  So...does that mean it actually will, or that people believe strongly it will when it really will not?  Lots of things I wish I had time to follow-up.  It's a tug-and-pull between follow-up and asking about other issues.  It's difficult.  --David Shankbone 23:23, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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Nice!
Very interesting David - although sometimes I feel like I'd LOVE to hear the tone of his answers - especially towards the end. Thanks again for this work! Lyellin 02:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Audio wiki
Any interest in having the intro recorded? It's well written and could be a good segment for a radio podcast. .:*:*:DAVUMAYA:*:*:. 04:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Meh I went ahead and recorded it anyway. .:*:*:DAVUMAYA:*:*:. 06:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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"Category:Audio Wikinews News Briefs" is not appropriate here, so it should be removed. Van der Hoorn (talk) 23:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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Report says Israeli air strike targeted Syrian nuclear reactor

October 14, 2007 Israel's air strike on Syria last month was an attempt to knock out a partially constructed nuclear reactor, according to officials with access to American and Israeli intelligence reports, the The New York Times reported on Sunday. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad previously said that Israeli jets had dropped bombs on an unused military building.

Although Syria has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has a legal right to build a nuclear reactor for the purposes of generating electricity, and it is not obligated to disclose work on such a reactor during the early stages of construction.

According to The New York Times sources, the Bush administration was divided at the time over whether to support the Israeli attack. The article quotes an American official as saying that "[t]here wasn’t a lot of debate about the evidence [of the reactor's existence]", but that "[t]here was a lot of debate about how to respond to it."

The attack is reminiscent of a 1981 Israeli raid that destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq shortly before it was scheduled to come online. Bush administration officials have stated that the 1981 attack set back Iraq's nuclear program by many years. The New York Times article quotes an Israeli official as saying that the purpose of the strike was to "re-establish the credibility of our deterrent power."


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Putin warned of assassination plot

October 15, 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin has received information from his special services regarding a possible plot to assassinate him during his visit to Iran later this week, say Kremlin officials.

A "credible" source within the Russian national security services told the Russian Interfax news agency that multiple security agencies have received reports from various international sources warning of assassination attempts by several terrorist groups. According to the official, Russian intelligence has reason to believe that the terrorist groups have already been assembled and include individuals training to kidnap the Russian President, and to sacrifice their lives during a suicide bombing.

Kremlin deputy spokeman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters that there were currently no plans to cancel Putin's historic trip, the first visit to Iran by a Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin during a wartime summit in 1943. The Russian president is planning to visit Tehran to attend a summit of the five states which border the Caspian Sea. He will arrive in Iran on Wednesday.

Putin is also expected to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss a peaceful solution to the questions regarding Iran's nuclear program, specifically its desire to acquire an atomic bomb. Although Russia has supported two rounds of restrictive UN sanctions against Iran, the Russian government says publicly that it believes that direct engagement is the most effective way to handle the situation. Russian officials have told Reuters privately that they do not support Ahmadinejad's radical ideas, and that visiting Tehran could very well widen the gap of differences with the West over how to handle Iran.

Russia has sold weapons to Iran in the past, despite American protestation. The Russian government is currently helping to build a nuclear power facility at Busehr, Iran, on the Persian Gulf.

Analysts say that delays in finishing the Bushehr power station are an indication that, regardless of what it says publicly, the Kremlin is uncomfortable with the Ahmadinejad administration. Moscow says the delays have been caused by technical problems. Are the Reports Reliable?

Mohammed Ali Hosseini, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, denied the reliability of the reports.

"Reports published by some media are totally baseless and are in line with the psychological war launched by enemies who want to harm Iran and Russia's relationship...Such erroneous reports will have no effect on the program already decided upon for Mr. Putin's visit to Tehran," he said. He seemed to indicate that the report was a creation of Iran's western enemies.

Conversely, a member of the Russian parliament's security committee has said that the report is likely reliable.

"For me this report has not come as a big revelation, because, unfortunately, today there are enough radical organisations, forces and movements of an extremist nature, oriented against Russia, which would like to settle a score with the Russian president," Gennadiy Gudkov told the state-owned Russian news channel, Vesti TV.

"There are certainly organisations of this kind in Tehran, which in recent times has unfortunately been a stronghold of radical Islamic organisations," he said.

The Moscow correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, Fred Weir, told Al Jazeera that assassination plots against the Putin had previously been uncovered in the Ukraine and Azerbaijan, both believed to be connected to the separatist movement in Chechnya.

"It could be some international scheme, perhaps connected with Russia's enemies like the Chechens," he said.

"Or it could be some elaborate rumor, in Russia we have this transitional phase, we are not sure if Putin is leaving his job or changing his job next year. All of this sort of thing excites power struggles and rumors are a major weapon in that."

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User:TheFearow/JournalistInterview

I am planning to interview several prominent or interesting journalists regarding citizen journalists and wikinews in particular.

If I get the interviews, I will list them below so anyone can add questions. The interviews will mostly take place on IRC, in a private channel. It will be voice-only, so to ask a question you have to be approved by me or just PM me the question.

Sue Gardner
Sue is the ex-head of cbc.ca, and before that was a television and radio reporter for 10 years. She now works for the Wikimedia Foundation, and is involved in the various projects including Wikinews.

Questions

 * Note: This is only a general idea. There may be follow up questions or others not thought of here that take place on IRC.

 * Hi Sue, could you explain what you do for the Wikimedia Foundation?
 * What was your job position for cbc.ca, and what did you work on while you were there?
 * Before the CBC, where did you work?
 * Have you had much to do with Wikinews during the course of your work for the Wikimedia Foundation?
 * As a journalist, what is your opinion of Citizen Journalism websites and publications?
 * What are your opinions of Wikinews?
 * Do you believe that citizen journalism sites like Wikinews should have an editorial review process?
 * As citizen journalism increases in popularity, do you believe it will replace or complement traditional media?
 * Do you think that sites like Wikinews are affected by Wikigroaning? Meaning, we get more news on things a relatively small group of people would like to read about rather than stuff a large audience would like to read about?
 * With Wikipedia becoming more "complete" and the rate of contributions dropping off as it becomes harder to add new contributions do you see people migrating to Wikinews where - personally - I believe we have the problem of sustained contribution causing burnout.
 * Can Wikinews remain with the Foundation, even if we have to establish a separate body for accreditation and contact handling?
 * Can users who have edited Wikinews be respected around real journalists? Will they be turned down because they have written for an online website like Wikinews, which is not particularly fond of the mainstream media, and not traditional media?
 * Please describe how Wikipedia's goals, which are incumbent upon no original research, work in tandem with goals at Wikinews, where original reporting is encouraged?
 * What is your favourite project?
 * What experience do you expect to bring to the Wikimedia Foundation from your experience working for CBC?
 * Have you ever read, contributed to or used any of the Wikimedia projects before you were employed by the Wikimedia Foundation? If so which ones?
 * What subjects interest you?
 * What do you like to do in your free time, when your not busy doing work for the Wikimedia Foundation?
 * Although you have an account on the english wikinews (User:SueGardner), you have never edited. One would assume that as a journalist you would use this project. Is there any main reason you don't edit here or do you just not have time?
 * If you could interview anyone for Wikinews who would you like to interview?
 * What is one thing that you think readers of Wikinews should know about you?
 * Have you ever attended a Wikimania conference?
 * What do you think of the latest Wikimania conference and about next year's location?
 * What would you like to see discussed at a future Wikimania conference?
 * Do you think reviews of books, movies plays, etc. is feasible for Wikinews?
 * Would you teach or take a Wikiversity class? How about the School of Journalism?
 * As a journalist what do you think Wikinews can do to attract the interest of professional journalists in contributing to Wikinews?
 * Who do you think we should interview next?
 * Who do you look up to?
 * As a journalist what advice do you have for anyone who wants to become a journalists for Wikinews?
 * What do you think the Wikimedia projects will be like 10 years from now?
 * As a Wikimedia Foundation employee, how do you think the Wikimedia Foundation and the various projects would be effected if the foundation decided to abandon all projects except for Wikipedia tomorrow? How do you think this would effect the mediawiki software?
 * A lot of attention has been given to improving Wikipedia. Do you think more attention is needed for the other projects?
 * What ideas do you have for bringing more attention to the other Wikimedia projects?
 * The mediawiki software has seen many improvements. Do you think it could benefit from developers focused on the needs of the other Wikimedia projects?
 * Do you think more collaboration is needed between the Wikimedia projects?
 * As more books improve in quality on Wikibooks, what changes do you think are needed to make publication more feasible?
 * As more interest increases in Wikibooks and Wikisource, what changes do you think are need to make donating printed works in wiki form more feasible?
 * Is there any new Wikimedia projects you would like to see started?
 * Did you enjoy this interview? As a journalist what could have been done better?
 * Any closing remarks you would like to make? Thank You for taking some time out for this interview Sue.

Interview location
Will be on Freenode IRC, in #wikinews-interviews. Right now

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What ever ended up happening with this? The sink hole happens, they evacuate, come closer to a cause but what happened after that?

 * Are they gonna try and fill it in?
 * Are the houses that surround the hole still evacuated?
 * If so what happened to those people?
 * Do they have it blocked off?
 * Just what to they plan to do with this sinkhole?

Odd that something so big happens, with tons of initial media coverage and then the media just drops it. I want to know what ended up happening!!

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Death toll, vehicle count rise in California truck pileup

October 15, 2007

So far, three people (including a baby) have been killed, and at least ten others were injured when two semi trucks collided in a tunnel on Interstate 5 (Newhall Pass) between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita California, United States in the late evening of October 12, setting off a chain reaction pileup that involved between 28 and 30 semi trucks and one passenger car. The wreck caused a massive fire that burned for over six hours. It was previously believed that only 13 semi trucks were involved.

"The fire burned in a very intense state for approximately four hours and basically consumed everything that was burnable," said John Tripp the Fire Chief for L.A. county.

As a result of the crash, the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a declaration of a state of emergency for Los Angeles County.

The debris has been removed and officials say that a full inspection will have to be done on the tunnel before it can be used again because the structure of the tunnel has been compromised. The tunnel passed inspection in June of 2006.

"The walls of the tunnel are fairly heavily damaged. None of the rebar appears to be melted, damaged at this point in time. But it's completely separated from the walls in a number of areas, so we lose vertical support when that happens," said California Department of Transportation official, Doug Failing.

Tripp added that more bodies could be buried in the wreckage, saying "...we're going to have to do a very methodical search. There could be unfortunately more people that were not able to escape." So far authorities have yet to identify the three people who were killed.

A full investigation is being conducted into what caused the crash.


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'Conference of the Americas' announced for 2008

After losing their bid to host, Wikimedians from the Atlanta, Georgia bid proposal are now working to host a conference focusing on Wikimedia in the Americas.

Mike Halterman, a student at the and unpaid intern at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) offices in St. Petersburg, Florida, is helping to plan the Conference of the Americas which will be held at the  (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia on May 15-18, 2008. Several others who helped in the conference's creation include: Andrew Guyton, Dan Rosenthal, Geoff Swanstrom, Hillary Lipko, Jessica Gibson, Matt Britt, and Wikinews administrator and contributor Craig Spurrier.

"We went forward after Wikimania because we felt that we had a good idea on our hands, and all the organization and manpower should not go to waste. We can still make a difference here in our own hemisphere, which as far as Wikimedia goes, has been overlooked in favor of the world picture. We want to show the work done by people here, and how it impacts people here," said Halterman in an exclusive interview with Wikinews.

The conference is focused on "discussions of Wikimedia and the free culture movement and how they relate to communities (national/regional, social, linguistic); discussions about the impacts free culture movements have in these communities, and by the work done in said movements in everyday life," says the announcement. The discussion includes North America, specifically the United States and Canada, along with the countries of Latin America. Wikimedia Argentina and the WMF have also been given a proposal, but decisions on endorsement are still pending for both. There will also be a journalism segment that will be held inside the Turner Broadcasting building on Techwood Drive in Midtown Atlanta.

After the location of Wikimania 2008 was announced to be in Alexandria, Egypt, the LGBT community spoke out, wondering if the jury, a group of Wikimedians who selected the location, took into account, safety of all attending, , or free speech in the country before making their decision. There has since been discussion and controversy over the location posted on several public mailing lists.

Despite that, Halterman, who was on the bidding team to have Wikimania 2008 in Atlanta, states that the Conference of the Americas was not formed in retaliation, revenge or to "out maneuver" Wikimania 2008 and that the discussion for the COTA was taking place long before the location of Wikimania was announced. He also states that the conference's purpose is not to compete with it, but to give those who are in the western hemisphere a chance to attend a Wikimedia event for the Americas.

"This was never something that was supposed to be 'the American solution.' We aren't trying to compete with Wikimania at all. We're not out to make a statement against Wikimania. This isn't done out of anger, it's done out of a drive to unite, not to divide. We have over 100 interested parties all over the United States who want to volunteer and/or attend in some fashion or another. Reaching out to the other communities is high on our list of priorities and we really do want to make this a hemispheric effort" as "it's more expensive for people to go to Egypt over something in their own country or something close enough to it," said Halterman to Wikinews.

The conference is sponsored by Georgia Tech, the, the Public Journalism Network (pjnet), and the Carolina Open Source Initiative.


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Talk:'Conference of the Americas' announced for 2008

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I interviewed Mr. Halterman in IRC for all his quotes. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Alternative
Doesn't he specifically say that it's NOT supposed to be an alternative to wikimania, or did I misunderstand that? Lyellin 02:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You understood right, it is not supposed to be an alternative. But rather a local option. Many attendees including myself will be at both--Cspurrier 02:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Then I will express a modicum of concern over the title, and possibly POV. Lyellin 02:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And rightly so. Please remove any references to "alternative" if at all possible. It's an alternative to some people but not for all people and that is not the goal here. TheCustomOfLife 02:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * BTW it probably should be Wikimedia Conference of the Americas--Cspurrier 03:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC) Still waiting for WMF to give the offical yes --Cspurrier 12:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * how are people with the first line now? Lyellin 03:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Everything with the article is better now. TheCustomOfLife 04:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Pong
DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Digg It!
Digg this article! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Facebook event
This may be a useful link, as it coordinates interest and involvement. Here. TheCustomOfLife 20:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Controversy
Is it worth mentioning that a number of non-US Wikimedians didn't attend the Boston event in 2006 because of the very same issues brought up about Egypt (human rights, free speech, safety)?

Also, sodomy was illegal in Georgia less than 10 years ago, and Georgia voters voted 75% for a gay-marriage ban in 2004. It seems like a stretch to sell Atlanta as the the gay-friendly alternative to Alexandria. --Evan 13:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


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User:Disavian

I am Andrew Guyton. I contribute most frequently as w:User:Disavian on the English Wikipedia.

I am mentioned in 'Conference of the Americas' announced for 2008.

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Wikinews:Briefs/October 15, 2007

The time is 5:00 UTC and this Audio Wikinews Brief for Monday, October 15, 2007.

Death toll, vehicle count rise in California truck pileup
So far, three people (including a baby) have been confirmed killed, and at least 10 others were injured when two semi trucks collided in a tunnel on Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita California in the United States. The incident occurred last Friday evening, setting off a chain reaction pileup that involved more than 29 vehicles, six being semi trucks and one passenger car. The wreck caused a massive fire that burned for over six hours. It was previously believed that only 13 semi trucks were involved.

As a result of the crash, the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a declaration of a state of emergency for Los Angeles County.

The debris has been removed and officials say that a full inspection will have to be done on the tunnel before it can be used again because the structure of the tunnel has been compromised. The tunnel passed inspection in June of 2006 and a full investigation is being conducted into what caused the crash.

More allegations filed against Oral Roberts University
Last Friday three fired professors filed more charges in their lawsuit against Oral Roberts University, University president Richard Roberts, and his wife, Lindsay Roberts. In addition to previous allegations of illegal political contributions, financial wrong-doing, and wrongful firings, the plaintiffs also added the ORU Board of Regents to the lawsuit claiming regents did not oversee the university and its president Richard Roberts. One example cited in the lawsuit was that ORU allowed a man with three convictions of sexual abuse to mentor ORU college students.

In addition the report attached to the lawsuit contained fresh allegations that Lindsay Roberts, 51, stayed overnight nine times with an "underage male" at a ORU "guest home". The filing also said she was photographed alone with that boy after Tulsa curfew and includes a picture of her and the boy smoking at the ORU guest house

Previously on October 9th, Roberts and his wife appeared on Larry King Live, and denied all the accusations.

Putin warned of assassination plot
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received information from his special services regarding a possible plot to assassinate him during his visit to Iran later this week, say Kremlin officials.

A "credible" source within the Russian national security services told the Russian Interfax news agency that multiple security agencies have received reports from various international sources warning of assassination attempts by several terrorist groups including suicide-bombings.

Russia has sold weapons to Iran in the past, despite the U.S. protesting. The Russian government is currently helping to build a nuclear power facility at Busehr, Iran, on the Persian Gulf.

Analysts say that delays in finishing the Bushehr power station are an indication that, regardless of what it says publicly, the Kremlin is uncomfortable with the Ahmadinejad administration. Moscow says the delays have been caused by technical problems.

Mohammed Ali Hosseini, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, denied the reliability of the reports.

US Crude Oil reaches new high
Over the weekend, oil prices in the United States briefly hit a new all-time high at US$84.05, but later fell to just under that to $83.69. Brent Crude also rose to $80.55, up 40 cents in the United Kingdom.

The high prices are amid fears that Turkey is planning to attack Iraqi Kurdish militants that killed 13 Turkish soldiers last Sunday. 60,000 Turkish troops are stationed at the Iraq-Turkey border.

Report says Israeli air strike targeted Syrian nuclear reactor
Israel's air strike on Syria last month was an attempt to knock out a partially constructed nuclear reactor, according to officials with access to American and Israeli intelligence reports, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad previously said that Israeli jets had dropped bombs on an unused military building.

Although Syria has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has a legal right to build a nuclear reactor for the purposes of generating electricity, and it is not obligated to disclose work on such a reactor during the early stages of construction.

The attack is reminiscent of a 1981 Israeli raid that destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq shortly before it was scheduled to come online. Bush administration officials have stated that the 1981 attack set back Iraq's nuclear program by many years.

This has been an Audio Wikinews brief and is licensed under the the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license at http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

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Anti-terrorism raids in New Zealand

October 15, 2007

Around 17 people were arrested and a number of guns and weapons were seized earlier this morning (NZDT) at "terrorist" training camps and anarchist group homes following raids by the New Zealand Police around the country. The raids were under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 and Arms Act.

The raids, conducted by over 300 armed police officers, focused on indigenous Māori and environmental activists, including activist Tame Iti. Iti faces eight counts relating to firearms, including having a semi-automatic shotgun and two molotov cocktails. He is well known in New Zealand for many high profile cases, including a sedition charge for shooting the New Zealand flag, for which he was later acquitted, during Waitangi day in 2005.

Police Commissioner Howard Broad said that those targeted were from various ethnicities and from different motivations.

Commissioner Broad said, "It was military-style activity they were training for", adding that he did not believe "protest activity involves firearms or other weapons." One training camp raided by police was "guerilla-style" in the Urewera mountain ranges. Guns, ammunition and grenades were found in the camp.

No one has yet been charged with a crime against the Terrorism Suppression Act, only with charges relating to the Arms Act. "[The Police] are proceeding with full care in talking to people and assessing information before we can determine whether there is sufficient evidence to seek the consent of the Attorney General through the Solicitor General to charge anyone under [the Terrorism Suppression Act]," Commissioner Broad said. "This is the first time that the Terrorism Suppression Act has been considered in terms of an operation."

Warrants were executed in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland; the capital, Wellington; Christchurch; Palmerston North and towns in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region. The warrants were issued under the Summary Proceedings Act, which allows searching for evidence of committing an offence against the Terrorism Suppression and Arms acts.

The police were informed of the existence of the camps by hunters who stumbled across a training operation being conducted by the groups. The raids were undertaken after evidence was gathered during 2006 and 2007 and followed months of police work. Police had infiltrated the camps, and taken video footage of weapons training. Phone and text message communications and conversations between suspects were recorded. Commissioner Broad said, "Based on the information and the activity known to have taken place, I decided it was prudent that action should be taken in the interests of public safety.". Reports have indicated a specific threat to the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, was involved.

Prime Minister Helen Clark was briefed on the raids last week by police but refused to comment to reporters earlier today.

Those who have been arrested and appeared in court today were given interim name suppression.

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Australia Votes 2007: Opposition transport minister speaks to Wikinews on Central NSW freeway

October 15, 2007

In late September, the Howard government announced that it would fund a AU$20 million engineering study into the construction of a Bells Line expressway across the Blue Mountains, linking Sydney to the Central West of NSW. At the time of the announcement, Federal opposition transport minister, Martin Ferguson accused the federal government of "pork-barreling" on the issue.

In an interview with Wikinews, the shadow transport minister warned that a Bells Line expressway could not be built for many years, regardless of the outcome of any study and that people in the Central West want "better roads now". Mr Ferguson said that a Rudd Labor government would upgrade the Great Western Highway now and spend up to $5 million investigating the Bells Line expressway proposal as part of a broader study into the transport needs of Central Western NSW in the medium to long term. He said that $200 million had already been promised by the opposition to upgrade the Great Western Highway between Mount Victoria and Lithgow.

When questioned about other possible road projects a Rudd government would embark upon, Mr Ferguson promised to retain the current Auslink projects and to upgrade highways which form the national highway network. Mr Ferguson said "When it comes to the national network, we are committed to the ongoing progressive upgrade of the Hume, Pacific and Bruce Highways and other highways identified in the corridor strategies that have been agreed between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories."

Mr Ferguson attacked the Howard government's recent transport announcements, claiming that they are based merely on marginal seat politics and promised that a Labor government would base funding on economic priorities, relying upon the advice of experts.

Mr Ferguson also commented on the government's $1 billion funding announcement for the Pacific Highway. Mr Ferguson criticised the announcement claiming it to be without substance. "This announcement came with no details about where the money is coming from, what specific projects will be delivered or when."

"It’s almost as if John Howard has plucked a number out of the air without any consultation with the NSW Government on the details of the project," said Mr Ferguson.

Mr Ferguson said that drivers who used the Pacific Highway "just want the project completed". He recalled that the upgrade program was initiated in 1995 by a Keating Labor federal government and NSW government partnership.