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"Children of Men" wins Scripter Award for writing

January 12, 2007

Children of Men, a movie based on a P.D. James book, has won the 2006 USC Scripter Award for its writing. Both the original author, James, and the screenwriting team will be honored by the University of South California for their work.

The winning screenwriters are Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby. The Children of Men was James' 12th book, written in 1992.

USC School of Cinematic Arts Writing Division Chair Howard A. Rodman commented This year's five nominated films were, all of them, heartfelt and elegantly wrought. In that heady company, 'Children of Men' was first among equals. Messrs. Cuarón, Sexton, Arata, Fergus, and Ostby took P.D. James's bracingly dystopic novel and crafted from it a film at once brave, subtle, shocking. This is writing and screenwriting of the highest order.

For nineteen years, the USC Libraries Scripter Award has honored "writers for the best achievement in adaptation among English-language films released during the previous year and based on a book, novella or short story." While there are many awards for either screenwriting in general, or adapted screenwriting, the Scripter is the only award to recognize both the screenwriters and the original authors.

Also nominated was:
 * screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and author Lauren Weisberger for The Devil Wears Prada
 * screenwriter Neil Berger for The Illusionist, based on the story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser
 * screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock for The Last King of Scotland, based on the book by Giles Foden
 * screenwriter Patrick Marber and author Zoe Heller for Notes on a Scandal

The titles were selected by committee, from a list of forty-five eligible films. The committee is made of Writers Guild of America members (including some Academy Award-winning screenwriters and Academy Award-nominated screen writers), authors, film industry executives, USC faculty, the dean of the USC Libraries, and selected members of the Friends of the USC Libraries, the sponsor of the event.

Previous screenwriters and authors honored include the teams behind Capote, Million Dollar Baby, The Hours, A Beautiful Mind, L.A. Confidential, The English Patient and Schindler's List.


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 * Can we please make this Breaking News on the Wiki news homepage? It really deserves to be on top with a picture! -Nbgoku 18:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

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needs to report the Iranian response too. — Doldrums(talk) 18:02, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * But Russia responded! -Nbgoku 18:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok I posted the Iran's response, now lets put this as breaking news on the top of wikinews!-Nbgoku 18:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

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Car and train collide in Buffalo, New York

Reports say that a subway train and a car have collided in downtown Buffalo, New York.

Witnesses say that calls to 911 came in just before 12:00 p.m. [EST] that a car had driven onto the tracks of the Metro Rail operated by the Niagra Frontier Transit Authority at the Theatre District rail stop which is near West Tupper and Main Streets in Downtown Buffalo.

The train was traveling on the northbound track toward the Allen Medical Station when the vehicle apparently began to drive norhtbound away from the train. The train did stop but still managed to make light contact with the vehicle from behind.

The driver of the car is reported to be a 73 year-old male who was not injured in the accident but is currently being evaluated at Erie County Medical Center. Witnesses say the man was "out of it" when police arrived. It is unknown if charges will be filed against the driver.

There were no injuries to passengers and witnesses have stated that all the passengers on the train were evacuated.

Buffalo is now the smallest city in the U.S. to have a subway system.


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I am likely on my way to get photos and quotes. It is not far from where I am. Currently the reports are coming in from unnamed witnesses I am conversing with at the cafe I am at. DragonFire1024 19:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * If ANY sources should come about while I am investigating, please feel free to update ASAP. DragonFire1024 19:19, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
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Canadian CEO accused of fraud, suspected to have fled country

January 12, 2007

Police are now searching Canada-wide for 25-year-old Adam Spencer, a man with ties to the Oakville, Ontario and Toronto areas. He is a motivational speaker, and the founder/chief executive (CEO) of Emexis Integrated Solutions, an upstart information technology company.

First off, Spencer told investors between September 2005 and May of last year that he was making Emexis a public company, located in downtown Toronto. He allegedly took CAN$8 million from Canadian investors, defrauded 100 investors out of amounts ranging from CAN$5,000 to as much as CAN$2 million each in a couple of cases, and is on the run with their cash.

Police don't even know if he is still in Canada. They suspect that he could be in England because he has a passport there.

Spencer travels to car race events all around the world.

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Out of date stuff
Most of what's here is "old news" - especially the provincial election and the "failed" referendum. Shouldn't all items have a datestamp on them? I'm new here and wondering how best to go about additions, and am of course wary of editing a portal page (being a regular Wikipedia contributor). But the lack of dates here, and of more recent material, is a bit consternating.....and featuring Gordo's pic is too much like an ad, especiallly given it's old news....Skookum1 02:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

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Your comments on BC_election_writ_drops... article
Hey, I chanced on your comments on the BC election writ drops; referendum campaigns underway. Not having read the article, I still wanted to reply to some of your comments: I think a lot of your suggestions were/are good ones: adding photos of further candidates, qualifying the poll (either by stating who it by, or by drawing on a different one for comparison). Certainly, I think you would have found nobody opposing you if they'd have been made shortly after publishing the article (admittedly a day later is pushing it somewhat).

I'm afraid though that the way you put your comments was such, that you probably discouraged any fellow contributors to actually put any of your suggestions into place. Anybody here is happy to have a hand lent them - but if you are requesting someone to do something you believe is important, I think you have to strike a different tone.

I've written some comments addressing the subject matter in more detail on the article talk page.

Regards Sean Heron (talk) 21:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

 * I'm always a tad pithy but often seem more deadly-of-intent than my language might otherwise indicate. "Blunt" is more my wont than tact....I hesitated to make various changes as I don't know WikiNews' procedures, i.e. as there's evidently an article-prep phase and who knows what else goes on that's different here from regular Wikipedia.  I also will admit to being very defenstive/suspicious about "innocent POV", which in many wikipedia articles has the pretense of objectivity, or at best innocence, but still has a POV effect.  That said, I don't have more parts of myself, or more time in the day, to build up this article properly; I've got twenty or thirty things nn the back boiler in regular Wikipedia, I just happaned to see this one's link on the 2009 election page and was taken aback by the NPOV rating on the peer review.  Campbell's image and name have a way of turning up way more often than other politicians, and other premiers, and it's clear he has an info-machine running to "massage" Wikipedia in various ways; it's to the NPD's credit, or maybe cupidity, that they don't do the same (Green pages are often POV as well as COI, as are many envirnomental-issues pages, but that's always blatant and often correctable....so I get a bit testy about seeing anything that "accidentally 'favours Campbell, as I've run into his name in more superfluous places, even his picture, where it just didn't belong.  Seeing only IT on an ostensibly neutral newspage took me aback, although I'll grant I didn't see much else in teh way of POV once reading it; it's difficult to be NPOV about BC politics because the facts themselves are very POV to recite (on either side).  I'm a better commentor than reporter, anyway, and like i said I'm already drawn thin so can't build up cites/new info as much as I'd maybe like to; and I stay away from direct editing on stuff I have my own strong POV about, i.e. when it's partisan (or anti-partisan)....I'm much more ruthless, if that's the word, on "historical fiction" I run across posing as history, but am mindful of being fair to all comers in current politics, but also not flinching frmo dirty details if they're there.....Anyway g'nite, thanks for the welcome template; if I was retired and on a good pension or had resources otherwise I might be able to spend more time on news articles of all kinds; at times it's like regular Wikipedia has swallowed me whole...!Skookum1 (talk) 03:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

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Tsunami warning issued after earthquake near Japan

January 13, 2007

Following a magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a Tsunami warning for the north-eastern coast of Hokkaido and a lesser warning for Honshu.

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Bloggers cite rumors of US "secret war" with Iran and Syria

January 13, 2007

Rumors are circulating in the United States capital of Washington that President Bush has declared a "secret, informal war" on Iran and Syria, according to a pair of blogs written by apparent Washington insiders.

"Washington intelligence, military and foreign policy circles are abuzz today with speculation that the President, yesterday or in recent days, sent a secret Executive Order to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director of the CIA to launch military operations against Syria and Iran," blogger and think-tank fellow Steven Clemons wrote on Thursday on his site, The Washington Note. The Plank, hosted by the New Republic Magazine, posted an entry on Friday about similar speculation around the capital U.S. city.

Both blogs cited questions asked by Senator Joseph Biden to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a congressional hearing on Thursday. The hearing was a planned follow-up by the administration to answer concerns raised by President Bush's address to the nation on Wednesday where he announced the commitment to send more troops to Iraq. Biden asked several questions about whether the president had plans to send troops across the borders of Iran and Syria.

"Does that mean the president has plans to cross the Syrian and/or Iranian border to pursue those persons or individuals or governments providing that help?" Biden asked.

In an extensive answer, the secretary did not seem to explicitly deny it: "...What we're really trying to do here which is to protect our forces and that we are doing that by seeking out these networks that we know are operating in Iraq. We are doing it through intelligence. We are then able, as we did on the 21st of December, to go after these groups where we find them. In that case, we then asked the Iraqi government to declare them persona non grata and expel them from the country because they were holding diplomatic passports."

She soon added: "...We do need to work with our allies to make certain that they have the defense capacity that they need against growing Iranian military build-up, that they feel that we are going to be a presence in the Persian Gulf region as we have been, and that we establish confidence with the states with which we have long alliances, that we will help defend their interests. And that's what the president had in mind."

The Plank was quick to note that the "secret war" was, at this point, just a rumor. Later that day, The New York Times published a report on an interview conducted in Condoleezza Rice's office Friday afternoon, before she left for a trip to the Middle East. "There has been a decision to go after these networks," she said, referring to President Bush. The U.S. military was authorized by the president to take action against Iranian operatives in Iraq months ago.

In the same report, the New York Times quoted the new secretary of defense Robert M. Gates as saying, "We believe that we can interrupt these networks that are providing support, through actions inside the territory of Iraq, that there is no need to attack targets in Iran itself."

Though he is Commander in Chief of the U.S. armed forces, the president does not have the constitutional authority to declare war (only the Congress does). The president, however, can order military strikes without declaring war.

The U.S. has long explored possible attacks on Iran, according to Seymour Hersh, who has written three articles on deteriorating US-Iran relations for the New Yorker magazine.

The US, acting through Turkey, has supported Israeli intelligence collection and propaganda broadcasts supporting the ethnic Azeri nationalist movement in the north of Iran, according to Scott Ritter, former UNSCOM weapons inspector in Iraq, since at least 1996.

Anticipation of possible US military action against Iran has only intensified since Bush's midweek speech in which he announced 21,500 more soldiers would be sent to Iraq. In the same speech, he warned Iran and Syria against involvement in the Iraq conflict.

Hours after the speech, U.S. forces raided the Iranian Consulate in the town of Arbil, in the Kurdish area of Iraq, detaining several Iranian officials.


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Talk:Bloggers cite rumors of US "secret war" with Iran and Syria

President cannot declare war, corrections
to my knowledge, the President cannot "declare" War, only the congress can. perhaps what is being meant here is that he is rumoured to have launched covert military operations.

Rice's response to Biden's questions shld be reported in full, rather than be selectively paraphrased ("did not explicitly deny it"), as i think has been done here.

to my knowledge, only one Iranian laison office has been raided in Iraq, not "offices". the 90,000 troop increase does not appear to be relevant to these rumors. if the increase has been linked to these rumoured "war", then we shld attribute that linking and not make it ourselves.

the formally stated white house/state dept./pentagon policy towards engagement with iran shld be stated in the article too. — Doldrums(talk) 05:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the comments. Good questions.

 * This article is not reporting that there is a secret war. It's reporting rumors of actions that these bloggers have dubbed a "secret war." It may be a fine distintion, but it is distinct.

 * And I have no problem taking out the 90,000 troop increase. I think that's a good catch.

 * I would also be happy to add some direct quotes from Biden and Rice. Anybody else is welcome to in the meantime, but I'll mark the story back as "develop" and work on it when I have more time.

 * Thanks, again!
 * -- Newspaper 06:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

 * What'd be nice is reactions from the Congress or the White House. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  06:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Blogs not reliable soruces
Since when did whisperings and rumours become news? Isn't there something that needs to be here - like hard fact? Bl a st  13,01,07 1651 (UTC -5)

 * Damn straight. Blogs are just people's diaries, they are unverified tripe often written by people who know very little. This is not really news. --Frontier (preceding unsigned comment by 58.169.138.101 06:41, 16 January 2007)

 * Blogs and conspiracy theories shouldn't qualify as news. They are welcome in the newsroom, but I think that they should stay off the main page.  The mere fact that it came from "apparent Washington insiders" questions it's validity.  I am considering giving this an NPOV, but it's not so much neutrality as it is validity.  Personally, I think it should be removed from the main page as it is not real news.

 * Also, there is no real indication of who the bloggers are, as as far as I can see, only one blog is linked.

 * The fact that this is the top story is pretty disturbing.

 * Also, why is this protected? It's simply a theory from an unverified source.  Shouldn't it remain open to editing in case anything new comes up?208.183.225.11 15:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm unaware if Wikinews has a sub-topic page called 'Gossip', so this story simply went under the Culture and entertainment sub-topic heading of 'Media'. I'm so un-sorry for having had any part of this awful story. For the truly good stuff, see Boud's link after TODO (!) -Edbrown05 00:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

It's okay to cite blogs as primary sources if the article is discussing what the blogs are saying. ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  00:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Publish
Please check and mark publish if OK. Newspaper 07:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

The title fails to mention who's at war with Iran and Syria, which would count as slightly US-centric POV. 82.181.20.72 14:02, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, I was going to change it to Bloggers cite rumors of US "secret war" with Iran and Syria but chickened out. Anyone else voluntering Nil Einne 14:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Tsunami warning issued after earthquake near Japan

Cnn says 8.4. BBC says 8.3. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/13/tsunami.japan/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6258167.stm


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User:Tellyaddict~enwikinews

Welcome to my User Page on Wikinews. I am a member here but I've been using the English Wikipedia for about four months and I'm experienced with that but not very on here. Anyway please feel free to drop me a message on my Talk Page

Respectfully...Tellyaddict 16:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Tellyaddict~enwikinews

Welcome to my Talk Page. Please leave me a comment if it's necessary to contact me about anything relating to Wikinews.

Respectfully...Tellyaddict 12:58, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

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Dammit, a bigger hammer does not squash problems that can move before the hammer falls! Dx Bl a st  12,01,07 2136 (UTC -5)


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Ship accident in Norwegian sea causes environmental catastrophe

January 13, 2007

Cypriot cargo ship "Server" went down in Norwegian territory of the North Sea near the Norwegian city Bergen around 6pm local time on January 12. The ship broke into two parts and the accident is described as a catastrophe for the environment in the area due to a significant fuel oil leak. The oil reached land a short time after the breakdown.

The entire 25-man crew was brought to land around 9pm by a Sea King-helicopter. At noon next day it was reported that 290 tons of heavy fuel oil had leaked out onto the sea. The spilt oil has covered ground along the coast and is reported to be still spreading. A nature reservation area for birds is in imminent danger of pollution.


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Talk:Ship accident in Norwegian sea causes environmental catastrophe

Use  for links to Wikipedia. Dates aren't linked on Wikinews, that's encyclopedic behaviour. Countries like Norway have direct pages for all the news in the category.

And we need sources, or original reporting notes, or a combination of both. For a story like this you could have a non-english source provided you can also find an english one.

Then there's the title - which only registered users can change. Something more descriptive is the first issue, second is we Don't Do Titles With Camel Caps. Only proper nouns and the first word should be capitalised. Lots of stuff on that in the style guide, but you don't have to read all the rules and guidelines before you start contributing. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


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User:Alexanderkg

Hello!

I'm norwegian. Please see one of my others pages for imformation about me:

 * Norwegian Wikipedia
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I will write more on this page later!

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Mine collapses in West Virginia; 2 reported dead

January 13, 2007

At least 2 coal miners in Cucumber, West Virginia were killed inside an underground mine after the roof collapsed when a pillar fell over. The collapse happened approximately 1.5 miles away from the entrance to the mine and it is not known what caused the pillar to fall.

"There's no need for rescue teams, the individuals have been recovered," said Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training director, Ron Wooten.

The mine is called the Brooks Run Mine and owned by Alpha Natural Resources LLC. The mine is located in McDowell County, in the southern part of the state.

A call to 911 was placed at approximately 11:00 a.m. [EST].

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Church group backs 'extremist' mosque

January 20, 2007 A British church group has defended a city mosque accused of "extremism", following an investigation by Channel 4 television.

The Saltley Gate Peace Group, an interfaith organisation based in Birmingham, has expressed "its undiminished support" for the Green Lane Masjid, featured in Channel 4's investigative Dispatches programme shown on Monday 15 January.

While filming Undercover Mosque, a secret Dispatches' reporter attended lectures at mosques run by key organisations whose public faces are presented as "moderate and mainstream" - but is believed to discover "preachers condemning the idea of integration into British society". The apparent influence of "Saudi Arabian Islam", sometimes known as Wahabism or Salafism, is also scrutinised in the film.

Programme makers claim the documentary, filmed and written by journalist Bobby Pathak, reveals "a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths" but are in fact spreading "a message of religious bigotry and extremism". One of the Islamic organisations allegedly secretly filmed is Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, a registered British charity which runs more than 40 mosques and branches in the UK with its headquarters at Green Lane Mosque in the Small Heath area of the city.

The documentary largely focused on the views of Abu Usama at-Thahabi, an African-American preacher based at the Green Lane Mosque. The documentary purported to show evidence of speeches made by the imam in which he allegedly condemns women, homosexuals and non-Muslims. In one clip, he is heard to say: "Allah has created the woman - even if she gets a PhD - deficient. Her intellect is incomplete, deficient. She may be suffering from hormones that will make her emotional. It takes two witnesses of a woman to equal the one witness of the man." However, the Medinah University educated convert to Islam claimed his words had been misconstrued, later releasing a Google internet video defending his words.

However, the Anglo-Muslim group, founded in the 1970s, has rebuked the allegations, describing the documentary as "grossly distorted". Shaykh Shouaib Ahmed, the Secretary General of Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith voiced his concerns.

"We reject all forms of extremism. It is deeply alarming that a few sentences have been taken out of context in order to create the impression that our institution is a hotbed of fanaticism  they could have approached us directly - we operate an open door policy in our mosques. We have nothing to hide. The religion of Islam is very clear."

The mosque explained, "We would like to make it clear that Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith cannot be regarded as endorsing every word uttered by every speaker we invite to our various mosques. Islam commands us to respond in kind to those who desire peaceful co-existence. If anyone contradicts this teaching then we would repudiate their views without hesitation."

A similar opinion was echoed in a statement from the Saltley Gate Peace Group. The community action project, based at the Saltley Methodist Church, feared the community around the mosque would be ostracized as a result of the investigation. "We cannot speak for the views of specific individuals featured in the film but are completely in support of the good nature of the mosque's diverse, multiracial and peaceful worshippers and administration."

The group has in the past successfully campaigned against propaganda campaigns in the area led by the disbanded radical group, Al-Muhajiroun.

"It is our hope that more resources will be spent on preventing true radical groups from brainwashing young Muslims and less time spent on demonising the general Muslim population for the actions of a select few", they added.

The Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith and Green Lane Masjid felt the forthcoming edition of Dispatches would "play into the hands of those who wish to exacerbate tensions within society". The religious authority has sent a letter to producer of the programme, Andrew Smith, highlighting their concerns.

An Ahl-e-Hadith mosque in Derby was also put under the spotlight in the programme, along with a Birmingham mosque run by the UK Islamic Mission (UKIM).

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Welcome! User:Lahiru_k|This is my English Wikipedia userpage

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User talk:Lahiru k

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Talk:Church group backs 'extremist' mosque

Date
There's a problem with the article being dated before the sources, it should probably be changed to at least the date of the last source. That may mean its never appeared on the front page so a bump to today may actually be more appropriate. However, the article would need some changes to indicate when the program was broadcast. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

That is a good idea but other articles have referenced this story, pointing out the church backed the mosque before transmission of the documentary. Would this become confusing or can the date still be changed or the article archived? I think maybe the last date after sources? --Kaiserjnr 14:03, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


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Hi. Your image of David Beckham does not have a source and could be copyrighted. Please put a link to your source on the page. Please also note that Wikinews is not allowed to have images from other news sources. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  01:20, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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Japanese court plans to seize control of 2channel

January 13, 2007

2channel, the largest Internet forum in the world and an ISP in Japan, has been shuttered by a Japanese court ruling in a civil slander case. The corporation managing 2channel was declared bankrupt and its assets will be seized. The ISP will close on January 15th, and the future of the famous "mega-BBS" is uncertain.

2channel's operator, Hiroyuki Nishimura, was sued in 2006 by an unnamed 35-year-old office worker who had been made fun of and insulted on one of 2channel's forums. Nishimura moved his operations outside of Japan but did not contest the judge, who awarded the anonymous office worker 5 million yen, to be taken from 2channel's meager holdings within the country, such as its ISP "2channel Provider."

Nishimura issued no official response, but the splash page of 2ch, traditionally featuring a Japanese vase, was given an sarcastic "notice" telling readers that the vase was being repossessed by the Akabane District Court.

2channel was founded in 1999 and currently receives over 2.7 million posts per day from millions of users, mostly in Japan. 2channel is hosted in California but the domain name is registered in Japan.


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the reason
I heard that insults were not the reason to sue Hiroyuki. Actually, someone posted that office manager's and his family members' real names and revealed his home address. Also, court decided to make Hiroyuki pay 50000 yen for each day until he will give info about that person who posted that managers private information. That's why he must pay 5000000 yen after 100 days. --87.240.15.1 10:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


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User:Symode09

Hey, welcome I am also a member of most other wikimedia sites,

I am rude or come accross as offensive, please understand and accept my apology in advance. I also would like to point out that I can be sarcastic - I am not having a go at me, it is just my style :p

Currently not editing on wikinews, busy spending time having a life since this place is being run like a craphole

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Western New York prepares for ice storm

January 13, 2007

Western New York is preparing for what some forecasters are saying to be a major ice storm.

The NOAA has issued several warnings for Western New York which begin at 7:00 p.m. [EST] on Saturday and continue into Monday January 15, 2007.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for tonight and Sunday Morning for the "potential of heavy amounts" of ice, sleet and snow and has the potential to become "dangerous." The advisory is set to expire at 8:00 a.m. [EST] on Sunday morning.

"Light freezing rain and freezing drizzle is expected to begin after midnight tonight and continue into Sunday morning. Precipitation amounts are expected to be very light; however, it does not take much freezing rain to make untreated surfaces slippery," said the advisory on the NOAA's website.

"It [the freezing rain] is not expected to be heavy enough to cause tree or power problems," added the statement.

On Sunday night and Monday, "a wintery mix of precipitation with the potential for heavy amounts is expected Sunday night into Monday. This event has the potential to be much more significant than the precipitation tonight and Sunday morning. Heavy accumulations of snow, sleet or freezing rain are possible, which could lead to significant travel problems and utility outages caused by downed powerlines and poles," said a statement on the NOAA's website.

Although warnings and watches are posted, the NOAA says that the track of the storm is still "uncertain."

"There is still a good deal of uncertainty" as to the track of the storm, "but this storm has the potential to become dangerous," added the statement.

The same storm has caused more than 125,000 people to lose power near St. Louis, Missouri and power officials say that they are "still losing people," said Springfield’s City Utilities spokesman, Ern DeCamp.

At least 6 people have been killed due to the storm around the Midwest and has caused schools and flights from and to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas to be cancelled. 25,000 people in Oklahoma are still without power.

An emergency proclamation has been issued by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in California after below freezing temperatures caused "conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property."

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Breaking
I am going to be covering this story as much as possible in the next 2 days in Buffalo as its going to be a big storm here. I hope to have pictures and whatnot as it happens. Breaking is to add quotes and such later on. DragonFire1024 23:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


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Ship accident article
I've done a quick copyedit on your English ;-), if I've not made the article inaccurate please change to  . --Brian McNeil / talk 00:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much ;-) I'm still learning english, but I hope I may contribute to Wikinews. I'll try my best to write in a good english so you don't have to edit everything ;) Alexanderkg 00:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! — Doldrums(talk) 05:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Commons talk page
I just noticed someone left a message for you on your commons talk page. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:23, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Stevenfruitsmaak/Goings-on/Subscribers

This page lists people who wish to receive the newsletter, or who have not said that they don't :-D. Anyway anyone can join, there is no cabal, so feel free to list yourself here. I've randomly selected people from the recent changes and from my talk page.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 01:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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New Zealand Green party rates other parties on climate change policies

January 14, 2007

The Green party of Aotearoa New Zealand has ranked other political parties in New Zealand based on their policies and action taken on climate change. The results were announced at a Greens picnic today by co-leader, Doctor Russel Norman at his State of the Planet speech.

The top party was themselves, Labour (Government) in second with Dr Norman saying they are "too frightened to do what needs to be done,", the Māori party in third, then National, United Future, New Zealand First and lastly, ACT, leaving out Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition party from being ranked. According to the Greens, ACT is denying how important climate change really is.

However not even Dr Norman is satisfied being at the top of the list, stating that more can be improved on. "We have been leading the debate but we don't have all the answers." Dr Norman does say that if the Greens were not in Parliament then all the other parties would be "floundering" because they would not know what to do.

Dr Norman says that New Zealand needs to do our part in helping Earth face its biggest challenge.

In Dr Norman's speech he also encouraged the other parties to take more action regarding climate change. "The results show that while the parties are more than happy to jump aboard the climate change band wagon, when it comes down to it, there is still a lack of political will to take firm action."

Dr Norman said: "Most parties had yet to tackle the tough issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector - this sector accounts for about 50 percent of New Zealand’s total emissions. They fared only slightly better in increasing forested area and reducing emissions from the electricity sector."

Dr Norman said that we are heading towards a "global catastrophe."


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User:RyanB88~enwikinews

Sorry for any confusion but this account belogs to the same person as Ryan524 I created this when I forgot the password to my other account which I have since remembered, now I can't seem to remember to keep the accounts stright, If I do log in to and edit from this account, which I likley will, I appologize, I am trying to refrain from using it now that I am back into my other account.--RyanB88 - (talk) 02:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

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Well this project as you may have noticed really didn't get off the ground the first time around, I was really relying community help to help out where I couldn't help myself. Since this I have replanned to get this off the ground, I will just make it and release it, I am hoping to release the beta in early May 2008.

It will be 100% open source licensed under the GPL version 3 license.

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Fifth person killed by serial killer in Mumbai

January 14, 2007

A serial killer on Mumbai's streets killed yet another person last night; making the latter one of five young men murdered recently. The body of a 20-year-old unidentified man was found in a secluded spot on the railway tracks between Churchgate and Grant Road, his head was crushed by a 10 kg stone. A senior police official said that they had found food at the crime scene, indicating that the victim had been offered it before being bludgeoned.

The police are awaiting the post-mortem report to confirm whether this victim, like the others before him, had been sexually assaulted before being murdered. This attack comes just a day after another body was found a kilometre away, near the Wankhede Stadium rail bridge. Police say that the perpetrator may have claimed up to eight lives so far, although his role has only been confirmed in four cases. The killer, suspected to be a man in his late 20s, targets young, male ragpickers in South Mumbai, killing them in the early morning and leaving a beer can at the scene of the crime.

Although the latest killing appears to be the work of the same man, Railway Police officials are wary of declaring this homocide as the work of the same perpetrator, saying there were "similarities as well as differences in the modus operandi of the murderer". Mumbai Police have established a 90-man team tasked with nabbing the serial killer, who a senior police official compared to Raman Raghav, who bludgeoned 9 pavement dwellers in their sleep in the 60s.

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Bravitude climbing fast on Google

January 16, 2007

You won't find the word "Bravitude" in any French dictionary yet. Bravitude is a neologism used by Ségolène Royal, the French socialist presidential candidate. She said it during a visit to the Great Wall of China, and the term caused a media buzz in France. It also provoked ironic reactions from Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been nominated Sunday by President Chirac's party UMP as their candidate for the presidency. According to Royal's entourage, it was meant to express something more than just simple bravery (in French: bravoure), a kind of fullness of bravery.

Some neologisms need months, often years, to reach an acceptable level of recognition to get included in a conventional dictionary. This is often based on the usage in newspapers etc. Bravitude on Google had only, the day before its first occurrence on French TV, a mere 110 hits.

Bravitude was already used since 2005 on some blogs and by fans of a relatively unknown role-playing game. On Tuesday last week, "bravitude" could be found in 200,000 different pages and in less than one week, had reached the one million mark. This neologism is this Tuesday in a slow decline, around 900,000 hits on Google, probably due to those web sites who hide their oldest pages when Google robots scan them.

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Toxic wetlands may be cause of thousands of bird deaths in Western Australia

January 14, 2007 Western Australian government authorities say they believe a toxin may be responsible for the recent mysterious death of an estimated 5,000 birds found in the area of Esperance - on the state's south eastern coastline. Autopsies by toxicologists from the WA Department of Agriculture will test for organochlorins, organophosphates and heavy metals.

Esperance residents first noticed large numbers of dead birds littering their streets and gardens on December 7 last year. Populations of honeyeaters, wattle birds and miners have reportedly been effected.

The birds were being found vomiting and convulsing in bushland and suburban backyards over an extensive area. Department of Environment and Conservation's (DEC) nature conservation coordinator Mike Fitzgerald says toxic wetlands near Esperance are the most likely reason for the mass bird deaths.

The DEC says it has failed to figure out the cause of death despite interviewing industry groups, farmers, grain handlers and timber companies about pesticide and chemical use.

Birds Australia, the peak group dedicated to the conservation, study and enjoyment of Australia's native birds and their habitats, said it had not heard of a similar occurrence. "Not on that scale, and all at the same time, and also the fact that it's several different species," chief executive Graeme Hamilton told the Sunday Times. "You'd have to call that a most unusual event and one that we'd all have to be concerned about."

Mike Fitzgerald said the DEC were looking at something "pretty potent." "This is not a normal situation. The common thing that we have seen and heard is that the affected birds have an insatiable thirst... If it turns out to be a toxin that is responsible, that will raise more questions because there is no obvious source of exposure."

The deaths could be a result of a drier than normal winter, causing algal and bacterial blooms in the Esperance Lakes Nature Reserves. Esperance recorded 457mm rainfall in 2006; the average is 620mm.

Initially, health authorities feared a virus, such as the deadly avian bird flu, was responsible. That was quickly ruled out, along with poisoning from bacteria or eating poisoned insects.

The first deaths were reported by Esperance resident Michelle Crisp - who lives close to the worst-affected area. Dozens of native birds began dying in her back yard a week before Christmas. She says she contacted neighbours to discover if they were experiencing the same thing. Mrs Crisp found four dead birds, then 16, then 30 and finally up to 80.

Mike Fitzgerald said that any one of hundreds of toxins could be causing the deaths but so far all leads had not produced any answers.


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 * Mere 110 hits: http://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Discuter:bravitude&diff=next&oldid=1691871
 * On Tuesday bravitude could be found in 200,000 different pages: http://frogsmoke.com/2007/01/09/bravitude-and-coolitude/

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This is not a real source, it is a google search of blogs. I believe the original author has a link to the style guide, it and many of the other standard guidelines detail why we need more credible sourcing. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Now we have a source, but the story does not reflect the source. Instead it is an item of lexical trivial. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * {notnews|This article is focused on an item of trivia, not a newsworthy item. It has a single source which is not per our guidelines.} You may guess I have too many sources... but in French only... which one could suit ? ? ? The one where bravitude used by the anchor of the main French TV channel introducing an interview of the wikipedia chairman ? ? ? 82.224.88.52 18:17, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Then focus on the news event in the English source, use French sources to expand a little on the conservative nature of the language and adoption of new words. From the source you've given some people are portraying the new word as a gaffe, from the other comments you're making, some people are adopting the word. Language isn't quite so newsworthy

 * Much more newsworthy indeed ;-))) is Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan engaged one of the only two entry publishable this evening where we don't even know the wedding date. 82.224.88.52 21:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

in English, words get borrowed, stolen, and plain mugged out of other languages and nobody reports on it. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * still too early to know if is was a gaffe or not but it became very popular indeed. Anyway, I'll change the date to publish it to-morrow to fulfill the eight days delay I've already mentioned.82.224.88.52 20:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Brian -- Borrowing words into English is much more common than French. Most authorities try to prevent new words from coming into the language (especially from other languages, this is why they have the 'language police' in Québec). -- ErikB 20:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I dispute the conclusion of this story
Your saying when googling bravitude and wikipedia together it has so many hits which is odd because that word doesn't appear in wikipedia. Well if you search for both terms at once, it returns any page with wikipedia on it, and any page with bravitude on it. I don't see the conection. If you put them in quotes when searching ("wikipedia bravitude" just not with an underscore) and it returned a crap load of resualts that'd be intreasting. user:Bawolff

 * The grammar in our French language makes quite impossible to get so close those two words but there are many many ways to discover them in the same sentence not too far one from the other. Let's try for instance http://www.google.com/search?q=%22bravitude+sur+wikip%C3%A9dia%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0 82.224.88.52 23:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

And Mr. Sarkozy ?
That's strange, nobody speak about Segolene Royal's opponent Nicolas Sarkozy word "Héritation" in place of "Héritage" (legacy). ^^ 83.179.46.81 22:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Mmmh, didn't hear of that one. Our coverage is indeed not complete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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