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Hurricane Dean makes second landfall; weakens to Category 1 storm

August 22, 2007

hit the coast of 's mainland today as a Category 2 hurricane, with winds sustained at 100 mph.

Dean moved across the, eyeing over 100 oil platforms and several oil ports in the center of the country's oil industry. Over 14,000 workers in the area had to be evacuated.

The eye of the storm hit, a major tourist town. Over 10,000 people were evacuated.

Currently, there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries following the landfall in Mexico. However, the storm caused major damage to some areas with very heavy rains shutting down many roadways and flooding many homes.

Overall Dean is being blamed for at least 20 deaths in the Caribbean.

The storm has since been downgraded to Category 1 status.

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Talk:14 US soldiers dead after helicopter crash in Iraq

I've added an old photo of a downed UH-60. Other agencies also show past photos if they don't have the actual, OK?? --TheFEARgod 20:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

 * That could be controversial, although i support you on the issue. I've used the words 'file phot' to leave no doubt in the mind of the reader. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:18, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * IMO...a downed photo of a Black hawk, especially this one, may lead readers to think that it is the downed chopper. The previous image was that of a functioning chopper, and would not be considered misleading. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:23, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


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I think Wiki news need to stick to report REAL news and leave these stupid stories for the tabloid newspapers
 * Then add some "real news" and quit complaining about it. If there's something you'd rather see, write it. irid:t 20:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * anyway, does wikinews have some notability guidelines?? This would fail some. --TheFEARgod 21:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikinews currently has no notability guidlines; on the contrary, we're struggling for stories, and if someone wants to write a piece about, say, something local to them, they can, helping boost our currently rather meagre crop. Perhaps one day notability discusions may have to be taken to WN:DR, and hashed out in borderline cases, but for now, anything goes. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:22, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * We do need stories, but we are not desperate...news is news. If it meets our style guide and etc then its news. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


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User:Ironiridis/Test Article

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Thye parcival bronchiticalitus twas verily under better thaem the fail'd.

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11-year-old boy dies after being shot in Liverpool

August 22, 2007 An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot in the car park of the Fir Tree pub in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, shortly after 1930 BST. An eyewitness, who had been drinking outside the pub at the time, said the boy was one of three playing football in the car park when a teenager, believed to be male, on a BMX bicycle fired three shots at the group from approximately 30 metres away, one hitting the victim in the neck. The other shots missed the boys, one hitting a car. The boy's mother was called to the scene as people came out of the pub to help him. Other witnesses have suggested the incident may be gang-related.

A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service said: "We treated an 11-year-old with serious gunshot wounds." He added the boy was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, but police later confirmed he had died. Officers have sealed off the scene, including a neighbouring street of shops. There have currently been no arrests in connection with the shooting.

In an appeal to the local community to help catch the killer, Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Simon Byrne said: "Someone out there knows who put the gun in his hand and I want your help to get the community to turn that gunman in tonight. This is quite an awful crime, quite senseless, and the community holds the clue to solving this crime quickly. You can only imagine the heartache of the family that's been ripped apart."

Local councillor Rose Bailey, who lives nearby, also appealed for people with information to come forward, saying: "It sends shockwaves through the community of Croxteth and really it must be devastating. To think your young son is out playing football and then to get a call to say he's been shot, I really don't know as a parent how you would handle that."

The area around the pub was made a "designated area" by police last year, meaning officers could disperse groups and move people away from the area.

The incident is another in a growing list of shootings of minors, many gang-related, in the UK's major cities in 2007.


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New fossils from 10 million year old ape found in Ethiopia

August 23, 2007

Researchers say that new, ten million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia, prove that the theory that humans may have evolved from a species of great apes eight million years ago, may not be true, but that humans may have split from apes as long as 10.5 million years ago.

At least nine fossilized teeth, one canine tooth and eight molars, of a previously unknown species of apes found in Africa were discovered by a team of researchers from Ethiopia and Japan who then compared the 3-D make up of the teeth to other fossils that date back as far as 8 million years and found that the fossils are likely a "direct ancestor" of apes currently living in Africa and that the new ape fossils were that of a species of gorilla who ate mostly plants high in fiber.

Current fossils and research say that the evolutionary split from apes to humans occurred at least eight million years ago. The new fossils say that the split may have happened as long as 10.5 million years ago.

"Based on this fossil, that means the split is much earlier than has been anticipated by the molecular evidence. That means everything has to be put back," said researcher at the Rift Valley Research Service in Ethiopia and a co-author of the study, Berhane Asfaw.

Despite the finds, other researchers are not convinced that the findings are correct.

"It is stretching the evidence to base a time scale for the evolution of the great apes on this new fossil. These structures appear on at least three independent lineages of apes, including gorillas, and they could relate to a dietary shift rather than indicating a new genetic trait," said a Professor at the London Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom, Peter Andrews who also added, "but the fossil evidence for the evolution of our closest living relatives, the great apes, is almost non-existent.

Researchers have named the newly discovered species Cororapithecus abyssinicus whose remains were found in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, the same place where the remains of Lucy were discovered in 1974.


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Nationalism leads to utter destruction. --Narek 04:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


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MLB: Rangers score 30 runs against Orioles in first game of doubleheader

August 22, 2007

The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace and became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record Wednesday in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. It was the ninth time a major league team scored 30 runs, the first since the Chicago Colts set the major league mark in a 36-7 rout of Louisville in a National League game on June 28, 1897, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Hours after announcing manager Dave Trembley would return for the 2008 season, the Orioles absorbed the most lopsided loss in franchise history and set a team record for hits allowed in a game (29). The Rangers set a team record for runs scored in a doubleheader -- before the second game even started. Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vasquez, the bottom two batters in Texas' lineup, each homered twice and finished with seven RBIs.

Texas had 57 at-bats, tying the AL record for a nine-inning game set by Milwaukee in its 1992 rout of Toronto. The Rangers added five points to their team batting average, raising it to .258. They finished with more runs than outs made (27). Baltimore went from seventh in the AL with a 4.39 ERA to 11th at 4.60.

Wes Littleton entered the game in relief for Texas in the last of the seventh, with his team already ahead 14-3. He earned a save by pitching for at least three innings, shutting out the Orioles in the final three innings while his teammates scored another 16 insurance runs.

In game two of the doubleheader series, the Rangers again defeated the Orioles, but by a score of 9-7.


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Mayor of Oslo resigns after tax fraud
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Virgin opens up service in New Zealand

August 23, 2007

Virgin Blue has announced that it is to start offering domestic flights within New Zealand starting November. The third commercial flight company in New Zealand will start by focusing on New Zealand's three major cities, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Budget airline, Pacific Blue Airlines, which is run by Virgin Blue, already runs flights in New Zealand to international destinations. And, despite only major cities currently being serviced, smaller cities and towns will be considered on November 15.

The service is set to start on November 15, with a special deal currently available of NZ$39 for all services per ticket for one way. This deal will be available until the latest of September 16. The normal online air fares range from $69 for Auckland to Wellington and Christchurch to Wellington. These fares are 22% cheaper than those offered by Air New Zealand. An air fare for Auckland to Christchurch is $10 more expensive at $79.

Virgin Blue Chief Executive Officer, Brett Godfrey, said they expect to face a few hard years while the new services are starting. "We expect actually to lose a little bit as we find our feet but our loss will be the travelling public's gain."

Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group, said that he was "absolutely delighted" that Pacific Blue is set to enter the New Zealand domestic market, "bringing its unmistakable fun, flair and affordability to travel within New Zealand." It was first rumoured that when Sir Branson was in New Zealand earlier this year that a domestic service was to begin, "[Sir Richard Branson] promised that domestic services were something of interest to us under the right circumstances and at the right time."

Godfrey describes the new services as a major investment and a long term commitment. "The time is right to bring some much needed competition to the existing duopolistic market."

Due to Pacific Blue starting a domestic service, New Zealand's flag carrier, Air New Zealand, has lost 8.6% on the share market in total this week. The day before Pacific Blue's announcement, Air New Zealand lost $179 million to due to share value drop. Head of research at Forsyth Barr, Rob Mercer, said, "Air New Zealand has fallen $1 billion in value in the last couple of months, yet their earnings have got stronger."

Mercer says, "Call me an optimist but competition can sometimes be a good thing. And if someone really puts in a product that stimulates the market and grows it, it can actually be a good thing, and Air New Zealand being the incumbent can actually be quite a beneficiary out of that environment."

The Chief Executive of the Travel Agents Association, Paul Yeo, describes New Zealand's current airfares as too high, due to lack of competition. Yeo now expects this to change with Air New Zealand and Qantas matching Pacific Blues prices.

Air New Zealand did in fact drop its cheapest airfares to match those offered by Pacific Blue, effective September 1.

For the new flights, Pacific Blue is set to add two new Boeing 737-800 to their existing fleet of 53 Boeing 737s.

Australian aviation analyst Peter Harbison said Air New Zealand could come under further pressure on domestic routes with Singapore-based budget airline Tiger Airways expected to cross the Tasman by the middle of next year. Australian aviation analyst, Peter Harbison, expects Singaporean airline, Tiger Airways, to be operating in New Zealand by mid-2008.

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Talk:MLB: Rangers score 30 runs against Orioles in first game of doubleheader

omg, I wonder how many fans hung out for the second half of the double header. -Edbrown05 09:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Pitching effectively not required

 * "Wes Littleton entered the game in relief for Texas in the last of the seventh, with his team already ahead 14-3. He earned a save by 'pitching effectively for at least three innings', shutting out the Orioles in the final three innings while his teammates scored another 16 insurance runs."

The rules for saves (section 10.19) were tweaked before the 2007 season, removing the "effectively" qualifier on long saves. The only requirement for a pitcher who finishes a lopsided victory is that "he pitches for at least three innings." Thus, the first part of the second sentence above should be changed to "He earned a save by pitching for at least three innings". 216.63.134.170 17:26, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks! —Zachary talk 14:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Crunch~enwikinews

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Beaten to the presses
User WiseQuai beat you to the Thai plane crash story with At least 80 thought to be dead in Phuket, Thailand air crash. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Copy and paste
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Did you not read the comment? I was working from my public library, and I could not log in due to the site security policy on the machine I was working on. I could not get a cookie to set on the terminal I was working at! It is Me, I am Me. This is Me!!! See w:User:Iceflow. Thanks, and please talk to me first! Thanks. Thor Malmjursson 16:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney releases "Memoirs: 1939-1993"
Wikipedia's license is not compatible with Wikinews and information from Wikipedia cannot be copy and pasted to articles on WIkinews. Not to mention that as the article tag states, its a duplicate. Please see the below message on how to edit Wikinews. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * A direct copy and paste from Wikipedia, from a Wikipedia article, that is not allowed. Reason being, is that your edits will not be the same they were in a few minutes, days or hours. Once you publish that Wikipedia article, on Wikipedia, then the license is GDFL and you also cannot claim "you wrote" the article, when the other contributers edits are under a GDFL. That would also require use to look through every edit on the WP article that you and everyone else made. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Bollywood star unveiled at Madame Tussauds

BOLLYWOOD 2008 @ MADAME TUSSAUDS-salman khan
my vote goes to SALMAN KHAN


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Scottish archaeology student discovers 5,000 year old chewing gum in Finland

August 23, 2007

An archaeology student from Scotland has discovered a 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum on a dig in Finland.

Sarah Pickin, a 23-year-old part-time barmaid studying archaeology with Derby University, discovered the gum during a dig in the north-west of the country. The gum is a lump of birch bark tar, and still has visible tooth marks. It has been sent away for analysis, and radio carbon dating is predicted to show the gum to be 5,000 years old.

Ms Pickin said of her discovery "I had heard of ancient chewing gum being found before on previous European digs so when I found it in the trench, it was the first thing that crossed my mind.

"However, it looks just like a dirty piece of modern chewing gum with no smell or taste and I was also worried it could have been a bit of fossilised poo, so I asked a few of the other students to make sure.

"Thankfully they agreed that it was birch-bark gum and it's now away to be carbon dated and have the teeth marks analysed before it goes on display."

It will be displayed in Finland’s Kierikki centre, which is devoted to finds from the area. Sarah Pickin also discovered a piece of an amber ring, a slate arrowhead and a hair needle. All the finds date to the Neolithic period.

It is believed the gum was chewed as an aid against gum disease, as it contains antiseptics.


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U.S. heat wave kills at least 50

August 23, 2007

Record-high temperatures are being reported across parts of the Midwest and Southern United States. However, the extreme heat has turned deadly for many. Over 50 deaths are being blamed on the heat, with the latest deaths coming from Alabama and Missouri.

In Kentucky, a fire broke out at an electricity substation, forcing the Tennessee Valley Authority to request major electrical consumers to reduce their power use.

In Nashville, yesterday's high temperature reached 102ºF. Nashville has seen 13 days this month where the high temperature reached above 100ºF.

The extreme heat wave is now expected to move into Ohio, a state where very heavy rainfall caused evacuations and considerable structural damage. The National Weather Service predicts heat indexes to soar as high as 104 degrees.

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Euro 2008 Qualification: Finland defeats Kazakhstan 2-1 in Euro 2008 qualifier

August 23, 2007

Finland has defeated Kazakhstan 2-1 in a home qualifying game for Euro 2008 championship. 13,000 people attended the match, which was refereed by Hungarian.

Finland had taken the lead as early as the 13th minute with a goal from. This was equalised by Kazakhstan in the 23rd minute by a header from, taking Finland goalkeeper by surprise.

Finland continued to have the main possession of the ball, but were continually thwarted by Kazakhstan goalkeeper, only scoring again in the 59th minute. The goal came from Tottenham midfielder.

The win gives Finland, who are playing in group A, a total of 17 points, bringing them two behind group leaders Poland.


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User talk:Thehawaiian

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User talk:Necessary~enwikinews

have added more detail now. hope it meets your requirements for not being vandalism. --Mark Talk to me 15:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup in Aisle Three
Hi there. I updated your article with some brash editing. Most stark is the removal of the supplemental material you provided. Unfortunately, here at Wikinews, we only publish news. That extra material is generally regarded as cruft, and its source is dubious anyhow. Wikinews cannot publish material which is subject to copyright, and the material you submitted appears to fall under the classification of copyrighted material.

In any case. I did some massive wikilinking. I noticed that you added a full "external link" to a Wikipedia article. You should know that you don't need to do that; in order to link to a Wikipedia article like Potato, you would type Potato.

I also added a wikilink to another sister site, Wiktionary. Similarly, you'd get potato if you typed potato (note the lowercase; that's a wiktionary convention).

I hope you don't mind that I removed three of your four sources. Let me explain why:
 * 1) The BBC Video that you linked to was not viewable in my browser. I run a pretty standard copy of Firefox. If it's not viewable to me, there's a good chance that it's not viewable to a substantial (more than 5%) amount of our audience. Text articles are vastly preferred.
 * 2) The Self Help newsletter is full of material unrelated to the subject of the article. Since that material cannot be singled out, and the group in question stands to gain quite a bit of attention, it's not proper to link to this PDF. In addition, again with my first point, a substantial part of our audience cannot view PDFs without additional software.
 * 3) The third site (in my brief, perhaps too brief, review) didn't seem credible as a news source. What citing sources, we like to stick to sources that have little or no bias. This one is probably the site I am least concerned about, and if you feel it's a good source, please add it again (using the template I used for the BBC text article).

If there's anything you have questions about, please let me know. You can click on the little "t" next to my name to reach my talk page. Thank you for your contributions. irid:t 07:18, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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Renamed
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User talk:Nickelbdime

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User talk:Chesluk

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User talk:Harivin

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User talk:Merge~enwikinews

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

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Stealthteqh

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User talk:Nason

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User talk:Narek~enwikinews

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

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

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:CNC33

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Thank you
We really appreciate all your help on Wikinews. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. The Mind's Eye (talk) 20:15, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Questions raised about McCain's choice of Palin, aides insist "thorough vetting" process
The article was found to have entire paragraphs cut and pasted from other sources. --SVTCobra 19:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

 * You cannot copy even a single sentence (unless it is a direct quote). The writing is protected by copyright. What cannot not be copyright-protected are the facts. Therefore, you are allowed to glean the facts (what, where, when, who, why and how) and write it in your own words. The reason that we list sources is to attribute our claims as well as provide transparency for our readers. --SVTCobra 20:35, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Couple of quick notes.
Thanks Calebrw (talk) 05:08, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) The dates on sources should be formatted as MMMM DD, YYYY. For instance June 10, 2009 rather than 10 June 2009. This keeps the date format consistent through the site.
 * 2) Sources should be be reverse chronological order.
 * See this diff for an example of these changes.
 * Please also see the subsequent edit. From Style_guide. Also keeps consistency. Generally British English spellings are allowed (as much as that drives me crazy sometimes, most of the time I don't mind). Calebrw (talk) 05:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Yegoyan~enwikinews

Welcome
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Regarding sources
Yes, all of your sources must be available online. Our users cannot indepently verify our articles by ordering publications from overseas. Thanks. irid:t 04:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, Ironiridis is wrong. You can use offline sources as long as the name of the publication is given to allow verification for a qualified editor. -- IlyaHaykinson 04:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I was speaking practically, not technically; I'm not aware of any editors in Azerbaijan available to review these publications. irid:t 04:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Your source does help, sort of. So far, from what I've seen, the sources you've listed are both from 1988. Do you have anything more recent? The legislative declaration that you're writing about is an event that you said happened "Monday". Do you mean today, September 3rd, 2007? If so, do you have a source indicating that? (Any source at this point; online or off) irid:t 04:36, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Aha, I just found asbarez.com. Can you cite anything from that? It's in English, which is vastly preferred. irid:t 04:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for renaming the article
on the vote at the US Foreign Affairs Committee. I CAN'T believe that it stayed with the "" for so many days... --83.79.188.231 19:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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Renamed
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User talk:Maya~enwikinews

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

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2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Ghana vs. Germany

August 23, 2007Cheonan, South Korea

Germany have qualified for a place in the Round of 16 at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup by defeating Ghana 3-2 in their 2nd Group F match at the Cheonan Sports Complex today.

The Germans put the Africans under pressure from the first whistle and were rewarded for their positive attitude by a 5th minute goal from Sascha Bigalke. The outstanding playmaker Bayern Munich's Toni Kroos increased Germany's lead in the 12th minute when his free-kick from 20 yards out 1st hit the post before bouncing in off Ghana keeper Joseph Addo. Kroos made it 3-0 for Germany in the 27th minute after a through ball from Bigalke.

Ransford Osei and Sadick Adams got a goal a piece in the 52nd minute and 53rd minute respectively to make it 3-2..

Germany's Konstantin Rausch was shown a red card in the 2nd half, but they held on for the win.

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Heiko Herrlich (GER), Germany coach: "We were magnificent in the first half. We could have scored five or six against a team of the calibre of Ghana. We just had that little bit of luck in the end, but even when we were down to ten men, the boys fought for each other. When you look at the game as a whole, I think it was a more than deserved win, despite the tight finish. Toni Kroos led the team superbly and took on more responsibility when we went down to ten men. He is a true captain."

Sellas Tetteh Teivi (GHA), Ghana coach: "Of course we are disappointed. In the second half, we showed the form we were aiming for in the first half. We definitely need to talk about that and change it for the future. We have to win our last game against Colombia now. If we get a second win we'll definitely reach the Round of 16."

Toni Kroos (GER), Germany midfielder: "We played fantastic football in the first 20 minutes and created a lot of chances. After getting into such a good position, we were then focusing on not conceding a goal. The two goals right at the start of the second half threw us off our game, but we'd got back on track again by the end."

Sadick Adams (GHA), Ghana forward: "We are very disappointed. We were determined to win this game, but we couldn't find our form in the first half. It was a great comeback in the second half, but it just wasn't enough. We really need to win our last game now. We have certainly learned a lot from this match."

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Utah mine co-owner: this will be the last chance for the missing miners

August 23, 2007 Today rescue workers will drill a sixth hole into the collapsed Utah mine in a final effort to resuce the trapped miners who have been missing since August 6.

The previous holes, which have been dug as deep as 1,500 feet (460 m) underground at the Crandall Canyon Mine, have not produced any signs of the trapped miners.

Bob Murray, the mine's co-owner, said this sixth attempt to reach the miners will be the last. Murray also said that this last attempt will bring him closure. However, he realizes the families may never find the closure they are calling for. A spokesman for the families said they do not want the rescue efforts to stop until they find the men. One family member said, "He doesn't realize that what we have now is hope, and maybe our family members are not alive, but we want our bodies out...We want proper burials."

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Salvage operation begins to retrieve black boxes from Adam Air Flight 574

August 23, 2007

A salvage ship owned and operated by the United States firm Phoenix International has arrived in the Makassar port on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It intends to recover the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder (collectively referred to as "black boxes") from the wreckage of Adam Air Flight 574, which crashed into the ocean nearby early on new year's day, killing all 102 on board.

Adam Air spokesman Danke Drajat told reporters that the company would first survey the area, and that "If their studies show it is possible to do so, they will immediately try to retrieve the black boxes," adding, "it is our moral commitment to have the black box retrieved." He also said the survey alone would take several days.

A US navy vessel, the Mary Sears, sent to the scene of the plane's disappearance had located the black boxes within weeks of the disaster, along with the rest of the wreckage, but recovery was significantly delayed because of a dispute over who would foot the bill for their recovery. With the recorders at a depth of approximately 1,700 meters (1 mile), salvage operations could cost as much as US$6 million (€4.45 million).

Experts have predicted that the recovery could be further complicated by strong currents in the area, which may have buried the recorders in sediment or else dislodged them from their original location.

According to one crew member, the recovery vessel - the Eas - has a 16-member crew and carries a mini submarine, which can reach depths of 6,000 meters (20,000 feet), as well as being equipped with sonar and deep sea cameras.

The crash is one of three this year, which in combination have caused all Indonesian airlines to be added to the list of air carriers banned in the EU. The other two are Adam Air Flight 172 and Garuda Indonesia Flight 200.

The cause of the Boeing 737s loss currently remains a mystery. It is known that while cruising at 33,000 feet (10,000 meters) the aircraft encountered a storm immediately before its disappearance, and, based on the distribution of wreckage on the seabed, it is also known that the aircraft did not experience an in-flight breakup.


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Edinburgh Airport runway damage causes delays

August 24, 2007 At Edinburgh Airport, in Scotland on Thursday, numerous planes were delayed on the ground and several others were required to stay in a holding pattern in the sky, after damage to the main runway at the airport was found by airport maintenance staff.

Debris was discovered around 9:20 a.m. BST from an unknown source, which caused the runway to be closed.

A spokeswoman for the British Airports Authority (BAA) at Edinburgh Airport said, "Following an inspection, departing and arriving flights were allowed to continue to use the runway as normal. The impact on the airport's operation has been minimal."

A report is expected to be released later detailing more information after further investigations have been carried out.


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Talk:Virgin opens up service in New Zealand

Recommend changing the title to "Virgin Blue opens up..." because the current title is open to a certain humorous misreading. 74.97.12.152 23:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Why? I think it makes for great news. Certainly gets people with the RSS feed to perk up. :) irid:t 23:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I certainly did xD 71.186.98.6 23:14, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I exactly wrote it that way for those reasons ;) . --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


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Please stop posting the Isaiah Terell Hunter article -- it is not a news article, so it will be continuously and summarily deleted. MessedRocker (talk) 23:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

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Research focuses on orchids mimicking female wasps

August 24, 2007

Anne Gaskett, a PhD student from Macquarie University in Sydney, has been conducting new research into the nature of the relationship between five species of native Australian tongue orchids and the orchid dupe wasp (Lissopimpla excelsa).

The research builds on an original discovery in the 1920s that the orchids convince male wasps that the flowers are actually females of the same species. The wasps then attempt to mate with the flowers, before moving on, often to another orchid, thus pollinating them. The discovery received worldwide attention at the time.

"I wanted to know what it was about the five orchids that could persuade the male that they were all a female [wasp]," she says, adding that the flowers all look very different to the human eye, and that usually only one species of insect pollinates one species of plant.

"I have accumulated the first compelling evidence of an ongoing and escalating arms race between orchids and their unwitting insect pollinators," Gaskett, says, "Over generations the insects learn to avoid having sex with orchids, and this means only the most persuasive orchids reproduce, which drives the acceleration of orchid subterfuge."

Gaskett has discovered that the wasp, however, quickly learns to avoid the orchid, meaning that "...only the most persuasive orchids will continue to reproduce," she says. She has also discovered that the flowers have various structures that feel like parts of a female wasp to a male, including mimic 'love handles', which the male would normally hold on to during mating. Gaskett says of this particular discovery that the flowers have "curves in all the right places".

Gasket has also used a spectrometer to analyse the colours of four of the orchids and a female wasp, and found that, although they look very different to humans, they actually match almost exactly.

Gasket's research is important to the conservation of the orchids, and to developing sensitive control methods for use against agricultural pests. She says of the wasps "these insects might be fools for love, but their role as orchid pollinators makes them indispensable."

Gasket has currently turned her attentions to the role of scent in the process, and is testing the effect of the perfumes of the orchids on the antennae of the male wasps.


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This article is very confusing. It is implying that the orchid convinces a male wasp that it is a female wasp. I believe the real intent is that the orchid convices the wasp that the orchid itself is a female wasp.


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Former Timberwolf Eddie Griffin dies at 25

August 24, 2007

Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Eddie Griffin died on August 17, 2007, at age 25 due to injuries sustained in a car crash, the Harris County medical examiner's office confirmed on Tuesday.

The former Minnesota Timberwolves forward, who was waived in March for violating the League's substance abuse program, ignored a railroad warning, drove his SUV through a barrier, and collided with a moving train at about 1:30 a.m., according to Houston Police. His vehicle caught fire and was soon engulfed in flames.

No identification was found and the body was badly burned. For that reason, dental records were used to identify him. Griffin, who played college Basketball at Seton Hall University, played for the Houston Rockets from 2001–2003, and the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2004–2007. The five-year veteran had been battling alcoholism since leaving Seton Hall. He is survived by his three-year-old daughter Amaree.


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Two arrests made over Croxteth shooting

August 23, 2007 Two teenagers, aged 14 and 18, have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 11-year-old boy. The boy, identified by detectives as Rhys Jones, was shot last night in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, on his way home from playing football, by a hooded youth. The police are expecting to make further arrests during the week.

Merseyside Police have said the youths, both males, are also from the Croxteth area. They have since been bailed, and the police are now looking for a person aged 13 to 15-years-old. There is some speculation that a gang known as the "Croxteth Crew" may have been involved.

Bernard Hogan-Howe, Merseyside Police Chief Constable, has made it clear that the police are still considering other leads, saying: "There have been two arrests in this case, but that doesn't prove anything. The principal thing I need to get over to the public is we need your help, and we are not yet at all certain as to who committed this crime." He went on to state the police are looking for both the killer and the person who provided the weapon.

PM Gordon Brown has described the incident as a "heinous crime that shocked the whole of the country", while Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she is "shocked and saddened to hear about this tragic shooting". They both joined calls for the local community to cooperate fully with the police.

The leader of Liverpool City Council, Warren Bradley, has called for "a summit consisting of community leaders, police, emergency services and reformed criminals of all major cities to be held with the home secretary to find solutions to the issues we all face". He says gun crime "is an issue that all major cities face".

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User talk:Indubitably

Expanding the Griffin article
Thanks for the contributions — I was happy to help out! -- IlyaHaykinson 04:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Awesome!
I've been watching you from the sidelines in IRC. Great work. I really appreciate what you're doing. irid:t 05:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'm flying by the seat of my pants, so I appreciate that. Any tips would be appreciated. LaraLove 05:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I did some minor editing of 4-year-old boy attacked by Pit bull mix, and published it. Great article. Just as a note about our style; we try to avoid dramatic terms like "terrifying struggle", and stick to facts. Though it may have been frightening for the boy, "terrifying" is a weighted, POV term.
 * In any case, great work, please keep it up! irid:t 07:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Gotchya. It was the term used in one of the sources. Probably shouldn't have used it for that reason alone, but it did sound good. :) I'll avoid that in the future, but I wasn't sure if that rule applied here as it does on en.wiki. I'll read over policy here more tomorrow. Thanks, Lara  ♥ Love 07:28, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

You were correct on the Newsroom collaboration box. Best to put a little note what you want help for exactly, like: "copyediting and sources" or something. Good work. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. Thanks. :) Lara  ♥ Love 02:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Main page
Yep, I know the ego-rush you get when your own work is featured on the main page. In any case, congratulations! Please continue to write great articles. MessedRocker (talk) 05:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Welcome, great to have new contributors join. --  Zanimum 21:11, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you both! Lara  ♥ Love 03:38, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

BBC News versus BBC News Online
The subtle difference this makes is the Wikipedia article it links to, BBC News Online --Brian McNeil / talk 16:48, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin: September 1, 2007
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Wikinews Bulletin
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User:Indubitably

Details about me can be found on my main account on en.wikipedia.

Stories I've created

 * September 27, 2007: 17-pound baby born in Russia
 * August 27, 2007: Opium production in Afghanistan reaches record highs
 * August 24, 2007: Telephone network access on iPhone unlocked by teen (Featured on main page August 25)
 * August 24, 2007: Two-year-old punished in dryer
 * August 24, 2007: Four-year-old boy attacked by Pit bull mix

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 * August 24, 2007: Former Timberwolf Eddie Griffin dies at 25 — Article tagged for deletion. Expanded and sourced to publication.

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Four-year-old boy attacked by Pit bull mix

August 24, 2007

Just before midnight Wednesday, four-year-old Taylor Bailey, nicknamed Bucky, was attacked by a neighbor's dog. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix named Money chased the boy after he stepped out of his mother's car, eventually knocking the boy to the ground and latching onto his leg.

The same dog had bitten the boy's father the week before, according to the family, although this has not been confirmed by police. He recognized the dog and alerted his mother to the dogs presence just moments before the attack. She urged her son to come to her, but the one-year-old, 85-pound (~39 kg) male broke free from his restraints and attacked the screaming boy.

The struggle lasted several minutes before the boy's mother, Melinda Walters, was able to fight off the dog, leaving her knees scraped and thigh scratched. The boy's legs were punctured, scratched and bruised with bits of flesh missing. "It didn't go away. It was just trying to grab me ... trying to kill me," the boy said. Walters was carrying her three-year-old son Jason on her hip during much of the fight.

The dog's owner, Marquita Mooney, 23, was ticketed along with a relative who was watching the dog. She said that rather than register the dog as a potentially dangerous animal—which involves an insurance bond, fees, kennel requirements and more—she would have the dog put down. Police reports indicate that the dog bit two other dogs about two weeks ago. Mooney has been ticketed for both incidents.

This is the second such incident in Minneapolis this month—seven-year-old Zach King Jr. was attacked and killed in his home last week by his family's pit bull—fueling the debate over banning pit bulls and other "dangerous breeds" in some communities. Since 1966, there have been four other deaths from dog attacks in Minnesota, all but one of which were of children seven-years-old or younger.


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Two-year-old punished in dryer

August 24, 2007

27-year-old Bobby Lynn Curtis admitted to putting his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter into a clothes dryer as punishment because she had "thrown a fit," police in Lumberton, Texas said Wednesday. Curtis faces up to 99 years in prison for the incident which he blamed on anger-management issues in a surprise news conference Wednesday morning at the Hardin County jail.

"I'm truly sorry what I've done," he told a reporter. Curtis, a construction worker, was bathing the child, whose name has not been released, Sunday evening while her mother was out shopping. The child objected to having her hair washed, which angered Curtis. "She just kept hollering. I kept getting madder and madder," he recalled.

Curtis told police that he took the girl to the already running, hot dryer, put the child in it and turned it on. He left the child tumbling for about five seconds before getting her out. The child, who told her mother what had happened the following morning, suffered first- and second-degree burns to her arms. "Bobby put me in the dryer," she told her mother. She was treated and released from the hospital Monday. Her mother contacted the police and Curtis was arrested and jailed that night on $150,000 bond.

Curtis, who had been living with his girlfriend for about a year along with her six-year-old son, two-year-old daughter and their 12-week-old baby girl, said that he had hoped the girl would be "too scared to say anything." He added, "I was hoping that being as young as she was, it was something she wouldn't remember."

One legal expert says that Curtis' news conference was an unwise move. Curtis was not represented by counsel at the time and may find it difficult to find representation now. "He should have kept his mouth shut," said Adam Gershowitz, a South Texas College of Law criminal law professor. "Whatever happens, I want to be able to see my little girl again," Curtis said.

Child Protective Services has determined that the child shall remain with her mother.

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Police station attacked by car bomb in Basque Country, two officers injured

August 24, 2007 A police station of the Spanish was attacked today Friday by a  in the  city of, injuring two policemen. It is believed to be the first serious attack of the group ETA since it unilaterally ended a cease-fire in June. The blast caused serious damage to the police barracks in Durango, shattering windows and damaging police cars parked outside. Several nearby apartment buildings were also damaged. Police sources believe the bomb, estimated to contain between 80 and 100 kilograms of explosives, was detonated remotely by one of the two attackers who fled in another vehicle. Another car exploded about one hour later in the town of, possibly the one used by the activists to flee.

ETA detonated two small explosive devices on July 25 along the route that the Tour of France used when the race dipped into northern Spain for a few hours.

ETA called the cease-fire in March 2006, but grew frustrated with a lack of government concessions in ensuing peace talks, and set off a huge bomb in a parking area at Madrid's airport on December 30, killing two people. It insisted then that the truce was still in effect, but finally declared it formally over in June, and Spanish security forces have been on alert ever since.


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Hello everyone! I am Ben, known also as Bennyboyz3000 on the English Wikipedia. Please message me there with any concerns :-)

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Oops! Sorry, when I saw "August 23" in the CNN page, I though that it was the day the attack occurred, but the local hour was 4:00 a.m. of August 24. I didn´t take care about the hour difference between Europe and USA. The news appears in the "August 23" section in the WikiNews Main Page, how can somebody change it?


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M5 motorway closed after shots fired at police car

August 24, 2007

Part of the M5 in England, United Kingdom has been closed after shots were fired at a police car in the early hours of this morning.

A blue, L-registered BMW 3 Series car was parked in a lay-by just off the motorway on the B4008 near Junction 12. As the police car approached the vehicle it drove off and at least two shots were fired at the police car from the back of the BMW.

Kate Nelmes from Gloucestershire Police said, "As the vehicle drove onto the carriageway, someone believed to be in the back of the vehicle then fired two shots in the direction of the police vehicle."

The motorway between Junction 12 and 13 was closed causing major traffic problems however since then the northbound carriageway has been reopened. The southbound carriageway is expected to be open around 13:00 BST.


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No problem, hope to see you editing :-) Thunderhead - (talk) 11:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

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Absolutley, I had doubts that a Wikimedia veteran would commit vandalism on Wikinews. Glad to hear you got your account back, and very glad that you changed your password. Have an excellent day. Thunderhead - (talk) 11:39, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Two-year-old punished in dryer

Where?
Without consulting the sources, I am having trouble understanding where this took place. Hardin County? Is that in Texas? There was a quote from a law professor from Texas, but... Just needs to be clarified a bit for international readers. Jcart1534 11:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I originally had it under the date, but perhaps that is not allowed as the publishing editor removed it before publishing. I worked it into the body. Thanks for taking the time to leave a message about that. Lara  ♥ Love 13:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Is he really facing 99 years in prison? That's an incredibly long sentence given the girl didn't die; you can get less for murder.
 * I guess it has to do with the young age of the victim? MessedRocker (talk) 16:48, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, I just wrote the article, not the law! :) I agree, though, that it's probably because the child was only two. I'm sure he won't get 99 years for it, however. Probably the minimum of 5. 10 max, in my opinion. Tolly Carr killed someone and got off much easier. Lara  ♥ Love 19:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

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