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User:ShakataGaNai

About
Howdy, I'm ShakataGaNai, but you can call me Jon. You can find my everyday blog @ Obviate.io, but here's a brief run down: I am not a prolific writer of news, but I fancy myself a photographer and enjoy doing reviews.

Around here
Around here you'll mainly find me adding pictures, image credits, doing reviews & playing god 'crat.

Partial Article List

 * Wikinews visits the Pacific Orchid Exposition — OR
 * MMS comes to American iPhones — Partial OR
 * Wikinews visits the 2009 Reno Air Races — OR
 * IEEE approves 802.11n standard after six years
 * Maker Faire 2009 wrap up in San Mateo, California — OR!
 * Fanime convention winds down in San Jose, California — OR!
 * Explosion in Bay Area, California suburb — OR
 * Search and rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump
 * Wikinews visits the 2008 Reno Air Races — OR
 * Stanford builds helicopters that teach themselves acrobatics — Sept 3 Brief
 * Malaysian man uses nut to extend penis, gets stuck — Sept 3 Brief
 * Star Trek: The Experience to close — Sept 1 Brief
 * Dark Knight hits $500 million — Sept 1 Brief
 * Hazmat incident closes two St. Louis ERs — Sept 1 Brief
 * Flight lands safely using SMS — Initially a brief.
 * Potential Wikia mass exodus — Started

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 Image:Exceptional_newcomer.jpg|I, SVTCobra, award ShakataGaNai "The Exceptional Newcomer Award" for exceptional enthusiasm, skill, and boldness beyond their experience. I hope to see you around here for a long time. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC) Image:Trophy.jpg|I, Anonymous101talk, hereby award ShakataGaNai the Wikinews Trophy for always reviewing articles, without your reviews the review system would probably have collapsed. --Anonymous101talk 18:54, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Image:Reviewers barnstar.png|I award you the reviewers barnstar for continuing to review loads of articles --Anonymous101talk 18:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Image:Invisible Barnstar.png|"The Invisible Barnstar is to be awarded to users who make significant and helpful contributions to the project, but keep to the background without seeking recognition or reward for their work." (WP:BARN) Thanks for all the unsung work you've been doing behind-the-scenes reviewing articles. Yours, Cirt (talk) 08:14, 18 September 2008 (UTC) File:Christmas_cookies.jpg|I, User:Florentino Floro, share and bestow upon ShakataGaNai this Wiki New Year cookie for consistently writing excellent articles on Wikinews]] User:Florentino Florotalk has given you a Wiki New Year cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching! --Florentino Floro (talk) 06:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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Requesting a review
Hi @ShakataGaNai, I saw you are one of the administrators and reviewers here. I wanted to request a review for my first Wikinews article, World Athletics Indoor Championships concludes in Glasgow with new world records and significant wins.

As there have not been any new Wikinews articles published in over two months, I worry that it will go stale and get deleted if not reviewed quickly. Would you please be able to assist with this, or if not, would you be willing to approve Asheiou's RfP to increase the number of reviewers available?

Thank you, --Habst (talk) 17:07, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

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Japan's Supreme Court invalidates distinctions on nationality

June 6, 2008

The Supreme Court of Japan ruled on Wednesday that a condition imposed by an Act for acquiring Japanese nationality is unconstitutional, and confirmed the nationality of the plaintiffs. Each of the ten plaintiffs is a child who was born to a Filipino mother and later acknowledged by a Japanese father. They filed claims for Japanese nationality between 2003 and 2005, but the government turned down because the parents were not legally married in each case.

According to Japan's Act on nationality, a non-Japanese child (under 20) who was after its birth legitimated by marriage and acknowledgment can acquire Japanese nationality by filing notification, with some requirements which the plaintiffs had already fulfilled.

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the condition 'legitimated by marriage' results in unreasonable distinctions to violate Article 14 of the Constitution of Japan, which guarantees equality under the law. The Supreme Court left effective the rest of this provision and accepted the plaintiffs' claims for Japanese nationality. The judgment pointed out recent changes in people's notions in Japan as to family life or parent-child relationship, and also referred to two conventions which Japan has ratified.

There are estimated to be tens of thousands of children in similar situations in Japan and a considerable number overseas.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura on Wednesday made a comment about the judgment at a press conference. Machimura said, "This judgment, saying violation of Constitution, weighs so much. As a government, we should take it gravely, and we want to examine its content in detail and consider how to react." He added, "I have an impression, just hearing of it, that it's a reasonable judgment. Equality under the law is an important point of view."

The ten plaintiffs filed their appeals through lawyers after Tokyo High Court dismissed their claims in February, 2007.

Wednesday's judgment was a major opinion of ten among fifteen judges. The five dissenting thought more highly of the legislative power of the Diet. (See the table below.)

The judgment is to say:
 * (a) while it's within the scope of the Legislation of the Diet how conditions are set for acquiring / losing Japanese nationality (Article 10), a distinction without rational reasons brought by such a condition may be unconstitutional (Article 14: Paragraph 1).
 * (b) being legitimated by the parents' marriage or not is a thing the child can not change by its will or endeavor.
 * (c) the purpose of legislation of this provision is rational, because that is considered to demand the child's tight connection with Japan's society.
 * (d) after this provision was added in 1984, both notions and actual situations of people in Japan have been becoming of variety, as to family life or parent-child relationship.
 * (e) the child's tight connection with Japan's society can not be measured instantly by whether the parents have got legally married.
 * (f) many foreign countries have lifted a legitimacy condition through revision of the law; two conventions (#) that Japan has ratified include provision meaning that a child is not to face any discrimination as to its birth. # International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Convention on the Rights of the Child.
 * (g) this provision results in distinctions not only as to legitimacy but also as to two other factors: any non-Japanese child without legitimacy acknowledged before its birth by a Japanese father, and any child without legitimacy born to a Japanese mother, can acquire Japanese nationality provided by this Act. These distinctions have no rational relation with the purpose of legislation.
 * (h) another provision in this Act states a child in this situation may be naturalized with fewer conditions, but it doesn't justify the relation between the purpose and the distinctions, because naturalization is within discretion of the Minister of Justice.

One judge in the majority, who supported the conclusion, shared a view with the five dissenting: the distinction as to legitimacy is caused by non-existence of due legislation. This judge concluded that the Judiciary can remedy the lack, because it doesn't betray the will of the Legislation of the Diet as to this Act.

Two dissenting judges of the five concluded that these distinctions are unconstitutional, but correction of it depends, in principle, on legislative measures by the Diet.

The other opinion of three dissenting judges is contrary to the major opinion. They argued, for example,
 * the distinction as to legitimacy is not unconstitutional and is within the range of choice of legislative measures.
 * even if it's unconstitutional, the plaintiffs' appeals are to be dismissed, following the viewpoint in the other dissenting opinion.
 * it's dubious whether or how people in Japan have been making changes as in (d).
 * it's rational to offer Japanese nationality in two other situations as in (g).
 * easy naturalization as in (h) to offer Japanese nationality is rational both as a measure and in practice.
 * foreign countries' movement as in (f) is not to be instantly reflected in judgment on constitutionality; they are different from Japan, with a large number of international marriages and expansion of regional unification like EU.


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Comments:U.S. Navy forced to give up on Burma relief

I never heard of a Goverment that refuse to take aid. --66.229.25.248 07:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not trying to defend the Burmese junta here, but their situation explains their actions. Their regime is tottering under the blow of the cyclone; they are well aware that the international community is starting to make rumblings about "regime change". Now we come over and ask if we can start flying helicopters all over the countryside and land some vessels, which probably originally designed as amphibious assault craft, as those will have the best chance of reaching the survivors. For all the Burmese junta knows, those choppers and ships have invading Marines in them, not food and medicine. Remember, since they are a brutal pack of thugs lacking both compassion and scruples, they are not able to imagine that any other country might have those properties. They must assume our (read: the rest of the world's) actions are motivated by greed the same way theirs are. Therefore they will not be able to trust us, and so they can't risk allowing us into the country, for fear of their regime being toppled.

Furthermore, their own actions now demand they continue to refuse aid. The cyclone victims who survive this calamity will know that their government deliberately refused aid that could have saved them and their family members - that is a revolution in the making. So at this point I'm sure the Burmese junta feels it would be much less complicated for them if the cyclone victims were to all die, thus eliminating a potential insurrection. --on WP as User:Kasreyn 167.127.107.8 13:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

--Kasreyn, Burma's government has been slowing killing off the people in the country side in order to consolidate power in cities. The government doesn't care about it's people, which is demonstrated here. Regime change or not, when 76,000 of your people die, and you have no operational aircraft or ability to provide aide to the others who might die, you have to let in foreign aide; if not, then a regime change is called for. The farmers in the countryside are not going to be able to topple a government, how would they while providing for their family? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.226.230.36 (talk) 17:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Isn't shit like this what the Marines are for? God knows we've invaded countries for far less humanitarian reasons. Too bad we've got all those troops tied up in the Middle East.--209.66.200.45 17:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


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Please replace the top left map with "Sierra Leone-Mappa.gif". Thanks. Siebrand (talk) 07:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
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Sunshine Coast Grammar 1st XV win last round, qualify for semi finals

Reigning Sunshine Coast Schoolboys Premier 1st XV champions have squeezed past Nambour Christian College seven points to five at the Nambour Rugby Club on Wednesday. They had qualified for the semi finals prior to the round. The match was moved from the University due to the recent wet weather causing the ground to be water logged.

Grammar scored a converted try half way through the first half. Seven - nil. It remained that way at half time.

Ten minutes in the second, Nambour were able to score out wide but failed to convert. Seven - five. They fought hard in the next ten, but failed to capitalise on opportunities they created and Grammar mistakes. Nambour did not get another such opportunity after that.

Grammar now play minor premiers Mountain Creek State High School in a rematch of their 2007 semi final, while Siena Catholic College will host Matthew Flinders Anglican College in the other semi.


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Talk:More allegations filed against Oral Roberts University

As a fellow lover of the Lord God, our Father, all I can say is:

1Co 4:12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;   1Co 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. (NIV)

2Co 4:8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 2Co 4:9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (NIV)

2Ti 3:12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted (NIV)


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US and UK diplomats detained in Zimbabwe

June 5, 2008

United States and United Kingdom diplomatic staff were detained in Zimbabwe, according to US ambassador James D. McGee. They have now been released, say spokespeople from both the British and American embassies.

Ambassador McGee spoke in an interview on CNN: "Police put up a roadblock, stopped the vehicles, slashed the tires, reached in and grabbed telephones from my personnel, and the war veterans threatened to burn the vehicles with my people inside unless they got out and accompanied police to a station nearby." The ambassador said that the incident was a serious breach of diplomatic protocols. "We do believe this is coming directly from the top," he added.

A driver working for the US embassy was beaten up by the veterans, who are often used by the ZANU-PF (the ruling political party) to intimidate political opponents. They were also used as shock troops in the government's ouster of white farm owners.

Zimbabwe's Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga told the press that the diplomats were detained because they had tried to flee a roadblock and had refused to comply with police. He also refuted the claims that an embassy employee was beaten and that tires were slashed.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official spokesman has said the Zimbabwean ambassador in London has been asked by the Foreign Office to explain what happened.

US Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Johndroe told reporters in Washington: "We are contacting the Zimbabwean authorities about the matter. It's completely unacceptable." He labeled the incident "outrageous."

Just yesterday, police temporarily detained opposistion leader Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC), who is running against President Robert Mugabe in a run-off election on June 27.

Tsvangirai resumed his campaign today. "Our resolve for a new beginning, and a new Zimbabwe remains unshaken," he said. "We are convinced of the justness of our cause, and we will not waver until we restore the dignity of all the people of Zimbabwe."


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Comments:Indian 'guru' faces charges of fraud, drugs and rape

No government financing
Swami Amrita-Chaitanya could receive his money straight from the government if India financed Hinduism the way many Asian and European countries pay the salaries of Christian and Islamic priests. Those Christian and Muslim leaders receive payments directly from the government while the Hindu swamis go through hell.

Of course, Swami Amrita-Chaitanya could have been falsely accused. I just want to point out the odds Hinduism has to compete against.--71.108.4.249 11:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Indian 'guru' faces charges of fraud, drugs and rape

 * 1) REDIRECTRedirected toHe should be tortured in the same way he has done to innocent young girls, not to be spared so that who ever does this type of crime and using God's name should be openly tortured and punished for this crime of rape, cheating and drugs, he should be given the same drugs and punishes of hot iron rod to be lashed in his private parts to teach him and the horrnedous act he has done with young girls & who ever thinks that rape is an easy way to escape should eb punished in the same mannner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.189.46.155 (talk) 09:00, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

If the swamis are not paid or even paid through the governments if you say that the christians and muslims are getting paid by the government, they are not encouraging drugs and sex in they religion, or neither are they doing anything bad in the name of God he should be punished for his crimes, specially for raping young girls. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.189.46.155 (talk) 09:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

just A rotton apple
Indian guru ,tantrik, and yogins are no longer being identified as missionaries of god who have dedicated their entire life for the propagation of faith and for infusing  moral, spiritual and ethical uplift ment of human kind. the west and for that matter westernised versions of hindu deterministic, obscurantists and agnostics go microscopically about finding faults with the miracle men ,god men or guroos. This gaggle of tainted and self styled mendicants who get excessively rich and influential over night has not only marred the repute of so many monks, ascetics and seers who are still contributing substantially to the religious ,cultural and philosophic bulk of human society .A man in the common walk of life must be enlightened about the lineage and commitment of real saints and seers .-all are not rapists ,smugglers ,frauds and criminals. the positive perspective is that they are --rogues and criminals in a saints guise instead of asserting that all seers are criminals and rogues. the name with suffix chaitanya suggests an acolyte of monks belonging to the lineage of adi shankaracharya .others being with their names ending with anand and swaroop. they are novices and are rarely ever gurus unless highly qualified or pennant ascetics of considerable maturity.this is also a pre-monistic phase of a would be monk who bear suffixes like tirth, ashram and sarswati afte.their names for example the  great exponent of arya sama, swami dayanand sarswati used to be called as shudh chaitanya before entering the religious order. the monastic discipline to which acolytes ,alter boys and monks are subject is rigid enough leave no room for any transgression let alone crime and penal offences. As soon as they are convicted they cease to be swamis or gurus or mahatmas. the fourth estate should be cautious about using heir monastic denomination instead of their conventional names .One murderer from karnataka changes his identity to swami shradhanand or something this is highly defamatory and offensive to people who still have faith in shankara's school of thought. after being convicted they are neither swamis nor gurus nor mahatmas. Ra van did abducted sita in the guise of a swami. no one knows him as a swami ravananand. he is a perpetual villain. by swmpnn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.96.49.133 (talk) 07:20, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


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Clinton to suspend campaign

June 5, 2008 The Clinton campaign has announced that Hillary Clinton will suspend her campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination on Saturday.

In an email sent to Clinton supporters, she said that she would like to "extend my congratulations to Senator Obama."

This announcement made by the Clinton team comes as Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, says that he is 'honored' to be the nominee in the election.

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Comments:Clinton to suspend campaign

What was it they sang in The Wizard of Oz? Oh yeah, it was "Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead." --SVTCobra 17:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Of course, this is only the beginning of the end. Pilotguy roger that  17:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, yeah, when you say it like that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.242.65.221 (talk) 00:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

it is beyyer for te demcrats and america to select hillary as the running mate for obama as her experience in the wite house and her popular support among —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.181.66 (talk) 23:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

it is better for the democrats if the experience of hillary is obtained by vp nomination and `````this  will enhance  obama chances to win with a big majority. hope obama include her as the running mate`. this is mot only my opinion but majority of americans thinking`````````````````````````````````` congrulations` obama nathan toronto —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.181.66 (talk) 23:09, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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Clinton to suspend campaign
Several news organizations have reported that Hillary Clinton will suspend her campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination on Saturday.

In an email sent to Clinton supporters, she said that she would like to "extend my congratulations to Senator Obama."

This announcement made by the Clinton team comes as Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, says that he is 'honored' to be the nominee in the election.

US and UK diplomats detained in Zimbabwe
United States and United Kingdom diplomatic staff were detained in Zimbabwe, according to US ambassador James D. McGee. They have now been released, say spokespeople from both the British and American embassies.

Ambassador McGee spoke in an interview on CNN: "Police put up a roadblock, stopped the vehicles, slashed the tires, reached in and grabbed telephones from my personnel, and the war veterans threatened to burn the vehicles with my people inside unless they got out and accompanied police to a station nearby."

The ambassador said that the incident was a serious breach of diplomatic protocols. "We do believe this is coming directly from the top," he added.

A driver working for the US embassy was beaten up by the veterans, who are often used by the ZANU-PF (the ruling political party) to intimidate political opponents. They were also used as shock troops in the government's ouster of white farm owners.

Zimbabwe's Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga told the press that the diplomats were detained because they had tried to flee a roadblock and had refused to comply with police. He also refuted the claims that an embassy employee was beaten and that tires were slashed.

Just yesterday, police temporarily detained opposistion leader Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC), who is running against President Robert Mugabe in a run-off election on June 27.

Tsvangirai resumed his campaign today. "Our resolve for a new beginning, and a new Zimbabwe remains unshaken," he said.

Indian 'guru' faces charges of fraud, drugs and rape
A spiritual guru known as "Swami Amritachaitanya" is being held in Kerala, India on charges of fraud, rape and possession of narcotic drugs. Swami Amritachaitanya, whose real name is Santosh Madhavan, was arrested by Interpol in March on criminal charges in a police raid at his 16-suite ashram in Kochi, India following multiple police complaints against him. Indians living in Bahrain have recently come forward and filed a case against Madhavan in India on allegations of fraudulent practices related to his supposed charity activities.

"Twenty of us have e-mailed a complaint to the Inspector General and Commissioner of Ernakulam police as well as Kerala Home Minister," said complainant Jaya Kumar in a statement to the Gulf Daily News. Ernakulam is a district in the state of Kerala in India. "He was very convincing about his charity activities as well as the resort," said Kumar, a purchasing officer at a company in Bahrain.

Police began an investigation into Madhavan in April after a woman filed a complaint alleging he had promised to start a business with her after a meeting in Dubai, but she said he disappeared after she gave him the money.

NHL: Detroit wins the 2008 Stanley Cup
The Detroit Red Wings won their 11th Stanley Cup in National Hockey League (NHL) history on Wednesday. The Red Wings won the sixth game of the championship finals by a 3-2 score against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. The Conn Smythe Trophy, an individual player award, was presented to Henrik Zetterberg.

Pittsburgh last won the Stanley Cup in 1992 and was seeking its third Cup in the playoffs. The Stanley Cup is the most prominent contest in North American ice hockey.

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Um, there's a typo in the title of this page 71.109.118.151
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User:Moulton

Biographical Information
I am also known as Moulton on the Engish Wikipedia.

I am currently a Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab in the  Affective Computing Research Group. My long-term field of research is the Role of Emotions in Learnin. I am currently working on the role of StoryCraft]as a traditional method of learning.

I am also a volunteer science educator in the Discovery Spaces at the Boston Museum of Science.

My other affiliations include the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis and the School of Communication and Journalism at Utah State University where I assist in the curriculum in Online Journalism.

I was formerly a Visiting Scientist in the Educational Technology Research Group at BBN Systems and Technologies.

My interest in writing encyclopedia articles in my areas of expertise dates back to 2004 when I co-authored an 8-page article entitled "Electronic (Virtual) Communities" in the  "Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications". My newest effort at crafting an encyclopedia article is on Google Knol, where I have prepared an article based on 25 years worth of original research on Cognition, Affect, and Learning.

Objectives
My primary objective here is to achieve a respectable level of accuracy, excellence, and ethics in online media, especially when the subject at hand is an identifiable living person.

My secondary objective is to examine the efficacy of the process and the quality of the product achieved by any given policy, culture, or organizational architecture.

My tertiary objective is to identify and propose functional improvements to systems that are demonstrably falling short of best practices.

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Talk:Ovarian baby "miracle" birth

A bit of late reporting by Wikinews here... --89.243.186.204 22:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:US and UK diplomats detained in Zimbabwe

This Mugabe is insane. Fephisto (talk) 00:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


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W00t!

Btw, when are the smegging elections? How long will Mugabe have to do this crap? Fephisto (talk) 00:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


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Welcome
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Regarding Comments:Student arrested over "art" shirt with exposed wiring at Boston Airport
I only happened to notice your addition there because I was checking Special:RecentChanges and after recognising your username (I'm a regular reader and infrequent commenter on the Wikipedia admin boards) I took a look at your contributions. I'm not going to claim that I know enough about your case to say you were either justly or injustly blocked, but I will point out that while Wikinews is not Wikipedia it does share some key facets, and incivility, disruptive editing and POV-pushing are looked down upon here just as much as there.

On to your actual comment, I will point out that Wikinews is run by volunteers, is a smaller project that Wikipedia, and as such cannot cover everything. If you want an article written, you can write it yourself, or request it - leaving a note on a Comments: page is likely to be missed, especially an old one, unless someone's got it watchlisted. However, I will point out that the article you are requesting is unlikely to be written - while on Wikipedia Recentism is something to be avoided and downplayed, on Wikinews it is part of our mission, and something that happened a month ago, even if it would have made for a good story then, will typically be rejected (take a look at the talk page of an article I wrote recently - Talk:Ovarian baby "miracle" birth - I was less than a week behind the 8-ball and still there's a complaint of lacking timeliness). You may consider putting an request on the talk page of the article, and an admin might add a little "update" box, but past that I don't think there's much that can be done in the scope of current Wikinews policy. Of course, you're welcome to go to the Water cooler and make a suggestion to change the policy, and hope to gain consensus.

On a final note, I took a look at your link to the SPJ's Ethics Code. I think it's worth saying again that we Wikinewsies are volunteers, not professional journalists. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't subscribe to such a code, but that at the moment our resources are minimal, so I see it more as an ideal to aspire to than a standard to abide by. That said, most of the code is in line with Wikimedia Foundation and Wikinews policy and guidelines anyway (such as WN:NPOV, WN:COI and so forth), and where the two intersect is obviously where the ethics of our practices is non-negotiable. We do have a draft Code of Ethics, and it would be worth revitalising the discussion on it, something you may be the ideal person to help with. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for leaving a note for me over on my WikiPedia talk page. Chris.

 * As I wrote there, just a few minutes ago, I would almost surely be disqualified from writing an objective news update on this story since I was deeply involved in the case. I don't know if WikiNews invites Op-Ed pieces, but that would be the only thing I could plausibly write on the case.  While I could conceivably draft a nominally objective story, it would have to be vetted by an impartial editor, who might also feel obliged to obtain quotes from the public officials whom I have roundly criticized in my various blog posts on this story during the course of the many annoying continuances, while the District Attorney dicked around for nine months with a patently absurd and unprovable felony charge.

 * Regarding any conversations on the subject of ethics in media, I believe I would be in a good position to contribute to any such dialogues, based on my long-standing relationship with the Utah State University School of Journalism and Communication, where I have long collaborated with the distinguished professor there who teaches Online Journalism and Ethics in Journalism.

 * Moulton (talk) 02:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Our conflict of interest guideline is similar to Wikipedia's - think before you write, let others oversee it, try not to get emotionally involved (as difficult as that may be). Again, I turn to my own contributions - Wikinews interviews Australian Statistician Brian Pink, aka "my boss". We certainly don't allow OpEd pieces (there's been discussion on whether we could get a working OpEd or Critical Review section that stayed within WN:NPOV, but the general consensus - such as it is - is that it would be very tricky to do, and probably not worth it just yet), but you are certainly welcome to draft an article, and just give a heads-up somewhere for someone to make sure it's neutral before publishing. Like I said, though, the problem is just as much the fact that it is no longer timely to comment on. I may raise this on the Water cooler, to see if there's a solution. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Modulo some minor editing, the update I posted on my English Wikipedia talk page would be the objective article I have in mind. The Op-Ed I had in mind was the one I also posted on my English Wikipedia talk page. Moulton (talk) 22:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I've read the two links you provided. One just comes back here. This is beyond yesterday's news, and if you don't know that the very name "op-ed" violates NPOV, then you don't really get Wikinews yet.

 * We do not have a chief editor who takes decisions on what is covered, and what aspects of stories are highlighted. Thus, there is no "Editorial" to take opposition to. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I'll be the first to confess that I don't understand WikiNews, its policies and practices, or its sense of obligation to readers, sources, and subjects.

 * But I have a direct question for Brian McNeil (or any other WikiNews editor, reporter, or staffer who cares to chime in). Do you believe that WikiNews has lived up to its own Code of Journalistic Ethics with respect to Star Simpson?  Moulton (talk) 09:57, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to butt in here, but yes. I looked over the article in question several times and found it to be more neutral than most of the articles here, mine included. It does a good job explaining the whole situation about the career fair and the nature of the shirt considering what was known to us at the time, instead of getting worked up about the whole "zomg fake bomb lol" like FOX News did. And unlike most of the other news outlets that reported this, the word "bomb" isn't even mentioned in the title (result of a mini-edit war, see talk page). Most of the quotes are from that idiot police chief, but that's to be expected for a breaking news story about a "bomb scare". The last sentence about her being impulsive and creative seems rather unnecessary to me, but it helps to add some balance by including quotes from people other than the idiot police chief. And to answer your concern about the police chief pointing to the device with his finger: he knew it wasn't going to blow up in his face because it was "fake" (his words, not mine). That had already been established in the article. The only question is whether she intended it to look like a bomb or not, which our article does not appear to take sides on. After reading the article, I was left with no unfavorable impression of Star Simpson, though I did take a mental note reminding me never to fly to Boston.

If I had a flux capacitor, I would love to go back in time to around May 2, 2008, so I could write a story on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts deciding to drop the charges. But alas, the intricacies of time travel remain unknown to us at this time, and since the charges were dropped over a month ago, it would be way too old to be considered "news" of any sort. Too bad. ~Planoneck~ 21:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

 * The world-wide readers of Wikinews are left with a dangling story, never learning how it ended. Don't they deserve to learn how it ended?  Moulton (talk) 22:06, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * The readers of news are left with dangling stories all over the world by all kinds media including Wikinews. Do you think that The Boston Herald will have a follow-up to this? You seem to want a duty to follow up written into a code of ethics. I say, it is an undue burden that Wikinews does not have the manpower to handle, further there seems be no precedent for such a duty. As far as your Star Simpson concern, I read the article and was left with the impression of someone who did something that may or may not have been legal, but most people would have known better than to try to go through airport security (as it is now) with it, and got arrested for it. If some reader should later encounter Star Simpson, they are not going to think "OMG this is a terrorist" unless they have a mental defect. --SVTCobra 22:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 * The reputation of The Boston Herald leaves something to be desired. Does Wikinews strive to live up to the highest standards of ethics in journalism, or sink to the lowest levels of tabloid journalism? Moulton (talk) 17:38, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

 * LOL, I guess I should have picked a newspaper that was further away geographically. Too funny that you have a Star Simpson related story about the Herald. However, that does not amount to a valid arguement and I think (hope) that you get my point. Arrests are reported, the resulting court cases ... not so much. And this is not just a symptom of "lowest levels of tabloid journalism" and I think you know that. --SVTCobra 01:13, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

 * According to Google News, 173 news outlets carried the story that the Commonwealth dropped the felony charges. Wikinews was notably not among them.  Moulton (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Moulton, it isn't feasible for us to mandate any form of follow-up reporting since we are dealing with volunteers. In general, there's no such notion in journalistic ethics as normally practiced to mandate followup stories. Moreover, people know that and know that if they want to find information about a topic they will need to look at multiple news sources. Now a bit of avdice:, coming here and immediately starting to make all sorts of issues about ethical concerns isn't likely to get people to pay attention to you. If you want people to pay attention I suggest you write a few articles, become a member of the community and then see if people will listen to your ideas. JoshuaZ (talk) 19:40, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

''"In general, there's no such notion in journalistic ethics as normally practiced to mandate followup stories." --JoshuaZ''

I beg to differ, Joshua. Consider, for example, this review of the journalistic codes of ethics submitted to the Poynter Institute for review from 33 member newspapers of the ASNE (American Society of Newspaper Editors). Among them, we find this exemplary highlight of a timeless value from the Raleigh NC News & Observer:

In the interest of fairness, we shall seek to report the eventual outcome of any criminal charges that we report. This is particularly important in cases in which an individual is exonerated.

Note that these are not my ideas, Joshua. These are ideas set forth by principled professionals in news gathering and reporting.

Moulton (talk) 03:32, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Okay, seriously, you're right. We should have had another article on Star Simpson. We also should have had an article on Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open almost a week ago, or on Norway's legalization of gay marriage on June 11. As you've probably noticed, Wikinews has very patchy coverage, due to the fact that we are volunteers working on our own time and there are not many of us. We cannot write a story on everything that happens in the world, and so many potential stories go unwritten. Unlike Wikipedia, where you can write an article about someone who's been dead for 500 years, Wikinews has deadlines. If something happened over a few days ago, it would be foolish to write an article about it, post it on the front page, stick a feather in its hat and call it news. There are exceptions in things such as scientific or medical discoveries, which often take a while to get around. But for a court case, it's simply too late.

 * The only way I can see your concerns possibly being addressed is if we place some sort of box on the original article informing the reader of the developments in the case. Kind of like the correction template, except less "we were wrong" and more for the reader's convenience. I don't know if others would want to go with it, since it hasn't been done before and it's rather unorthodox. But then again, rules were made to be broken. ~Planoneck~ 06:24, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

 * It shouldn't be that hard to craft an update box stating the basic facts of the outcome — that after 9 months of dicking around continuances, the Commonwealth admitted it didn't have any grounds for the felony charge (which had initially been ballyhooed far and wide). The behavior of the authorities was frankly shameful. But you don't have to write a story about that. Just put in a two-sentence update box saying the state dropped the felony charges after determining "they could not go forward" with the case.  Moulton (talk) 06:39, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Disputes on Wikipedia
Please don't bring disputes on Wikipedia over to Wikinews. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 19:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Sometimes, disputes on Wikipedia are news. This one appears to have made the news already.  Moulton (talk) 04:28, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

 * You have made zero useful contributions here. Persist in harassing people involved in the decision to permanently block you on en.WP and I will permanently block you here. Take Patrick's warning to heart, do not try to import your Wikipedia feud to Wikinews. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:53, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

 * I take vigorous exception to your calumnious characterization of my contributions here. I made important contributions to correcting egregious errors and ethical lapses in reporting a story and I made substantial contributions toward introducing a functional code of ethics here.  That you petulantly elected not to make use of those contributions is a disgrace to yourself and to the project.  Moulton (talk)  16:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Contribution from IP 68.163.110.135. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Completely unrelated to the issue of disruption, but I think it's worth pointing out that people might take you more seriously if you didn't write like a 19th century lawyer with pretensions of literature. I'd be the first to point out that I can be quite sesquipedalian at times (mainly because most people don't know what that means), but even I have trouble taking your last paragraph seriously - in simple terms, it sounds stuck-up and holier-than-thou. With not much effort, I managed to bring it down to "I don't like the way you characterise my contributions. I tried to fix serious errors and ethical lapses in a story and pushed for a functional code of ethics, and you chose to ignore my efforts." which, admittedly, wouldn't make me any more likely to say "Them's the breaks", but might, just might, make me marginally more willing to listen to your complaint.
 * And, along with Patrick and Brian, I will say this: Bring your disputes from elsewhere to Wikinews, and you will be blocked. Behave disruptively as you have here and elsewhere, and you will be blocked. Write a decent, sourced, current news article without attempting to cause any drama, and you might actually get to stick around. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 00:12, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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Wikinews interviews Gene Amondson, Prohibition Party presidential nominee

June 6, 2008

While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third-party candidates. These prospects represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms.

Wikinews has reached out to these candidates throughout the campaign. We now interview the Presidential nominee , a preacher, artist and prohibition activist.

Why do you want to be President?

 * With one out of nine between twenty and thirty-four in prison, Prohibition will come again for the fourth time.

'''Have you ever run for political office before? (President, senate, congress, city councilor, school trustee... etc.) Have you ever been a member of a political party, other than the one you're currently in?'''
 * I grew up ; my brother was [a] state Senator.

What skills or ideas do you bring from this position, or previous positions, that will benefit the Oval Office?
 * I run because no one else will help America with its number one problem: where is the church? That had one Sunday set aside each year to get kids to take a pledge – never to drink (that was 60 years ago).

'''Campaigning for the American presidency is one of the most expensive exercises in the world. How do you deal with the cost and fundraising?'''

 * If we could cut off the money that goes to, the , , , , America could save our children from drunk parents. has a quarter of a million children abused each year by a drunk parent.

 * [Even] with Mothers and millions of dollars, drunk driving has not gone down in ten years.

What are you/were you looking for in a running mate?

 * I have, but would like.

Can you win the 2008 Presidential election?
 * Third party people do not win but we say wise things.

If you can't make it into the Oval Office, whom would you prefer seeing taking the presidency?
 * We need McCain to get good judges, not the .  people must be wise like, Mayor . I have to vote Republican, or kiss  goodbye. Of the three front runners, only McCain will help Israel.

What should the American people keep in mind, when heading to the polls this November?

 * Democrats win because they promise everything, like: America can give you everything; you do not even have to work; let anyone come across our borders; eat, drink and be merry.

Anything else you want to add?

 * We are America's third oldest party, [we have been around for] 137 years. Your kids need you sober. You booze you lose. Like crime and drugs: keep selling alcohol. America's greatest years were the fourteen years of prohibition: our prisons and mental institutions [were] emptied. If you had a dog that bit every third person what would you do?
 * You would shoot that dog. Alcohol has no taste....I[f] I don't like you sober, I won't like [you] with a few beers. Responsible drinking – responsible smoking – dumb and dumber.

 * We need your help [contact me] at http://www.geneamondson.com [or call] 206-463-6333.


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WE ARE   AMERICAS  3RD OLDEST PARTY 137 YEARS Why do you want to be President? WITH ONE OUT OF 9 BLACKS BETWEEN 20 - 34

IN PRISON, PROHIBITION WILL COME AGAIN FOR THE 4TH TIME

Have you ever run for political office before? (President, senate, congress, city councillor, school trustee... etc.) Have you ever been a member of a political party, other than the one you're currently in? I GREW UP REPUBLICAN, MY BROTHER WAS STATE SENATOR

Have you ever campaigned for another political candidate? What skills or ideas do you bring from this position, or previous positions, that will benefit the Oval Office? I RUN BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WILL HELP AMERICA WITH ITS #1 PROBLEM WHERE IS THE CHURCH, THAT HAD ONE SUNDAY SET ASIDE EACH YEAR TO GET KIDS TO TAKE A PLEDGE--NEVER TO DRINK (that was 60 yrs ago)

Campaigning for the American presidency is one of the most expensive exercises in the world. How do you deal with the cost and fundraising?

IF WE COULD CUT OFF THE MONEY THAT GOES TO DOBSON, THE SALVATION ARMY, UNION GOSPEL VISION, WORLD VISION, GRAHAM-AMERICA COULD SAVE OUR CHILDREN FROM DRUNK PARENTS........OHIO HAS A QUARTER OF A MILLION CHILDREN ABUSED EACH YEAR BY A DRUNK PARENT WITH MADD MOTHERS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DRUNK DRIVING HAS NOT GONE DOWN ......IN TEN YEARS......

What are you/were you looking for in a running mate?

I HAVE A RUNNING MATE, BUT WOULD LIKE NUTE GENDRICH SP.

Can you win the 2008 Presidential election? 3RD PARTY PEOPLE DO NOT WIN......BUT WE SAY WISE THINGS

If you can't make it into the Oval Office, who would you prefer seeing taking the presidency? WE NEED MC CAINE TO GET GOOD S. COURT JUDGES, NOT THE DEMOCRATS JEWISH PEOPLE MUST BE WISE LIKE, MAYOR ED KOTCH SP. "I HAVE TO VOTE REPUBLICAN, OR KISS ISRAEL GOODBY" OF THE 3 FRONT RUNNERS, ONLY MC CAINE, WILL HELP ISRAEL

What should the American people keep in mind, when heading to the polls this November?

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WIN, BECAUSE THEY PROMIISE EVERYTHING, LIKE AMERICA.......... CAN GIVE YOU EVERYTHING......         YOU DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO WORK..... LET ANYONE COME ACROSS OR BORDERS.......EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY

Anything else you want to add? YOUR KIDS NEED YOU SOBER

YOU BOOZE YOU LOOSE

LIKE CRIME AND DRUGS, KEEP SELLING ALCOHOL

AMERICAS GREATEST YEARS WERE THE 14 YEARS OF PROHIBITION

OUR PRISONS AND MENTAL INSTITUTIONS EMPTYED

EMPTIEDsp;  IF YOU HAD A DOG THAT BIT EVERY 3RD. PERSON

what would you do

YOU WOULD SHOOT THAT DOG

ALCOHOL HAS NO TASTE.......

IF I DON'T LIKE YOU SOBER, I WON'T LIKE WITH A FEW BEERS

RESPONSABLE DRINKING - RESPONSABLE SMOKING

DUMB AND DUMMER

we need your help

www.geneamondson.com

206 463 6333


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2008 e21FORUM: Intel confronts Microsoft again

June 9, 2008 The opening day of COMPUTEX 2008, e21FORUM was held at the Taipei International Convention Center on June 3 to forecast the future of ICT industry world-wide. To connect with the topic of "WiMAX" mainly promoted by Taipei Computer Association, e21MagicMedia, convener of e21FORUM, entitled the forum topic as "Leading to a Bright Future with Technology".

Since the e21FORUM was initially held from 2001, the dialogue between Microsoft and Intel became a key topic in this event. This year, executives from Microsoft and Intel confronted here again.

In the opening keynote, Sean M. Maloney, Executive Vice President of Intel Corporation, started his speech to forecast the future of WiMAX. "WiMAX will become a must-have trend. When it matured[sic], it will bring on the utilization percentages on mobile devices like MID and UMPC." stated Maloney. In addition, he also demonstrated the application of SSD by shocking and stunning its device to prove its sustainability and damage-proof in front of forum participants.

On the other hand, Microsoft participated in the COMPUTEX 2008 entitled "It's better with Windows" to demonstrate the advantages of Microsoft Windows with "Trusted", "Familiar", and "Compatible". In the second keynote, Steven Guggenheimer, Vice President of Microsoft Global OEM Department, explained the opportunities which OEMs and ODMs can provide to elevate users' experiences by optimizing Microsoft Windows to the best performance.

Finally in the executive panel, DigiTimes and experts from ICT industry in Taiwan forecast the future of WiMAX. Executives coordinately commented that the basic infrastructure will be a critical factor when developing the WiMAX applications in Taiwan.


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Confrontation is a negative concept. You would confront someone with a drug problem or someone with a really bad business plan. When you say Intel confronts Microsoft it implies Intel is angry or dissatisfied with Microsoft over something like Vista or some deal with AMD. Collaborates would be better if the two parties were working together. I don't know what two use when the two parties are talking about unrelated things at an expo. 71.56.114.89 —Preceding comment was added at 11:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

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TEPCA protests the Taiwanese government on WiMAX in Taiwan

June 7, 2008

Taiwan Electromagnetic Radiation Hazard Protection and Control Association (TEPCA), an environmental organization set to promote environmental hazard warnings on electromagnetic radiation, protested over the potential health impact of electromagnetic radiation as Ying-jeou Ma, President of the Republic of China, visited this show on the 2nd Day of 2008 WiMAX Expo Taipei (June 3).

"Base stations of WiMAX are unnecessary in Taiwan! The governmental people didn't care about the living and health of the public!" strongly stated Jiau-hua Chen, Chairman of TEPCA during the protest.

The on-site rate of electromagnetic radiation was firmly higher than the international standards as some experts examined at the showground, according to the Taiwan Hakka Television. In addition, the TEPCA strongly appealed the governments and organizers to announce the place of base stations for health and safety issue.

As a result of the protest, not only the information security, but also environmentalists disputed the future of WiMAX.


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ITRI to challenge the infrastructure of WiMAX on High Speed Rails in Taiwan

June 8, 2008 To challenge the possibility of WiMAX connection on high speed rails, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) started an experiment on Mobile WiMAX technology for the THSR. It's the first-ever WiMAX experiment on high speed rails in the world. Industrial companies including Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Broadband Platform Inc., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Corning Incorporated, and ZyXEL are confirmed to provide solutions in this first-ever experiment.

"THSR is a must-have transportation way for the public besides of inter-city buses and railways in Taiwan." stated THSRC. "There are three critical difficulties that this experiment should be overcome: 'Speed of the THSR', 'Base station construction inside the rails', and the most important one - 'Internet connection on tunnels'." stated ITRI.

"If this [difficult] experiment can be succeeded, Taiwan will become the first nation to provide the Internet connection on high speed rails in the world." said by Moses Yen, Director of Exhibition Department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council.


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UEFA Euro 2008: Błaszczykowski injury damages Poland's Euro 2008 hopes

June 6, 2008

The Polish national team's right winger Jakub Błaszczykowski was ruled out of the Euro 2008 soccer championships late on June 5, less than three days before Poland is to take on Germany in its tournament opener. Błaszczykowski, who in his club career plays for Borussia Dortmund, renewed a hamstring strain he suffered in mid-season.

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Tsvangirai campaign rallies banned in Zimbabwe

June 6, 2008

Police in Zimbabwe have stopped opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC) en route to a campaign rally. His convoy was then escorted to a police station in Esigodini.

"Tsvangirai and other MDC leaders were detained again in Umzingwane. They are being taken to Esigodini police station," said MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa.

Wayne Bvudzijena, a spokesman for the police, said that he was not aware of this incident, but added that roadblocks are used by the police to conduct weapons searches. "Tsvangirai and his convoy are not immune to search," he said. "They can be searched at any roadblock they pass."

Afterwards, the government banned political rallies in support of Tsvangirai, effectively ending his campaigning. Officials said the decision was made to protect the safety of Tsvangirai and MDC party leaders.

George Sibotshiwe, a spokesperson for Tsvangirai, called the ban "a clear indication that the regime will do everything necessary to remain in power," and said its justification was "nonsense."

Earlier today, Tsvangirai was prevented from attending a rally at a mine near Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Bulawayo, when police blocked the road.

"One of our leading vehicles was stopped, then the rest of us were stopped as well. We tried to get an explanation from the police and they said we should have told them in advance that Mr Tsvangirai was going to visit," said Lovemore Moyo, MDC chairman, to AFP. "They then turned us back and we had to use a smaller road to get back to the main road. We are now proceeding."

"We were unable to speak at the mine as we heard at the gate, there were ZANU-PF activists blocking the entrance. We only managed to speak to our local councillors," Moyo said.

Also today, the government announced a ban on all foreign aid groups operating in the country. Some groups, including CARE International had already been banned earlier this week.

"I hereby instruct all PVOs/NGOs to suspend all field operations until further notice," said social welfare minister Nicholas Goche in a statement.

James Elder, a spokesperson for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), called it "completely unacceptable and hugely concerning. Hundreds of thousands of children are in need of immediate assistance. With the onset of the winter in Zimbabwe, the timing is critical for children who are among the most vulnerable and most in need of support."

US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer called on President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa to pressure Mugabe "not to starve the population and to allow international organizations to function."

"It's unbelievable that the government will actually kick out the organizations which are providing services to the people," Frazer said.

Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights told Voice of America that halting food aid is unconscionable in the opinion of Louise Arbour.

"To deprive people of food because of an election is a complete perversion of democracy. How can you possibly deprive people with food and then ask for a democratic vote?" Colville said.

Speaking at the United Nations Headquarters, the Zimbabwean ambassador Boniface Chidyauskiku said that the government was not using food as a tool in the election.

"There is no use of food as a political weapon. It is the other way around. It is the relief agencies, followed by the U.S. government, that have been using food as a political weapon," Chidyauskiku said to the Associated Press. "They have gone out into the countryside and they have been telling Zimbabweans that if you don't vote for the opposition, if you don't change your vote, there's no food for you."

Yesterday, United States and United Kingdom diplomats were stopped in their vehicles in an incident the US called "outrageous" and said that they were threatened with being burned alive in their cars.

"Basically, the police told them they were not going anywhere unless they got out of the car," said deputy information minister Bright Matonga. "The police told them they should respect the laws of the country unless they have something to hide."

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Greek police investigates murder of actor

June 6, 2008 Police officers in Athens, Greece continue their investigation in order to find the murderer of the popular actor Nikos Sergianopoulos, who was found dead in his apartment on June 4, 2008. Athens coroner Philippos Koutsaftis stated that Sergianopoulos, 56, had been stabbed 21 times in the neck, lungs and chest, and the door had been forced. Reports from Greek television news made it known that the knife, with which the actor was stabbed, was found in the kitchen with blood on it.

Contrary to first assumptions, police now believe that it was not a premeditated murder and that the murderer was not a close friend of Sergianopoulos. Among the findings in the apartment were a fingerprint on the door inside the flat, drug substances (probably cocaine) and 40 more fingerprints which will be analyzed in special laboratories.

The actor had been arrested for drug possession in the Kolonos area of Athens in December 2007.

The body of Sergianopoulos has been moved to his hometown in Drama, northern Greece, where his funeral took place earlier today in the presence of co-actors and hundreds of locals.


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Wikinews Shorts: June 6, 2008

Five scuba divers missing near Indonesia
Five European scuba divers remain missing after being swept away by a huge wave off the coast of Indonesia. The divers are from the UK, France and Sweden. They have been missing for over 24 hours.

The divers were last seen in Komodo National Park, in an area known for being quite dangerous. The national park is very popular within the diving community.

The rescue attempt has had no success, partly due to the lack of fuel that is available for the search aircraft. The navy has also joined the search.

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Bus crashes in Indiana, United States
A bus has crashed in Crown Point, Indiana. Investigators believe that the driver may have been asleep at the wheel. The bus turned over on its side today at around 10:00 a.m. local time, injuring 29 of the 42 passengers.

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Teenager stabs father during fight
Police have reported that an Iowa teenager recently stabbed his father during a fight. The father was allegedly stabbed three times in the chest area. Police arrested the teen, who has now been charged with attempted murder.

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Climate bill blocked by US Senate
The US Senate today blocked a bill which required the US to reduce its level of carbon emissions. This failure in the Senate is partly due to the fact that many politicians believed that passing the bill would result in higher energy prices. Despite the failure in the Senate, both US presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, supported the bill.

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Welcome
Welcome! 72.73.74.205, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!Anonymous101  15:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for creating the articles. Anonymous101  15:20, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey thank you WikiNews!!! --72.73.74.205 15:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll copyedit them and make them all into shorts unless you want to expand them into full articles. Thanks again for submitting the articles, Anonymous101  15:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

kk sounds good ty again. --72.73.74.205 15:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Shorts
When the shorts you create seem to disappear from the shorts page they have not been deleted, they have just been temporarily hidden for reader while it is copyedited. You can still see the short when you edit the page. Anonymous101  16:12, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I kind of understand what your talking about but maybe i should just stop making shorts or articles all together lol idk? your talking to a disabled 18 year old here so dont expect to much. --72.73.74.205 16:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Please don't stop making shorts, they are very good and they are needed for the project. Anonymous101  16:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

ok kk sounds good ty --72.73.74.205 16:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

i got to take a break anyway my back is hurting and my fingers are numb lol so i be back later i always watch recent changes so thanks. --72.73.74.205 16:20, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I don;t have any time to c/e any more today but I will c/e the shorts tomorrow if someone else doesn't. Thanks for your contributions Anonymous101  16:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

no problem anytime --72.73.74.205 16:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Missing European divers found alive
I have published Missing European divers found alive to the main page. Thanks for creating it. Anonymous101  10:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

sure thing Anon101 thank you --72.73.74.205 10:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Man stabs 7 people in Tokyo, Japan
I have merged this article with the other article on the subject. The info you wrote there has been moved to an already published article. Thanks for your contributions, Anonymous101  16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

 * good to know thank you. --72.73.74.205 16:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I renamed the other article: "Eleven injured...." The total number of the involved has settled at 17 (7 dead, 10 injured). Thanks. --Dumpty-Humpty (talk) 17:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

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Still needs more C/Editing. which i have no experience with. sorry --72.73.74.205 15:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunatly it still doesnt seem to have enough information to publish into a article but maybe a wiki short not sure what do you guys think? --72.73.74.205 15:27, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it might be better to make this article into a short. Anonymous101  15:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * could that be done with someone with more experience than me? --72.73.74.205 15:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC) thanks for the rep --72.73.74.205 15:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * k i seen its been taken care of hey thanks. --72.73.74.205 15:32, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


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so short this might get the delete but maybe a short with a little more info but i could find none this is just a blerb i found on a local news site. --72.73.74.205 15:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

name change would also help. --72.73.74.205 15:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm about to move it to Wikinews Shorts, where I am giving it the headline Bus crashes in Indiana, United States. Anonymous101  15:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

ok sounds great. --72.73.74.205 15:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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more to report on in the linked article. just wanted to let know. --72.73.74.205 15:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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UN summit results in pledge to mitigate food crisis

June 6, 2008 A three-day United Nations (UN) summit, bringing together leaders from 181 countries, has wrapped up with a pledge by all attending countries to address the global food shortage crisis. Key actions cited include doubling the world's food production by 2030, providing resources for farmers in poor countries and increasing humanitarian aid in times of crisis.

Protests and violent riots have resulted in parts of the world in recent months due to increasing unaffordability, and sometimes unavailability, of food. It is estimated that 862 million people, or just over one eighth of the world's population, are malnourished.

According to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, up to US$20 billion will be required annually to avert crises in the most hard-hit areas. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has put the figure closer to US$30 billion. Pledges made just at the summit amounted to more than US$5 billion, according to the UN.

Despite the largely positively-received outcome of the summit, held in Rome, Italy, there were some who felt that the proceedings could have gone better. Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) pointed to the fact that they were not invited to partake in the discussions. Food and hunger policy adviser Magda Kropiwnicka of ActionAid commented on the strength of the final pledge: "There were no quantifiable financial commitments. Apart from the existing UN Food and Agriculture Organisation funds, no money has been given to address the key problem of boosting capacity."

While most delegates agreed that biofuels have been one of the causes of the food crisis, no actions were agreed upon to address this hot topic. Biofuels have been increasingly in demand in recent years, meaning that many crops that would have previously been used for food are now being used as fuel.

The impact that biofuels has goes further than simply increasing the demand of food crops. As fuel prices increase, so do the costs of fertilisers, farm vehicle use and the transport of foods. All of this adds up to a large increase in the cost of food.

Some UN officials say that biofuel use has caused up to 30% of the global food price inflation of late. The United States estimates that figure to be closer to just 3%. The Globe and Mail newspaper indicates that some estimates go as high as 60%. The only consensus that could be reached on biofuels is that they provide both "challenges and opportunities", and need to be looked into further for a conclusive analysis on their impact on food production.

Other factors increasing food prices are increased consumption of meat and dairy products in developing nations like China and India. Argentina noted that subsidies granted to farmers from the US, the European Union and other Western countries have also been a major player in the increase.


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Dow plunges as oil prices break records

June 6, 2008 The Dow Jones industrials lost more than 400 points on the day today after news of record high oil prices and an increase in unemployment.

Friday's nearly US$11 per barrel increase in the July contract for crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is the largest singe-day increase in oil price history. The July contract hit $139.12, breaking the previous record. The July contract settled at $138.54, also a new record. The previous record for the July contract was $135.09 and was set on May 22. Trading in the July contract terminates on June 20.

Stephen Schork, an oil industry analyst and editor of the "Schork Report," said, "The bulls are running rampant and the bears have panicked...It's pure hysteria, absolute panic."

Morgan Stanley oil analyst, Ole Slorer, released a report this morning saying that he expected a "short-term spike in oil prices," as high as $150 a barrel by mid-July.

Adding to the concerns of oil traders was a statement by Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz told Yediot Ahronot, the most widely circulated paper in Israel that "If Iran continues its program to develop nuclear weapons, we will attack it." Mofaz is considered a candidate as the next Prime Minister.

The average price for regular unleaded gasoline has already passed the $4 a gallon mark in 12 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., according to AAA.

Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate rose to 5.5% last month. This was an increase from the 5% rate in April, and was the biggest monthly jump in more than two decades. Wall Street had only predicted an uptick to 5.1% for the month.

According to the Labor Department, 49,000 jobs were lost in May, adding to four straight month of job losses.

The Dow was not the only stock that fell today, the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 43.37, or 3.09 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 75.38, or 2.96 percent.

Also today, the American dollar declined against other major currencies, including the Euro.

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That's too bad. --Emesee (talk) 21:43, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Euro versus Dollar
Those in the community who have their AFDB tightly secured might be among the people who claimed Iraq was invaded for oil and political reasons. The one I heard rumours of was switching to trading oil in the Euro. I know, and from personal financial experience, that the dollar has been diving more than a highly paid Italian footballer. How much has the dollar dive impacted oil? What if - pre Iraq War - oil started trading in Euro? Would we be screaming about price rises, or is it "look over there! the value of our currency isn't falling!"?

It would be interesting to know if you took the oil price the day before the Iraq invasion, converted it to euro, and plotted the rise against the rise in dollars. Yes, this is just re-plotting the dollar going down the drain, but there might just be that 0.00001% of the U.S. population who got clued up that Republican administrations take you to hell in a handbasket. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Funny you should bring this up. Just yesterday, I plotted a chart of oil prices over the Euro. I don't have the chart on hand, but if it is done from when the Euro bottomed out against the dollar at around 80 cents to now at nearly $1.60/€, oil prices have obviously not gone up nearly as much for Euro-based countries. It is something on the scale of doubling versus tripling.

 * However, pricing oil in either currency really only affects the oil producing countries and not the buyers. The sour note for the Saudis and other exporters of oil is they they are the ones with the cold hard cash in Dollars, the value of which has gone down. So when the UAE builds the Burj Al Arab or The World, which I understand to be done with European contractors primarily, their cost of labor has gone up significantly.

 * In my opinion, the rise in oil and drop in the dollar, dispells the conspiracy theory that the Iraq invasion was conducted to "steal their oil". --SVTCobra 00:54, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Oil price breaks record because of manipulating.
Hi, guys out there, are we going to let these market manupulators to suck our blood last drop !!! Why don't we do something about it - PRIVATE CARS OWNERS  DON'T DRIVE YOURS STUPID CARS FOR ONE WEEK. Then we may see the drop in oil price ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.53.209.141 (talk) 06:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)


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US B-2 bomber crash in Guam caused by moisture on sensors

June 6, 2008

The final report into the crash of a B-2 Spirit bomber belonging to the United States Air Force (USAF) in Guam has determined that the crash was caused by moisture on sensors which caused the jet to receive inaccurate data. It was the first loss of a B-2, which costs US$1.4 billion.

The aircraft, belonging to USAF's 509th Air Wing and carrying the name Spirit of Kansas, was attempting takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base on February 23 this year when the crash occurred. Moisture in three of the 24 air pressure sensors caused the sensors, all on the port side, to feed back inaccurate data to the flight computer.

The aircraft crew believed the bomber had reached the takeoff speed of 140 knots when in reality it was traveling ten knots slower and rotated for takeoff. The malfunction also meant that the sensors showed the plane to be in a nose down position, causing it to command a high level of pitch, around 30 degrees. This, combined with the low takeoff speed, caused the aircraft to stall and veer to the left.

Major Ryan Link and Captain Justin Grieve, who were piloting, ejected as the left wingtip struck the ground. They were injured, with Grieve suffering compression fractures to his spine, but survived. The wreckage came to rest to the runway's left.

The report also noted that more effective communications could have prevented the crash. The vulnerability of the sensors to moisture was first detected by aircrews and maintenance staff in 2006, at which time it was discovered that turning on the 500 degree pitot heat prior to sensor calibration would evaporate the water and cause a return to normal readings. However, this was never formally noted and so the pilots of the aircraft were unaware of the potential problem or its solution.

They were also unaware that, at an earlier time at the same base, another B-2's takeoff roll was aborted at 70 knots due to abnormal indications. After inspection by maintenance personnel, it was determined that moisture in the sensor system was to blame. After turning on the pitot heat the aircraft took off without incident.


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"...beating the previous day's trading record..."
I note this has been removed, and I think it is down to how some people read it. Does it mean the highest point ever, or the highest point on the previous day?

Our readers are now well-used to oil inching up, and they would likely assume it meant both. For that reason I have not restored this, but would really like to see it back with the extra trivia in. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * The previous day's high was nowhere near $135 and the previous record was in the neighborhood of $138. I will try to find sources. I just know that the info CNN listed was incorrect. (I have been trading crude oil for almost 15 years). But I will find the correct statistics. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for digging up some things but, as you say, you've been trading the stuff, how you have put this across is written for people in the know. What is "July Contract", is it the same as "July expiration"? --Brian McNeil / talk 23:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Almost weird but I have been staring at the chart for most of today, and it seems that perhaps we did exceed the highs by nearly $4, anyway the previous record was not yesterday. Well, it's kinda hard to find the info now without my quote machines from work. To answer your question, yes, NYMEX prices are all futures contracts and there is one for each month. Crude is a "deliverable" contract meaning that when the contract expires (near the end of month before said month) seller (short) of the contract is obligated to deliver 1000 barrels of oil to the the owner (long) of the contract at the price they traded at. These people do not need to know eachother and the exchange acts as a go-between, guaranteeing that the parties are for real. The prices of futures have become what the news media uses to discuss the price of oil. In the real world prices of oil vary a great deal because not all oil is created equal. Dubai oil is actually quite different from North Sea oil, which is different from Texas oil. These different grades trade at different prices because differences in how they are refined and what they yield. The NYMEX contract which is often called West Texas Intermediary or Light Sweet Crude Oil has become the standard guage for prices (for the media). A close second is the IntercontinentalExchange (they bought out the IPE) and there people trade Brent Crude Oil contracts. Currently the prices are very close to each other, but I have seen them differ by at least $5 per barrel. Anyway, I will try to clarify in the article. --SVTCobra 00:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I've often seen Brent Light Crude mentioned in BBC reports, there is an opportunity in this ongoing coverage to educate people about how all these things work. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:16, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

 * What I do for a living is trade futures contracts and I don't want to mislead people to think I am an oil trader, per se. These things I said above about oil is close to all I know. I trade futures in everything that is listed on an exchange. That means I have a great deal of knowledge about futures, and some knowledge as to how that pertains to currencies, government bonds, stocks, corn, soybeans, oil, natural gas, cotton, coffee, cocoa, interest rates, and even orange juice (as portrayed in the movie Trading Places. I am not a significant expert on oil in particular or any of the specific things that I trade. I usually steer clear of market news. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)


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Excuse me, but
Who really cares? This is showing up in the Wikinews RSS feed. I don't really think it can be considered world news.--202.7.166.180 01:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews interviews manager of site 'Lose The Game'

June 7, 2008

Jonty Haywood is responsible for the entire site Lose The Game at losethegame.com; a site dedicated to informing the masses about a game called "The Game" which Haywood says is widely spreading and popular game. Wikinews' Gabriel Pollard talked to Haywood via email while constantly losing The Game.

The rules of The Game are simple and easy enough to remember with only three basic rules. While there are variations of the rules spread across Internet just as The Game itself has spread, Haywood plays by these rules:
 * 1) Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
 * 2) Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
 * 3) Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

One variation of the rules is including a grace period where a player has a certain amount of time in which to forget about The Game ranging from mere minutes to half an hour. However, Haywood says that a grace period is unnecessary.

Haywood says many people are playing The Game which takes advantage of the White Bear Phenomenon. The Cornwall, United Kingdom-resident has experienced people playing The Game on his worldwide travels, he has even experienced an American announcing loss at a cinema in Bangkok, Thailand.

"When I first went to university in Cambridge, a year after hearing about The Game in Cornwall, many people already knew about The Game, especially people from London."

"The number of active players is certainly in the millions, if not tens of millions," Haywood says, based on the fact that he has had 500,000 unique hits to his website, "50,000 members of the biggest Game Facebook group." Newspaper articles, radio mentions and webcomics featuring The Game are more reasons for the assertions of its popularity Haywood says.

"In my experience The Game spreads among a group of friends, eventually reaching the Internet and makes it to a new group of friends, etc.

"In addition, many people play actively by trying to make lots of other people lose The Game, often by initiating new players."

Even though many people play The Game, its history cannot be accurately retold. Haywood first heard of the game in 2001 and while there are some Internet posts relating to The Game that date back to 2002, one person from London with claims to being the maker of The Game says he made it in 1996 with the "aim of annoying as many people as possible." Haywood says this London-origin story is the only claim that has "any kind of evidence". But he does say that he prefers to think that someone "discovered" The Game, and not invented it. "It’s always been there, just waiting for someone to realise that they are playing, and hence lose."

Despite running a popular site about The Game - which has something "big" coming up and will be announced in the next few weeks - Haywood himself gets annoyed and irritated at The Game "all the time" and his losses range anywhere from days at a time to mere hours in between losses depending on the social situation. The Game is still fun to play however, he says, because of the distress you can cause on other people. "Although you can’t be aware that you are winning The Game, it is still fun when your friends lose before you, or more than you. Even more fun is when they lose because of something you previously set-up, or an association you tried to make them make.

"I think it’s a much more interesting game than it may first appear. It’s also very abstract and a little thought-provoking, and it’s good to see lots of young people enjoying it."

And for those who wish to lose less often, Haywood has some "strategies". "One involves trying to feel very annoyed after losing, with the hope that you will subconsciously learn not to lose like this. The other is to hit yourself when you lose, with a similar purpose," he says. "Unfortunately, almost every strategy we have tried so far has backfired spectacularly."


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Interview
I interviewed Jonty Haywood via email, as stated in the article. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Title
While intruiging, I think a different title would suit Wikinews better. --SVTCobra 01:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Change it if you want, that's what I came up with so I'm not going to change. You're free to do whatever you want, that's the power of a wiki. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Claims
What, besides the interviewee, substatiates the claim that this a "widely spreading and popular game"? --SVTCobra 01:03, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Exactly that, the interviewee. Again, change the text to be more neutral if you want. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Huh
I read The Game which leaves me only more confused, it sounds like a giant rickrolling. --SVTCobra 01:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I am also confused. I was about to delete the article as vandalism, purely by the title until i changed it and I read the article and saw the edit history. Nice article but I am not sure I follow it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 06:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

It was an inside joke among some social groups, but this site killed it. (see below) 86.144.215.101 07:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

not fucking again
We had this bloody useless article a couple of days ago. It would appear that that article has been deleted. --202.7.166.175 00:43, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

For several years, some form of "The Game" was played quite frequently among some social circles, usually 20 to 30 year olds in England & the U.S. It was a sort of real life "social networking", i.e. "no, you don't want me to tel you about the game, then you'd have to play", "what? are you sure you want me to tell you about the game?", etc. No one I know who "played the game" ever liked this site. In other words, your not interviewing a meme's creator or propagator, your interviewing the guy who made it boring. In-fact, I would nominate this article for deletion, but I'm not sure that "interviewing the wrong guy" is grounds. 86.144.215.101 07:32, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

editprotected Please add to this article. Many thanks --Joowwww (talk) 22:29, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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Western Australian economy at crisis point say builders

June 7, 2008

Western Australian Master Builders Association (MBA) yesterday demanded the Carpenter Government call an emergency cabinet meeting to avoid a "state of emergency" over the energy crisis gripping WA. A MBA spokesperson said that hundreds of workers have already been stood down, many without pay, and that the cost of building material is soaring.

The Minister for Energy, Fran Logan has admitted that the gas shortage caused by Tuesday's fire is damaging the economy as mining, manufacturing and construction industries wind back operations. Western Australia's two major brick producing companies have shut operations and Wesbeam's $A100 million Neerabup pine production facility has been closed, their 130 employees have been stood down.

Wesbeam chief executive James Malone said, "It's an industrial tsunami in my view. It's a little ripple that has very quickly had a huge multiplying effect on the whole community".

Michael McLean, Master Building Association director said "It's a worst-nightmare scenario, and not one we could have imagined in our wildest dreams," building supplies are expected to start running out by the middle of next week.

Premier Carpenter has announced a meeting of ministers and industry representatives to take place on Sunday to discuss solutions to the growing crisis. Tim Wall, managing director of Apache Corporation has said Apache is conducting a worldwide search for the parts need to repair the pipeline.

Major mining companies and Apache partners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have already reported they are suffering with the loss of gas supply; the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has talked down the effect saying that they don't expect the crisis to take the heat off the booming mining industry. Opposition leader Troy Buswell has describe the performance of Fran Logan as "absolutely dismal" noting that Mr Logan had experienced a similar incident in January this year, when a fire at Woodsides Karratha operations had a similar effect.


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This is not news.--71.233.85.164 03:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC) LULZ FOR THE WIN Rekov (talk) 04:25, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Wow. where's credibility when you need it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.173.86 (talk) 04:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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Critics of Robert Mugabe speak at Africa World Economic Forum

June 7, 2008 African politicians met at the 2008 World Economic Forum on Africa, where they discussed a variety of issues, including the current situation in Zimbabwe.

Simba Makoni, a former finance minister in Zimbabwe, said the chance of a free election in Zimbabwe was low: “Conditions have been created in the country as a whole, but particularly in the rural areas, where there is no prospect of any semblance of a free and fair election.”

The Secretary General of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe, the Movement for Democratic Change, also criticized the upcoming elections, saying that they were “merely legitimizing the kleptocracy.”

He continued his speech to the forum. "The regime is increasing the decibels of insanity. At every level it is telling the international community in a loud and clear voice that it is not prepared to play by the rules, it is not prepared to listen to logic, and most importantly it is not prepared to listen to democracy and the voice of its people.”