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January 29, 2005

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Annan invites Iraqis to exercise democratic rights

January 29, 2005 With just days to go before Sunday's historic poll to choose a new government in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has invited the people of Iraq to exercise their democratic rights.

The poll, the first free elections in a generation, faces disruption from insurgents who are totally opposed to democracy. Annan warned them not to interfere and promised continuing help from the UN for the country in the future.

Annan made his appeal in a pre-recorded message, broadcast on TV inside Iraq. "Elections are the best way to determine any country's future; please exercise your democratic rights on Sunday," he said. "Whatever your feelings about how the country reached this point, this election offers an opportunity to move away from violence and uncertainty toward peace and representative government."

The UN has been providing advice and technical help to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), as well as $100m funding for the poll and co-ordination of international assistance. A team of 40 experts has overseen the delivery of three million tonnes of election materials and helped the IECI and Iraqi officials prepare and maintain the voters register.

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I have seen not wrong with the article. However I did a fast check, so if you are invited to recheck. -- Carlosar


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Taiwan-China flights begin

January 29, 2005

BEIJING/TAIPEI — Nonstop flights between mainland China and Taiwan took off Saturday for the first time in more than half a century.

Traditional dragon dancers in bright costumes performed on the tarmac as three airplanes prepared to leave Beijing's airport Saturday, the first to fly nonstop to Taiwan since 1949. The ceremony marked the first of 48 charter flights allowed to operate between Taiwan and the mainland over the three-week Chinese New Year holiday season.

Later, a China Southern Airlines plane, which took off from the Guangzhou, landed at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport amid similar fanfare. This marked the first successful direct flight across the two sides, still technically at war.

The Republic of China government banned direct flights after the Kuomintang defeat in the Chinese Civil War to the Communists caused the government to retreat to Taiwan. Although there is consensus on all sides to resume the three links — direct postal, telephone, and airline links — between mainland China and Taiwan, Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian has been reluctant to move ahead, citing the possibility that the People's Republic of China could disguise troop carriers as commercial airliners to invade Taiwan.

All normal airline flights between the two sides have to be routed through a third party — usually Hong Kong — making a three hour flight between Taipei and Shanghai last eight hours.

Taiwanese and mainland airlines are forbidden to travel into their respective airspaces, forcing passengers to change airlines too. These restrictions were first lifted for Chinese New Years in 2003, but those flights still stopped briefly in Hong Kong.

Taiwanese legislator John Chang, the grandson of former President Chiang Kai-shek, spoke of the flights' significance at the ceremony.

Mr. Chang said that despite differences, the flights symbolize "the hopes of the two sides for peace, stability, dialogue and mutual development."

Mr. Chang had been part of the group of opposition lawmakers that helped arrange the flights. This year's flights were planned after diplomatic negotiations in Macau, ending on January 15. They are aimed to allow the easy reuniting of families which are split between the island and the mainland for the celebrations.

The ROC government hopes the flights can form the basis for further negotiations and better relations with the People's Republic of China. However, the PRC, which is refusing to deal with the independence-leaning government of President Chen, is less optimistic.

Most of the passengers taking advantage of the nonstop flights, running until February 20, are Taiwanese businesspeople who work on the mainland.

Many Taiwanese have lobbied their government to ease its ban on direct air links, especially as trade continues to grow between the island and the mainland, despite the political tensions. Mainland Chinese officials this month said cross-strait trade had reached a record $70 billion in 2004.

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Hi. Just to make it brief, what is your problem with my articles? For instance Cameron 17:54, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Please provide a link. - Amgine 03:42, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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US Navy chooses US-Europe US101 helicopter to be next Marine One

January 29, 2005

The U.S. Navy has chosen the US-Europe US101 helicopter to be the next Marine One, the helicopter for the U.S. President.

The present aircraft, Sikorsky SeaKings, are around thirty years old and do not have the payload capacity to carry the modern communications gear demanded by the White House. The contract is expected to cover the purchase of 23 helicopters.

When invitations were made to industry inviting proposals for replacements, Sikorsky offered their H-92. Lockheed Martin did not have a suitable helicopter and, rather than developing, a new design, offered the European EH101, renamed the US101. The US101 will be built in America using mainly US components with some European content.

The EH101 was developed jointly by the British company Westland and the Italian Augusta, who formed the AugustaWestland company. The helicopter has seen service with the British Army in Bosnia, the Royal Navy in the recent Iraq war and with Canadian Coastguard in search and rescue operations.


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Iraqi election in france
Great article. Best bit of Original Research so far. The bellman 09:03, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Estonian economic freedom
Hi! I don't disagree with your removal of the economic freedom comment, just want to let you know some background on it though. It's not at all some unofficial, mysterious rating, it is actually prepared by the Heritage Foundation based on a fairly comprehensive set of criteria - you can see the rating here: http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm. Estonia should be commended for achieving such an excellent rating just 14 years after its independence. So, yes, it is a good thing. Cheers, Ronline 10:30, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I know about the Heritage Foundation. However, this is a private organization with nothing official. The exact criteria are not given (or at least I have not found them on the site). Furthermore, whether or not it is better to be "economically free" in the sense of the Heritage Foundation is the topic of active political debate; we should not endorse the point of view that a high index by the Heritage Goundation is "good". Submarine 13:06, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

French television authority stops broadcasts of Iranian station for antisemitic content
Excellent article, Submarine. Great sources. Pingswept 17:46, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Figures
Why do you write in the form 2×109€ instead of just saying €20bn? → CGorman (Talk)  20:11, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

billion adj : (U.S.) denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units; (Britain) denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units [syn: {a billion}]

Imprecise terminology (though the current Americanization of Britain has the advantage that Britain is moving towards using "billion" for 109). Submarine 20:18, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * You may be technically correct - but useing powers is far too cumbersome for a news article - most people cannot work out them on the cuff. As you are dealing with euros it makes sense to use the European method of billion. Im impressed by your work on the article, but I strongly advise removing the power method of displaying numbers. → CGorman (Talk)  20:24, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Merci beaucoup. → CGorman (Talk)  20:37, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

RE: French government minister harassed by US immigration

 * Submarine, you may think whatever you want of me. But just because I support the government of my own nation doesn't mean I am not objective.  If I find articles that are severely misleading due to a lack of representation of a side, I will point it out.  The above article was tagged as not news because quite honestly, I find it nothing more than a French government official complaining about some inconvenience.  And not providing specifics makes that claim even more prevelent.  --Mrmiscellanious 03:53, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

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Iraqi elections kept low-key, but secure, in Paris

January 29, 2005

Fourteen countries outside of Iraq have been selected for the installation of polling stations for the Iraqi National Assembly election. Among these, Paris, capital city of France, will welcome voters from France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

While the event has not been kept secret, the French government and media have been quite discreet about it. The polling station has been installed in an unused elementary school in a calm residential neighbourhood of the XIIIe arrondissement, without fanfare. Most inhabitants are not even aware of its presence – that is, until they notice the unusual deployment of police and come across the posters written in French and Arabic. Despite the discretion, the sight of police guarding a polling station is striking in a country where elections are a calm affair on a Sunday, and polling stations, most of which are installed in schools, are only noticeable because of the official billboards carrying the candidates' posters.

Security measures have been taken – metallic barriers prevent parking in and around the front and back entrances to the station, and CRS riot police with bulletproof vests guard the entrances. Still, overall, the security measures remain limited. Traffic flows in the street, passers-by freely walk in front of the station entrance, no display of heavy weapons. This contrasts with the use of military troops and deployments of gendarmes mobiles that France used in its Vigipirate anti-terror plan following the Islamist terror bombings that it suffered in 1995, or the typical security measures kept around possible terror targets such as the embassies of Israel and the United States of America. This time, military cars and a handful of soldiers were seen in the morning, but were gone in the afternoon.

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Chinese Communist leaders and the family of the late purged party chief, Zhao Ziyang, have agreed to bury him on Saturday, nearly two weeks after his death. The burial has been delayed over disagreements between Mr. Zhao's family and the government over the funeral arrangements. For many in China and overseas, the former premier of the chinese Communist Party symbolized the drive for a reassessment of the government's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.

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With just days to go before Sunday's historic poll to chose a new government in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has invited the people of Iraq to exercise their democratic rights.

The poll, the first free elections in a generation, faces disruption from insurgents who are totally opposed to democracy. Annan warned the insurgents not to intefere and promised continuing help from the UN for the country in the future.

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Direct charter flights between Taiwan and mainland China have begun this week. The Republic of China government on Taiwain hopes the flights can form the basis for further negotiations and better relations between them and the People's Republic of China.

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The crew of the International Space Station took a 5 hour spacewalk on Friday. Russian Salizhan Sharipov and American Leroy Chiao installed a 20-inch robotic arm on the exterior of the space station.

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Official figures didn't show 60% of dead Iraqi civilians were killed by coalition forces, says BBC

January 29, 2005 The BBC reported on January 27 that statistics released by the Iraqi Ministry of Health showed that Coalition forces killed 60% of the civilians that died in the period July 2004 to January 2005.

The figures, normally available only to the Iraqi cabinet, show a total of 3,274 Iraqi civilians were killed and 12,657 wounded during the continuing conflict. These figures exclude the deaths of known insurgents.

However according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health, the BBC misunderstood the matter. According to the previous story from BBC these figures were a result of Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces military operations.

However, the Iraqi Ministry of Health explained that the published figures also include Iraqis killed by terrorists, not only those killed by Coalition forces or Iraqi security forces; and that those recorded as killed in military action included terrorists themselves, and Iraqi security forces.

The BBC recognized their error and apologized in a recent news item, and retracted the conclusions drawn by their original report:

"'The BBC regrets mistakes in its published and broadcast reports yesterday,' reported the BBC.'"

The figures, based on records from Iraqi public hospitals released by the Iraqi Ministry of Health, are shown in the following table:

Shortly before the release of the figures by the BBC, US Ambassador John Negroponte had told BBC reporter John Simpson:

"My impression is that the largest amount of civilian casualties definitely is a result of these indiscriminate car bombings."


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It seems BBC deleted the article and published a new one apologizing for a bad interpretation of these figures. -- Carlosar


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Chinese airlines agree purchase of Boeing 787 Dreamliners worth US$7.2bn

January 29, 2005

Officials from the People's Republic of China have agreed to purchase 60 aircraft in a deal worth US$7.2bn.

In China, airliners are selected and purchased by the government, which then distributes them to different airlines. The preliminary agreement will see Dreamliners delivered to six airlines —, China Eastern Airlines, , , and. The deliveries are scheduled to be in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The aircraft was once named the 7E7 but was renamed at the same time the deal was announced. Boeing will begin production in 2006 and the aircraft should enter airline service in 2008. It will seat 200 to 300 people and will have a range of 3,500 to 8,500 nautical miles. Through the use of the latest materials and designs it will be 20% more fuel efficient than the equivalent aircraft today.


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This article was originally created by User:Submarine - Amgine 23:57, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I happened to pass in front of the polling station, by mere hazard. I was intrigued by the unusual police deployment and barriers, and saw with much surprise the posters. I later came back with a camera. Submarine 00:46, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * just wondering what a bunch of over-zealous cops must of thought about you taking pictures. You'll probably get listed as a suspected terrorist... The bellman 09:14, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Well-done, Submarine! King Ho Cheung 15:50, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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The ugly space before the archived tag should be removed. Thanx. 68.39.174.238 02:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Ex UK Minister Chris Smith was HIV Positive for 17 years

January 30, 2005 Ex-British Culture Minister [ has lived with the HIV virus for 17 years, he has revealed to the Sunday Times.

The former cabinet minister decided to go public after the former South African President announced his son Makgatho Mandela, had died of AIDS.

'When I first heard about it, I was really worried because there was hardly any treatment,' he told the newspaper.

Mr Smith was quickly put on a course of anti-retrovirals after he was diagnosed. He said that he had "been with the National Health Service all the time".

Chris Smith revealed he was gay in 1984. He was sacked from his post (which he held since 1997) in 2001, after controversies over the National Lottery and the construction of the new Wembley Stadium.

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Talk:Official figures didn't show 60% of dead Iraqi civilians were killed by coalition forces, says BBC

When i first read the headline i thought it meant the coalition killed 60% of Iraqi civilians, not that of all the Iraqi civilians killed, 60% were by the coalition. I think the head line neads a changin'. Im not sure what a clearer headline would be though. The bellman 08:02, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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First free Iraqi election begins; insurgents strike

The first free elections in over 50 years have begun in Iraq, via proportional representation, to choose members for a 275-strong assembly that will then draw up a constitution.

Interim President Ghazi Al-Yawar was among the first to cast a ballot.

However violence has already begun to overshadow the event, both inside Iraq and abroad, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up close to a polling place in western Baghdad, and a riot and bomb scare in Sydney, Australia.

According to police reports four people were killed and at least nine injured in the Baghdad bombing. A total of at least 36 people have so far been killed in Iraq today in various suicide bombing since the opening of the polls.

As well as suicide bombings, insurgents have used mortars to attack the people. In southern Baghdad they killed at least two people, and in Hilla one person was killed. Mortar rounds have also been fired on other cities, including Mosul and Baquba.

28,000 polling booths in 5,578 stations opened at 7 am (local time), closely guarded by both coalition troops and Iraqi security forces. Turn out has so far been described as "sporadic", with queues in Shia areas but few people voting in Sunni areas.

"Thank God, thank God." said the Interim President, "Blessed are the Iraqi elections. We greet all Iraqi people and urge them not to give up their rights, to vote for Iraq, elect Iraq and not to give up on Iraq"

"Deep in my heart, I feel that Iraqis deserve free elections," he went on, "This will be our first step towards joining the free world and being a democracy that Iraqis will be proud of."

Voting abroad
Booths have also been set up in many countries outside Iraq to allow expatriates a chance to vote in the elections, however Iraqis in countries without booths are complaining about not being able to use postal votes, and those in countries which do have booths complain that there are not enough of them.

Iraqis in New Zealand would have to travel to Australia to lodge their vote. "There is a lot of interest in this election. Not all the Iraqis here have passports yet, so not so many can travel. I'm a little sad that we can't contribute to this," said Wellington's Iraqi Association spokesman Jafar Abdulghani yesterday. "Our association would have been very interested to invite the organisers to help us with voting." There are currently around 7000 Iraqis in New Zealand who are eligible to vote.

Fifty people rioted in Sydney, Australia, when about 20 protesters yelled insults at voters leaving the center, setting off the melee. Voting organizers said the protesters were Wahhabis, members of a sect of Sunni Islam associated with militants in Iraq. Police said there no were arrests and no reports of injuries. After the fighting was contained, an unattended backpack found near the center led police to close the center and cordon off the area.

It turned out not to be a bomb, but polling was extended. Thair Wali, an Iraqi adviser for the International Organization for Migration, said the fight broke out after the protesters began using cameras and cell phones to take pictures of voters leaving the station. "This is scary for the people, taking photos of the voting," he said.

Iraqi nationals abroad have said they failed to register to vote, fearing terrorists would then target relatives in Iraq.


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French goat is found to have BSE

The European Union has announced that a French goat has become the first animal other than a cow to ever have tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The results were announced after over two years testing of the goat's remains. Scientists originally thought that the goat was suffering from scrapie, another degenerative disease that can be found in goats and sheep.

This discovery proves correct the theory that BSE, or mad cow disease as it is commonly know, can exist in ruminants other than cattle.

The EU has stated that eating goat products is still safe due to precautionary measures which have been put in place. "I want to reassure consumers that existing safety measures in the EU offer a very high level of protection." The EU Commissioner responsible for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou said regarding the findings.

"This case was discovered thanks to the EU testing system in place in France."

"The testing programme has shown us that there is a very low incidence rate of TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies) in goats and allowed us to detect suspect animals so that they can be taken out of the food chain, as was done with this goat and its entire herd."

The EU intends to test 200,000 goats in the 25 member states over the next six months.

title: French goat is found to have BSE


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Habib back in Australia, thankful to supporters

Mamdouh Habib, a former Guantanmo Bay detainee, arrived back in Australia and was reunited with his family on Friday, after having been held in the US navy base for three years without charge.

In a statement through his Australian lawyer, Stephen Hopper, the Habib family thanked the Australian people during Mr Habib's incarereation. The statement also offered thanks for the work of Mr Habib's American lawyer saying, "Most of all we'd like to thank Joe Margulies for his excellent efforts ... Joe's the best lawyer in the world."

Mr Margulies says Mr Habib needs medical treatment for chronic physical and mental conditions he suffers from his incarceration.

Mr Habib was detained by Coalition forces in Afgahnistan three weeks after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, on suspicion of having links to Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terrorist group.


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Protests at New York's Hamilton College over controversial professor

Students and professors at New York's Hamilton College have raised protests over an invitation to the controversial ethics professor, Ward Churchill, to participate in a panel at the college. The main objection is related to comments by Mr. Churchill, chairman of the ethnic studies from the University of Colorado, who in a paper written after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, compared the victims of the attack to "little Eichmanns".

Churchill's paper, entitled "Some People Push Back", charges that all American citizens are complicit in the "genocide of 500,000 Iraqi children," which he maintains occurred during the Gulf War as a direct result of military actions and the destruction of infrastructure and the water supply. Due to their inaction and empowerment of the American government, he compares American citizens to "Good Germans." He also charges that the inhabitants of the targets of attack, namely the Pentagon and World Trade Center, have a dubious claim to the title "Innocent Civilians," as the Pentagon was a military target and the WTC was home to many who he alleges profited from the Iraqi Genocide.

Administrators defended Professor Churchill's appearance despite the fact that some considered his views repugnant and disparaging.

According to Hamilton College spokesman Michael DeBraggio: "Hamilton, like any institution committed to the free exchange of ideas, invites to its campus people of diverse opinions, often controversial."

The University of Colorado's Interim Chancellor Phil Distefano said in a statement:"I wish to make it clear that Professor Ward Churchill's views of the events of 9/11 are his own and do not represent the views of University of Colorado faculty, staff, students, administration or Regents. While I may personally find his views offensive, I also must support his right as an American citizen to hold and express his views, no matter how repugnant, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution."

The professor's opinions divided New York's Hamilton College, where Churchill is scheduled to speak. Jessica Miraglia, a student at Hamilton, created a poster defending the professor reading "You don't have to agree with them in order to learn from them.". Sophomore Matt Coppo, who lost his father in the World Trade Center attacks was angered over the invitation to Churchill. "Knowing that I'm paying for a person to disrespect my father, it doesn't go over too well in my mind."

Two congressmen from Colorado asked professor Churchill to apologize for comparing victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack to Nazis. Professor Churchill has said that he will not back off his statement.

Related news

 * American Indian Movement protests against Professor Ward Churchill February 7, 2005.


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Ephraim Kishon dies at 80

Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, satirist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director, died of a heart attack in his home in Appenzell, Switzerland, Saturday night. He was interred on February 1, in the Trumpeldor St. cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel.

He was born on August 23, 1924, in Budapest, Hungary, as Ferenc Hoffmann. A prisoner in a Hungarian concentration camp, he escaped during the journey to the extermination camp of Sobibor. He returned home to find his family alive and joined them in hiding until the end of the war.

Changing his name to Ferenc Kishont, he worked as a writer in a pro-communist satirical magazine until fleeing to Israel with his first wife, Eva, in 1949. There, an immigration clerk changed his name to the Hebrew Ephraim Kishon (אפרים קישון), which he had used ever since. Recently, he lived in both Switzerland and Israel.

A worldwide bestselling author, his books and short stories were translated into 37 languages. He also wrote a regular column in Maariv, wrote numerous plays, and created several films, amongst which are Sallah (סלאח שבתי), which won two Golden Globe awards and was nominated for an Academy award, and The Policeman (השוטר אזולאי), which won one Golden Globe award and was nomniated for an Academy Award.

He won many awards over the years, including the Israeli Nordau Prize for Literature (1953), the Israeli Sokolov Prize for Journalism (1958), the Israeli Kinor David Prize (1964), and the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2002).

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said in a eulogy: "Ephraim Kishon was one of the giants of Israeli culture, who created an entire cultural world for a country in formation; he created an entire world of culture for the country."

Prior to the funeral, his coffin was placed on the morning of February 1, in the Journalists' House in Tel Aviv, where his friends, colleagues, family, and fans, payed their lasts respects to him. Amongst them was Israeli Minister of Education, Limor Livnat, and Mayor of Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai.

Kishon left behind his third wife, Lisa, and children Raphael, Amir and Renana.

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Talk:Protests at New York's Hamilton College over controversial professor

There is quite a difference between the "good germans" during the nazi era, and actually being a nazi. As such i think the title needs changing. The bellman 23:36, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reply to The bellman,

Thought same first, but read the speech in full and he does come up with this:

If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it.

Adolf Eichmann being the main protagonist of the Nazi regime responsable for planning the details of the holocaust. So he is not only talking about silent profiteering from genozide but about active planning as well. 128.250.115.95 00:21, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Reply to The bellman,

I agree, but for a different reason. Churchill does indeed compare Americans to "little Eichmanns," referring to a high ranking Nazi who was largely responsible for the logistics of the extermination of millions of people during the Holocaust. "If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it"

However, Churchill's claims are not news. They were made on September 12, 2001 as a reactionary statement to the anti-islamic sentiment which directly followed 9/11. His remarks, while controversial, are not the news which is being reported in this article. The event being chronicled here is the protests students and teachers are raising against this radical professor being invited to Hamilton College.

The title should reflect that news. Glitch010101 00:31, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Well i moved it, and added the "little Eichmanns" claims. Any objections? The bellman 01:00, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Looks great - Thanks! Glitch010101 04:21, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Why is the word Australia in the title??? Is the New York! college run by an Australian institution? Apparently not, according to its website. How can we get rid of it if its a mistake?

Please add this article to Category:9/11. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jcart1534 06:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


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Report into 2003/2004 New South Wales (Australia) hospital safety released

452 serious incidents that occurred during 2003 and 2004 have been brought to light, by a report released today about the safety of patients in the hospital system in New South Wales, Australia. Many of the incidents highlighted by the report resulted in injury, or even death.

The report detailed 13 patients who had operations that they were not meant to have or who had the wrong part of the body operated upon. It also noted that another 22 were seriously injured in falls in wards and bathrooms.

Other statistics included four suicides in hospital, with another 128 occurring in community care. Another nine people retained surgical instruments or materials inside them after the operation. The rest of the serious incidents related to labour and delivery problems (26) and clinical management problems (157).


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User talk:Borofkin

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Cave In Israel
http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-05-31T102559Z_01_L31581222_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SCIENCE-ISRAEL-CAVE-DC.XML

There is a link to the page I thought it was plagiarizing. I think some changes have been made to the article since I reported it, as when I first saw it, it was almost exactly the same as the Wikinews article. Anywhom, there it is.

Condoleezza Rice labelled "war criminal" by Australian demonstrators
I personally have no problem with the use of the word invasion but feel that other editors may and tagged it more or less so we could find an alternative. Those who are pro-Iraq war are likely to claim that "invasion" is POV - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 01:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Interview
Of course :) Glen Stollery C T 05:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking (I know you certainly had absolutely no requirement to) and yes that's all 100% fine by me :) Thanks again! Glen Stollery C T 06:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Photo
How do you place a photo in an article? Ronan.evans 09:45, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Response
I refuse to apologize to the user until that user can apologize to the community for his statements. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 11:39, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

relax, cooool .... some tea (kofi) ?
, cooool Jacques Divol 12:52, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Smiles and welcome
I prefer to think of it as bear-headed not allowing crap to occur, but thank you :). Lyellin 23:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Agree to disagree
Thank you. Not that I'm anything but confused at the moment, but thanks for the kind words. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Original Reporting
I agree with your statement on the talk page of the latest hotel article (protest article). I would like to know what I can do to help? I think that the original template should include the name of the person or the username, afterall that person is the source as you state and It would make it much easier for someone to track down the author to ask any OR questions. Let me know what I can do. Thanks for the compliment too :) Jason Safoutin 02:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

RE: Speedy
The Speedy guideline numbers 1, 6 and 8 which can apply to most of the editorials here. These articles, specifically #8, which "other works of fiction that damage the credibility of Wikinews." As op-eds do not always represent truth, they can be considered fiction. #6 considers spam or advertisement, as many try to exploit our openness in trying to embed certain portions into op-eds, and #1, in which op-eds rarely contain useful information beyond opinion. These are all valid points that work with most encounters of op-eds on this site. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Not entirely. As stated above, there are numerous occasions where a Speedy is acceptable in relation to an op-ed piece.  We don't allow them in our mainspace, where our NPOV policy is in effect.  DR is for articles where it isn't clear, not for every article that needs to be deleted.  I will move them to userspaces if there is salvageable content; if there is none, then I will outright delete them on one of the Speedy guidelines.  Wikinews' reputation heavily relies upon our neutrality, it's what distinguishes us from other sites.  Having op-ed pieces on our front page, however, degrades that reputation dramatically.  Most users, when they drop an op-ed on our site, never return.  This saves DR discussions for articles where there isn't a clear-cut decision if it is a policy violation.  The ones that I delete are undisputably in violation.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 05:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It would take a message on my talk page, requesting an undeletion (or from another admin) with reasoning. I will undelete and move it to the user's space if I still find policy violations with them, and will attach a message with it that it should not be entered into the main space until they are dealt with.  If there were no violations with it, it will be undeleted without any conditions.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 05:20, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

MrM's characterization of an editorial as CSD-1 a work of fiction is dangerous nonsense, as is application of CSD-1 and CSD-8. That is not the intent of SD. It does, however, give carte blanche to an admin to delete articles he doesn't like without the trouble of discussion simply by calling its neutrality into question as editorial. StrangerInParadise 07:15, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If there is an article you'd like undeleted and moved to your user space, I'd be more than happy to oblige. Alternatively you may request undeletion on WN:DR and an admin will probably undelete it for the duration of the vote.  Nyarlathotep 12:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

That is kind of you, but I would prefer that CSD-1, CSD-6 and CSD-8 not be misapplied in the first place. I would prefer not to have to ask returned that which ought not to have been taken to begin with. StrangerInParadise 12:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Stranger, this is the last time I'm asking you. Stop stalking me.  I was fully within my grounds to delete them, and I will continue to on the guidelines on the page.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 15:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

That you assume I (and Nyarlathotep?) are somehow stalking you is an uncivil assumption of bad faith. That you believe what you say regarding SD implies that someone should keep an eye on you. StrangerInParadise 22:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Nope. Just you.  Almost every statement you make has a reference to me in it somewhere.  I used to be flattered, but now I'm just creeped out.  And, please have your eyes checked.  It's in black and white, not what you think is right.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 22:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

RE: Personal attack
That's quite an assertion. Would you please kindly state why you feel that way? --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The comment. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 01:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I do not see the personal attack there. Therefore, I cannot be blocked for it, as in the case of empty threats.  Telling a user to have their eyes checked means that they need to read whatever it was again.  They obviously needed to.  If you don't have anything important, my time really can be used in better places.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 01:33, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikinews interview
David, Sorry about the delay! I have posted the interview at: w:User:Stollery/Interview - if you have any other questions just buzz me, and thanks for the opportunity and your patience! Glen Stollery C T 07:05, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

ArbCom: MrM
I have solved every issue with everyone on this site WITHOUT ArbCom. I also do not allow personal issues to get involved on ths site. Regardless, any de-Admin comes from the community. ArbCom is NOT an oppurtunity for the community to vote ot to voice opinions. ArbCom, in this situation, has no authority to de-Admin. IMO, we do not need ArbCom for. this is a news site. We write news, and these are personal issues that do not belong on Wikinews. Jason Safoutin 01:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * In the 3 months or so that I have been here, this is the first I have heard of this issue. I only picked up on it when it was brought to ArbCom. So IMO, speaking from as long as I have been here, I do not agree. I never had the chance to discuss this matter and ANY discussion of a matter involving the de-admin of a user is an issue for the community to decide not arbcom, regardless of the situation. If you want ArbCom to deadmin, then you need to make it so that only members of ArbCom can vote in admins. Again, Wikinews is a news site. It is not a theatre of war and it is not grounds for people to create their own battles. If someone has a personal issue with another user, then discuss it off Wikinews. Jason Safoutin 02:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And I said No. If I just heard of this issue, and I have been here for 3 months, then No the community has NOT had enough time and no the community has not been properly notified. Jason Safoutin 02:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Then perhaps instead of just "posting" issues, make a pont at putting them on the Nav bar? Not everyone looks at the water cooler or the news room. All I am saying is that ArbCom is not a place for peole to take out their personal feelings. We do not need "officials" to resolve disputes over a computer. If we are going to elect admins through the community, then it is the community's decision to de-admin them, period. Otherwise, to hell with the community, and make ArbCom the official boss of everyone and everything on Wikinews. But I know that I will not allow my rigts as a user, to be dictated by a committee that wrongfully de-admins users without a community' direct approval. Any and all de-admins MUST be decided by the community. I alo believe that it is totally unnecessary to have 4 or 5 pages to look at for this issue, I do not have time to look at all this stuff and it should be clearly marked on the worshop page ALL locations regarding this issue. IMO any other way is misleading to users. Jason Safoutin 02:27, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Giant cracker explodes open the case of UK homeworkers
This is an article from 2004. Can you remove that tag? It really doesn't apply. irid:t 06:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh crap. See article talk page. I'm an idiot. irid:t 06:12, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

WN print edition
I noticed your comment of MrMiscellious' page. What's up with Cspurrier? -Edbrown05 08:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Semapedia in Africa article
I've added more detail as requested. Am leaving the article in development. IF you think it is ok now, then publish it, else let me know what I can do. Guido 12:15, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Two errors in article
Hi David, thank you for the article. I just noticed two errors in the article if you could possibly amend?

Cruise's numerous statements that no one should be using any psychatric medication was not only ignorant but darn right dangerous. (not "no one should not be")]

''No one can possibly argue that it is responsible for Tom Cruise to effectively tell every child... to suddenly stop their meds and start “exercising and taking vitamins.”'' (not "irresponsible")

Thanks in advance Glen Stollery C T 21:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my RfA
Hi Borofkin. I wanted to thank you for your support and comments on my RfA. I hope we get to work together more, maybe as soon as I spend more time away from the office. :) irid:t 22:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: You are blocked for four hours
Borofkin, I looked at ALERT but have not seen a section concerning this block. Please list the specific edits which were in violation either here or on my talk page on WN:ALERT, so that they can be viewed for validity (as of now, I haven't an idea what you are talking about). --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 21:12, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I see the ALERT page and agree with the block. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 21:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Request an interview
Looks like you have some requests to deal with here. Andrevan 21:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Interpretation of blocking policy
Just wanted to say that I support your approach to blocking. I also like your deescalating approach to educate others about this. Keep it up! --vonbergm 04:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Cowcide apology

 * Ok, I just adjusted the entire edit. Is that ok now? Neutralizer 01:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I saw that too. MessedRocker was refering to the much earlier discussions between International and I, which were not completely polite on International's part. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

re: Pete Ashdown
Original reporting is the direction I want to move in, and was partly my motive for the interest I held in it. The request for an interview comes from a candidate that is not from my own U.S. state, and I could only help with formulating the most general questions... not ones specifically interesting to that state. Mr. Ashdown needs Wikinews interest from members of his own state. -Edbrown05 07:48, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer block
I thought it was quiet... But I don't see your block listed on WN:ALERT. Can you do so and perhaps review some of the subsequent edits on the user's talk page. I interpret labelling anyone who has a Journowiki account as "traitors" as a breach of WN:E and part of this user's ongoing campaign to divide Wikinews into warring factions. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Duel
I accept! as soon as you arrange for Wikimania to be in Sydney, I will arrange to be at your service. (Super-soakers at 10 paces would be more exciting; waterpistols just don't have enough oomph.) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:29, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment on above section

 * The above section ("User Amgine") was copied in full from the WN:ALERT page, revision 256382. The user who posted it, Neutralizer, as shown in the message above, only requested your response to this matter, so I have posted it here on your talk page, and removed it from the ALERT section, as it does not pertain to other admins.  If you wish to revert my edits, please leave me a note on my talk page informing me of them.  Thank you, --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 21:52, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for any confusion
Hi,Borofkin,

The above was meant to be an admin alert. I only asked that you "particularly" might be interested since you had blocked me; I certainly did not say or imply that I only wanted your attention to it. Since that request has been apparently misunderstood, I will now completely withdraw my request that you "particularly" respond as my main effort is to bring the edit to the Admins for consideration. I also do not feel it was right for MrM to move my edit without discussion with me first, but, I assume he simply misunderstood my intentions. Neutralizer 23:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Amnesty Report 2006: disadvantaged pay price of war on terror
Well, simply put, I'd rather not do it myself, because if you can teach others why there might be bias in articles, one would hope those individuals would realize what may cause disputes in the future, and edit their articles (or ask others to edit them) to remove or neutralize that content. I don't wish to fuel the flames, but I don't really want to edit every single article on Wikinews that has to do with controversial topics such as the ones in the Amnesty article. I was hoping that the inclusion of examples and describing why it is not acceptable to our policies would educate most of the contributors to the article, and in turn, those contributors would pay more attention to content in future works. I don't know; maybe it's not working, but I'll keep trying it, unless I've got some other suggestions ;). --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks for fixing my mistake on the commented out text -- I kept looking at it trying to figure out where I'd messed up and it was magically fixed! Then I realized I'd had help... ((BLUSH)) --Chiacomo (talk) 03:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Spot on with WN:WL
I noticed this edit after visiting WN:ALERT, you were spot on the money LOL! - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 09:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Rfda
This is a message to inform you that I have added every administrator to the Rfda section on WN:A. This is not personal and I feel as if the community, who did not have the option of voting for or against most of the administrators, should be able to choose who they want to be in charge. I also want to say that I value everyones work on this site and I know that everyone does their best. I hope that none of you will take this personally and I hope that all of us will continue to work together. Jason Safoutin 12:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

RE:Victory For Oakland's Public Housing Tenants
Who's article was first. I thought Indy's was but I stink at timezone conversions :p - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia Australia
Hey, I just want to give you a heads up incase you havent been to Wikimedia Australia for a while that the third meeting will be held tomorrow night at 21:00 AEST. It would be cool if you come along, even if to just get a feel for some of the other people interested in the project - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 12:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi
No, I'm from Melbourne. I have a friend from East Timor though. Thanks for the welcome. :) commons:User:pfctdayelise (also en.wp, en.wb, meta) 17:20, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW I don't know how the portals automatically update, but I think it would be really useful if they also had the date published. Because at Portal:East Timor I still have no idea if the new stories are at the top or bottom. commons:User:pfctdayelise/203.214.115.130 17:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I know. He just got back. If you can get a Wikinewsie in Melbourne to contact me (someone you trust) I will see if he is interested in doing an interview. I already suggested this to Nathan Carter. 203.214.115.130 00:38, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

image about to go bye bye
The image you put in article: Australian government to provide Internet filters for families may be about to be deleted:. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:54, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Neutralizer 3rr title violation
Here

On the day after concensus reached. Against protests in discussion. Ealturner 13:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Please also note Neutralise "NPOV'd" this article. There were no complaints for hours before the article was made top headline.

Neutralizer calls the title "Totally 1 sided as well as inflammatory and sensationalist"

The title is "Israeli railroad station bombed. 8 killed, 23 injured"

Please do something about this individual. He is making work impossible. I don't want to leave but I will not take much more of this. Ealturner 13:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

New Policy has users up in smoke
Hello. I am not sure if you check this page anymore, but I thought you might be interested as to what is going on here at Wikinews: Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan. I am outraged as well as others...do you have an opinion? DragonFire1024 09:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Borofkin
A belated hi and thanks for the welcome. You were wrong when you said "If you want to be truly anonymous, you should create an account" - that is untrue and so is the statement by wikinews that "Registered users have their IP addresses hidden from public view".

That's because other admin users are tracking my IP when I'm logged in with my username. And one has even published my IP next to my username on a wikinews page.

Is that abuse under the wikinews policy? Nemesis 08:06, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

....

2. Yes you could be right about the IP guess or otherwise he is technically savvy (or has a friend with other privileges) that could allow him to check IP's. Never the less - whether the IP is guessed or traced - I think it's inappropriate to publish other users IP when they haven't been involved with spamming or vandalism etc.

...

3. On another issue I'm still pretty sore in the way those admins went about in deleting my work (with amendments) on that copyvio excuse. Those admins knew that my article had been copied from wikinews and a number of hours later posted on that blog - the times and dates showed such (I saw one of yours there too). And then to turn it around and accuse me of copying my article from the blog means I must be able to time travel! But I guess that's the way some admins treat newcomers - with unreasonableness and hostility...

Hellos!
Heh...

Well, I won't be visible much longer... just wrapping up some threads from last week. Interview with Roger McNamee in a couple hours, post the notes, then probably tah. But cool to see you here! -  Amgine | sw 22:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That was *you*! Someone pointed it out to me in IRC... Very nice! What are you doing in NYC? -  Amgine | sw 23:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The pictures are great. Nice that you had a scoop even of the NYT. -  Amgine | sw 23:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiNews hotline
Dear Borofkin,

I'm a freelance writer based in New York and I'm doing a short article about WikiNews. Obviously, WikiNews breaks with traditional reporting in a lot of ways--but what I'd like to focus on is the way potential sources can request an interview either online or by calling the hotline. Since you seem to do some of your own original reporting, can you share some of your experiences with me? I'd love to hear some stories and get a sense of how it works and what advantages it has over traditional reporting.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Adam Rose

email: rose.adam AT gmail. com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.239.234.146 (talk) 17:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

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 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

 * Point 4 of the Privilege expiry policy provides for fast-tracking reacquisition of privileges. We all understand that real-life commitments can severely curtail the level of commitment you can give to Wikinews; the privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

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Slovak escapes from avalanche using urine

A Slovakian man who was trapped in his car under an avalanche, has escaped by urinating on ice to melt it. The man—who had 60 half-litre bottles of beer with him in the car—literally drank his way to safety.

"I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it," he said.

Rescue workers found the man still drunk on a mountain path in Slovakia’s Tatra Mountains four days after his Audi car was buried.

"It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there," he said.

He first planned to shovel the ice from outside his window, directly into his car, but soon realised that he would run out of room in his car before he would be able to reach the top.

Snowfalls of levels not seen since 1941 have fallen over parts of Europe over the past week. Some places have registered more than 3 meters of snow in 24 hours.


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Vandals deface Australia's Myall Creek memorial

Police are investigating damage to a memorial to the 28 victims of the Myall Creek massacre. The Plaques which are in the town of Inverell in northern New South Wales, Australia had the words "murder", "women" and "children" hammered from it leaving the plaque unreadable.

Inverell police Senior Constable Chris Curtin said that "We got reports [from a local aboriganal elder] that deep gouges have been scratched into the plaques along the memorial walk. Several of the plaques will have to be replaced."

The NSW government has reacted to the event by calling the vandalism an appalling and insulting crime. "This is a gross act of vandalism, Defacing this memorial is disrespectful and insulting to the people who were murdered, and their families." Aboriginal Affairs Minister Andrew Refshauge said.

"All you're doing is really showing the blackness in your own heart, the sadness of your own spirit - there is much more at stake here than that," Mr Refshauge continued. "The reconciliation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the region is already a powerful movement - join it, don't trash it."

The Myall Creek massacre is particually important in Australian history, as it marks the first time that Europeans were charged and convicted of murdering Aborigines. "It was the first occasion when European law was applied to deliver justice for Aboriginal people," Mr Refshauge said. "That's why this act of vandalism is especially appalling."


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Talk:US Navy chooses US-Europe US101 helicopter to be next Marine One

Isn't it the Marines who carry out presidential flights? Even the title of the article refers to it, "Marine One". This NY Times Article states that "The Pentagon" made the contract. Technically, the Marines are part of the Department of the Navy, which is part of the Department of Defense (if I recall that right). Still, I think the title "US Navy choses US-Europe US101 helicopter to be next Marine One" is wrong and should actually read something like "US Marines/US Marine Corps/US Department of Defense/Pentagon choses US-Europe US101 helicopter to be next Marine One" - --flo_p 13:51, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The US Navy was the body that ran the competition and made the selection. The US Marine Corps operates the aircraft, but collaborates with the US Navy on many things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.249.47.11 (talk) 18:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

The USMC is administatively within the Navy, though sometimes though of as a separate branch. --SVTCobra 19:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


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MetLife to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup

January 31, 2005

Metlife announced on 01/31/05 that they were going to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup. Travelers Life and Annuity is an insurance underwriter. MetLife is a large life insurance and annuities underwriter. MetLife will have to borrow a lot of money to pay for the company, so rating agencies like S&P warn that the AA credit rating of MetLife might be lowered. This would cause the interest rates at which all of MetLife's debt must be repaid to increase. Citigroup committed to continue distributing Travelers life insurance and annuities through its Smith Barney stock brokers, Primerica agents, and Citibank branches.

Citigroup was previously known as Travelers Insurance before it bought Citicorp. First the Property and Casualty business of Travelers was spun off, and now the life insurance division has been sold off. This is primarily because insurance underwriters get a lower price to earnings multiple from the stock market because of the cycles and uncertainty associated with the insurance business. Also, having an insurance underwriter and a bank together does not usually create "cross-sell" opportunities, because consumers and businesses almost always buy life insurance and annuities through brokers who have a duty to give them other options. Citigroup will continue to sell insurance through its brokers as before.


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User:Camagitoe

My name's Camilo. I'm 21 years old. I'm a political science student at the University of Central Floridain Orlando, Florida. I like computers, politics, and physics. I'm rather open minded. You can email me at camagitoe@gmail.com

Radix Omnium Malorum est Cupiditas

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Virgin of Suyapa visits Honduran suburb devastated by massacre

The Virgin of Suyapa, a 6cm high statue that is the patron saint of Honduras, was brought to the local suburb of Eben Ezer in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, after the residents of this area experienced the massacre of 27 people returning home by bus on 23rd December 2004. A further 29 were left injured. Many thousands of people from all over Central America come to Suyapa, a suburb of the capital Tegucigalpa, to celebrate her name day in early February, and she made this visit yesterday, Sunday January 30th, as a part of this year's celebrations.

Her presence was heavily guarded by a contingent of armed military troops, as this statue has already been stolen more than once, though always recovered later. A minute's silence was held at the spot where the massacre took place. The nationally well known bishop's assistant Rómulo Emiliani led the ceremonies.


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RAF Hercules crashes north of Baghdad killing ten

A British Royal Air Force C-130K Hercules transport aircraft crashed 30 km north of Baghdad in Iraq yesterday, killing ten service people.

The aeroplane was flying from Baghdad International Airport to the U.S. airbase at Balad, when it crashed at approximately 1635 local time.

The Royal Airforce at RAF Lyneham has confirmed that ten British servicemen were killed in the crash: Sqn Ldr Patrick Marshall, Flt Lt David Stead, Flt Lt Andrew Smith, Flt Lt Paul Pardoel, Master Engineer Gary Nicholson, Ch Tech Richard Brown, Flt Sgt Mark Gibson, Sgt Robert O'Connor, Cpl David Williams all of the Royal Air Force and Acting L/Cpl Steven Jones of the British Army Royal Signals. The UK Ministry of Defence has said that the aircraft was on a routine transport flight.

Flt Lt Paul Pardoel was an Australian born Navigator serving with 47 Squadron Lyneham of the British RAF. Flt Lt Pardoel is Australia's first casualty in Iraq.

The cause of the crash is unknown and is under investigation.


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Welcome!
Thanks for your article! - Amgine 22:00, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Kofi Annan notes high turnout in 2005 Iraq elections

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has noted that the Iraqi people turned out in large numbers to vote in the January 30 ballot. Voters were deciding who to elect to the 275 seat Transitional National Assembly.

Sporadic violence saw the deaths of 22 people across the country during voting, but attacks by insurgents did not seem to deter voters from exercising their new democratic rights. Annan praised the courage of the people and congratulated the Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) and UN officials for successfully running the poll.

The Secretary General went on to say that the success bodes well for the on-going transition process. The next step will be a referendum in October 2005 on the constitution the Transitional National Assembly will be tasked with drawing up.

In the Out-of-Country Voting Program, 93.6% of Iraqis eligible to vote, did so.


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US guards kill four in Iraqi prison riot

February 1, 2005

Four prisoners at Camp Bucca Theatre Internment Facility near Umm Qasr in southern Iraq, were killed by US guards during a riot that broke out at the facility yesterday. The US military has also stated that 6 other detainees were injured during the riot.

A statement from the US military said that the riot started just after noon, in one of the camp's ten compounds, following a routine search for contraband.

"The riot quickly spread to three additional compounds, with detainees throwing rocks and fashioning weapons from materials inside their living areas," the statement said. "Guards attempted to calm the increasingly volatile situation using verbal warnings and, when that failed, by use of non-lethal force. After about 45 minutes of escalating danger, lethal force was used to quell the violence." The statement said.

"The cause of the riot and use of lethal force is currently under investigation by the chain of command and the US Army's Criminal Investigations Division, which is standard procedure whenever a detainee death occurs," the statement continued.


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Wikinews:2005/February/1

 * Nepal’s King Gyanendra dismisses the government
 * Human rights group critical of US opposition to ICC in Darfur
 * Australian Prime Minister to visit Aceh
 * Microsoft releases new MSN Search
 * Brazil forbids previous release of statistical data
 * Colombia releases detailed report about the FARC
 * Venezuela-Colombia crisis:Castro intervenes, Chavez and Uribe scheduled to meet
 * Iraqis vote in massive numbers
 * Blair says Iraq election was blow against global terrorism
 * Poll shows Romanians are optimistic about current government. 64% of the country's citizens think that it is heading in the right direction.
 * US guards kill four in Iraqi prison riot
 * Mother of first Australian soldier killed in Iraq expresses anger

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Fixing References
Carlosar 23:39, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC) -- There is a problem with the following reference: That reference points to "Minister condemns Indigenous memorial vandalism" instead of "US guards kill four rioting Iraqis". So I removed that reference and I put a reference to the news in the US Department of Defense (which is better than the previous reference, since it is the official press service from the US). I could not find the reference from the Sydney Mourning Herald.
 * fixed the smh ref. thanks carlosar. - The bellman 23:46, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The story credited to SMH is actually from AP. GreatWhiteNortherner 07:13, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews:2005/February/2

 * FARC attack: 16 Colombian soldiers dead
 * Swift satellite goes fully on-line
 * George Bush delivers State of the Union address
 * Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
 * Girl killed by falling tree in Australia
 * Bolivia rejects Chile's OAS candidate
 * Foreign troops should stay, says Iraqi President
 * British Incapacity Benefit due to be overhauled today
 * Brazilian Ministry of Education defends external control over Universities
 * Nepal's King names new cabinet
 * Paedophile forced to flee Australian town
 * Man run over by train near Adelaide, loses both legs
 * Australian PM arrives in Aceh
 * New drugs listed on Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
 * Pope John Paul II has flu, taken to hospital
 * Australian churches begin campaign against late-term abortion

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Wikinews:2005/February/3

 * Cambodian opposition leader stripped of immunity, flees country
 * UN IIC report faults former "Oil-for-Food" director
 * Beslan siege organiser speaks
 * PM of Georgia dies of gas poisoning
 * Short-tailed bats to be transferred to Kapiti Island, New Zealand
 * China forbids 50 electronic games
 * Severe flooding in Melbourne, Australia

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Wikinews:2005/February/28

 * Lebanese Government resigns amid protests
 * Rare antibody yields AIDS vaccine insight
 * Gene switch turns stem cells into cancer killers
 * Three Romanian ports closed due to heavy fog
 * Romanian VAT to remain at 19 percent
 * Construction for Romania-Italy pipeline to start in 2007
 * 'Aviator,' 'Baby' dominate 2005 Academy Awards
 * Cambridge Planning Board approves new science building at Harvard
 * Bank of America declares 1.2 million account records "lost"

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Wikinews:2005/February/27

 * Pope John Paul II makes surprise appearance at window of his hospital room
 * Nine rescued from roof of blazing Taiwanese skyscraper
 * Two-headed baby has second head removed
 * Ireland beat England 19-13 in the RBS Six Nations
 * Romania announces 18 percent increase in tourists in 2004.

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Wikinews:2005/February/26

 * Princeton media class discusses Wikinews
 * US serial killer suspect arrested after 25 years in hiding
 * Founder of Amnesty International dies, aged 83
 * Bacteria thrive deep under sea floor
 * British Iraq abuse case soldiers jailed
 * Explosion in central Tel Aviv nightclub
 * The British minimum wage goes up in October

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Wikinews:2005/February/25

 * Montserrat refugees to be deported from U.S.
 * Mutant gene predicts common Parkinson's
 * Several UN troops killed in Congo ambush
 * Yukos loses Chapter 11 bid

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Wikinews:2005/February/24

 * Pope in hospital again
 * Finnish-French MEP criticise Finnish President and Foreign Minister
 * Toothpaste fills cavities without drilling
 * Palestinian legislators approve new cabinet for Abbas

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Wikinews:2005/February/23

 * Effort on to eradicate Polio from Asia in 2005
 * Illegal dye found in British food
 * Feverfew compound gets at leukemia roots
 * Mysterious power failure takes down Wikipedia, Wikinews
 * Dark matter galaxy discovered
 * Romanian leu continues to surge
 * European Commission approves the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
 * Australian government commits more troops to Iraq

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Wikinews:2005/February/22

 * 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
 * Canada's next ambassador to U.S. instigates outrage over missile defense

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Wikinews:2005/February/21

 * Spain says Yes to EU constitution
 * Kashmir avalanches kill at least 100
 * University of Southern California spit test predicts cavities
 * Ex-priest Shanley sentenced to 12-15 years for child rape
 * Five hundred Palestinian prisoners released by Israel
 * Professional cyclist fired for breaking contract through anti-doping statements
 * Thirty hospitalised after Melbourne airport gas leak
 * New research reveals a more emotional and troubled President Abraham Lincoln
 * Bucharest boasts largest cinema complex in Southeastern Europe
 * Romania plans its next privatisation initiatives
 * Author Hunter S. Thompson found dead

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Wikinews:2005/February/20

 * Plague kills scores in Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Starburst across galaxy impacts Earth's ionosphere
 * David Beckham's new son, Cruz is born
 * Disturbances after football match in Liverpool
 * Spain to vote on EU constitution
 * US and Japan offend Beijing over Taiwan
 * Cricket: Australia defeats New Zealand in series opener
 * China steps up anti-gambling campaign

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Wikinews:2005/February/19

 * Earthquake stirs panic in Indonesia
 * Togo's Faure Gnassingbé says elections will be held in 60 days
 * Reporters can be jailed, Appellate Court says
 * Russia negotiating missile sale with Syria
 * Hundred of thousands march in Rome to demand freedom for kidnapped reporter
 * Airlines fight compensation legislation
 * North Korea has no further interest in negotiations with United States

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Wikinews:2005/February/18

 * U.S. envoy selected as top intelligence officer
 * Protests in Colombia after deaths of infants caused by landmine
 * Millions found by Irish police in raids
 * Italian government criticizes Swedish television broadcaster
 * Robot 'learns' to walk like a toddler
 * Cricket: Australia defeats NZ in Twenty20 international

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Wikinews:2005/February/17

 * Chubu International Airport opens
 * Greenspan's testimony suggests "more of the same"
 * Former Paraguayan President's daughter found dead
 * Brazil: occupied area conflict, 2 deaths
 * United Iraqi Alliance win slight majority
 * Foreigners buy record number of Canadian securities
 * Five hundred cattle die of neglect on West Australia property
 * China overtakes U.S. as world's largest consumer
 * Boeing unveils long-range 777
 * Armstrong will compete in 2005 Tour de France
 * Second U.S. anti-missile defence system test fails
 * Brazilian President Lula met Chavez, military and economic cooperation
 * Funeral held for the former Lebanese Prime Minister
 * Oldest human fossils dated as 200,000yrs old

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Wikinews:2005/February/16

 * Wal-mart way to be revised
 * Google offers to help Wikipedia
 * NHL season canceled amid player pay cap dispute
 * Israeli parliament approves final step before implementation of Gaza disengagement plan can begin
 * Microsoft announces new security software, new version of Internet Explorer
 * Countryside Alliance lose legal case on UK fox hunting ban
 * Thorpe to miss 2005 World Swimming Championships
 * Study claims to show difference between male and female brains
 * Another body found in Brazil near U.S. nun murder scene
 * Kyoto Protocol comes into effect
 * U.S. 2004 tax rates lower for those earning over $10 million, Tax Policy Center says
 * Lack of facts no hindrance to speculation about Google, Wikipedia
 * 'The Gates' opens in New York City
 * Chinese researchers crack major U.S. government algorithm used in digital signatures
 * A policeman is killed and another one is tortured in MST camp, in Brazil
 * Mayor of London compares reporter to Nazi prison guard
 * Neutered HIV a potential cancer treatment?

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 * Wikinews profiled in news report
 * Colombia-Venezuela meeting in Caracas to end crisis
 * Conservative White House reporter using pseudonym gains access to Presidential press briefing and classified documents
 * American nun murdered in Brazil
 * Chinese mine blast kills over 200
 * Yahoo chooses Dublin as location of new European Headquarters

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Wikinews:2005/February/14

 * 'Baby 81's parents confirmed
 * Large explosion in Beirut kills many including former prime minister
 * Best Buy signs leases for 28 new stores
 * WestJet Airlines retires 18 aircraft
 * Passenger ship Voyager radios SOS in the Mediterranean
 * Iran rejects EU nuclear reactor offer
 * Madrid skyscraper devastated by fire
 * Severe weather warning issued for Samoa
 * Brazilian Medicine Council against Cuban privileges
 * U.S. drones reported in Iranian airspace

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Wikinews:2005/February/13

 * Gunman opens fire at upstate New York shopping mall
 * Shiites win dominating role in Iraq
 * The Aviator and Vera Drake scoop top prizes at the 2005 Orange BAFTA Film Awards
 * New Ariane 5 ECA rocket launch a success
 * UN troops accused of rape in Congo; UN staff suspended due to Iraq Oil-for-Food corruption
 * Howard Dean elected chairman of U.S. Democrats
 * Chicago chef invents edible menu
 * Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam
 * Somalians protest against deployment of African Union troops

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Wikinews:2005/February/12

 * California public school requires RFIDs on students
 * Hamas considers ceasefire talks after Abbas meeting
 * Former Google employee says he was fired because of blog comments
 * French economy picks up but falls short of government's hopes. France recorded GDP growth of 2.3% in 2004.
 * New Zealand Recorded Crime Statistics available online
 * AIDS 'super bug' diagnosed in New York
 * Fans jumping for Juno tickets
 * Estonia becomes European leader in Internet usage
 * French television authority stops broadcasts of Iranian station for antisemitic content

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Wikinews:2005/February/11

 * U.N. reports Afghan opium production is up again
 * Rallies against Feb. 1 royal coup in Nepal
 * Michael Smith foundation gifted by BC government
 * Arthur Miller dies, aged 89
 * Canadian PM Martin testifies before sponsorship scandal inquiry
 * Shakidor Dam bursts in Pakistan after heavy rain
 * Bush administration removes critical report from website, replaces Civil Rights Commission chair
 * Brazil opens XIV International Fair of Books in Cuba

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Wikinews:2005/February/10

 * Iranian President vows to maintain nuclear program
 * Colombian army and FARC in combat, 28 dead
 * Saudis vote in first municipal elections in the Kingdom
 * Pope to leave hospital
 * Kobe commemorates earthquake victims
 * Prince Charles to marry Camilla Parker Bowles
 * North Korea declares it has nuclear weapons; cancels talks
 * Explosion in Madrid; Basque separatists blamed
 * $158 billion missing in U.S. Medicare drug benefit cost estimate
 * Google releases test of mapping service
 * Togo's new leader promises elections, but doesn't say when

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Wikinews:2005/February/9

 * FBI Investigates 1/4 Million Poisoned Dollars
 * Israel-Palestine ceasefire begins with violence
 * Hamas dampens Palestinian-Israeli truce
 * Carly Fiorina ousted from HP
 * Baugur makes a US$1,8 billion bid for Somerfield
 * Star ousted from galaxy by black hole
 * FARC surround Colombian town
 * Brazil dismisses English language skills on Diplomatic career admission
 * Danish Elections have endorsed the current Centre-Right Coalition

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Cities on Weather Map
Nice to see a refreshed map but surely New Zealand deserves a city on the map as it was before? More people live here than in Williams Field or the Russian cities in Siberia. Also New Zealanders are more likely to view this site than Russians (who don't read English) or people in Antartica (who would pay excessively high prices for the internet as it has go be beemed into space). Either Wellington or Auckland, preferably both, would do fine. --GregStephens 23:58, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * This image is being hand built daily by a contributor, and is being designed for use on all the Wikinews sites (currently French, German, English, Dutch, Spanish, and Swedish.) I believe the contributor is planning to add a New Zealand city rsn. I think there's also plans for a Russian wikinews. - Amgine 00:18, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Wikinews:2005/February/8

 * Hubble Space Telescope to be burnt up; Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter cancelled
 * India tops list of top offshoring locations
 * Romania, 14th most attractive country for business relocation
 * Tiny planet discovered in mini solar system
 * Abbas, Sharon declare truce at Middle East summit
 * Microsoft to buy antivirus firm Sybari Software
 * Production of GM soy crops surges in Romania
 * Romanian agricultural head sent to prison for corruption

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Wikinews:2005/February/7

 * Ellen Macarthur sets round the world solo sailing record
 * Cocaine smugglers robbed while fleeing authorities in Honduras
 * EasyJet passenger figures rise almost 24%
 * Shi'a leaders call for religious state
 * Pirates killed 30 sailors in 2004
 * List of Communist spies leaks on the internet
 * American Indian Movement protests against Professor Ward Churchill
 * Sibiu International Airport to be modernised
 * Chinese New Year to be celebrated in Bucharest for the first time.
 * Brazilian Carnival season is opened
 * Inquiry to be held into Australian immigration detention of Australian woman
 * Thaksin Shinawatra leads party to stunning victory in Thailand

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Wikinews:2005/February/6

 * Tropical cyclone Meena strikes Cook Islands
 * Astronomer proposes Hubble replacement
 * New London police commissioner blames middle-class cocaine users for violence in Colombia and on British housing estates
 * UN board supported Saddam Hussein's regime, says Iraq's ambassador
 * UN says no genocide in Darfur
 * Twenty-seven die as bus falls into gorge in Kashmir
 * Coup in Togo after President dies
 * Sports footwear companies progress towards eliminating sweatshops
 * G7 announce debt relief plan
 * Brazil receives Cuban Foreign Minister

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Wikinews:2005/February/5

 * Java creator criticizes .Net
 * Missing Afghan jet found; 104 believed dead
 * Bob Marley birthday celebrations marked by dispute over possible reburial
 * Uribe-Chavez meeting postponed
 * New York court rules in favor of same-sex marriage
 * GNU Hurd operating system: first user program run using L4 microkernel

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Wikinews:2005/February/4

 * Iraq Election: Partial tally report shows support for Shiite candidates
 * Grey Wolves are Still Protected by the Endangered Species Act
 * ConocoPhillips announces $1bn share repurchase
 * BBC unveils plans for new Britain only iMP player
 * Cuba restores relations with European Union
 * Chandra telescope finds missing baryonic matter
 * Australian immigration detains Aussie flight attendant for 10mths, and maltreats her

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That procedure is complicated and confusing. Cant we come up with something better?! Floflei6 00:06, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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What was confusing? How can I make it more clear? - Amgine 00:07, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * If all I want to do is change a typo in the header, the whole moving of pages three times around with vfD and so on is just too much. And there is still the problem that the header on the Mainpage doesnt change as well as it just points to a redirect. Floflei6 00:11, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I can understand that... Will work on the policy later. I'm currently changing the various links so they are correct. - Amgine 00:31, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Help talk:Renaming (moving) a page
Can I help there? - Amgine 00:10, 1 Feb 2005 (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 Floflei6. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Floflei6~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.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

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 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:31, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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In limbo between Berlin and Melbourne.

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Iraqis vote in massive numbers

The Iraqis turned out in large numbers to the national election of January 30, 2005, risking their lives and ignoring the threats and attacks of terrorist groups. The rebels caused at least 44 deaths during the election. Ten of the deaths were caused by suicide attacks. The Al-Qaeda organization announced on a website that 13 suicide attackers participated in the attacks.

Despite the violence, a 'loosely estimated' 60% of the 14 million registered electors appeared to vote, according to the Electoral Commission. Proportional representation was the voting method used to select the members for a 275-strong assembly that will then draw up a constitution. The Iraqis faced up to threats, attacks, and the inconvenience of long lines caused by the security measures at polling booths.

This was the first free election held in Iraq in over 50 years. The 2005 Iraq election was very different than the previous one in 2002 during the regime of Saddam Hussein. At that time the Iraq elector was offered "yes" or "no" choices in a referendum for the only candidate, Saddam Hussein. The results of that election showed 100 percent in favor of Hussein in a 100 percent turnout. That election was called the mother of all election frauds, since any Iraqi elector who didn't appear and vote for Hussein was condemned to death. ,

Mahdeya Saleh, an 80 year old Iraqi citizen said: "I had often been forced to vote under Saddam Hussein. Today I come out of my own will to choose freely the candidate of my choice for the first and last time in my life."

"Why should I be afraid?" Arifa Abed Mohamed told a Christian Science Monitor reporter at a Baghdad polling station. "I am afraid only from God."

Other Iraqis expressed a similar disregard for the rebels’ threats. “I would have crawled here if I had to,” Samir Hassan told a Reuters reporter. “I don’t want terrorists to kill other Iraqis like they tried to kill me.” Hassan lost his leg in an October 2004 car-bomb attack.

Galleries

 * Iraq Elections, US Department of State

 * Gallery: Iraq National Election, Watch

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