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Good work on the Comedian Linda Smith dies at 48 article :) Jason Safoutin 13:24, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Pmusyoki

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Talk:Study says people don't understand the emotional tone of emails, but think they do

The tone of this article doesn't seem neutral enough! hehe! Netscott 20:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Very interesting article. However, i think it could be even better, if we can find some results of studies which compare peoples communication-skills in *real life*. I suspect that the "e-mail problem" is not really because of the medium - instead, the medium just makes fundamental flaws in the communication-skills of people really obvious. For example, according to my experience, most people are unable to express their feelings directly and unambigiously - and just as many peolpe are unable to directly understand what someone else is saying - instead, they try to interprete it. So, even in real-life there is constant guess-work going on. E-Mails just make those flaws really visible.--82.141.51.151 15:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I hope adding the previous research on tapping out song rhythyms is helpful. -- Avenue 22:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

this shouldn't be the featured article
This is a boring topic based on research whose method I can't check (but I bet was not very scientific, or bore little relation to real life). Bill3 22:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Besides of your valid concerns regarding verification of the method, are you saying that "the majority of online talk being guesswork" is uninteresting? Could it be that you're missing the implication of the story?--82.141.51.70 00:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It is not a feutured article (or Candadite)! Yes I know that the third lead is called feutred story, but theres a difference. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:29, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

 * There was a reasonable description of the methodology in the Monitor source given. And while what's boring is subjective, I note that two days later the featured story was Hotel development proposal could displace Buffalo, NY business owners, which is probably of limited interest outside of Buffalo. -- Avenue 22:39, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Which it will soon not be as this is going to cause a lot of rumbling about Imminent Domain, which has the ability to affect anyone. Jason Safoutin 22:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that an example of the U.S. controversies about eminent domain would have wider interest. However, the article says that the only owner affected has reportedly signed a contract with the developer, so I don't see how eminent domain would apply in this case. (This is getting off-topic - I'll comment on the Buffalo article talk page so we can add to the discussion there.) -- Avenue 22:43, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Quote: 'People only ascertain the intended tone on an e-mail message about 56% of the time, not much better than chance' This would be 'not much better than chance' if people had a choice of only 2 possible tones to chose from, which may have been the case in the study, but this is not said. If people had a wider range of possible tones to interpret the email as then this number is would be much higher than guesswork alone and the conclusion would be misleading. Liam 195.7.54.2 15:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

 * The APA Monitor article listed in the sources gives more details of the study's methodology, and states that participants were asked to use "either a sarcastic or serious tone", i.e. only two possible tones were used. It isn't entirely clear from this article whether the guessers were aware that only two tones were available. The original paper on the study might clarify this, if you're willing to pay the $11.95 they want for access. Anyway, I judged that this level of detail wasn't necessary for what I saw as a fairly lighthearted article. Feel free to change it if you feel differently. -- Avenue 22:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


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Tibetans protest Google on Valentine's Day

February 22, 2006

Tibetans convened on Tuesday in Dharmsala to protest Google's decision to launch a censored version of its search engine in China.

Demonstrators are protesting the censorship, which disables any searches linked to issues of Human Rights, Tibet, Taiwan's independence and the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Under China's censored version of the search engine, searches for these topics will produce omitted sites or direct users back to Chinese government websites.

Google had agreed to compromise with Beijing's censorship policies and limit specific searches in order to increase profits.

Teaming with Students for a Free Tibet in order organize a peaceful protest, demonstrators sent out 30,000 e-mails around the world, urging people to boycott Google this Valentine's Day. Tibetans also protested at the Googleplex after Google's announcement to censor their search engine for China.

A popular Tibetan news site run by exiled Tibetans shut itself down on Tuesday, leaving only the message: "We do not have any right to deny you our contents, but we commit this offense to help you realize a fact."

Many people are angry over what they argue is hypocrisy, citing Google's IPO filing:

"Don't be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served--as shareholders and in all other ways--by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company."


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GAO reveals $1.6 billion spent on public relations by the Bush administration in 2003-2005

February 14, 2006

A new 154-page Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says seven federal departments together spent US$1.6 billion on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, and media organizations, as well as individuals involved in such activities.

Congressional Democrats requested the report after several incidents surfaced in which journalists or commentators were paid to promote the Bush administrations programs, but did not disclose the financing, so called payola. In one case, Armstrong Williams was paid $186,000 for promotions of President Bush's No Child Left Behind law. The administrations position was that an agencies' mission includes spreading information about federal programs.

At that time, the GAO had independent objections to the ready-to-air news stories the administration's provided to TV stations in order to promote it policies. The administration claimed the burden of disclosure falls to the TV stations.

Congress has now inserted a provision into an annual spending bill requiring federal agencies to include "a clear notification" within the text or audio of a prepackaged news story that it was prepared or paid for by the government.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) said "Careful oversight of this spending is essential given the track record of the Bush administration, which has used taxpayer dollars to fund covert propaganda within the United States."

The seven agencies covered by the report are Commerce, Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs.


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Israeli group announces anti-semitic cartoons contest

February 14, 2006

In response to the Iranian newspaper Hamshari's announcement of an anti-semitic cartoon contest inspired by the Jyllands Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, an Israeli group announced its own anti-semitic cartoon contest yesterday, open to Jewish cartoonists only.

From their February 13 release:

 * Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, has followed the unfolding of the "Muhammad cartoon-gate" events in amazement, until finally he came up with the right answer to all this insanity - and so he announced today the launch of a new anti-Semitic cartoons contest - this time drawn by Jews themselves!

 * Mr. Sandy said, "We'll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!" :said Sandy "No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!"

Already organizers have received mixed responses to their contest and have published a number of them, including the following:

 * "This is a fantastic idea: A people or religion that can laugh at itself is a confident, strong and self secure. It can show the Islamic world that humor and self deprecation is a healthy psychological exercise. The one who can face his demons can overcome his weaknesses"
 * Ash, NJ

 * "I know that unemployment is low in Israel, but does not justify your new venture. This will be my last time visiting your site, and assure you, that this business will not succeed.
 * the next time you start a new venture, please try to focus on what good will your product deliver to anyone. in your case it only makes me sad to see Israelis like you turn against an entire nation to make an extra buck. You are a LOOSER!"

Not hesitating to set an example, the group has adopted three logos showing three anti-semitic figures. They set a deadline of March 5, 2006 but due to an unexpectedly large response are considering extending it.

Amitai Sandy was interviewed on 16 February 2006 by the National Public Radio program Fresh Air.


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Israeli group announces anti-semitic cartoons contest
Hopefully the above links will help you bring this story more in-line with others on the site. It containst far too much from the press release and is thus biased. I'm not sure what would be the best way to bring it in line with what we expect, but if you put a tag on it more people will be able to see it and work on it. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:18, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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Body found on a Kingwood Street in Houston

February 14, 2006

A body was found on a Kingwood Street in Houston, Texas today. Police said the unidentified man appeared to have no signs of injuries from a car, but police said there was a large amount of blood. He was taken to a local morgue for a autopsy as detectives question people in the neighbourhood on the man's death.

The man was found lying in the middle of a intersection at 2:20 a.m. local time.


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California police kill knife-wielding man

February 14, 2006

A Long Beach, California man was shot today by Long Beach police. Police allege that the man lunged at police who returned fire and killed the man.

Two police officers are reported to have been attending another call in the area when they noticed a man bleeding from his head and wielding a knife. The man did not listen to police orders to drop down and unsuccessfully tried to subdue him with a Taser stun gun. As the man lunged at the officers with a knife, both fired several rounds at him, killing him.


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The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court sentences Omri Sharon

February 14, 2006

On February 14, 2006, the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court sentenced Omri Sharon, son of the comatosed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to a nine month prison term, a nine month suspended sentence, and a 300,000 Shekel (USD 63,500) fine. Omri's lawyers have already stated they will appeal a "exceptionally harsh verdict". Ariel Sharon has not been charged so far.

Judge Beckenstein decided to delay his prison sentence six months due to the current health of his father. Beckenstein was quoted as saying: "This is a swamp of political corruption and it must be dried up." In addition Gavriel Manor, an accomplice of Omri, was sentenced to a nine month suspended sentence for his involvement.

Omri was indicted on August 28, 2005 over a fundraising scandal relating to his father's 1999 election. At the time Omri was exempt from prosecution due to parliamentary immunity but decided to stand trial.

According to Israeli prosecutors Omri received over $1,300,000 in contributions and donations from Israeli and other companies between July 1999 and February 2000. This violated the amount allowed by party finance laws. He was then charged of investing the funds into a corporation called Annex Research.

On November 14 Omri Sharon plead guilty in a plea bargain with prosecutors. He later resigned from the Israeli Knesset on January 3.


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Man shot by US Vice President suffers mild heart attack

February 14, 2006

Harry Whittington, the hunter accidentally shot by Dick Cheney, suffered a mild heart attack Tuesday. Physicians explained that one of the shotgun pellets still in Mr. Whittington moved to his heart. Doctors have decided to leave the pellet rather than risk surgery in the 78 year old attorney. They are still optimistic that Whittington will make a full recovery.

He is currently in stable condition.


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U.K. soldiers arrested over Iraqi abuse video

February 15, 2006

Three British soldiers have now been arrested by military police in connection with the video showing abuse of Iraqi civilians by U.K. troops. One of them is reported to be the cameraman.

The video, filmed January 2004 in the town of Amara north of Basra and made public on Saturday, shows the troops punching, kicking and beating four Iraqi teenagers with batons just inside their compound. A leering commentary is provided by the cameraman.

Earlier footage showed an explosion in the compound, reportedly from one of three hand grenades thrown by Iraqi protesters. The marines then ran outside, apprehended these four Iraqi youths and brought them inside the walls, where the abuse took place.

The provincial council in Basra has suspended relations with the British forces in response to the footage, which has been widely shown in the Arab media. Two Iraqis claiming to be among the abused youths have come forward demanding compensation, and the abuse has been condemned in Britain and across the Middle East.


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Warner Music sees large growth digital music revenue

February 15, 2006

first quarter earnings rose sharply mostly from growth in digital music sales offsetting falling sales. Warner Music sells digital music to several online services including Apple's at wholesale. The company's first-quarter revenue from digital music sales doubled to US$69 million, accounting for 7% of overall revenue. Madonna,, and are signed to subsidiary labels of Warner.

Warner Music has undergone restructuring after being sold in 2004 by former parent company. Cutting costs, exploiting current assets, and digital music has been the company's focus since going public in May.


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Chinese party elders denounce media censorship

February 21, 2006

A group of former senior Communist Party officials in China have denounced the recent closure of Freezing Point (Bing Dian), an investigative newspaper, along with the state of government censorship in that country. The group includes Li Rui, a former aid to Chairman Mao Zedong, Hu Jiwei, a former newspaper editor, and Zhu Houze, an ex-propaganda chief.

In an open letter addressed to the current government, the group said that strict censorship may "sow the seeds of disaster" for China's political transition.

In the letter, signed on February 2 but released on Tuesday, the group called current censorship methods overly restrictive and unnecessary for the modern China: "History has shown that only a totalitarian system needs news censorship, out of the delusion that it can keep the people locked in ignorance."

Freezing Point was a supplement of the China Youth Daily and was allegedly shut down due to the publication on January 11 of an article by Zhongshan University professor Yuan Weishi regarding the way history is currently taught in China, although the papers editor, Li Datong, says that it has experienced difficulties with the government on several occasions in the past. Mr. Yuan's article was critical of Chinese textbooks, which never admit the culpability of the government and instead shift the blame to other nations.

No response from the government has yet been issued.


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Talk:Israeli group announces anti-semitic cartoons contest

This story seems like total BS -- especially with only one source. Can anybody back this up?
 * It should be noted that this contest is racist. Non-Jews should be allowed to enter.--220.238.119.210 12:27, 20 February 2006 (UTC)


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My name is Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui. I am:

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 * a member of Shaikh, Siddiqui and Shaikh Siddiqui families of Pakistan

 * a contributor of Shaikh Siddiqui Family website.

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Day 4 Results - Olympic Winter Games

February 15, 2006

The following are the medal results for the Fourth day of competition for the Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Further details of all the Winter Olympics action can be found at Olympic Winter Games 2006 on Wikipedia.

Results are courtesy of NBC, the IOC and are updated as necessary.

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Alpine Skiing: Men's Combined

 * G
 * United States
 * LIGETY Ted
 * S
 * Croatia
 * KOSTELIC Ivica
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 * Austria
 * SCHOENFELDER Rainer
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 * Austria
 * SCHOENFELDER Rainer
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Luge: Women's Singles

 * G
 * Germany
 * OTTO Sylke
 * S
 * Germany
 * KRAUSHAAR Silke
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 * HUEFNER Tatjana
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Speed Skating: Women's 500m

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Biathlon: Men's 10km Sprint

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 * Norway
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 * Norway
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Cross-Country Skiing: Men's Team Sprint

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 * Norway
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 * HETLAND Tor Arne
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Cross-Country Skiing: Women's Team Sprint

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 * DAHLBERG Anna
 * ANDERSSON Lina
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 * SCOTT Beckie
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Last three Bali Nine smugglers jailed for life

February 15, 2006

The remaining three members of the Bali Nine have been sentenced to life in prison by a Denpasar court. Matthew Norman, 19, Si Yi Chen, 20, and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, aged 27 were found guilty of exporting narcotics. The court found that the heroin they had been caught with was the same as that found strapped to the bodies of the four others arrested at Denpasar airport.

The Australian Federal Police have been criticised for allowing the Bali Nine to travel to Indonesia, where it was known they could face the death penalty. All nine have now been found guilty and sentenced, with seven receiving life in prison, and the two ringleaders being sentenced to death yesterday.

Verdicts

 * Renae Lawrence - Life in prison
 * Scott Rush - Life in prison
 * Michael Czugaj - Life in prison
 * Martin Stephens - Life in prison
 * Matthew Norman - Life in prison
 * Si Yi Chen - Life in prison
 * Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen - Life in prison
 * Andrew Chan - Death
 * Myuran Sukumaran - Death

All verdicts are consistent with the recommendations of the Indonesian prosecutors, except for Renae Lawrence. In her case prosecutors requested 20 years imprisonment.


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Public smoking ban in Virginia snuffed out

February 24, 2006 The Virginia legislature's House of Delegates voted unanimously in a sub-committee to kill a bill that would ban public smoking in the Mid-Atlantic state. The vote was reached during a six-member sub-committee meeting on Thursday.

The Virginia Senate, the upper house of the General Assembly, passed on Monday a week ago a bill that would ban the indoor smoking of tobacco in restaurants, bowling alleys, and other public places, including workplaces. The bill was not expected to pass the House, but the thumbs up signal by the Senate signaled a shift in tolerance towards the product in a state known for its 400-year economic history steeped in the cultivation of the cash crop.

The General Laws sub-committee based its vote on the rights of property owners, rights that would be violated by a state-wide ban. The debate was largely centered on the issue of restaurant smoking. The committee noted there was no law that said a restaurant must allow smoking.

"They have a right not to go where people are smoking," said delegate John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake). He noted the consumer and the restaurant businesses can decide whether to allow smoking. "They have a right and responsibility to take care of themselves," he said.

A Virginia Beach restaurant owner, Matt Falvey, said "The plain truth is that the majority of our citizens do not smoke, and do not want to be around smoke," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Falvey, who owns three restaurants, said "In addition, restaurant workers should not be subjected to the harm caused by secondhand smoke."

Falvey said he has smoking sections in his restaurants because not to would put him at a competitive disadvantage with other restaurants that have smoking sections. An across the board state-wide ban would level the playing field by settling the issue.

Senate Bill 649, known as the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act, to become law in the nation's 4th largest tobacco growing state would require passage by the House. Last year, the Senate killed a similar bill to ban indoor smoking in public places. New procedural rules introduced in Virginia this year allow a bill's passage to be blocked by sub-committee, but there remains a slim chance it could be revived.

The original version of the bill, which allowed cities and counties to decide locally on the issue, was voted down by the Senate. The bill was brought back by Brandon Bell of Roanoke County, and passed in a revised version that would make than ban state-wide, with no local authority on the issue. The measure was passed by the Senate in a 21 - 18 vote, after it received the support from the Virginia Restaurant Association.

In Maryland, a similar ban was voted down this week by a House committee. New Jersey is the latest state to join the ranks of a total of 11 states that ban smoking in restaurants, bars, and workplaces.

Soybean over-took tobacco as Virginia’s top cash crop in 2005.


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Talk:U.K. soldiers arrested over Iraqi abuse video

Can we get a link to the video itself? Or am I missing it? Nyarlathotep 11:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * The Al Jazeera source I just added had a working link earlier today, but it's not working for me now. You could also try this blog, although the video there is missing the part with the grenade explosion.

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American Bar Association denounced President Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program

February 19, 2006

On Monday, the American Bar Association denounced President Bush's program of domestic surveillance without court issued warrants. The program has been the subject of much debate, with the opposition claiming it is unconstitutional, and supporters saying that it is constitutional and that it helps to catch terrorists.

In the past, wiretap warrants could be secretly obtained from a special court created by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or publicly obtained from any federal court. The Bush administration maintains that the congressional measure authorizing war in September 2001 empowered eavesdropping without any court issued warrant. The ABA has also asked Congress to affirm that granting such authority was not its intention.

President Bush has claimed that only a small number of Americans were subject to NSA eavesdrop without the usual requisite warrants. But, Russell Tice, who worked for the NSA for 20 years, has disagreed, saying that millions of Americans could be affected "if the full range of secret NSA programs is used."

Mr. Tice said that individual conversations can be isolated based upon keywords, such as 'jihad', but such technology is most often used for keyword based traffic analysis of the conversations of suspects, as well as their acquaintances.

The ABA sets academic standards for law schools and controls the code of ethical standards for lawyers.

Last May, the NSA revoked Tice's security clearance based upon so-called psychological concerns, and later dismissed him. Tice has responded that this is simply the NSA's way of dealing with whistleblowers. NSA has made no further comment.


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Probably needs some quotes and stuff, but such things can accumulate slowly. Nyarlathotep 11:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Where did this come from?
''However, the system is setup to be triggered when a key word is said. When a second key word is said, the system begins to record your conversation, and the names of both parties go on 'the list'. This method is strictly againt the constitution, because it allows anyone in the entire country to become suspect.''

I haven't heard that anywhere, and it isn't in the linked source. Did I miss a story? Ajohnson 16:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * AFAICT, this is a myth that has been widely reported, however like you, I am unable to find a source to confirm it. (Technologically, it is possible - but that doesn't mean it is in practice).  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 21:52, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I removed that line as its not supporterd by the source below. Nyarlathotep 11:38, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Check this article...
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1491889

This article explains techniques of the eavesdropping in quite a bit more detail and might be useful as a source (though it makes no mention of "after two keywords, the conversation is recorded").


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Slashdot is covering this and a related story. Nyarlathotep 11:50, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

are these "dissidents" under house arrest yet?
are these "dissidents" under house arrest yet?

i like how they say that "only totalitarian regimes use censorship"

Any given Tuesday
In the letter, signed on February 2nd but released on Tuesday,

Would that be today, or the Tuesday which immediately followed February 2?

 * Not an answer, but a link --> Perpetual Calendar for all years -Edbrown05 05:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


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New photos of Abu Ghraib prison abuse

February 15, 2006

An Australian TV station has shown new photos allegedly showing more of the prisoner abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison.

"Dateline", a current affairs programme broadcast on the SBS public network, claimed the images they displayed were examples of the range of abuses carried out at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and included previously unseen material such as killing, torture and sexual humiliation. The program also alleged that prisoners at Abu Ghraib had been killed when U.S. soldiers ran out of rubber bullets as they tried to handle a jail riot, and started to use live rounds.

Executive producer Mike Carey said Dateline had obtained a file containing hundreds of pictures, some known and others that show new abuses. However, he declined to say how the pictures came into their possession.

Some pictures appear to show U.S. soldier Charles Graner who had a leading role in the earlier Abu Ghraib abuse scandal. Many of the new images are more graphic than those previously published - these new photos include prisoners performing sex acts and wounded/dead prisoners. SBS alleged the photographs of the dead bodies were of people who had died at Abu Ghraib during interrogation.

The Guardian cites an unnamed US defense official saying that the Army had reviewed the pictures posted by SBS and confirmed that they were among those that are subject to the Freedom of Information Act request made by the ACLU. The American Civil Liberties Union has been granted access to pictures in possession of the army that had not been publicly released by a U.S. federal court in September, but the U.S. government appealed the decision. Pentagon spokesperson Bryan Whitman stressed it is U.S. policy to treat all detainees humanely. He further said that "The abuses at Abu Ghraib have been fully investigated," and that "When there have been abuses, this department has acted upon them promptly, investigated them thoroughly and where appropriate prosecuted individuals."

The pictures have been shown widely on television throughout the Middle East, including in Iraq. Saleh al-Humaidi, a Yemeni journalist, told Reuters "This is truly American ugliness that no other country in the world can compete with... the Americans ought to apologize to mankind for their government's lie to the world that it is fighting for freedom and that it came to Iraq to save it from Saddam Hussein's oppression."

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified that not all known photographs of the abuses at Abu Ghraib had been publicly released at the Senate Armed Services Committee inquiry in May 2004. Mr Rumsfeld said, "beyond abuse of prisoners, there are other photos that depict incidents of physical violence toward prisoners, acts that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhuman."

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RU486 debate complicates with amendments posed in Australian House of Representatives

February 15, 2006

The ongoing debate over whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the (TGA) regulate the abortifacient  (RU486) has complicated with a number of members proposing amendments to the Senate bill, now in the House of Representatives.

has said that "There should be a transparent process in which the minister is accountable for his or her decision" on so-called restricted goods (of which RU486 is such a good) as listed in the TGA legislation. Kelly has proposed an amendment with points stating that "the Minister for Health and Ageing continuing to have the decision making role in relation to the approval of restricted goods...", "the Minister being required to obtain written advice from the Therapeutic Goods Administration prior to giving written approval or refusal to approve", "the Minister's decision being subject to disallowance".

In the debate on February 14, (Liberal, ) noted his intent to propose an amendment in the later  stage, noting his views that the TGA process is "so far removed...from the concerns and the beliefs of the community" and that he is "unable to convince [himself] that completely leaving these decisions to the TGA is the right thing to do". His amendment loosely aims to propose a "disallowable instrument in Parliament where there is a disagreement with the findings of the TGA."

The introduction of amendments has caused confusion on procedural matters February 15 in the Questions to the Speaker period (that follows ), where members can ask questions of the Speaker on procedural and other technical matters. In the following vote on the proposed legislation, if one of the votes on the amendments succeeds, this has the effect of discontinuing the other amendment proposals, as each of the amendments proposed has the effect of being a complete alternative bill.

The RU486 debate will have precedence over all other matters in the House until it is dealt with. Voting is expected on Thursday.


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Dysprosia 12:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

vies?
I don't understand this sentecne: "noting his vies that the TGA process is" - is it supposed to say "ties"? - Borofkin 23:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * views! My internets was screwing up yesterday so couldn't really fix that. Sorry :) Dysprosia 00:27, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Need an admin to fix
There's a typo that has got itself into the archived version and needs to be fixed: (Liberal, Bowman) needs to have the link on Bowman to go to Division of Bowman, not Divison of Lindsay. Dysprosia 08:58, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --Deprifry|+T+ 09:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

see also to add if it's permited ?!
I'ld like to add this see also as link, RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia

i think it's important to link related articles, and as it's do not change content of the article !! Jacques Divol 14:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


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Iranian newspaper website attacked

February 16, 2006

The website of Hamshahri newspaper was brought down this week in response to an internet attack. Hamshahri Daily is an Iranian newspaper that sponsored a contest to produce cartoons denying the existence of the Holocaust. Service to the website was restored today, after several days offline.

Hamshahri Daily sponsored the cartoon competition on February 8. The contest followed upon the controversy caused by the twelve cartoons published by the Danish newspaper [[w:Jyllands-Posten|. Those twelve cartoons sparked outrage and have led to widespread demonstrations and boycotts.

Last year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the existence of the Holocaust, saying "They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets".

The Hamashahri website was the subject of a 'denial-of-service' attack. In a denial-of-service attack, attackers bombard the website with requests for pages until the server overloads.

Hamshahri Daily is owned by the Tehran Municipality, which is allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad is the former mayor of Tehran.

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It's my first go at writing a newspaper article. Please criticize! Would you be so gracious as to tell me why you change the things you do?

Baffledexpert 17:06, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi and welcome! I think all sources can be in the "source-section" and only links to wikipedia in the text. I fix some so you see what I mean. Then I make some categories. :) International 20:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks a lot. On the subject of references, I'm just changed the page and added a paragraph. My co-author, Mo, has contacted the company hosting the service, and he found that it has been a DoS attack. Baffledexpert 20:26, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Please forgive me if I undid your edits! Grrr. I should have looked here first.Baffledexpert 20:26, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The most recent sources for this stroy are on February 7, 2006 and the oldest is December of 2005. If sources cannto be found that are recent to the story, then It should NOT be published under todays date as it is very old news. Jason Safoutin 20:53, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I might agree with you, but Mo, my co-author, did original research TODAY on the ground about the sources of this (see above). Also, is it not acceptable to post news that is more than a day old? I have in mind here some questions about journalistic responsibility-in particular the responsibility to do long term reportage. Please explain why you think it is not acceptable to cover week-old stories. Further, I posted this in the section on "Stories in Development", not today's news, because it is an ongoing story that Mo in particular is tracking carefully. I figured I was not ready for prime time. 'Stay tuned' as they say. Finally, the site is still (as of this morning) down. That, in my book, makes it current. Look, I have better things to do than enter a flame war about this, and look, as I said, it's my first post. If wikinews is only interested in news that is less than one week old (all else being 'very'(?!) old), or if it's only interested in  rehashed meta-reporting, I'll go elsewhere. No problem, and no offense taken or given. I'm truly interested in knowing what the culture is around these parts. If I'm doing something inappropriate, I'd like to know, honest and truly. I welcome your considered reply about what Wikinews desires. Baffledexpert 01:48, 16 February 2006 (UTC) 01:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't mean to hammer this point about timing, truly, but the BBC reported this story today, on February 16, at 16:12. That means they reported it long after us.Baffledexpert 04:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

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Baffledexpert, read this and if everything is ok I guess you can publish your article :) International 21:04, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay. I read it and changed the tags at the bottom; is there anything else I should do? Thanks again for your help.Baffledexpert 22:41, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Original reporting notes
It appears that there has been some original reporting for this article, which is excellent. We try to place details of original reporting in a section on the talk page titled "Original reporting notes", so it is easy to find if someone wants to track down the source of a statement. Baffledexpert has said "My co-author, Mo, has contacted the company hosting the service, and he found that it has been a DoS attack." Was the contact by email? Telephone? Who was the company? Are you able to provide the contact details so that another contributor can confirm the report? - Borofkin 23:38, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

 * My colleague Mo contacted the newspaper's internet host's administrators yesterday (February 16) by telephone to confirm that it has been a DoS attack, as had been our suspicion. The hosting service is http://www.ouriran.com, and their phone number is(416) 383 0030. Thanks very much for your patience, by the way. I'll get the hang of it. I should have caught the requirements the first time. Baffledexpert 01:43, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

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German Constitutional Court prohibits shooting down hijacked passenger planes

February 15, 2006 The Bundesverfassungsgericht has declared legislation which would have allowed the German Air Force to shoot down hijacked passenger planes unconstitutional.

The Luftsicherheitsgesetz (literally: Aviation Safety Act) was passed in January 2005 and mainly dealt with uncontroversial matters concerning the safety at airports. One provision however allowed the minister of defense to order the Air Force to shoot down a hijacked plane as a last resort if it could be presumed that that plane would be used as a weapon to kill people on the ground.

The court based its decision to strike down that provision on three considerations:
 * 1) It found that the federal government lacks the legislative competence for that part of the act under the Basic Law, the German constitution, which gives the states the main authority to fight disasters and thus, as the court, implied terrorism. Only the federal cabinet acting as a whole could overrule that in certain cases and as the act specifically gives only one minister, the defense minister, that authority it is unconstitutional.

 * 2) The court also found that the act is incompatible with the constitutional right to life and the human dignity. The act would turn passengers and crew of a hijacked plane, victims themselves, into "objects"--- not only to the terrorists, but also to the state, which does not have the authority to kill innocents. If their deaths would be used to save others they would be reduced to mere "things" at the pleasure of the state. Further, the court believes that the arguments of the federal government, saying that passengers in such a situation would die anyway, are invalid, as human lives deserve protection regardless of the expected duration of their existence and that it is impossible to fully assess the situation leading to an eventual invocation of the act.

 * 3) The third consideration concerned planes manned solely by terrorists. Shooting down those would not violate the right to life and human dignity as in 2), however as described under 1) the federal government lacks competence to pass such legislation.

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Gerhart Baum, a former interior minister and one of the plaintiffs, hailed the decision as "historic" and said that were it not for that ruling "we would have martial law while fighting crime".

Defense minister Franz Josef Jung said "it is our duty to protect the citizens from terrorism". He announced that he would consider lobbying to change the Basic Law.

The ruling is expected to also have bearing on current discussions to extend the mandate of the Bundeswehr (German military forces) to help police large events like the upcoming soccer world championship in Germany, as it implicitely reaffirms the separation of armed forces and the police.


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Evolution may occur faster than once thought, scientists claim

February 15, 2006 Two graduate students at Harvard University claim to have shown that evolution can happen much faster than previously thought. Physics student Peter Lu and his former roommate, economist Motohiro Yogo, decided to apply an economics model to a well-known marine fossil record in order to predict how fast life can adapt to changes in the environment. The technique,, is used to predict the stock market based on its historical behavior.

Initially their model confirmed previous analysis that life was slow to adapt. However, fossil-preserving rocks from some periods are more commonly found than from others. When they compensated for this, the lag disappeared. So far as could be seen from the geological record, the biosphere seemed to respond immediately to changes. This would mean that life could rapidly recover from large extinctions; it was previously thought such recovery would take millions of years.


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