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US to seek less than 20 years for Hicks
The United States will reportedly seek a jail sentence of less than 20 years for Australian David Hicks. He pleaded guilty to providing material support for terrorism, but not an act of terrorism. Hicks may be sentenced by the end of the week. He could be returned to Australia to serve out his sentence, with credit for the years at Guantanamo Bay.

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Global stock markets are lower
US stocks fell on Tuesday starting another round of global selling, as worries about the US housing market and weaker consumer confidence. Lennar Corp., one of the largest US home builders reported that profits fell 73%. Wednesday, Asia markets opened steady to higher, but fell as rising oil prices and the geopolitcal standoff between Britain and Iran made investors seek the safety of government bonds. European and North American markets are trading lower in the Wednesday trading session.

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Gunmen kill 50 overnight in Sunni district in Iraq
In an apparent reprisal for bombings in Shi'ite areas, gunmen went on a rampage in a Sunni in Tal Afar, Iraq, killing about 50 people. There have been reports that the gunmen included police.

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UK releases GPS data in dispute with Iran
The United Kingdom has made public GPS data that it says proves that the 15 navy personnel were well inside Iraqi waters when they were seized by Iran. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the dispute would be solved "based on rules and regulations" and that the female sailor would be released soon.

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First black airmen in US Airforce to be honored
Surviving members of the 332d Air Expeditionary Group and 99th Pursuit Squadron, widely known as the Tuskegee Airmen, will be honored on Thursday by President Bush at a ceremony at the US Capitol. They will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for fighting both the Nazis abroad and racial segregation at home.

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NHL: Penguins complete sweep of Capitals, clinch playoff berth

March 27, 2007

The Pittsburgh Penguins secured a spot in the  2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs when they defeated the  Washington Capitals Thursday night, before 18,227 at the Verizon Center.

The Capitals got off to a fast start, after Washington's Alexander Semin took a pass from  Alexander Ovechkin, and backhanded it past Pittsburgh goalie  Marc-Andre Fleury at 5:59 in the first period. Less than five minutes later, Boyd Gordon would double the Capitals lead, scoring his 6th goal of the season. Michel Ouellet took advantage of a Penguins power play at 12:08, sending an Erik Christinsen pass past  Olaf Kolzig to narrow the Capitals lead to one goal. Pittsburgh dominated the second period, with Sidney Crosby picking up his 35th goal in between two goals by  Ryan Whitney. In a last minute desprate attempt at a comeback, Milan Jurcina scored to make it 4-3. Unfortunatley for the Capitals, Jurcina's goal came with only 32 seconds remaining in regulation. Washington was unable to score again, lifting the Penguins to victory, and securing their berth into the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Washington has dropped 13 of their last 15 games while the Penguins have won 3 strait. The Caps return to the ice Friday, when they will travel to Miami to battle the Panthers. The Pens will travel to Boston to take on the Bruins, Thursday. The Penguins defeated Boston 5-0 Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh.

Three Stars of the Game

 * #1 - Ryan Whitney, D, PIT - 2 Goals
 * #2 - Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT - 2 Assists
 * #3 - Sidney Crosby, C, PIT - 1 Goal, 1 Assist


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should CBC be refered to in this case as Radio du Canada (or is it juist radio-canada?) as its the french service? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
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School children and teachers taken hostage in Philippines

March 28, 2007

The head of a day care centre in Manila, Philippines, has boarded a bus containing 32 children and 2 teachers from the centre and is holding them hostage, demanding better education rights and better housing for them.

Jun Ducat and one other armed individual took the party hostage while they were going out on a trip with the day care centre.

The bus has been surrounded by armed Filipino police, and through negotiation, the hostage takers agreed to release all the remaining children on the bus at 11:00am BST (10:00am GMT), but the deadline for this has now passed with no sign of the remaining children being released as per the agreement.

One child has been released from the bus and taken away by police and emergency medical services suffering from a high fever.

Mr Ducat said that he had no intention of harming the people aboard the bus in any way, and indeed, the siege has ended with his surrender.

"I accept that I should be jailed because what I did was against the law," Ducat said in an interview with Associated Press. No child was reported physically injured, but they are undergoing medical checkups and psychological debriefings.


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2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Africa

March 28, 2007

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining) in a dramatic finish in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

South Africa looked to be cruising to victory, needing just 4 more runs at 206-5, before Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga set a new World Cup record - and also ODI level record - with 4 wickets from 4 balls. Nevertheless, South Africa held their nerve to scrape home by one wicket.

Charl Langeveldt had earlier taken the first 5 wicket haul of the competition - dismissing 3 in his final over.

This was both teams' first game in the Super 8 stage, although Sri Lanka already had 2 points on the board, thanks to their victory over Bangladesh in the group stage. South Africa entered empty-handed, having lost to their fellow group qualifiers, Australia.

Toss: Sri Lanka won, and elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tharanga, 3.1 ov), 2-45 (Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 3-65 (Jayawardene, 14.4 ov), 4-90 (Sangakkara, 21.3 ov), 5-98 (Silva, 24.1 ov), 6-195 (Dilshan, 45.5 ov), 7-208 (Arnold, 48.2 ov), 8-208 (Maharoof, 48.5 ov), 9-208 (Vaas, 48.6 ov), 10-209 (Muralitharan, 49.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.6 ov), 2-95 (Smith, 17.2 ov), 3-160 (Gibbs, 32.1 ov), 4-160 (Boucher, 32.2 ov), 5-182 (Kemp, 37.6 ov), 6-206 (Pollock, 44.5 ov), 7-206 (Hall, 44.6 ov), 8-207 (Kallis, 46.1 ov), 9-207 (Ntini, 46.2 ov)

Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, M F Maharoof, W P U J C Vaas, R P Arnold, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, J M Kemp, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, R J Peterson, M Ntini, C K Langeveldt

Players of the match: C K Langeveldt (South Africa) and S L Malinga (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: S A Bucknor (West Indies) and D J Harper (Australia) TV umpire: M R Benson (England) Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)


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UEFA Euro 2008: March 28th qualification game roundup

March 28, 2007

Another Full day of matches occurred Wednesday in the qualification rounds of the 2008 Euro. Big games of the day included Italy taking on Scotland, and Sweden visiting Northern Ireland.

Group A
Azerbaijan played host to second place Finland, and Azerbaijan earned their first win of the tournament with a goal from Emin Imamaliev giving them the 1-0 win. Poland played host to last place Armenia, and the group leaders came out on top 1-0. Portugal jumped past Finland into second place with a 1-1 draw with Serbia. Tiago scored after only 5 minutes to give Portugal the lead, but a thirty-seventh minute goal by Bosko Jankovic tied the game for the Serbs.

Group B
Georgia defeated last place Faroe Islands by a scoreline of 3-1, while the Ukraine pulled out a 1-0 win at home to Lithuania. In one of the biggest group matches, Scotland travelled to Italy to take on the Azzuri. A brace from Luca Toni gave Italy a 2-0 win, giving the Italians a great chance of qualifying.

Group C
Hungary jumped over Malta into fifth place with a 1-0 win over Moldova, while Malta lost to visiting Greece by the same scoreline. Group leaders Turkey battled back from a 2-0 deficit to earn a 2-2 draw against fourth place Norway, leaving Turkey one point clear of Greece.

Group D
The Czech Republic squeaked by Cyprus 1-0, giving the Czech's commanding control of second in Group D. The Republic of Ireland kept in close contention for a place in the Euro finals with a 1-0 win over Slovakia. The win leaves the Irish two points back of the second place Czech's. Wales put three past San Marino to give their Euro campaign a boost. A goal after only three minutes by Ryan Giggs was all they needed to win, but defender Gareth Bale and Jason Koumas scored to ensure the points for the Welsh.

Group E
Israel thumped Estonia 4-0 with Chelsea youngster Ben Sahar earning a brace three minutes apart in the second half. In the only other game in the group, England visited Andorra in an attempt to quiet the critics over head coach Steve McClaren. Though the game went into the break 0-0, two goals by Steven Gerrard after the restart and a stoppage time marker by David Nugent lifted England to a convincing away win. The win puts England on 11 points, equal to both Israel and Russia, but the Russians have a game in hand.

Group F
Mario Frick's goal in the seventeenth minute was enough to lift Liechtenstein over Latvia, giving them their first win of the Euro campaign. Northern Ireland came back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Sweden by a score of 2-1. Both goals scored for Ireland were by David Healy, who has scored 5 in his past two games. The win pushes Northern Ireland into first over Sweden. A goal in the eighty-first minute by Andres Iniesta lifted Spain over Iceland 1-0. The win lifted Spain past idle Denamrk into fourth place.

Group G
Bulgaria and Albania played out to a stalemate, while Romania put three by Luxembourg to jump into second spot in the group. A goal in the 86th minute by Giovanni van Bronckhorst gave the Netherlands a 1-0 win over Slovenia, and leaves Holland three points clear of Romania at the top of the group.


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UK freezes business arrangements with Iran; detained sailors and marines shown on TV

March 28, 2007

The United Kingdom has frozen all bilateral business deals with Iran until all 15 British sailors and marines, who were detained by Iranian forces on March 23 are released.

"We will therefore be imposing a freeze on all other official bilateral business with Iran until this situation is resolved. We will keep other aspects of our policy with Iran under close review and continue to proceed carefully," said British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to the House of Commons.

Further evidence was also presented that the U.K. says proves that the 15 sailors and marines were in fact inside Iraqi waters when they were detained.

"The position was 29 degrees, 50.36 minutes north; 48, 43.08 minutes east, and this places her 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territorial waters," said Vice Admiral Charles Style who also said that Iran provided the British government with two different sets of coordinates, the first of which showed the British boats in Iraqi waters, but then the second set of coordinates, which had shown corrections, had shown the boats to be in Iranian waters.

Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the deputy speaker of the Majlis of Iran has stated that if it is determined that the British sailors were in Iranian water, then the country would expect the British to apologize for the incident.

"If it is proven that a mistake has been made the issue will be resolved with an apology from the British government. If it is proven to be intentional, the British government should explain its aim and clarify how it is going to compensate," he said.

Footage of all 15 British sailors and marines have been broadcast on Iranian TV, with one of the sailors, Faye Turney, 26, saying that the soldiers were in Iranian waters at the time of their detainment, a move in which Britain calls "completely unacceptable." Turney was wearing a black "head scarf" which is a traditional wearing for Islamic countries.

According to the Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, the female sailor will "be released very soon," but did not state when the other 14 sailors and marines would be released.

Officials in Britain have not confirmed the reports that any of their servicemen and women would be released and British Prime Minister Tony Blair called the detention of the sailors "wrong and illegal."


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Wikinews:Image use policy/Poll

This is an open poll created by FellowWikiNews and DragonFire1024 to vote on whether users on Wikinews agree with the new image policy.

See also discussion, more discussion and an FAQ.

Please vote on whether you approve of this policy or not below. Feel free to edit this poll to make it better and more informational.

The finding will be presented to the Wikimedia Foundation and Jimbo Wales or anyone else who has authority over the Wikis.

This poll does not have a scheduled time of closing. Please no comments...just a vote. Comments should be put on this poll's discussion page or on this pages comments section.

Users who agree to policy
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 * Overall I support this policy, but I am unhappy about the need to delete CC-BY-ND-2.5 images under this policy. Deleting images that are used in articles (and in some cases are the main topic of the article) hurts an element of our mission. We are in part a news archive. Deleting stuff from the archive when we do not absolutely have to hurts this. --Cspurrier 21:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree in spirit (But not on the finer points), but I especially think that this should not be retroactive Eloquence has magical debating powers. Down with unfreeness. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Voting is evil. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 12:44, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Zanimum 17:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Pro-Board.  Thunderhead  ►  02:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Users who oppose policy
Votes:

 * Oppose: DragonFire1024 20:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  20:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose: --TUFKAAP 18:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose - -- Davodd | Talk 09:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strongly oppose (the retroactive section of this policy). —Spe88 20:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose the retroactive aspect of the policy. Unlike most other projects, Wikinews is time-critical and contains an archive of news at a given point in time - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 07:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * oppose like Cartman02au says. Also I feel we still need to be able to use Images released to the press (even if they are not "free" images Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:58, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * oppose Is there any evidence that use of fair use images has actually been a problem? Have any copyright holders actually objected? Crimson 18:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * See Licensing policy FAQ draft. –Doldrums(talk) 20:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Very strongly oppose - Copyright as a system needs to be redone with the coming of the Internet, Web 2.0, and Wikipedia (including Wikinews). Mac Davis 23:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose this for the reasons highlighted above, particularly the retroactive part. I'm all in favour of developing stricter licencing requirements for the future, however.  Lankiveil 12:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC).
 * Oppose insufficient consultation (will people ever learn the importance of this?) and the retroactive part is balls. Dan100 (Talk) 18:16, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Other/Comments
*Given the recent discussions on logos, I say that we are headed for certain disaster overall... DragonFire1024 02:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I object very strongly to the retroactive application of this policy. From the perspective of someone who follows notices on the wiki and the mailing list I am very unhappy I was not given a chance to comment.  As said elsewhere, "It's not free enough! Burn it!". --Brian McNeil / talk 15:10, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak second on points of retroactive application. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 15:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I strongly second this.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As a note, Jimmy Wales' term on the Board will be expiring this year, I believe. Therefore, I suggest submitting it to the Board in general, or Mrs. Florance Devouard.  Thunderhead  ►  23:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:UK freezes business arrangements with Iran; detained sailors and marines shown on TV

A scarf?
That woman is NOT muslim and she is being FORCED to wear a veail? That is IMO considered torture. DragonFire1024 21:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't agree with her being forced, but down here, you're forced to wear pants in public (or skirt, dress, shorts, etc), you could make an argument that its the same. (to argue the other side) Bawolff ☺☻ 04:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * She is not muslim. Why should she have to wear it? DragonFire1024 04:32, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well take the boobs on bikes article for example. They didn't care they were half-naked, yet there was a big argument here as to whether or not to publish those photos for decency reasons. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


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Final Harry Potter book's cover art released

March 28, 2007

The publishing companies Bloomsbury (U.K.) and Scholastic (U.S.) released cover art for the seventh Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

"The structures around Harry show evident destruction and in the shadows behind him, we see outlines of other people," David Saylor, Scholastic's art director, said in a statement describing the U.S. version. "For the first time, the cover is a wraparound. On the back cover spidery hands are outstretched toward Harry. Only when the book is opened does one see a powerful image of "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", his glowing red eyes peering out from his hood."

The children's U.K. version of the cover shows an adult Harry, Ron, and Hermione. The adult U.K. version shows a locket with a serpentine forming an 'S'. It is believed to be a horcrux in which Lord Voldemort stores part of his soul.

The seventh, and final, book is due out on July 21, 2007.

The U.S. covers for the Harry Potter series are drawn by Mary GrandPré. The U.K. covers are drawn by Jason Crockcroft.


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Comments:Ebola outbreak in Congo

Oh my, I was unsure of any recent outbreaks in Africa, this is quite interesting news! The last reported case I have heard of was in Gabon in 1996 where 60 fell ill to the malignant disease and ca. 45 died.

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Talk:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies

Mention the fact that Hayden's score was the highest World Cup score by an Australian? What would be a suitable source for this? Sorry, I'm new here. Hesperian 00:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: March 29, 2007

Flaming debris nearly hits LAN airliner
A LAN Airlines Airbus A340 was making its approach into Auckland when incandescent objects flew by at super-sonic speeds. Australian and New Zealand media initially reported that it was debris from a Russian satellite breaking up during re-entry. NASA said it was more likely to be meteors.

The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand is set to investigate the incident.

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North Korea asks for food aid
According to an official for World Food Programme (WFP), North Korea has admitted that the country faces food shortages and needs help. WFP is appealing to donor countries to step up aid, and to the UN to keep food aid outside of the nuclear debate. Food donations dropped dramatically after North Korea carried out its nuclear test bombing. North Korea's shortage may be approaching 20% of what it needs to feed its people.

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Man killed during hooligans clashes in Athens
A 25 year old man was killed during clashes between fans of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the suburb of Peania, in east Athens. The victim died at a central hospital from several injuries he suffered. The fight happened prior to a local women volleyball game in Peania. However, witnesses and residents told Alter Channel that the clashes had no relation with the game but were pre-organized by hooligan clubs in the area. The event caused political turbulent in Greece as long as Greek police and the Minister of Public Order have been accused by some media for their failure to prevent fans' clashes.

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Senate passes spending bill with withdrawal date
Despite a veto threat from US President Bush, the US Senate today passed a spending bill that includes a time-table for a US withdrawal from Iraq. Passing 51-47, the legislation echoes that passed recently by the House. It sets a goal of pulling all combat troops out of Iraq by the end of March 2008, without explicitly demanding their removal.

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Further escalation of sectarian violence in Iraq
A series of bombings in Bagdhad and Khalis in Iraq killed as many as 130 people. The areas targeted were mainly Shia and many victims were women and children in market places. Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki condemned the attacks and called for restraint, urging Iraqis to work with security forces to prevent the violence getting out of control.

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Iran Foreign Minister: Britain must admit to trespassing before soldiers are released

March 29, 2007

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that Britain must admit to illegally entering Iranian waters before the 15 sailors and marines detained by Iran on March 23 are to be released.

"This [situation] can be solved. But they have to show that it was a mistake, that will help us to end this issue. Admitting the mistake will facilitate a solution to the problem," Mottaki said during a summit in Saudi Arabia.

Britain has not yet responded to the comment.

According to a UK government report, the Iranian government initially gave the position of the incident as a location outside Iranian territorial waters. However, on March 24, General Alireza Afshar, Iran's top military general, stated that the sailors were engaged "in illegal and suspicious activities" inside Iranian waterways at the time of their detention and that the sailors "have admitted to violating the territorial waters of the Islamic republic".

After the UK government queried the statement by General Alireza Afshar, the Iranian government gave a revised position for the incident, now placing it inside Iranian territorial waters.

Despite the increased tension, Mottaki stated that officials from Britain will be able to see the soldiers.

"We have accepted that [the request by Britain], there is no problem. Measures are underway [to allow officials to meet] them. They can meet them," said Mottaki.

Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon called for the release of the soldiers saying "I'd like to see them released."

Ban has a scheduled meeting on Friday morning with Mottaki to discuss the current detainment of the British soldiers and plans to ask for their release.

The sailors and marines, from the frigate HMS Cornwall, had been inspecting, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1723, a ship that was believed to be smuggling cars into Iraq, though it was subsequently cleared after inspection, when Iranian gunboats surrounded the troops.

In parliament yesterday, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was asked about the rules of engagement for UK forces operating under a UN mandate in Iraqi waters. Blair suggested that "the rules of engagement do allow [UK] forces to take whatever measures are necessary in their own self-defence...I think that [the soldiers] took the right decision and did what was entirely sensible," said Blair in reference to the UK forces not engaging in military combat when first confronted by the Iranians.

Blair also commented on the response by the crew of HMS Cornwall. "By the time HMS Cornwall knew that our forces had been detained unlawfully by the Iranians, they were in Iranian waters, and again military engagement would have put a lot of lives at risk. I think that they took the right decision," said Blair.


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Talk:Iran Foreign Minister: Britain must admit to trespassing before soldiers are released

IS this really an ultimatum? According to the Wikipedia page on ultimatum the demand is backed up by a threat. This page makes no reference to a threat...

72.94.11.57 03:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC) OR My wikipedia user page
 * An ultimatum is do something or we do something...aka black male, extortion...any of those words work too. DragonFire1024 03:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * UK must apologize (demand) otherwise Iran will continue to detain the sailors/marines (threat). Derek Parnell 07:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * to characterise a person's or country's action as an ultimatum is to make an editorial comment on it, something Wikinews does not do. if we can source a notable opinion that this is an ultimatum, then let's attribute this characterisation to whoever makes it. until then, i'm removing the statement. by the definition of ultimatum DF uses above, practically anything anybody says becomes an ultimatum. –Doldrums(talk) 07:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree but whatever...call it what you like...they are threatening the British government. DragonFire1024 07:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not an ultimatium. According to the above mentioned wikipedia article an utimatum "is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time". I haven't read of a deadline so far. -- Torsten 19:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Iran DEMANDS...or ELSE...thats an ultimatum...but whatever...im not going toargue...and im not going to argue that not everything has to fit the definition of Wikipedia. DragonFire1024 20:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Final Harry Potter book's cover art released

More info here http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6500000/newsid_6502900/6502981.stm

Link at bottom shows ALL UK and US covers.

It is believed to be a horcrux in which Lord Voldemort stores part of his soul. -This seems like borderline spoiler material, and rather baseless speculation besides.


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Proposed U.S. legislation seeks to push China to raise the value of yuan

March 29, 2007

Eswar Prasad, a professor at the trade policy from the Cornell University, warns the United States legislators, that their bill could poison the relationship between USA and China.

This warning was given regarding the U.S. bill, which is meant to force China to raise the value of its national currency yuan. Currently yuan has a value, which is about 40% lower than it should be, as stated by the legislators, which gives the Chinese trading companies a huge advantage on the international trading ground.

Professor Prasad, who was a China trade expert and an economist at the International Monetary Fund until late last year, said that this bill would not have a long lasting effect and would not influence the problems the legislators are trying to avoid.

The opinion of the China trade specialist was that the USA should try to collaborate with Chinese officials in order to fix the problem of U.S. trade deficit and the current instabilities in the Chinese economy. The strategy to force the Chinese Government to do something would only worsen the relationship between the two countries.

The expert's opinion was it was more important to concentrate on the question what framework of the monetary policy could substitute the fixed exchange rate of the Chinese currency, which helped China in anchoring the inflation expectations.

Mr. Prasad added that the best way to stabilize the Chinese economy would be to couple an inflation objective with a flexibility of exchange rate.

The bill needs two thirds of the votes both in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the Senate, in order President George W. Bush would not have the possibility to veto the bill.


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User talk:EdmundEzekielMahmudIsa

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Iran 'suspends' releasing British soldiers; Shots fired near Iranian Consul in Basra, Iraq

March 29, 2007

Iran's National Security Council has announced that it will "suspend" the releasing of 15 British sailors and marines detained by Iranian forces on March 23.

"We had decided to release the lady in the group, but with the political ballyhoo by London, this decision will be for the time- being suspended," said Secretary. On Wednesday, Iran had said that at least one soldier, 26 year-old, would "be released very soon."

"British leaders have miscalculated this issue. This case may face a legal path" if we are faced with "fuss, and wrong behavior from Britain," added Larijani.

Britain says that they will not negotiate the release of their soldiers saying that there will be "no bargaining."

"The important thing for us is to get them back safe and sound, but we can't enter into some basis of bargaining. What you have to do when you are engaged with people like the Iranian regime, you have to keep explaining to them, very patiently, what it is necessary to do and at the same time make them fully aware there are further measures that will be taken if they're not prepared to be reasonable. What you can't do is end up negotiating over hostages; end up saying there's some quid pro quo or tit for tat; that's not acceptable," said Tony Blair, the U.K.'s Prime Minister.

Iran also stated on Iranian state-run radio that if the United Kingdom goes to the United Nations Security Council or further freezes relations with the nation, they will further delay the release of the soldiers.

According to the Reuters news agency, the United Kingdom is circulating a 15-page draft statement for approval by the U.N. Security Council "deploring" the continuing detention and endorsing UK's stand that the soldiers "were operating in Iraqi waters as part of the Multinational Force-Iraq under a mandate from the Security Council ....and at the request of the government of Iraq. Members of the Security Council support calls for the immediate release of these MNF personnel."

"We are not seeking to put Iran in a corner. We are simply saying, 'Please release the personnel who should not have been seized in the first place," said a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The sailors and marines from the frigate had been inspecting, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1723, a ship that was believed to be smuggling cars into Iraq, though it was subsequently cleared after inspection when Iranian gunboats surrounded the sailors and arrested them at gunpoint.

Shots have been reported to be fired at the Iranian Consul in, Iraq.

The Iranian Consul said that "British soldiers had surrounded [their] office in the southern city and fired shots into the air" calling the incident a "provocative act" and that the incident "could worsen the situation of the British sailors."

Britain stated that the incident did take place but it was a "geographical coincidence" and that no shots were fired into the air.

"A vehicle approached the rear of one of our convoys. A number of rounds were fired. The vehicles returned fire. Nobody dismounted and the vehicle disappeared. There is absolutely no linkage with the location other than geographical coincidence. There was no encirclement and no rounds were fired in the air," said Major David Gell, a spokesman for the British forces in Basra.

No injuries or casualties have been reported.


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2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs New Zealand

March 29, 2007

New Zealand beat the West Indies by 7 wickets (with 64 balls remaining) in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.

This was West Indies second game of the Super 8 stage, having already lost to Australia only yesterday. For New Zealand it was their first game in this stage, although they already had two points carried forward from their group stage victory over England.

Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to field first.

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Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Chanderpaul, 7.5 ov), 2-66 (Sarwan, 16.2 ov), 3-78 (Samuels, 20.3 ov), 4-81 (Gayle, 22.2 ov), 5-128 (Bravo, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Lara, 36.3 ov), 7-158 (Ramdin, 41.3 ov), 8-176 (Smith, 43.3 ov), 9-176 (Powell, 43.4 ov), 10-177 (Collymore, 44.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fulton, 0.2 ov), 2-36 (Marshall, 8.3 ov), 3-77 (Fleming, 20.6 ov)

West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D R Smith, D Ramdin (wkt), L M P Simmons, D B Powell, C D Collymore

New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), H J H Marshall, S B Styris, C D McMillan, J D P Oram, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, M J Mason

Player of the match: J D P Oram (New Zealand)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and R E Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Match referee: M J Proctor (South Africa) Reserve umpire: B F Bowden (New Zealand)


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Talk:Canadian university students would prefer MP3 players over car radios

My name is Darren Mar and I'm a 4th year student at Wilfrid Laurier University. The reason I decided to conduct this survey was because I had recently bought a new car with just such an MP3 in-dash feature. I slowly started to notice that I was not listening to the radio at all, and was often getting caught in traffic. I also work at the school's gym, and have been aware that most people come in to work out with their own personal MP3 devices. No one really comes in without some sort of music device, because the radio station we play is not really the right music for the gym. I figured if you put two and two together, it only makes sense that people would want to listen to their own music in the car if they could safely and easily. So I conducted the survey on Monday, March the 5th, 2007 (I don't have class Monday). I went to the concourse (the main area of the university that sees the most traffic) and randomly pulled people aside until I hit 150 and asked if they had an MP3 player (many were listening to them right then, so I just moved on to the question of whether they would listen to their own music in the car if they could). I dismissed the other possibility of burning personal CD's (because why would you spend the time and money if you don't have to?).

Inline links
Inline links that go off foundation sites are frowned upon, plus you'd need to provide more than one auto manufacturer that has MP3 facilities in the car. With one it looks like an advert for their product. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

This is my first time doing this. All good points you raise, thanks for letting me know so I can fix these for the next time.

Narrow canvas
I think that the canvas of the survey is too narrow to conclude that "Students would prefer MP3 ..." Perhaps "Canadian students ..." or "University students ..." or "Canadian university students..." Of course, the most precise headline would be "Students at Wilfrid Laurier University would prefer MP3 players over car radios" --SVTCobra 22:41, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Published
I did a date bump and published this, so it should be up on the front page now. Nice work, notice how the mention of specific products had to be sorted so you can't be accused of bias in favour of one manufacturer. Okay, iPod gets prominence, but it is the de-facto standard player, and the one car makers are going to accomodate first. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Why the date bump? I'm not really happy with it... seems like the survey took place some time ago.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The date on the article would have seen it vanish into the collapsed sections and the report isn't that time-critical. That's why I did the bump.  It is honest in the article about when the survey was done so I don't have any problem with that, it isn't that stale. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Question Incongruity?
How can you ask "would you rather X or Y?" when the answers are "Yes, No, Both?" That seems to not fit in line with proper polling procedures.
 * This should probably be X instead of Y, not OR. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed details
I have (finally) got a mail from Darren that confirms he's at wlu.ca. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I sent him an email yesterday asking him to clarify. He responded via his wlu account. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:31, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


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Body of alumnus found at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York

March 29, 2007

The body of Anson Tripp, 29, of Amherst, Massachusetts, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus was found in the South East stairwell of the CII building of the school's Troy, New York campus by a college employee at approximately 10 AM. The former student had driven to RPI that morning from his home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Tripp left his home in Amherst in the morning and drove to Rensselaer, where he entered the CII and climbed to the top of one of the stairwells and apparently jumped to his death. He suffered multiple broken bones and head trauma in the jump, and his body came to rest between the fourth and fifth floors.

In a letter to the school community, President Shirley Jackson begins: I am sorry to report that there has been a fatality on the Troy Campus this morning. In order to ensure the safety of all members of the Rensselaer Community and to allow the Troy Police and Public Safety to secure the campus, Rensselaer will cancel all classes and close its offices on the Troy Campus effective 12:00 noon today. All athletic activities will be postponed until further notice.

Initially authorities said the wound was "consistent with that from a gunshot," however an autopsy determined that the broken bones and trauma to the head were sustained during the fall. Earlier in the day, police indicated that "it’s possible the victim fell from the ninth floor after being injured somehow." (WNYT) People in the building had reported hearing shots, but authorities were unable to confirm a shooting and later determined there was no weapon involved.

The building was locked down as the Troy police emergency response team and Colonie SWAT team went room to room securing the facility. School president Dr. Jackson (quoted above) urged students and all non-essential staff to also leave campus (except for the dorms).

Tripp was in the class of 2000 with majors in computer science and mathematics, and a member of Alpha Phi Omega, Epsilon Zeta chapter.

Memorial service were held at Grace Episcopal Church on Wednesday, April 4th at 3PM EST.


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NHL: Hecht leads Sabres over Devils

March 28, 2007

The Devils came into Wednesday night's game trailing the Buffalo Sabres by five points in the Eastern Conference, and with the Pittsburgh Penguins hot on their trail. New Jersey needed the win to close the gap to three points, and to stay ahead of the Penguins. Neither happened, however, as the Sabres defeated the Devils before 18,690 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Just 1:55 into the first period, Jochen Hecht scored his first of two goals, his 18th of the season, assisted by Jason Pominville and Dmitri Kalinin, who would pick up two assists in the game. At 6:42, Scott Gomez responded for the Devils to tie the game at 1-1. Patrik Elias and Brian Rafalski were credited with assists. In the second period, Buffalo would make it 2-1 at 7:25, when Daniel Paille, assisted by Adam Mair and Teppo Numminen scored. The Sabres scored again at 11:47, when Jochen Hecht would tally his second goal of the game from a pass by Daniel Briere. Dmitri Kalinin was also credited with an assist on the goal. Trailing 3-1, New Jersey came back with their own goal at 13:49, when Paul Martin picked up his third goal of the season, narrowing the deficit to one goal. Ales Kotalik would put the game out of reach at 15:52, when he would beat Martin Brodeur for his 15th goal of the season. Dainius Zubrus, along with Chris Drury, would be given credit for assisting the play. With two seconds remaining in the game, the Devils Zach Parise scored, but it was too late, as the Sabres would hold on for the win.

Martin Brodeur saved 19 of 23 shots faced. Ryan Miller, the 3rd star of the game, stopped 28 of 31 shots faced, accumulating a .903 save percentage in the game.

Philadelphia at New Jersey Fri Mar 30, 2007, 7:30 pm EDT

NY Islanders at Buffalo Fri Mar 30, 2007, 8:00 pm EDT

Three Stars of the Game

 * #1 - Jochen Hecht, C, BUF - 2 Goals
 * #2 - Dmitri Kalinin, D, BUF - 2 Assists
 * #3 - Ryan Miller, G, BUF - 28 Saves, .903 Save Pct.

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Coordinates
How about the floating coordinates like Wikipedia has: position:absolute; z-index:1; border:none; background:none; right:30px; top:3.7em; float:right; margin:0.0em; padding:0.0em; line-height:1.5em; text-align:right; text-indent:0; font-size:85%; text-transform:none; white-space:nowrap; } BenFrantzDale 18:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
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 * What exactly is that used for? Bawolff ☺☻ 17:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe for Template:Geolinks-US-streetscale? He wanted to use it in the dead alumnus story (see his contributions).--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This code would not affect that template. Bawolff ☺☻ 18:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe it has to do with the coordinates being displayed in the right-upper section of an article, like you can see sometimes on Wikipedia articles on cities.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would make sense. Although i think we should have an actual template that uses it before putting it in. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:00, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

New background
The new background really, really is truly, utterly awful. IMO. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson 01:38, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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Angry alum?
I know during my time at RPI we all used to joke about becoming disgruntled alumni, wracked with loan debt and facing low odds in a struggling job market, but I never imagined any alum would be involved in anything like this at the 'Tute. Although the Times Union is suggesting a gunshot, RPI's press conference said that was out hinting at possible suicide. Was the victim found in the same staircase where the RPI Drop Squad did their work? 68.33.52.190 18:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No. The Drop Squad staircase is in the North-West corner of the building. BenFrantzDale 19:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


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Women's groups promote "Equal Pay Day" in Belgium

March 30, 2007

Today, several trade unions and women's organisations organised actions in public places and companies all over Belgium to promote equal pay for women. Volunteers handed out flyers about the issue at the Brussels Airport and the Brussels subway and in train stations, companies, hospitals and schools throughout the country.

The third edition of the U.S.-inspired Equal Pay Day was called for by the socialist women's organisations zij-kant and the women-section of the trade union ABVV, in partnership with their Francophone equivalents, PS-women and the union FGTB, the Institute for Equality of Women and Men, the Catholic Worker's Women Movement (KAV) and the union ACV.

The Institute for Equality of Women and Men reports that wages are still on average 15% lower for women in Belgium. This figures varies in different studies. In a report ordered by the trade unions, the Higher Institute for Work of the Catholic University of Leuven reports a pay difference of 26%, based on an analysis of the wages of 20 000 men and women. This also results in an inequity in pensions.

According to the Structure of Earnings Survey by Eurostat, the European gender pay-gap mounts to 26%, whereas in Belgium the difference is around 17%. Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia are doing even better, while in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus women earn around 30% less.

The inequity in payment results from company's human resource management, but is also influenced by the role of the women in the family, education, and so on. But even when these factors are taken into account, there is still a difference of 5 to 7%.

The organisations acknowledge that there have been small improvements, and that there have been hopeful political steps since their action last year. Because their target of equal wages for men and woman has moved a little bit closer, they've decided to hold the third edition one day earlier, on March 30 instead of March 31. This date symbolises the 15 months a woman has to work on average to earn the same as her male colleague. In the United States, the difference is bigger, and hence the Equal Pay Day is only held on April 24. The European Equal Pay Day was been held last February 22.

With their campaign, the organisation urges politicians to improve the rapports on the phenomenon, to encourage gender-friendly human resource management in businesses, to address gender-issues in the schools, and to keep their previous promises.


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I went to the market and took some pictures, which you can find on Commons. The rest I wrote up from the website and from the press documents I received Friday morning.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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Please provide this image with licencing information, or else it will get deleted soon.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Also, how is Image:Police enter CII.jpg cc-by-2.5? I don't see any mention of it on the page you link to on the image's description page.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I spoke with the author via IM. I'll ask him to add mention to that page. BenFrantzDale 20:32, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Here we are: http://www.rpi.edu/~sarris/crap/mar29/readme.nfo BenFrantzDale 20:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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Is about to be deleted. Please provide source and licencing information.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello. In general we try and seperate pictures with freer copyrights into, as that allows others to use it. The upload page you visited was for wikinews only for stuff like logos/fair use which we use, but are not free and therefor others can't really use. I have fixed the tag top reflect the correct license. Which version of cc-by do you want to use (1,2,2.5). I would assumed 2.5 as it was latest, but if you wanted a different version, please tell me. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry to keep bothering you with images, but are you planning to use Image:Police enter CII at RPI.jpg in anythin? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not anymore. Image:SWAT enters CII RPI.jpg is better. BenFrantzDale 21:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Body of alumnus found at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York

CLEANUP
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

The only remaining extended quotation is from an open letter to the institute which should be treated as a press release. The article should be suitably cleaned up at this point.

 * Yes, excellent, thank you!!! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Moved text
Moved from article:--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus television club, RPI TV, is currently working on a full transcript of the press conference and will be updating their club website with news as it comes in.

The following trivia/linkspam was also removed:

The stairwell
The stairwell in question includes the third (ground) floor through the ninth floor. Stairs spiral up in a square, one revolution per floor, leaving a square shaft down which the victim could have fallen. The other stairwell of the building is similar but extends down to the 2nd floor (the basement of the building). The CII has no floor 1. Students have historically dropped miscellaneous items down that taller stairwell [pictures].128.113.148.177 20:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Map overload
The amount of maps/aerials/satelite might be a bit much. SVTCobra 22:56, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:RPI CII East Side.jpg
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Universit PR release
The RPI press release, which was on the home page, is no longer there. I tried to google it and got a hit but they hadn't cached it.--SVTCobra 01:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:64.129.18.10

Welcome
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User:Danski271

See my Wikipedia user page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Danski14

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Talk:Turbolinux adopted by China's largest bank

Please replace raster image Tux.png with vectorised version Tux.svg. --200.106.209.30 01:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * done. –Doldrums(talk) 02:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)