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Dog owner to face felony charge

March 17, 2005 Two dog attacks in a week puts Spotsylania County authorities in the spotlight to take action on pet owners for their dog's behavior. In unrelated incidences, an elderly woman was killed and another woman was bitten. Three dogs have been shot dead by police.

An 82 year old woman was walking her Shih Tzu breed of dog in her front yard last week when she came under attack by three Pit Bulls. She died being transported to the hospital after police responded and shot two of the attacking dogs. They later captured the third dog and euthanized it.

More recently, a 31 year old woman was bitten on her hand during a fight that ensued between two Pit Bulls in her back yard. The responding police officer shot the aggressor dog.

Public outcry over the death of the elderly woman stirred procecutors to charge the dogs’ owner, Deeana Large, with involuntary manslaughter. This is a first for the Commonwealth of Virginia where charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years are leveled in a case involving a pet's owner. In order to gain an indictment, prosecuters will have to prove the dogs' owner was criminally negligent. In the biting incident, the attacking dog’s owner faces a misdemeanor charge of letting the dog run at large.

Deeana Large, who initially said she owned only 1 of the 3 dogs involved in the mauling case, has not yet been formally charged and awaits indictment. Investigators in the case say there were earlier reports of her dogs allegedly killing a German Shepard and a kittten in her neighborhood. Complaints by neighbors spurred an animal control officer to be looking for the dogs at the time the woman was killed.

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Communists protest arrest of FARC chancellor Rodrigo Granda

March 20, 2005 Rodrigo Granda, also known as Ricardo Gonzalez, was arrested by Colombian forces on December 13, 2004. The communist group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claims the arrest is illegal, since Granda was in Venezuela for purposes related to his work as a international FARC delegate. However, the Colombia government does not recognize the FARC as a legitimate political group and accuses the FARC of terrorism and drug trafficking.

According to a note released by the FARC, several communist parties are showing solidarity with the FARC by protesting the arrest of Rodrigo Granda. In addition, they criticize the extradition of the FARC commander Simón Trinidad to the United States of America.

The political parties are:Communist Party of Greece, Portuguese Communist Party, Communist Party of the People of Spain, Communist Party of Spain, New Communist Party Netherlands, Communist Party of Ireland, Workers Party of Ireland, Party of Italian Communists, Socialist Alliance Party- Romania, Party of Communists of Cataluña, Communist Party of Argentina, Union of Communists of Ukraine, French Communist Party, Tudeh Party of Iran, Communist Party of Malta, New Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party in Denmark, Communist Party of Norway, Communist Party of Luxembourg, Communist Party of USA, Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Tadjikistan, Communist Party of Israel, Communist Party of Denmark, Bulgarian Communist Party “Georgy Dimitrov”, Communist Party of Poland, Colombian Communist Party, Communist Party of Chile, Party of Communists (Mexico), Party of the Communist Refoundation, Communist Party of Turkey, Communist Party of Canada, Communist Party of Finland, Romanian Communist Party, Workers Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Party of Latvia, Democratic Progressive Tribune- Bahrain, Sudanese Communist Party, Japanese Communist Party, Communist Party of Estonia, Communist Workers Party of Russia, Communist Party of Brazil, Communist Party of Jordan, Party of Democratic Socialism, Germany, Communist Party of Albania, The Party of Labor (EMEP) Turkey, Communist Party of Venezuela, Communist Party of Slovakia and the Communist Party of Egypt.

On January 2005, several intellectuals had already protested the arrest of Rodrigo Granda.


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Talk:UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech

The photo is too big~! Reduce the size. King Ho Cheung 22:05, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. — DV 06:33, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Brazil defends China against human rights violation charges in UN

If this is true, then Brazil sucks as a nation

answer: they just mind their own business which is the opposite of going around bombing everyone to get oil.cya


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McCartney campaign changing minds about IRA

March 17, 2005

The late Robert McCartney's five sisters are visiting the United States in an effort to place pressure on the IRA. They are meeting with Ted Kennedy and other political leaders to gather support. They are also meeting with President Bush on St. Patrick's day, and will give him a dossier. They accuse IRA members of killing their brother during a brawl in a Belfast bar in January. Sinn Féin is also alleged to have attempted to cover up the incident by at least one of the women.

Catherine McCartney said to the BBC, "We have to be very careful that we're not being used by anybody and that includes Sinn Féin and all political parties, we're not stupid women... We get the impression that someone thinks out there that somebody's behind this, pulling our strings. The only person behind this is our Robert and he is the person pulling our strings."

In response to the killing, the IRA expelled three of its members and Sinn Féin expelled seven. Also, the IRA offered to shoot the men responsible for the killing, an offer which the McCartney family declined.

Two Sinn Féin candidates were in the bar on the night of the killing.


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Maradona honored with the keys to Cartagena

March 18, 2005

The former Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona, aged 44, was honored  with the keys to the Colombian city of Cartagena.

Maradona is in Cartagena recovering from stomach surgery he had to reduce the size of his waist. The surgury was necessary because Maradona is suffering of severe obesity problems which may put his life at risk. He is 5 foot 6 inches (1.67 meters) tall and weighs  267  pounds (121 kg).

The Argentine was grateful for the homage and showed good humour: "I want to thank the mayor for giving me the keys to the city. Even though I do not have the keys to my own house, I have a key to the people, like those of Cartagena, and it fills me with pride."

He added: "I offer my thanks in my own name, in the name of my two daughters and that of my whole family. Thank you Cartagena and thank you Colombia."


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Brazilian Abin director: no proof linking FARC money to PT

March 18, 2005

The Head Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of Brazil's General  Jorge Felix, and  the director-general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Mauro Marcelo de Lima e Silva  say that the documents mentioned by the Brazilian magazine Veja may be incorrect. Last weekend, Veja reported that Partido dos Trabalhadores (or PT), the Brazilian ruling party and the party of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received 5 million dollars from FARC in its 2002 political campaign. The magazine used documents gotten from Abin itself as a source in their reporting.

Felix testified before a commission of deputies and senators to explain the allegations published by Veja. His statements make the possibility of a congressional investigation commission, as suggested by the deputy Alberto Fraga (PTB), unlikely. The leader of the government, Aloísio Mercadante, said PT will prosecute Fraga for defamation and that he considers the case finished. The official Abin version is stated on its website. The agency stores and archives all data collected by the intelligence service. Even data that does not fulfill all the Abin criterion for consistency and veracity remain in the Abin archive so they can be re-evaluated in the future. According to Felix, Abin archives may contain data that are not relevant, tendentious or even completely untrue. The documents mentioned by the magazine Veja are a kind of this material. Since Abin cannot guarantee the veracity of these data, they should not be reported.

The general didn't say whether or not Abin confirmed the meeting between FARC delegates and PT members as stated in the documents. "I can't speak about that in front of the press", he added, explaining that the documents are a state secret.

The magazine Veja was very cautious when it reported the story. The article says that they did not find solid evidence to prove that PT received money from FARC. Veja investigated the facts described in the documents and admitted the donation could be untrue:

 * (...) Veja located the agent who infiltrated in the FARC meeting and it talked to two other employees from the agency [Abin], besides of looking for the left members who participated of the enconteur. The [magazine's] investigation confirmed the meeting, the place, the date and the persons. It only didn't find evidences to proof that the money went from the FARC to PT safes.(..) Could it be just a swagger of father Oliverio Medina(...) to appraise his left hosts? Yes, it could.  —Veja, "FARC's tentacles in Brazil", March 16, 2005, page 46.

Although they found no solid proof relating the money transaction, and although the magazine considered the Abin's documents might be untrue, Veja said the documents were consistent enough to be sent to the President:

 * (...)[the documents] are known by their errors and mistakes motivated usually by a anti-communist paranoia(...)The documents reporting the transaction which the FARC promised help to left-wing candidates in Brazil are not free or errors neither. The papers way thought the hierarchy of the intelligence service suggests that the information originated from a experienced spy who is trusted by his superiors. The documents show that their informations have been hard checked. (...) The document 0095/3100 of April 25, 2002, the main one which reports the liaisons between PT and FARC members, has passed thought all the phases and it finished with a Top Secret stamp. That means that its informations had credibility and its contents were enough consistent so it could be sent to the President. —Veja, "FARC's tentacles in Brazil", March 16, 2005, page 49.

Some deputies demand further investigations of alleged FARC activities in Brazil. The Brazilian Deputy Arthur Virgílio (PSDB) said: "These investigations cannot stop... I give to PT the benefit of doubt as an institution. However the ideologic political relationship is evident." The Brazilian Deputy Antero Paes de Barros (PSDB) said: "There must be more clarifications because the State interest is high in this case".

The FARC and PT are part of the Foro de São Paulo organization created by Cuban President Fidel Castro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss new strategies for the left in Latin America after the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.

PT admits that some of its members have met FARC members in the past, but maintains the FARC donation are untrue. The party said if evidence showing its members received money from the FARC was found, that member would be expelled from the party. They also said if a donation occurred, it would be confirmed by the Brazilian Central Bank's records, and it has not. PT believes the alleged party relationship with FARC is being used by the political opposition in negative propaganda.

According to the president of the Joint Congressional Commission for the Control of Intelligence Activities, Senator Cristovam Buarque (PT-DF) the investigation is finished. The senator said that the accusation of the alleged donation of 5 million dollars to the PT was a sad episode because it affected a party's credibility without anybody seeing any proof.


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Carlosar, see if you can find and english language source for this article. edw 04:18, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I will try. However I dont have too much time now. --Carlosar 10:40, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You can check here too
I don't know if I can do that. However I put the scanned pages of Veja's article, so the story: "Brazilian Abin director: no proof linking FARC money to PT" can be checked by the community.--Carlosar 03:22, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Could an administrator please fix the malformed wikilink at the beginning of the article? Thanks, ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 22:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ --SVTCobra 22:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

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In the table, for the section "Understanding the case". at the end of the final table cell is a stray font tag. If the intent was to format the cell, it should use an appropriate inline style. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:27, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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Robot Zoe detects life in Atacama Desert

March 18, 2005 Zoë, a four-wheeled robot constructed by Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, is the first rover-based system to discover life. Although the presence of life in the Chilean Atacama Desert is no surprise, Zoe is a step forward in an effort to design automated systems to find life on Mars.

Zoë, named after the Greek word for "life", is part of a three-year Life in the Atacama project at the Astrobiology Science and Technology Program for Exploring Planets (ASTEP). It was specifically designed to be deployed as a remotely-operated or autonomous rover.

The life Zoë was able to detect came from four elements. Zoë detected signs of chlorophyll, DNA and protein, which are strong indications of life. Scientists then gathered visual evidence from the pictures taken by Zoë. The research was presented this week at the 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas. The study was led by Nathalie Cabrol, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

One of the important new features developed for Zoë is a fluorescence imager in the shadow under its belly that can be used in daytime. This tool scans for chlorophyll-based-life that would otherwise be rendered undetectable by sunlight. Zoë also carries a spectrometer that scans for chlorophyll using visible and near-infrared light.

Zoë searched for signs of life in coastal and inland regions of the Atacama Desert between August and October of 2004. She was remote conrolled from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while a ground crew followed her to verify her detections.

With studies suggesting the existence of life on Mars, the new system may soon see implementation.


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I've noticed on the recent changes page that your making a lot of edits regarding cats, so just want to say thanks! CGorman 11:19, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews writing contest launched
Dear VF,

thanks for registering for the Wikinews writing contest! It now begins officially. Every day, I will try to make a tally of who has and who has not managed to fulfill their story/day requirements. If you do, however, believe I am missing something, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best of luck in the contest!--Eloquence 06:20, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Lead Article?
I certainly would consider your article a good choice for the Template:Lead article... - Amgine 00:59, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll do that. VF 01:02, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The "Akayev flees Kyrgyzstan as protesters seize control of Bishkek" story is a good lead article. Good job. — DV 22:50, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Cerainly is a good choice... we were looking poor in comparision to the mainstream media today without the Kyrgystan story. CGorman 22:53, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys. This one took me quite a while so I appreciate the compliments. - VF 23:14, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sometimes boring is good
Hi VF,

Sometims a watered-down name is best, to avoid unnecessary controversy. There are enough opportunities for disputes on Wikinews over stories with political angles, so who needs the headache from haggling over the names used for different elements of the site?

Your "Offbeat" choice is just suggestive enough of something slightly different, while at the same time not being overtly humorous, so I won't feel bad if your more "boring" choice wins out over some of the more silly suggestions I added to the Wackynews naming section. — DV 11:12, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Reply here - VF 11:29, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Bishkek series of articles
Your series of story contributions on this breaking news is truly appreciated. -edw 19:33, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it's good to see that my work's being appreciated. - VF 04:57, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

"See also" vs "Also see" and "Wikinews" template
Hi VF,

I noticed that there is some back and forth going on between "See also" and "Also see".

It's a small matter, but I googled both phrases, and "See also" appears to have a three-to-one advantage over "Also see".

So, in theory, using "See also" will cause Wikinews to appear in more search results, if one extrapolates that three times as many searchers are likely to search on phrases which include the sub-phrase "See also".

By the way, I also set up a "Wikinews" source template, which you may have seen used in the See also section for a few articles by now. Here it is:

This template is designed to make the site more sticky by sending users to the Main Page instead of to Wikipedia wherever Wikinews is referenced as a source for an article in a See also section.

This template also solves a small problem when citing Wikinews using the Sources template - it's inefficient, because the Sources template uses an external http link to the Wikinews article on Wikipedia, instead of an interwiki link, which doesn't look quite as elegant.

This template also has the nice side effect of promoting the Wikinews Main Page on Google, by creating more links which point at the Wikinews Main Page.

Cheers,

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Press release
Pingswept is going to give it a few minutes, see if the editor removes/rewrites the article. Good catch! - Amgine 04:32, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Pope
NB: Im giving this message to the 10 or so people I suspect may be on Wikinews when the event occurs.

I've created a story announcing the Popes death - when the Vatican or BBC/Reuters announce he is actually dead please insert the date & time and publish - we will be the 1st news group to break this story (besides our source)! The story is located here User:CGorman/Sandbox. Whilst waiting please improve the story. → CGorman (Talk)  22:50, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Good Job
Nice articles, very professional 209.148.146.46 04:50, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews:Story preparation
Seeing how well preparations have gone for the Pope story, i've created Story preparation. Instead of users preparing stories on their own computers and saving them on their own hard drives, they can place them here to allow other writers to add to them before the event. This will help eliminate duel coverage of the same story - Teeks99 had spent some time yesterday evening writing a Pope story - but did'nt load it onto wikinews resulting in his version being made redundent. Hopefully by allowing users to collaborate on a story from an earlier date, our article quality will be dramatically improved. → CGorman (Talk)  15:12, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Askar Akayev says he resigns
I thought of you when I came across the Voice of America article.

Categories
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I've created a list of categories that must be included in ALL articles to ensure the DPL system works correctly. Adding the revlevent categories from this list will ensure complete site-wide relevent article listing. It is located at User:CGorman/Categories and you can easily cut & paste out of it. I urge frequent writers to bookmark this page to help save themselves time with categorization. Thanks for your attention. → CGorman (Talk)  19:40, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wow!!
--25 articles! Wow.....you deserve at least this!!! --Bddpaux (talk) 02:19, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

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Wolfowitz picked for top spot at World Bank

March 18, 2005

The White House announced the selection of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, replacing John Wolfensohn who retires as acting president after 10 years. The switch is expected to occur sometime in June.

The choice of Wolfowitz is raising controversy in Europe and developing nations. Known as hawkish and outspoken, Wolfowitz was a pro-Iraqi war neo-conservative in his role as deputy Secretary of Defense, and a chief architect in the build up to war with Iraq. Some question whether Wolfowitz, who was criticized for brushing aside European and NATO calls for caution before the Iraq war, would use the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as tool to extend U.S. foreign policy interests.

Historically, it has been the White House’s prerogative to name the candidate because the U.S. holds a majority on the 24 member board, but board members from nations other than the U.S. are seeking their own interviews to qualify the candidate before a change is made. "The executive directors have agreed to conduct informal meetings over the coming days with the US nominee as part of the consultative process." the IMF said in a statement. "Thereafter, the executive directors will meet in a formal session to select the president at which time an official announcement of the outcome will be made," it said. The vote is set for March 31, the same day Wolfensohn retires.

Rob Nichols, the US Treasury spokesperson, said Wolfowitz has begun scheduling meetings with board members and that, "Our nominee… looks forward to meeting with and listening to members of the World Bank board." Reuters reported. In the meantime, Wolfowitz has worked to assure those with concerns of him, saying he would come with an open mind and no political program.


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Sci-fi and fantasy author Andre Norton dies

The famous sci-fi and fantasy writer Andre Norton dies aged 93 of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a Nashville suburb.

Alice Norton (17 February 1912 – 17 March 2005) was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio. She published her first novel, The Prince Commands, in 1934. A famous science fiction writer, she was the first woman to receive the Grand Master of Fantasy Award from the SFWA in 1977, and she won the Nebula Grand Master Award in 1984. Norton requested before her death that she not have a funeral service, but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and last novels.


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Tsunami exposes ancient ruins in India

March 18, 2005 Probably one of the first good things to come out of the 2004 Tsunami in Asia, ancient ruins were discovered in India. Fishermen along the shores report seeing the ruins along the shoreline near Mahabalipuram when the waters receded just prior to the arrival of the tsunami. Mahabalipuram is a port city of South India, dating back to the 7th century, around 60 km south from the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

The fishermen reported a complex consisting of ancient temples. Some mention seeing at least 20 distinct temples, and hundreds of refrigerator-sized blocks. The walls were covered with barnacles, coral and mud. Local folklore tells of an ancient port in the area.

On the shore, three structures consisting of elaborate carvings in the shape of animals were uncovered. The structures appear to have been covered in sand, which had been wiped away by the force of the tsunami. The structures appear to belong to a port city built in the 7th century, said T. Satyamurthy, a senior archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of India. The sculptures, representing an elephant, a lion and a flying horse, were commonly used during the Pallava dynasty, which ran from the 4th to the 9th century, archeologists say.

The temples along the shores of Mahabalipuram are already a famous feature of the city, and have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Legend has it that the city was home to seven pagodas. Underwater excavations of the area by the archaeological society, run by the Indian government and navy divers, began on Thursday.

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No talks until IRA "criminal activity" dealt with

March 18, 2005 Northern Ireland secretary Paul Murphy said there is "no hope" of political progress on peace talks until all IRA "criminal activity" has been dealt with.

Mr Murphy praised the courage of the McCartney sisters' campaign for justice for those responsible in the murder of their brother Robert McCartney. Their brother was stabbed and kicked to death after an altercation in a bar in the center of Belfast. The gang which killed him included at least three members of the IRA.

Mr Murphy's comments came during a visit the sisters made to Washington. They met President Bush who is said to have offered support and encouragement for their campaign. Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein, has pointedly not been invited to the White House.

Belfast's self-governing assembly is the product of a peace deal made in 1998. It collapsed two years ago, leaving the British province to be run directly from London ever since. Attempts to restore the assembly have met numerous obstacles in the intervening years, mostly centered on the presence and actions of the IRA.

In recent weeks the IRA has been linked not only to the murder of Robert McCartney, but also to the widely publicised theft from the Northern Bank of £26 million in December.

"As far as the political process is concerned, to all intents and purposes we are not talking about any future negotiations or discussions until the issue about criminal activity on the part of the IRA is addressed," Mr Murphy has said. Until that happens, there "wasn't any hope at all" of progress to restore the institutions of government to Northern Ireland. He added that the McCartney sisters "remarkable campaign" had "personalised the issue of criminal activity" and given a face to individuals suffering from brutality and savagery.

Gerry Adams said the case has become steeped in politics, and the only people that could not be accused of political motivation were the McCartney sisters themselves.

Reported separately, the controversial 'detention-without-trial orders', brought in last week under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, could be used against members of the IRA. The government has refused to rule out the possibility of control orders being used on members of the group. Home Secretary Charles Clarke has said that the orders had been working well in their first few days although there had been some teething problems.


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Drinking habits tied to genes

March 18, 2005

The amount of alcohol people drink may be influenced by their genes. A new study has found a link between specific, drinking habits, and possibly alcohol addiction.

The study, by UK researchers at the universities of and, involved data from nearly 1,000 people who provided detailed information about their drinking habits.

The researchers focused on a gene that controls chemical signaling in the brain.

Different versions of the gene may influence the balance and effect of signaling molecules.

One genetic variant—a version of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene—was strongly linked with alcohol consumption.

DRD2 appears to affect positive feelings from alcohol, meaning that people without the variant might find drinking less pleasurable.

The research is reported in The Pharmacogenomics Journal.

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Talk:Australians fast over 2004 Xmas in empathy with detainees

Categories
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Irish mobile penetration rate hits 94%

March 18, 2005 According to a quarterly report by ComReg (Commission for Communications Regulation) on the Irish telecommunications market released today, Irish mobile phone penetration has hit a new record of 94%. This is an increase of 6% from the same time last year, when penetration rates stood at 88%. The statistic means that there are now 3.78 million mobile phone subscribers in Ireland. The document also indicated that the number of broadband customers in Ireland now stands at 131,550.

Among other things the statistics revealed that:
 * 94% of Irish people own a mobile phone - up from 88% last year,
 * Vodafone has a 51% market share, down 2%,
 * O2 has a 40% market share, unchanged,
 * Meteor has a 9% market share, up 2%,

 * There are now 131,550 broadband connections, an increase of 37% in the last quarter,
 * 114,000 of these are DSL connections,
 * 8,950 of these are via Cable,
 * 8,600 of these are fixed wireless,

 * The Irish fixed, mobile and broadcasting market is now worth €4bn per annum,
 * Over 1bn text messages are now sent every quarter.

Earlier this week Eircom, the largest broadband provider in the country announced that it intends to double its standard packages speed from 512kps to 1Mbps. Also Meteor has announced that it would consider allowing a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to piggyback on its network.

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English Wikipedia passes 500 thousand article milestone

March 18, 2005 Wikipedia hit the half-million mark Friday as the English-language encyclopedia passed the 500 thousand article mark, according to a press prelease by the Wikimedia Foundation (The Wikimedia Foundation also runs Wikinews).

The article that put the site over the top was Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union. The total of 500 thousand articles exceeds any other encyclopedia, according to the press release.

With an average of 2,500 characters per article, Wikipedia contains 1.25 gigabytes of raw text, which if printed on double-sided letter-size paper would form a stack about 66 feet or more than six stories tall. Other recent additions to its English-language edition include hundreds of full-length songs, almost a gigabyte of new images, and subject-specific portals.


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Talk:English Wikipedia passes 500 thousand article milestone

I've just cut and past the wikipedia press release - its Public domain so we're entitled to. However feel free to improve the article as you see fit. However be warned - wikipedia has a policy of no-self reference/self promotion, and i'd say we should follow the same path by not giving this article too prominent a position. CGorman 21:27, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It's OK, but we should try to make it more NPOV. w:Wikipedia:Criticisms has a summary of criticisms from outside sources.--Eloquence 22:12, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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 * Thanks! Looks like I forgot to create an account.  Introducing w:User:Phyzome's latest Wikimedia account! -- Phyzome 13:47, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Fireball generated in U.S. laboratory resembles black hole

March 18, 2005 Brown University professor Horatiu Nastase has written a paper detailing calculations that suggest that a fireball created in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, may have been a black hole.

The fireball occurred as scientists conducted experiments involving the smashing of streams of gold nuclei together in the RHIC and is reported to have been three hundred times hotter than the sun. It absorbed more than ten times the predicted amount of energy and radiated it as heat, a behavior characteristic of black holes.

Scientists have reassured the public that this phenomenon does not pose a threat; the fireball existed for one millionth of one billionth of one billionth of one second (one second divided by 10 septillion — a 1 followed by 25 zeroes) and was not dominated by gravity as previously observed black holes have been, providing the energy for their cataclysmic appetites.


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Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:13, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile

March 19, 2005 Pakistan announced that their military conducted a successful test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile, with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles), earlier today.

"Today, we carried out a successful test-firing of the indigenously developed Shaheen II missile," announced a Pakistani military official.

A statement issued by the Pakistani military noted that Pakistan gave prior notice of the test to nearby countries.

"The test was carried out to verify some of the refined technical parameters," the statement said, "Al Hamd-o-Lillah' (With the grace of God) all parameters were validated."

Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf congratulated the engineers and scientists who conducted the successful test.

"The capability was here to stay, will continue to go from strength to strength and no harm will ever be allowed to come to it," said Musharraf.

The Press Trust of India pointed out that the missile, "was capable of hitting targets deep into the Indian territory," and that the missile had been test-fired previously under the name Hatf-VI, as a counterpart to India's Agni-II missile system.

India and Pakistan have both conducted a series of missile tests in the region.


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Cassini discovers Saturn moon atmosphere

March 19, 2005 NASA's Saturn exploration spacecraft, Cassini, has discovered an atmosphere about the moon Enceladus. This is the first such discovery by Cassini, other than Titan, of the presence of an atmosphere around a Saturn moon.

Enceladus's gravity is too weak to hold an atmosphere around the planet, leading scientists to believe that volcanism, geysers, or gases escaping from the surface or the interior as a continuous source for the atmosphere.

The atmosphere was detected using a magnetometer during two close flybys of Enceladus on February 17 and March 9. The magnetometer is used to measure the magnitude and direction of magnetic fields surrounding Saturn and its moons. The magnetometer detected a bending of Saturn's magnetic field around the moon, indicating the Saturnian plasma is being diverted away from an extended atmosphere. The observations from the Enceladus flybys are believed to be due to ionized water vapor.

"These new results from Cassini may be the first evidence of gases originating either from the surface or possibly from the interior of Enceladus," said Dr. Michele Dougherty, principal investigator for the Cassini magnetometer and professor at Imperial College in London.

Scientists have suspected Enceladus as geologically active and a possible source of Saturn's icy E ring. Enceladus is the most reflective object in the solar system, reflecting about 90 percent of the sunlight that hits it. Cassini first arrived in Saturn orbit July 1, 2004, releasing the Huygens Titan probe on December 25, 2004 which landed on Titan January 14, 2005.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.


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User:Redge/Tools

Here are a few tools I like to keep handy while using wikinews:

New article:

July 29, 2024

==Sources==

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[[category:]]

Images:
 * Flickr
 * Commons
 * Other sites

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Wales win Grand Slam, RBS Six Nations and the Triple Crown

March 19, 2005

have beaten in their eagerly anticipated encounter with the Celts in  today. It is the Welsh team's first  since 1978. The clash ended with the homeside 32 points, easily beating the Irish who managed 20 points.

It was clear from an early stage that Wales was on course for a win, with the score being 16-3 mid-way through the first half. The Irish effort improved in the second half with two closing the gap - but it was never going to be enough to beat a superb Welsh side.

The result means Wales have remained unbeaten throughout the tournament.


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Europe marks second Iraq invasion anniversary

March 19, 2005

Today, Saturday the 19th of March, thousands across Europe marked the second anniversary of the US-led war on Iraq with protest marches and rallies for peace.

Anti-war march in London: In London, UK, police said 45,000 people took part in a march following the traditional route; a Hyde Park start, past the US Embassy and finishing in Trafalgar Square. According to organisers, almost 100,000 people took part. There were no reports of violence or unrest at the rally.

In Istanbul, Turkey, about 15,000 people marched to protest against the continued US presence in Iraq.

Athens, Greece, was brought to a standstill by more than 5000 trade unionists who marched to the US Embassy.

Meanwhile, more than 400 miles away from London, in the Welsh coastal town of Aberystwyth, about two hundred people also took part in a peace rally. The first annual All Wales Peace Festival (Gwl heddwch a chyfianwnder Cymru gyfan) took place on an unseasonably warm and sunny day for mid-March in the coastal town.

Lasting about an hour, the rally made its way around the streets of the town, making its way to the ruined castle that overlooks the town, where the crowd heard speeches by a number of individuals, including Ken Booth, the head of Aberystwyth University's renowned International Politics department. There was no suggestion of violence at the rally, with a wide variety of people from different backgrounds making up the march.

Police presence at the march was moderately heavy yet restrained, with the police evidently not wishing for a repeat of the scenes two years ago when authorities were taken completely by surprise as protesters brought much of the town to a halt and occupied the council tax offices for two hours.

Attendance at all protests was a mere shadow of that just before the start of the 2003 war, when London saw over a million take to the streets to protest the imminent invasion.