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Comments:New Jersey teen faces child porn charges for posting nude photos of herself online

This is the most retard thing that I have ever seen. I am sickened that the kid is being charged. The entire reason that child pornography is illegal is to prevent the exploitation of children. She was not being exploited. There is no other party to be doing the exploiting. Also, the possession of child pornography? I'm sorry, but it is illegal for someone to take a naked picture of themselves when they are under 18? This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. This is an extreme case of the letter of the law being followed with total disregard for the intent of the law. Rekov (talk) 17:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely Ridiculous
You've got to be kidding me! If a 14-year-old girl posts naked pictures of herself on MySpace, I agree that's a really stupid idea. But, the only victim is herself. The worst she deserves is an angry parent telling her not to do that anymore… not 17 years in prison and registered sex offender status! This child's life is about to be absolutely ruined because of outdated, poorly written child pornography laws! This sort of thing needs to stop right away. --Cleveland Rock (talk) 18:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Oh please!

Charging a teenager for showing naked pictures of HERSELF!? For her BOYFRIEND?!?! You are ruining the life of this girl for this? This is the most horrible thing they could possibly have done. There is no way charging her would help anything.Mayabasa (talk) 17:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

This is a difficult subject
How can you tell someone taking pictures of themselves and sending them to someone is illegal? It is her body, since she legally can not have sex I'm sure her boyfriend appreciates these photos. They are not effecting anyone else and what harm will it do to other people if they see them? I understand it is child porn, however she is creating and is distributing to her boyfriend. She is not exploiting anyone or hurting anyone. The only possible victim here is herself and while this may be a step leading to her getting hurt I believe it is up to her discretion and is her responsibility if she gets hurt. So why should anyone bother the poor girl?

only in america 77.250.25.165 22:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

well she didn't send them she posted them on her myspace. but still that going to far as punishment 67.52.248.218 16:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Tornadoes rampage through Mississippi

that really sucks for them because now there homless

I keep seeing this headline in Recent Changes, and thinking it says "Tomatoes rampage through Mississippi". --Brian McNeil / talk 20:07, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Jteifion

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♪Tempo di Valse ♪  19:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

 * You're welcome! It's always nice to see new contributors around, I hope you decide to stay around. Our current editor base is rather small, so any help you can give us will be greatly appreciated. [[Image:Smile.png]] Cheers, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪  21:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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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.

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Comments:US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says America helps fuel illegal drug trade

Finally!
Finally the american goverment is starting to recognize their own responsabilty instead of just pointing fingers. Would they also recognize there are corrupt authorities in the US(needed to move tons of drugs across the nation and thousands of weapons across the border)? Alhian (talk) 20:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

What are we doing?!
How can we justify sending hundreds of millions of dollars to mexican police?! One article you read in any news paper says how we send all of this money to mexican police and the next article says that the police are corrupt and not only are involved in dealing drugs, but killings, and pro-narcotic activity. It's as if the government is ready to write a check to anybody that says "oh we're trying to clean up our act, and we're sorry, just let us know what laws you're going to enact so that we can find ways around them once they are in place." The mexicans have a drug problem so we send them money, AIG, Freddie, Fannie, have financial problems so we give them money. It's as if we reward failure and pat you on the back and say it's okay. Are we really making that much money from the oil in Iraq that we can just write checks to anybody that has a problem? We have 15 different wars going on at any given hour of the day. Can we pick one or two and try to win? —Archerangelo (talk) 19:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, in many cases has happen that the Mexican police themselves are involved with narcotics. I have been to Mexico and talk to some people, and they have said that "good cops, go missing", and that the same narcotics tell them what can happen to them if they are against them.

The U.S. is not paying the Mexican police, because all I saw when I went over there was the Mexican military in every toll. Yes the U.S. have a lot of wars right now but what do you expect when they are the most economic wealthy country in the world today... who are we to say "this is what the U.S. should do", they can protest, but how many people would actually show for something like this?--AtlaOS (talk) 07:28, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


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User:Spud~enwikinews/opinions

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I don't care much for the Wikinews opinion pages for the blatant inability to make intelligent remarks. So here's my opinions on anything I come across.

Czech PM calls Obama's rescue plan a 'road to hell' →
It is too. Short term spending is not going to solve the problem only make it worse. Spud Collab/Opinions

18-year US media ban on covering return of fallen soldiers lifted →
Uhg. The point of the ban was to prevent the use of U.S. soldier's caskets from being used as political propaganda. Bad move. Spud Collab/Opinions 15:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Judge refuses to dismiss charge against Barack Obama assassination plotter

Criminals are stupid. If they weren't no one would know they were criminals.


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User talk:97.103.191.187

Your recent edits
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Comments:Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia, dies at 76

Good riddence to this war monger; Russian Hitlerite. Responsible for the deaths and killings and rapes of the Chechan people, he wiped out 40% of the population. But Chechnya will NEVER die. Shame on Russia. Shame on Russia. Shame on Russia. For the killing of so many Chechans. May he rot in hell for eternity. May he be damned to an ill fate. May God mutilate his mind, body and soul.


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Comments:Girls in Florida sell pink lemonade, donate money to breast cancer research

Breast Cancer Hoax
All cancer can be prevented by eating organic vegetables (not fruits as the same color vegetable has more of the same nutrients, little to no fructose, and less phytoestrogen), grains, beans and legumes, sea vegetables, and avoiding estradiols, parabens, and plastics. Breast cancer screening can actually aid to the development of cancer. Eating sea vegetables can help those receiving cancer treatment as it has the ability to eliminate radiation from the body. It is truly a shame that there is so much misinformation about health these days.
 * Awww shucks! I'd just log off, and go live in the woods, with all that fibre in your diet you'd likely be classed as a biohazard. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:30, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * All cancer can be prevented by dying first. There is a natural process of in cell DNA duplication errors that cannot be avoided and you will get a cancer sooner or later no matter what you do, if you do not die before. -Funicode (talk) 05:08, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Fargo, North Dakota, prepares for record flooding

If you ever had a doubt about man's ability to help each other when time of need arises, I urge you to read..really read all you can about this natural disaster. I am totally inspired by the very folks whose homes may be in total danger, to lend a hand (with no strings attached) to help a neighbor. I live over a thousand miles away, yet my wife and I talked about driving to help any way we could. God truly brings out the best when really needed. God bless all.

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hi —66.93.135.217 (talk) 13:58, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


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14 killed in Russian bus-truck collision

March 28, 2009Fourteen have died and four more have been injured after a bus and a truck collided near Moscow, Russia. The bus caught fire in the accident.

"According to our latest information, 14 people died -- the driver of the truck and 13 people on the bus," said a spokeswoman for the. The crash occurred in, a district 100 kilometres (60 miles) to Moscow's east.

The crash occurred on the Moscow- Novgorod-Ufa highway, and the death toll may yet rise as the burnt-out wreckage makes identifications difficult. The death toll has already been revised from 25. A criminal investigation has been launched regarding possible violations of traffic laws.

It is unclear where the vehicles were going. Reports suggest both were headed towards Moscow. It is thought that the truck left its lane and crossed into the path of the bus.


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Talk:Dam in Indonesia bursts, dozens killed

Replacing image
editprotected Hello! Please replace JavaLocatie-1-.png with Java location inkscape.svg. PNG versions lacks essential information and will be deleted soon. Thanks! --Hedwig in Washington (talk) 03:26, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Since the old image has already been deleted, we have no way to tell whether the replacement is permissible under our archive policy. --Pi zero (talk) 12:12, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've restored the file temporarily to enable people to look at it. It has a timer set for two days from now after which it will tag itself for deletion. I hope that helps. Green Giant (talk) 12:33, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ BRS  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:56, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

 * Here we go again. There's been a "universal image replacement", of File:Java Locator.svg for File:Java location inkscape.svg, which had been substituted four years ago for File:JavaLocatie-1-.png.  Though we don't let bots replace these sorts of things on our archives as a matter of policy, this one was replaced by a well-meaning global sysop (an accident possibly, as I wouldn't have thought we've clear global sysops for en.wn). At this point, if I were trying to judge this, I'd actually want to see both deleted images. :S  --Pi zero (talk) 12:17, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I haven't looked at the original file that was a redirect, the replacement that I did was a crude map of the Indonesian archipelago with the island of Java highlighted in green, and it is replaced with a tidier map of the archipelago with Java now in red. Request was made by a highly experienced idWPer who was calling it like for like in context, simply a higher quality replacement. If the replacement is a problem, I can just change the redirect to the new file, in which the replacement would take place silently, and you would be unaware of any change at Commons. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:30, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ... and apologies for editing through a full-protection. I will admit to not reading the block message properly and simply presumed it was soft-protection, as I was doing a clean up of the remaining number of xwiki links that didn't get done by the bot. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:36, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I’m at work at the moment and have only had a quick look at the deleted files. I think the best way forward would be to upload the files locally so Wikinewsies can have a look and come to an informed decision. If Billinghurst is unable to do this, I’m happy to do it but I won’t be able to access a personal computer (as opposed to my work PC) for another 5-6 hours. Green Giant (talk) 12:44, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Well... it sounds kind of resource-heavy to me, creating an additional copy of each image on the Foundation's servers... but... admittedly I'm a bit behind the times in resource-consciousness; the first computer I worked on had, iirc, about 48k of internal memory and a paper tape reader/punch (mechanical, not these optical readers I've heard they use for paper tape now).
 * I realize the wiki platform interface is, shall we say, not very good at helping users with elevated cross-wiki privs to track these sorts of small over-steps. These things happen.  I've no doubt, btw, the replacement is reasonable for encyclopedic purposes, which would apply by extension to most projects in the sisterhood; the question is only whether it's within-bounds for en.wn, which has narrower tolerances on image replacement in published articles.  It seems like we're close to a grey area in that regard, which is why I'd be interested to hear Blood Red Sandman's take on this and also would be interested to see the precedent set by the size (large? small?) of the earlier replacement that was done here. --Pi zero (talk) 13:14, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

File histories x 3
 * File:JavaLocatie-1-.png (change visibility) 17:03, 25 September 2005 . . Jeanot (talk | contribs | block) 250 × 115 (4,906 bytes) (Source: Wikipedia NL Category:Indonesian islands Category:Maps of islands)
 * File:Java location inkscape.svg.(change visibility) 08:06, 29 April 2008 . . Chiccodoro (talk | contribs | block) 985 × 488 (18,494 bytes)
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As a general comment about your rules, and whether the file is acceptable. With your community having blocked image replacement bots, from making the changes, and then with the Commons requirement of having a redirect, wouldn't the community then be be unaware of any changes that take place at Commons that effect the story here, and this having been the case for a while? It is only when someone makes the change that the commentary can appear about requirement for preservation. If a static image is that important, then I wonder why that your used images are at Commons. — billinghurst  sDrewth  05:53, 19 June 2019 (UTC)


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Dozens of cats removed from feces-ridden New Jersey house

March 28, 2009

Almost 100 cats and one dog were found living in a feces- and filth-ridden New Jersey house, in what local authorities are calling among the worst cases of animal cruelty they have ever seen.

Authorities had to wear masks in order to help them breathe through the stench of urine as they removed cats from the million-dollar, two-story brick house in Chester Township.

"The conditions were absolutely horrific," said Rick Yocum, a lieutenant with the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "There wasn't one inch of that house that wasn't covered in feces or urine. There were three foot piles of feces in the hallways.

Wanda Oughton, the homeowner who lives there with two adult children, is expected to face criminal and civil charges, possibly as early as this weekend.

According to media reports, the floors, couches and tables of the home were littered with waste, and garbage was crammed into microwaves and ovens. The bottom of a bathtub had an eight-inch mound of feces, authorities said.

"It was horrible to go in there," SPCA spokesman Matt Stanton said. "Our people had to fill their nostrils with Vick's VapoRub and wear masks. They could only go in for five minutes at a time and had to come out to get fresh air again."

Oughton refused to leave the house during the initial investigation and declined to speak to reporters.

"Go away. Go away. We have a call in to the police," two women yelled at reporters through the front door.

SPCA officials believe Oughton and her family to be animal hoarders, not "horrible people", said SPCA Superintendent Frank Rizzo.

"For hoarders, the animal is the most important thing," Rizzo said. "More important than their own health."

Yocum said they plan to ask Oughton to undergo a mental health assessment.

About 20 cats were removed from the house Thursday and are being treated for upper respiratory problems. The remaining cats are to be taken out Friday, and will be distributed to different veterinarians so no one office is too overwhelmed.


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Wind-powered land vehicle breaks speed record

March 28, 2009

Richard Jenkins, an engineer from the United Kingdom, broke a record for the fastest speed attained in a wind-powered land vehicle on Friday.

Jenkins managed to reach a speed of 126.1 miles per hour (202.9 kilometres per hour) in his Greenbird car along the plains of Nevada's Ivanpah Lake.

Jenkins said that he had worked for ten years to break the record, and that "things couldn't have been better" on the day he broke the record. "It's great. It's one of those things that you spend so long trying to do and when it actually happens, it's almost too easy," he said to the BBC.

"It has been an incredibly difficult challenge. Half the challenge is technical, having to create a more efficient vehicle than the previous record holder, then the rest is luck, being in the right place, at the right time, to get the perfect conditions, with the right people watching. I must have been on record standby at some remote location around the world for at least two months of every year for the past ten years," he said. "Then everything came together perfectly and the Greenbird stepped up to the mark and performed amazingly. I am absolutely delighted."

The previous record for the fastest wind-powered land vehicle belonged to Bob Schumacher from the United States, who reached 116 miles per hour in his Iron Duck machine.

The Greenbird is a fifth generation in an array of vehicles created by Jenkins in his ten-year effort to break the speed record. It is composed out of carbon fibre composite, and powered only by wind. According to Jenkins, it weighs 600 kilograms.


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Robber holds retired NYC police officer at gunpoint during convention

March 29, 2009

John Comparetto, a retired New York City Police Department lieutenant, was held at gunpoint on Friday morning by an armed nineteen year old in a hotel bathroom who demanded Comparetto's money and cellphone.

Comparetto handed over both to the thief. When the criminal took off with the money, Comparetto drew his gun from an ankle holster and immediately chased after the robber. Comparetto asked the hotel desk clerk which way the suspect went, and told the clerk to alert officers at a police convention that a fellow policeman was “in need of assistance”.

A police officer's convention was being held at the Holiday Inn near Harrisburg Friday for 300 narcotics police officers in attendance from Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The teen departed the scene in a taxi cab outside the hotel.

Comparetto said, "I stopped the cab at gunpoint. Ten other cops came running out and we arrested probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania."

Jerome Marquis Blanchett is being held at Dauphin County Prison following his arrest.


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User talk:Mirzahat

Mirza Hatipovic

Freelance software engineer

* Biography * Blog

Biography

Mirza Hatipovic is a freelance software developer from Bosanska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He has worked on various projects for companies from around the world and has written a number of technical articles for domestic and foreign magazines. He graduated on the Faculty of information Technology in Mostar (www.fit.ba) and still thinks he had the best time in his life while studying there.

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Comments:NATO and Iran talk for first time in 30 years

Iranian nuclear weapons has become a source of fear for the NATO countries :) -- Orango (talk) 13:18, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * And nuclear armed homophobes are something to smile at.--66.229.11.230 16:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Priests jailed for $8.6 million theft

I couldn't care less about the obvious moral irony here, but it's sickening to think that these people claim themselves as holy and judge others in such a scrutinizing way when they're the same themselves. Burn these bastards.
 * Might be better trying a 'witchcraft test'. Throw them in a lake, if they sink - not a witch; if they float - burn them! :-P --Brian McNeil / talk 17:17, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Death to thieves
They say the average person will earn between 1 and 2 million dollars in his or her life time. You steal over 2 million... you stole a life... you should receive life in prison or perhaps even the death penalty. I am sure their are plenty in prison for far longer for stealing far less. What?? Because he was a priest he get's 17 months and a little probation for stealing 8 million++?? The crime here was committed by our judicial system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.55.184.205 (talk) 22:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:North Korea missile launch looks imminent

This is really scary. The world could end. If you read the Bible, it speaks about how destruction will fall upon the Earth, and that man will not realise. Just take a look at the headlines over the past few days. Bombings, earthquakes, plane crashes, floods, rising water levels, protests. It is all signs, and only some will take notice.

I know not many people are religous, but it really is something to think about.
 * Take a look at the headlines from last year, or the year before, or even ten years ago. Bombings, earthquakes, plane crashes, floods, etc, etc. The "Oh-noes! End of the World" bit in the Bible is Revelations - which not all Christian sects consider a canonical part of it. It's actually reputedly written by St. John of Patmos - rumour has it he was fond of some 'odd' mushrooms, and the whole thing reads like a bad acid trip. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, first off, Brian, just shut the hell up. I'm sick of your atheist bullshit views and comments. Let the people speak on religion freely and keep your little thoughts to yourself, please and thank you. As for North Korea, this could be a key moment in the making. This could be the way for the UN and the US to finally shut the doors on North Korea. If they do anything stupid or threatening (which they might do), we would all take it as a violation of some rule or something and we could infiltrate, bomb, and utterly destroy North Korea; perhaps uniting the to the two Koreas back together again. Then again, that could either upset middle eastern countries such as Iran and make a full scale world war or upset China setting off a chain reaction... But it's just an opinion :)

Anybody who calls stuff like this the start of "the end of the world" should be laughed off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.163.116.20 (talk) 17:42, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

good god
ww3 coming opu us i am right now heading out the door and going to my local state park


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Adding Category:Michael Bloomberg
This article is missing the Category:Michael Bloomberg tag, may someone with sufficient permission please add the tag. Cocoaguy (talk) 18:02, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Manitoba residents receive evacuation flood alerts

Government
The government issued emergency evacuation alerts- provincial or federal? Original cites mentioned here do not say if they do say they say also ambiguously government and that is all - I would imagine provincial if I were to venture a guess, but there is not a definitive source for this. Will watch subsequent news casts, and maybe a follow up article will say definitively. The spokespeople are all local (municipal - {city, town or RM} or local - first nation) or provincial quoted in news references. The only federal thing happening is the armed forces helping out (mentioned in other news articles) though this is not mentioned in this article's citations. So I re-worded the sentence to not mention the goverment as tis factually unknown from these sources, as supposed or educated guesses and surmises are not published. This article says it this way..."The armed forces only gets involved at the request of the provincial government. At this time, we don't anticipate involving them [but] at the call of the province we are ready to provide that service," Manitoba Premier Gary Doer Fargo crisis won't happen in Manitoba: DoerSriMesh | talk  18:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


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Talk:Somali pirates seize two European tankers, Seychelles yacht

Review
The captain aboard MV Bow Asir is Norwegian, not Russian, and the crew count is 27, according to Norwegian media. 84.202.111.41 21:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I noticed the number of miles differs greatly among the sources (including various other news articles on the same subject): e.g. 380 miles, 300 nautical miles, 450 nautical miles, 720 km. We really need a press statement from the company to verify which is correct. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 17:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:24.82.2.42

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Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. , welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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User talk:Thenasaman

♪Tempo di Valse ♪  19:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

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User:Gnostic804

For details about me, see my user page on Wikipedia, User:Gnostic804.

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Helicopter crash in Turkey kills six

March 29, 2009

On Wednesday,, leader of the (Büyük Birlik Partisi – BBP), died in a helicopter crash that claimed six lives.

The helicopter crashed in a mountainous region near the city of, and rescue efforts were hampered by stormy weather.

, of the Republic of Turkey, related that 2,000 personnel had assisted in the search and rescue to locate the downed helicopter. Thick fog compounded by a snow blizzard hampered efforts.

Ismail Gunes, an cameraman, called an emergency line on his cell phone after the crash. He reported that the others on board appeared dead, and he himself was trapped with a broken foot.

Rescue workers found the crash site three days after it went down. All 6 people on board had perished.

Yazicioglu had departed from a pre-election rally held at Kahramanmaraş. Subsequent campaigning for Sunday's election was suspended in light of this incident.

"May his soul rest in peace. I am expressing my condolences to all his family members and the community," said the Minister of Justice,.

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Space Shuttle Discovery lands in Florida

March 29, 2009

The space shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, ending its thirteen-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft's landing was delayed for two hours due to low-lying clouds and heavy winds.

Discovery had been sent out to the ISS in order to install a new set of solar panels that would increase its power supply.

“Welcome home, Discovery, after a great mission to bring the International Space Station to full power,” said an astronaut, George Zamka, radioing from the mission control center in Houston, Texas.

NASA tested an experimental tile under the Discovery's left wing during its approach for landing. The tile was almost eight centimetres thick, and had a bump in it, intended to disturb the otherwise smooth airflow over the shuttle's wing, thus exposing it to high amounts of heat. Engineers installed the tile in order to measure the excess heat that was generated on downstream tiles. A military airplane monitored the heat with an infrared camera. The findings will be used to help determine better designs for future shuttles.


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That name was nothing more than a representation of the jingoistic ignorance Americans had drilled into them about what the extremists' motivations behind the attacks were. -- 24.191.234.242 22:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It isn't quite as 'up there' as renaming French Fries to Freedom Fries. That one was utterly retarded. They're called French Fries because "Frenching" is the cooking method, nothing to do with the country of origin. Belgians generally try to lay claim to inventing the "Frite", and then they drown them in mayonnaise. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

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well..name really doesn't matter..it is the courage and patriotism which we show to the world when some evil befall us.. our bravery to fight back the terrorism..and our actions matters.if we will give a tough time to the perpetrators and if we stand united against those heinous creatures then WHAT's IN A NAME?????????????

Their building, let them name it what they want.

This new name is quite disgusting. Nice try in reshaping the whole "one world order" into something good. The Freedom tower was a much better name but I guess at this point the "leaders" of this country agree we are no longer a free nation but a 1 world nation...

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Highly contagious Hand, foot and mouth disease killing China's children

March 30, 2009 41,846 reported cases and 18 children's deaths have arisen from Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) as reported by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China for the first three months of 2009.

The majority of infected children are under the age of five years old. No vaccine is available for this disease.

The highly infectious disease has spread across 30 provinces and regions of China. Heze city alone has registered 1,734 cases, 440 of which came in last Friday. Five babies here died from HFMD just last week.

Henan province has registered seven dead children and 4,761 HFMD cases. Shandong has reported five children dead from HFMD and 3,280 cases to deal with.

HFMD can start from a variety of viruses of which Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) is the most common, followed by the Coxsackie A virus (Cox A16). There is an Incubation period from time of contact to appearance of symptoms between three to seven days.

HFMD warning signs begin with a small fever and then lesions and blisters around the mouth and rashes on the feet and hands.

Deng Haihua, Ministry of Health spokesperson, expects the disease to reach its height between May and July.

Yang Weizhong Deputy Director for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said researchers are increasing research efforts to find a vaccine for EV71.

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Radioactive part mistakenly sold, melted with scrap metal in China

March 29, 2009

A highly radioactive lead ball that vanished from a factory in China has been traced to a Shaanxi Province metalworks. The ball was removed during the dismantling of a factory in Tongchuan City.

The component vanished on Monday when workers broke up the Shaanxi Qinling Cement Company's 53-year-old factory for not meeting environmental standards. The ball contains the radioactive isotope caesium-137 and was part of a scale to gauge the quantity of goods passing on a conveyor belt.

Caesium-137 emits gamma rays which can damage the nervous system, lead to infertility and be fatal. It is formed by nuclear fission.

Investigators thought the missing part had most likely been accidentally mixed in with scrap and sold on to metalworkers. On Friday, high levels of radiation were detected at the Xingbao Steel and Iron Company Ltd. The Weinan City business had bought eight truckloads of scrap metal from the cement factory.

Further investigations determined that the ball had been melted down in the No. 6 smelter at Xingbao's factory. Slag from the smelter was found to be radioactive, and technicians are now working to clean the toxic slag and the smelter. Xi'an-based Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology researcher Wang Xuhui stated that the steel products themselves were safe, as the caesium-137 had mostly ended up in the slag.


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Canadian neighbourhood protected from bully for three years

March 29, 2009 Ralph Scala was sentenced Saturday for 49 counts of mischief, criminal harassment, and uttering threats during seven years of neighbourhood bullying in Toronto, Ontario.

Scala, aged 36, slashed tires, smashed windows, and intimidated and insulted his neighbours.

"I had to go and calm her down when she found her property littered with dog refuse, dead squirrels, cats, mice and even a skunk deliberately left behind to frighten her," said Maria Bolotta, daughter of Carmela Canino, an 87 year old widow. Canino shared a semi-detached house with Scala.

"It became impossible for me to spend quality time with her or to enjoy her property with her because of the horrible skeletons, fake camera, pitchforks, and tombs bearing her name that we had to face when we went outside." continued Bolotta.

Bolotta recounted finding 22 sharpened bicycle spokes jabbed into the lawn while she was out with the lawn mower.

Justice Kathleen Caldwell's sentencing of Scala was followed by a three year probation, counseling, and 200 hours of community service. Additionally he must pay the neighbourhood victims restitution and stay away from the neighbourhood and its residents.

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'Recession gardens' replace victory gardens

March 29, 2009 With the United States in a recession, more and more people are looking for ways to spend less money and get a better bargain at the same time. In a time where prices are higher, 'recession gardens' are becoming increasingly popular, echoing the victory gardens which were planted during World War I and World War II which helped to reduce the stress and pressure of food shortages.

"There is more interest in vegetable gardens similar to the victory gardens. Because of the economy, they are being called recession gardens," said a master gardener who volunteers at Ohio State University's Extension Service office, Fred Hanacek.

The new fad recently caught on in Iowa where families have began to plant the recession gardens to save money in the produce sections of supermarkets, especially organic fruits and vegetables. Public News Service quotes the National Gardening Association (NGA) as saying that they expect a nearly 20% increase in personal home garden across the U.S.. Some of the increase is also due to people wanting to know what goes onto their vegetables and in their foods.

"I do believe you'll find there's an extra expense in actually producing your own food, but the food quality you get is far better than what you can purchase in a store," said Beverly Bernhard a veteran gardener from Iowa.

The new trend has also gotten the attention of U.S. president Barack Obama who recently stated that he plans to plant a vegetable garden at the White House. It will be the first vegetable garden to be planted at the White House in over 20 years. The last time a garden of this kind was planted at the White House was in World War II when Eleanor Roosevelt planted her Victory Garden. In 1800, former U.S. president John Adams is reported to have planted the first White House garden. Andrew Jackson went a bit further, building a greenhouse.

Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, broke ground on the new garden with the fifth grade class at Bancroft Elementary located in Washington, D.C. on March 20. The garden, which will be 1,100 square feet and an 'L' shape, will be located on the White House's South Lawn and the Obamas plan to grow over 55 varieties of vegetables.

"Let’s hear it for vegetables. Let’s hear it for fruits," yelled Mrs. Obama as they broke ground on the garden. "I’ve been able to have my kids eat so many different things that they would have never touched if we had bought them at a store," she added. Mrs. Obama also said that it will be the entire family's responsibility to maintain the garden, including the U.S. president.

Many vegetables grow easily, without having to do a lot of work to maintain them. Some examples are lettuce and zucchini. The NGA says at least 9 million Americans will grow vegetable gardens for the first time ever in 2009. An estimated 43 million Americans will plant their own personal vegetable gardens this year.


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...Shouldn't there be something from the alleged bully's Point of View, or at least his father's? Even a simple "could not be reached for comment" would work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.10.121.69 (talk) 15:01, 30 March 2009 (UTC)


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Spanish court considering torture criminal case against former U.S. officials

March 29, 2009 A Spanish court is considering opening a criminal investigation into whether six former George W. Bush administration officials gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay.

Baltasar Garzón, a Spanish judge with an international reputation for bringing cases against high-profile alleged human rights violators, sent the case to the prosecutor's office to review whether it has any merit. Among the officials identified in the potential case is former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

The prosecutor's office must issue a recommendation on the merits of the case and on whether the high court has jurisdiction to pursue it. A response is expected by next month, and an official close to the case said it was "highly probable" it would go forward and lead to arrest warrants.

Spanish law allows the courts to pursue cases of torture and war crimes beyond Spanish borders. But American legal experts said the warrants, if issued, would be a largely symbolic gesture and that the officials would likely not be arrested if they did not leave the United States.

The officials are accused of providing the framework of policies and legal opinions that justified torture at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and afforded no protection under the Geneva Convention to Al-Qaeda suspects.

"The charges as related to make make no sense," said Douglas J. Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, who is one of the six accused former officials. "They criticize me for promoting a controversial position that I never advocated."

The other officials are former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, Pentagon attorney William Haynes, and Justice Department officials John Yoo and Jay Bybee.

Gonzalo Boyé, a lawyer for the group, said that the officials cited had well-documented roles in approving illegal interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, which are widely regarded as torture. Spain typically investigates and prosecutes torture under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, to which the United States is a party. "If I were them, I would search for a good lawyer," said Boyé of the accused officials.

Defenders of the officials said their legal analyses, which were conducted immediately following the September 11 attacks, are now being unfairly second-guessed.

Several human rights groups have asked judges in different countries to indict Bush officials for war crimes. Judge Garzón, best known for issuing an arrest warrant for Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, has himself has been outspoken about the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

A Spanish human rights group called the Association for Dignity of Inmates filed the criminal complaint.


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Jenson Button wins 2009 Australian Grand Prix, Brawn teammate comes second

March 31, 2009

Brawn-Mercedes driver Jenson Button has won the FIA Formula One 2009 Australian Grand Prix on the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park and Lake, in Melbourne, Australia.

After winning the pole position, Button lead his competitors and had control of the race throughout. His teammate Rubens Barrichello experienced some problems on the start and dropped down several places, but Barrichello managed to come in second at the end of the race.

Team McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, raced his Mercedes-engined car to third place at the chequered flag. Gearbox problems in the qualification session forced the team to change it and face a penalty by closing the starting grid. Hamilton secured third place after a collision with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber, in their chase for the podium.

Timo Glock's Toyota and Fernando Alonso's Renault finished behind Hamilton, just off the podium.

Nico Rosberg's struggle was rewarded by taking 6th place for the Williams team after starting 5th. Drivers for Toro Rosso, two Sébastiens — Buemi and Bourdais — were the last to earn points, coming in 7th and 8th place, respectively.

Button and his team, Brawn GP, are now leading the drivers and constructors championships as a new entry formed by Ross Brawn on March 6 from the remains of the former Honda team.

Debutant Formula One team BrawnGP, previously known as Honda Racing, placed 9th in the 2008 season was on a brink of quitting the sport, but successfully changed ownership to Ross Brawn this month and hired former Honda drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team already shown surprising pace on the tests in Barcelona and now qualified and won the race on the first and second place.

The team is involved in a situation against the rear diffuser of the car as well as Williams and Toyota teams. After a brief investigation of the cars the FIA officials reported that the cars weren't illegal. Still, the protest of some teams would be heard at the FIA International Court of Appeal on April 14, 2009.

Williams driver Nico Rosberg and both Toyota drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli as well as Robert Kubica from BMW Sauber and German Sebastian Vettel, who moved from Torro Rosso to Red Bull Racing prior to this season also shown high pace in the classification and the race.


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New Jersey officials: Stimulus bill hurting Atlantic City casinos

March 29, 2009

A New Jersey congressman says restrictions on federal stimulus money are hurting gaming destinations like Atlantic City, and he is seeking to repeal a provision banning the use of funds for casinos or other gaming establishments.

"The demonization of gaming destinations such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City for business travel is wrong, wrong, wrong," U.S. Rep Frank LoBiondo said Friday during a press conference in front of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in February specifically prohibits casinos from applying for funds for infrastructure improvements and other similar projects. LoBiondo said Atlantic City is losing millions of dollars in business as a result of that provision.

Casinos' revenues dropped 19.2 percent in February 2009 month compared to February 2008, according to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. LoBiondo said $160 million worth of business and 120,000 visitors have chosen other cities for their tourism plans due to the stimulus bill, according to Atlantic City Convention Center figures.

The administration also recently determined other groups like nonprofit organizations and local governments may not spend their stimulus money at casino properties. State officials said the rules are damaging a major pillar of the New Jersey economy.

"Are those jobs somehow less important or less meaningful than those in the manufacturing, retail or financial industries?" said Ken Calemmo, chairman-elect of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber.

Anti-gambling officials said the stimulus law does not prohibit casinos from taking advantage of tax breaks, and Atlantic City officials should not complain about the stimulus bill because the city is too reliant on an unreliable revenue stream.

"There isn't a state, including New Jersey or Nevada, that could gamble themselves rich, any more than an individual could gamble themselves rich," said Tom Grey, field director for StopPredatoryGambling.org. "They should've diversified (the economy) instead of chasing their loss."

But Joe Kelly, chamber president, said 35,000 people work at New Jersey casinos, and thousands more around the state work for outside vendors that depend on casinos for their business.

"It is not just an Atlantic County issue. It is not just a Cape May issue," Kelly said. "There's purchasing done by every county."

LoBiondo is working to repeal the provision with U.S. Rep Shelly Berkley, co-chair of the Congressional Gaming Cascus, and has reached out to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has a history of representing the interests of the gaming industry.


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Volcano near Anchorage, Alaska erupts, airport closed

March 29, 2009

Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska, erupted on Saturday, sending out clouds of ash thousands of feet high. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was shut down after ash reached the airport.

Jeremy Lindseth, a spokesman for the airport, said that only small amount of ash reached the airport, but was significant enough to disrupt operations, as ash can cause engine problems for aircraft. He said that he was uncertain of how many flights were affected due to the eruption.

The eruption happened at around 1:30 PM local time, the United States Geological Survey reported. The volcano had erupted four times on Friday, billowing ash up to 51,000 feet up into the air. These are the latest in a series of eruptions from Mount Redoubt, which started on March 22. The volcano had not erupted since a four-month period in 1989-90.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory set its alert level at red, the highest possible level, meaning that an eruption is imminent, and that it would send a "significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere."


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Bobby Jindal was right! "Volcano monitoring"? Pshaw! Who needs such a ridiculous thing? (Besides these people, and many other states) 71.141.90.51 18:06, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Dude, If I was inside that volcano when it erupted, it'd be like a giant acid trip. I'd fly up so high in the clouds and then ride a gigantic rainbow down to the ground. It would be epic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.140.82 (talk) 12:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)


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= Is Ken Calemmo right to suggest that the gaming industry is as important as manufacturing, retail or finance? =

Gambling is an economic sink
Casinos don't produce products nor services. Most people loose money when gambling at a casino. The probabilities are set so that on the whole the house always wins. The stimulus money should go to things that produces wealth and secondary jobs/businesses, like manufacturing and infrastructure. That way the effects of the stimulus money becomes many times larger through its circulation, and results in things that can be used. Not to mention casinos' negative impact on the economy out ways its resulting jobs, since most of the money is taken out of the system. If anything the destruction of casinos may improve the economy. --Sparky1 (talk) 02:04, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

 * that is a bunch of rubish. it is a souce of income for the county as a whole. you get hotels, airports, and inproved public transportation. now with all these benifits and more i did not name, you still say that you want gabling to go a way? it brings in forgin pockets which sitmulates our economy even more.--weirdjrc (talk) 16:30, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

 * You are just considering the local economic effects of Gambling. The economic crisis that we are seeing today exists on a fundamental level nationally and globally.  In order to obtain long term economic stability and growth we have to focus on wealth production.  Improvements on infrastructure and transportation does provide something that can be used in the economy, so that generates wealth.  Gambling does not produce new wealth, it draws people in who has existing wealth.  Local services like hotels, airports, etc produce temporary wealth for as long as the experience of the service lasts.  Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that service jobs are not necessary, what I'm saying is that they should be based on a wealth producers like manufacturing, not the ultimate wealth sink, that is gambling.  In fact, not basing our economy on wealth producers and structuring it upside down is what got us into this mess.  Besides acting as an attraction to support local service businesses (having the same positive effect as casinos), manufacturing also has one of the highest economic multipliers, because the products of manufactures create a need for other manufactures, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, and service businesses.  Despite many American Manufacturers going out of business or overseas over the past few decades, it's still a $6 Trillion industry, much larger than gambling.  The stimulus money would have the most affect to the economy in manufacturing.  The positive economic effects of casinos are strictly attraction based, which is OK if the economic problem was strictly isolated in the local area of the casino location, and the economy in the rest of the country was booming, leaving a surplus to be attracted to that area.  However, casinos will not be what takes us out of this national economic slump.


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Stadium disaster claims lives at football World Cup qualifier match in Ivory Coast

March 29, 2009 A stadium disaster has claimed well over a dozen lives in the Ivory Coast. A crush, which may have occurred after a wall collapse, took place today at the in  and according to interior minister  killed 22 people and wounded 132 others.

Different sources put the dead at 19. "We have 19 dead and many seriously injured," a member of the military told . The Sports Minister gave this version of events: "Spectators who did not buy tickets were jostling before the match. They smashed one of the main gates of the stadium. They were trampled." Tagro also said that fans trying to get in were crushed.

According to , a wall collapse caused the fatalities while the injured were hurt when pushing spectators caused a panic which became a stampede. 50,000 people had turned up to watch a qualifying match for the football between  and. The Associated Press also said that police used tear gas in an effort to control the crowd.

The match was sold out due to low-price tickets. The game went ahead despite the pre-match incident and the Ivory Coast side won 5-0.


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Eight people dead after shooting in North Carolina nursing home

March 30, 2009

At least eight people have been killed on Monday after a gunman entered a Carthage, North Carolina nursing home and opened fire on its residents.

Local police reported that Robert Stewart, a 45-year-old man, entered the Pinelake health and rehabilitation centre, which gives care to Alzheimer's disease patients, and shot a nurse and seven patients to death. Six of the victims were killed at the scene. The others died later at a local hospital. The ages of the patients were between 78 and 98.

The alleged gunman also wounded two other people, among them a visitor and a policeman, who confronted the gunman in a hallway and stopped the rampage. The suspect himself was injured before being arrested by police. His condition is currently not known.

"He [the policeman] acted in nothing short of a heroic way today, and but for his actions, we certainly could have had a worse tragedy. We had an officer, a well-trained officer, who performed his job the way he was supposed to and prevented this from getting even worse than it is now," said Maureen Krueger, the Moore County District Attorney.

"This is a small community built on faith, and faith will get us through," said Chris McKenzie, the Carthage police chief. "It's a horrible event in any size town, particularly, though, when you deal with a small town such as Carthage. It's hard. This is my home, my small town. I was born and raised here so I take it to heart a little bit. All you can do is move forward."

The victims of the shooting have been identified. They are: Bessie Hendrick, 78; John Goldston, 78; Jessie Musser, 88; Tessie Gardner, 88; Lillian Dunn, 89; Margaret Johnston, 89; Louise Decker, 98; and Jerry Avent, the nurse.

Carthage is located approximately sixty miles southwest of North Carolina's capital of Raleigh. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 1,871. The Pinelake nursing home, where the attack occurred, contains 110 beds and has both short and long term patients.


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Chinese spy network infiltrated foreign affairs, embassies

March 30, 2009 Canadian think tanks SecDev Group and the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto have released findings from a 10 month investigation exposing an internet spy network based mostly in China which has hacked into computers and networks owned by government and private organizations in 103 countries.

Allegations that the Chinese government was infiltrating computers set up by the Tibetan exile community prompted the initial investigation. Following up on the leads, investigators found at least 1,295 computers belonging to a range of governments and private organizations world wide were affected, including the Tibetan exiles' centres in Brussels, India, London, and New York.

The spy network, dubbed 'GhostNet', appears to have focused on Foreign Affairs ministries, embassies, and international organizations including breaking into at least one computer at NATO. 30% of the machines infected were considered high-value targets according to the report published Sunday in Information Warfare Monitor. The report details the malware used in the attacks, pointing out that it provides extensive control of the infected computer to the outside source, even to monitoring microphones or cameras attached to the machine.

Wenqi Gao, spokesman at the Chinese consulate in New York City told the New York Times that allegations of Chinese governmental involvement were "old stories" and "nonsense."

Another report released on Sunday from Cambridge University alleges the Chinese government or a group working closely with it initiated the attacks on the Tibetan organizations. In that attack, control of an e-mail server was also achieved, giving the attackers access to all messages sent by the Dalai Lama's supporters.


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March 30, 2009

A fugitive wanted in connection with a robbery that left a man dead in a Pennsylvania motel parking lot was arrested Friday after evading authorities for more than two months.

Myles Alexander White, 21, was arrested without incident in Long Island and is awaiting extradition to Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where he is accused of killing 22-year-old Blake Natal.

Natal, of Tobyhanna, was found dead on January 15 in the parking lot of a Quality Inn with his face and hands bloody.

Ralph Maldonado, 33, was already charged earlier this year with robbing and killing Natal with a sleeper hold after choosing someone at random to steal from. Maldonado, of Scranton, had previously said he committed the robbery with another man who had a handgun.

The Stroud Area Regional Police of Stroudsburg obtained an arrest warrant for White after receiving tips from confidential informants, combined with information from credit card and cell phone records. Upon learning White was in in Moriches, New York, the department sought help from Suffolk County authorities and the U.S. Marshals Service in arresting him.

White faces charges of criminal homicide, conspiracy, robbery and other related counts.

Hours after the killing, Maldonado's mother, Sonia, and his girlfriend Venus Linian, used a credit card stolen from Natal. Linan, 28, and Sonia Maldonado, 50, have previously been charged with forgery, conspiracy, receiving stolen property and credit card fraud.


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Am I the only one that wonder why the Terrorist can get away with mass murder but when a Democracy dos something they get a shit storm on them. For real we spray water on a group of hardcore individuals (only 3) who are willing to die for Allah and virgins and got them to talk and save lives. And we are bring charges against the same people that saved lives. This idiotically is the core. --KDP3 (talk) 04:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Because a Democracy is a Democracy, and not a Tyranny. Because you have to set an example, and "bad guys do it too" is no excuse. Because freedom from torture means that, and not "freedom except where we think it's really really needed". Because being right is harder than being wrong. 131.107.0.105 21:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

What I want from articles like this is a history lesson. Yes, it is breaking news, but without any knowledge of precedent it is just trivia to me. I cannot think the situation out or form an opinion, I simply don't have the information. I do not expect the information to be in the articles, just to be referenced in, or linked to, the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.103.191.187 (talk) 23:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The article cites a precedent - Pinochet. The key assertion is that the accused were instrumental in legally nitpicking at the definition of torture until waterboarding fell outside the addendums and qualifiers they twisted around it. Because of the position of the USA in the world, this starts to get tricky fast. I'd guess part of the context/history lesson you'd need is looking up Nazi Germany, reading about the downfall, and looking at the trials that followed. The stark difference there is that most of the world really wanted to see these people prosecuted, and Germany had been totally overrun. The Nazi example is fairly extreme compared to what ended up happening in Guantanamo, but the axiom is - The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. From my perspective, I'd say it is pretty important that people are held to account if they engage in torture, an example must be set that this is not acceptable in a civil society. Unfortunately, the only justice those who may be charged likely face is never being able to leave the USA again. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:42, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Day by day it seem the Terrorist have more rights then us.--66.229.11.230 09:17, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

 * That's not true at all. You want a grudge match where anybody you don't like has no rights and can be tortured and/or killed without any investigations? Go back to your pulp novels and shit TV. Real, professional, war is subject to the rule of law. 66.20.190.10 16:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * On the context issue - I'm just guessing, but I think the person asking for it was referring to the torture developments in the US, rather than how "similiar" cases play out - may be mistaken though. For similiar cases you don't need to look so far though: it's been just a few weeks since Sudans president has been put up for arrest by the International court - which differs in obvious manners but the Spanish legislations seems to allow for the same kind of thing (according to the background info). I thought the article was quite well written and interesting by the way! (Of course some background on Waterboarding in the US would have been nice - but somebody has to write it...guess copying from old stories on that issue might be the way to go). Sean Heron (talk) 17:41, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


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Varun Gandhi charged for inciting community tensions

March 30, 2009

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi, has been charged under the National Security Act (NSA) by the Uttar Pradesh government, with a possible sentence of one year's detention.

The charge may be the first time the NSA has been used to press a charge for hate speech.

"An order issued by Pilibhit district magistrate Ajay Chauhan invoking NSA on the BJP nominee this evening has been served to Gandhi, who is currently lodged in the district jail," Vijay Shanker Pandey, Additional Cabinet Secretary in Uttar Pradesh, told reporters.

Gandhi surrendered to the district court on Saturday, but his hopes of early bail were dashed by the NSA charge. In addition to charges related to his speeches on March 7th and 8th, he is also charged for his provocative speech outside the court before his surrender and for inciting his supporters to attack the police.

"Varun is talking about the welfare of Hindus and the RSS supports him totally," said Nempal, clad in the near-uniform of khaki shorts. "He is a rising star of Hindutva."

Varun's views are at odds with his Nehru-Gandhi family, although Sikh bodyguards did assassinate his grandmother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.


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'Killing Fields' trial for S-21 chief Duch underway in Cambodia

March 30, 2009Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the chief of the Khmer Rouge's infamous S-21 prison, heard charges read against him by judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday.

A former maths teacher, Duch, age 66, is one of five Khmer Rouge leaders still living who are expected to be charged for the war crimes of the 1975-1979 regime which may have been responsible for the deaths of two million people. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge uprising, died in 1998 which brought a formal surrender and end to the organization.

Arrested in 1999, Duch claims to be a born-again Christian and has admitted his personal responsibility for events at Tuol Sleng, though he denies personally torturing or executing prisoners. Prisoners at the camp were routinely tortured to admit they were CIA spies, or admit to other crimes, after which they were killed.

It is expected that Duch will participate in the trial, addressing charges that he oversaw the torture and execution of more than 15,000 individuals, both Cambodians and foreigners.

"A confession is a good thing for Duch to do. If Duch pleads guilty, I will be eased in my heart," said former Tuol Sleng prisoner Vann Nath. Nath was spared at the prison for his value as an artist. "We will get a kind of justice — not compensation — but justice that can heal our mind when the court convicts Duch and he receives the punishment."

Some victims wish for more, and more than just these five leaders. Rob Hamill of New Zealand, whose brother Kerry and friends John Dewhurst of the British Isles and Stuart Glass of Canada were arrested, detained, tortured, and killed after their sailboat passed into Cambodian waters, spoke of the pain and grief in his family with ThePress.co.nz. "I often think about how things could have been better. Not that things are terrible, but you know having Kerry in our lives would have [been better]."

The court does not have the ability to impose the death penalty, but it can impose a life sentence on Duch. The defense appears ready to ask for a reduced sentence in exchange for Duch's confession.


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chinese are good for nothing human trafficking, drug chemists, and now what?

The people are fine. It's the government that's infuriating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.209.8.195 (talk) 22:48, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Is this anything more than gossip from "think tanks"? Didn't think so. Not a story, not news worthy, not even real. 66.20.190.10 16:19, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

If Chinese officers see this news,wiki may be blocked in China.
Just like other forbidden things by Chinese,it's not strange.

--Dafengluobote (talk) 11:48, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The point being? We don't self-censor to keep visible where censors operate. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:07, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

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放屁！！！
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Unbelievable. Radioactive metals in a factory... Enough said.

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utah as gone back to its roots. just a little history, when utah was settled home brewing was a great source of income, some great people thought of charging travelers to have so good ol' home brew. --weirdjrc (talk) 15:56, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Isn't it still basically illegal though?
Containers of beer larger than 2 liters are illegal in Utah. Are you supposed to ferment in mason jars or something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.87.127.97 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 29 March 2016

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Eurovision '04 winner Ruslana discusses her paths as singer, spokesmodel, stateswoman and source of inspiration

March 30, 2009 First becoming famous in her native Ukraine in the 1990s, long-haired self-described "Amazon" Ruslana gained international recognition for winning the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Wild Dances," inspired by the musical traditions of the Hutsul people of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains.

In the five years since, Ruslana has decided to use her name and public status to represent a number of worthy causes, including human trafficking, renewable energy, and even the basic concept of democratic process, becoming a public face of Ukraine's Orange Revolution and later serving in Parliament.

Currently, she is on an international publicity tour to promote her album Wild Energy, a project borne out of a science fiction novel that has come to symbolize her hopes for a newer, better, freer way of life for everyone in the world. She took time to respond to questions  Wikinews 's Mike Halterman posed to her about her career in music and her other endeavors.

This is the fifth in a series of interviews with past Eurovision contestants, which will be published sporadically in the lead-up to mid-May's next contest in Moscow.

Introduction to her life in music
''' You are now 35 years old. Being in one's 30s was considered "getting old" a generation ago; now it is considered sexy, sophisticated and more youthful. How do you feel being able to promote this fairly new ideal of explicit beauty and sex appeal in one's 30s through your contract with L'Oréal in the Ukraine?

Ruslana: I love to work with L'Oréal because we have [so] much in common. This company really knows what true beauty is.

No matter how old [you are], the main thing is how you feel [about] yourself. I have [the] heart of [a] real Amazon so my wild energy will always be with me.

My message for young people is: let's have real energy! Let's have real independence! Without any drugs. Without any synthetic energy. You can create it, you can make it yourself. It comes directly from your heart.

''' I read that your mother was one of the biggest driving forces in your decision to pursue music as a career. In what ways did she encourage you? What singers or groups were your musical inspirations growing up, and do they still inspire you today?

Ruslana: I have been singing since I was four years old. Yes, my mom was always near and helped to make my music dream come true. She's still my best friend. When I was a little kid I studied at an experimental music school and sang in a band. My parents joked that the microphone was my first toy and that I learnt the [music] notes earlier than the letters.

I loved Queen, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, A-ha, Beatles, Police, Cher and many others. I still love them.

''' You were trained in classical piano at the Music Conservatory in Lviv. How did the skills you learned while studying there impact your musical style now?

Ruslana: When I graduated from the conservatory, I obtained two educational qualifications in the field of music as a piano player and a symphonic orchestra conductor. My music education helps me very much to create my own music. For example, [a] few years ago at Lviv's 750th anniversary, I performed "Energy Source" as conductor of a symphonic orchestra that played my own composed music in a beautiful light show.

''' I interviewed Edsilia Rombley last month and she has a situation similar to yours, in that the main collaborator and producer of her music became her husband as well. How did you meet your husband and what led you to form a musical partnership? Also, how did the two of you fall in love?

Ruslana: Both of us were born in Lviv. We had the same friends, the same interest, objectives and the same love – music. I wanted to work with professionals and Sasha was [a] famous singer [at] that time in Lviv. He had his own band. So we met about work. From the first second I understood that we have [a] kindred spirit. Music connects us. And with our first song appeared our first feelings...

''' When you first started receiving recognition and becoming successful in the Ukraine in the mid-1990s, was it overwhelming? What was your main motivation in your career during this time? Was there ever a time where you considered leaving the music industry to live a quieter life?

Ruslana: No, I was born for music. I love what I'm doing with all of my heart. The first thing [about] recognition [is that] I should be very truthful with myself and with people. It's very important. I'm always honest with my fans. If you work only for money and you sing a song that you must sing but you don't feel it all of your heart and soul – you will be [a] singer for [only] one day.

Wild Dances
' In more than one project, including your Wild Dances'' CD, you have worked extensively in the unique musical tradition of the Hutsul people. What caused you to pursue such a niche? Also, are there any important things about the Hutsul people and tradition that people may not know, that you wish you could bring awareness to?

Ruslana: My father is from the West Ukrainian area [populated by] the Hutsuls, the dwellers of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. So I was born in it. I saw it all in my childhood. Hutsuls have a unique culture with an ancient and rich history which inspired me to create my concept album Wild Dances. It combines powerful and permeating ethnic drums, trumpet sounds of the trembita, an ancient Hutsul music instrument, with modern dance beats.

''' You were chosen by the National Television Company of Ukraine to represent them at Eurovision in 2004. How were you approached by them? Was it a hard decision for you to decide whether or not to accept their offer? Obviously it was very successful for you, but before the fact, did you ever consider not performing?

Ruslana: I can say that before I went to Eurovision there were a lot of talks – [people saying it's] good or bad. I just did not listen to anyone; [I] just trusted my instincts.

''' Your performance is one of the best-remembered in history. Did it ever tire you to hear yourself compared to "Xena" from the television show "Xena: Warrior Princess"? Are you okay with that being your primary aesthetic attribute to foreign audiences?

Ruslana: For me [a] real Amazon is not [a] "Warrior Princess." It's [a] beautiful, smart, independent woman. She knows what she definitely wants and she gets it. Lana [Editor's note: Ruslana's alter-ego, an "Amazon," in her album Wild Energy] dreams about love. Magic feelings that give us inspiration and wings.

The main idea of [the] Wild Energy show is to show the character of [an] Amazon. She can be [a] girl [with] wind, girl [with] fire, girl [with] water, girl [with] rock. She's [a] girl [made of the] elements, but she fell in love and became vulnerable. She doesn't know what to do, how to live with those feelings.

''' German public television held a contest a few years ago and the public voted "Wild Dances" the best Eurovision song in history, ahead of well-established standards like "Waterloo" and "Ein bißchen Frieden". Do you feel your song is the best in the history of the entire Contest?

Ruslana: It was a great honor for me. I was so happy to hear it. [There were] a lot of beautiful talented singers and great songs [in all the] years [the competition has been in existence]. I like original songs with deep meaning and of course interesting shows.

Wild Energy
' The Wild Energy'' concept is tied to a science fiction novel. How did the idea come about that you would take the sentiment expressed in that novel and make music with it? How do you personally relate with the messages conveyed in the novel and in your music? What does "the energy for living" mean to you?

Ruslana: We're trying to build a new energy generation using the book Wild Energy - Lana. This new project means a new album, new videos, new songs.

My new project Wild Energy is based on the science fiction novel by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko...They are very good friends of mine. The main idea of this novel is that in a [futuristic] city which experiences a global energy crisis, far more threatening than lack of oil and gas, people are lacking their will for life, their energy of the heart – the fuel for people. Lana, one of the synthetic inhabitants, sets out to find the mystical energy source. After many adventures she discovers that the wild energy comes from her own heart.

''' How did you cross paths with T-Pain and Missy Elliott, and how did your musical collaboration with them come to fruition?

Ruslana: [The] Wild Energy album was recorded at the Hit Factory Studio in Miami. [The] song featuring T-Pain [is] called "Moon of Dreams." "Moon of Dreams" is first and foremost an exotic mix of Slavic tunes and American R&B grooves. It's dance but romantic, temperamental and gentle simultaneously. The song that I sing with Missy Elliott is called "The Girl that Rules" and is a big departure [from] ethno-infused pop and dance sounds.

Goodwill work and politics
' One of the messages of Wild Energy'' is that you want to bring to a wider audience the dangers of the global climate change, and the importance to use renewable energy. Do you feel Ukraine has been "a victim" to other energy resources that have been more expensive or more mortally damaging, specifically with the Chernobyl disaster and Ukraine's feud with Gazprom in Russia?

Ruslana: The thing is that I started the project in the Parliament [for] renewable energy. I, as a deputy, thought that if there are so many conflicts around the gas, we need to introduce solar panels. For [the project], I [became versed in] all alternative energy [forms]. Can you imagine, me, [a] musician, [getting] into all economic and technical nuances. Me and my team tried to [promote] this project. But the parliament was so incapable [of working properly] that it was wiser [to] go out, [which] I actually did. My policy [now] – it's my new show Wild Energy. That [is] how I will appeal to people.

''' You have also served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Ukraine, and your platform has been increased awareness of human trafficking.

Ruslana: I released two video clips which aim to make potential victims aware of the dangers of human trafficking, [and I] performed at an anti-human trafficking event in Vienna, Austria, organized by UN.GIFT in front of 117 international delegations. My song "Not For Sale" became the anthem of the anti-trafficking campaign.

I think this is a very important issue and I will do everything I can to draw attention to it!

''' You were one of the public faces of the Orange Revolution, and ended up becoming a member of Parliament for a while. What caused you to throw your support behind Viktor Yushchenko so publicly, considering it could have been dangerous not only to your career, but your life?

Ruslana: It seems that staying in the Verkhovna Rada [Editor's note: The Parliament of the Ukraine] may [be able to solve] certain problems. Unfortunately, not always. I realized that in our country, if you want to do something for your Motherland – you should do it by yourself; not hoping that one day somebody will hear or help you...

''' When you left Parliament, you said, "I still hope for real changes and for a new political generation to come with the mentality to work and not being corrupt." What did you mean by that?

Ruslana: All that I can say is that I'm not in policy any more. And I'm very happy because of that! It seemed to me that [passing policies] could help me make more for my country, but on the contrary, [policy] just tied my hands. I came into politics [with] "[rose-colored] glasses" and [left] there very disappointed...

''' When I was asking for research help among the Ukrainian and Russian-speaking Wikipedians, one of the Russians made an off-hand comment to me that stuck. "Ukraine is just a part of Russia anyway." When I asked a Ukrainian Wikipedian what that meant to him, he said it upset him. How do you feel when you encounter such attitudes, considering you also release your music to the Russian market?

Ruslana: Ukraine is [an] absolutely independent country, with her own culture, language, [and] history.

After winning on the Eurovision I [received] a lot of invitations [to] Russia. Many friends of mine live there. My grandparents live in Yekaterinburg. I had a lot of propositions to make a big tour in Russia. I like to give concerts there. We will definitely show Russia my new Wild Energy show.

Counterpoint on the East in Eurovision
''' One final political question, and this one relates to Eurovision: I interviewed past winners Nicole and Anne Marie David, and both seemed to indicate that "bloc voting" could exist amongst nations; in Nicole's case, she believed it is currently occurring, especially between the countries of Eastern Europe. Your song received votes from nearly every country in Europe, but other winners weren't so fortunate, like the song from Russia last year. Do you believe "bloc voting" exists between the countries of Eastern Europe, and do you feel it is unfair to Western European performers who enter the Contest?

Ruslana: I think it's because Eastern Europe shows to others her graceful, beautiful style. That style wasn't typical for other countries. Eurovision every year has a lot pretty girls, handsome boys, but it's not enough. If you want to win – you must be special, not like many others.

''' Finally, what would you like to say as a closing note to all your fans who have followed your career? They would probably like to know what's next for you, what projects do you have planned?

Ruslana: Most of all, thanks for all the support and love, for all the WILD ENERGY that you give me during my concerts.

Thanks for all your positive [comments] and all of your smiles. It means a lot to me...

I hope that my greatest success will be in the near future. Now I work a lot for it. It has been more than five years since I [won] Eurovision and was named Best-Selling Ukrainian Artist at [the] World Music Awards in Las Vegas. Just about time for the showbiz electorate to demand a new program from their chosen one. I'm very happy that my new album is finished. I was waiting for it [for] so long. I hope all of my fans will like it. Because all that I do, I [do] for them.

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Eurovision '04-Siegerin Ruslana über ihre Schritte als inspirierende Sängerin, Sprecherin für Models und Staatsfrau Руслана, победительница «Евровидения-2004», рассказывает о себе Переможниця конкурсу «Євробачення-2004» Руслана про свій шлях співачки, представника модельних компаній, політика і про джерела натхнення


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Interview conducted via e-mail between Mike Halterman (in Tampa, Florida, USA) and Ruslana Lyzhychko (in Kiev, Ukraine) on March 24, 2009. Special thanks to Mariya Dashchenko, Ruslana's personal publicist. Mike Halterman (talk) 16:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks to User:Weasel and Angela Holtmann for help with translations into German. Thanks to User:Flrn for translations into Russian. Thanks to User:Hillock65, User:Ahonc and User:Ilya for translations into Ukrainian. Mike Halterman (talk) 14:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

 * I received a copy of the interview notes via e-mail and they are substantially identical to the content of the article. --Killing Vector (talk) 20:50, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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Please change the File:Ruslana at concert 1.jpg to File:Flickr_-_proteusbcn_-_Eurovision_Song_Contes_2004_-_Istambul_(36)_cropped.jpg. The currently used one is copyvio and is going to be deleted. Thanks. --Warp w (talk) 21:21, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Our archive policy does not permit swapping images more than 24 hours after publication of the article.
 * Curiously, none of the images on this article has a tag that it's up for deletion. --Pi zero (talk) 21:57, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * At that time I was still replacing the widely used imagevio accross all the wikis. When it has been done, I told the copyright violator how to insert a copyvio template into the File:Ruslana at concert 1.jpg on Commons. So now it's tagged. If you refuse to change the image, it's your business. The article will remain with red link instead of an image. --Warp w (talk) 22:37, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting us know this was going on; the courtesy is appreciated. We have a system for notifying us of these things so we can act on them, one way or another, but in this case that system wouldn't even tell us anything was happening since it's all gone by so very fast; even with your notice I never did see the tag on it, and now it's a redlink already.  With your notice, though, we've been able to at least apply our basic placeholder, missing image, so it's not a redlink.  (It's not "refusing" in the sense of being contrary, of course; it's policy chosen to promote the goals and values of the project.)  --Pi zero (talk) 23:49, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Not at all. I was replacing the image on many many wikis. I am sorry but I cannot research every wiki's policies and systems of work. Although I realize that your local policy does not allow that, I don't see a reason to use the placeholder in this case. You can as well use one of following images with the same description ("Ruslana performing her song "Wild Dances," in which she incorporates the musical styles of the Hutsul ethnic minority from the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine."). It's the same event, the same day, the same performance:

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They were old.. gonna die anyways..

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 * How very insightful of you. -Anunnakki (talk) 22:18, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Isn't everyone going to die anyway? I find your very small perspective juvenile, as if only old people die. From your position, we should simply set the world afire. All who feel the world should die immediately should start with themselves, OR reevaluate what they are saying means. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.218.255.44 (talk) 02:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I live NC and I think he went to Nursing home because his wife had divorced him three weeks ago


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4.3 magnitude earthquake strikes the San Francisco region

March 30, 2009 A light earthquake, measured at a magnitude of 4.3, struck the San Francisco, California region at 10:40 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Monday morning. The earthquake was described as "short, but strong" by a dispatcher for the Morgan Hill Police Department. The quake was originally reported as having a magnitude of 4.4.

According to the US Geological survey, the epicentre of the quake was approximately eleven miles north of Morgan Hill, or about 16 miles southeast of San Jose.

No immediate damage has been reported, but Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains were delayed for five to ten minutes while inspectors searched for any damage.

The earthquake was felt as far away as Santa Rosa and Napa to the north and Soledad to the south.