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West Papuan refugees may face death if deported

January 31, 2006

Refugee rights advocates and Australian Parliamentarians on Christmas Island have expressed alarm at the Indonesian Government's direct request to Prime Minister John Howard for the return of 43 Papuan asylum seekers, who arrived on Cape York by boat on January 18th. Rob Wesley-Smith from Australians for a Free West Papua said the asylum seekers escaped because their lives were threatened, and would certainly face death if forced to return. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has assured Mr Howard that the group will not be prosecuted if they are returned.

The West Papuan asylum seekers are currently being detained in an Australian Immigration Detention Centre on the remote Christmas Island, 2,600 kilometres off Perth, Western Australia. The group claims genocide at the hands of the Indonesian Government.

The Federal government flew the 36 adults and seven children to Christmas Island, where the families were put into immigration department housing and the single men in the detention centre.

Rob Wesley-Smith says the asylum seekers should be dealt with according to Australian law.

"The people have escaped... because their lives are at risk," he said. "Their fathers have been killed, one of them was in jail for a number of years himself, and this is the reality of the situation in West Papua - so no way should they go back - they'd be killed."

Supporters of the "West Papuan 43" say that the West Papuans "are entitled to the support of community groups and their fellow country people. They should also have easy access to translators, medical care and independent legal assistance."

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has called on the Government to plea for the immediate release of the asylum seekers into the Australian community, and for their claims to be processed fairly and as expeditiously as possible.

Immigration Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone said it was not always possible to keep women and children out of detention.

The New Zealand Green Party has called for some of the asylum seekers to be processed in New Zealand.

Case for asylum
Mr Wesley-Smith says they have legitimate claims for refugee status. "There's evidence that some have been mistreated and tortured and they're a cohesive group and strongly politically motivated, and that there is no way that they would be seen as a group to be sent back - that that's just a preliminary assessment," he said.

The 43 asylum seekers told of graphic, disturbing accounts of beatings and torture by Indonesian military, during interviews with Immigration officers over the past week.

According to The Melbourne Age newspaper, an Immigration source said the refugees had a "very strong case" for refugee status. "Some of what has come out of the interviews has been absolutely heart-wrenching," the source said. The group described accounts of vicious bashings while in prison and attacks on villages and livestock in retaliation for the Papuans agitating for independence.

Despite human rights organisations and academic reports, detailing thousands of deaths and even "genocide", Indonesia says "abuses no longer occur in West Papua."

Under the control of the Indonesian military an estimated 100,000 West Papuans have lost their lives over the last four decades. Two days after the West Papuan refugees arrived in Australia, Indonesian troops opened fire in the Paniai district, killing a 13-year-old and wounding two others.

West Papuan leaders and academics say that the indigenous people may be wiped out because of new threats such as an HIV/Aids epidemic and the unchecked environmental devastation caused the exploitation of forestry and mineral resources.

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The Australian government have yet to make a decision on the asylum seekers, the general affairs counsellor of the Australian Embassy said in Jakarta.

"There is no decision yet, not at all," Elizabeth O'Neill said. She said verification and interviews by Australian authorities were "standard procedure" and valid for anybody arriving in the country without official documents. The process, she said, was in line with United Nations Conventions and Australian laws.

She said the two governments have had good relations since the Bali bombing in October 2002 and the tsunami in December 2004. Reports in Jakarta media say John Howard has given assurance to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that the handling of the West Papuan group, who's territory is under Indonesian authority, would not disturb the relation between the two countries.

"Prime Minister Howard has even reiterated his support that Papua is part of the Indonesian sovereignty, and promised to have close communication both at the high level, ministerial and official levels to handle the case without disturbing our relation," said a spokesman.

A Department of Immigration spokesman said lawyers were currently interviewing the West Papuans on Christmas Island about their asylum claims.

Background: Australia's Pacific Solution
The Papuans' boat was only the third boat of asylum seekers to arrive on the mainland since 2001. Asylum seekers who arrive by boat are sent to remote detention centres for processing, in what the Howard Government calls the Pacific Solution.

Australia's borders are protected by mandatory detention legislation. The Australian government detains all persons entering the country by boat without a valid visa, including children. Since the late 1990’s unathorised arrivals have been transferred to one of the Australian immigration detention facilities on the Australian mainland, or to Manus Island, Nauru or Christmas Island as part of the Pacific Solution. Mandatory detention remains a very controversial aspect of Australian immigration policy.

A High Court decision in 2005 means that detention can also be indefinite - the Court ruled that the government had the right to keep a Palestinian asylum seeker in detention, even without any prospect of release.

Greens senator Kerry Nettle visited Christmas Island at the weekend and talked with some of the Papuans. She called on the Government to move the group to the Australian mainland, where there is an established West Papuan community.


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Teacher confesses to having sex with student

January 30, 2006

A South Australian teacher has confessed to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student.

24-year-old Bridget Mary Nolan pleaded guilty to three charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with her male student. Facing a maximum of seven years imprisonment for each charge, Nolan pleaded with the Adelaide District Court to show leniency, claiming that she had been vulnerable, lonely and depressed because her boyfriend had left her for another woman.

Nolan, a music teacher, told the court she invited the boy to her house to discuss a kiss which had occurred between the pair on a school camp. The pair then had sex on three occasions, allegedly at the boy’s instigation. Nolan claims she engaged in the relationship out of fear that the boy would retaliate and report her, causing her to lose her job.

Nolan’s lawyer, Joana Fuller, told the court that Nolan was a secondary victim. "There's more than one victim (here), in what is clearly a sorry tale. These offences occurred not, as is often the case, as a result of a deliberate, premeditated exploitation of a student-teacher relationship. (Nolan) was lonely, she was depressed, she was heartbroken. She was utterly vulnerable at the time these offences were committed,” Fuller said.

The boy’s mother told the court the relationship had deeply affected her son. She said that his grades had dropped and that he has lost friends and been subjected to torment, harassment and humiliation by other students. "I will never forgive you for causing my beautiful son so much hurt and humiliation," she told Nolan.

The prosecutor urged the court not to suspend Nolan’s sentence, saying that she had repeatedly abused her position of trust.

Judge Gordon Barrett adjourned the case for sentencing in March.

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SAG Awards handed out

January 30, 2006 ABC remained a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award winning powerhouse, with LOST and Desperate Housewives winning Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in their respective categories. Keifer Sutherland (24) and Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) won for the performances in Drama Series, and Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) and Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) were honoured for their Comedy Series performances. Paul Newman won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, for his potrayal of Max Roby in HBO's Empire Falls, while S. Epatha Merkerson role of Rachel "Nanny" Crosby in Lackawanna Blues took the Female Actor.

The SAG selects a random portion of their professional members each year, to vote on each award category. The 12th annual awards ceremony for the 2005 season was hosted on Sunday.

William Shatner, who was nominated that night for his role in Boston Legal, introduced a "cinematic salute" to SAG members who perform in television advertisements. Shatner himself is a frequent commercial actor, known for appearing in Priceline.com commercials.

After a filmed tribute, actress Jamie Lee Curtis presented Shirley Temple Black with the Screen Actors Guild Awards 42nd Annual Life Achievement Award.

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

 * Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote / CAPOTE (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
 * Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Reese Witherspoon as June Carter/ WALK THE LINE (20th Century Fox)
 * Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Paul Giamatti (Joe Gould) / CINDERELLA MAN (Universal Pictures)
 * Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle / THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Focus Features)
 * Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: CRASH (Lionsgate)

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If this original reporting? Where's the notes? --TUFKAAP 13:45, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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Anglo-saxon are very hypocritical
This is not newsworthy, occurs thousands of times all over the world. Anglo-saxons simply ridiculize themselves when they make a case out of such commodity. What's the problem? A she can't "rape" a boy since the need for erection and most 15 year olds have nothing to do with virginity these days! maybe the authorities are envy of the student, especially if the lady teacher is a hooter. 195.70.32.136 08:47, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


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Accident in Jacksonville, Florida, releases low-radioactive gas

January 30, 2006

WTLV news channel in Florida reports an explosion that released radioactive materials at Unison Industries, located at 7575 Baymeadows Way. One person was injured, according to the report.

Unison spokesperson Wayne Moles said "We believe one cylinder of gas may have exploded". The cylinder was filled with krypton gas according to AP. Firefighters say at least 40 people became exposed to the low-level radiation. All are undergoing decontamination measures.

Unison manufactures aviation equipment and military applications like ignition generators for Tomahawk cruise missiles.


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Al-Jazeera airs new video of Ayman al-Zawahri

January 31, 2006 The Qatar-based television network al-Jazeera has aired a new tape of al-Qaeda's second-in-command,. In his first video appearance to mention the Peshawar province missile attack in Pakistan, Al-Zawahri refers to the alleged strike on himself and calls United States President George W. Bush, a "butcher" and a "failure".

On the tape, al-Zawahri says he survived an American air strike targeting him in eastern Pakistan on January 13. The air strike killed 13 villagers and led to widespread demonstrations in Pakistan for the alleged deaths of civilians. The U.S. has made no official claim of responsibility for the cross-border attack from Afghanistan.

"Butcher of Washington, you are not only defeated and a liar, but also a failure. You are a curse on your own nation and you have brought and will bring them only catastrophes and tragedies," Zawahri said, referring to President Bush. "Bush, do you know where I am? I am among the Muslim masses." al-Zawahri also threatened the citizens of Britain and the U.S.A. in the tape; "The lion of Islam, Sheik Osama bin Laden, may God protect him, offered you a decent exit from your dilemma. But your leaders, who are keen to accumulate wealth, insist on throwing you in battles and killing your souls in Iraq and Afghanistan and — God willing — on your own land."

A U.S. counterterrorism official said to AP reporters on condition of anonymity, that the message broadcast by al-Jazeera indicates that al-Qaeda believed it was important to show that al-Zawahri is alive. The U.S. official also noted that the video was delivered quickly, demonstrating al-Zawahri's ability to get his message out even faster than bin Laden. As al-Zawahri make a reference to Osama Bin Laden's offering of a truce, it appears this tape is recorded not more than 12 days ago, which make a very short time according to al-Qaeda standards.

It has been widely reported, but not confirmed, that some al-Qaeda operatives were killed by the U.S. airstrike on the village of Damadola in Pakistan.


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Bosnian administrator outlines plans

January 30, 2006

Bosnia's new international administrator has taken office after being selected by the European Union's foreign ministers. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, a German diplomat, said he hoped he would not require full use of his extensive powers and that the Bosnian authorities would take on the burden of building the country's future.

Mr Schwarz-Schilling told the press that he intended to scale back the overarching powers of his office and allow existing Bosnian political institutions to take control. He said he wanted "to bring the population to the point of taking real ownership of their institutions and not relying on the high representative as a governor to do this job.” Although he refused to comment on the performance of the more assertive departing governor Lord Ashdown, he did complain of "a top-down approach. It is important than I have done ten years of bottom-up work as a mediator. I am a bottom-up person."

Lord Ashdown said in an interview today that, while proud of his achievements in Bosnia, he profoundly regrets that the notorious war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are yet to be arrested.

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Talk:Accident in Jacksonville, Florida, releases low-radioactive gas

Overblown?
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/BREAKINGNEWS/60130005 It seems it was isolated into the building and the people were decontaminated... Achille 19:26, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

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A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

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Talk:Al-Jazeera airs new video of Ayman al-Zawahri

Picture?
Well, should we use that FBI-picture of Zawahiri? International 21:55, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I dont know how to use this (aljazeeralogo.gif) that is on wikipedias al-jazeera page. Can anywiki fix it? International 23:26, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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First Iraqi case of Avian Flu reported

January 30, 2006

The first case of Avian Flu in Iraq was announced today by the country's Health Minister, Abdel Mutalib Mohammed. The preliminary result was reportedly from a United States military laboratory in Cairo; the World Health Organisation are expected to seek confirmation of this from a UK laboratory.

The victim was Shangen Abdul Qader, a 15-year-old girl from the northern Kurdish village of Raniya. Her suspected H5N1 infection killed her on January 17. The death of the girl's uncle is also believed to be under investigation due to him having symptoms that may indicate flu.

The area of Iraq where the suspected deaths occurred borders Turkey where there have been 12 confirmed cases of which four resulted in death. Turkey's last reported victim, Fatma Ozcan, was also aged 15.

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Talk:Gordon Brown calls for national day to celebrate 'Britishness'

Its about time!
It should no longer be a "Crime" to be british, to be british and to display a british/english/welsh/scottish flag anywhere in britain should not cause offence to anyone, if it does then who cares? if the flag/customs of the country they are visiting/living in causes offence in any way they should re-consider being here in the first place. we should have a right to fly our flag and celebrate being british in any way we can!


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Americans spent more than they earned in 2005

January 31, 2006

Americans are spending more than they are earning, pushing the national savings rate to lows not seen since the Great Depression. The Commerce Department released a report saying that personal savings fell to a negative 0.5% in 2005.

This means that people spent everything they earned and more. This is the third time that the savings rate has been negative, the previous two times were both during the Great Depression in 1932 and 1933. The savings rate has been declining since 1984 when it stood at 10.8%, in 2004 it was 1.8%.


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Talk:Americans spent more than they earned in 2005

This is extremely important but I do not have time today to flesh it out more. I've been working on a more detailed map of Dept. of Commmerce economic data that this would include but I'm nowhere near to the point where it could be displayed and make sense to anyone who doesn't read economic reports all the time. --Sfullenwider 03:15, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Its okay, this is the sort of less time sensitive article which can be bumped without disrupting news flow, if you add lots of stuff, just bump the date up. Also, its sometimes more polite to bump to yesterday, instead of today, if you don't want to claim that the additions are completely news. Nyarlathotep 17:15, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't have time to research this right now, although will try to do so tonight. None of the big media seems to have gone into any details about how this number is calculated. If I make $100k/year and bought a $500k house out of savings would that cause me to be listed as having a -500% savings rate? Is there any distinction made between capital/non-durable goods? The numbers, as they have been presented (not just here), can't be used to infer anything, other than some scare mongering that our savings rates are the same as during the depression. I would like to be able to make some conclusion about overall financial health from reading such an article. Edtice 19:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)EdTice


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User talk:Mpelisek

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However been a wikipedia user, you probably know most of this all ready :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Fresh1 0442

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User talk:Stefanfargus

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User talk:Fadzli

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Talk:West Papuan refugees may face death if deported

We all face death everyday. The story here is the opinion of various rights groups. As such, the headline should quote 'face death' as the opinion (if that is indeed a direct quote). Compare with the ABC headline which gets things right: "Group says asylum seekers face death if sent back to Papua". Without quoting, wikinews is asserting this conclusion either via its own internal investigation or as an op/ed. 24.94.246.41 06:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:10, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Australian discussion:AudioBriefs

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The following is a copy of the standard AudioWikinews template. It is here for editing a localised version of the template to be used in Australian News Briefs.

Audio Wikinews transcript – AU – YYYY MM DD – TTTT UTC
The time is Time (UTC) on Date (UTC), and this is an Australian Audio Wikinews: News Brief.

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Article name Summary, in radio format, goes here.

Article name Summary, in radio format, goes here.

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Article name Summary, in radio format, goes here. '''World news articles should focus on Australia's relationship with issue being reported. Keep world news reports to a minimum as these news briefs are intended to focus on Australian Wikinews stories.'''

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User talk:24.17.101.124

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User talk:Guillom

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 * Bis repetita placent. Merci pour ton accueil ici aussi ;) Guillom 13:08, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * j'ai un don d'ubiquité Jacques Divol 13:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

speedy del request
Why do you feel Talk:Mars rover engineers build test sandbox should die? doesn't seem like a vandalistic page to me. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:17, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi and sorry for late reply, I don't come here very often. I know it looks like a valid question, but this user has been leaving this message on many projects; see for instance fr.wikipedia, en.wikiversity, meta.wikimedia. He has also left it on Commons and en.wikipedia, but it's too difficult to search the logs. guillom 14:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Block of Genius
Firslty, thanks for that. Secondly, you may be interested in this discussion related to this trolling sockfarm. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 10:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I had left this message without seeing this previous discussion. guillom 16:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: attribution in 2007 overview image
Joyeux fêtes pour vous aussi! J'essayerai de corriger l'image, chapeau de nouveau pour cet excellent photo. ciao, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Muratto~enwikinews

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Coretta Scott King passes away

January 31, 2006

Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. has died at the age of 78. Coretta King, tireless crusader for civil rights, died in her sleep.

Mrs. King, who had been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, died late on Monday in Mexico, where she had been seeking treatment, a spokeswoman for the family told Reuters. "Mrs. King was in Mexico for observation and consideration of treatment for ovarian cancer," the spokeswoman said. "She was considered terminal by physicians in the United States. She and the family wanted to explore other options." King died at Hospital Santa Monica, a holistic health center in Mexico.

News of her death led to tributes across Atlanta, including a moment of silence in the Georgia Capitol and piles of flowers at the tomb of her slain husband. Flags at the King Center - the institute devoted to the civil rights leader's legacy - were lowered to half-staff.

Dubbed the "first lady of the civil rights movement," Mrs King suffered a debilitating stroke and heart attack in August. She was last seen on January 14 at a dinner marking the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, where she received a standing ovation.

As she recalled in her autobiography My Life With Martin Luther King Jr., Mrs. King felt she had to step fully into the civil rights movement after her husband's assassination.

After graduating from Antioch College in Ohio in 1951, she enrolled in the graduate program at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music. It was there she met her future husband, a young preacher and doctoral student at Boston University. They were married in 1953.

Mrs. King had an influence on the civil rights movement for over half a century. She pushed and goaded politicians to have her husband's birthday observed as a national holiday. Following her husband's assassination in 1968, she fought to bring national recognition to King Jr. For over a decade, she lobbied to make King's birthday a federal holiday, and in 1983 the bill was signed into law. Three years later, the USA observed the first King holiday.

She created a memorial and a forum in the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. The center has archives containing more than 2,000 King speeches.

Coretta Scott was born April 27, 1927, near Marion, Alabama. "It was awful," she said of living in Marion. "Every Saturday we would hear about some black man getting beat up and nothing was done about it."

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who in 1968 broke the news of King's death to Coretta, described her as a "freedom fighter". "She walked with her husband during the ordeal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Their home was bombed, she endured the hate and violent anger toward their family. And she had to endure the constant knowledge that each time he left their home, he might never return," said Jackson. "She was the part of him that made him complete."

In 1969 she founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta and used it to confront hunger, unemployment, voting rights and racism. "The centre enables us to go out and struggle against the evils in our society," she often said.

She also accused movie and TV companies, video arcades, gun manufacturers and toy makers of promoting violence. Coretta King has became a symbol in her own right of her husband's struggle for peace and brotherhood.

In his State of the Union Address, US President George W Bush remembered Mrs King, saying her "lasting contributions to freedom and equality have made America a better and more compassionate nation."

Mrs. King is survived by her four children, Yolanda, Martin III, Dexter and Bernice. The family issued a statement thanking the public for an outpouring of support.

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User talk:Zubairsharif~enwikinews

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User talk:Chuck SMITH

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100th British soldier killed in Iraq

January 31, 2006

The total death toll of the British Army in Iraq (excluding British soldiers employed privately as mercenaries) reached 100 this morning with a solider dying from injuries suffered in an explosion at Um Qasr. Um Qasr is an Iraqi port in the southern Basra province where British troops operate.

The Ministry of Defence has yet to name the soldier, a member of the 7th Armoured Brigade who are better known as "the Desert Rats". They stated that the blast, which also injured three other soldiers, took place at around 8.30 a.m.

Sympathy has been widely expressed by various political and social figures. An official spokesman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who ordered the country's troops into Iraq, said that he was "deeply saddened" by the death, as he is by all fatalities of service personnel. Dr Liam Fox, the opposition Conservatives defence spokesman, also expressed his sympathies.

Critics of the war also expressed their sympathies but blamed the government for the soldiers' death. Reg Keys, father of a military policemen who died in an ambush in Iraq, said that "We have had 100 chances to learn our lesson. It just goes on and on." George Galloway, the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow said "Our hearts go out to the family of the hundredth British soldier to die in Iraq. These one hundred deaths are the all too predictable consequences of the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. I don't want another British soldier to die occupying other people's countries." Respect echoed the call by the Stop the War Coalition for a demonstration in Parliament Square were the names of the all dead will be read aloud.

However, Conservative foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who originally opposed the war, claimed that Britain could not just leave Iraq.

Among countries that sent soldiers to Iraq, the UK ranks second in number of casualties, above Italy with 27 and Ukraine with 18, but is well below the US's figure of 2242. The number of Iraqi military casualties is agreed to be larger than this, but may lie anywhere between 5000 and 45,000 according to different sources.

The number of Iraqi civilian casualties from March 2003 to September 2004 is estimated as 100,000 (excluding the Fallujah attack), with most of the violent deaths due to air strikes.

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title: User talk:Shanedorsey~enwikinews