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10 killed in shootout in Kashmir

June 12, 2006

At least nine people were killed in a series of attacks in Kashmir on Monday, including one close to a camp housing Hindu pilgrims, while a boy died in police firing. Suspected Islamist militants threw three grenades at a crowded bus station in Jammu city, police said, killing one person and wounding 22. The station is close to a camp where hundreds of pilgrims are staying before embarking on a long journey to Amarnath, a Hindu shrine deep in the Himalayas.

"I was about to board a bus when something exploded between some buses," said Manoj Kumar, who sustained glass splinter injuries and was admitted to a local hospital. Islamist militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region have attacked the annual pilgrimage several times in the past but the last three years have been peaceful. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

In a violent day in the troubled Himalayan region, a teenage boy was killed in Kupwara district when police fired to disperse Muslim demonstrators protesting against what they believed had been the desecration of a Koran and a mosque, witnesses and police said. Twenty others, including 10 policemen, were injured in the clash 85 km northwest of Srinagar. On Saturday, villagers told journalists that soldiers had entered a mosque wearing shoes and then desecrated a copy of the Islamic holy book.

A policeman was killed and another wounded as suspected militants fired on a police patrol in Sopore town, north of Srinagar, police said. And unidentified gunmen shot dead seven labourers -- said to be from the Indian state of Bihar -- in Anantnag district in south Kashmir. No group claimed responsibility and the army said it was investigating.

According to Wikipedia, the conflict between Islamist separatists and the military in Jammu and Kashmir has claimed thousands since the early 1990s. The region has long been a source of conflict between India and Pakistan, with both nations claiming sovereignty over it.

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Tamil Nadu cuts diesel prices by 0.45 rupees

June 12, 2006

The Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday said it would forego sales tax on the incremental component of the recent diesel price and yet maintain bus fares of State Transport Undertakings (STUs) at existing levels. Announcing this, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said following the decision, the incremental retail price, inclusive of the sales tax component, would come down from Rs. 2.23 a litre to Rs. 1.78. As a result, the price of diesel, that increased from Rs.33.72 a litre to Rs.35.95 on Tuesday, would come down to Rs. 35.50. But, by foregoing the sales tax of 45 paise a litre, the State Government would lose Rs.180 crore annually. The decision not to increase the fares would result in Rs.100-crore additional burden on the STUs, Mr. Karunanidhi said in a statement.

His announcement came after a similar initiative by Maharashtra and a day after Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora met him in Chennai. A couple of days ago, the Chief Minister had said that any reduction in the sales tax could result in the bus fares going up. In the statement, Mr. Karunanidhi said the rising crude oil prices globally necessitated an increase in fuel prices. It had become routine for the ruling party to explain the circumstances leading to the increase and the Opposition to protest. The upward revision in petrol and diesel prices was being talked about by the Centre for some months now, but was put on hold. The Centre, he said, had little option but to increase the price despite some of the coalition partners opposing the move and even the President of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) Sonia Gandhi not favouring it.

While a reduction in levies on petroleum products by the Centre and the State Government was a temporary solution, the long-term solution was to reduce consumption of petroleum products and promote research on their alternatives. In a statement, AIADMK General Secretary Jayalalithaa said the State Government could reduce the price burden by reducing the sales tax on petrol and diesel. Noting that it was not her suggestion but what Mr. Karunanidhi had given when she was Chief Minister, she said the Centre had recently said that such a move could reduce the impact of petrol and diesel price increase.


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This article was written from various television sources including Sun News and Channel 7. PVJ  (Talk) 16:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Briefs/June 12, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 12th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

10 killed in shootout in Kashmir
India

At least nine people were killed in a series of attacks in Kashmir on Monday, including one                                                 close to a camp housing Hindu pilgrims, while a boy died in police firing. Suspected Islamist militants threw three grenades at a crowded bus station in Jammu city, police said, killing one person and wounding 22.

35 injured in train crash in Israel
Israel

A train carrying 200 people has crashed into a pick-up truck in Netanya, Israel. At least 35 people are injured and at least one has died. Police say that the truck was pushed onto the tracks by another car when the train smashed into it. The driver was not injured.

Blair asked to intervene as British artist faces jail in Turkey for collage
United Kingdom

Tony Blair has been asked to speak out on behalf of a British artist, Michael Dickinson, who has been charged in Turkey with "insulting the (Turkish) prime minister's dignity". This carries a sentence of up to 3 years in jail.

Large Meteorite strikes in Norway
Norway

A large meteorite struck in Norway slamming into the side of a mountain near the areas of Troms and Finnmark at about 2:05 a.m. on June 9, 2006. Scientists say the explosive force of the meteorite could have been "compared" to the "Hiroshima bomb."

Snow hits New Zealand
New Zealand

A huge snowstorm has hit New Zealand. Some parts of South Canterbury have had as much as 30 cm of snowfall. Some bus services in Christchurch have closed down, including the Rangiora line. Christchurch Airport has closed. The MetService reports that there is a good chance of getting up to half a metre of snow.

Tamil Nadu cuts diesel prices by 0.45 rupees
India

The Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday said it would forego sales tax on the incremental component   of the recent diesel price and yet maintain bus fares of State Transport Undertakings at existing levels.

German tax authority migrating 12,000 desktops to SuSE Linux and KDE
Germany

The Lower Saxony, Germany tax authority is migrating 12,000 desktops to use SuSE Linux with KDE as the desktop environment.

Australian healthcare workers don't wash hands often enough
Australia

Researchers at the University of New South Wales have discovered that Australian healthcare workers do not wash their hands often enough in the course of their work. Researchers claim the practice places patients at risk of contracting infections.

Singer Kevin Aviance attacked outside Manhattan, N.Y. gay bar
United States

Kevin Aviance, a 38-year-old gay male drag-queen and singer, was attacked outside the "Phoenix," a gay bar in Manhattan, New York's East Village. Police say that he suffered head injuries, a broken jaw and bruises, but is in stable condition.

10-year-old child takes grandmother's car for 85 Km drive
Australia

Police in the Australian state of New South Wales have reported that they pulled over a 10 year-old child driving his grandmother's car along the Newell Highway in North-Western NSW on Sunday.

Australian late scores down Japan 3-1 in Group F
sports – football or soccer

World Cup debutants Australia beat Japan 3-1 in the opening game of Group F, Monday.

Argentina defeat Wales 27 to 25 in rugby
sports - rugby

Argentina has defeated Wales in rugby at Raul Conti Stadium in Puerto Madryn on Sunday.

Oklahoma baseball team defeats Rice, evens series in NCAA Super Regional
sports - baseball

The University of Oklahoma baseball team defeated Rice University  11-5 in the second game of the NCAA Super Regional on Sunday.

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Czech Republic coast to 3-0 win over USA in Group E

June 12, 2006 Tomas Rosicky's lethal finishing ensured an easy 3-0 win for the Czech Republic against the United States in Group E, Gelsenkirchen, Monday.

The immaculate surface of the Veltins Arena, a pitch that can be covered and uncovered by a retractable roof over the stadium, saw the Czech Republic give USA a lesson in football efficiency.

The United States had 55 per cent ball possession but scored no goals; the team lacked aggression and creativity near the Czech Republic goal. Passes did not reach the forward players in goal scoring positions.

In the air long balls into the box were picked like apples from a tree by Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech. On the ground, the USA short passing game faced resolute blocking and tackling from the Czech Republic defence.

For the Czech Republic, Rosicky and Pavel Nedved were a problem for the USA defence whenever they got the ball.

On 76 minutes the two combined for Rosicky's second goal of the match, Nedved sent his team mate through three USA defenders. With the outside of his right foot, the younger protege of Czech football clipped the ball over Kasey Keller's left arm.

The first goal had come on five minutes; it equaled the third goal in directness and the clean finish. A long ball down the left flank of the USA defence led to a first-time cross into the box. Jan Koller headed powerfully past Kasey Keller.

The pick of the three, on 35 minutes Tomas Rosicky picked the ball up 35 yards out from goal; a few seconds later the Teamgeist football had glided beautifully into the net, swerving left of a diving goal keeper.

For the seventh successive time an American side has failed to beat European opposition in a World Cup match and with Italy in the same group USA coach Bruce Arena may need his players to produce something special to get past the group stage of the tournament.

Jan Koller had to go off with a muscle injury on 41 minutes. This is unfortunate for the Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner as he was the Czech's highest goalscorer in World Cup qualification. As a tall well built man Koller provided a different means of attack to the small, sprightly - and today deadly - Rosicky.

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Group E

Attendance: 52'000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Czech Republic

 * 01 P Cech
 * 02 Z Grygera 16' Yellow card.svg
 * 22 D Rozehnal 59' Yellow card.svg
 * 21 T Ujfalusi
 * 06 M Jankulovski
 * 08 K Poborsky (Substituted: 82' J Polak)
 * 04 T Galasek
 * 10 T Rosicky 82' Yellow card.svg (Substituted: 86' J Stajner)
 * 20 J Plasil
 * 11 P Nedved
 * 09 J Koller (Substituted: 45' V Lokvenc 59' Yellow card.svg)

USA

 * 18 K Keller
 * 22 O Onyewu 4' Yellow card.svg
 * 04 P Mastroeni (Substituted: 45' E Johnson)
 * 23 E Pope
 * 06 S Cherundolo (Substituted: 45' J O'Brien)
 * 10 C Reyna 60' Yellow card.svg
 * 17 D Beasley
 * 15 B Convey
 * 07 E Lewis
 * 20 B McBride (Substituted: 77' J Wolff)
 * 21 L Donovan


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Judge shot at courthouse in Nevada

June 12, 2006

Today in, Nevada a judge has been shot in a courthouse while he stood near a third floor window. The police and a team have been searching the nearby parking garages for the shooter. Judge Chuck Weller was hit in the chest with the bullet at the Mills B. Lane Justice Center around 11:15 a.m..

He was rushed to the Washoe medical center said police spokesperson Steve Frady. Police have closed off many blocks in the downtown casino district around the courthouse to look for the shooter.

The police have found one suspect. His name is Darren Roy Mack.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Roethlisberger hospitalized after motorcycle accident

June 12, 2006 Ben Roethlisberger, starting quarterback for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers, has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Monday at roughly 11:30 a.m. EDT. Early reports indicate he has broken his nose and jaw, but the full extent of his injuries remain unknown. Roethlisberger has already undergone surgery for his nose and mouth. He was riding without a helmet on Second Avenue near the intersection of 10th Street in downtown Pittsburgh when he collided with a silver Chrysler New Yorker, reportedly striking the windshield with his head.

Backup quarterback Charlie Batch was at the emergency room at Mercy Hospital today, but was unavailable for comment. Steelers head coach Bill Cowher has talked to Ben in the past about riding without a helmet, and retired Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw has spoken out strongly against the habit of riding without a helmet in the past.

A press conference held around 10:30 p.m. confirmed that Roethlisberger successfully underwent seven hours of surgery, and suffered no serious injuries in the initial accident apart from the broken nose and jaw. Initial reports of knee injuries were overstated. Actual knee injuries were limited to road rash, and do not extend to joint injuries.


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Are you GangstaEB? FellowWikiNews 21:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the complememnts,Teach me more and make me correct wherever i made a mistake,Azamishaque (talk) 06:19, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

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Italy shut out Ghana for 2-0 win in Group E

June 12, 2006 Italy won its first World Cup match of the 2006 tournament after beating Ghana 2-0 in Hanover, Monday.

The match was notable for being the first time Ghana had played in the World Cup. At 25 years and two months Ghana also had the youngest team at the tournament. In the end the team's inexperience showed in the result.

Italy responded to early Ghanian pressure with forceful passing and aggressive attacks through Luca Toni. At first this effected to keep the fearless Africans, always looking to attack themselves, on the back foot.

With Luca Toni Italy always looked dangerous going forward. On 25 minutes he evaded a defender and rasped a shot onto the underside of the crossbar. It missed going over the goaline by just a yard.

Ratomir Dujkovic's side had the best chance to shock the Azzuri after half an hour. Emmanuel Pappoe had space in the box - but skied his attempt over the bar. For some time it seemed goals might go in at both ends, as action was at one end, then another. But with tiredness Ghana lost some discipline in defence and ran out of ideas in attack. The challenge of the two superb Italian defenders, Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta, proved too tough. The Italian penalty area was almost impermeable to the white shirts for long stretches.

Ghana found no good opportunities to test Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon partly because Ghana was unable to deliver crosses to target inside the box. Efforts on goal were restricted to shots from outside the box from Michael Essien.

Only four out of Ghana's 14 shots were on target. In contrast Italy had 18 shots; 13 were on target. This tells the story of a game in which two teams attacked a lot, but a vastly superior defence won.

Andrea Pirlo scored the game-winner. On 39 minutes, he received a pass from a corner at the top of the area; in plenty of space, he curled it low and hard into bottom left corner of the net. Richard Kingston made a number of good saves to keep the Italians ahead by just the one goal but could not do anything about Samuel Kaffour's error on 83 minutes. Kaffour's back pass was too short and Vincenzo Iaquinta rounded Kingston to score.

Earlier, as Ghana got desperate, Asamoah Gyan tried something to unlock the Italian defence: a solo run; powering past blue shirts he got as far as the penalty area. Then he appeared to be fouled by Daniele De Rossi; the referee did not blow his whistle.

Marcelo Lippi, the Italian coach, might feel this game, the second in Group E, was a good work out for the Italians who were just a bit too wise for the Ghana team on this occasion.

Statistics
Group E

Attendance: 43'000

Referee: Simon (Brazil)

Italy

 * 01 G Buffon
 * 02 C Zaccardo
 * 13 A Nesta
 * 05 F Cannavaro
 * 03 F Grosso
 * 10 F Totti (Subsituted: 56' M Camoranesi 62' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]])
 * 20 S Perrotta
 * 21 A Pirlo
 * 04 D De Rossi 10' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 9 L Toni (Substituted: 82' A Del Piero )
 * 11 A Gilardino (Substitute: 64' V Iaquinta 88' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]])

Ghana

 * 22 R Kingston
 * 15 J Pantsil
 * 04 S Kuffour
 * 05 J Mensah
 * 06 E Pappoe (Substituted: 45' I Shilla )
 * 11 S Muntari 41' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
 * 08 M Essien
 * 10 S Appiah
 * 18 E Addo
 * 03 A Gyan 65' [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] (Substituted: 89' A Tachie-Mensah )
 * 14 M Amoah (Substituted: 68' R Pimpong )

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Rice University baseball team beats Oklahoma, will play in College World Series

June 12, 2006 The Rice University baseball team (55-11) beat the University of Oklahoma (45-22) in the NCAA Super Regional 9-5. Rice won the series between the two schools 2-1 and will now play in the College World Series.

Rice rallied in the 6th inning and turned a 4-3 deficit into an 8-4 lead. Rodriguez put Rice up 5-4 with a bases-loaded single, then Joe Savery helped bring the score to 8-4 after a hit toward center field that was just right of the 400-foot sign.

Other schools that have already advanced to the College World Series are Cal State Fullerton, Oregon State, Clemson, and Georgia Tech. South Carolina and Georgia will play later today to determine which school advances to the College World Series.


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Thousands of Floridians evacuate for Tropical Storm Alberto

June 13, 2006 Twenty thousand residents in the Gulf Coast of central Florida were ordered to evacuate Monday as Tropical Storm Alberto approaches the coast. Alberto, the first Atlantic tropical storm of this summer, had a maximum windspeed of 70 mph (110 km/h).

Florida Governor Jeb Bush declared a state of emergency, which allows him to call up National Guard troops to help with disaster efforts. "We're talking about powerful forces of nature," Bush said. "People need to take this seriously."

As of 11 a.m. CDT June 13 (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Alberto was located near latitude 29.8°N and longitude 83.8°W, or about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Tallahassee, Florida. The storm was moving to the northeast at 9 mph (15 km/h), and had a minimum central pressure of 996 mbar (29.41 inHg). Windspeed was measured at 50 mph (85 km/h). The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning for the Gulf coast of Florida between Bayport and the Indian Pass, and the Atlantic coast from South Santee River in South Carolina to Flagler Beach in Florida.

Alberto came ashore about 50 miles (85 km) southeast of Tallahassee, Florida at 12:30 p.m. CDT June 13 (1630 UTC), making it the earliest storm in 40 years to hit the United States, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. The earliest on record was Hurricane Alma, which took a similar path and hit Florida's west coast on June 9, 1966.

Scientists say that in this year's hurricane season, 16 named storms could form, with six of them being major hurricanes. Last year's storm season was the most active on record, with 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes.


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Talk:Thousands of Floridians evacuate for Tropical Storm Alberto

Misleading
Alberto is in the gulf. Not the atlantic. Therefore Daytona and the carolinas are incorrect. It says its a hurricane then says its a tropical storm...There is a lot of If ands or buts as well. Misleading. Jason Safoutin 01:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

There's also the fact that Alberto isn't a hurricane yet (and may never be). Karen 04:29, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

According to wikipedia Hurricane Allison (1995) hit the United States on June 5th (as a tropical storm) which would make Alma not the earliest "storm" on record, though it is the ealiest to hit as a hurricane. Since the storm is not likely to achieve hurricane status in the next few hours before landfall this reference should be rewritten. --Mitrebox 15:55, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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editprotected Please replace Hurricane with Hurricane 2006 Infobox. – Juliancolton  | Talk 20:40, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hello... Welcome to Wikinews! I've noticed that you've been writing about East Timor. Are you from East Timor? - Borofkin 01:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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Hi.... the "Latest news" section on Portal:East Timor is generated using a DynamicPageList (DPL). I've modified the DPL so that it orders the articles from newest to oldest based on the date they were added to the first category listed in the DPL. It also now displays the date next to the article. I did this using these DPL options:

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What is the significance of this story? Who said all this? Just one researcher? Jason Safoutin 01:21, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Relevance?
The relevance of this article please? Everything said here is known already except for this wonderful 15 percent figure. ??? Some actual detail - Did they not spend 15% of the day washing their hands? Did they not wash after going to the toilet? Scratching their bums? This article is pretty unsubstantial without some body. (My granny could have said everything except the 15% part.)


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Entertainment Software Association says new Oklahoma law unconstitutional, plans to sue

June 13, 2006

The Entertainment Software Association president Douglas Lowenstein confirmed speculations that his group is planning to file a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma because of a new law, HB3004. Under this law, games that have "inappropriate violence" are added to a list of materials that are considered harmful to minors.

Lowenstein said that the ESA believes "HB3004 will restrict the First Amendment rights of Oklahoma's citizens and intend to file suit in Oklahoma federal district court shortly, asking that the state's new video game law be overturned."

Similar laws have been found unconstitutional in St. Louis, Indianapolis, Washington, Illinois, and Michigan. A California video game law is currently being reviewed in federal court. Last week, a Minnesota law was passed fining minors $25 for purchasing games rated "mature" or "adults only". Shortly afterwards, the ESA filed a lawsuit there.


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Wikinews:Requests for CheckUser/Archive 1

CheckUser Archive: Beginning 10 June 2005

User:Redman

 * User:Redman - Probable Neutralizer sockpuppet used to circumvent his block. Contributions match editing style, interests, time frame. Userpage is a transparent falsehood for plausible deniability. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:33, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Confirmed: User:Redman is User:Yrtsihpos, a blocked user previously determined to be User:Neutralizer. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Confirmed: User:Redman is User:Yrtsihpos (Checked again as request by Chiacomo)--Cspurrier 14:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine, IMHO, this falls under the "obvious sock puppet" guidline above, and could have simply been blocked first. Yrtsihpos may have been a non-obvious sock puppet, not sure, I didn't pay attention.  But this one seemed pretty clear to even to clueless little ol' me.  Maybe checkuser shouldn't be used if no other admin is likely to disagree. Nyarlathotep 22:03, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The use of sock puppets almost always results in a long block, therefore we owe our users as close 100% certainty before we block them. Also even though it looked to be a pretty sure thing PVJ and I am sure other editors were unconvinced. I am sure even in the most blatant cases, you will still have people who remain unconvinced.--Cspurrier 13:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Multiple account/IP check
Neutralizer appears to have decided to go on a vandalism spree, or someone is using Neutralizer as a foil to make it look like he is on a vandalism spree. To determine which is the case, I request a CheckUser on all of the following accounts and IPs used recently to harrass, vandalise, or circumvent a block:

- Amgine 17:44, 11 June 2006 (UTC) (editing not logged in)
 * A SockpuppetOfNeutralizer, ASockpuppetOfNeutralizer, Whockey-Chockey, CowicideReturnsAgain, CowicideReturns!!!, use the same ip, along with a few other WoW like editors. They are almost definitly not Neutralizer, the owner of the ip is Telewest Broadband I am still working on checking the ips --Cspurrier 18:26, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Forgive me if it is inappropriate to comment here, but in this particlar case of "froggery" and abuse can't we raise it with Telewest? Or is Cowicide proxy-aware? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:30, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I oppose the use of checkuser on such a large set of users/IPs. Checkuser request should be argued for individually and not in lumps. Moreover, I don't see the benefit of requesting checkuser on such a large set of user/IP. What problem is this supposed to fix? --vonbergm 18:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I think we should definately raise a complain with the abuse department of Telewest. This is a clear case of vandalism. It's probably a proxy since I believe Cowicide almost certainly lives in the U.S., but still worth a shot. --Deprifry|+T+ 18:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Four of the IPs have been used by Yrtsihpos or Redman, these ips have also reposted the "What Amgine said about Australians" thing, so based on this it would be fair to say that all of the ips above, probably have been used by Neutralizer. --Cspurrier 18:40, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Also of interest is User:Factchecker whose IP is one of the ones listed above, based upon his ip he is in the same city and use the same isp as Neutralizer. The strongest evidence is he posted the "What Amgine said about Australians" thing, 13 mins after, and 2 mins before a logged in edit. It would be almost completely impossible for an ip to be reassigned to a completely different user in that short of time. It is logical to conclude Factchecker posted the "What Amgine said about Australians" thing, and is therefore a sock of Neutralizer.--Cspurrier 18:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Where was the request made to use checkuser on User:Factchecker? On how many other users that are not listed here was checkuser used?--vonbergm 18:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * When you run a checkuser on an ip, it gives you a list of all contributions of anybody using that ip. One of the ips above matched an ip used by User:Factchecker --Cspurrier 19:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I am question the need for use checkuser on random vandals, dont play to much with your new toys wikinewsies. international 19:16, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * A request was made to determine which of the above are socks of Neutralizer. Nothing more. While I already oppose using such a large set of users/IPs for checkuser, I strongly oppose the dragnet getting widened to include other users. Even if checkuser comes back linking other users to the above IPs, you should not report on these. This does not constitute acceptable use of checkuser. --vonbergm 19:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I request that no more checkuser requests are performed until there is clear policy on how to user checkuser. --vonbergm 19:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Agree with vonbergm. oppose further using exept for emergensy until policy discussed international 19:20, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * This does appear to be fishing. If there is a serious vandalism problem it should be referred to the abuse department of the ISP. They have been, in the past, glad to deal with problem vandals (when you can finally get to a live person in the abuse department). --Chiacomo (talk) 22:04, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * A random check of dozens of ips would be fishing and would/should be prohibited. If I had any real doubt about what the results would be, I would never have run them. I already recognized one of the ips from the checkuser on Redman. I suspected Factchecker was a Neut sock since his editing style and user page matched very closely to the others. I had no where near enough evidence to actually run a checkuser but I am not very surprised he turned out to be a sock.--Cspurrier 22:24, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, What exactly is the "Vandalism" accusation based upon? 64.229.28.158 22:38, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

 * CSpurrier; your edit above is confusing; did you run all of the ips as Amgine requested? Would you do that for any editor who requests you to? If not; what are your paramaters? You say that "A SockpuppetOfNeutralizer, ASockpuppetOfNeutralizer, Whockey-Chockey, CowicideReturnsAgain, CowicideReturns!!!" are not Neutralizer so please, tell us how that was not "fishing"? You say; "If I had any real doubt"..if you had no doubt, then why run Checkuser? Please report exactly what you checked and didn't check and what was the necessity for doing so? Was there any vandalism? Did you try to contact Neut. to ask him about any of this (Checkuser is supposed to be a last resort apparently). Please tell the community what you did and why it was a "last" resort.? Also, You say above "I suspected Factchecker was a Neut sock since his ... user page matched very closely to the others." I just looked atUser:Factchecker  and User:Neutralizer; what is this similarity you refer to which raised your level of suspicion? Also, please advise the appropriate way in which I may register a complaint as to how I ,an anon, am subject to this type of dragnet use of checkuser. Please advise the link as to where I may complain about your past or potential invasion of my privacy and your reporting such to this broad and public community for seemingly very litle if any justification. I have reviewed User:Factchecker's edits and find absolutely nothing whatsoever to justify your exposing whatever infromation you happened upon about that user during your expedition. 70.50.76.209 23:34, 11 June 2006 (UTC) Comment by blocked user circumventing a block.
 * Sorry, that my comments were unclear. I will try to make this one clearer. I ran checkuser on everyone of the usernames and IPs listed by Amgine above except Yrtsihpos (we already know he is a sock, so I have no need to know his ips). I will run checkuser for any user who request it, provided they have a good reason to believe the users are the same, the above case was one of the clearest we are likely to see. Some of the confusion seems to be with people not knowing how it works. When you use the checkuser tool, you have the option of giving it a username or an ip. For example to see if Neutralizer and AsockpuppetOfNeutralizer are the same user, I put in AsockpuppetOfNeutralizer in the user box. It then returns a list of ips that user has logged in with. I then run the ip in the other part of the tool and it lists all contributions anyone using that ip has made. Running the ip AsockpuppetOfNeutralizer used returned a list of contributions made with several different usernames, including the ones listed above.

 * I checked the ips even though I had no real doubt, because of basic fairness, every one of those ips listed above have been blocked, primarily because they were believed to be Neutralizer evading a block. If these edits were in fact not made by Neutralizer, they should be unblocked

 * It is not actually User:Factchecker and User:Neutralizer userpages where I found similarity but User:Factchecker and the other socks of Neutralizer.

 * I so not think contacting Neutralizer would have done any good, there is not much that he can say that would help the matter. Neutralizer is well aware that socks used to evade blocks are prohibited, his first long block was inpart for the use of a sock in a prohibited manner. I believe the last resort guideline is designed to refer to idea that checkuser is to be used only after the user has become a problem, not just because you think they may and also to cut down on request that are a waste of time, as checkuser can be very time consuming. If you have a different interpretation of this, I would be interested in hearing it, along with what steps you believe should have been taken first.
 * If you wish to you can register a complaint on the talk page of this page, the Water cooler or WN:ALERT. I would recommend that you pick one and link to it from the others, so as to avoid confusion.--Cspurrier 00:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

*Maybe you could answer 4 questions if you do not mind; *1;Amgine's accuses the ips above of being "vandals"; is that true and what was the vandalism? *2;These user names were listed in Amgine's list"A SockpuppetOfNeutralizer, ASockpuppetOfNeutralizer, Whockey-Chockey, CowicideReturnsAgain, CowicideReturns!!!" You say you checked them because you had "no real doubt"; yet you also say they are in a different country and you do not hink they are Neut....so which is it? *3; You say above you will run Checkuser for anyone "provided they have a good reason to believe the users are the same" what was the good reason that Amgine gave showing "A SockpuppetOfNeutralizer, ASockpuppetOfNeutralizer, Whockey-Chockey, CowicideReturnsAgain, CowicideReturns!!!" was the same as Neutralizer? *4; We all know that many people can share computers; why did you report to the community your Checkuser results and suspicions regarding Factchecker when he was not even on the list? What was the point of reporting that to the community? Isn't that a clear invasion of privacy? 70.50.76.209 00:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC) Comment by blocked user circumventing a block.
 * 1. Amgine labeling them as vandals is not a 100% accurate label in the way it is normally used, regardless a case can be made that the repeated reposting of the same thing by a blocked user fits a definition of vandalism and definitely block avoidance.
 * 2. I had no doubt the ips were Neutralizer, I was a bit unsure about the users A SockpuppetOfNeutralizer, ASockpuppetOfNeutralizer, Whockey-Chockey
 * 3. The reasoning for running the first three is that there are only two possible outcomes, A. They come back to be Neutralizer showing he has resorted to blatant vandalism and should be perm banned or B. there is no match, and no one can accuse Neutralizer of the actions of the users claiming to be him. In case B,  Neutralizer privacy is not violated, since I never see his ip. Including the Cowicide ones was to further eliminate any doubt that the three user names above were not Neutralizer.
 * 4. I reported Factchecker because I knew he was a sock with 98% certainty, if I was any less sure I would not have posted it.--Cspurrier 03:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Cspurrier, coming up with an additional name that is not mentioned in the initial checkuser request is fishing. Your comments show very poor understanding of the uses and misuses of checkuser. I would like someone from Wikipedia or Meta with longer experience in checkuser issues to take a look at this. I would like you to conifrm that you will refrain from using your checkuser privileges until until this is cleared up. --vonbergm 01:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. If Fact's IP is listed, as he stated, then he a right to run the checkuser. Jason Safoutin 01:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Vonbergm: Each of the above IPs were blocked after use to circumvent a block by User:Neutralizer. The reason I requested this check was to prove conclusively that Neutralizer was not the person who committed more serious vandalism. The fact that these checks have found another sock puppet which Neutralizer is using was accidental, but not completely unexpected due to the repeated sockpuppeting by this user. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Amgine, we can argue about whether your checkuser request should have been granted or not some other time as I want to focus on my main concern. You specified a range of users and IPs. Factchecker is not one of them. His name came up "accidentally" and thus Cspurrier's choice to add his name to the list only because it happened to come up in his checkuser request constitutes fishing. There are good reasons that fishing is absolutely not acceptable.
 * Moreover, please be aware that checkuser can only give probabilistic information. As such, checkuser can only deliver sufficiently significant results if it is used to check a sock suspicion. If it is used to find socks, it looses much of its reliability. That is why the tool is called "checkuser" and not "findsock". This is why any scientist has to have a hypothesis before collecting data to test it (instead of mining the data to come up with a hypothesis and then using the very same data to test it). This is why information from dragnet searches are not admissible in court. Moreover, when you talk about a sock of a sock the statistical significance of your findings deterioate rapidly. I am sure I don't have to go over the basics of probablity and testing theory here to explain this further, and I expect that you modify your language appropriately. I am afraid that because of the nature of how Factcheck's name came up, checkuser information cannot be used to make valid statements about his sock-status. --vonbergm 03:33, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I have not followed up on Craig's checkuser, but, it appears that all that can be said is that User:FactChecker used one of the IP addresses above -- without details (and I've not discussed this with Craig), it would be hard to say definitively that the "anonymous" IP edit and the Factchecker edit are made by the same person. If, for example, Factchecker and the IP edited within a few minutes of one another, it is very reasonable to conlude that they are the same person. If there is a great period of time between edits, it is possible that the edits are no related. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Vonbergm: CheckUser is designed to find usernames which are being used as sockpuppets. In performing the checkuser check, a sockpuppet was found. What is your problem with this? In checking a series of IP addresses which were, in fact, used to perform a specific, characteristic vandalism (which is one of the criteria for a checkuser request), it was discovered that an IP was connected to a specific username in a way which would be almost impossible to be anything but a sockpuppet use. Why would this be a problem? -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:06, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine, don't pretend to be naive. Please provide evidence for your assertion that "CheckUser is designed to find usernames which are being used as sockpuppets." (my emphasis on the central word in your assertion), as this clearly contradicts Wikipedia checkuser policy (it even has a cute icon with text "Checkuser is not for fishing"). The reasons are obvious (assuming you have basic understanding of statistics) and I outlined them for you above. --vonbergm 05:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Chiacomo, just to make sure. Do I understand checkuser correctly in that it only gives IP information? E.g. all computers sitting behind a wireless access point at a coffee shop will show up with the same IP? Or everytime someone uses a proxy, even if that person needs to log in to do so, the computer shows up with the same IP as all the other people that use that proxy? (I sometimes use such a proxy with tens of thousands other authorized users (university proxy to get online journal access). although I try to remember not to edit wikinews through the proxy, I sometimes forget to turn it off.) --vonbergm 05:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * If a CheckUser is run against an IP address, it will present all edits by that IP (including edits by logged in users). If a CheckUser is run against a Username, it will present all IPs used by that username -- handy links are provided with each IP to make it simple to in turn CheckUser those IP addresses (it is by this method that socks are most commonly detected). So yes, all editors behind a wireless access point with a single "outside" IP would show that single IP. All users of a proxy will show the proxy IP. After reading your message earlier and replying I did have a chance to talk with Craig about his checkuser results. It is obvious to me that he followed procedures and did not abuse the privilege. The only anomaly is the large number of IP addresses above, but they all do appear to have contributed vandalism to the project. I don't wish to reveal the exact method he used to detect the Factchecer sock (as it might tip off other vandals as to how to avoid being detected), but it was a very simple and straightforward process. If you have the opportunity, he can explain it to you and it will be completely obvious (as near 100% certainty as I can imagine) that Factchecker is a vandal and sockpuppet. I am amazed at the vandal's boldness and disappointed as I had hopes that the vandal/user concerned could rejoin the community and make constructive contributions. I still harbour some hope, but, as some of my critics have pointed out, I am probably to quick to assume good faith (if that's possible). It is possible that I have revealed too much about the way CheckUser works (technially) in this reply -- if so, I encourage someone to censor this message. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Cspurrier, I challenge you to explain how you derived the number 98 in "98% certainty". Checkuser issues are too important to use this discussion to produce examples for Harry Frankfurt's recently republished essay. --vonbergm 05:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Vonbergm: The evidence is in the Checkuser policy on Meta. To quote:
 * Determine from which IPs has a user edited the Wikimedia wiki
 * Determine the edits on the Wikimedia wiki of a specific IP (even when logged in)
 * Please note especially the words "even when logged in". It is not fishing to look at the edits from an IP who has engaged in user page vandalism, when there has been a rash of sock puppet vandalism on the site related to the user in question. You are now Wikilawyering without purpose or benefit to the site. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine, you forgot to mention that your quotes are in a section describing the ability of the chcekuser utility and not its purpose, as the way you present the quotes suggest. If you read the checkuser pages on meta (or wikipedia) in context, you will find that the purpose of the tool is to check sockpuppet allegations and not to find new sockpuppet suspects (and use the same checkuser data to "confirm" their sock-status).
 * The latter is a textbook example of data fishing, and not acceptable.

"A key point is that one should not formulate a hypothesis as a result of seeing the data, at least not if the data is then used as proof of the hypothesis."

 * Over time, this methodology is bound to produce false positives, which would be detrimental given the already low level of trust in this process.
 * As it has been suggested that I am a sockpuppet (in the very first edit on my talk page following the "hello"!) and as my travelling and computer life dictate that I edit from a large range of IPs that are often shared by many computers, I have some personal interest to curb abuses of checkuser. (Am I lucky that I have not been to Toronto lately!) I do not sense the neccessary sensitivity to checkuser issues in the above discussion, nor do I sense sufficient willingness to discuss issues honestly and openly (Chiacomo being the exception). At this point it seems to me that the only answer is clear policy that limits checkuser. --vonbergm 19:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Vonbergm: I said it was designed to find sockpuppets. You asked for evidence. I gave you evidence from the policy: what the checkuser does. If you think this means it was designed for some other purpose, you are welcome to your beliefs. As has been repeatedly stated in this thread, and which you have failed to acknowledge, is that not one of the IPs or usernames examined did not have full justification for being examined. I believe you are not editing in this thread in good faith, and I believe your continued remonstance on this particular incident amounts to a disruption. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine, you did not just say that "it was designed to find sockpuppets" in some casual sense that could be interpreted loosely. The words 'find' and 'check' received a very specific meaning in the conversation that you responded to. Your language abilities are good enough that you are well aware of this.
 * I acknowledged your assertion that the performing checkuser on the long list of names and IPs was valid only by saying that "we can argue about whether your checkuser request should have been granted or not some other time as I want to focus on my main concern." Fishing is simply far more serious. To satisfy your request that I address this less serious issue, I believe your request does not meet requirement 3 of the operation guidelines. Moreover it raises issues with point 1, in particular with "difficulty of interpretation of results" as this type of checkuser request encourages the engeneering of false positives. Moreover, while there are clear elements of vandalism in the edits (even amoung the ones of some from the suset of users/IPs listed below) the at this stage do not qualify for "ongoing serious pattern vandalism". --vonbergm 04:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

User:UofT
User edits in style/topics of User:Neutralizer. Note the only edits are to this page, not a page likely to be found by a casual surfer from the University of Toronto (which is on a different backbone and *not* sympatico.) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Denied: While it is perfectly possible that this user is a sockpuppet of Neutralizer, there's no evidence of vandalism and certainly not a pattern of vandalism. It is unusual that the user discovered this very new page rather quickly, but it's possible that it was noticed in Recent Changes. Also, CheckUser should be used as a last resort. Several users appear to be confident that this user is a sockpuppet -- without CheckUser. Obvious sockpuppets can be blocked without the use of CheckUser. This denial does not preclude later requests with proper justification. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * So what? The user:UofT edit above is not vandalism. Does Wikinews allow for sockpuppets or not? WikiMediaFoundation policy does seem to allow for sockpuppets. If Wikinews is to stay within keeping of the foundation's policies, then it also should allow for sockpupputs, and not go on witch hunts. -Edbrown05 03:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Edbrown05, sockpuppets are not prohibited -- the use of sockpuppets to evade a block is prohibited. This is Amgine's assertion -- that the above user is attempting to evade a block. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * right. WP:Sock puppetry says "Users who are banned from editing or temporarily subject to a legitimate block may not use sock puppets to circumvent this. Evading a ban in this manner causes the timer on the ban to restart, and may further lengthen the ban." Doldrums 03:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Point 3 in the Operation Guidelines: 'Please do not list cases involving "throwaway" accounts that are only used for a few edits.' So far User:UofT is at three (3) edits. --vonbergm 03:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * yep. the reasonable thing to do, i think, is, having warned nuet, lengthen the ban on him on every instance of suspected sockpuppetry, but allow the suspect-puppet or neut to ask for a checkuser to clear their name, if the accounts are not indeed socks (this means that a clear message needs to be left on the sock's talk page instructing them on how to request such a thing.) and do not run checkusers for every suspected sock. Doldrums 03:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Let alone the little detail Neutralizer's last edit under his name is not in the logs any more, and there are only few left in the logs for Yrtsihpos, so we will have to compare UofT's IPs with Redman's, or maybe with possible socks of Redman. Using checkuser to confirm that UofT is a sock of a sock of a sock of Neutralizer and use this to claim that Neutralizer is evading a block sure makes a lot of sense. Of course, if I look up the validity behind such a request for this in my gut instead of a statistics book, then... --vonbergm 04:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

This is really mushy policy --> you can sock puppet if nobody cares, but you can't sock puppet if somebody cares <-- it's instuction creep. Either sock puppets are okay, or they aren't. -Edbrown05 05:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

not really mushy. the (WP, meta) policy is simply, u can sockpuppet, but not misuse the sock(for multiple votes,psuedo-consensus,evading blocks). Doldrums 05:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Huh? Are you or are you not a sock puppet? If you are, then get off of my cloud. -Edbrown05 06:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * This is current policy, you can act like you are somebody else except when it comes voting or disrupting community "processes". -Edbrown05 08:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Crap policy when you see it. -Edbrown05 08:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd like to know who is who... after that i thought I'd say more, but there really isn't much more to say. -Edbrown05 08:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with Doldrums, checkuser is supposed to be a last option, this user hasn't caused enough trouble to really be a first option (IMHO). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 16:28, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Briefs vandal
Can anyone find out where the following vandals come from:

My talk page has been vandalised by these vandals.

It would be good to know. --Gold-Horn 18:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * They appear to originate in geographically different parts of the world -- I suspect they are open proxies. I will make an abuse complaint to the various ISPs. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:09, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Add to the list - and see the edit summaries this user produced. --Gold-Horn 09:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

WoWs
Requesting check and release of the IPs of the aformentioned usernames per 3.1.5. of the privacy policy. Could lead to an abuse complaint to xyr ISP or at least to a few open proxy blocks. --Deprifry|+T+ 10:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The ip is 195.188.152.16. This ip has not been used for anything but WoW. --Cspurrier 13:51, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --Deprifry|+T+ 15:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Cspurrier, please explain how this request complies with checkuser policy, in particular --vonbergm 22:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Obvious sock puppets may be treated as such without using checkuser and more importantly
 * Generally, do not reveal IPs.
 * The goal was not to determine whether they are socks (this is indeed obvious) but to figure out whether they use a common IP so that a targeted block could be applied and a complaint with the vandal's ISP could be lodged. As I have already pointed out, this is permissible by per 3.1.5. of the privacy policy.

"Where the user has been vandalising articles or persistently behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to assist in the targeting of IP blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet Service Providers" --Deprifry|+T+ 22:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, makes sense. --vonbergm 05:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it looks like I overlooked something, and  are using the ip 82.32.39.101. Kings ON WHEELS!!! IS COMMUNSM is using 82.42.145.158.--Cspurrier 00:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't necessarily support releasing IP information in this manner. It could be released to only one inidividual (the person wishing to make the complaint to the ISP), or the person performing the CheckUser could make the complaint himself... Based on my conversations with board members, I don't think the blanket release of IPs was their intention. I don't feel strongly about this, by the way. :D --Chiacomo (talk) 02:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I am somewhat uncomfortable with the release of ips, but I believe the privacy policy does support it. I would never release the ip address of any user unless they are committing serious vandalism and even then only if the ip has not been used for legit edits. I do not see much of a problem with this particular case, because the ip has only been used for vandalism, the ip is already known as a WoW ip (see pedia) and anyone could figure it out from the block log. --Cspurrier 02:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * True, true, true. This is an obvious case where it's probably okay. :) --Chiacomo (talk) 03:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Except I am a legit contributor from 82.42.145.158. --Gold-Horn 08:38, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, good to know. You did not show up in the checkuser because of the time since your last edit. --Cspurrier 15:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

OakMokeRoke et al
Recently there was page move vandalism from OakMokeRoke, as well as an article on a 144 year old man. I deleted this, then a series of users recreated it and advocated for it to be kept. I want to see if the following are the same person, or if some of them are, or if they're different.

—     23:18, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * They are all the same user --Cspurrier 00:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh. Thank you, Craig. —     00:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That's weird, they created a hoax and then reported it?! 68.39.174.238 23:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No they didn't, they kept creating them and I caught them in the act. I deleted the articles for being hoaxes and protected them from recreation. —     23:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Doppelgangers
There has been a rise in doppelgangers, so I want to see if they're all related or what.

—     22:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * They all match, and they are also using the same ip as a few other vandals/trolls --Cspurrier 22:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This is an interesting twist. First MyName maliciously impersonates other users and vandalises Wikinews and then he creates another troll account just to "help" them (or himself rather). Gutsy. --Deprifry|+T+ 22:41, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * How did you infer that the doppelgangers belonged to MyName? —     22:42, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The IP that was just blocked belongs to him. --Deprifry|+T+ 22:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

 * And btw, whatever happened to the autoblock? Shouldn't it kick in in these cases? --Deprifry|+T+ 23:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The latest vandal attacks
I've really had enough of these vandal attacks. I'd like a CheckUser on the following users and have their IPs indefinitely blocked until a complaint letter can be sent off to the ISP(s).

—     00:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The ip is the same as a few requests up 82.42.145.158. It however does have a legit user, so blocking should be avoided. It probably belongs to a school, library or other public access point. --Cspurrier 00:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll traceroute the IP and see what I can do. —     00:23, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't worry; the vandals are gone! Shouldn't happen again... --Gold-Horn 11:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

User:MyName reports that his account was hacked and used to vandalise my user page. However, as you can see this was actually done from his IP,, which has been consistent for this user on many wikis including those on which he is permanently banned for repeated vandalism. This would indicate that it was his computer which was hacked, and which has been used to vandalise.

In the interests of security, we should do a check user on his account and IP to determine if the person who used his computer has in fact hacked or created other accounts, which should then be blocked indefinitely as they could otherwise be a risk for further vandalism. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I completely agree with Amgine. If other accounts have been created out of my IP they should be infinitely blocked, because I in no way approve of them.  Also, I approve of a block on my IP that prohibits account creation.  MyName 01:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Nothing useful from the checkuser other then what we already know--Cspurrier 03:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I ran a checkuser on User:Tomos locked out! after learning that User:Tomos was not in fact locked out. User:Tomos locked out! used three ips, an open proxy to create the account (now blocked), a probable open proxy to leave messages on a few talk pages and the same ip (216.164.203.90) as user:MyName for two small edits. This ip should probably be indef blocked (as it is on most other Wikimedia projects)--Cspurrier 17:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --+Deprifry+ 17:31, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Rezilartuen
I highly suspect that is a sockpuppet of  because Rez nominated Neutralizer for adminship, is involved in the same discussion, and he seems to support Neutralizer's beliefs of enforcing a NPOV. The clincher, however, is that Rezilartuen is Neutralizer backwards. —     22:30, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Neuty is now covering his ass. "I'm honoured but must reject the nomination. Thanks so much for the thought" Newsgather 22:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * and share an ip. There is however no match what so ever between Rezilartuen and Neutralizer.--Cspurrier 00:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The Newsgather account came later, so is that a sockpupet? —     01:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I would just like to say that I doubt its a sock puppet of neut.He's done a lot of things that are stupid (including socks) but he's not that stupid. I think its someone just trying to cause confussion, or make neut look bad. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Did anyone else notice that "Rezilartuen" is "Neutralizer" spelt backwards? It appears to me that someone (who is probably familiar with the "Sophistry" "Yrtsihpos" episode is doing this to deliberately discredit Neutralizer, who, I believe, is not foolhardy enough to try the same trick again. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 05:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This looks like another MyName game. The IP that was used now (User:216.164.203.122) is in the same range as his previous one (User:216.164.203.90). Looks like he's got himself a new address. But seeing that you just blocked him, I figure you already know that. --+Deprifry+ 07:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

The Nullifier
After making some edits to an article, he then does a vandalism spree on User:Amgine. I warn him, then he replies "how can I be blocked if I'm banned?" I want to see if is actually a sockpuppet of Neutralizer, who was banned. —     04:23, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * User:The Nullifier and User:PUBLIC ENFORCER are the same person. I cannot confirm that these individuals are User:Neutralizer. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:28, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * User:Ban Lifted is the same as the above users. None appear to be Neutralizer. Different ISPs, totally. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I have bannned Ban Lifted indefinately. Jason Safoutin 04:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The ISP is RCN in Pennsylvania, the same one that MyName uses. --+Deprifry+ 07:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Specialops
Please determine whether this account is the sockpuppet of any established user. --+Deprifry+ 10:07, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Same isp range as Neutralizer and also an exact match to new user user:Liberalcannuck--Cspurrier 13:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Enigma
This name is Amgine but spelled backwards. I was on Amgine's journowiki website for like a minute and noticed that the journowiki main page said: "Thanks to our founder Engima." Please determine whether this account is a sockpuppet of Amgine. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:22, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Enigma last edit is to long ago for a checkuser, however there are a very strong odds that this is user:MyName --Cspurrier 23:45, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine was the one that put: "Thanks to our founder Engima" on the journowiki main page. Why would he do that? F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  00:05, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Enigma was a joke nickname for him (his name is Enigma backwords) --Cspurrier 01:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Potential Neutralizers
I would like to request a CheckUser of the following IP addresses, as they have been caught in the act of making comments either very similarly to the now-banned user Neutralizer or just plain immature and unacceptable.

Contingent that these IPs are indeed Neutralizer evading his ban, then I move that Neutralizer's ban be extended indefinitely. —     22:00, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No exact matches, however the ips are in the same range. It is extremely likely that the ips are User:Neutralizer. Neutralizer has already evaded his block by using a 100% match--Cspurrier 22:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

UofT

 * Probable sock puppet of Neutralizer. Jason Safoutin 02:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ISP/City/Range match --Cspurrier 02:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Nocrap
Suspected Neutralizer sockpuppet. Just so I can stick a pin in it and label it. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Can't confirm that this is Neutralizer. ISP/City/Range match. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:03, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Given the ISP/City/Range match and the choice of pages edited I'll categorise that user. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Tohstsalstuen
This user voted against my RfDA, and is apparently a suspected sockpuppet of Neutralizer. However, I doubt whether Neutralizer would try the "lateral inversion" thing yet again (Tohstsalstuen spells Neutslastshot backward), and would certainly not mention that he lives in Canada on his userpage. I ask that Checkuser be applied to sort out this matter and clear Neut's name. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 17:52, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * User:الموت_على_الاسلام and Tohstsalstuen are using the same ip, an open proxy. It really does not matter whose sock it is, they are someone's sock and therefore not eligible to vote. It may be User:Myname or Neutralizer, because of the use of open proxy we can not be sure.--Cspurrier 17:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * user:Cowicide is also known to use open proxies as well...Mass amounts if I remember correctly. Jason Safoutin 22:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Daniel575
Edits, attitude, beliefs and same kind of hostility as user: User:Neutralizer and User:Cowicide. Already made personal attacks on Rfda pages as well as telling users/Admins. on his talk page to "get lost." Jason Safoutin 22:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I recommend not checkuser'ing. This contributor is well-known on Wikipedia, and has been known to get into hot water even there with allegations of incivility and personal attacks. I see no reason to assume that this user is either Neutralizer or Cowicide users. -- IlyaHaykinson 23:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, Neutralizer liked PVJ. —     23:15, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Possibly, but the user has only contirbuted, if you want to call it that, to nothing but the Israel discussion, and the Rfdas. Jason Safoutin 23:18, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Because he was lured over by this. —     23:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Many vandals or socks or whatever are lured over from off-Wiki sites. Remember IndyMedia? That was a while ago and will take some searching but if I recall it was about taking over the Admin on WN or sabotaging the project? Thats how most trouble makers get lured to WN. And then their contrbutions are anything but positive. Jason Safoutin 23:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * And what does this have to do with Dan being a sockpuppet? —     23:37, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Why come from one site to the next to cause intentional trouble? There is always a motive more than just a few words. Jason Safoutin 23:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Daniel is a problematic user on the English Wikipedia (There is currently an ongoing RfC about his actions there) as well, but he is almost certainly not a sockpuppet of anyone. JoshuaZ 00:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Another Personal Attack on WN:AAA Thunderhead (talk) 00:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You can just checkuer any new confrontational user with all existing confrontational users. fyi, This is maybe one of the silliest checkuser requests i've seen.  Nyarlathotep 13:08, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

User:129.7.127.195
Please determine whether this IP is used by any established user. --+Deprifry+ 15:48, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Yocomolasheces, Newspro, User:I eat feces!, and User:I'm cooler than you!
Please determine whether these accounts were created by User:MyName. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  00:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No match to the old MyName ips, but very well may be a match to MyName. The first three match and the forth is not a vaild username.--Cspurrier 00:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed the last one. Please determine if he, which he probably is, MyName. Thanks for the quick responce :) — F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  01:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The last one matches to the others. MyName edited long enough ago that I can not actually confirm it, but it is probably MyName. --Cspurrier 01:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

User:84.45.219.185, User:Colsser, User:Cainum Rexum, and User:Daniel Brandt
Please determine whether these accounts were created by User:84.45.219.185 or IPs from the same ISP. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  16:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Also check out user:Batman54 as he created the article "Sandra Ordonez" minutes after User:Colsser did. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  18:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * All users share an ip address --Cspurrier 18:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

User:24.27.18.25
Please determine whether this IP is used by any established user on Wikinews. Thanks. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  23:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ Found no matching users Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Timberland & User:Trev
I'm suspecting sockpuppetry on this case, two poop related vandalisms. By Trev here and by Timberland here. Both within 15 minutes. —Zacha</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">r</b><b style="color:#2965db">y</b> talk 04:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅, you were correct, they a they are from the same user. I have found others as well Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Please check to see if this user uses this IP. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  22:41, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * A match, its also a 100% match to User:MyName. Also a match to new users Jaxl and Poetlister (more impersnation attempts) --Cspurrier 22:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

User:QuackGuru
Would like this account to be checked against any existing Wikinews accounts for a possible sock puppet(s). DragonFire1024 17:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC) ✅ Found nothing Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 19:40, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

User talk:ิพรฟืทแ and User:۞
Please check to see if these users are sockpuppets and/or have edited on Wikinews before. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * He has. See here --+Deprifry+ 17:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I was told by Brianmc that ิพรฟืทแ is him. It is the result of his keyboard set to Thai, and typing his username. —<b style="color:#1780bb">Z</b><b style="color:#10679f">a</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">r</b><b style="color:#2965db">y</b> talk 17:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I love how this username can't be typed without interference with the preceding characters. :) --Brian McNeil / talk 18:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

✅ proved it is Brianmc sock :) (jks), and I cannot find any thing for the second user. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:22, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


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Computer-controlled prosthetic ankle patent awarded to Oklahoma City company

June 13, 2006 Martin Bionics, a company based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was awarded the patent to a computer-controlled ankle. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement for Science and Technology funded $573,000 towards the development of the device.

The computer-controlled ankle functions similar to how the brain controls a real human ankle. Although prosthetic ankles allowed for some basic performance, the technologies remained limited in where and how they may be used.

Vice president of research and development, Jay Martin, said "This design grants a greater sense of security and confidence to the amputee. Functioning at a higher level, walking with a smoother step and dressing without limits will provide the patient with greater self confidence."

Martin Bionics plans to have the ankle commercially available within the next two years.


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Dallas beats Miami again in NBA Finals, leads series 2-0

June 13, 2006

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 99-85 in the second game of the NBA Finals and lead the series 2-0. The second game was solidly in Dallas' favor the entire time.

Miami star Shaquille O'Neal scored his career low in points for a playoff game and sat out the final 15 minutes. O'Neal was handed a $10,000 fine, as well as a $25,000 fine for the team, for declining to speak to reporters after the game.

Miami head coach, Pat Riley, said "I've been in a lot of playoff games, and I've gotten beat by 40, 30, 25, won by 25 or 30. Doesn't make any difference. The whole thing is about the next game and trying to leave this one behind us. Maybe it will set a fire in us a little bit."

Dallas must win two more games to become the NBA champions.


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100 people were detained in Russia after police mistook rugby match as brawl

June 13, 2006

Authorities in southern Russia detained over 100 people when police mistook a game of rugby as a brawl. Police apparently received a tip that a large crowd had gathered at an empty sports ground on the outskirts of the city on Sunday afternoon. Around 70 policeman arrived at the scene to find a large number of cars parked around the area, and what appeared to be a crowd that was watching two rival gangs fight each other.

The police stopped the event and around 100 people were detained until they learned that they were actually playing a game of rugby. Everyone was released within a few hours, but authorities were displeased that they had not informed them of the sporting event earlier. A spokesperson for the police said, "Given the difficult, troubled situation in the region, at a time when counter-terrorism actions are being actively conducted, citizens are obligated to inform [authorities] either verbally or in writing of their intentions."

"The fact that police took us to be hooligans, this isn't the first time," said one of the organisers.


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Tropical Storm Alberto strikes Florida

June 13, 2006

Tropical Storm Alberto is on-going. One WikiNews associate on the ground in Florida provided this cover story from the front page of a local paper http://media.tbo.com/ttt/images/pdfs/TribFront.pdf.

Tropical Storm Alberto is currently over Florida. At present the West Florida Coast has flood warnings. The Weather Channel is providing clear live footage of the Tropical Storm as it progresses over Florida.

Businesses like Walmart are beginning to take the storm seriously. Walmart has approximately 80 affected retail units in the area.

17 shelters opened in 11 different counties according to the Weather Channel.

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Talk:Tropical Storm Alberto strikes Florida

First storm of the hurricane season and maybe not pretty. -Edbrown05 09:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

This story isn't very pretty. The National Weather Service in Key West had its eye on this storm a week ago, saying it wasn't very organized. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/eyw Matt Strahan, meteorologist in charge can be reached at Matt.Strahan@noaa.gov or by phone at (305) 295-1316 X 222 Karen 19:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Is it just me, or is this article have a "Wikipedia" feel to it...oh well terinjokes User Page / Talk 01:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:London terrorist suspects released without charge

Money should be discussed by someone knowledgeable. I heard on radio the person who was shot by police sustained permanent injuries and doctors estimate he will have 10-15 years less life expectancy than normal. In anglo-saxon law that would mean millions in payout out of court, or tens of millions if settled in court.


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Vaccine developed to fight Alzheimer's disease considered "promising"

June 13, 2006

A team headed by Yoh Matsumoto at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience in Japan has developed a DNA vaccine, with no side effects, to fight Alzheimer's disease and call the drug "promising." The vaccine, thus far, has only been tested on mice and is only in the experimental stages.

Tests are going to soon be done on monkeys and if that turns out successful then tests on humans could be done in perhaps three years, said lead researcher Yoh Matsumoto of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience in Japan.

"This work represents a promising new line of vaccine development but more research would be needed to see if this could be replicated safely in humans," said Doctor Clive Holmes of the Alzheimer's Research Trust.

The vaccine is given by an injection and works by reducing the amount of certain amyloid proteins, which scientists believe are the cause of the illness. The study says that the amount of amyloid proteins in different areas of the brain was reduced, in some cases, up to 50%. In the lowest amounts, the protein was reduced 15.5%. In direct areas of the brain, such as the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, the reduction of the protein was 40-50%. Amyloid proteins, when over produced, are believed to cause the symptoms of the illness by forming masses in the brain, which spread. The vaccine involves injecting the mice with the protein and then the DNA vaccine. The vaccine codes itself to the protein, stopping the spread of the masses by not allowing the protein to reproduce.

"DNA vaccines are given by intramuscular injection, which stimulates the production of anti-amyloid-beta antibodies. In the early stage, we highly expect that DNA vaccination will prevent disease progression and, hopefully, normalize brain function," said Matsumoto.

However, Matsumoto also said that patients who are experiencing "advanced cases" of the illness will have "irreversible damage" even if they received the vaccine.

"In advanced cases, however, neuronal loss and brain atrophy are very severe and irreversible. So it may be difficult to obtain clinical improvement with DNA vaccination," said Matsumoto.

In 2003 18 of the 298 people testing the vaccine had symptoms of brain swelling and the trials were stopped. At least 6% of those testing the vaccine had an over-reaction, which caused swelling of the brain and some even suffered brain damage.

Researchers say the new development is "safe" but that it will be "years" before any real and extensive clinical tests of the vaccine begin.

"Any of these vaccines could prove safe and effective. But we are years away from seeing them widely used in clinical practice -- but perhaps as few as three years away," said chairman of the Alzheimer's Association's Medical and Scientific Advisory Council, Dr. Sam Gandy.

"The findings support the idea that a vaccine is our best hope for fighting this devastating disease for which there is currently no cure," said Doctor Susanne Sorensen, of the Alzheimer's Society.


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ACT Civil Unions Act invalidated by Governor General

June 13, 2006

Australian Governor-General Major-General Michael Jeffery has formally created an instrument declaring the Australian Capital Territory's Civil Unions Act, 2006 invalid. The instrument comes into effect from midnight tonight (AEST).

Wayne Berry, speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly called on the Governor-General earlier today to deliver an address from the assembly about the ACT's Civil Unions Act. According to the Governor-General, Mr Berry was advised that the request would have to be referred to the federal government.

Major-General Jeffery said that he must refer the matter to the federal government for their consideration. After consideration, the government is required to advise him in the Federal Executive Council as to whether or not he should exercise his powers. The Governor-General denied having authority under the constitution to act without the advice of the Federal Executive Council where there is a difference between the policies of the ACT and the federal government.

Under the Commonwealth Australian Capital Territory (Self Government Act) 1988, the Governor-General has the authority to disallow any act passed by the ACT government.

Australia's Attorney General Phillip Ruddock acknowledged that the Governor-General had conveyed the ACT government's request and despite the ACT government expressing that it would make some amendments to its act, the Federal Executive Council decided that it was more appropriate to disallow the act altogether.

Mr Ruddock said he, the minister of territories, and the Governor-General attended the Executive Council meeting.

Mr Ruddock said that the ACT government is welcome to discuss any further amendments with the government in the future, but made it clear that he would not accept any legislation allowing the marriage of same-sex couples even when given a different name.

Senator Kerry Nettle of the Australian Greens and the Australian Democrats have prepared a disallowance motion they will present on June 14. If passed, their motion would disallow Ruddock's move to quash the ACT's civil union law. "The Attorney General Phillip Ruddock has today trampled on the rights of the ACT in order to deny rights to same sex couples, but still we don't have any logical explanation as to why," Senator Kerry said in a Green Party media release. "The Greens are appalled at the lengths the Howard government will go to in order to deny basic rights to fellow Australians on the basis of their sexuality."

The Attorney General attacked the Civil Unions Act, saying that it was "provocative" and was intended to make Civil Unions mirror marriage, an area where the federal government has legislative powers. Mr Ruddock said the government would defend any attempt by states or territories to "intrude" into areas under which the federal government has responsibility.


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Written entirely from resources provided by the Governor-General and Attorney-General - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 12:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


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Bush makes a surprise visit to Iraq

June 13, 2006

President George W. Bush has made a surprise visit to Iraq hoping to bolster some support. He also went to meet their new Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and talk about next steps in the war. Even al-Maliki didn't know that Bush was coming until five minutes before he arrived.

The trip comes as over 70,000 mostly Iraqi citizens prepare to deploy into Baghdad to try and bring security to the capital.

It was a very dramatic move by the president to travel to a violence crazed area in Baghdad less than a week after the death of al-Zarqawi. Bush met with al-Maliki in a very well forified green zone in a palace once used by Saddam Hussien.

Aside from al-Maliki and his cabinet, Bush was to see Jalal Talibani, Iraq's largely ceremonial president. Bush also was to meet with the speaker of the parliament, a few national political leaders and many U.S. troops.

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Left parties in India protest fuel price hike

June 13, 2006

The Left parties, joined by regional forces like Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party, today staged street protests to demand the roll back of the fuel price hike as the Communists said the UPA Government could not take their support for granted. Barring states ruled by the Left and Uttar Pradesh, where the ruling Samajwadi Party's workers stopped many trains and blocked highways at several places, the protests had little impact. Strikes by truckers against the price hike that coincided with the protests, however, affected transport services in Orissa, Tripura and Madhya Pradesh.

In Delhi, CPI(M) leaders Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury and CPI's A B Bardhan courted arrest at the Parliament Street police station with a large number of Left activists. Leaders from the Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Lok Dal and Janata Dal-Secular were also present. They said the protest was meant to mount pressure on the government to reverse its "anti-people" decision and the issue would be raised in the UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting on Wednesday.

In West Bengal, the ruling Left Front organised sit-ins before the offices of oil PSUs. Normal life in Kerala, another Left-ruled state, was paralysed by a dawn-to-dusk strike called by trade unions. Shops and business establishments remained closed while attendance in government offices was thin. Over 5,000 Left activists, including CPI Secretary D Raja, were taken into custody across Tamil Nadu when they tried to picket Central Government offices and roads.


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Bank staff in India threaten strike

June 13, 2006

Members of the All India Bank Employees Association have threatened to go on nation-wide strikes to express their unhappiness with the move to privatise banks, allowing foreign direct investment in the banking sector and outsourcing of services. The exact dates of the strike will be decided at the AIBEA national general council meeting to be held in Chennai on June 13 and 14. Speaking to press persons on Friday, C.H. Venkatachalam, secretary of the association, condemned the attempts to continuously `attack the financial and banking sector.'

The AIBEA was against the government's intention to privatise public sector banks and the disinvestment of shares up to 49 per cent. In the past decade, a number of private sector banks had folded and hence, in the best interests of the investor, banks should continue to remain in the public sector, he said. Merging public sector banks into five or six big banks in order to enable them become global institutions dealing with international trade and business was a `retrograde' idea, he charged. The total assets of all the 27 public sector banks in the country (less than U.S. $300 billion) were well below the assets of any top global bank, he added.

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This article was created on the basis of programmes viewed on NDTV 24/7 and Doordarshan. The quotes were jotted down as they were quoted on the same channels and have been rewritten verbatim. PVJ  (Talk) 15:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)