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Bus explosion in Pakistan kills at least 40

December 11, 2005

A bus loaded with wedding party celebrants exploded into flame in Lahore, Pakistan, after sparks from fireworks ignited the fuel tank. 40 people are confirmed dead, with some bodies not identifiable from the fierce fire.

Up to 70 persons were aboard the bus when the accident occurred. The father of the groom, 57 year old Muhammad Wazir Khan, was aboard the bus and managed to escape with his clothing afire, but suffered only minor injuries.

"We do not know who is dead and who has survived. The tragedy has shattered us," he said to reporters.

Injured passengers were taken to nearby hospitals, some treated and released immediately. Rescue workers arrived on the scene, delayed by traffic, to remove bodies from the wreck. Police investigator Rana Shabbir Ahmad told the AFP news agency the bodies were of 11 women, 10 men and a child about nine years old.

The bride and groom, traveling in a separate vehicle, were uninjured.


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Talk:Bus explosion in Pakistan kills at least 40

This needs a source, I think there's ones on Google news that match the story, but the cited figure for the death toll is "at least 35", not at least 40. Brian McNeil / talk 19:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Title says Pakistan, article mentions a place in India 146.186.238.9

editprotected Category:Punjab, Pakistan and Category:Lahore. Ali Rana (talk) 09:50, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅--Brian McNeil / talk 11:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)


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Car entrapped by ice in Halifax

December 11, 2005

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Following the first major snow storm of the season, several cars were reported to be 'entrapped' by slick ice in the seaside city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ice was believed to be created when the snow, which fell during the night of December 9-10, was packed down by successive cars and trucks passing over it. By morning, several areas of the city had patches of slippery, low-traction crystalline water lying in wait for the next unsuspecting motor vehicle to pass over them. Soon enough, your correspondent witnessed cars which had slowed to a stop or were parked find that, try as they might, they were unable to move forward on the ice and were therefore stuck.

Luckily, most of the cars were able to extricate themselves after either slowly accelerating in a low gear, or 'rocking' the car back-and-forth to build up momentum. No one was reported injured, and the only damage believed to be done was the excessive wear and tear on the entrapped vehicles.

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Author of Wikipedia character assassination takes responsibility

December 11, 2005 , 38, of, Tennessee, hand-delivered a letter to the offices of in which he admits responsibility for false information he anonymously posted in a Wikipedia article. Initially a prank played on a friend, the false story claimed that Seigenthaler was a suspect in the assassination of President.

The fake biography made rounds in the media after Seigenthaler discovered and denounced it in a USA Today op-ed article titled "A false Wikipedia 'biography'". A known free speech advocate, Seigenthaler refused to press charges. He recommended that Chase be re-hired for the job he was forced to quit when reporters, following leads from ad-hoc cyber detective Daniel Brandt, 57, of, Texas, started calling the offices of his employer.


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Talk:Car entrapped by ice in Halifax

I am not seeing a source for this article, other than a Weather forecast. If someone could please add a source or prove this is OR, then it'd be much appreciated to note as such. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 20:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The subsequent edits to the article in relation to the above comment have not addressed my concerns. The sources posted have not detailed an experience like the one stated in the article.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 21:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I think this is an original reporting article not tagged with the OR tags. Tracking down the anon might be difficult though. :-( -- IlyaHaykinson 21:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd agree with that notion, but I'd like to get this confirmed by the anon before tagging it improperly. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 21:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Specific events mentioned in Herald article:
From the cited Herald article: 'Halifax Regional Police reported no major injury accidents in the metro area. Officers were called out to 20 collisions but said most of them were minor.

Police said road conditions were bad throughout the municipality and that snow-clearing crews had their hands full trying to keep up.

"There were . . . just a few fender-benders and a lot of people getting stuck and blocking traffic," said Sgt. Scott Warnica of Halifax RCMP. '
 * I see that the articles are detailing weather conditions, but I'm not seeing where any of them detail to the extent that this article does. If these were your own observations, please add a  tag to the article, and publish (as well as leaving a note here that you observed these events, or the outcome).  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 21:47, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Author of Wikipedia character assassination takes responsibility

December 2005
This article needs some background information, specific background information, for users to follow it. I'm lost on the whole issue here, and would rather not have to resort to another source to read up on the event. Please include the requests above into future edits on this article. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 21:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

I Read in the UK Guardian that as a consequence Wikipedia was to require contiributors to register. A comment seems appropriate. PJTraill 00:06, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

this story is laughable but intresting to see how the media is portraying wikipedia. more information would have been handy in this article but i dont have the time --Whywhywhy 01:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Here is a blog entry with links to various sources. Nyarlathotep 04:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

You guys are missing the point
The whole point of the issue is that wikipedia is not a reliable source of information. Asking wikipedia to expand on this story is pretty ironic. Get a real news source.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4502846.stm http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/12/05/wikipedia.rules.ap/

Funny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._Wikipedia_biography_controversy

Categories
edit protected Please add this article to Category:USA Today and update the wikilink to become local. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 16:46, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 01:43, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Edit
editprotected "Daniel Brandt" does not have an article on Wikipedia. The current link target is a German rock drummer. Kind of ironic considering the topic of the article. Heavy Water (talk) 23:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, but let me ask, should this be a source instead of an inline link? It's still a live link after all these years. --SVTCobra 23:43, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It sounds like a good idea, but is that consistent with WN:ARCHIVE? Heavy Water (talk) 23:46, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Not sure. We regularly fix links, but moving it to a source would be unusual. I don't think this exact scenario was envisaged. SVTCobra 23:54, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * After an article has been protected, it should no longer be edited on elements of content, sources, or other substance. I guess not. Heavy Water (talk) 23:57, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * OK. SVTCobra 00:16, 26 April 2023 (UTC)


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Talk:Major explosions at UK oil depot

Wow! Bawolff ☺☻ 22:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Too bad this doesn't come under fair use - w:Image:Hemel Hempstead fuel depot explosions.jpg

Bawolff, I removed the satellite photo from this page earlier because I believe it to be fake. Please read the talk page on the image. If you think I'm wrong (it's not impossible) then feel free to put it back again, but please let me know that you've considered the matter and have reasons to believe that it's genuine. --Colin zr 22:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm going to add it back in: the image is very similar (though much higher resolution) than the current image of the day at the NOAA: http://www.osei.noaa.gov/OSEIiod.html. Note the shape of the black cloud. -- IlyaHaykinson 22:43, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Why don't we just use http://www.osei.noaa.gov/OSEIiod.html in the article, rather than the disputed one. Although it's lower resolution, it's more informative and we definitely know the origin. Motor 23:05, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Ilya, thanks for challenging me on that one, I've taken another look and you may well be right. Motor, as for the origin of the current image, it's bit-for-bit identical with the BBC image from earlier today. I'm guessing that it was taken straight from the BBC's site. --Colin zr 23:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Colin, no problem. Thanks for looking out for it — I figure if I knew the geography of the area well enough I would probably also suspect the image. As for the origin of the source, it is marked NOAA, and the OSEI site does say that they have higher resolution images available, so I think we're all good copyright-wise. -- IlyaHaykinson 08:10, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

☻People read us ☺
http://www.gillin.com/2005/12/wiki-power.html

This should be featured but nobody actually reads FAC's. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Hemel Hempsted Refinery 2005.jpg
Please use "Hemel Hempsted Refinery 2005.jpg" instead of the current "Hemel Hemsted Refinery 2005.jpg". Thanks. Siebrand - (talk) 07:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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editprotected Please change the WP link to. Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk) 17:30, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ Not needed. There's a valid redirect and Wikipedia never gets rid of the redirects AFAIK. --SVTCobra 00:20, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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I kind of like this tag (if there must be a tag). It comes off as not too negative and yet points the reader to where more information can be found. -Edbrown05 23:17, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


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Change to svg
Pleas change Image:Radioactive.png in to Image:Radioactive.svg. Thanks! --213.54.2.117 18:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


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Xbox 360 not a hit in Japan

December 11, 2005

Microsoft has launched its much-hyped Xbox 360 console into Japan, but unlike the European and American markets the Japanese are not rushing out to buy them.

When launched in the American and European markets, stores sold out early. In Japan, sales are much lower. One store-owner says that fewer than 50 units were sold in the first 2 hours of its release.

Many believe that in Japan it is difficult for any games console to be successful that isn't from a Japanese company, such as Sony or Nintendo. The first generation of Xbox consoles performed similarly possibly due to being released two years after the PlayStation 2. The large size of the console and the differing style of games was also said to have contributed.

There is still some hope for the Xbox 360, Takeshi Tajima, a BNP Paribas analyst, told Reuters news agency: "most people are going to wait and see."

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Missed field goal gives Dallas important victory

December 12, 2005

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.

It was a thrilling game which was decided in the final seconds when Lawrence Tynes missed a 41-yard field goal which would have forced overtime.

Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe passed for a season-best 332 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown pass to Terry Glenn in the second quarter, and a 14-play 68-yard drive in the fourth for the winning touchdown.

"That was really a great drive, probably the best one of the year," said Dallas coach Bill Parcells.

The win means the Cowboys remain tied with the Minnesota Vikings, who won against the St. Louis Rams, for the sixth and final NFC wildcard spot with 3 games remaining. The Chiefs are now in a three-way tie for the sixth AFC wildcard spot with the San Diego Chargers, who lost to the Miami Dolphins, and the Cincinnati Bengals, who won against the Cleveland Browns.

The Chiefs face the New York Giants next Saturday and the Cowboys play the Washington Redskins on Sunday.


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Wikinews:Briefs/Business/December 12, 2005

December 12, 2005

These are short blurbs about current events in the business world.

Paramount Pictures buys DreamWorks SKG
Paramount Pictures has agreed to buy DreamWorks SKG for $826 million in cash and $774 million in assumption of debt. Paramount intends to sell off the Dreamworks' 59 title library which includes Gladiator, American Beauty, and Saving Private Ryan. The library is expected to bring in $850 million to $1 billion making the Dreamworks net purchase price about $500 to $650 million.

DreamWorks was established 11 years ago by Steven Spielberg, David Geffin, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Spielberg will remain producer-director and Geffen will remain the company's chairman.

Paramount will not receive Dreamworks' animation studios, which is responsible for the hit Shrek, but it will own the distribution rights of previously made Dreamworks films. Paramount will however receive Dreamworks' television division.

NBC Universal, owned by GE, had offered $900 million.

WTO battles on
The agricultural fighting continues in the WTO. EU's trade chief Peter Mandelson wants his six-point plan tabled. The plan includes a deal to end cotton subsidies. "We have asked [WTO Director-General] Pascal Lamy to consider making the development package that we have been promoting as the first subject in the discussions. I think it would earth these negotiations in the real world, would give them a human face." Mandelson said.

This agitated several countries, notably the US, Brazil, and several Latin American countries. "The US and EU are receiving billions of subsidies and at the end of the day these countries produce far more than they should and our market is flooded with subsidised cotton." said Samuel Amehou, Benin's WTO ambassador.

Brazil insists that the EU make a better offer. The country's finance minister said "Unless the European Union is able to improve substantially its offer on agricultural goods, there will not be a successful round."

Mandelson countered with "Another offer on agriculture would simply be pocketed without listing the levels of ambition overall," he said. "It is for others to come up with better proposals in key areas of industrial tariffs and services."

Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce, John Tsang, said he wants to build a platform in Hong Kong for the Doha Round to push for a final drive towards reaching a conclusion in 2006. Tsang said that ministers must give a clear direction on how to move forward after the conference.


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Protesting Chinese villagers killed in confrontation with police

December 12, 2005

Chinese security forces have sealed off a village where police have allegedly shot and killed up to 20 people, in what has been touted as the most lethal use of force by authorities since the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Days after reports of the shooting leaked out, Beijing has confirmed that police had opened fire last Tuesday on villagers protesting against land seizures. According to government statements, three people had been shot dead as police quelled a demonstration. The incident came after months of protest against the building of a power station, which villagers say was on stolen land.

Authorities have arrested the police commander accused of authorising the shootings. Hundreds of police have blocked roads into Dongzhou village, part of Shanwei city in Guangdong province near Hong Kong.

Villagers claim that up to 20 people died in the clash. They say 300 people have been arrested for protesting in recent months. Last Tuesday's demonstration was to demand the release of three more who had been detained.

A government statement, released after a four-day news blackout, said the villagers attacked police with sticks, knives and Molotov cocktails. "Police were forced to open fire in alarm," it said. "In the chaos, three villagers died, eight were injured, three of them seriously."

However, villagers claimed that the protest was peaceful and, at most, only fireworks had been thrown into the air. One teenager said: "We didn't expect the police to open fire. They threw tear gas first and then they shot."

According to newspapers in Hong Kong, residents say that police are going from house to house offering money to take away the bodies of those who died, in order to reduce the visible death count.

Local government officials say the killings will be investigated, but rather than blame the officers who pulled the trigger or gave the order to fire, it accused three local men of stirring up unrest, adding: "They must shoulder the legal responsibility for what happened."

The report, which was carried by the state-run Xinhua news agency, made no mention of claims by villagers that up to 20 people were killed, some of whom were said to have been chased and executed.

Locals quoted in the Hong Kong and foreign media said bodies were left in the street and in the sea. Shots were reported many hours after the initial clash.


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Demonstration in Hong Kong denounces WTO

December 12, 2005 Anti-globalization protesters in Hong Kong began a series of demonstrations on Sunday to denounce this week's World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting.

Around 3,000 protesters with signs reading "Junk the WTO" and "Life is not for sale", took to the streets in a carnival atmosphere. "We feel very frustrated with multinational enterprises," said Kenzo Sasaki, owner of a 20-cow dairy farm north of Tokyo. "Our main message is for food sovereignty. Junk the WTO."

Some 10,000 anti-globalization protesters, including groups of South Korean farmers angry at the prospect of more agricultural imports, are converging on Hong Kong. Police hope to avoid the violent clashes that marked the last WTO conference in Cancun, Mexico, in 2003, where a protester was killed by police.

Supporters of the talks say a trade deal may generate billions of dollars in benefits and possibly lift millions out of poverty, but many opponents say it would largely benefit rich nations at the expense of developing countries.

Deep divisions between developed and developing countries, particularly over agriculture, have forced WTO states to lower their goals for their sixth ministerial conference, which is being held this week amid tight security.

To avoid trouble, Hong Kong has blacklisted some people. Officials have also glued down loose pavement stones and welded shut sewer grates to prevent protesters from using them as projectiles and pedestrian overpasses have been covered in mesh to prevent objects being thrown.

Elizabeth Tang, head of the Hong Kong Peoples' Alliance coordinating the demonstrations, said she expected any violence to be on a very small-scale and easily handled by police. "People all over the world are feeling that the WTO and the way it has been functioning so far has failed to lift the poor out of poverty," Tang said.

Han Dongfang, a fellow marcher who led workers at the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protest, said workers' rights had languished. "The WTO is a double-edged sword for China," said Han. "Chinese workers have no right to organize unions, so how can you protect yourself or get benefits."

Spokespeople for the group of 1,500 South Koreans protesters said they would demonstrate legally and peacefully, according to a statement by the Korean Struggle Mission, which represents several activist groups.

The Koreans oppose the WTO's aim to lower trade barriers for agricultural imports, saying such moves will flood the Korean market with cheap rice and bankrupt Korean farmers. Joo Jei-jun, general coordinator of the Korean Struggle Mission, on Monday told reporters, "We will be escalating the level of struggle on December 17. "Any hindrance to our freedom of expression - either by the Hong Kong government or the police - will be dealt with in an affirmative manner," he added.

Yang Kyeong-kyoo, of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, said the groups were still discussing protest tactics. "But generally, we will mobilize as many people as we can because December 17 is the last day to make decisions," he said.


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Indianapolis remains undefeated with win in Jacksonville

December 12, 2005

The Indianapolis Colts beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 26-18 at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The Colts remain undefeated 13 games into the 16-game NFL season.

Marvin Harrison caught two touchdown passes from Peyton Manning, including a 65-yard pass in the second quarter. Mike Vanderjagt kicked four field goals. The Jaguars, who were held to a single field goal in the first 3 quarters, scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes of the game.

The victory guarantees that Colts will finish with the best record in the AFC, entitling them to a bye in the first round of the playoffs, and home field advantage in the second and third rounds.

Only three other teams in NFL history have remained undefeated through the first 13 games of the season: the 1934 Chicago Bears, the 1972 Miami Dolphins, and the 1998 Denver Broncos. Only the 1972 Dolphins finished the season with perfection. They played a 14-game schedule with three playoff games, including a 14-7 win in Super Bowl VII over the Washington Redskins.

"Going 16-0 would be great, but it's not the most important thing," said Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy. "We're going to keep our mantra: one game at a time. We're going to do everything we can to beat San Diego and we're not going to look ahead."

The Colts face the San Diego Chargers next Sunday in Indianapolis.


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Gorillaz Nominated for 5 Grammy Awards

December 12, 2005

The smash hit "Demon Days" from cartoon concept band Gorillaz has been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards:
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 * Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, "Feel Good, Inc."
 * Best Urban/Alternative Performance, "Dirty Harry"
 * Producer Of The Year, Danger Mouse "Demon Days"
 * Best Short Form Music Video, "Feel Good, Inc."

The other nominations for Record of the Year are "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" by Green Day, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, and "Gold Digger" by Kanye West.

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Talk:Mozilla to fix Firefox security hole in patch

Some things need to be clarified here: — 13:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * It doesn't even seem to be a security hole, it causes slowness, and according to the unconformed report it crashes the browser (which was probably due to the OS killing it due to excess memory (or CPU) usage), that's far from a security hole.
 * Why does it state that it crashes the browser but later states that this is unconfirmed, stick to confirmed reports please.


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Talk:Protesting Chinese villagers killed in confrontation with police

Good candidate for lead or featured. Nyarlathotep 13:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

headline kinda POV
Headline seems POV to me. "Chinese police kill 20 villagers" sounds like it was just a whim, reinforcing what a lot of people think about China. When the protesters admit pyrotechnics were thrown, that probably means far more potent things were used. Also, the villages say up to 20 were killed. They don't say 20, and the offical (though admittedly probably low) count is 3. The headline should be, "Chinese police kill up to 20 protesters in a village," or something to that effect. That keeps all essential facts- the highest death toll mentioned, and the identity of those dead- while also not making it look like the police just picked up 20 folks and shot them. Which is what the headline sounds like now. --68.210.126.169 04:50, 13 December 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Gorillaz Nominated for 5 Grammy Awards

Wow! Gorillaz is the only descent record of the year candidate. Nyarlathotep 13:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I think Kanye West isn't so bad. I'm not a real big hiphop fan, but his stuff is pretty good. Gorillaz are better though ;) Hope they win.


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Internet company offers organs from executed Chinese prisoners

December 12, 2005

An Internet based company, Transplantsinternational.com has begun selling transplants of kidneys from executed Chinese prisoners, at a price of £23,000. The company states, 'A cadaveric kidney comes from a dead person and in the majority of cases in China, the dead people are prisoners, which allows for us to know at least two weeks ahead of time when the kidney will be ready.'

The prisoners apparently give their consent and are told that their families will receive money for the 'donation'. Human rights groups generally oppose such means of obtaining transplants as "organ harvesting" which makes human rights abuses more profitable, and exploits poorer populations.

Amnesty International reports that China carried out 3,400 executions in 2004, which is 90% of all executions worldwide.


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Sydney racial violence continues

December 13, 2005

In a second night of racial violence in Sydney, residents have been bashed and property damaged throughout the eastern suburbs. Hundreds of men, some armed with guns and crowbars, damaged cars and businesses, and attacked people randomly. Five men have been arrested and charged.

Police called in riot equipment and extra officers saying car loads of people arrived in the area with many taking part in attacks on property. A witness said police with guns drawn arrested a number of people. There were reports of gunshots near North Cronulla beach, but police said there had been no shots fired.

Hundreds of men congregated around Lakemba Mosque at 4:30pm after rumours spread that it would be attacked. The men scuffled with police, and three officers received minor injuries.

There have been more reports of SMS messages promoting further violence against against the opposing parties circulating.

"Carloads of men" terrorise eastern suburbs
In an escalation of yesterday's conflict, up to 70 cars invaded Cronulla and Brighton-le-Sands on Monday night - following the vicious attacks by Cronulla locals on Sunday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Twenty carloads of men arrived at Cronulla by about 10.30pm, smashing shops and cars and threatening people who got in their way.

A woman was reportedly stabbed in Carringbah. Four men attacked patrons of a Pizzeria, knocking a woman unconscious on the footpath and smashing windows. Around 100 Cronulla locals surrounded a car carrying men of Middle Eastern appearance. Police dispersed the mob and let the car escape.

At Brighton-Le-Sands, about 100 men in cars arrived in the area, throwing objects at cars and shops. Mobs ripped out garbage bins, police dogs and helicopters were called as furious locals began to gather, threatening to take back the streets from "wogs and Lebanese". Police yelled at local residents to stay inside.

A police media release listed these assaults occurring:

 * A 27-year-old Bexley woman and her 30-year-old husband were attacked at a restaurant at Caringbah both suffering facial and head injuries.
 * A 35-year-old Lansvale man suffered head injuries and severe facial bruising after being attacked at a Cronulla youth hostel.
 * A 45-year-old Cronulla man suffered fractured ribs and head injuries as he attempted to place garbage bins outside his Hume Street home.
 * A 49-year-old Woolooware man suffered a fractured forearm after being struck by a baseball bat at Cronulla.

Five men were arrested and charged. The men were from Guildford, Sandringham, Ashcroft, and Hurstville, and the charges included assault police, not comply with directions, driving in a manner dangerous, being in custody of a knife, assault, breach of bail, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray and malicious damage. The men charged were between 22 and 30 years of age.

Lakemba Mosque
Earlier, about 200 men had assembled outside a Mosque - some armed with pistols. The group said they had gathered to protect the Lakemba mosque because of a threatened attack on it by a gang from the southern beaches. Another group said they were preparing to travel to Maroubra Beach, where up to 300 locals, many armed with crowbars, waited for an arranged fight.

Police confiscated iron bars and other weapons and blocked roads around the mosque. About 20 police cars surrounded the mosque, where four men showed their pistols and ammunition to a news crew, and boasted that others were carrying arms. Police were pelted with rocks as the crowd dispersed, but no one was injured.

Fears of a third night of violence
Amidst fears of a third night of violence in Sydney some 450 police officers have been deployed in the city to respond to any disturbances. The New South Wales Deputy Commissioner of Police Andrew Scipione says that while they have no specific intelligence, Police expect more unrest tonight. He has also said that if needed he will seek assistance from police in other states.

Police to gain new powers
The New South Wales Parliament will be recalled from their Christmas-New Year holiday on Thursday 15 December, 2005 to pass legislation giving police the power to shut bottle shops and hotels, lock down areas and impound and search vehicles.

At present police in New South Wales can ask bottle shop and hotel owners close their doors but can not force them to do so.

Organising via SMS and Usenet
Police are also investigating SMS messages calling on young Arabs to start another round of attacks at Cronulla Beach next Sunday. Another congratulated Australians for the fight against the Lebanese, but called for more attacks. "We'll show them! It's on again Sunday," the message said.

A Usenet posting signed by an unknown entity "Action for Australia" is calling on Australians to become "True Blue Patriots" and rally on Australia Day in 2006. "We will assert our democratic right to march through the streets of Lakemba," the posting said.

Claiming that the Sydney suburbs of Bankstown and Lakemba are the true source of the "Lebanese and muslim trouble", they are wishing to arrange a march through Lakemba to demonstrate that "Australians wish to reclaim the streets".

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Talk:Wikipedia Prankster Caught

Delete it! This is waaaaaay to opinionated. Why would someone put this on Wikinews? This definately isn't news, it's a rant.Leofan7 01:20, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Merge it. 69.199.201.64 19:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I wrote this all by myself. It is completely original. Even though other sources have written about it, I already knew all of this. -The Creator

Amazing! see also Guardian editorial and AP story via Yahoo news ++Lar 18:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

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French police detain 20 terror suspects in dawn raid

December 12, 2005 French police said on Monday they have smashed an Islamist terrorism ring in Paris. Between 20 and 30 people were arrested in the Paris region following an investigation into the funding of Islamist extremists. Police described Monday's events as a "major operation aimed at disbanding an Islamist network linked to terrorism".

Among those arrested in a string of dawn raids were individuals linked to previous terrorism investigations and common crime, the police statement said. Those detained remained in custody and police were searching a number of premises and Internet cafes. The suspects were under surveillance for several weeks and were detained after evidence emerged that "violent actions" were being planned.

Those arrested are suspected of staging armed robberies to finance radical Islamist causes. French investigators were reportedly "convinced" those arrested intended to stage violent acts on French territory, a French radio station reported.

Some 20 suspects were arrested before dawn in five different regions. Others were arrested several hours later around suburban Paris. The raids were carried out by the domestic intelligence service, DST, detectives from France's organised crime unit and members of the RAID crack intervention squad.

France has been on red alert, the second highest security level, since the suicide bomb attacks on London transport on July 7.


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recrete it again and I'll block you!
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Tramlink fan site closes news section

December 12, 2005

Croydon Tramlink - The Unofficial Site, a popular website about Tramlink, has removed its news section from its website by 6 December 2005 due to legal threats. Concerns about the move have already been expressed in the newsgroup "uk.transport.london". One of the articles in contention is claimed to be three years old. After the section was withdrawn, the site maintainer stated in a message on the site that he feels he is not in a positon to defend legal actions should they arise.

In the same statement, the maintiner explains that the news section has been withdrawn because of threats over some of the reports in the News section. The site maintainer further explains that "the aim throughout had been timely, detailed, accurate reporting" with infromation reported "in good faith".

IC Croydon, a local news website, has reported Bombardier (the company believed to have made the threats) as stating that some of the reports on the unofficial site were "100% inaccurate" with a spokesperson being quoted as saying that "Things came to a head when a potential customer read something on his website and asked us if there was any truth in it. This could have affected our bid."

By contrast the general manager of Tramlink's operators is quoted (by IC Corydon) as saying "It is a shame. I have warmed to the site over the years. He is such a strong advocate of Tramlink," referring to the maintainer of the fan site.

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Talk:CNN - China Skins Dogs Cats Alive, Paul McCartney Calls For Boycott

I put the source into the old one, but I didn't check for any new information worth including, as I don't care. Someone else can set the redirect if they like. Nyarlathotep 20:27, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
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Californian Governor denies clemency for Stanley Tookie Williams

December 12, 2005

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has denied clemency for gang founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a death row inmate in California convicted of four murders in the 1979.

Stanley Williams was the founder of a notorious Crips street gang. He was convicted in 1981 for the four murders — one of a murder of a convenience store clerk and of two Taiwanese-American motel owners and their daughter.

In recent years, Williams has claimed that he has been redeemed. He has become known for his anti-gang efforts, including the brokering of a truce between the major street gang, the Bloods, and the Crips which he founded. These efforts have earned him Nobel peace prize nominations. BBC News has reported Alice Huffman, President of The California National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as saying "We believe this is a serious blow to our effort to fight gangs."

However the violent nature of Williams crimes has also been raised. In denying clemency Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said "Without apology and atonement for these senseless and brutal killings, there can be no redemption,". Despite claims of redemption and renunciation of the gang lifestyle, Willams has not provided authorities with information on the gang he founded, and has maintained his innocence of the murders. According to the statement released by the governor, Williams' stance was a factor in denial of clemency.

Williams will be executed by lethal injection at 12:01 AM local time (0801 UTC) on Tuesday.


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Strong earthquake strikes Afghanistan, no immediate report of damage

December 12, 2005

An earthquake, measured at 6.7 on the, has struck north-eastern Afghanistan. The (USGS) has stated that the time of the quake was 22:00 GMT, and the epicenter was close to the border with Pakistan.

The tremor was felt in Delhi, Muzaffarabad, and. It is the second quake to hit the area in a.


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Talk:Sydney racial violence continues

Added information about a proposed rally on Australia Day 2006 (exclusive to WN): The postings were made to aus.legal, aus.politics, aus.culture.true-blue and aus.tv and can be read here: ''I am disgusted at the comments of pricks like Iemma and Moroney in calling our patriotic citizens "un-Australian". Un-Australian my arse! How more Australian can you get than standing up to defend Australia?

Iemma and the pigs should be thanking all True Blue Patriots for doing what they are too gutless to do themselves - get the Leb filth off our streets.

It was great that 5000 people turned up at Cronulla. Unfortunately the media beat up cast a shadow over the real message of the day, that Lebs and Muslims are ruining our suburbs, and the media completely ignored the Leb provocation of the day.

If 5000 True Blue Patriots can be organised in only a week, imagine what can be done with a month or more of planning. Not 5000, but 50,000 True Blue Patriots taking back our streets.

Cronulla was a symptom of the problem. We need to go to the source in places like Bankstown and Lakemba.

This is why Action For Australia calls on all True Blue Patriots to be in Sydney on Australia Day 2006. We will assert our democratic right to march through the streets of Lakemba.

Pass the word. Lakemba on Australia Day - take back Australia for Australians!

Action For Australia''

I am not wishing to advertise the event, but wish for local residents and authorities to be forewarned about these plans

 * If this has been posted to Usenet then you should be able to provide us with a link to it. It's not that we don't trust you, just that if everyone can read the post for themselves, the report carries more weight. - Borofkin 00:34, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * How does one provide a link to usenet? Cartman02au 01:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I just discovered Google Groups Cartman02au 01:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Added Source on Main Article Page
I do not know if it is appropriate to reference usenet on the main article page but I have referenced the article I was referring to calling for action on Australia Day 2006.

I sure am learning alot about WN Cartman02au 01:50, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

 * You're doing great so far. The refernce to the Usenet post certainly improves the article, however it could be argued that the statement "The violence is likely to continue in Sydney for sometime to come" is an opinion rather than fact. The paragraph could be rewritten to say something like this: A Usenet posting signed by a previously unknown group "Action for Australia" is calling on Australians to become "True Blue Patriots" and rally on Australia Day (January 26) 2006. "We will assert our democratic right to march through the streets of Lakemba," the posting said - Borofkin 02:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the kind words. Someone has already improved the article in that regard so all is good. Thankyou Cartman02au 09:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

"following a sexual assault on a young Australian woman at Cronulla beach"
I have removed this paragraph, added by 61.69.154.71, because the information was unsourced. Specifically: 1) the sexual assault, and 2) the lifeguards coming to her aid after/during the sexual assault. - Borofkin 02:03, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Propaganda?
From the article:

"Priest has been attacked as a nutter, a racist and a liar, for raising these confronting questions about cultural sensitivity in NSW policing. Pity is, his grim prophecy might now have to be taken far more seriously. And not just on the beach."

This is opinion, not news. i deleted it. The whole article could do with a rewrite to make it more factual and less opinionated.
 * The entire section "Could this have been avoided?" is unsourced, and will be removed very soon unless some sources appear (and even if they do, the relavence is questionable. As you say, it's mostly opinion, and doesn't deserve the space that it currently has). - Borofkin 02:11, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Just did it for you. The same anonymous user injected unsupported allegations of a sexual assault into the other Cronulla article.  To that anonymous user:  If you want to insert such material, you need supporting evidence.  Without that evidence you run the danger of being branded as having malicious intent.John Dalton 02:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I also have migivings about the article containing the place and time of planned unrest. As such, the article runs the danger of acting as a vehicle to spread the message of the USENET postings. I propose that the place and time/date be removed from the article. I'll let someone else do it though as consensus builds. Do we keep the source? At the moment I am coming down on the side of yes. It is already on Usenet. Perhaps add some alternative sources to the article to illustrate any flaws in the position put forward by the Usenet posting?

 * I think that we should keep the usenet source and the information. It's just a crackpot usenet posting, it's not much worse than what's been said on Talkback radio all week. - Borofkin 02:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

The article calls "Action for Australia" "an unknown group". It's a bit of a stretch to assume "Action for Australia" is a group. It might be one man sitting at a computer.202.154.105.254 05:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, it could be just one dude stiring things up. However "unknown group" indicates that no-one has heard of them before, and therefore they might not be an actual group. - Borofkin 05:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

NSW Police Media Release
Available on the police website, however I've reproduced it here so we know it won't dissapear. - Borofkin 03:47, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

 * ''Police Respond To Numerous Public Order Incidents Across Sydney

 * ''13 December 2005

 * ''Five people have been charged this morning following a number of incidents overnight.

 * ''Eastern Beaches Local Area Command

 * ''Police were called to Maroubra Beach at 2pm yesterday (Mon 12 Dec) following reports that groups of people were armed with a variety of weapons, including baseball bats, golf clubs, steel poles, machetes, axe handles and other pieces of timber.

 * ''The weapons were seized, as well as crates of rocks and Molotov cocktails that had been positioned on rooftops on Marine Parade. A replica pistol was also found in bushes.

 * ''Five men were arrested and assisted police with their inquiries. They have since been released pending further investigations. They consisted of a 49-year-old Maroubra man, a 44-year-old Menai man, a 16-year-old Maroubra man, a 14-year-old Matraville man, and a 14-year-old Maroubra man

 * ''Campsie Local Area Command

 * ''Shortly after 4:30pm yesterday (Mon 12 Dec) police attended the Lakemba Mosque in response to information regarding possible retaliation.

 * ''Approximately 250 men began to congregate outside the mosque making known their intention to protect it from damage.

 * ''Police intervened and as a result of the scuffles three police officers received minor injuries.

 * ''Three police vehicles also sustained minor damage during the incident.

 * ''Miranda Local Area Command

 * ''About 10pm, approximately 25 carloads of men arrived in the Sutherland Shire area.

 * ''Four shop windows were smashed and 50 cars along The Kingsway received smashed windows and panel damage.

 * ''A 27-year-old Bexley woman and her 30-year-old husband were attacked at a restaurant at Caringbah both suffering facial and head injuries.

 * ''A 35-year-old Lansvale man suffered head injuries and severe facial bruising after being attacked at a Cronulla youth hostel.

 * ''A 45-year-old Cronulla man suffered fractured ribs and head injuries as he attempted to place garbage bins outside his Hume Street home.

 * ''A 49-year-old Woolooware man suffered a fractured forearm after being struck by a baseball bat at Cronulla.

 * ''All five victims were treated at the various locations by ambulance and are being treated at the Sutherland Shire Hospital where their conditions are listed as stable.

 * ''Five men were arrested and charged with the following:

 * ''• A 26-year-old Guildford man was arrested and later charged with assault police, not comply with directions, drive manner dangerous and being in custody of a knife. He was bailed to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 19 January 2006.

 * ''• A 30-year-old Sandringham man was arrested and charged with assault, breach of bail and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was refused bail to appear at Kogarah Local Court today

 * ''• A 23-year-old Ashcroft man, a 27-year-old Punchbowl man, a 20-year-old Ashcroft and a 27-year-old Bankstown man were arrested and taken to Miranda Police Station. They were charged with affray and were bailed to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 12 January 2006

 * ''• A 26-year-old Guildford man was arrested and charged with drive manner dangerous and assault police bailed to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 12 January 2006

 * ''• A 22-year-old Hurstville man was arrested and charged with affray, malicious damage and not supply particulars bailed to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 12 January 2006.

 * ''St George Local Area Command

 * ''About 11pm police responded to a large brawl involving about 100 people in The Grand Parade and Bay Street, Brighton-Le-Sands.

 * ''When police arrived, the mob threw numerous objects at police and police vehicles, in which three were damaged. Two shops and the Brighton-Le-Sands Post Office were also damaged. The mob was dispersed from the area.

 * ''Anyone with information that will assist police with their investigations is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

title: Talk:Sydney racial violence continues