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Lukashenko wins disputed Belarus elections

March 20, 2006 It appears that Alexander Lukashenko, 51, has won the 2006 Belarus presidential election, and is heading for his third term in office. The official preliminary results are 82.6 percent for Lukashenko and six percent for the main opposition candidate, says the BBC. The turnout for the elections was 92.6 percent of Belarus' seven million eligible voters. The final results will be available Monday morning.

Before the elections, the opposition candidates accused Lukashenko of plans for rigging the elections. Several opposition newspapers were closed down and journalists were arrested some weeks before the elections. Many foreign observers, including the Polish, Finnish and Danish delegations, were refused entry into the country before the elections.

Approximately 10 000 supporters of Milinkevich gathered in Oktyabrskaya Square in Belarus' capital, Minsk. According to the BBC, they shouted anti-Lukashenko slogans and waved flags that are banned under Lukashenko's regime. The protests have not involved violence so far.

Lukashenko previously warned people against the start of uprisings similar to recent ones witnessed in the Ukraine and Georgia. He said that people attempting to stage a coup will be treated as terrorists and will be executed. The European Union and the United States have expressed their concerns over allegedly authoritarian rule in Belarus. The EU is planning to deny visas to Belarusian officials with alleged involvement in election rigging, as a response to the denial by Belarus of entry into the country to EU election observers.

Milinkevich demands new elections. According to the BBC, he said, "We demand new, honest elections. This was a complete farce.... We will demand that this election be recognized as invalid, including by international organisations," Milinkevich said, according to the.

Milinkevich notes that the opposition candidates were restricted from the media, and opposition supporters were arrested. Lukashenko, in contrast, has control over Belarus' propaganda machine, including state television. According to the AFP, opposition candidate Milinkevich received in total one hour of TV air time for his campaign. Belarus officials reject his demands, and insist the elections were free and honest.

Lukashenko denied being a dictator, saying "... it's impossible to have a dictator in Europe. Only stupid people would think that." He said the U.S. president George W. Bush is more of a dictator than he himself is.


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Feingold finds little support from fellow Democrats who sponsored Clinton censure
Hi... Welcome to Wikinews. Thanks for starting the article Feingold finds little support from fellow Democrats who sponsored Clinton censure. It's a great article, however there are a few things that need to be fixed up before it can be published. The main thing is that you need to cite sources for everything said in an article. Use the template in the "Sources" section. I've added this section to the article. - Borofkin 03:31, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

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Cuba and Japan to play in WBC final

March 20, 2006 Today, at 9:00 PM EST, Japan and Cuba will face off in the final. The matchup will take place in PETCO Park, California. Coaches Higinio Velez of Cuba and Sadaharu Oh of Japan highly praised both teams. "We know the Asians," Velez said. "We have played against the Asians, we know how the Asian teams play, and they're great players. They put everything into the field, great effort, very similar to Latin American players. They play hard, they have their tactics, they have their technique, and all I can say is that you will have a wonderful game [Monday]." Cuba has a record of 5-1 against Japan at the Summer Olympics.

Cuba defeated a MLB player-filled team from the Dominican Republic 3-1 to earn this berth to the finals. Vicyohandri Odelin has been rumored to be the starter for Cuba tonight. Cuba has no MLB players, whereas the Japanese team has two—Ichiro Suzuki and Akinori Otsuka. Cuba has earned a medal at each Olympiad, taking the gold in 1992, 1996, 2004 and the silver in 2000. Before the World Baseball Classic even began, Cuba was at risk of not being able to attend, due to tension between the US and Cuba. However, Cuba has gone all the way with a 5-2 record, knocking out Panama, the Netherlands, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the semifinal.

Japan barely made it into the semifinals through a complicated tiebreaking process, and managed to defeat an undefeated South Korean team that had beaten them twice before with a shutout, 6-0. A two-run homer by young Kosuke Fukodome sealed the game. Led by their powerful coach, Sadaharu Oh, Japan was favored as the major Asian power, but instead struggled through qualification with a 3-3 record. They ravaged Taiwan, China, and Mexico, but failed to overcome the United States or Korea. Ichiro Suzuki has led this team into the finals with a .345 average, one homer, and four stolen bases.

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Keisha Castle-Hughes playing Virgin Mary

March 20, 2006

New Zealand actress and Whale Rider (2002) star Keisha Castle-Hughes will star as The Blessed Virgin Mary in the upcoming New Line Cinema film, Nativity.

Castle-Hughes, 15, who is of Australian and Maori descent, was the youngest actress to be nominated for a best-actress Academy Award when she was recognized for her role in Whale Rider.

Catherine Hardwicke, who is best known for Three Kings (1999), will direct.

Nativity looks at the life of the biblical couple Mary and Joseph prior to the birth of Jesus, showing how their faith, love and beliefs are tested. The script incorporates the couple's journey from Nazereth to Bethlehem, and includes figures such as King Herod and the three astrologers (a.k.a. the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men).

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Wikinews:Questions for interview with Glen Stollery of ScienTOMogy.info

Glen Stollery of the parody website ScienTOMogy.info has agreed to an interview. This is a page for the Wikinews community to contribute questions.

Status
The questions have been emailed to Glen. We are waiting for a response. - Borofkin 06:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

The Church of Scientology have been emailed requesting a statement, but are yet to respond. - Borofkin 06:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Glen is yet to respond to the emailed questions. I have left a message on his Wikipedia talk page asking for confirmation that he still intends to do the interview. - Borofkin 01:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Glen has responded to the emailed questions. They were placed at w:User:Stollery/Interview by his username. I've emailed the responses to CoS and offered them the opportunity to respond. - Borofkin 07:24, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Still no response from CoS. - Borofkin 01:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Background

 * ScienTOMogy
 * Tom Cruise
 * Church of Scientology
 * http://www.ScienTOMogy.info
 * ScienTOMogy.info media releases

Questions

 * The questions below have been emailed to Glen. We are awaiting his response. You may add further questions, but they probably won't become part of the interview unless considered important. - Borofkin 06:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

General questions

 * When did you become interested in Scientology, and Tom Cruise?

Cults have always interested me for years simply based on their mystery/ability to draw unwavering devotion to in some case absolutely ludicrous premises even from otherwise very intelligent people. As such for probably all of my adult life I've read books on persuasion, unconscious influence,

LGAT (large group awareness training) and for want of a better term "brain washing"; I've also always looked to improve myself in all areas I can so at the same time I would also read self improvement material. However, my interest in cults really peaked in 2003. I was a Tony Robbins advocate, and when attending an "unleash the power within" weekend live seminar I saw to my horror it had some striking makings of a LGAT/"Landmark Forum/EST/Werner Erhard" type event, with cultish rituals such as 15-18 hour days with almost no breaks for food or even the bathroom, repetitive chanting, unconscious influence techniques, a charismatic leader, and strict guidelines that could even be seen as totalitarian.

From there I researched Robbins further, as well as other groups using similar practices such as Landmark Forum and Scientology, and although I do not believe Robbins is leading a destructive cult, I do believe he uses unconscious persuasion, building participants into a frenzy and subjecting them to intense peer pressure and group dynamics in an effort to sell additional products/services whilst they are in this heightened state. I read pro-Scientology material like Dianetics (as best as one can) and Clear Body Clear Mind, and all of the church OT material as well as many critic's books such as L Ron Hubbard Messiah or a Madman, A piece of Blue Sky, Bare-Faced Messiah, and of course all the critical websites I could find to really see inside the cult without going INSIDE the cult.

It was when Tom Cruise began his very vocal promotion of Scientology and more specifically his fierce opposition to psychiatric medication that I decided I would act and create the site. The thought of young impressionable fans following any of his advice and dropping their meds or joining the cult make me sick to the pit of my stomach, so my theory was I could poke some fun through parody whilst at the same time getting across a few serious home truths about Scientology.

 * How did you create the website, and how do you pay for it?

The website itself is very basic. There's no dynamic pages, shopping cart, or database to run so I simply quickly wrote up the html myself. As such the site cost nothing to build, though in October last year when Scientology's lawyers threatened me with the lawsuit and it was suddenly in every newspaper the site had just under 10 million hits in 3 weeks, and the gigabytes downloaded did cost me a bit. It was then I moved the videos to a third party provider and that's worked perfectly.

 * Who all was involved in creating the website? Is everyone still involved?

Just me! Though I received and still do receive a huge amount of support through xenu.net and alt.religion.scientology, as dozens of critics have been threatened just as I was.

 * Why did you create the website? what is the goal and reason for it?

The real tipping point for me was Tom Cruise's statements about psych meds. Scientology owns a front group spefically to oppose psych meds and psychiatrists called CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights), staunchly opposing ALL medication of that genre. Cruise's numerous statements that no one should not be using any psychatric medication was not only ignorant but darn right dangerous. Life threatening in fact. Cruise stated that the opposed Brooke Shield's use of medication for post partum depression, and that she was ignorant about the history of psychiatry - well he is most certainly ignorant of the circumstances of every medicated individual in the world, and as such his comments that people should get of the meds and take vitamins and exercise was absolutely outrageous.

I am not anti-Cruise... before he started this propaganda regime I would have proudly stated I was a Cruise fan! But c'mon let's be realistic here; No one can possibly argue that it is irresponsible for Tom Cruise to effectively tell every child and adult on prescribed medication for a "chemical imbalance" (a mental illness like depression, bi-polar, schizophrenia, add/adhd etc.) to suddenly stop their meds and start “exercising and taking vitamins.”

Think about how many people his statements could have (and from the over 1000 posts on my website HAS HAD) on those who are unwell? It was irresponsible, ignorant and dangerous and if my site pokes a little fun at him for doing that and possibly makes those people think twice before following his advice then I'm happy.

 * Why create a website that portrays a man as insane and defames his character?

If you take a close look at the site you'll see that I actually make little comment and let the videos speak for themselves. When people see Tom jumping on Oprah's couch declaring his undying love for a woman he just met, followed by his completely out of character argument with Matt Lauer about medication and Scientology (calling him glib, stating he was an expert in medicine as if he PhD, and then repeating himself over and over again), followed by his appearance on 60 minutes where he threatens to walk out when, then lying to a reporter at a press conference about alien's having any involvement in the tenets of Scientology... well, they soon work it out themselves!

 * Why attack Scientology rather than other cult-like religions?

Discussed above.

 * What is your opinion of Tom Cruise?

I believe he's a reasonably smart guy who unfortunately has been, for want of a better term; "brain-washed" into believing the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard. I mean, he quotes him verbatim. All the "no such thing as a chemical imbalance" "psychiatry causing WWI and WWII" "electro-shocking children" "psychiatric industry producing a nation of drug addicts" - all comes from the writings of Scientology and the CCHR. And, of course he's entitled to his own opinion - he just shouldn't force it on everyone else and use his position as a household name more responsibly.

 * What pressures have been put on your site and by whom?

Well, "coincidently" the SAME DAY Viacom pulled the South Park episode about Scientology off-air **reportedly** due to Cruise's pressure to drop all promotion of MI3 if they didn't the site hosting all my videos pulled them citing "removed at the request of the owner".

The Videos

 * On March 19 you claimed that videos on your website were removed by your hosting provider. Please explain what happened

Well, "coincidently" the SAME DAY Viacom pulled the South Park episode about Scientology off-air **reportedly** due to Cruise's pressure to drop all promotion of MI3 if they didn't the site hosting all my videos pulled them citing "removed at the request of the owner".

 * How do you know that Tom Cruise and/or Viacom were responsible for the removal of the videos?

Just like Viacom was saying "It wasn't Tom that make us pull South Park Trapped in the Closet it was because of respect for Mr. Hayes" obviously the videos were NOT pulled at my request. I received no notice, warning, or communication of any kind (sort of rude after pulling many many millions of new viewers to their site!) nor are they even replying to requests as to what happened.

They even pulled original work that was created for us exclusively and we were the only copyright holders of! On the same day Viacom announced they were pulling South Park? Occam's Razor points directly at Cruise involvement here as well.

 * Do you hold licences for the videos being distributed on your website? If not under what grounds are you distributing them?

Definitely not all of them! Many of the videos were on youtube (the hosting company) already so I simply linked to those files. Others were linked to directly from the copyright holders (like msnbc, access hyollywood, 60 minutes, cnn etc) so again we didn't actually infringe on the copyright, simply pointed our site at their file. Others were snippets of video that were held under "fair use" for commentary purposes.

 * You claim in a media release that those who inquired with YouTube were told that the videos were removed at the request of their owner. Do you find it possible that the copyright holders could have asked for them to be removed?

No, because as I mentioned ours were removed, and youtube's policy is to remove the video and inform the user - not state that we requested their removal.

 * You were sent a cease and desist order from the Scientologists, which you've chosen to dispute. Can you tell us the details about that order, like who sent that order? when was it sent? and what the primary order elements were?

It was sent from the Church's and RTC's (the company that actually owns all Scientology's trademarks) law firm "Moxon and Kobrin" and essentially said I must immediately cease and desist using the domain as it infringed on their trademark "Scientology" and was causing confusion as (they claim) my site was being mistaken for theirs, citing breach of the Langham Act. I was told to immediately transfer ownership to them or face a USD $100,000 lawsuit.

 * Did you get legal counsel? if so, what was it?

Yes. Originally I had a 'knee-jerk' reaction and told them "okay" and bought passionofcruise.info. Then I met with a trademark lawyer and a commercial lawyer specializing in suits like this and found that their claims were without any merit whatsoever.

 * You've decided to challenge the legality of the cease and desist. Have you heard further from the Scientologists or their lawyers?

The local church called me for several weeks playing "good cop" - he never mentioned lawsuits or the like just kept wanting to meet with me to "chat about it" (I refused). But no, never heard from the lawfirm again.

 * Have you considered bringing legal action against the Scientologists for harrassment or intimidation? Have you consulted legal counsel about doing so?

No. I think they got their just desserts.


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I'm not going to get into a lengthy discussion on this, but policy has fallen behind practice in this case, I believe. I was nominated for adminship before the 30 day mark and it became a small issue during my RfA -- ultimately the 30 days passed while during the RfA, so I was created an Admin anyway. I don't vote because Voting is Evil, but were I to vote, I'd be most concerned about the user's edit count -- more than half of the user's edits are outside the main namespace. Edit counts are not the be-all-end-all of measuring sticks in RfAs (and I would oppose any initiative to include edit counts in Admin criteria), but I think they're useful, especially in a user this new. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * At the risk of continued discussion, I'd like to point out that I don't have anything that supports my adminship other than my attitude and my work so far. My editcount is irrelevant in either direction. Many of my edits are my corrections of my own mistakes. I'm sure I've easily racked up over 100 edits on Talk and User talk pages. I ask people to determine my eligibility on their experience with me and the work they've observed me doing, as any other criteria simply doesn't apply. irid:t 05:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Er, whoops. "Simply doesn't apply" doesn't mean "don't oppose me because I'm new". What I meant was don't support me if you're uncomfortable with that fact, but if you're not uncomfortable, don't let it stop you. I guess, what I mean is, I don't feel the policy is designed to keep people willing to work hard away; it's designed to keep people who are volatile and inexperienced away from the big "block" and "delete" buttons. irid:t 06:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews talk:Questions for interview with Glen Stollery of ScienTOMogy.info

My questions...
I only pose those questions to counter the implicit POV of the original article. Feel free to delete or ignore. irid:t 06:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Questions such as these are exactly the point of doing an Interview. - Borofkin 06:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Interesting
Those writing the questions may also like to take a look at this page, Stollery openly states "Tom Cruise is NUTS" It is linked from Scientomology's new video hosting site - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Possible copyright infringement
While the authors of South Park are happy for their show to be distibuted via the internet see here there are snippets of other television shows which are being distibuted on the site. This could explain why the videos were removed from their webhost. I will contact YouTube and see if I can find anything out - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Comment from Church of Scientology
I've emailed the Church of Scientology media relations people informing them that we are going to interview Glen, making them aware of his press releases, and requesting a general statement about Glen's accusations, and also responses to Glen's statements in the interview, when they occur. - Borofkin 08:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've emailed the media relations people (mediarelationsdir@scientology.net) again, including a copy of the interview, and requesting a comment or statement of some kind. - Borofkin 07:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Youtube reply
Hi Nathan,

We have not received a DMCA notification letter from Viacomm. However, thank you for bringing this video clip to our attention; I will alert our customer support team.

Cheers, Julie

-Original Message- From: Nathan Carter [mailto:magnaboy@westnet.com.au] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:45 AM To: julie@youtube.com Subject: Scientomology removal

Hi, My name is Nathan Carter and I am an independent author who publishes his work on the news site Wikinews. I have come across http://www.scientomogy.info/threats.htm which claims that YouTube removed videos placed on the site by the author of scientomology because of pressure from Tom Cruise and/or Viacom. If possible can you confirm or deny this? If possible can you say if the files were removed under a DMCA takedown notice by another company? Regards, Nathan Carter. -Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 07:23, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Just want to apologize for the delay in getting the answers to you
Actually took a lot longer than I planned for which I am sorry. If you need any more info please let me know! :) Glen Stollery C T 00:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Crowe and Holmes succeed in takeover of Rabbitohs

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I've renamed the article back to "Crowe and Homes succeed in takeover of Rabbitohs". I think that the shorter title was a little vauge, and confusing for people who aren't very familiar with this topic. - Borofkin 06:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


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Beazley leadership
Where's a story on the fight between him and Kevin Rudd?

What fight? Perhaps that's why there is no story.--Ningbojoe 00:14, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

January 9th - Australian P-plate Drivers might face passenger limit
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australian_P-plate_Drivers_might_face_passenger_limit Todays top story! wow the main Australia news wiki hasn't been updayed in a while :P

Horse Flu
Radio reports say the travel ban has been lifted in WA as of 1600 wst on 29th, racing is on in Perth frid sat with extended cards. Gnangarra 12:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Recent news list
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Talk:Lukashenko wins disputed Belarus elections

"disputed"
why an unqualified "disputed" in the title? from the article and the couple of sources i saw, the only people disputing it are opposition groups and rallies, there's no mention of what independent monitors, international organisations, foreign governments are saying. Doldrums 07:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That's to indicate the fact that there's a hell of a lof of suspicions of them cheating. If you look at BBC, for example, they titled their articles "Belarus ballot 'severely flawed'" etc. AFP: "Belarus leader clinches new term, West and opposition cry foul". CNN: "OSCE: Belarus vote not free, fair". I thought that "disputed elections" summarises the fact that a lot of people think there was cheating involved. --HJV 14:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * i think those articles came out after we published, following the OSCE(or whatever) observers saying the polls were not free and fair. the problem is that we have not included those sources in this article. and the (english) sources we have included don't make this claim. Doldrums 06:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well I do think a demand for annullation of the vote could be considered a dispute. Don't you? Also, the Reuters article mentioned as a source does talk about the protests in Minsk and of EU and USA taking a suspicious stance to the results. I thought that "Lukashenko wins Belarus elections. Opposition demands annullation." would have been too long for a title. The anullation demands and suspicions from outside Belarus are reflected in the word "disputed". If there wasn't for the "disputed", it would seem, from the title, that everyone thinks these results are OK, when in fact they don't. In turn, as I mentioned before, removing the dispute and making the title longer at the other end would simply make it too long for a news headline. What do you think would be a better headline? Also, if you find sources, please do feel free to add them. --HJV 15:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


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Macasana, India priest killed

March 18, 2006

Fr Eusebio Ferrao (60), of St Francis Church in, India, was found murdered in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, March 18, in the of the church. Three people from who stayed with Fr Ferraro and had dinner with him Friday night are suspected of suffocating him with a pillow. The Archbishop has urged the authorities to find the culprits and bring them to justice.

Fr Ferrao, a diocesan priest, writer and the parish priest of Macasana Parish in, was found dead by parishoners on Saturday morning.

When he did not arrive to celebrate mass, parishoners went to check at the parish house and found him. His cook was found bound and gagged in the house.

The Macasana parish, dedicated to the patron saint of Goa, St Francis Xavier, was set up in 1809 and is situated in the southern subprovince of, India.

According to the last available records, it has a Catholic population of 3,200.

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Landmine kills two in India

March 20, 2006

A land mine blast killed two persons and injured 10 others in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The explosion took place as a police vehicle reached Kolar-ghat in Rajnandgaon, 110 km from state capital, Raipur.

Police chief Vivekanand blamed Maoist rebels, who want to establish a communist state in India.

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User talk:Zuariwind

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User talk:Cyril kenny

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User talk:William usurped old

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User talk:Aryarya

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User talk:Chouxette

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Citizens protest Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal

On Saturday March 18, citizens in Buffalo demonstrated to make their voices be heard. The protest mounted by people opposed to the Elmwood Village Hotel proposal took place on the proposed site at Forest and Elmwood Avenues.

The Elmwood Village Hotel is a 72-room, seven-million-dollar hotel proposed by Savarino Construction Services Corporation. The hotel would require the demolition of at least five buildings (1109-1121 Elmwood), which house several shops and residents. Karl Frizlen, an architect with Frizlen Group, designed the hotel. Although the properties are "under contract," it is still unknown if Savarino Construction actually owns the buildings. It is believed that Hans Mobius, a resident of Clarence, New York and former Buffalo Mayorial candidate, is still the owner. The hotel is expected to be a franchise of the Wyndham Hotels group.

Despite the cold weather, at least 40 people showed up to walk the picket line for 2 two hours.

Clarence Carnahan, a Buffalo resident, supplied signs that citizens could use during the protest. Some of the signs said, 'No vacancy, No hotel,' 'No tell hotel,' 'Hans off' and 'Our neighborhood, our choice, no hotel.'

"The concern is they are going to tear down established businesses that have been here for years," said Charles Leist, a protester.

"We're fighting to the bitter end. We're hoping that we can squelch this. We don't think we can, but we're going down kicking and screaming," said Patty Morris, co-owner with Nancy Pollina of Don Apparel at 1119 Elmwood. Don Apparel is a vintage clothing and collectible shop and has been at the same location for nearly 14 years.

The city's Common Council is expected to vote on the proposal on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at 2:00 PM in Council Chambers, on 13th floor in City Hall.

The Planning Board is expected to vote on the proposal on Tuesday, March 28, at 8:00 AM in room 902 on the 9th floor of City Hall.

Even if the Common Council approves the proposal, the Planning board will get the final say in the matter.

So far, no other protests are scheduled. Organizers say they will wait until the Common Council votes before organizing any more protests.


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O.R.
I was at the protest and took the pictures (uploading soon). There were no recordings :( just mostly pictures. Jason Safoutin 11:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


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User:Dolive21

This is the user page of Dolive21, I do not adit wikinews much, so if you wnat to know about me, Please visit the user page of Dolive21 on wikipedia.

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User:DragonFire1024/February06Archive

Request for Another Admin
I woulld like another administrator to look at my block. Amgine blocked me for I believe no reason. I think that the so called edit war he states was due to Neutralizer tagging the Ricin article for NO actionable objections. Adding TOTALLY POV statements and sources NOT related to current events. Admins please look at block. 18:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

ALL Administrators; Action Alert: Substance found in University of Texas dormitory tests positive for Ricin
One year ago there was a report of ricin in London which turnned out to be a false positive after secondary tests. What? And? this has nothing to do with the current news. Nothing at all. We are not to say what is and is not positive/negative. And it is not our job to steer anyone in that direction. FACTS people, RELATED to THIS story not something a year ago.

I mean come on...a source from April 14 2005? What the h**l does this have to do with the current news as it is? NOTHING. So far, as a fact, the test is positive. We are NOT to specualte on what the future is, or what it "may" be. We are here to report the facts. If I am not mistaken, I think Amgine MrMiscellanious said that back in some article about the U.S. Strike against alleged terroriest in Pakistan. Could be wrong. Jason Safoutin 18:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

''Look at the sources. They're attributed in the story. You cannot write whatever you want to write here; we stick to facts, not theories or conspiracies. MrMiscellanious'' in talk page of U.S. airstrike targeting Ayman al-Zawahiri leaves 18 dead in Pakistani village

I wanted to thank you,
for finishing the Zebra Mussel story. It's kind of nice after posting up a draft and having to dash off, to check back later a see it expanded and published. Best regards. -Edbrown05 05:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Spoilsport :)

 * 'Kama Sutra' worm virus set to strike Why remove the images from that article? I think your action was a bit hardcore! I put them up to add a bit of colour to this otherwise drab place... --elliot_k 05:01, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Please do not threaten users.
DragonFire1024, do not threaten users. It is inappropriate and rude. Warn them their behaviour is inappropriate and that admins have been alerted to the situation, but nothing further please. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

You should place a comment on the discusion page
I think it would have been polite to place a comment on the discusion page in regards to the article you recently removed as publish. (http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Conservative_Canadian_government_sworn_in). Please, next time you encounter such an article, would you be kind enough to add a comment on the discusion page to explain your actions. I find that it is a little less unproductive when you have to figure out what is wrong with an article when you could have simply stated it. It also tends to stop future arguments. Thank you for your co-operation. Your future incites and hopefully our future encounters will be a little even more productive. --72.57.8.215 19:09, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I hereby give you
Little late now, Should of given this a little while ago. Great work.

articles getting lost.
Hello, I wanted to make sure you are aware that articles do not need the date or develop tag in order to be listed on the developing story list. The only way for a story to get truly lost would for it to be published with out a date tag --Cspurrier 18:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh ok...good to know. Also, there was no date on the article previously. Jason Safoutin 18:07, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

You are blocked
You have been blocked for 3RR violation in article Pennsylvania man named in alleged terror plot for 24 hours. If you would like to discuss this with me, I am available in IRC, or via [mailto:amgine@saewyc.net e-mail], or on my talk page after your block has expired. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:31, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Your block has been reduced, due to mitigating circumstances. You are blocked for 8 hours. The same routes of communication as above are available. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:57, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

California police kill knife-wielding man
I was just wondering why you moved the above article back to develop claiming it was too short. Briefs are meant to be short, only around one paragraph - see Australian_discussion/archive3 Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 07:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

WN:FAC and Template:Third lead
As a note, WN:FAC doesn't govern the third lead (or "featured story")... The guidelines for the featured story are kept on the template itself. They read, in part

 * The third lead should be the one that has the most human interest, the best written story that day perhaps or a quirky story - whatever people feel is most likely to get readers reading which isn't the day's top breaking news.

WN:FAC was an idea that hasn't really gotten off the ground -- yet. Featured Story (Template:Third lead) was developed so that non-major news could be featured on the front page. --Chiacomo (talk) 16:13, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ugh. Well whatever then. I do not see that the evolution article is worthy of any lead...not long enough and if this article is true needs more to it than what it has. Jason Safoutin 16:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

New Wikinewsie
Jason-

Your contributions are quite impressive! I am trying to break into the Wikinews world myself...I would ultimately like to make video reports of interesting stuff that goes on around Long Island (where I live) and NYC...I was thinking that I would write an article on something like a piece of legislation passed somewhere that is otherwise not very well known but is an easy subject for a practice article. What do you think? Would love to hear from you...thanks PaulHanson 22:57, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Jason is earning stripes as old wikinewsie, it takes 5 minutes, the rest seem like yesterday! Best regards. -Edbrown05 06:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Would that be a compliment? ;-) Jason Safoutin 06:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, watch out for extra verbal comments like "However" and "So far", they take up mental space with no value. Stay concise. I want to repeat stay concise. You got it. Oh, think world, when you do world stories. You got it, with a few more bumps in the road :) Edbrown05 07:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Please work toward publishing Full extent of Abu Ghraib detainee abuse revealed
Please make an effort to resolve whatever differences you have with other editors and let's get the above article published. I realize that you have strong feelings on the subject, but this is a newsworthy article and the project suffers when we cannot report news in a timely fashion. Please remember that everyone has a POV and that each person's POV should be respected. Also, let's avoid even the appearance of personal attacks in discussion pages. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:58, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

You are blocked
You are blocked for 24 hours due to 3RR violations, edit warring in Substance found in University of Texas dormitory tests positive for Ricin.

You have exhibited a difficulty in accepting that articles on Wikinews are collaboratively developed. This means you cannot control the content of an article. It also means you do not have the ability to decide if the article is disputed or not. It is my opinion you will be less frustrated, and less likely to violate 3RR, if you stop considering articles as "yours". -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:40, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

 * You are unblocked, under advisement of other admins, "to initiate dispute resolution." -  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Ricin story
Hi and hey! I can understand your instincts towards editorial exclusivity on articles in which you are doing 'Original reporting'. On derivative stories, the final content is tossed into the salad of what is Wikinews. I like that :) Edbrown05 07:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Interviews
I am new to the whole concept of interviewing people and reporting on Wikinews and have recently conducted two related interviews with people at the centre of MPAA launches seven lawsuits against torrent, ed2k and usenet sites. I think they will be of value to Wikinews, but am unsure of how to proceed. Any tips would be handy - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:South Africa to meet with Hamas representatives

surely it should read... leaders of the palestinian people rather than or as well as extremist group


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Utah father accused of using shock-collars to punish his children

March 20, 2006 Scott David Dover, 45, a father of two young boys in Cedar City, Utah, was arrested on Thursday and charges against the father could be filed today.

Police say he used electric dog collars to discipline his children. Conviction could result in up to 15 years in prison. Dover is being held in Iron County Jail; bail was set at ten thousand dollars.

Police Sgt. Jerry Womack said that the boys, both about six years old, did not have any burns or marks on them and that it was not known whether the collars had ever been placed around their necks. He also said, however, that Dover admitted to using the collars on his sons.

"It sounds bad, but it actually administers a mild shock. He just felt that was an option for discipline. We disagree vehemently," said Womack.

Cedar City Police were contacted on Wednesday by the Department of Child and Family Services.

"The kids are OK. Try to always remember that this child needs guidance, protection and someone to show them the way. To us, discipline means guidance, working with children on their strengths or showing them that some things could be done differently," said Carol Sisco, spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Human Services.

The "shock-collars" emit small electrical currents and are used for training dogs.

So far, the mother has not been charged. Latest reports said the boys were still living with her. Police are still deciding whether to file charges against her.


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Talk:Utah father accused of using shock-collars to punish his children

Libelous
Grossly libelous and misleading title; the man hasn't even been charged with anything it seems. Even the article does not say what the title does. Neutralizer 13:25, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Entire article is tabloidish; I can just see a National Enquirer showing a fake photograph of kids with dog collars around their necks. Neutralizer 13:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok so I will change the title. As an editor, you have the abilty to do just that. There is no need to cite it misleading. Other than the title, you state no reason for your dispute. Clarify please. Also, the sources state what it is. Whether you like it or not its news. Jason Safoutin 13:31, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * changed the title for accuracy. There is nothing else wrong as I can see it. Possible charges is correct as its not confirmed. its unknown if they were placed around their necks is correct as he could have devised another way to use them. So where are the actionable objections? Jason Safoutin 13:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks Jason for the DR. I never did one before so I did use the "delete" by mistake. The article clearly shows there is no evidence at all that the man ever used the collars as punishment and he has not been charged with anything. The article is extremely libelous,imo, at least until after he is charged; then the article can address the charges if you like but this article has nothing of value in it at all. Neutralizer 13:44, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually there is more than one way to use the collars: ankles for example, legs, arms. They are not specific no and could be for use on small dogs maybe. I think that if anyone uses these on a human it news. The article is clear. As of now you have done nothing but say your POV/opinion. Your reasons are not valid. Jason Safoutin 13:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've put my reasons on the DR page and here. You've done a lot to improve it but it really should be off the site until after the charges are laid, imo. Police were called in last Wednesday so why aren't some charges in place already,if they have a strong case. You should take his name out right now, I think Neutralizer 14:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Added source where officer Womack says that the father admitted to using the collars. See: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635192686,00.html . Jason Safoutin 14:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Removing tag
I don't see how the misleading tag is applicable; perhaps it was once, it's not anymore. I'll be removing it. irid:t 15:28, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Much better now
The article has had a complete makeover and is somewhat acceptable although still POV,I think. It was quite libelous when first published;"Utah father used shock-collars to punish children". Let's not let this happen again. Neutralizer 18:28, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * IMO, editors should at least attempt to fix articles before delaying publication. No attempt was made by you to fix the article. You just tagged it and left. You are an editor, yes? Jason Safoutin 18:34, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * However; you still state POV with no explanation...what is POV please. Jason Safoutin 18:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Nothing from the defendent nor his lawyer
Article is highly one sided presenting solely the police POV. Should be tagged NPOV, I think, but the article is so speculative I will waste no more time on it at all; at least it is not libelous any longer. Neutralizer 18:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe he does not have a lawyer yet, and if so, that does not mean the lawyer or the suspect has to say anything to the public or press at all. And his lawyer if he has one, probably told him to keep his mouth shut. Jason Safoutin 18:54, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Also in the US children or individuals under 18 are not allowed to be presented in the press without prior permission from parents or legal guardians. Jason Safoutin 18:55, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry Neutralizer, but this isn't POV - police reports and charges against someone are entirely valid topics of news. The article clearly states that these charges are just that, charges, and that he was alleged to have done these actions. It's not POV - it's reporting on a possible crime, and the resultant court case that will happen. Lyellin 19:17, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

names
What is the point of including the name of the person charged, unless it is a figure of public interest? --vonbergm 19:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well in the article, the name is definitely appropriate, as it is part of the news story. Although, unless it's a notable person, there's no reason to put the man's name in the title. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 19:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: His name is not in the title, and the name came from the officer (Womack). Jason Safoutin 19:41, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, but what is the point to give the name in the article, especially if he has not even been charged yet? I guess this is more of a policy question about how wikinews should deal with names in cases like this, when there is no apparent reason to list the name except to possibly fuel gossip in a local Utah community. --vonbergm 21:18, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Charged

 * "So far, the mother has not been charged."

Perhaps I'm the only person who misread that, given the context of electricity, but I doubt it.


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User talk:Apage43~enwikinews

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Apage43. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Apage43~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User:BG04

Welcome and have a nice stay. Please, if you want to contact do not hesitate to leave a message.

 * Who: Olympic
 * Where: Greece
 * When: Since March 2006
 * Why: It's good to know what happens

 * Dictum : Socrates, "The only thing I know, is that I don't know anything" (Εν οίδα ότι ουδέν είδα)

Trophies
You could add this one to your user page if you're keen of trophies: --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC) .

P.S. I thought it was en oida oti ouden oida instead of eida?

My articles
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 * Maria Menounos will present the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, March 20, 2006.
 * Correspondence of late Greek Orthodox leader of Americas to be published, March 21. 2006. (OR)
 * Athens' new Acropolis museum will be ready in 2007, March 22, 2006
 * Hostage situation in Greek mental clinic ended, March 23, 2006
 * Celebration of Greek Independence day, March 25, 2006
 * Greek President inaugurated Orthodox Church in Egypt, April 2, 2006
 * Ecumenical Hellenism program's representatives visited U.S.A., April 16, 2006
 * Rail accident in northern Greece, April 17, 2006
 * Atrocities in Guatemala as Mayans lynch couple. April 20, 2006
 * Condoleezza Rice will visit Greece and Turkey, April 21, 2006
 * Clashes in Athens during Condoleezza Rice's visit in Greece, April 25, 2006
 * Inter-Balkan Summit to take place in Thessalonika,Greece, May 2, 2006
 * Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey meet in Thessalonika, May 4, 2006
 * Anarchists, police clash in central Athens during anti-war rally, May 6, 2006
 * AEK Athens fans damage ferry-boat in Greece, May 11, 2006
 * Greek soccer champions celebrate title win with Maradona, May 14, 2006
 * Finland's monsters won the Eurovision Song Contest, May 20, 2006
 * Bomb blasts near Greek Minister's house, May 30, 2006
 * World conference of expatriate Greeks to take place in Athens, June 2, 2006
 * Shock in Greece as teenagers confess to murdering 11-year old missing boy, June 3, 2006
 * Rallies in Greece as Universities' strike continues, June 15, 2006
 * Pamela Anderson visits Greece, promoting the MAC AIDS Fund, June 26, 2006
 * Anarchists clash with police during students' rallies in Athens, June 28, 2006
 * Forest fire in Chalkidiki peninsula causes political tension in Greece, August 23, 2006
 * Basketball: Greece beats the United States, 101-95 on semi-final, September 1, 2006
 * Russian President Putin visits Greece to discuss energy issues, September 4, 2006
 * Inauguration of the 71st Thessaloniki International Fair in Greece, September 8, 2006
 * 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival to open Friday, November 15, 2006
 * Pope begins official visit to Turkey, November 28, 2006
 * Greek minister's statement causes political tension, December 21, 2006
 * Greek actor Nikos Kourkoulos dies at 73, January 30, 2007
 * Greek government faces censure motion by opposition, '''February 2, 2007
 * Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline agreement signed in Athens, March 15, 2007

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User talk:BG04

Thanks for an article on a very thin day! —67-21-48-122 22:52, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Misstake
Sorry for mixing Synaspismos and Communist Party. Good that you corrected it. international 08:04, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:George Papandreou speech.jpg
Is not properly sourced. If it does not have a source it may be deleted, per Fair use. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Trophie
You could add this one to your user page if you're keen of trophies: --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC) .

P.S. I thought it was en oida oti ouden oida instead of eida?

Re: Dispute
Sorry for the delay, I've responded on the article page. Andre (talk) 22:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Jodie.annie

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User talk:195.66.108.144

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Your username
Hi 67-21-48-122... just letting you know that I've started a discussion about your username at Water_cooler/policy. I'm worried that it is misleading because it looks like an IP address. Note that it is possible to change your username, and keep your edit history, etc. - Borofkin 01:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I definitely want to keep the name I've chosen. Before I decided to move a page, which requires registration, I was content just to be identified by my IP address, which, indeed, is 67.21.48.122 . Now, when I neglect to log in, the IP address still is displayed, of course.

 * I would strongly object to any new rule banning IDs resembling "dotted-four" decimal-notation IP addresses.

 * As it happens, I will likely be the only Wiki contributer at my present IP address for a long while — it's much like having a static address of my own. Not everyone has such a situation, of course.

 * Perhaps this will alleviate existing concerns.
 * —67-21-48-122 01:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It wouldn't be a new rule. If the community decides that your username is confusing or misleading, then it is already not permitted under the username guidelines. - Borofkin 01:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Please choose another username, and request Cspurrier to rename your account. There is no consensus that your name is not confusing and misleading, which is the requirement of policy. -  Amgine | talk en.WN
 * This comment, though unstamped, was just now added.
 * —67-21-48-122 21:48, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I intend to block this account within 24 hours in compliance with Username policy. Please see Changing username to have your username changed to prevent the block. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * As I have asked on the Water cooler, please explain how your username does not confuse with, or mislead that your edits are from, an IP? -  Amgine | talk en.WN 18:51, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the calendar
... and don't forget the pinup ! (i am joking) Jacques Divol

 * You're welcome. I would if they'd let me!
 * Avec ce nom, vouz devez parler la langue de Molière. I suppose somebody may complain about French on an English-language Wiki.
 * —67-21-48-122 16:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * yes i am french living in France. Jacques Divol 15:14, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thailand PM article
Yeah, that article is plenty long. Good job with fixing it up a bit. Thank you. (whoops, typing without looking) irid:t 19:39, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support
Your support on the Deletion Request was appreciated. Due to the controversy over the article, I have re-published it. If you can suggest another distribution of Linux to work on, I'd be more than happy to hear of it.

Chris Bradley 10:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

 * First, see this article through the current campaign to keep it from staying among the published articles of Wikinews. I think it's sad that detractors are delaying, and obviously discouraging, your moving on to such a future project. Which project, I think, should deal with the distribution having the most widespread deployment -- Fedora? Mandrake?
 * --67-21 12:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Username blocked
This username is blocked according to username policy. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:49, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:24.71.127.50

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Wikinews talk:Audio guide

Production Notes:
"This sound file and all text in the article are released into the public domain." Clearly this needs to be updated. —67-21-48-122 18:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Done —Benn Newman 03:00, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Recommending proprietary software?!
Since when does Wikimedia endorse proprietary software? Why are Sound Forge and Aduition recommended? 71.194.191.92 23:05, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Edit Imminent
Over the past god knows how long I've been editing this to be a help guide to audio wikinews but it's come to my attention that this should infact be a guide for uploading audio to accompany an article, such as audio from a interview. From now on this shall be edited back to a guide on how to do the latter. As always, all help appreciated. --James Pain (talk) 09:53, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Just an update, the above applies. --James Pain (talk) 18:29, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

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Maria Menounos will present the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest

March 20, 2006

The American NBC journalist and Hollywood actress Maria Menounos gave her first official press conference in Greece, as a presenter of the semi-final and the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, which will take place in Athens on the 18th and 20th of May, 2006.

Menounos, who is of Greek ancestry and speaks fluent Greek, arrived yesterday in Athens. Today, she talked about the presentation of the song contest and expressed her excitement about being in Greece. She will present the song contest along with the popular Greek pop star Sakis Rouvas.

Before official confirmation by Greek National Television (ERT) of Menounos as the co-host of the contest, Greek media had reported the names of the famous actresses Jennifer Aniston and Monica Bellucci as possible presenters.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 final and semi-final will take place in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.


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User:Alexan~enwikinews

hi all ....

just looking around for now

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User talk:195.66.108.63

Welcome
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User talk:Marktinsley

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