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Study: cognitive therapy as good as medication, but lasts longer

April 6, 2005 A landmark study comparing effectiveness in reducing major depression of two forms of initial treatment — cognitive therapy which involves discussing thought processes with a qualified counselor, vs medication — has revealed that both forms of therapy reduce depression, but that the benefits of cognitive therapy last longer than those of medication. The study finding contradicts current treatment guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

The 16-week study, by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University, was the largest trial yet undertaken to resolve the years-old debate. Two-hundred-and-forty patients with moderate-to-severe depression were given one or other of the treatments, or a purposely-ineffective placebo. Study representatives described the two treatments about equally effective — both much more effective than the placebo — but with the positive effect of talk-therapy lasting longer.

In fact, the cognitive therapy group saw only as many relapses as a another group that had continued to receive drug therapy.

"We believe that cognitive therapy might have more lasting effects because it equips patients with the tools they need to learn how to manage their problems and emotions," said Robert DeRubeis, professor and chair of Penn's Department of Psychology. "Pharmaceuticals, while effective, offer no long term cure for the symptoms of depression. For many people, cognitive therapy might prove to be the preferred form of treatment."

"Medication is often an appropriate treatment, but drugs have drawbacks, such as side effects or a diminished efficacy over time," DeRubeis said. "Patients with depression are often overwhelmed by other factors in their life that pills simply cannot solve. In many cases, cognitive therapy succeeds because it teaches the skills that help people cope."

Researchers pointed out that while the effectiveness of cognitive therapy depended largely on the experience of the practitioner, the same was true of medication, due to the judgement required in prescribing correct dosages of drugs.

The APA declined to comment, on the basis that a quote appearing on Wikinews could be distorted by subsequent edits of the article.


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Cricket: India beat Pakistan in Visakhapatnam ODI

April 6, 2005 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

The Indian Cricket Team showed a good spirit both in Batting and Bowling activities which helped them beat Pakistan in the Cricket Match held at Visakhapatnam by 58 runs.

Batting first, India's V Sehwag (74) and Dhoni (148) with a contribution from Dravid (52) helped them to put a challening 357 runs to Pakistan. Pakistan however were all out for 298 in 44.1 overs. A Nehra took 4 wickets.

Indian innings
(50 overs maximum) DNB: A Nehra.

FoW: 1-26 (Tendulkar, 3.2 ov), 2-122 (Sehwag, 13.4 ov), 3-140 (Ganguly, 19.2 ov), 4-289 (Dhoni, 41.2 ov), 5-300 (Dravid, 42.1 ov), 6-301 (Kaif, 42.4 ov), 7-318 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.5 ov), 8-325 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.2 ov), 9-356 (Khan, 49.6 ov).

Pakistan innings
(target: 357 runs from 50 overs) FoW: 1-5 (Shahid Afridi, 1.2 ov), 2-89 (Salman Butt, 12.6 ov), 3-129 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 19.1 ov), 4-176 (Abdul Razzaq, 27.2 ov), 5-204 (Shoaib Malik, 31.2 ov), 6-222 (Mohammad Hafeez, 33.3 ov), 7-263 (Yousuf Youhana, 38.1 ov), 8-268 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 40.4 ov), 9-296 (Mohammad Sami, 43.2 ov), 10-298 (Kamran Akmal, 44.1 ov).

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ABC to move Internet news network back to U.S. TVs

April 6, 2005

The U.S. television network ABC says its 24-hour news network, ABC News Now, will become a permanent 24-hour television news network starting in July. Currently, the operation is only available on the Internet as a streaming media web site.

The network started as a experiment by the Walt Disney Company-owned ABC in the summer of 2004 during the U.S. presidential campaign nomination conventions. It was mostly broadcast as a subchannel or shared channel within the bandwidth of an existing digital television (DTV) channel already owned by ABC. For instance if the local ABC affiliate is on Channel 7 with a DTV channel of 23, then ABC News Now may have been available on digital channel 23.1, sharing the same bandwidth.

Because few households in the U.S. are equipped to tune in digital over-the-air sub-channels, and virtually none are carried on local cable companies, ratings were low for the fledgling digital channel. Adding to that technical difficulty, cable carriage of the network was small. ABC News Now was delivered to only 6 of the 110 million U.S. households via cable. Most viewers of the network, 30 million at last count, watched the network via the Internet.

Citing money reasons, ABC shuttered the over-the-air ABC News Now broadcasts in January to focus on building the web-based service. But come July, ABC plans to return its news network and its 20 original programs to local TV stations. Without any commitment from national cable or satellite companies, ABC will return to digital sub-channels on local DTV transmissions.


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Excellent article on Darfur, thanks, it's an area I like to follow closely Dan100 (Talk) 11:52, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem, I really enjoy following world issues and current affairs. All I need to do now is learn the 'ins and outs' of Wikimedia Diodesign 21:08, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

A challenge for you
Hi Diodesign,

welcome to Wikinews! Looking at your profile, I think I have a perfect challenge for you: get a Wikinews story featured on Slashdot. We've made some attempts to get a story on Slashdot in the past; these are chronicled on Story propagation. Note that it may be a good idea to link to an old revision of the article for the submission, so that even if the article is vandalized, visitors only see that specific version. See the aforementioned page for examples.

The reason I think this is important is that it will still take quite a while until we have political events from around the globe covered in an appropriate fashion, but I believe we could relatively quickly build the user base to get the field of IT news covered, and being slashdotted (especially if we can do it on a regular basis) might help a great deal with this. Any cool tech/gadget story that hasn't been everywhere else already might work, especially if it includes some amount of original reporting. Are you up for the challenge?--Eloquence 22:45, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * An interesting challenge. I've had an article of mine linked to from Slashdot before, and countless of times on OSNews and other sites.

 * I will accept this challenge, because I realise that Wikinews is an amazing (yet experimental) concept but it needs a critical mass. If we appear more and more in community sites such as Slashdot, people will start turning to us. From experience, this'll take time so don't expect an overnight success. One thing to note is that I have my final undergraduate degree exams in 4-5 weeks time, so I won't initially be as pro-active as I'd liked. However after that, I'll be spending the summer freelancing (hopefully), and have plenty of time to do original reporting for Wikinews. I'll definitely see what I can do over the next month. Thanks for offering me the challenge Diodesign 23:18, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Wonderful, thank you so much. Good luck with your exams!--Eloquence 05:00, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Strike one: Slashdot, May 10

Israeli/Palestine subject
I was surfing around for a story to write and thought of you when cruised this page. It is a pretty good source for as an alternative to AP and Reuters. But also, I found this picture from the INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER-Palestine. I bet it is fair game for use in a news story where a Palestinian claim is being beat up on by the Israli's.

Thanks for the stories you've written and the work done on others. -edw 22:55, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the link - I'll keep it in mind. I'm pretty careful about my sources because the Israeli/Palestine conflict is so contentious - certainly from experience, in other articles |I've written or edited, for example. Diodesign 23:51, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * How interesting! I just added that mirror source to the the hand shake story here. I now realize the link for the publication goes to Wikipedia — I think I'll change that.-edw 00:24, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Heck, it still links to Wikiepedia! lol... oh my, I never knew that! -edw 00:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!
I knew you were the right person to do it. I hope you'll get us many more Slashdottings!--Eloquence 00:00, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:China responds to US plan for import quotas

That's crazy talk. "Free trade has to be fair trade"? Since when has the US administration been interested in fair trade? How about instead of setting quotas, work toward an international minimum wage and conditions, such that developing countries could still be competitive, companies in developed countries wouldnt be put under quite as severe pressue, and workers wouldnt be completely exploited. Just a thought... ~The bellman | Smile 12:21, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Nigeria destroys illegal small arms

April 6, 2005

Nigeria is cracking down illegal firearms, the Xinhua news agency reports. So far this week the Nigerian government has destroyed 2,738 small arms and 5,368 rounds of ammunition, primarily in the troubled Niger Delta region. The government began a project last October to rid the country of illegal arms and Tuesday's news will bring the total weapons seized and destroyed to 4,678 along with 8,256 rounds of ammunition. Nigerian Defence Minister Rabiu Kwankwaso told local Nigerian newspaper Vanguard, this was "the highest single destruction ever". He added: "The war against the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition is being won by the government." The government will continue to "recover and destroy illegally acquired arms in order to engender a peaceful and secured environment for socio-political, economic and cultural development," Kwankwaso continued. The Niger Delta holds most of the country's oil reserves, which makes Nigeria the eighth largest producer in the world. Fighting in the region claims over 1,000 lives a year. Residents of the Niger Delta have been fighting armed campaigns against oil companies that have begun oil production in the area. They claim that they have been inadequately compensated, that the land and water are being polluted, and that the Nigerian police and military have been acting in collusion with the oil producers to attack local villages, and torture and execute campaigners.

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U.S. Baseball: Delgado starts off well with Marlins

April 7, 2005

Carlos Delgado was impressive in his National League debut with the Florida Marlins on Tuesday after getting off to a slow start. In the first inning, the Marlins scored five runs off Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz, while Delgado struck out on three pitches. Delgado made up for this disappointment by following it with four straight hits, hitting four-for-five with three RBIs en route to a 9-0 victory.

Before the start of the season, there was some concern about how the change from American to National League would affect the slugger's performance. Delgado spent the past thirteen seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays before signing a four-year, $52 million contract with the Marlins. Marlins manager Jack McKeon said, wryly, "Many of the writers asked during spring training if his change of leagues was going to be a factor. In the first inning, it was." Delgado has certainly made an impact on the Marlins organization, and there is a lot of excitement in Miami over his new arrival. Opening day attendance was a record sell-out at Dolphins Stadium of 57,405, and spirits are high as the Marlins are one of the favourites to win the National League East, thanks in no small part to Delgado's presence. But, the baseball season is a long road to travel; as Delgado said, "Obviously, we have good talent here. We've got to go out and play. Because we've got such and such, and we picked up this guy, that doesn't mean anything. You've got to go out and do it on the field. Yeah, it was a great game. But it's over now."

Today's game was played in front of 57,405 at Dolphins Stadium.

Box score

 * WP: Josh Beckett (1-0)
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Talk:Talk-therapy can make a difference in early treatment of severe depression

emailed the American Psychiatric Association <press at psych.org> for alternative viewpoint comment, chance to respond to claims in the Uni of Pennsylvania news release. - Simeon 04:55, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hi,

I am writing a news story for en.wikinews.org, an open news publishing web site, covering a recent report from a University of Pensylvania study.

In their press release, it is claimed:

http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=777

"Cognitive therapy to treat moderate to severe depression works just as well as antidepressants, according to an authoritative report appearing today in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University, challenges the American Psychiatric Association guidelines that antidepressant medications are the only effective treatment for moderately to severely depressed patients."

I wonder if the APA would like to comment in response to their statement, or to further points made in the press release?

Would you like to comment on the validity of the study?

Will the APA review its guidelines in reaction to this finding? or when might you do that?

Are medication and cognitive therapy mutually exclusive?

Does the study mean patients are better off not taking medication, and taking cognitive therapy instead? Or should both be used?

Is cognitive therapy the only such effective alternative/supplement to medication, or are other forms of therapy known to be effective?

Simeon Scott

 * I think your desire to email the other institutions is a good one. I also think that changing a story that another author created in anticipation of what the response might be is repugnant. I have changed the date of the story you wrote back to yesterday, since it is yesterday's news.

I have also flagged it, since it appears that you have treated the information in a very sloppy and personal POV fashion, rather than putting the real numbers, which you have termed on my talk page as "boring" on your POV story.

When you report, Simeon, report. Don't fabricate or use the documentation of a study as serious as this one to make debate points. Ultimately the reader is the one who loses, and you again seem to have no concept of and editor's responsibility to both the reader and other authors. I feel you have exceeded once again the ethics of the WIKI and the extended friendship and trust of others who, along with myself, were willing to overlook the last time you did this as a failure to communicate. It is not failure to communicate. It is simply wrong.

After you get a reply from your correspondence perhaps you can write a new story. For now, I believe my story should be reverted and what you have done amounts to educated vandalism. --HiFlyer 15:17, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Alan, next time could you use less abuse, make fewer assumptions about my motives, and speaking of ethics of wiki, perhaps leave your ego at the door? - Simeon 15:21, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I did not use the word "boring" on vs medication article|your talk page. Please do not make unfounded allegations like that in future. If you reread what I said, you may benefit. You are welcome to re-add the statistical information, but I advise you to put it at the end for the reasons I pointed out. - Simeon 15:34, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Change "Boring" to "Confusing"

Yes...you said CONFUSING not BORING...The real numbers were Confusing...

"Your report contained quite a lot of the detail on the statistical methodology of the report, which most readers would just find confusing. If you ever really do want to include this type of detail, put it after a human-level explanation. I simply removed it in this case, because I think it was not enough detail to be useful to someone who would be interested in it, while being confusing enough to put off a reader uninterested in such details."

How did you make a judgement that our readers are too simple minded to want to know if there were 10,000 people or 60 in this test, Simeon? How confusing is that for you? --HiFlyer 16:01, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * The version of the article I left says there were 240 people in the study. Do you think most non-scientifically trained people would want to know more detail than that? Do you think most people who want more detail could not find the sources linked at the bottom of the article and click? - Simeon 16:10, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Can you folks please agree on the title? Having to follow a trail of re-directs from the Main Page to find the article ain't great. Plus this story was put on the front page yesterday, please don't add it to more than one day. Dan100 (Talk) 15:41, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, as explained above and in history commit comments, I missed the yesterday version, wrote a duplicate, and then merged the two. Someone has now removed the second entry from the front page. - Simeon 15:50, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Regarding the title, I think Alan's titles underrate the significance of the finding. The idea that talking 'can make a difference' is not new. The finding of the study places cognitive therapy, on the balance, at about the same level of usefulness as medication, but for a longer-term result. This is clear from the title of their press release: Cognitive Therapy Works As Well As Antidepressants, But With Lasting Effect After Therapy Ends" (http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=777).

'Misleading'
Someone has tagged this story as being misleading. Could someone explain what the contentious points are so other editors could contribute? Dan100 (Talk) 15:47, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I will create that paperwork in as short a time as possible, Dan. But let's start with the report's conclusion...the actual report, not Simeon's edition of it...
 * "In conclusion the report stated, “Cognitive therapy can be as effective as medications for the initial treatment of moderate to severe major depression, but this degree of effectiveness may depend on a high level of therapist experience or expertise.”"

It DID NOT STATE: One of the reports concluded that, "Cognitive therapy can be as effective as medications for the initial treatment of moderate to severe major depression, but this degree of effectiveness may depend on a high level of therapist experience or expertise." (Because there was ONLY ONE REPORT) ''What did the other reports say, Simeon? And where are they? Tell the truth...''

 * Alan, linked at the bottom of versions of the article that I have lodged. You left out this,

 * Two articles based on the study were published in this month's April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, a publication of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

 * Here are the two articles:

Simeon added: Researchers pointed out that while the effectiveness of cognitive therapy depended largely on the experience of the practitioner, the same was true of medication, due to the judgement required in prescribing correct dosages of drugs. Where did all the others say that, Simeon? Or are you postulating what they might have said if they were you? And did they say that about the INITIAL TREATMENT or the CONTINUED TREATMENT, Simeon, or do you know?

 * From the UPenn news release,

 * The researchers further believe that cognitive therapy patients might have done better at Penn due to the experience level of the therapists involved. Just as the experience of therapists may be important in cognitive therapy, so, too, can the expertise of prescribing physicians play a role in the success of antidepressant medication treatment.  Studies have shown that antidepressant medication dosages are still largely a matter of physiciansdiscretion.

 * I'm not sure that it's important to emphasise a distinction between initial and ongoing here, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt. I mentioned that the study was 16 weeks. The word initial I picked up from your version and included already. Perhaps my text could be improved to Researchers believed that while the effectiveness of cognitive therapy depended largely on the experience of the practitioner, the same was true of medication, due to the judgement required in prescribing correct dosages of drugs. - Simeon 16:26, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You see, Simeon, you did a bad thing and there is no justification

 * Alan responds ::My report was about a :study. It reported on the results of the :study. You wish to add your own POV to what the :study said, then do it someplace else. This was a :study of initial treatment of moderate to severe depression. Understand? You are flying all over the place with no focus whatsoever trying to undermine the use of drugs. That is your perspective or, what we call, POV.That is not what the :STUDY was about, simeon. If you wanted to do a comparative report, or something from that angle, that is another story. But you were upset that I beat you to the punch so now we are playing these games. The story should be reverted and then you can write some comparative study and survey the studies. --HiFlyer 16:52, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I request that the article be reverted immediately to my report of YESTERDAY and Simeon's report be put where ever he would like it other than over the top of mine. That seems fair but would still be misleading in its tone. --HiFlyer 16:15, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

OK...
First up, can I just say that the above discussion is very hard to read? It's best if you can stick to plain text, and maybe italics if you're quoting. It's also very hard to see who was saying what (and so whom was making what point) - try and stick to linear replies, or if you must nest them be very clear with your formatting.

Second, if someone was 'first' to a story, it's very bad form just to over-write it with your own version. Editors really must take care to scan the Main Page and Developing stories to check if their story has already been covered. If it has, build on it. Usually there's only two things that can be wrong - orginal thinking (get a blog) or statements that aren't backed up by the linked sources (research it and try and get some sources, or take the dodgy statements out as a last resort). The other problem could be a lack of neutral point of view - if a story is very one sided, do some research and present the other side of the coin. Don't take out the points of view you found - counter them.

I have to be honest I'm finding it hard to find the nub of the issue you two are debating here. I'd say that you should definitely say that 240 patients were involved and that it's the largest study of this type yet. That's important background information. I'd then put across the results sticking as closely to the two reports of the trial as possible (but not copy-violating them or confusing readers.) Say that the initial treatment last 16 weeks and the follow-up two years. Say how CBT and drug therapies turned out. Mention that there were discrepencies between the two treatment centres involved (and give the reasons for that the researchers stated).

It's a very interesting story, it's a shame to see you guys fighting over it. Dan100 (Talk) 17:28, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I went through the article myself and I couldn't see anything misleading, so I removed the tag. Dan100 (Talk) 17:35, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Toronto transit union threatens strike for Monday

April 6, 2005 Bob Kinnear, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, said today that Toronto, Ontario, Canada transit workers may begin striking as early as this Monday. A strike of the 8 400 employees would leave approximately 1.3 million daily riders looking for other means of transportation and clogging city roads.

The union voted down the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) offer March 9 with a 99% vote in favour of a strike. The five-year offer was said to include a two per cent wage increase in each of the next three years. The union said it wanted increased pension contributions and more leniency in scheduling. The union has now been in a legal strike position since April 1 but has said it would withhold strike action as long as serious negotiations were taking place. Today Canadian Press reported that TTC vice-chairman Joe Mihevic said the two sides were in "heavy, heavy" negotiations but going well and hoped they would continue.

Mr. Kinnear, however, announced a noon Friday deadline for a contract and told reporters that he feels the commission has been "dragging their heels on issues that they absolutely know are key to a settlement". He characterized the commission's negotiations as a "strategy of delay, defer and ignore".

The most recent TTC strike was in 1999 and jammed city roads for two days before the provincial government ordered the union back to work.


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Swift mission measures distance to star explosions

April 6, 2005

In another first for the NASA-led space telescope mission called Swift, five months into its mission it measured the distance to two gamma-ray bursts (GRB), back to back, from opposite parts of the sky. The GRB's are over nine billion light years away from the Earth.

The measurements were obtained utilizing the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT).

"Swift will detect more gamma-ray bursts than any satellite that has come before it, and now will be able to pin down distances to many of these bursts too," said Peter Roming, UVOT Lead Scientist at Penn State. "These two aren't distance record-breakers, but they're certainly from far out there. The second of the two bursts was bright enough to be seen from Earth with a good backyard telescope."

The Swift science team said these types of distance measurements will become routine, allowing scientists to create a map to understand where, when and how these brilliant, fleeting bursts of light are created.

Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions known in the Universe, are thought to signal the birth of black holes; either from a massive star explosion or a merger of smaller black holes or neutron stars. Several appear each day from Earth's vantage point. They are difficult to detect and study because they occur randomly from any point in the sky and last only a few milliseconds to about a minute.

Swift, with three telescopes, is designed to detect bursts and turn on its own to focus its telescopes, within seconds, on the burst afterglow, which can linger for hours to weeks. The UVOT is a joint product of Penn State University and the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in England.

Swift detected the bursts on March 18 and 19, as indicted in their names: GRB 050318 and GRB 050319. The UVOT team estimated that the redshifts are 1.44 and 3.24, respectively, which corresponds to distances of about 9.2 billion and 11.6 billion light years. (The second estimate reflects a more precise measurement made with the ground-based Nordic Optical Telescope.) Distance measurements are attained through analysis of the burst afterglow.

Swift detected 24 bursts so far. GRB 050318 was the first burst where the UVOT detected an afterglow. The lack of afterglow detection is interesting in its own right, Roming said, because it helps scientists understand why some bursts create certain kinds of afterglows, if any. For example, Swift's X-Ray Telescope (XRT) has detected afterglows from several bursts. The UVOT detected afterglows in GRB 050318 and GRB 050319 in optical light, but not significantly in ultraviolet.

"Every burst is a little different, and when we add them all up we will begin to see the full picture," said Keith Mason, the U.K. UVOT Lead at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Mason said UVOT distance measurements will become more precise in the upcoming months as new instruments aboard Swift are employed.

Swift is a medium-class explorer mission managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Swift is a NASA mission with participation of the Italian Space Agency and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council in the United Kingdom. It was built in collaboration with national laboratories, universities and international partners, including Penn State; Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico; Sonoma State University in California; the University of Leicester in Leicester, England; the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Dorking, England; the Brera Observatory of the University of Milan in Italy; and the ASI Science Data Center in Rome, Italy.

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Talk:US Highway Administration releases interim report on Boston's Big Dig: press release claims tunnel safe, but report does not/Notes

The central claim of this article is that the report from the FHWA about the Big Dig does not say that the tunnel is safe. I have read the report twice very carefully, and I have asked others to read it as well. As far as I have found, no other nwes source agrees with my analysis, so I am presenting it as original reporting. The report is linked from the article; I welcome others to confirm or disconfirm my findings.

Also, feel free to publicize this article-- personally, I think that the AP and Boston Globe are dropping the ball here by taking the word of the press release over the engineers' report. I would be glad to hear that they have at least considered the objection I raised. Pingswept 17:58, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Email exchange with New York Times reporter
Thanks for your note. It was an oversight on my part - the quote was from the report's cover letter. Sorry for the confusion.

Cheers,

At 11:34 PM 4/5/2005, you wrote: >Hello > >I just read your April 5th article entitled "U.S. Declares Boston's >Big Dig Safe for Motorists." > >Right at the start, you said that the FHWA report said that the >"tunnel project is structurally sound and safe for motorists." I read >the report, and I couldn't find any evidence to support your claim. > >The closest that I could find was the quote you included later in your >article from section 7.0, Closing Remarks, in which the report states >that the project is "adequately addressing the tunnel leaks." This >says nothing about the safety of the tunnel; it just covers how well >the the leaks are being repaired. > >The report states in section 6.0 about the repairs to the September >slurry wall breach, "Whichever option is selected must be implemented >quickly to ensure the safe and uninterrupted passage of of the >traveling public." This is equivalent to saying that the tunnel will >only be structurally sound if the repairs still being planned are >made. > >Was there some other part of the report that I missed? I know that >Amorello said that the report said the tunnel was structurally sound, >and the FHWA press release repeated the claim, but the report itself >doesn't contain that statement. > >I'd be happy to be proven wrong. Can you offer some explanation? > >Sincerely, > >Cambridge, Massachusetts

Raphael Lewis' April 5 article in the Boston Globe mentions that the cover letter included with the report was written by Mary E. Peters, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, not one of the engineers who wrote the report. In the first paragraph of his article, Lewis attributes the statement that the tunnel is "structurally sound" to the report, though he later also attributes it to the cover letter. Pingswept 05:12, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Hi ,

Thanks for writing. The term I quoted is from a cover letter accompanying the report written by FHWA administrator Mary Peters. It was her summation of what the report says. That said, I believe the closing remarks on Page IV state quite clearly that FHWA is satisfied that the slurry wall situation is isolated, and the report also says that the roof leaks are "low-level." So adding those assessments to the administrator's own statement that the tunnels are structurally sound, you have a clear statement about the tunnel's integrity.

State House Reporter The Boston Globe

> Hello > > I'm an amateur writer for the collaborative news site Wikinews > (http://en.wikinews.org). > > I just read your April 5th article entitled "Big Dig tunnels sound, US > says." > > Right at the start, you said that the FHWA report said that the tunnel > is "structurally sound." I read the report, and I couldn't find > evidence to support your claim. > > The closest that I could find was in section 7.0, Closing Remarks, in > which the report states that the project is "adequately addressing the > tunnel leaks." This says nothing about the safety of the tunnel; it > just covers how well the leaks are being repaired. > > Was there some other part of the report that I missed? I know that > Amorello said that the report said the tunnel was structurally sound, > and the FHWA press release repeated the claim, but the report itself > doesn't contain that statement. To me, there's a big difference > between a statement about tunnel safety made in a report written by > engineers and a statement on the same topic in a cover letter by an > administrator. > > I'd be happy to be proven wrong. Can you offer some explanation? Did I > miss a section of the report or something? > > Sincerely, > > Cambridge, Massachusetts

A sane response, but I don't find it particularly convincing. Specifically, I don't agree with the notion that an administrator's evaluation of an engineering report can be mixed with engineers' statements to make a stronger statement about an engineering problem. Pingswept 01:04, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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I just heard on BBC World news another bomb was exploded at a building for the new bus. Looking for sources on the Net right now vlsimpson 18:05, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Correction: Attack on safe house for the passengers. Looks nasty.  Working up story now. vlsimpson 18:19, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Prince Rainier III of Monaco has died

April 6, 2005

His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi) of the Principality of Monaco has died. Prince Rainier has been prince of the tiny Mediterranean country for almost 56 years. He was 81 years old.

He died at 0635 local time (0435 UTC) at the Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco with his son Prince Albert by his bedside. He had been hospitalized since March 8, 2005 and his health declined steadily since then. He had been suffering from heart, kidney and lung problems.

Prince Rainier is famed for being the husband of the late Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), and for investing in business at a famous gambling centre. He was on the throne since 1949, making him one of the longest reigning monarchs in Europe.

Prince Rainier is succeeded by Prince Albert II, who has already been serving as regent since March 31.

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Militants attack Kashmir bus route safe house

April 6, 2005

Islamic militants claimed responsibility for an attack on a government guesthouse sheltering passengers on the first bus in 50 years to cross between the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir. Authorities say the bus will depart as scheduled Thursday. The attack occurred in Srinagar on the Indian controlled side of Kashmir.

It is unclear whether the passengers or any others in the building, which housed several offices, were injured.

Four Islamic militant groups claimed responsibility later in the day for what they said was a suicide attack on the building complex. So far there has been no information from Indian security personnel as to how the attack was carried off.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to come to Srinagar to see the bus off on Thursday despite the attack. Another bus is due to depart from the Pakistani side of Kashmir, bound for India, later the same day.

One bomb exploded along the route yesterday and two other were defused.


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Talk:Militants attack Kashmir bus route safe house

VOA photos are public domain
I didn't know that VOA photos were public domain before. That could be a very valuable source for photos. VOA terms of use Double Blue  (Talk) 19:44, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The only problem is... VOA usually uses AP photos. - Amgine 19:45, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Just make sure to look for that little VOA tag on the side of the photo. If it's AP or some other agency, they'll mark it as such. -- vlsimpson 21:41, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Agree with VlSimpson - sometimes VOA uses AP, but this photo is not AP - it has a VOA staff credit on it. — DV 23:35, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Kashmir situation gone bad
I was aware things were unhappy in the Kashmir region, but the violence being resorted to there by some is saddening. -edw 01:06, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

? If the lid blows of the can in this region... considering the military capabilities of the nations involved... + China


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Is this real? Superm401 19:04, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is. See the additional sources and previous article. - Amgine 19:18, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Finger identified belongs in this article
As long as this article exists, it should have the additional information that the finger has been found:

"On May 13, 2005, police announced that they had identified the finger tip as belonging to an associate of Ayala's husband . The associate had lost his finger tip in an industrial accident at an asphalt company in December 2004.  Police had received the information from an undisclosed caller to Wendy's hot-line."

Otherwise, the article, based on the title alone, is misleading. If Wikinews plans on archiving this article rather than removing it, then this information should definitely be included, even if you create a new article.


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I don't submit stories, I just edit sometimes whenever there's a misspelling or punctuation error.

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Talk:Prince Rainier III of Monaco has died

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Prince Rainier of Monaco dies is the better title. Uncle G 19:35, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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I've made a title change that seems like a compromise between the two suggested titles. Jes5199 19:58, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Hi, I saw your note about Blogger. I know it's a problem - if I knew how to do what, I would! Could you give me any help with the code needed? Dan100 (Talk) 20:04, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The alarm story
Is breaking news, being reported by someone who is not a native english speaker. Thanks for watching! - Amgine/talk 21:55, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

RSS feed
We just found a very big bug with this hack today. You may want to hold off on implementing it. I don't know where the source is to be found, but I believe the origination was with GWicke or Eloquence; you'd have to ask them for specifics. - Amgine/talk 06:56, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

URGENT! Your attention and input is needed regarding a crucial issue facing wikinews.
Please go to the water cooler policy discussion at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy#creating_.2F_deleting_dispute_flag_templates

Please participate in this discussion,regardless of your opinion. Paulrevere2005 12:48, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey Sherlock Holmes...I hear you caught someone referring people to Firefox and they get a prize at the end of the week...How full of shit are you anyway? What's the prize? Do people who have a total of 66 points for over a year of letting friends know about Firefox get a prize? Does FREE FIRE FOX BROWSER sound less professional that what ever the eff you put there?

 * Just a tip for "you at work." Don't give up your day job. I'll be too happy to donate whatever prize I get for 8 clicks right on you where the sun don't shine, you fake. What kind of gall does it take to pretend you went to all that trouble to search for WhoDUnit? I was listed on the history page as adding an external link.

 * Idiot. Why don't you show everyone how smart you are by contributing a single paragraph to Wikinews? --Alan J Franklin May 4, 2005

 * Thanks for the suggestion. I'll consider it.  Oh, wait, no I won't.  Rudeness gets you nowhere.  --Tom 21:44, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Tom, I apologize on behalf of Wikinews. And I'm sorry I had not seen this message earlier. - Amgine/talk 21:47, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I'd like to second Amgine's comments. And I hope this doesn't put you off editing Wikinews - I don't want to see the project lose two editors over this. Dan100 (Talk) 16:44, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

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Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Me at work. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Me at work~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.

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Iraq elects Kurdish president, Saddam said to be shaken

April 6, 2005

The Kurdish population of Iraq celebrated today the appointment of veteran Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new president. The confirmation comes after Iraqis braved suicide bombings and other attacks to vote on the future of their country's Government more than two months ago. As well as electing Talabani, Iraq's Parliament also appointed Shi'a Adel Abdul Mahdi and Sunni Arab tribal leader Ghazi Yawar as vice presidents.

"This is the new Iraq -- an Iraq that elects a Kurd to be president and an Arab former president as his deputy," said Parliament speaker Hajem al-Hassani earlier. During Saddam Hussein's rule, the Sunni minority dominated Iraq, while Shi'ite communities were oppressed and the Kurdish population massacred as they fought against Saddam's regime. The Kurds make up 20 percent of the country's population, while Shi'ites make up 60 percent and the Sunni Arabs make up between 15 percent to 20 percent. Reports say Talabani has pledged to work with all ethnic and religious factions to rebuild Iraq and has called upon neighbouring countries to stop insurgents from further disrupting Iraq.

Although his post is seen by some as a ceremonial position, Talabani's role will include overseeing the completion of Iraq's new constitution by August this year and appointing Shi'ite leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Iraq's prime minister.

Echoing the comments of many Kurdish Iraqis, Mohammed Saleh, a 42-year-old Kurd in Kirkuk, told reporters: "Today Jalal Talabani made it to the seat of power, while Saddam Hussein is sitting in jail. Who would have thought."

According to agency reports, Saddam Hussein, imprisoned at a U.S.-run high security facility on the outskirts of Baghdad, was said to be "clearly upset" as Iraq moved closer to becoming a democratic state again. Watching the election results unfold live on Iraqi television, Saddam "realised that it was over, that a democratic process had taken place and that there was a new, elected president," Iraq's human rights minister Bakhtiar Amin told Reuters earlier today.


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Canada presses Iran for an international investigation into Kazemi death

April 6, 2005

Canada pulled out of a trade conference with the Iranian Government after discussions surrounding the alleged torture and death of photo-journalist Zahra Kazemi fell through. The move comes after accusations by Canada that a Canadian journalist, Kazemi, was savagely attacked in Iran. The allegation was denied by Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Kamal Kharazi on Tuesday. Canadian ministers have since responded by calling for an international forensic investigation into the Kazemi case.

"We will continue to put pressure on Iran," Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said yesterday. "This is something on which we will not give up. We know that in Iran it is lies, it is coverups that are being presented to us."

The allegations stem from Iranian born Doctor Shahram Azam, who fled to Canada and revealed last week how he examined Kazemi in June 2003, following her arrest in Iran. Azam told reporters that Kazemi was brought to him by Iranian authorities with severe injuries that were said to have been inflicted whilst in custody. Kharazi dismissed Azam's claims, adding that he has never worked at the hospital in which he claims he treated Kazemi.


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Space Shuttle Discovery resumes rollout to launch pad

April 6, 2005

NASA reports that the Return to Flight mission has started to roll toward the launch pad once again.

The rollout of the shuttle, scheduled for April 5 around midnight local time, was moved forward as a precaution when a small crack was discovered in the foam insulation on an external fuel tank. Officials decided it was no reason for concern.

As of 2:04 p.m. EDT (18:04 UTC) today the orbiter began inching out of the Vehicle Assembly Building's hanger at in  and onto the access road for the launch pad 39B. It is expected to reach the launch pad around 8 p.m. EDT.

The actual launch window for the 114th Space Shuttle flight, and the 31st flight of the orbiter Discovery, will be no earlier than May 15 to June 3, 2005.

The trip to the International Space Station, "Return to Flight" STS-114, will last 12 days and be the first flight since the tragedy in 2003. This flight will test a new robot extension arm, the -built Orbiter Boom Sensor System, used to repair the exterior of the International Space Station.

goes from standing still on the launch pad to more than 17,000 miles per hour in just over eight minutes. That means the astronauts go 2,000 miles per hour faster every minute.

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Childhood exposure to TV linked to bullying

April 17, 2005 In an Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine report, economist Frederick J. Zimmerman Ph.D. and colleagues at the University of Washington, in Seattle, found there is a statistically significant relationship between bullying behavior by adolescents and the amount of TV they watched. While previous studies linking the phenomenon have been done before, this study used data from a US national longitudinal survey involving 1,266 four-year-olds, to provide what authors describe as "empirical support to theories that suggest that bullying might arise out of cognitive deficits as well as emotional ones," according to NewsWise.

Of mothers who reported their children displaying bullying behavior, the study found that those watching 3.5 hours of TV a day were 25% more likely to bully, while those watching 8 hours or more were 200% more likely. The report based its findings on statistics of TV watching by children at age 4, and then compared that history to reports by mothers of their child's behavior between the ages of 6 to 11.

“The magnitude of the risk associated with television… is clinically significant,” the report's authors wrote. Bullying behavior by school children is thought by some to be a health problem.

The study also assessed parental factors that reduced the negative impact of watching television. These included taking children on outings and activities, reading to them, and regularly exposing them to new ideas. Results suggest that children receiving cognitive support were a third less likely to become bullies.

Another parental factor looked at was providing emotional support. Simple things like eating together and talking about topics important to children were found to have an effect.


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Talk:New Pope by April 25

Given the deadline of 7 days to go to 50%+1, and, the conclave beginning on April 18, only an extremely strange event would cause there not to be a new pope by April 25.

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Talk:Brazil organizes Summit of South American and Arab Countries

"Some concerns from Israel and the United States have been raised since the announcement of the meeting."

 * What did they say? And who said it?  And why?


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Hi Amgine
You can probably see what I'm aiming for here! I ended up nicking the code from the real Main Page and just butchering it. I'd like to get the box which has "Welcome to..." to fill it's space, run the full width of the main lead beneath it, if you know how... Dan100 (Talk) 21:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:British journalists on trial in Zimbabwe

Of the news story content <-- YIKES for reporters. -edw 21:56, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Japan announces moon program

April 6, 2005

Japan announced on Wednesday a program to send astronauts to the moon by 2025. The plan calls for the establishment of a moon base that would be operated by Japanese astronauts and robots.

"Until now, the question has been, 'Can Japan develop its own manned spaceship?' We will know the answer in another 10 years," JAXA Chairman Keiji Tachikawa told the Associated Press.

The plan includes the development of robots and nanotechnology, and calls for the design of a space vehicle to carry passengers and cargo to the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) asked for a budget increase to about US$2.6 billion a year to fund the program.

Aerospace professor Taketoshi Hibiya, who works at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, questioned the value of going to the moon.

"If you are hoping to exploit energy resources for example, the question is whether you gain more energy than you expend getting to the moon and back," Hibiya told Reuters. "As scientists, we want to experiment with everything, including manned flight, if we can get the money," he said. "Unfortunately, the country's budget is in a bad way at the moment."

Japan is running a national debt of 751 trillion yen (US$6.94 trillion).

Japan said it would decide within 10 years whether it would pursue its moon program on its own, or if it would team up with other nations.

No country has sent a manned mission to the moon since the Apollo program of the 1960s and 1970s. China and Russia are both planning moon programs of their own. China plans to send a satellite to the moon in 2007. Russia has a plan to send personnel to the moon sometime between 2015-2020 as part of a larger program to one day send a mission to Mars.

JAXA's next mission will survey the moon with the SELENE probe. The mission was scheduled to launch this year, but has been delayed for unknown reasons.

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16 dead after U.S. helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

April 6, 2005

A US Chinook helicopter crashed in south-eastern Afghanistan 80 miles south west of Kabul, killing at least sixteen people on board. Another two are missing, presumed dead.

The crash is believed to be an accident; there are no indications that it was shot down.

The helicopter went down near the city of Ghanzi at 2.30pm local time in bad weather while on a routine flight to Bagram airport. A second helicopter which was with the first arrived at Bagram safely.

Rescue operations were started at once but work at the site has been suspended for the night.

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Italy urges pilgrims to avoid Rome city centre for Pope funeral

April 7, 2005 As many as four million pilgrims are expected to flock to Rome for the Pope's funeral Friday. Italian authorities have in response urged visitors to avoid entering the centre of Rome and instead use a special camp open on the outskirts of the city. Already one million people have arrived to see the Pope John Paul II's body lying in state and officials have said that it will be impossible for visitors arriving now to witness the funeral first hand.

"The city centre cannot take the arrival of any more faithful," Guido Bertolaso, head of crowd control for the funeral, said today. He added: "Anyone arriving tonight or tomorrow will have no possibility of following the funeral at St. Peter's."

The city of Rome, which is normally home to three million inhabitants, is said to now be focusing its efforts on tightening its security ahead of Friday's event. The 200 foreign delegates expected to be present at the funeral are said to be an attractive terrorist target, resulting in the closure of Italy's air space over Rome during the day, sources have claimed.

Speaking to the Associated Press, an official of the Rome prefect's office, which is responsible for coordinating the city's security said: "Precautions have been taken for airports, stations and all the other places where people gather." Authorities have also increased the number of law enforcement officers in the city centre for the occasion.


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Iranian opposition group declares all acts of current government void

April 8, 2005

In a document dated March 30, 2005 by a group calling itself "the 70 million people of Iran," a declaration was issued asking the current government of The Islamic Republic of Iran to "...peacefully surrender the power to its rightful owners..." by June 16 of this year. The group's relationship to political parties in Iran is not known.

The document addresses the Supreme Leader Khamenei, Chairman Akbar Rafsanjani of the Expediency Council, and President Khatami, and enumerates the group's grievances against the regime. It threatens boycotts and blackouts throughout Iran on June 10 if there are no indications the regime intends to comply with its demands. Copies of the document have been furnished to the leaders of the EU, Russia, Japan and the United States.

The group alleges that elections that regularly take place in Iran are biased:, writing "Your own meaningless and rigged elections will be your undoing," but does not seem to propose constitutional changes. It uses words suggesting they plan to use violence, including extrajudicial execution, against the reformist president Mohammad Khatami and against the conservatives who dominate parliament: "Beginning on June 18 and every day thereafter, we shall strike like a furious flood to cleanse our nation from your filthy existence. ...if you have been so foolish to stay behind, you will experience our rage. Retribution will be swift for those who stay behind and stand in our way."

A separate document to the leaders of the G8 nations asks for their support, and promises armed resistance to the current government of Iran on June 18, 2005 if peaceful remonstrances fail to have their intended effect.

The source for the translation and dissemination of the documents into English, French and German calls itself the Iran of Tomorrow Movement (IOTM), an exile group operating from Encino, California in the United States. The group claims there are "2,195 resistance cells" operating in Iran and abroad.


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Talk:North American citizens dealt passport requirement

will americans be required to present a passport before they leave the united states? if that is true, that sounds wrong to me, sorta like russia's exit visa policy

 * From the article "The next phase of the passport requirements begins Dec 2006, when passports for air and sea travel to, or from Mexico and Canada, the Caribbean, Bermuda and US will be required. 68.39.174.39 01:01, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Passpost pic
Can someone get a pic of a US passport, the British one looks kindof out of place given it's about the US. Thanx 68.39.174.39 01:01, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings diagnosed with lung cancer

April 7, 2005

ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings was diagnosed this week with lung cancer. Despite beginning out-patient treatment next week which will involve chemotherapy, Jennings will continue to front ABC's 'World News Tonight' show, "to the extent he can do so comfortably", says ABC News.

"Almost 10 million Americans are living with cancer," Jennings told ABC staff on Tuesday. "I am sure I will learn from them how to cope with the facts of life that none of us anticipated." The 66-year-old anchor man, who gave up smoking several years ago, added: "I hope it goes without saying that a journalist who doesn't value deeply the audience's loyalty should be in another line of work."

Jennings began his career at ABC News in 1964 and in 1983 was made senior editor and anchor of World News Tonight. Due to ill health, he was unable to work during his network's special report on the recent death of Pope John Paul II.


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Chat, Browse Web, Read Comics on Sony PSP
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Hackers crack Sony PSP to allow Internet chat, web surfing

April 7, 2005

Sony's recently introduced Playstation Portable has proved popular with curious geeks who discovered various talents hidden within the new handheld video console.

The biggest 'hack' so far has been the manipulation of a web browser embedded within the PSP game 'Wipeout Pure', which can be easily coaxed into accessing the majority of Internet via a suitable portal. Jonathan Terleski was able to monitor the digital conversation held between his PSP and Sony's website when the browser in his game 'Wipeout Pure' would try to download new software from Sony via the Internet. Using a suitably set up DNS server, Terleski configured his handheld console to access his own custom PSP portal, instead of Sony's website, and then invited other owners to use his gateway to the web.

From this discovery, Robert Balousek later created a web based IRC interface that allows people to talk to each other and hold conversations in real time via the Internet on their PSP consoles. According to Reuters, his IRC website has to date been used by as many as 100,000 visitors and Balousek now plans to introduce a web based interface to the AOL instant messaging network for PSP users.

Other notable recent 'hacks' include reading ebooks and comics and watching pre-recorded television shows, taken from a TiVo, on the Sony PSP.

None of the 'hacks' have yet employed writing custom software for the device. So far, most are spin-offs of Jonathon Terleski's web browser hack. Other hacks, like the ebook reader and television show viewer, are made possible through use of the PSP's built in tools for viewing video and images. Sony has not yet released an SDK which would allow end-users to write 'homebrew' software, therefore hackers are tied to manipulating software included with the PSP or available through the games purchased separately.

Speaking to Wikinews, Jacob Metcalf, who documented the web comic's hack on his website, explained his motivation: "Web comics are already designed for on-screen reading and they have some of the same audience as people who play games - lots of the most popular web comics are about gamers, like PVP and Penny Arcade."

He added: "I do wish that [Sony] would come out with an actual web browser like the Dreamcast had. South Korea is going to get a real web browser and I have a feeling in my gut that there is going to be Internet software for the PSP like a web browser and email announced at E3 this year."

Related links

 * PSP Web portal
 * IRC online chat for PSP handhelds
 * Transfer television shows recorded in TiVo to a PSP
 * Reading eBooks on a PSP handheld
 * View downloaded comics on a PSP handheld


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Talk:Japan announces moon program

Info from the SUBMIT STORY page - may be helpful to flesh out article:

Japan follows other nations in plans for manned spaceflight
Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA announced a comprehensive plan for its activities in space over the next 20 years. The plans culminate in a 2025 manned mission to the moon, but focus on heightened funding toward space technology and especially nanotech. The annoncement comes as a response to a 2004 government panel's recommendation that it focus on manned spaceflight.

Other nations, including Russia, China, the US, and India, have announced plans for a manned moon mission, though India later retracted its proposal. China sent its first taikonaut into orbit in October 2003.

Japan's vision for space:

Russia announces manned Mars and Moon missions:

China details its manned Moon mission: -- Davodd | Talk 01:32, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Davodd! Amgine sent that material my way the moment he saw the link I had posted under Developing stories.

 * I already used material from the China and Russia links. (They're cited in the Sources section.) The MSNBC link appears to duplicate material which is already cited in the article.

 * Thanks for looking out for additional material.

 * — DV 01:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  22:00, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

 * You're to fast for me, I was busy verifying that they are in fact the correct article. Calebrw (talk) 22:02, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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Wikinews:2005/April/7

 * Ethiopia plans to expand country's Internet access
 * FDA mandates "black box" for Celebrex, pulls Bextra off market
 * US House committee approves daylight saving time amendment
 * At least four killed by bomb thrown from motorcycle in Cairo
 * Space shuttle Discovery photographed from ISS
 * Separatists fail to stop re-opening of Kashmir bus service
 * Appeal launched for Australian citizen facing execution over marijuana charges
 * ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings diagnosed with lung cancer
 * Cricket: India beats Pakistan in Visakhapatnam ODI
 * Hackers crack Sony PSP to allow Internet chat, web surfing
 * FBI starts investigation of charges of shoddy work on new SF Bay bridge
 * Bitmover ends free Bitkeeper, replacement sought for managing Linux kernel code
 * Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state
 * Italy urges pilgrims to avoid Rome city centre for Pope funeral
 * U.S. Baseball: Delgado starts off well with Marlins
 * University of North Carolina wins 2005 basketball tournament
 * Tech heavyweights unite to offer $100 laptops to poor nations

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Talk:Iranian opposition group declares all acts of current government void

Is this group even real? I highly doubt the veracity of this article.
 * I am somewhat concerned about the veracity of some of the statements reported in this article too (I don't, however, doubt the verity of the article's existence --- for, as you can plainly see, it is right here in front of you to read). That is the chief reason I have it under "developing stories" instead of in the main article list.  Right now it just seems to be something that's floating around the blogosphere.  As we all know, some of the stuff out there proves to be legitimate, and some of it doesn't.

 * If the "cells" are secret, it's pretty hard to confirm or disprove their supposed existence. The American "contacts" of this group claim they are real, and they have sent letters to world leaders, which makes it newsworthy, IMHO.  Whether the supposed resistance is strong enough to pull something like this off is another matter.  I have no way of knowing.  But who knew the true extent of the Polish Home Army before the Rising?  Who ever thought it would happen?  Since it failed, did that make it less newsworthy?  What about all the failed coup attempts throughout history, many of them pathetically bungled and lacking in popular support.  Are they not newsworthy when they happen?  More recently, the CIA thought that Shah was perfectly secure, even though there was massive opposition to his rule.  Oops!  How many Americans had ever heard of Osama bin Ladin before 9/11, and thought he had the capability to take down the World Trade Center?  People listen with rapt attention to his public proclamations now, and weigh the apparent hyperbole against what he has been able to accomplish.

 * These letters were obviously intended for Western news media consumption. This group is very media-savvy.  But just because they are media savvy doesn't mean they aren't savvy in other ways as well.  Perhaps they do have a well organized, flexible, cell-based resistance operating inside and outside Iran to bring down the regime.  Even claiming to have one is pretty newsworthy, just for its sheer boldness.  When June 16th rolls around, this may all prove to be a complete hoax, or wishful thinking on the part of out-of-touch exiles.  Or it could prove to be exactly what it claims to be: a warning to the mullahs to cede power that will be ignored at their peril.  We may take this announcement from SOSIran with a grain of salt, but we shouldn't ignore it.

In other news, I think I'm going to get off my duff and start an account.--69.245.192.52 18:22, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Done!--Jpbrenna 18:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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I don't know how realistic the claimed extent of this internal opposition is, and I'm kind of suspicious of anyone who claims to speak for 100% of a nation of 70 million people, but it does seem like a pretty newsworthy declaration, so here it is. --Me 02:13, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

June coincidence?
Funny, but this US-based alleged opposition group seems to be aligning its timetable with that of the US government, which asked armed forces to be ready to attack Iran by June 2005 and has set a June deadline in the Security Council. Could this be a coincidence? Anyway, its lack of comment about normal democratic process is IMHO an NPOV fact that should be added to the article. Boud 01:14, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Bitmover ends free Bitkeeper, replacement sought for managing Linux kernel code

April 7, 2005

Bitmover, the company producing a management program for computer source code named Bitkeeper (BK), announced on April 5 that it will no longer be providing a free version of its product.

As a result of Bitmover's announcement, the programmer who wrote the original Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, stated on a mailing list that he "decided to not use BK mainly because [he] need[s] to figure out the alternatives". As to an alternative to Bitkeeper, Torvalds hinted that he is considering Monotone but that Subversion, a recent replacement for CVS, is out of the running. Bitkeeper was originally developed to allow Torvalds to manage code contributions more easily, according to Jeremy Andrews at Kerneltrap.org, and was previously provided to kernel developers free of charge, though it was restricted in its use.

Bitkeeper is the software that Torvalds and hundreds of other Linux developers use to manage submissions of code to the Linux kernel, the heart of the computer operating systems referred to as "Linux" or "GNU/Linux". Linux is distributed in many different forms, bundled with other software by companies such as Red Hat, Novell, and Linspire.

While the details are not clear, it appears from Andrews' article that Bitmover's decision to stop releasing the free version of Bitkeeper is related to a dispute with Torvalds' employer, Open Source Development Labs (OSDL).

According to Kerneltrap, an OSDL contractor had been reverse engineering the free version of Bitkeeper in order to make an open source replacement, which is prohibited by the license under which the free version of Bitkeeper is released. Nevertheless, Torvalds notes in his post that he is "personally very happy with BK, and with Larry [McVoy, the CEO of Bitmover]."


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Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state

April 7, 2005

The state Premier of Western Australia (WA), Dr Geoff Gallop, gave an apology to children physically and sexually abused in institutional care within the state between the 1920s and 1970s. The statement was given in reaction to an Australian Senate inquiry into institutional child abuse published last year.

"We acknowledge our state's history, the role played by the state in providing care for children and particularly past practices in the provision of care," Dr Gallop told Australian Associated Press.

"We apologise to all those people who were harmed as children while in institutional care, and express deep regret at the hurt and distress caused. We recognise that the effects of physical, psychological and sexual abuse did not end when these children became adults."

Many of the children had been placed in care by government agencies.

"Overwhelmingly, the (submissions) make tragic and distressing reading. They tell of neglect, of shocking abuse, of predatory behaviour from so-called carers and of criminal activity," Senator McLucas told federal parliament at the time of the Forgotten Australians report, last year.

"The evidence is also there that authorities in the church and in governments either knew or should have known that much of this horrific activity was occurring."

The inquiry found that an apology was an important symbolism in recognising past wrongs and helping victims gain closure, according to an ABC News report. And Dr Gallop said the victims' personal histories must be heard and acknowledged in order to build a better care system for the future.

WA's Community Development Minister, Sheila McHale, said those wishing to find out about their time in care in WA as children should contact the Department for Community Development, which is also providing counselling services to those who were abused in an institution.


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FBI starts investigation of charges of shoddy work on new SF Bay bridge

April 7, 2005

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating allegations of wrongdoing in the building of a new $1.5 billion "skyway" portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, according to a report published in the Oakland Tribune. The bridge spans the San Francisco Bay between Oakland and Yerba Buena Island. There are so far no criminal charges filed.

The paper reported that welders for KFM, the company under contract to build the bridge, told authorities they were pressured – and even paid monthly bonuses of between $200 and $600 – for performing substandard welds on the support piers for the bridge if it meant the project proceeded faster. But Caltrans, the state agency in charge of building the bridge said their inspectors checked the welds and determined the work, although rushed, met safety standards.

"We've got good welds, good procedures and everything is in place to have a quality product. If a defect got in, we can't find it," Pete Siegenthaler, Caltrans project manager told the Tribune in an interview. A KFM spokesman told the Tribune that the welds are in "compliance with stringent Caltrans specifications."

According to a report by Oakland television station, KTVU, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Transportation are joining the FBI in the investigation of the matter. The federal government is getting involved in the investigation because more than $1 million in U.S. taxpayer money was spent during its construction.

If questionable welds are found in the support piers, according to reports, much of the new construction may have to be torn down to be rebuilt.

The current 68-year-old span was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. At $6.2 billion total, the new bridge qualifies as the largest public works project in California's history.


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Separatists fail to stop re-opening of Kashmir bus service

April 7, 2005

A bus service successfully crossed the disputed region of Kashmir today despite coming under attack early on in its journey. It is believed Islamic separatists launched grenades at the Indian run bus minutes after it left a station in Srinagar, although the coach continued on to Muzaffarabad after it survived without damage. Whilst its passengers escaped unhurt, the attack is understood to have injured four other people, including a policeman. Indian authorities also located and defused at least one explosive device placed along the bus route.

The service, the first of its kind in almost 60 years, transported Pakistani and Indian Kashmiris across the conflict torn region, passing the cease fire line between India and Pakistan, dubbed the 'Line of Control'. The bus trips, which run to and from and, are seen as a major step forward in the growing peaceful relations between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear powers both seek to control the Kashmir region, which has been a flashpoint for conflict for over 50 years.

"A door has opened," said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today as the bus set off from Srinagar. "Pakistan and especially President General Pervez Musharraf have helped us open this door and without their support, the door would not have opened. This is the beginning of a new phase. Violence is not going to solve any problems."

Anti-Indian separatist Kashmiri militants have branded the return of bus service as a "betrayal of peace", according to reports.

Earlier this week, guerrillas attacked a Government safe house where the bus' passengers were said to be staying.


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Brazilian cardinal criticizes President after inquired about Brazilian Pope

April 8, 2005

Brazilian cardinal Dom Eusébio Oscar Scheid, Archbishop of, harshly criticized Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after arriving in Rome on Tuesday. The criticism was in response to a journalist from the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo who asked if it was now time for Brazil to have a after having a worker President.

Dom Eusébio said: "No, don't put Lula [the Brazilian Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva] in this story, not yet. You'll mess up everything because he and the Holy Spirit don't agree that well. Do you think that he knows the Holy Spirit?"

Eusébio, commenting on the Brazilian President's opinions about the new Pope, said "Lula shouldn't try to interfere or give hunches." He also added that, "Lula doesn't have a straight faith. His attitudes are not logical under our faith. His faith isn't cultivated. Lula is not Catholic, he is chaotic."

He went on to criticize the government, saying "Lula is very poorly advised. We are almost under a dictatorship because everybody is from PT [the Workers' Party]... I have some doubts about Lula's words. Politicians say one thing one time and they say other things later."

On Brazilian foreign policy, Archbishop Eusébio said: "It is extremely towards the left... [I think about the visit of President Lula da Silva to in ] that they were two fools meeting each other. The Left has never benefited anyone. Look at,  and Cuba."

The Brazilian cardinal Dom Eusébio Oscar Scheid has been discussed as a possible, or one who could become Pope, though he has said "Nobody wants to be Pope. Who wants to be Pope?"

Until Wednesday, the Brazilian government declined to comment on Dom Eusébio's interview.

Dom Eusébio Oscar Scheid, along with Dom Cláudio Hummes who is Archbishop of, tried to play down the statements on Wednesday. Dom Eusébio said of the interview, it was made on an inappropriate occasion, after a long, tiring flight and that he didn't want to disrespect the government. According to Dom Eusébio, the succession of John Paul II is not a subject which the President should address. Dom Cláudio said that President Lula is Catholic, in his way.

Dom Eusébio Oscar Scheid is 73. He will take part on the that will choose the new Pope. Dom Cláudio Hummes, 71, is seen as a serious Latin-American candidate to the succession of Pope John Paul II.

Related news

 * Speculation abounds on future pope
 * Pope John Paul II dies


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Australia appeals for no execution in Indonesian drug case

April 7, 2005

A 27-year-old former beauty student from the Gold Coast of Australia faces the death penalty. She was allegedly caught at Bali airport importing marijuana from Australia in October. Appearing before an Indonesian judge after authorities found 4.1kg of high-grade cannabis in her unlocked boarding bag, she could be sentenced to death by firing squad, the maximum penalty for the crime.

With that possibility looming for Ms. Corby, her father journeyed to her side, and an anonymous email petition was distributed around Australia and overseas, calling on the Australian government to ensure that, innocent or guilty, Ms. Corby is returned to Australia to escape execution.

An Australian witness who volunteered information which he says will endanger his own life, has testified that Schapelle Corby was unwittingly caught up in a domestic Australian drug-running operation gone wrong. The man alleged that Australian airport workers had placed the contraband in her luggage after it had been checked-in, with the drugs to have been removed before the luggage left Australia.

Ms. Corby, who says she is innocent of the charges, staggered and paused to vomit while being led through a throng of journalists watching her trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, earlier today.

"I'm really sick," Ms. Corby told Densbar's head judge Linton Sirait, who told her to take better care of herself in jail so she would not get diarrhea. "Don't be stressed," Judge Sirait added as he adjourned the trial until April 14.

Her sister said a doctor would visit her in prison to assess her condition. Her father, suffering with prostate cancer, said it was difficult to watch his daughter struggling so hard when things were nearing the "nitty-gritty now."

He added: "The stress and the whole thing and the stomach cramps and the nerves. It's getting on top of her."

Australian politicians, noting the public support thrown behind the Gold Coast citizen, are promising to take her case up on several issues with the Indonesian Attorney-General later today. However, Mr. Corby expressed doubts that politicians could work things out: "It depends on what they call justice here [in Indonesia]. It looks a bit fairyland to me."

"Everything's reversed here. You're guilty until you're proven innocent," commented Mr. Corby in Indonesia. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is said to be monitoring the case to ensure the court hands down a just and fair verdict.

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Australiana pode ser condenada à morte por tráfico de drogas


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Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't find any reference to S.Cory being a beauty queen? Am I wrong, or does this need a new headline? Diodesign 16:25, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Also note that it's "prostate cancer" not "prostrate cancer" Ajs 16:32, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

hmmm...That's what's so great about wiki! Let's all jump on this question, gang and I hope she was a beauty "something" --HiFlyer 16:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) The 27-year-old former beauty student from the Gold Coast faces a maximum penalty of death...or beauty therapy student...maybe that means hairdresser. Who wants to change the headline? And I regret the error...after reading three or five stories on it, beauty student meant beauty career in a different way to me in Texas than it does to folks in Australia. Sort of like saying, "How's yer bum fer warts?" means one thing here and another there. --HiFlyer 16:47, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If no one objects I will move the article to "Aussie beauty student may face firing squad etc etc --HiFlyer 16:50, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Great new headline, fellow wikian! and thanks for the great catch, dios! Alan
 * No problem :) Diodesign 16:55, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Someone doesn't like your headline, Dio. But most people reacognize that the appeal is from the politicians to the officials in Indonesia. Anyone can have at the headline since it is yesterday's news anyway, IMHO --HiFlyer 20:41, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Alan - most people? Did you do a survey? - Simeon 04:12, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Firing sqad punishment...
"Don't be stressed." the judge tells the defendant... -edw 22:53, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Can you believe that, edw? How crazy, huh... --HiFlyer 00:06, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Makes me wonder if Indonesia is treating this poor person in a circus atmosphere. -edw 00:29, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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