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Devon prison rooftop protest ends peacefully

July 3, 2006

A rooftop protest at a Devon (UK) jail has ended peacefully after almost 28 hours.

The protest, involving 10 inmates, at HMP Channings Wood started after prisoners complained their meals were being prepared by sex offenders.

The category C training prison in Newton Abbot, Devon presently holds 663 inmates, with units dedicated to sex offenders and drug offenders.

A Home Office spokesman said: "The rooftop protest at HMP Channings Wood has ended peacefully with no injuries to prisoners or prison staff."

The Prison Service has so far refused to confirm the extent of the damage done during the protest, but it is believed to run into thousands of pounds with glass being smashed and paving slabs being torn up.

Earlier on Monday afternoon three prisoners had already given up their protest, leaving ten remaining on the roof. They eventually came down at around 6:30 p.m. BST after speaking with trained negotiators.

The Prison Service has launched an internal enquiry into the protest.


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Point of original reporting.

The source of the story about the damage being done inside Channings Wood is one known to myself as a Prison Service member of staff.

They wish to remain nameless due to their position within the prison.

Conformation of this was requested by a Prison Service spokesman, however they refused to comment futher on the incident saying it was "a matter for ongoing investigation"

I removed your name, CitizenGale, as a community work, a sign off is not needed for the original author. If you wish to re-add it was: --CitizenGale 19:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Neebs 21:07, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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Israeli missile strikes northern Gaza Strip

July 3, 2006

Israel fired a missile into northern Gaza Strip, killing one person and wounding two. The Israeli army claimed it targeted militants placing explosives in an area close to Israeli troops.

Palestinian security sources also said the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold, in Gaza city were hit with no word of any casualties.

The strikes were a part of an Israeli operation in Gaza to rescue Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier kidnapped earlier by Palestinian militants.


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Wikinews is not out to be first to regurgitate unverified, and potentially unsourced material. Do not put one-line sensationalism in as the lead article, leads should be well developed. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Please give a non-broken source, instead of a link that gives an error, and do not put this as lead until it is verified with a second source and contains a couple of paragraphs, not 2 sentences. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:16, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Headline
Headline (Casualties in Israeli missile strike) contained no verb. I change it to "Israeli missile strikes northern Gaza Strip", but one could possibly write a better headline than that. Karen 04:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Rocket attacks on Israeli towns
I removed text in the final paragraph saying: "and also an intent to stop the daily rocket attacks on the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon by palestinian rockets."

This article is about the strikes on July 4th. The rocket attacks on July 7th are a seperate story. Besides, IDF didn't say the strikes on July 4th were related to militants firing rockets on cities. They only said that they launched the strike because militants near their positions were placing explosives. --Jambalaya 00:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Undated article???!
Why remove the date from the article? The article was originally created and dated 2006-07-03 UTC. After someone deleted the date it is no longer listed in the news summary for July 2006.! Now is it supposed to cover every subsequent missile strike in northern Gaza (for instance the strikes on July 07)? Without dates news articles are meaningless. --68.126.188.126 05:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Australian late scores down Japan 3-1 in Group F

Does anyone else sense bias in the wording of this article?? 60.228.114.113 00:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Australia vs Japan started at 15:00 local time —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.242.71.2 (talk) 13:14, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


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NASA to launch Discovery despite crack in insulation foam

July 4, 2006

NASA officials decided late Monday to go ahead with the planned launch at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4 of the space shuttle Discovery. The launch, from Cape Canaveral in Florida, had previously been delayed twice due to poor weather conditions. The expected 13-day mission has been described as critical to the future of the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the shuttle and the entire NASA fleet.

There were concerns over a 5" by 1/2" crack in the insulation foam that was found late last night. NASA officials dismissed the crack saying it was less than the size required to cause damage at launch.

The Discovery mission is to deliver critical supplies to the ISS, test shuttle-inspection techniques and to drop off European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter for his 6-month stay in the ISS.

Over the last three years, NASA has spent an estimated $1.3 billion to remedy the foam problem. When asked about the foam concern, NASA Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmaier said, "We're about the same risk as we were before ... I don't think we're taking any additional risks." Officials have said that they expect foam to fall during the launch though. A few senior NASA safety and technical officers have their voiced opposition to the launch, claiming that they need more time to work on the foam-shedding problem. Foam debris coming loose was the cause of the Columbia disaster in 2003.

It is widely expected that another major problem with the launch would lead to the entire NASA fleet being grounded. A grounded fleet, in turn, will put the $100 billion International Space Station in a difficult situation, since the shuttle has been the major means of delivering supplies to it.

This mission is to be one of the last few flights of the space shuttle Discovery, which is set to retire in 2010.


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Speeches of Canada's PM Stephen Harper rank as top-downloaded podcasts

July 4, 2006

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is currently at the top of charts for iTunes. The PM tops the list of the most downloaded podcasts at the on-line iTunes music store.

The Harper podcasts are speeches, rather than songs. Since April 4 the speeches can be downloaded for free. While the speeches are available on the Tory party's website, putting them on iTunes has reverberated through cyberspace.

"Refusing to speak to the media, refusing to answer the tough question, but releasing canned speeches? What country is this? China? iTunes should be ashamed of distributing state-sponsored propaganda," wrote the Devil's Advocate.

But some people think that Harper has an idea. People say that they would probably download Harper.

The Prime Minister's Office said that they do not spend a dime on the podcasts, which are simply computer files of the speeches. An official said the Prime Minister's Office records all the speeches for the archives and then only has to flip a copy to iTunes. "We recognize the fact that the media environment is changing and we want to find ways to communicate directly with Canadians," said a PMO (Prime Minister's Office) official.

"Politicians are historically quick to ride new media. He said the Tories under John Diefenbaker were the first to exploit television in Canadian politics." said University of Ottawa political historian Michael Behiels. "This is part and parcel of having brought in a younger generation of business-oriented Conservatives," he said. "The Conservatives are leading the way the other parties will soon have to catch up."

How It works
You can download them individually or buy the whole album.

A lot of the tunes start off the same way, they are in French or English. Things like:

"Mr. Speaker, thank you."

"Thank you, thank you very much honoured head guests of the head table and the members and sponsor of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce."

"Well, thank you very much, David, for that introduction ... I want to thank CanWest."

"Thank you very much, good morning."

Harper mixes it up. There are a few iTunes in French, a few in English and every one is a live performance.

He even shares the bill with Gov. General. Michaelle Jean.

There are 17 iTunes altogether.


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Radio station - CBC Radio 1, Canada

Date - 04.07.2006

Time - 22:00, UTC

Commentators -

Subject - News

If there's something more to clarify, just write me on my talk page...

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Who?
So, who is this "Devil's Advocate" and why does s/he get a line in here? 68.39.174.238 03:32, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

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"But some people think that Harper has an idea. People say that they would probably download Harper." needs fixing. Doldrums 05:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

where's the reporting?
I've gone thru the sources and i cannot find anywhere that mentiones the download being top anything. Then just to make sure i checked my own itunes store and IT dosent mention harper as being top anything. The headline is absolutly fictitious. I'm getting the picture that "reporter" is just a political shill. Is'nt this place supposed to be NPOV ? If he is top then i'd like to see the attrib GreenKnight 13:12, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


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NASA to launch Discovery despite crack in insulation foam covers the foam crack as well as the recent decision to go ahead with the launch. The image from this article was also used on the one linked above.

Stash "Discovery"
The current title makes me think drugs were being smuggled into space. Karen 06:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


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Bird Flu kills 40th Indonesian

July 4, 2006

confirmed the death of a five-year-old boy on June 16 was due to bird flu. This is the 40th confirmed Indonesian death due to bird flu. The boy died in Tulungagung, East Java province, after being admitted to hospital on June 8.

There was a dead chicken 15 metres from his home.

The death was confirmed by a WHO laboratory in Hong Kong.

Deaths due to bird flu have steadily risen since its outbreak in Indonesia in 2003. This year they have recorded the highest death toll in the world.

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Report into whether Australian Big Brother breached online content laws to be handed down today

July 4, 2006

Australia's Federal Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan said on Monday that Australia's media watchdog would be handing a report into an alleged sexual misconduct incident which occurred on the set of Big Brother on July 1. The incident was not broadcast on television but was streamed across the Internet.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) are investigating the incident to determine if a breach of Australian online content laws occurred. The show's website streams footage from the house over the Internet 24 hours a day to subscribers aged 18 and over.

Senator Coonan assured the public that the incident would not be broadcast on television. "I have sought and obtained an undertaking from Channel 10 that they will not broadcast or promote this incident. However, prior to this undertaking, footage of the incident had already been streamed on the Internet to a limited audience via a paid service which is restricted to subscribers over the age of 18," she said.

Senator Coonan said the ACMA would investigate the Internet broadcast and hand down a report today. Under the Australian Broadcasting Services Act, 1992, it is illegal for content which would be refused classification or given a rating of X18+ to be broadcast via the Internet.

The communications minister said she was also concerned that media outlets provided access to footage of the incident on their websites. "I have asked that AMCA also assess this distribution of the material, and I have written to the media outlets in question this afternoon requesting that they immediately remove the material pending ACMA's findings," she said.

Despite Channel Ten being barred from showing the footage, both Channel 7 and Channel 9 have aired footage of the incident.

Forum users on the Big Brother fan site - Behind Big Brother seem to be split on the incident. Forum users said they thought the media had hyped the incident. "The way it was described in the papers I pictured Camilla really being pinned down and struggling with Ashley having his way with her. In reality it was much more light-hearted and foreshadowed before it occurred. If that happened to me I wouldn't class that as sexual assault, but maybe a little annoyed!" they said.

Another user said that the behaviour was unacceptable. "I've seen it and I still think it is unacceptable behaviour. I don't care how much she was laughing before and after. Young girls need to know that that is not acceptable, they don't have to laugh along with it if their mates are doing it to them." they said.


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New Zealand diplomats: Fiat using Maori haka in television ad is insensitive

July 4, 2006

Italian car company, Fiat, has used the haka to advertise its new car and New Zealand diplomats says it is culturally insensitive. The ads have gone to air in Italy and are viewable on their website.

The ad features woman wearing black and performing the haka: Ka Mate, which was written by the chief of Ngāti Toa, Te Rauparaha. It is also the haka that is performed before every rugby game played by the New Zealand team, All Blacks.

The women perform the haka beside the new Fiat car and crowd noise is in the background to simulate the atmosphere in an All Blacks rugby match. As the haka is finished a woman drives away in the Fiat car and a boy in the back of the car pokes out his tongue, which is the action used to finish the haka.

The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said that they were told in April that an advertising company was planning to use the haka. Yesterday (July 3) Brad Tattersfield, a spokesman for MFAT, said "at the time we advised the advertising company that the use of Ka Mate in this way was culturally insensitive and inappropriate. MFAT advised the advertisers to either use a Maori group or a haka composed for women. However, the advertising company indicated they were proceeding despite this advice."

Garry Nicholas, general manager of Te Toi Aoteroa, which promotes and protects Maori art and culture, said that he felt mixed feelings about the ad. "This isn't a haka in my view but is certainly based on haka. It's meant to be in fun and the little boy poking his tongue at the end of the clip makes that very clear."


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title is pov
title expresses an opinion, needs to be attributed. needs rewording to something like "X finds Fiat ad insensitive" or "Fiat using Maori haka in television ad "is insensitive"" (note extra quotes). Doldrums 07:11, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed - was just coming in here to say the same thing R2b2 07:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I hope the new title helps nipovisize it. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 07:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * how about "NZ diplomats" and/or "TV ad"? Doldrums 07:45, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

tell me
Can't a woman sing/dance haka ? or it's just the usage in the ad that hurt sensibility ? it's not clear for me. It's seem that this song/dance is very important for New Zealand people but i know no more. Jacques Divol 07:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC) from the other side of the earth :)
 * I believe that if there is a powhiri (welcome onto a marae (meeting area)) then women have to sit in the back seats, maybe that has something to do with it?nzgabriel 10:05, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * there are specific haka for women. But since it is a war dance, and men are the ones who usually go to war, well, you get the point.  And you perform the haka, not sing/dance it.  And gabriel, that has nothing to do with it (although it is discriminatory etc, they are just unrelated).

Maori culture has nothing to do with it.
This is making a reference to rugby, plain and simple. Maori culture doesn't come into it.
 * well, that's your view. In my view it is trying to trade in on the traditional warrior idea of Maori.

 * Actually I disagree with both the above unsigned comments. Use of the Haka in rugby has a long tradition which rabidly PC people are only now starting to question.  Using it in a TV advert, despite requests to show a modicum of respect to Maori traditions, is just an indication of how shallow your average advertising executive is.  They don't care what they exploit, as long as it makes you feel good enough to think positively about their product. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


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Heavy rains lash Mumbai, many parts of the city flooded

July 4, 2006

Heavy rainfall continued in the city of Mumbai in India for the fourth consecutive day today, leading to water-logging in many areas of India's commercial capital and leading to the disruption of road and rail traffic. Operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport have been affected and many incoming flights are being diverted to either Ahmedabad or Goa. Those planes that are taking off are doing so 30-45 minutes behind schedule owing to poor visibility. Local commuter trains on the Western Line are running up to half-an-hour late while the Central and Harbour Lines have been shut down due to water-logging.

Vehicular traffic has been hit hard as several arterial roads in the city have been immersed in waist-deep water. S.V Road has been closed to commuters at this point, and cars are being diverted to Linking Road. Dahisar, Goregaon, Andheri, Khar, Hind Mata and the Milan Subway have also been flooded. There are huge traffic jams in several parts of the city and Mumbai Police Commissioner A.N.Roy has asked citizens to avoid going outdoors unless absolutely necessary. Suburbs in the north of Mumbai, from Borivali to Virar, have been the worst hit. Schools and junior colleges have been asked to declare a holiday. The first year junior college admissions, which were supposed to have taken place today, have been postponed till tomorrow.

The Powai Lake has begun to overflow and the Mithi River is fast reaching its danger-mark, which is a cause of great concern for the municipal corporation, which has rushed rescue teams to low-lying areas. The Meteorological Department, which recorded 121 mm of rainfall at the Colaba Observatory and 152 mm of rain at the Santacruz Observatory, has predicted more heavy rainfall over the next 72 hours. Last July, Mumbai was hit by 944 mm of rainfall in one day, a deluge in which hundreds were killed and the entire city was in a state of disarray for a week. Meteorologists however insist the present situation is much smaller in scale than the calamity of 26/7 last year.


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Pirates attack UN ships in the Malacca Strait

July 4, 2006

According to a maritime regulator, pirates have attacked two UN-contracted ships in the {{|Malacca Strait]].

Reports say that no personnel on the ships were harmed, but the pirates took money and building materials belonging to the UN's World Food Programme.

Noel Choong, of the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy centre in Malaysia, said the two ships were sailing from {{w|Sumatra}} to {{w|Aceh}} when the pirates struck. "The attacks took place not far apart from each other. There is a possibility that they were carried out by the same pirates," Mr Choong revealed.

The attacks have boosted fears that piracy is escalating in the area. "We hope the two attacks are isolated incidents and not a start of more attacks," Mr Choong added.

The Malacca Strait is one of the busiest sea lanes in the world, and for centuries, piracy has been a notorious threat in the Strait.

In 2005, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand announced they would start air patrols in a bid to tackle the threat from piracy.


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NSW fraud squad recognised in Singapore

July 4, 2006 The New South Wales police fraud squad have been recognised for their efforts and successes in credit and debit card fraud in Singapore last week according to a statement issued today. The award was presented at the Visa Asia Pacific Risk Management Conference.

The award recognises efforts made by police to reduce credit card skimming attacks. Skimming occurs when either an ATM or merchant's terminal is modified to record a copy of a customer's card. This data is then sold on the black market.

The award received by NSW police was one of three presented at the conference. The National Police Agency of Japan and the Economic Crime Investigation Departments of Shenzhen and Guandong Provinces of China were also acknowledged with awards.

Assistant Commissioner Graeme Morgan from the State Crime Command said the award recognised the amount of work done by the squad in reducing credit card fraud. "The effectiveness of the squad is demonstrated by the results achieved by these detectives, who are amongst the best in the world," he said.

Detective Superintendent Colin Dyson, Commander of the fraud squad applauded his team for receiving the award. "It's a reflection of the enthusiastic and thorough work being carried out by the squad's detectives to dismantle organised crime groups, particularly recent strike forces that have led to significant arrests for credit card counterfeiting and skimming offences."

Visa's Executive Vice President for Australia and New Zealand, Bruce Mansfield, said that NSW Police play a key role in reducing credit card fraud in Australia. "In Australia, we are fortunate to have the best per-capita card security surveillance systems in the world and this is matched by a strong commitment from law enforcement agencies to fight and track down those trying to defraud the system."

"NSW Police exemplifies this commitment with dedicated strike forces focusing on organised crime gangs, both local and international. It is playing a critical role in the dismantling of organised crime groups engaged in credit and debit card skimming," Mr Mansfield said.

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Written from the NSW Police media release - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 11:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Confusing title?
When I read "recognized" I thought that they were undercover and were then ID'd as being fraud squad members. Maybe it's just an American usage for the word recognized--I don't know. BlankVerse 12:10, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


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Five convicted in abortion case in Portugal

July 5, 2006

A doctor, his assistant and three women who were found to have undergone abortion were convicted of violating abortion laws in Portugal.

The three women were found to have undergone abortion in violation of Portuguese law. Abortion is illegal in Portugal except where a pregnancy is caused by rape or when the health of the mother is in danger due to the pregnancy. Further, abortion cannot be performed after the first trimester (the end of 12th week).

Twelve other defendants, mostly women and their partners, were found not guilty. The doctor was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison. His assistant was deemed an accomplice and sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison. The three women were given 6 month suspended sentences.

All the defendants had earlier been acquitted of the charges in 2004 for lack of evidences. That decision was declared void by a superior court on appeal. The court decided that the medical examinations conducted on the women, which were performed without a court order or the presence of a state witness, were legal.


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Bomb scare in Dublin Airport

July 4, 2006

A bomb scare caused an evacuation of Dublin Airport on Tuesday afternoon. The scare reportedly was caused by a man who walked into the arrivals area claiming he was carrying a bomb. The man was later apprehended by the Gardaí. The airport main building was closed for passengers for two hours, but flights were continuing to land.

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Chinese media face fines for disaster reporting

July 4, 2006

The Chinese Government has announced plans to impose fines of over US$12,000 on media outlets if they report domestic disasters without permission.

Two years in the planning, the law is expected to be in force by the end of the year and would affect reporting of natural and industrial disasters or anything that could “jeopardize the handling of emergencies,” or threaten social order.

In a country which is infamous for its censorship there’s been outcry from press freedom campaign groups, but the Chinese government insist that the laws are primarily to give local governments more control in releasing information to the public. A government spokesperson said: "Journalists and media organisations have worked very hard to contribute to covering emergencies but I must say that some individual journalists have filed wrong reports or even fabricated facts."

Chinese journalists on the mainland Hong Kong have criticised the law, calling it a “step backward.” The Xin Kuaibao (New Express) said it was concerned that local government would control information saying “there is no way of verifying that the information in the hands of the government is the truest and most accurate.”

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) meanwhile has expressed its concern. "The media have an important and potentially life-saving role in reporting health crises, natural disasters and other incidents of public concern that officials often have an interest in concealing," CPJ director Ann Cooper said last week.

The proposed law is a worry for some in light of the Chinese government’s handling of previous disasters that were widely criticised. In 2004 several officials resigned for their handling of the SARS outbreak, after public pressure sparked by domestic media.

According to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, China imprisons more journalists than any other country, including two from the Southern Metropolis News for their reportage of the SARS crisis.


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Wikinews:Briefs/July 4, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on July 4th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Heavy rains lash Mumbai, many parts of the city flooded
India

Heavy rainfall continued in the city of Mumbai in India for the fourth consecutive day today, leading to water-logging in many areas of India's commercial capital and leading to the disruption of road and rail traffic. Operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport have been affected and many incoming flights are being diverted to either Ahmedabad or Goa.

Bird Flu kills 40th Indonesian
Indonesia

The World Health Organisation confirmed the death of a five-year-old boy on June 16 was due to bird flu. This is the 40th confirmed Indonesian death due to bird flu.

Chinese media face fines for disaster reporting
China

The Chinese Government has announced plans to impose fines of over US$12,000 on media outlets if they report domestic disasters without permission.

NASA to launch Discovery despite crack in insulation foam
United States

NASA officials decided late Monday to go ahead with the planned launch at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4 of the space shuttle Discovery. The launch had previously been delayed twice due to poor weather conditions. The mission has been described as critical to the future of the International Space Station (ISS) as well as the shuttle and the entire NASA fleet.

NSW fraud squad recognised in Singapore
Singapore

The New South Wales police's fraud squad have been recognised for its efforts and successes in credit and debit card fraud in Singapore last week according to a statement issued today. The award was presented at the Visa Asia Pacific Risk Management Conference.

New Zealand diplomats: Fiat using Maori haka in television ad is insensitive
Italy

Italian car company, Fiat, has used the haka to advertise its new car and New Zealand diplomats say it is culturally insensitive. The ads have gone to air in Italy and are viewable on their website.

Speeches of Canada's PM Stephen Harper rank as top-downloaded podcasts
Canada

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is currently at the top of charts for iTunes. The PM tops the list of the most downloaded podcasts at the on-line iTunes music store.

Report into whether Australian Big Brother breached online content laws to be handed down today
Australia

Australia's federal communications minister, Senator Helen Coonan said on Monday that Australia's media watchdog would be handing a report into an alleged sexual misconduct incident which occurred on the set of Big Brother on July 1. The incident was not broadcast on television but was streamed across the Internet.

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Space Shuttle Discovery launches for mission STS-121

July 4, 2006 The Space Shuttle Discovery has been launched from Kennedy Space Center, on mission STS-121. This is 115th Space Shuttle Flight and the second since the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003.

The ascent was described as "smooth", however NASA engineers will be looking for traces of damage to the shuttle's heat shield that may be caused by foam falling from the external tank.

Launch occurred on schedule at 2:38 p.m. EDT (18:38 UTC), with the spacecraft reaching orbit 8 minutes later.

Around 3 minutes into the launch, an on-board camera showed numerous pieces of insulation foam break away from the fuel tank. However, they are not thought to have caused any damage to the shuttle. NASA's shuttle program chief N. Wayne Hale Jr. said the foam had fallen "after the time we are concerned about."

This is the first time an American manned spacecraft has added its own launch fireworks to Fourth of July celebrations in the United States.


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If you had read my explanation on the Talk Page of the article, you'll read that date on Wikinews ARE date of the PUBLICATION of the article NOT the date of the event as stated into Style Guide you'ld read before revert anyone

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Indian Rocket Orbits Israeli Spy Satellite
By some sheer coincidence, we both wrote an article on the same story at the same time. I beleived that your article was a bit too technical for those who may not understand some of the finer points of space travel, and did not cover the anticipated use of the satellite, so I "merged" your article with mine at Israeli spy satellite launched by Indian rocket. Feel free to continue to develop it - but just be careful with the technical details - what is appropriate at Wikipedia might not be appropriate here. All the best! --Skenmy(t•c•w) 18:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've redirected the article that I created to the one which you created. --GW Simulations 22:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Girls influenced more than boys by sexy videoclips
Hi, thanks for reviewing my contribution. To answer your first question: yes, it is real. For the rest: what can I do to improve the article? Note that English is not my primary language, I hope to improve my English by using this site. Thanks Theo Assen - (talk) 22:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Leads
I reverted your change because I believe the stretch across the screen was what was intended. There was originally (and in the version you changed to) a big gap of white space in the left column, which the revision I changed back to remedied. TheCustomOfLife - (talk) 11:53, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

c/e
Hi, I hope I may ask you something: Sometimes I see "c/e" in the summary of an edit, I noticed you have done that. What does that mean? Theo Assen - (talk) 08:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Copyedit. A minor cleanup to fix grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. GW_SimulationsUser Page 09:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok, thanks! Theo Assen - (talk) 09:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition: A good traffic condition corrupted by a short-term rain
Still, no one want to C/E my article especially TIBE's, DAMN! (I'm really angey on no one copy-editing!) Even though I request anyone at IRC. This is a damn problem. But before publishing, please don't send it to Delete Request. Brock contact... 11:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, I still think someone who want to abandon my articles, even though I ever got the TIBE official badge. Brock contact... 11:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your concerns, but I'm worried about abandonment of my articles, it caused me postponed my article preparation and schedule, if you linked the IRC channel, please help me because I'm currently in a bad mood and I want to optimize my feelings recent days. Regards. Brock contact... 15:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Solution of WN:IRC
Try ChatZilla if you use FireFox on Windows XP/Vista. Brock contact... 16:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Zimbabwe prepares for election
Responded to your message there. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 19:04, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Stink spreads across England
Hi! What is the problem with the title? Harris Morgan - (talk) 22:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC).
 * Either a reference to the smell in the article, or changing the title to replace "stink" with "stagnant air" would be better. When I saw the title, I thought the article was going to be anti-British vandalism. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 23:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Phoenix
See here. Thought you might be interested. This could be a good article. I am at work on Friday, and we will have to see about Saturday. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
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Your question
I answered your question posed to me in the 2008 ArbCom Elections. Thank you for your interest and please let me know if I can elaborate on something further. Cirt (talk) 18:53, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 19:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Not that I am going to change my answer, but was there something about it that you did not like? If so, I'd like to hear it. You can put it on my talk page instead of the election page, if you like. --SVTCobra 01:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I feel that community consensus is more important than foundation-set rules, and if consensus prevails, foundation policy should change. For this reason, I disagree with your point about striking down policy. Sorry. Good luck for the election. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 06:27, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Former U.S. President Gerald Ford dies, aged 93

The relevance about Ford being an appointed President is that he was the only President that never was elected as a President or a Vice President that becomes President. There of course have been Vice Presidents who became President when the President died in office, but they had elected as Vice President by the electoral college (see 25th Amendment, §2. –152.7.54.131 19:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Possible additional factor for his losing the 1976 Presidential race: His insistence during a debate that Poland was not being dominated by the Soviet Union. --72.70.21.182 15:53, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

he died on the 26th, American time.

He was delicious!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-89770458144460734&q=gerald+ford

yup--69.47.156.93 22:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

i miss him
he was a good president and he always smiles he was the niced he could be now he is gone forever.


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Switzerland accuses Israel of breaking international law in Gaza

July 4, 2006

The Swiss government has said Israel has "not taken the precautions required of it in international law" in their offensive in Gaza. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs believes Israeli actions "are to be seen as forms of collective punishment."

Israel has said their operation in Gaza is to free a kidnapped Israeli soldier.

Switzerland, the state where the international convention on human rights, the Geneva Conventions, were signed, claims it is neutral in international affairs.

The rules, which Switzerland say Israel has broken, prohibit the deliberate targeting of services, including water and electricity, which are essential to the civilian population. On June 28 Israeli forces destroyed a power station that provided most of the power to residents of the Gaza Strip.

"There is no doubt that Israel has not taken the precautions required of it in international law to protect the civilian population and infrastructure," said a Swiss Foreign Ministry Spokesman

"The destruction of a power station, the attack on the offices of the Palestinian prime minister, the arbitrary arrests of a large number of democratically-elected representatives of the people and ministers... cannot be justified," he continued.

The Israeli ambassador to Switzerland in Bern, Aviv Shir-On, replied to the Switzerland statement. "We are disappointed that the Swiss government did not issue such statements when Israel's civilian population was constantly under attack from the Gaza Strip," he said.

It is not the only time the Swiss government has commented in the midst of Middle Eastern turmoil.

Earlier this year, the 2006 Swiss President Moritz Leuenberger said the international block on funding to the Palestinian authority was a mistake, a claim Israel rejected.

Leuenberger said that the newly elected Hamas government should have been given the chance to prove it could work, a statement echoed by some aid agencies. Israel, the EU, and the United States have described Hamas as a terrorist organisation.

Humanitarian concerns
The statement from Switzerland comes amid concern among aid agencies at the humanitarian situation in Gaza. UNICEF have said there have been elevated levels of stress and trauma in young children.

The World Health Organization reported that essential medical supplies have run low and doctors and nurses have found it hard to get to their workplace. Israel defence forces have put restrictions on movement in Gaza.

These agencies have expressed concern that the military operation by Israel could create serious humanitarian consequences for people living in the region.

The power station that was destroyed by the Israeli forces on June 28 provided 43 per cent of Gaza's electricity. Around 700,000 people have been affected by the power cuts.

Water supplies have also been badly hit as not all water pumps can continue to work normally, and there is a lack of gasoline and other fuels, according to the Swiss government.

In response to the situation, the Swiss government has earmarked one million Swiss Francs for essential medical supplies for the civilian population in Gaza.

Switzerland also gave one million Swiss Francs for medicines in June 2006 through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

A Swiss expert has been deployed to Gaza to ensure the smooth running of the humanitarian operations.


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North Korea test-fires missiles

July 4, 2006

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) has test fired seven ballistic missiles including the long-range Taepodong-2 on Tuesday. The tests were criticised by officials from several countries, particularly Japan, Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the United States. The UN Security Council held a closed meeting today to discuss the developments.

A North Korean foreign ministry official, Lee Byong Dok, acknowledged the tests while speaking to reporters in Pyongyang. Japan's NHK television quoted the official as saying, "This is an issue of national sovereignty, and other countries do not have the right to judge. We are not bound by any agreement regarding missiles." North Korean media made no mention of the launches.

Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said Wednesday that "there could be one or two more" launches of short or medium-ranged missiles.

Major South Korean newspaper reported Thursday that Pyongyang got three or four missiles on launch pads. The missiles are thought to be short- or medium-range.

The missile launches comes five days after US president George W Bush, after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, warned North Korea on test-launching a long range missile.

The Tests
The first missile was launched at 3:33 a.m. JST Wednesday (1833 UTC Tuesday) and fell into the Sea of Japan, between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese mainland.

According to CNN, at least three missiles were launched including a Taepodong-2, which failed (or was aborted) in less than a minute. The Taepodong-2 is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with an estimated range of up to 6,000 km (3,730 miles). This would bring parts of the United States like Alaska and Hawaii within striking range of the missile. The ability to achieve this range has so far not been demonstrated in a test.

A fourth short-range missile was launched at 7:12 a.m. JST (2212 UTC), according to CNN.

Contrary to information given by US officials, Russia says that Pyongyang launched as many as ten missiles yesterday. This was also earlier reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap.

The launch of the seventh missile was reported by South Korean and Japanese officials on Wednesday. Media reports said the latest launch was at 17:22 JST(8:22 UTC). The missile landed six minutes after the launch according to Japan's Kyodo News agency.

Two of the missiles were launched from a site other than the one intelligence officials have watched for weeks ahead of a possible long-range missile test, a senior United States State Department official said. Two senior U.S. State Department officials said on Tuesday that fuel trucks had departed the site where the Taepodong-2 sits on a launching pad, indicating that a test may occur in the near future.

The North Korean removal of the fuel trucks and other auxiliary equipment meant the North Koreans may have finished fueling the missile, said the officials, who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the information. Should the North Koreans have completed the fueling "all they would need to do now is press the button," one source said.

Reactions
The test launches were criticised by many countries and led to an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council the day after the initial launches.

The US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley called the test launches "provocative behaviour" and confirmed that the Taepodong-2 went down just 35 seconds after being launched.

"It's the Fourth of July, and they know we are watching and they like to play with us," said one senior US official, who has followed the North Korean program for years.

Japanese and South Korean military have been placed on high alert following the tests. The Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said that continued talks are needed to defuse the current standoff, adding "We need both pressure and dialogue, ... There will be no solution without dialogue."

NORAD was put on heightened alert in the past two weeks and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency told CNN that two missiles for interception of ballistic missiles were activated in California prior to test launches.

The South Korean Senior Security Secretary, Suh Choo-Suk said that the tests have deepened North Korea's isolation and called for a halt to the "provocative activity" and a return to the six-party talks and international efforts for nuclear non-proliferation, adding "North Korea should be held responsible for all the consequences."

In a closed meeting today Japan, Britain and the United States prepared a UN resolution that demanded that all nations withhold technology, goods and funding that potentially could be used for North Korea's missile program. It also called on the North Korea to immediately stop the development, testing and deployment of ballistic missiles. No voting on the resolution is expected today.

Japan announced Wednesday that they would suspend charter flights between the two countries as well has bringing a ferry service to a six-months halt. This means that the only passenger and trade link would be closed for half a year. The country is also considering a call for sanctions through the UN.

The South Korea has said that that it will withhold 500,000 tons of rice and 100,000 tons of fertilizer aid to their northern neighbours.

The United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan have stressed that the test launches will not bring an end to any diplomatic negotiations.

China, the North Korea's closest ally, called the tests "regrettable", but indicated that they would favor a more lenient UN statement. However, they did not defend the launches in the UN meeting on Wednesday.

Stocks and currencies fell in Asia after the test launches, but investors considered it a short-term impact based on experiences from previous North Korean launches.

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US soldier arrested for rape and four murders in Iraq

July 7, 2006 U.S. federal prosecutors have charged a former U.S. soldier who served in Iraq with the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the murder of three members of her family, including the girl's sister believed to be five years old.

The rape victim, Abeer Qassim Hamza, was 14 years old. Although an FBI affidavit (based on soldiers' accounts) estimated her age to be 25, Reuters obtained documents that gave her date of birth as August 19, 1991. The other victims have been identified as Fikhriya Taha, the girl's mother; her father Qassim Hamza, and her younger sister, Hadeel Qassim Hamza.

The charges follow a military investigation into the involvement of as many as five soldiers in the rape and murders committed in the town of Mahmoudiya, 30 km south of Baghdad, on March 12.

Steven D. Green, a 21-year-old former Army private first class in the 101st Airborne Division, appeared in a federal magistrate's courtroom in Charlotte on Monday. FBI agents had arrested Green on Friday and he is being held in Charlotte without bond pending a transfer to Louisville, Kentucky. He was honorably discharged from the Army in May 2006 because of an alleged "personality disorder."

In an affidavit, FBI special agent Gregor J. Ahlers said Green and three other soldiers from the 101st's 502nd Infantry Regiment were on duty at a traffic checkpoint when they conspired to rape the female who lived nearby.

According to witness testimony in the affidavit, the soldiers changed their clothes before going to the victims' home to avoid detection. Green took three members of the family - an adult male and female, and a girl estimated to be 5 years old—into a bedroom. Shots were heard from inside the bedroom.

"Green came to the bedroom door and told everyone, 'I just killed them, all are dead,'" Ahlers wrote in the affidavit.

The affidavit is based on interviews conducted by the FBI and investigators at  Fort Campbell with soldiers assigned to Green's platoon. One of the soldiers said he witnessed Green and another soldier rape the girl.

"After the rape, (the soldier) witnessed Green shoot the woman in the head two-to-three times," the affidavit said.

U.S. officials and others had previously claimed the Iraqi family was killed in sectarian violence. Abeer Hamza's uncle, Ahmed Taha, told AP Television News that the family had believed insurgents had carried out the killings until the US military made public its investigation last week.

"Some said it was insurgents, and in fact, we ruled out the American troops," Taha said.

Response
The news of the killings and rape was met with a wave of anger in parts of Iraq and the Iraqi government directed at the nature of the current US military presence. "We believe that the immunity given to members of coalition forces encouraged them to commit such crimes in cold blood (and) that makes it necessary to review it," was the opinion of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a visit to Kuwait, July 7.

One Baghdad resident, Hussein al-Shimmari, said that the incident "shows the barbaric and aggressive nature of Americans." The Americans themselves claim they are in Iraq to help the government protect its democracy and are reported to have reviewed the way soldiers deal with Iraqi citizens.

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Zalmay Khalilzad, ambassador to Iraq, issued a joint apology Thursday. "We understand this is painful, confusing and disturbing," they said, "not only to the family who lost a loved one, but to the Iraqi people as a whole."


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Italy score two late in Extra Time to advance to finals, hosts Germany to play in third place match

July 4, 2006

Two stylish Italian goals minutes from the end of the second period of Extra Time prevented a penalty kick shootout and sent Germany out of the FIFA World Cup in Dortmund on Tuesday.

Despite the best attacking efforts from the two teams, the score had remained level during 90 minutes of regulation time and the 28 overtime minutes that preceded the game winner.

Moments after Jens Lehmann had dived to put Andrea Pirlo's 25 yard drive behind for a corner, the German keeper was helpless. With the clock on 119 minutes Fabio Grosso, found in the area by Pirlo, circled a left foot shot across him just inside the far post.

Just two minutes later, Alessandro Del Piero got Italy's second with the last kick of the game when he clipped high past Lehmann's left hand at the end of a fast break-away with Alberto Gilardino.

Lehmann had the busier match and made eight saves while Gianluigi Buffon was troubled by two. The Arsenal goalkeeper had also to deal with twelve corner kicks, many of which he plucked easily from the Italian heads.

Germany played the game without ball winner Torsten Frings, whom FIFA had suspended from the match for a punch thrown in a melee after the penalty shootout in the quarter-final against Argentina.

In the 90 minutes the better chances fell to Germany. On half an hour Bernd Schneider was free on goal but did not keep his shot down. After an hour Lukas Podolski, right of goal, spun and shot but was denied by Gianluigi Buffon.

The Italian defence had not conceded a goal for four games, and were to go on to record a fifth shut out in six games at the World Cup finals.

The statistics suggest Italy were the most attacking side in the match with eight more corners, nine more offsides and 14 per cent more ball possession than their opponents.

Italy played overtime with a vigorous intent to win and nearly cracked the Germans in the first two minutes. Gilardino cut back from the goal line and got away a sneaky near post shot but it bounced off the inside of Lehmann's left post. Gianluca Zambrotta drove one from the edge of the area but was denied by Lehmann's crossbar.

The Germans who had gone the full 120 minutes in their last game appeared the more tired team but had a chance to go 1-0 in front. Lukas Podolski was found unmarked at the near post, but his header from ten yards was about ten yards wide.

Italy had an emotional history of penalty kick shootout losses at the World Cup, including a defeat in the 1994 World Cup final, but Marcello Lippi's team's persistence was eventually rewarded. There were no penalties to overcome. Germany has won a total of five World Cup penalty shootouts in a row.

Semi-finals
Match 61

Attendance: 65'000

Germany

Substitutes
 * 73' Bastian Schweinsteiger for Borowski
 * 83' David Ondonker for Schneider
 * 111' Oliver Neuville for Klose

Coach: Jürgen Klinsmann

denotes one goal scored.

Italy

Substitutes
 * 74' Alberto Gilardinho for Toni
 * 91' Vincenzo Iaquinta for Camoranesi
 * 104' Alessandro Del Piero [[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] for Perrotta

Coach: Marcello Lippi

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Officials
Referee: Benito Archundia

Assistant referee: Jose Ramirez

Assistant referee: Hector Vergara

Fourth referee: Toru Kamikawa

Fifth referee: Yoshikazu Hiroshima

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France beat Portugal 1-0 and reach Fifa World Cup final


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Poland wins in Wagner's Volleyball memorial

July 5, 2006

Poland has won in 4th annual, after defeating 3:1 in the final match. Third place has been taken by, and fourth by. Poland B was 6th.

The memorial, which was set up to commemorate Hubert Jerzy Wagner, ex-coach of the most successful Polish national team in history, who died in a car accident in 2002, was held in both  and.

, Polish coach, has said on Tuesday, that the main target for the current season is the, which will be held in. Judging the appearance in the memorial, Lozano has stated the team has 18 valuable players, of which everyone can be in the starting line-up. He added that the victory is dedicated to, former Polish national team star, who died in a car accident about year ago.


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Talk:Switzerland accuses Israel of breaking international law in Gaza

Collective Punishment
The article says Switzerland has said this. Do we have a quote where Switzerland have used the term "Collective Punishment"? If not we can't used that word in reference to Switzerland. You could say Amnesty International accuses Israel of Collective Punishment - if indeed they have done. It may be Switzerland have said nothing other than "Israel has not taken the precautions required of it in international law." We cannot word that as "Collective Punishment". Swiss are more diplomatic than that and we're a NPOV news source. Ealturner 23:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

 * From the swis themselves; "A number of actions by the Israeli Defence Forces in their offensive against the Gaza Strip have violated the principle of proportionality and are to be seen as forms of collective punishment, which ...." http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/e/home/singlem.html?id=5978 83.160.232.32 12:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I'll link the statement, if it isn't already, and use the term collective punishment in the opening line. Ealturner 15:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:North Korea test-fires missiles

Multiple missles?
Is there a source that states there have been more than three missles? All the sources listed seem to only indicate three? R2b2 23:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * CNN TV in the United States states that a U.S. State Department source confirms six launches, which I've added to a table in the article. Missing information (besides the North Korea times) was information that was omitted by CNN during a report from the White House. Baricom 23:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * CNN (US) updated to five just recently.

NPOV
Does it make sense to reference the nuclear weapons testing our side does in the article? Neutralizer 02:56, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I put a little in at the end for NPOV purposes. Neutralizer 03:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps I am looking at it weirdly but to me it's as if people in a neighborhood were making a big deal about 1 guy on his porch brandishing a knife while the guy across the street has an uzi in each hand pointing at the guy with the knife. It's fine to report the brandishing of the knife but the uzis should at least be mentioned in a NPOV article; in my way of thinking

 * I suggest that we insert a little background for NPOV purposes. Just because the rest of western media embraces a semi-hysterical tone to the event doesn't mean we need to and I think a bit of perspective might be called for. However, I do not know whether there are many(any)other editors who feel the way I do or not? In the meantime, I will reinclude the reference which was removed with no talk page discussion but feel free to revert and please explain the reasoning here. Neutralizer 16:55, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't feel that it is of any importance to this news story. We don't even know if North Korea got the ability to perform a nuclear strike, neverless keeping long-distance missiles in the air. So I don't think we need any perspective on this, it just comes out looking like muscleflexing because NK got a poor military standard in comparison. --Jambalaya 17:53, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

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 * Is it required to upload the image to the Wikinews project in order to use it here? --Jambalaya 17:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

what japan? what s. korea?
there's plenty of mention of security implications of the launch for the US, but not for japan and south korea. needs to be fixed. Doldrums 10:20, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

 * this line was removed when i overwrote an edit conflict.
 * "Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese Prime Minister, told reporters he had information that Pyongyang had launched a seventh missile."
 * as i've added the japanese reactions, i think this line is not needed. mick, if u feel otherwise, can u just add it back. Doldrums 10:40, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Australian Foreign minister quote
Australian foreign minister Alexander said Wednesday that more missiles might be launched "in the next day or two".

Two points here:

1. The Australian Foreign Minister's name is Alexander Downer

2. The cited source does not mention this quote.

I'm commenting this sentence out until it can be sourced correctly. --Jobrahms 10:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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"sailing"? That seems unlikely. None of the articles referenced mention a sailboat.

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Microsoft to drop parts of WGA program amid controversy

July 5, 2006

Microsoft has announced its plans to drop the part of its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool that sends data back to Microsoft saying if the user's copy of Windows XP is genuine or not. There has been a huge amount of controversy over that part of the application, mainly because every time a PC with the software is booted, it sends the data. If the PC, or more accurately, the operating system of the PC, is reported to be a pirated version the user is presented with numerous pop-ups and icons stating that the PC is running an illegal version of Windows.

The dropping of pirate checks in WGA could be because of a class action lawsuit that was filed last week by San Diego lawyer, Scott Kamber, on behalf of U.S. users on allegations that the software is spyware.

A statement from Microsoft Australia says, "WGA is not spyware. It's installed with the consent of the user and seeks only to notify the user if a proper licence is not in place."

Ian Smith, a user angered by the WGA pirating checks, said to Australian IT "I bought my software legitimately, I validated it, I go to Microsoft for updates, and if they want to check it then, that's okay. But coming back every day is too much."


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This was an edit made: 19:07, 5 July 2006 AndreasBlixt (Talk | contribs) m (an->a user) Changing an to a.  "Ian Smith, an user..." or "Ian Smith, a user..." Which is correct, an or a? nzgabriel 07:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * According to this link, a user is correct... - learn something new every day... (I would have said 'an user' was correct even though it sounded wrong)... R2b2 09:48, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * i find that going with whatever sounds right usually works!

 * i think the title needs tweaking. it right now reads as if MS is stopping all anti-piracy efforts, rather than dropping a particular one, i.e. the WGA notification tool (or parts of it). Doldrums 09:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Something like Microsoft to drop WGA program amid controversy? R2b2 09:56, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * "elements of WGA" perhaps? or "elements/parts of anti-piracy application/program"? Doldrums 10:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Israeli soldier taken captive

according to my sources (Ynet, BBC, Reuters and CNN) in the attack on 25th, TWO Palestinians were killed and not three... thx.

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Yell threatens to shut down Yellowikis

Yell, the world's biggest yellow pages publisher, today threatened to shut down Yellowikis, the wiki-based yellow pages directory.

Yell accused Yellowikis co-founders Paul Youlten and his 15 year-old daughter Rosa Blaus of "misrepresentation", "passing off" and suggested that using the name Yellowikis could "constitute an 'instrument of fraud'." Passing off is defined as misrepresenting a product and passing it off as one's own. Passing off is a form of trademark infringement.

Yell is demanding that Paul and Rosa close down the website, transfer the domain names to Yell and agree to pay damages to Yell for loss of profits. Yell made $2.4bn in 2005, whereas Yellowikis had a loss of $500. The $500 was used to print T-shirts promoting Yellowikis at the Wikimania conference in Frankfurt.

Paul Youlten said: "This threat from Yell to shut us down looks like a sign of desperation. The whole yellow pages industry is in crisis. Use of the paper directories is collapsing as people get broadband Internet connections in their homes. Small and medium sized businesses are beginning to notice that their customers are ringing them up and saying 'I found you on Google' and not 'I found you in the yellow pages'."

Rosa Blaus said: "Maybe they are a bit jealous of Yellowikis because we allow companies to add videos, skype IDs, email addresses, instant messaging, in as many categories and languages as they like for free." Blaus suggested to her father that they set up Yellowikis after she noticed small businesses were deleted from Wikipedia for not being "encyclopaedic".

Yellowikis has been growing at 8.7% month-on-month and has 494 editors and about 5,000 articles listed.

The threat of legal action came after an article published in The Independent newspaper mentioned Yellowikis.

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Australian Big Brother cleared of breaching content laws

July 5, 2006

Australia's media watchdog - the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has cleared Australian Big Brother of breaching content laws following a sexual misconduct scandal, which was broadcast via the Internet. The determination has prompted Australia's communications minister, Helen Coonan to request that the ACMA to review the free-to-air television code of conduct and extend content regulation to content streamed via the Internet.

According to Senator Coonan the ACMA found that because Channel Ten did not broadcast the incident on television that the television broadcast standards were inapplicable.

The ACMA also found that despite the video being streamed on the Internet, Big Brother had not breached online content censorship laws as the media had not been stored on Big Brother's website. The Broadcasting Services Act provides for the regulation of Internet content, however to be considered Internet content, it must physically reside on a server.

Senator Coonan said that live content distributed via the Internet or mobile devices should be subject to the same restrictions as those on television. “This matter has reinforced the need for changes to the Act to ensure that these new services being offered over the Internet and mobile devices are subject to the same content restrictions that apply to television broadcasts," said the minister.

“On June 14 2006 in an address to the National Press Club I announced that legislation would be introduced to ensure that appropriate content safeguards would be imposed on all non-broadcasting commercial content services, including live services."

“This important legislation is presently being drafted and will be introduced into Parliament at the earliest opportunity. I will be urging all of my Parliamentary colleagues to support the extension of these essential safeguards."

The minister said that she had also requested that the ACMA review the television code of practice. "Given the community outrage about this matter, it would appear the codes applying to television program classifications may also be out of step with community standards," said Senator Coonan.

“I will direct ACMA to conduct a detailed review of whether the free to air television code of practice is operating to provide appropriate community safeguards in relation to reality TV programming."


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Scientist makes world's smallest soccer pitch

July 5, 2006

A German scientist has made the world’s smallest soccer pitch with nanotechnology. The pitch is so small that you could fit 20 000 on the tip of a human hair.

The simulated soccer playing field measures 500 by 380 nanometres. It can only be seen under a special microscope.

He spent a whole day engraving the lines with an electron beam.

"I am really, really proud," said Stefan Trellenkamp, nanotechnology researcher from the University of Kaiserslautern.

"The only problem is that I really don't know what to do with it. I can't put it on show as no one can see it," he said, "I guess it'll just stay in my drawer for the time being."


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Enron founder Ken Lay dies in Aspen, Colorado

July 5, 2006

Kenneth L. Lay, the Enron ex-chief executive and ex-chair, died early Wednesday morning at his vacation home at the age of 64 after a massive coronary attack, according to a family spokesperson.

Lay was found guilty of six counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the Enron scandal on May 25, 2006 and convicted on four counts of bank fraud in a separate non-jury trial. He was awaiting a sentencing on October 23 and faced the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.

In 2001, Enron went bankrupt with debts of $31.8bn (£18bn), and 4,000 people were left jobless.

As a result of Lay's death prior to exhausting his appeals, his conviction is abated, and Lay is legally considered never to have been indicted or convicted of criminal charges.


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