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User talk:Sethdoe92

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User talk:Agwin12193~enwikinews

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User:Chrislk02

Hi, my name is Chris, and I am an admin on En wiki. My userpage can be found at my engluish wikipedia user page]

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User talk:Chrislk02

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Comments:380 million year old fossilized trees found in New York, USA

But which country did this happen in? --84.68.126.146 20:31, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As it says in the title: US :) DragonFire1024 20:33, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:380 million year old fossilized trees found in New York, USA

I removed the mention of mammals - they didn't emerge from the sea, they evolved on land. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:21, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed...my mistake. ;) DragonFire1024 21:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Virginia Tech gunman sent package to NBC

Excessive alledged?
The article currently features the following: allegedly contained "rants against rich people" and "warns that he wants to get even". Is this really just an allegation or was it shown to be so when NBC aired the material? (I refuse to watch any of that stuff myself.) --SVTCobra 22:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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The image used in this article has been renamed on Commons to: File:NBC Tower, Chicago.jpg, could someone change it on this page so the original incorrectly named image can be deleted from Commons. Thanks Captain-tucker (talk) 17:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅, Thanks for pointing this out. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:22, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Virginia Tech shooter identified, witness reports emerge

Lovers' Quarrel?? NO!!
Please remove this false speculation! It should be clear now that there was no relationship. It is very likely that Cho was stalking her.

Vilification here, vilification there, vilification vilification everywhere. Anyways, he was noticed or said something and the other said some kind of epithet back which in the train of oppression, sadism, corruption, helplessness and abuse was just the last straw. As for the stalking, he heard others talking about him. Clark89 (talk) 19:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

why did this happen
At this rate, it will probably happen again. To some, this person is their hero. :/ Clark89 (talk) 19:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


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Sealing ships trapped in ice off coast of Newfoundland

April 20, 2007

For the past week, approximately 100 sealing ships have been trapped in ice floes off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. The ships and their crew had been participating in the annual seal hunt off Canada's easternmost province.

Several of the vessels have been damaged by the ice and supplies are now running low for those sailors awaiting rescue by the Canadian Coast Guard. As of Thursday, 6:00 p.m. EDST, some 20 crew members, out of an estimated 400, had been rescued.

A Coast Guard icebreaker, the Sir Wilfred Grenfell, on mission to free the trapped ships, itself became stuck in the ice. A Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) spokesperson indicated to CTV News that, although the Grenfell had since been freed, another icebreaker, the Ann Harvey, was now trapped. "It's just such heavy ice that even ice breakers are having trouble," said Erika Pittman, a communications officer with the DFO.

In addition to the crushing ice, extreme weather conditions have been hampering rescue efforts. Pittman suggested that conditions wouldn't improve until sometime next week. The amount and thickness of the pack ice, according to Pittman, is the worst it has been for sealers in the past 15 years.

In addition to three icebreakers on hand, the Coast Guard is flying helicopters in to provide food and support to the stranded sailors. Most of the sealing ship captains have refused to abandon their ships, instead staying with them and hoping for a change in conditions or to be freed by the Coast Guard.

"Usually you try to stay with the ship because you think the safety is with the ship because the ship is big, but sometimes it is too late. In this case, we're hoping that as it changes and the breakers and helicopters are there and we can get them all out," said Brian Penney, a superintendent with the Coast Guard.

"They're putting a lot of effort into pulling them out," said Penny. "But the sheer numbers, it's a very, very slow process." According to Penny, approximately 15 of the longliners ships have had their hulls damaged by the ice to the extent that the ships are at risk of sinking.

Critics of the seal hunt point out that the annual hunt is not only "cruel to animals", but is also a dangerous occupation for the sealers. When sealers have to be rescued by the Coast Guard, "Canadian taxpayers foot the bill," suggested Rebecca Aldworth, director of Canadian wildlife issues for the Humane Society of the United States.


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Wikinews Shorts: April 20, 2007

Iraq has fourth highest execution rate, says Amnesty

The human rights organisation Amnesty International says that Iraq now ranks fourth in the list of countries with high execution rates.

Since mid 2004, Iraq has sentenced 270 people to death, at least 100 of whom have already been hanged. Amnesty says that Iraq's reintroduction of the death sentence goes against a general global trend for its abolition.

In a press release, Amnesty says many of the trials are unfair, criticising the use of televised pre-trial confessions and a failure to investigate allegations of torture.

Kate Allen, Amnesty's UK director said: "The clock has been turned back in Iraq and we've seen a return to large numbers of people being condemned to death and hastily executed after unfair trials,"

The criticisms have been dismissed by Iraqi officials.

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Canadian Conservatives regret participation in Sikh parade
The Conservatives have expressed regret for participating in a Sikh Parade in Surrey, British Columbia because a display of Indian saints included Talwinder Tarmar, the terrorist that led the 1985 Air India bomb plot. The president of the temple that organized the parade claims that he is not guilty.

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Seven year-old finds cocaine in pocket
A bag of cocaine worth around $8,900 was found by a first grade boy while checking his jacket pocket. The bag contained 89 grams of crack cocaine. "The boy got scared and told his teacher", said a Tampa police spokeswoman.

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User talk:JohnPa

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Me llamo Juan. Me gusta taco y mapache

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Strong earthquakes strike Japan; Tsunami warnings issued

April 20, 2007

According to the USGS numerous earthquakes ranging from magnitudes 5.1 to 6.1 have been reported off the western coast of Japan, prompting tsunami warnings to be issued. The warnings were lifted a short time later.

The first quake, a 6.0 magnitude, was reported at 9:26 a.m. local time (00:26 UTC), 165 km (105 miles) north, north east of Ishigaki-jima, in the Ryukyu Islands in Japan.

The second quake of 5.6 magnitude struck just five minutes after the first and a 6.1 magnitude quake struck just over an hour later, followed by a magnitude 5.9 about 15 minutes later.

Japan's weather agency says the first and last quakes were actually 6.7 magnitude.

Three smaller quakes ranging from 5.1 to 5.3 magnitudes shortly followed.

The tsunami warnings were issued only after Japan's weather agency said that an 18-inch (46cm) wave could be a possibility.

There are no reports of damage, injuries, deaths or tsunamis.


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Islamic vigilantes acquitted of murder by Iran supreme court

April 20, 2007

Iran's Supreme Court has nullified the death sentences awarded to several members of the Basij and Ansar-e Hezbollah paramilitary groups for killing people they accused of moral corruption under Islamic laws.

Ali Maleki and several of his associates killed Reza Nejadmalayeri and Shohreh Nikpour in Kerman in 2002, accusing them of fornication.

Iran's Islamic laws permit summary execution of those who commit blasphemy, sacrilege, repeated fornication, adultery, slander Imam Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or the Islamic prophets, and otherwise behave in a way that is out of sync with the Islamic criteria.

Members of the paramilitary group (Basij) - which is variously characterized as a pro-government vigilante group or militia - who had been convicted escaped the death penalty because they argued before the Islamic court that they acted in defense of Islamic laws. The members, who pledge allegiance to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stoned one of their victims to death and tied up four others, including Nejadmalayeri and Nikpour, before throwing them into a swimming pool where they drowned.

The accused stated in their confession the teachings of one Islamic cleric who had said that they were allowed to kill immoral people if they had ignored two warnings to stop their bad behavior.

In Iran, courts have previously imposed severe penalties for what they considered immoral behaviour. In 2004, a 16 year old girl, Atefah Sahaaleh, was executed for committing "acts incompatible with chastity", after she testified that she had been repeatedly raped while in an abusive relationship with an ex-revolutionary guard, Ali Darabi. Dabari received a sentence of 95 lashes. In 1998 a German businessman, Helmut Hofer, was sentenced to death for having a relationship with a 26-year-old single Iranian woman.


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User talk:Vichuu

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Talk:Islamic vigilantes acquitted of murder by Iran supreme court

What has the 1998 BBC source got to do with this story? --Brian McNeil / talk 07:04, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

 * The 1998 report is on moral corruption and illicit sexual relations. If we aren't suposed to add older relevant stories, then feel free to remove this one.--MW 07:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, we can use that source; if information from that source is included in the story. Unlike an encyclopedia though we shouldn't collect gratuitous sources; it makes fact-checking problematic when there's too much to read that isn't used in the story. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Sealing ships trapped in ice off coast of Newfoundland

Must be global warming. Must be those damn Greenpeacers stopping the sealing ships.


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Talk:Strong earthquakes strike Japan; Tsunami warnings issued

=typo= Typo in second word of title. =number of quakes= Were there six or seven? The text talks of three and then a fourth (which it calls the third), as well as of three subsequent <6 magnitude quakes. =time= Is the EST time actually a daylight-saving time? I see ESDT on other articles. Is it necessary to give any times other than local time and UTC?


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RAF Hawk jet crashes in the United Kingdom

April 20, 2007

An RAF Hawk training jet has crashed at Mona Airfield on Anglesey Island in the United Kingdom. The crash occurred at 12:25 p.m. local time.

The pilot is reported to have ejected prior to the crash. No injuries are reported at this time.

"I can confirm that a Hawk aircraft has crashed at RAF Mona, which is a small satellite airfield connected to RAF Valley. One person was on board but we do not know the extent of the pilot's injuries at this time," said spokesman for RAF Valley, Squadron Leader Mark Byrne.

According to the U.K.'s Defense Ministry, the aircraft carries up to two pilots, but only one was on board the plane at the time of the crash.

The plane was put into service in 1976 for flying and weapons training. The T1 version of the Hawk is for training pilots in fast flying at an advanced level and the T1A Hawk is designed to train pilots to use weapons at an advanced level. It is also the aircraft used by the Red Arrows RAF display team.

Search and rescue personnel are on their way to the scene and an investigation is being launched. The wreckage of the plane is said to be in two pieces. It is not known what caused the crash.

"We will not speculate about the cause of the accident as an investigation will be carried out to establish what has happened," added Byrne.


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Talk:Bible publishing firm in Turkey attacked; 3 killed

Hello, german news reported that only one of the victims had german citizenship. cheers --81.39.5.128 13:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


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 * very kind to say Hello, I am already Wikinews user but only for the german project, and I face huge connection problems anyway at the moment, so I'll contribute only when seeing something incorrect ... cheers Benutzer:Amsel / --81.39.5.128 15:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Lululailai88

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2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs New Zealand

April 20, 2007

Australia has defeated New Zealand by 215 runs in the penultimate game of the Super 8 phase in the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada.

Toss: Australia, who elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ov), 2-144 (Ponting, 22.6 ov), 3-216 (Hayden, 32.4 ov), 4-233 (Clarke, 35.3 ov), 5-257 (Symonds, 40.1 ov), 6-334 (Hussey, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Fleming, 3.3 ov), 2-29 (Taylor, 5.1 ov), 3-77 (Styris, 11.1 ov), 4-80 (McMillan, 12.3 ov), 5-89 (Franklin, 14.3 ov), 6-111 (McCullum, 19.3 ov), 7-117 (Vettori, 21.1 ov), 8-127 (Gillespie, 23.5 ov), 9-133 (Mason, 24.5 ov)

Australia: A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, S R Watson, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), R L Taylor, S B Styris, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, M R Gillespie, J S Patel, M J Mason

Player of the match: M L Hayden

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan) TV umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies) Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire: D J Harper (Australia)


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User talk:Editor at Large

 Please note that "Editor at Large" is only a nickname, and this user holds no official position on wikinews.

Nor is she a fat male. She is, in fact, just one very small user; and likes to copyedit.

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hi, just wanted to let you know that the username u've picked suggests that you have a formal position on Wikinews. such usernames can be misleading to other editors amd are discouraged (see Username and Wikipedia:Username). u can request your username to be changed here.
 * I don't think that at all. DragonFire1024 07:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * as you might well know, "Editor at large" is a widely used formal position in news organisations. so i think there is some potential for confusion if a reader or new user gets a response from the "Editor at Large", especially since the form and capitalization of the username is also formal. i would suggest you change it, but feel free to take an opinion from other users (DragonFire gives us his opinion above, but not a rationale), perhaps at WN:ALERT. another alternative is a disclaimer of sorts on you user and talk pages. so, think it over. –Doldrums(talk) 08:07, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I was in no way confused with this name. I never had a thought in my mind that is was an issue. Since we do not have a formal position of that name, I don't see the problem. DragonFire1024 08:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * the username makes it appear that we do have a formal position of that name, and this user has been entrusted with the position. that is the confusion it creates. Misleading usernames include names that imply the user is an admin or other official figure on Wikipedia, or of the Wikimedia Foundation(w:Wikipedia:Username). the test is not whether DragonFire is confused by it or not, the test is whether there is a reasonable possibility of confusion by an average user. –Doldrums(talk) 08:16, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Brianmc suggests another option - retain username but change signature to something less troublesome. and gives us some more food for thought. –Doldrums(talk) 08:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * just a suggestion, how do you like signing with some variant of "Ed. at large"? feel free to post to the noticeboard to get a sense of what others think about it. the other option, as i've said before, is to make it clear on your user and talk page that this is just a name and not a position. –Doldrums(talk) 09:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Aint never heard of an "Editor at Large" position. --72.130.208.225 08:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * listen harder. or try Google. –Doldrums(talk) 08:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I have not got a prob with this name, mainly because, I know this user has a few accounts on other projects, (have ran across his Commons Delete button in the past... ;)) Keep the name, maybe add a note on your userpage saying Doldrums concerns. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

This has kind of spread across various talk pages so I will reply here... the variant "Ed. at large" I'm not sure about as people already call me "Ed" occasionally and I am actually female; unfortunately "Editor at Large" makes people think of a fat man when I am a (slender) woman! At any rate, E@L is a nickname that was used often on wp, and though slightly cryptic I suppose I could use that. I also have no problem with adding a disclaimer of sorts on my user and talk pages saying I hold no official position, etc., if that will help clear things up. I'd prefer to keep my sig the same as my username because I firmly believe in making it as easy as possible for people to find and recognise you, and if I use E@L people will start looking for me under that name and won't associate my actual username with me as much. Then again, as on Wikipedia I could create user & talk pages for User:E@L (currently not a usable name) and redirect them to my talk page. I would prefer to just add disclaimers and keep the rest nice and simple, but I understand if that isn't enough here and I'll change my sig if concensus deems it necessary. — Editor at Large talk 18:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * disclaimers on user and talk pages are good enough for me. and since it looks like other people are not unduly concerned about this, that shld settle the matter and we can all go back to editing at large. so welcome once again to Wikinews, Editor at Large! and hope you have a good time here. –Doldrums(talk) 19:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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If your the same user as the commons admin does that mean we can talk to you about undeletion of images for local upload?? If so i will put you down as a wikinews-commons contact if thats ok.--Mark Talk 10:12, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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That has been around longer than I have on Wikinews...personally thats just the exact example I was talking about...but whatever. DragonFire1024 04:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Islamic vigilantes acquitted of murder by Iran supreme court

"iran has a history of imposing extreme penalties...."this certainly is not neutral language. This article needs a complete rewrite, it's a subjective opinion what is extreme. As it currently stands this sounds like an islamophobic piece of sensationalist rubbish that you'd expect to find in a tabloid
 * How is it not barbaric and extreme to kill someone for having sex? These were extrajudicial killings; the Iranian supreme court just let a bunch of murderers off the hook because they said they were "killing in the name of God".  If you find that acceptable I suggest you leave your fine education establishment and move to Iran post-haste. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Brianmc's point (kinda), although I disagree with the way he put it. My argument would be that the death penalty is, almost by definition, an extreme form of punishment. From this point of view it is true that "iran has a history of imposing extreme penalties....". This is not necessarily judgemental, as it could be said of any nation who regularly exercises the death penalty. Sdmolloy 23:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, might I add that the story as written seems to reflect well the story as published on various other new sites. I do not agree that this article needs a complete rewrite. Sdmolloy 23:53, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Evangelist Hovind found guilty for tax fraud

It’s awfully disappointing that Kent Hovind not pay his taxes. I have watched Hovind’s seminars and I believe that they do speak the truth. Just because he made a mistake does not mean his theories and beliefs were incorrect. His seminars gave a voice against evolution and spoke about creation. But I must say that not all of the public is as forgiving as I am, for that Mr. Hovind has given evangelist, creationists, and Christians a bad reputation.

Mr. A He explained in CSE 103 that the government cannot legally force you to pay income tax, wich he was not doing, so they are the illegal ones. Anyway when an athiest gets arrested we don't make a webpage about it.

Income tax is not actually constitutional or legal when you closely analyse it, but such legal realisations are ignored. No one legally HAS to pay taxes, it's just it's terribly hard to win the case and prove taxes are illegal on a case-by-case basis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.158.138 (talk) 08:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "this is slander"
this is slander —98.121.176.189 (talk) 15:55, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "sorry - not the final one. you..."
sorry - not the final one. your subjectivity is clearly against the Person you write about. this ruins the article. —92.194.203.67 (talk) 21:35, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

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I think, "Wiki," stands for, "Wicked," and you who publish this information are wicked!!!! —68.83.10.24 (talk) 00:52, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


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User talk:24.239.220.18

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Research In Motion comments on BlackBerry outage

April 20, 2007

All eight million users of BlackBerry have been relieved of a large system failure that left them without email for two days.

Emails were lost after a large system failure blocked all of their users worldwide, Tuesday. It is reported at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday the system failure began. It ended Wednesday morning leaving its millions of users with a backlog of emails.

BlackBerry, owned by Waterloo, Ontario based Research In Motion (RIM), apologised for the outage Wednesday and said they will take further measures to ensure this will never happen again.

Research In Motion said that a system upgrade caused the large system failure and when they tried to fix the problem "it did not fully perform to its expectations".

"It wasn't a capacity issue, it wasn't a security issue. It was an outage overnight when there was an upgrade," said Co-CEO of RIM, Jim Balsillie. "I think it's pretty likely that the systems are in place that this kind of thing, as incredibly unlikely as it is to happen, is all the more unlikely to happen again."


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Template:QuoteLeft is supposed to be used with text within the body of the article. As this stands I haven't a clue where that comes from and it looks like an editorial comment. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:46, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It's from the BBC article and if you click edit it will show who said it. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  21:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Have changed it to show it in article view. Still needs to go somewhere in the article though.--Mark Talk 21:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


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Gunman kills self and hostage in Texas NASA building

April 20, 2007 Around 1:40 p.m. CDT, NASA employees reported that two shots were fired in the NASA Building 44 in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. A SWAT team later reported that Bill Phillips, a contract engineer with Jacobs Engineering, had killed David Beverly as well as himself, leaving a female hostage physically unharmed.

Phillips entered a conference room with gun drawn and ordered all but one person out. Phillips barricaded himself on the second floor of the two-story building, with David Beverly and another female hostage. The building was evacuated and police were summoned. NASA security, Houston police and a SWAT team were on the scene.

Houston news reported at 5:22 p.m. CDT that Bill Phillips, the gunman, and David Beverly, the hostage, were both dead. Police reported that the SWAT team heard one shot and decided to engage, but before they reached the room they heard another shot. When SWAT reached the scene, the male hostage was dead from a bullet to the chest, the gunman was dead from a bullet to the head, and the female hostage, Fran Cranshaw, was gagged and bound to a chair with duct tape, but was otherwise unharmed.

All NASA employees had first been warned to stay in their buildings but were later told by NASA they were free to go home if their working day was over. Mission Control locked its doors during this incident, as this is a standard procedure in such situations. No NASA Mission has been affected by this incident, according to NASA.

In the first press conference, police said that communication to the gunman had not yet been established, but that negotiators had already tried it two times unsuccessfully.

The motive of the hostage-taking, and whether the three people had any connection to each other, is currently under investigation.

The Houston Chronicle reports that last month Phillips had received one e-mail from his employer, Jacob engineering Inc., "describing problems with his work and offering suggestions on improvement." Jacobs printed that e-mail on March 18, the same day he bought the 38-caliber gun that police suspect was used in the shooting.

Despite reassurances by Cranshaw and Beverly, Phillips would not believe that management was not going to fire him, according to Cranshaw. During the 3-hour standoff, Phillips used a dry-erase board in the room indicating he was tired of being called "stupid," police said last Saturday.

Michael Sampson, the co-manager of the space agency's Electronic Parts and Packaging Program, who had known Beverly for ten years, described him as friendly, peaceful person, with a positive attitude to his co-workers.

Relatives describe Phillips as a loner who always kept to himself. He had lost his father in 2003, but had decided not to return to his hometown in Tennessee. Smith, a cousin of Phillips, remarked that in the Christmas card he had received from him last year, Phillips said that he was feeling lonely and without family, but nothing in the card suggested anything so tragic.


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Vatican abolishes Limbo

April 20, 2007 The Vatican has abolished limbo, which, according to the Roman Catholic belief, is a permanent status of the unbaptized who die in infancy, without having committed any personal sins, but without having been freed from original sin, or in some cases abortion.

Pope Benedict XVI, a theologian, showed doubt about the concept of limbo. He cited his concerns about it when he was a cardinal.

"The conclusion of this study is that there are theological and liturgical reasons to hope that infants who die without baptism may be saved and brought into eternal happiness even if there is not an explicit teaching on this question found in revelation," the 41-page document said. "There are reasons to hope that God will save these infants precisely because it was not possible (to baptise them)."

Baptism, in the Catholic Church, is a religious act of purification by water. Baptism removes original sin.

"People find it increasingly difficult to accept that God is just and merciful if he excludes infants, who have no personal sins, from eternal happiness, whether they are Christian or non-Christian."

The Church has never made limbo an official doctrine but most Catholics believe in it. The Church also concludes that baptism will stay and further states that it has nothing to do with the abolition of limbo.

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Talk:Vatican abolishes Limbo

"unborn"?
or is it newborn? –Doldrums(talk) 21:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The correct word is "unborn", not "newborn". — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  21:40, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

wha???
"It is believed the devil was a snake and poisoned the apple with sin.". is unsourced. WP does not talk about it. is this an established and notable view or what someone vaguely remembers from sunday school? –Doldrums(talk) 06:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

"The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (and occasionally translated as the Tree of Conscience) was the tree in the middle of the Garden of Eden (2:9) from which God directly forbade Adam (and by extension Eve) to eat (2:17). The other tree in the middle of the garden was the Tree of Life. Genesis 2:16 states that God allowed them to eat of the fruit of any other tree in the garden, which would include the Tree of Life. When Eve, and then Adam, ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge (3:6), after being tempted by a serpent (3:1–5), they became aware of their nakedness (3:7), and were banished from the garden and forced to survive through agriculture "by the sweat of [their] face" (3:19-24)."

- Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

"It is believed the devil was a snake and poisoned the apple with sin.", which I wrote, needs to be re-written. I will re-write it right now so don't worry. BTW, it is the official Catholic belief. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC) — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

also, the first line of the article, "limbo, which, according to the Roman Catholic Church, is a permanent status of the unbaptized who die in infancy" (emphasis mine) is at variance with "The Limbo of Children is a theological speculation that never been defined as official Church dogma" (Abortion), i think. –Doldrums(talk) 19:16, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

 * The article reads good. I don't really think we need to add all this info as its been past 24 hours. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:75.165.3.90

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User talk:ColdCase

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User talk:75.89.64.180

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Comments:Shots fired by employee in Texas NASA building

*sigh*
Just what is this world coming to? --70.231.238.90 23:56, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:216.166.216.138

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! Bawolff ☺☻

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User talk:66.130.36.117

Welcome
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I dispute that Canadian Kid Grows Popularity On Piczo.com is intresting, unusual, or news worthy in any other sense (Sorry if I sound mean, I don't mean to be). Please debate wether or not we should keep it on WN:DR Bawolff ☺☻ 03:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:207.47.193.121

OK, it is time for your joking to end. You are potentially offending people, both here in the Wikinews community and the wider readership. What you are doing could be seen as vandalism and you could get blocked from editing Wikinews for it. Be careful and be serious from now on. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:49, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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Kent Hovind's April 2007 appeal denied

April 21, 2007

Kent Hovind's motion for acquittal was denied on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Hovind, a Pensacola young Earth creationist and operator of Dinosaur Adventure Land, along with his wife, Jo Hovind, were found guilty in November 2006 on 58 federal counts of "willful failure" to payroll taxes, structuring bank withdrawals, and obstructing federal agents.

On January 19, 2007 Kent was sentenced to ten years in prison and ordered to pay US$640,000 in owed funds to the Internal Revenue Service, pay prosecution's court costs of $7,078, and serve three years parole once released.

In his motion, Hovind had contended that under the rule in a case called United States v. Davenport the crime is not the individual withdrawals, but is instead the total transaction, also known as the "unit of the crime." Thus, Hovind argued that in his case there was no "unit of the crime" "separate and distinct from the alleged act of withdrawing, and without such a separate amount to be structured [. . .] there could be no crime alleged, and no conviction on any charge in Counts 13 through 57." The trial court rejected Hovind's "unit of the crime" argument.

Had the judge ruled in Hovind's favor his sentence would have reduced Hovind's prison sentence from ten years to five years.

Jo Hovind sentencing was delayed pending the ruling on the motion. She will be sentenced soon though no date has been set.

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Strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake reported in Papua New Guinea

April 21, 2007

According to the USGS, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck in the New Ireland region of Papua New Guinea. The time of the quake was reported at 5:12 p.m. local time [7:12 a.m. UTC].

The epicenter was 120 kilometers [74 miles] south, south east from Kavieng, New Ireland, in Papua New Guinea and had a depth of 410.4 kilometers [255.0 miles].

So far there are no reports of damage or injuries from the quake. No tsunami warning has been issued.


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User:Editor at Large

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Nor is she a fat male. She is, in fact, just one very small (female) user. Who likes to copyedit. Everything. Actually, she tends to roam at large and edit.

She also tends to ramble.

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Wikinews:Video Wikinews/2.0/Press releases

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April 21, 2007

Wikinews, a project of the not-for-profit Wikimedia Foundation, has released it's first two trailer videos for the "Video Wikinews" project. The videos are currently available on Youtube, and Wikimedia Commons, and have been made available under the CC-BY-2.5 license, the same used for the Wikinews project.

The project is being created with the hopes of expanding free content news, and making it available worldwide. The project is intended to be on a television network, although the aforementioned teasers have been placed on several different websites.

In the last few decades, copyright laws have become more restrictive and automatic than ever, and more and more of our culture is now inaccessible. The goal of the Wikinews Video project is to raise awareness for and celebrate news generously released under licenses that allow their free reuse by other artists or projects like Wikinews.

About Wikimedia
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit corporation based in Florida, USA. It was founded in 2003 to maintain and develop free-content projects like Wikipedia, and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public free of charge. It is supported primarily by small donations from its broad userbase, and currently has national chapters in Germany and France.

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2007 Heineken Cup Semi Finals

April 21, 2007

This weekend sees the potentially ill-fated Heineken Cup semi finals take place. Llanelli Scarlets are to play Leicester, and in a repeat of last week's Guinness premiership clash, Northampton Saints face London Wasps.

Scarlets
The Scarlets are the last non-English side playing in the Heineken Cup, which is guaranteed to have at least one English team in the title. The Scarlets are the only unbeaten side remaining in the competition.

Leicester
Leicester arrive in the semi finals having knocked out the French side, Stade Francais. They are currently have 66 points in the premiership, which places them in second place after Gloucester (also on 66 points). Given that they've won the Anglo-Welsh trophy already, they have the potential to win the treble.

Northampton
In the Quarter Finals, Northampton played the French team, Biarritz. The game was played in the San Sebastien in northern Spain. After a low scoring game, Northampton defied predictions to win 7-6.

Northampton are facing relegation in the premiership, and although they will take the game seriously, it's possible that their minds may be elsewhere. It will be vital for them to win their next premiership game. Should they fail to do so they will certainly be relegated.

Wasps
Following Wasps victory over Leinster at Adams Park, Wasps fully expected to face Biarritz, but it was not to be. In an interesting twist, their Heineken Cup game against Northampton would immediately follow their Guinness Premiership match against that team. Wasps won that game, despite having to rest players such as Alex King and Lawrence Dallaglio.

Wasps have a good chance this weekend, and can boast three international captains in their ranks. Dallaglio, Vickery (both England) and Ibanez (captain of the French side which won the 6 nations).

Schedule
Both games take place at a neutral venue which has been selected by one of the sides previously selected by lot. The Leicester vs. Llanelli game will take place at the Walkers stadium in Leicester on Saturday. It will kick off at 3pm BST (2pm UTC).

The Wasps vs. Northampton game will take place in Coventry at the Ricoh arena. It will kick off at 3:05pm BST on Sunday.

The final will take place at Twickenham on the 20th May at 2:30pm (BST)

Results
In the Llanelli Scarlets vs Leicester game, Leicester won 33 points to 17. It was 16-10 at half time. Tries for leicester were scored by Goode, Jennings and Deacon. There were three conversions from Goode who also scored four penalties. For Scarlets, M Jones and Rees scored tries, S Jones converted twice and also scored a penalty.

The Northampton Saints face London Wasps later today.

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Pigs fed contaminated pet food; meat sold to consumers

April 21, 2007

The contaminated pet food that was recalled after it was found to contain a harmful industrial chemical called melamine, has been used as pig feed at a hog farm in Ceres, California, located in the United States.

At least seven urine samples taken from pigs at the American Hog Farm, were tested and the results came back positive for the chemical melamine. At least three samples from the feed used to feed the pigs were tested and those results also came back positive for melamine.

Reports say that at least 100 pigs from the farm were slaughtered and sold from the "custom slaughterhouse" that is operated on the farms site. The meat is then sold to different places as "individual orders" and is not sold commercially for supermarkets. The affected meat goes as far back as April 3 and the company is asking anyone who bought it to return the product or throw it out.

Despite the sale, California State Veterinarian Dr. Richard Breitmeyer says that no evidence has turned up to suggest that the meat that was sold entered the human consumption chain.

"There is no evidence that any products from this farm have entered the food supply. The risk to people right now is minimal," said Breitmeyer who also said that pet food from bags or boxes that have been torn or ripped, is sometimes reused as feed for small farms.

California's Department of Food and Agriculture investigated the company and found that it had received the contaminated pet food from Diamond Pet Foods, which supplies retailers with the pet food Natural Balance, one of the over 100 recalled brands of pet food. Authorities then quarantined the farm to further investigate the situation.

At least 1,500 pigs are on the farm.

As of the moment, no other farms are being investigated, but officials say that other farms may also be affected.

"In the course of our investigation, we may find similar situations in other parts of the country," said head of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Sundlof.

The FDA is continuing to investigate and Sundlof says that there is a possibility that the contamination of the pet food may be intentional.

"It would certainly lend credibility to the theory that it may be intentional. That will be one of the theories we will pursue when we get into the plants in China," said Sundlof.

Last month, Menu Foods was the first to recall all of its 60 million products of dry and wet dog and cat food after pets began to fall ill and in some cases died of kidney failure. The FDA found melamine in samples of Menu Foods pet food and in samples of wheat gluten, imported from China, which was used as an ingredient.


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Talk:Pigs fed contaminated pet food; meat sold to consumers

Dragonfire, I think the title needs to be reworked. The way it is written, "Contaminated pet food fed to pigs used for human consumption", sounds like the contaminated pet food was used for human consumption. You meant that the pigs were used for human consumption, so you might need to check the grammar. Perhaps something like, "Pigs fed contaminated pet food; meat sold to consumers" or something like that? Jcart1534 12:26, 21 April 2007 (UTC) The grammar is fine, actually. I think it could be a little less ambiguous though. :) Cheers, Jcart1534 14:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
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2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs West Indies

April 21, 2007

England have defeated the West Indies in the final game of the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. The result decided little: England finished 5th in the Super 8s table, with the West Indies coming 6th.

The end of the match was tight with the result tipping in the balance for the last 5 overs. With just 3 overs left England needed 29 runs - looking unlikely to win the match, but Paul Nixon stepped up and hit 13 off the next over, with another 4 coming from extras, to turn the match round; giving England the upper hand. Despite being bowled out by Dwayne Bravo - who had earlier been involved in the dismissal of 4 other English batsmen (two from run outs, two from bowling and taking one catch) - tail enders Anderson and Broad gave England a tight 1 wicket win with just 1 ball remaining.

This was the last appearance for West Indies captain Brian Lara in international cricket: he has now retired from both Test and ODI cricket.

Toss: England won, and elected to field first.

Fall of Wickets: 1-131 (Gayle, 23.5 ov), 2-168 (Smith, 29.3 ov), 3-173 (Lara, 30.5 ov), 4-181 (Sarwan, 33.2 ov), 5-258 (Samuels, 42.5 ov), 6-276 (Chanderpaul, 45.3 ov), 7-277 (Bravo, 46.1 ov), 8-296 (Taylor, 48.5 ov), 9-298 (Powell, 49.2 ov), 10-300 (Collymore, 49.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Strauss, 2.3 ov), 2-101 (Bopara, 15.3 ov), 3-154 (Vaughan, 26.3 ov), 4-162 (Collingwood, 29.2 ov), 5-185 (Flintoff, 34.2 ov), 6-189 (Dalrymple, 35.5 ov), 7-269 (Pietersen, 46.2 ov), 8-271 (Plunkett, 46.5 ov), 9-298 (Nixon, 49.2 ov)

England: M P Vaughan (capt), A J Strauss, Ravi Bopara, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, J W M Dalrymple, P A Nixon (wkt), L E Plunkett, J M Anderson, S C J Broad West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D R Smith, D Ramdin (wkt), J E Taylor, D B Powell, C D Collymore

Player of the match: K P Pietersen (England)

Umpires: R E Koertzen (South Africa) and S J A Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: B F Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire: S A Bucknor (West Indies)


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User talk:Beavis and Butthead~enwikinews

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This account has been blocked because of suspicion of being a vandal account. If you feel you have been wrongfully blocked, please leave a message on this page. DragonFire1024 18:49, 21 April 2007 (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 Beavis and Butthead. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Beavis and Butthead~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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Blue Angels navy plane crashes in South Carolina

April 21, 2007 An F/A-18 Hornet jet belonging to the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels squadron crashed in Beaufort, South Carolina Saturday. The pilot was killed while flying during an air-show at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The jet crashed into a neighborhood, sending debris scattering. Eight injuries and property damage were also reported.

The crash occurred approximately three miles beyond the air station near Pine Grove and White Pine roads, in Beaufort.

According to a Navy news release, the Blue Angels were performing the final maneuver of their routine when the accident occurred. "It was [the pilot's] second year on the team, and first year as a demonstration pilot." said the Navy. "The other five Blue Angel jets were not involved in the incident."

The cause of the accident is under investigation, but no other jets are said to be involved. In a news conference, Lt. Commander Anthony Walley said "Our squadron, and the entire U.S. Navy, are grieving the loss of a great American, a great naval officer, and most of all, a great friend." The pilot's name has not officially been released, but it is believed to be Lt. Commander Kevin Davis, 32, from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as local media reports the number 6 jet was the one that crashed.


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Space tourist returns to Earth after 14 day trip

April 21, 2007

Charles Simonyi, a billionaire software engineer born in Hungary, has returned to Earth after a 25 million dollar trip to the International Space Station with mission Soyuz TMA-10. The original mission, planned to last 13 days, was extended to 14 days when landing was made impossible due to "boggy ground". Mr. Simonyi, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, and American astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria made a successful landing in the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft on the Kazakh steppe in Central Asia on Saturday.

Mr. Simonyi was said to be "ecstatic" after rescuers helped him from the capsule and into a fur-lined chair. His first piece of food back on Earth was an offering to returning space crews landing in Kazakstan - a green apple. The controllers supervising the landing burst into applause along with the families of the space crew as a giant screen displayed "It has landed!" in large red letters.

Simonyi commented "I feel terrific, it was a fantastic trip, it is good to be back," before relaxing in a special reclining chair. The two other returning men were said to be very tired after their 7-month visit to the ISS. "It is natural that those who spend a quite long period of time [in space] find it harder now," said Anatoly Grigoryev, head of a Russian biomedical institute responsible for the health of the cosmonauts.


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User talk:Faceface

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User:Nusbit~enwikinews

Hi. My name is Mauro I have been contributing to a number of Wikimedia projects for 3 years in the English, French and Italian languages as Wikipedius. My interests cover a broad spectrum: world affairs, current events, history, the media. On Wikipedia, I usually write or improve on articles about English, French and Italian Literature.

I strongly believe in the three tenets of our democracies. Freedom of information, freedom of worship, freedom of assembly is something I feel very strongly about. I believe in and admire the U.S. Constitution, and believe that its message is timeless.

From my family, and my father who fought with Allied Forces against the Nazi invasion of Italy I have learned that human life, human rights, human dignity cannot exist without freedom, the freedom to be, do, say, what I want without Big brothers" watching over my shoulder.

Let Us Protect Free Information!

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User talk:PlayStation 69~enwikinews

You have been blocked for a day for your repeated vandalism. --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called PlayStation 69. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name PlayStation 69~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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Egyptian-Canadian sentenced to 15 years for espionage

April 22, 2007 Mohammed Essam Ghoneim el-Attar, an Egyptian-Canadian, was sentenced in an Egyptian court to 15 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad. In its ruling, the court stated: "He let himself be seduced by Satan, disregarding his country's values and selling himself and his country to the devil." Israel has dismissed the veracity of the case. Mark Regev, a spokesperson for Israel's foreign ministry called the case "a pity".

El-Attar was arrested in January of this year while traveling in Egypt. He has been on trial in Cairo since February 24. Egyptian prosecutors said he began spying for Israel in 2001 when he was living in Turkey. They allege that he used his position at a Canadian bank to spy on Egyptians and Arabs in Turkey and Canada and was paid $56,000 to do so. No appeal will be allowed; the conviction can only be overturned by Egypt's President.

The main evidence used against him was a confession that el-Attar signed after spending three weeks in detention, without access to legal counsel. El-Attar claims that the confession was extracted by torture. He said that authorities gave him electric shocks and forced him to drink his urine. Ibrahim Bassiouni, the defendant's Egyptian lawyer, told the newsmedia that there was "no concrete evidence against the defendant."

Officials from the Canadian Embassy who were at the trial, witnessed the sentencing and will review the verdict.


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Motorsport: Rick Kelly wins V8 Supercars Round 3 at Pukekohe NZ

April 22, 2007

Rick Kelly has won round three of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship, maintaining his points lead in the series. Kelly won race three after his Toll HSV Dealer Team team-mate, Garth Tander experienced a slow pitstop in lap 15.

Tander won races one and two, and fought back to finish the final race in eighth position. Both Kelly and Tander earned 58 points during the round, with the win awarded to Kelly for finishing higher in the final race.

At the end of round three, Kelly leads the championship on 173 points, team-mate Tander is in second place on 160 points ahead of Rick Kelly's brother, Todd on 132 points.

This round marked the last V8 Supercar race at the Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand. The 2008 New Zealand round of the series will compete on a temporary street circuit in Hamilton.