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NASA unveils detailed map of Antarctica

November 28, 2007

Scientists at NASA have recently released the most detailed map of Antarctica ever. NASA's Landsat 7 satellite took 10,000 photographs of the continent over a period of two years, from 1999 to 2001. 1,100 pictures were chosen to form the mosaic map. Officially titled the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA), the map reveals Antarctica's geography in high definition and with accurate colors. Details as small as half the size of a basketball court are visible.

NASA created the map to coincide with the International Polar Year of 2007-2008. Robert Bindschadler, chief scientist of the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, remarked, “This innovation is like watching high-definition TV in living color versus watching the picture on a grainy black-and-white television.” The map represents a tenfold improvement over previous Antarctic imagery databases.

Landsat 7 managed to capture 80% of the continent in high definition. While the satellite was not able to take photographs of the South Pole due to its orbit path, lower-resolution images helped fill in the gap.

The map will help scientists plan and carry out expeditions on the notoriously difficult terrain. The new, intensely detailed information will also facilitate the tracking of environmental changes such as the calving of ice shelves. Researchers will be able to use such data to better understand phenomena like global warming in such amazing detail that even relatively small changes will be visible. Geologists, on the other hand, will be able to use the maps to study Antarctic rock formations.

The LIMA images are available to the public via the internet. The National Science Foundation contributed nearly US$1 million to create the website.

The Landsat 7 satellite will continue to document Antarctica from space through to 2011. Subsequently, NASA will launch the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. Information from both projects will update the map.

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Comments:British teacher faces 40 lashes over teddy bear's name

Barely Wrong?
What a shame or should I say SHAM.

The crutch of the allegation against this teacher is that she disrespected someone's culture.

How about the teacher's culture? Where is any respect for her? Should she have the chance to respond? Should she be used as a political puppet? What a childish and vindictive approach to a misunderstanding.

Is life so boring there that berating this teacher has become public sport?

If these so-called men of religion have any compassion...it's time to show it now!

How about growing up?
 * You seem to forget as many other people (and this article too) miss Gillian Gibbons is also mother Gillian Gibbons, a woman of religion. Jacques Divol 07:36, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Really? 40 lashes for a word. I don't mean to sound culturaly insensitive but it sounds like these people don't really deserve much respect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.138.90 (talk) 19:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 * IMHO: Is this stupid? Yes. Is this right? Yes. She went over there knowing where she was going and the rules and customs of the people. If she didn't know what she was getting herself in to then she shouldn't have gone. Saying that though, I hope that their courts will show some sort of tolerance in their judgement seeing as she is not 'born and bred'.

 * If we demand that she be pardoned for her crime (yes... as stupid as it seems to us, this is a crime in the country she decided to go to) then we must also pardon all the 'Easterners' that come to the West and commit murder under the banner of 'honour killings'. And accept the terrorists who believe in waging a Jihad against the West to convert us all to their culture. Afterall, it is their 'culture' to be that way.

 * IMHO, no one should assume the right to travel to a foreign country and expect that country to conform to the culture you left behind just because you've arrived. You travel to a stupid country with stupid rules and you get what you pay for. Shane.Bell 08:51, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

The article claims at the present time that it was the children who selected the name, though. Wouldn't they be Muslims? Shouldn't *they* be being charged under the laws of this land as well? And why is it that this book managed to be completed before the parents complained? There seem to be flaws in the version of events that we are given. The other thing I note is that almost every Muslim person mentioned in this article is called Mohammad or some variant. Why is it culturally acceptable to name a wailing baby after the prophet, but not a stuffed animal? 222.154.161.134 11:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC) (Furius on wikipedia... a random lurker on wikinews)

It is a frickin' stuffed bear. Why does its name matter. Also, isn't it a good thing for the kids to name it after someone that they think thay should respect? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.58.216 (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

In my viewpoint, We, Muslims, shouldn't be fanatists to such an extent. All the westerm world knows quite well that our prophet Mouhammed is the teacher of all humanity, the savior of all people from a severe ignorance and illusion. so, We shouldn't scuffle over trivial issues that may arise. Islam needs to spread all over the world to save those who indulge in sins and infidelity from the Hell and to convey to them the teachings of our tolerant religion and show them Islam is the outlet for them from their suffering and miserable life, Islam is the real path for all universe to be in proper harmony ,to tell all people that If you want to save yourself from irrationality, embrace islam.so, there is no need to pay any attention to anyone who tries foolishly to offend Islam , the only excuse for such persons is that they are ignorant of Islam. let's pray for them to know the right way of religion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.232.224.85 (talk) 12:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

The recent case of Ms Gibbons in Sudan - a shock to the international community
This backward and underdeveloped country should be instructed by the civilized international community what type of law is standard and that the so-called Sharia "law" might, perhaps, have been a "law" in an Islamic country a millennium ago, and not in the 21st century.

The female teacher acted in a standard professional manner when choosing a name for the toy. This is beyond any doubt and unquestionable for normal people.

She should be given an international team of lawyers to defend her and demonstrate absurdity of the "case".

Since, however, the Sudanese "law" and government cannot be trusted, the best option is that the British Home Office react properly and immediately to get her out of Sudan at any cost, using every available means. In case of any difficulties in doing so, the UNO should be involved to impose all possible bans and restrictions on Sudan. Sudan deserves a full isolation from the international community even for this single misdeed. Sudan has demostrated by this single action that it has become incompatible with the civilized world. —202.1.52.44 02:57, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

What's in a name ?
Naming of a teddy bear after a prophet is definitely a sensitive issue.But one has to analyse whether there was any malicious intention behind that.If that was only a part of the school assignment,the teacher and the children may be quite innocent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.196.162.34 (talk) 09:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

So sorry
I have got something very important to clarify which is: Muslims allover the world, of whom I am one, love, appreciate, and even adore their prophet "Muhamad" to a certain degree that no one can imagine. Which can be the only reason for All Muslims' denial and refusal for any sort of insult regarding their beloved Prophet. 195.189.142.48 14:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

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DHS video confirms details of leaked internal memo on al-Qaeda threat, and more

November 28, 2007 On November 15, 2007, Wikinews reported about an internal United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo, in an exclusive report, detailing the threat of al-Qaeda and Hezbollah to the mainland of the U.S. and U.S. interests abroad.

The authenticity of the 27-page document can now be undeniably confirmed. Wikinews, in another exclusive report, has obtained a DHS video of a recording from the briefing on the report, which is presented by Steven Maebus, a representative for the DHS and ex U.S. army intelligence officer of 21 years. The video also shows the memo projected onto a screen, in nearly 20 slides, so that the attendees of the briefing can see it in detail.

Maebus, who says he is at the briefing "on behalf of his boss Charles Allen," who is the chief intelligence officer and former CIA member of 50 years, talks about "threats to the homeland" and begins to go into detail about alleged foiled terror plots involving bombs, and individuals overseas. The briefing was held on or around the date of October 22, 2007, and the alleged plots and threats not mentioned in the memo, took place within the "past few weeks," says Maebus.

One incident Maebus describes that is not mentioned in the report involves the "arrest of at least two college students in South Carolina that were pulled over by the State Police" for reasons Maebus did not describe. Those arrests lead to more "arrests in Denmark of two individuals plus a couple of others," who, according to Maebus, were "building TATP bombs," which are made from a peroxide in the form of a white powder, that has a primary use as a high explosive.

After the arrests in Denmark, Maebus says that a short time later, several more arrests of four men were made in Germany. They are accused of plotting to blow up U.S. military installations and interests inside Germany. At least 700lbs of the same TATP explosive were confiscated from the men by German authorities. Maebus says the peroxide "was ready to cook off" and be made into "500 kilograms" of material ready to be used for a bomb.

"These threats [and plots] are real, and [there are more] out there," added Maebus.

Maebus also says that there is evidence that "European extremists" are going to Iraq and "learned their trade craft, and then have come out and applied it elsewhere." Maebus claims that these extremists can "take their operations to Europe, or come to the U.S.," but also says there is no "evidence" that they have done this or "are thinking about doing that, but we are very concerned about the potential" of it happening.

Maebus also goes on to claim that there is no evidence that al-Qaeda is responsible for the bombings of oil pipelines and the kidnappings of oil workers in Nigeria, but that al-Qaeda is coming down from the northern part of Africa to get involved with or take over terrorist operations in that country. Maebus does state, however; that al-Qaeda is intent on striking the oil and natural gas infastructure.

Maebus then calls Saudi Arabia a "mess," but that "they [the Saudi government] are aware of that, and are trying to clean it up."


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The video link is not clickable on the source because I don't know why. I watched most of the video and got what I thought were the parts that were interesting enough and not really featured in the leaked memo. I am not sure if this is a leak and someone needs to download it and save it because I cannot figure out how.

Here is the link for reference: mms://ocbmtcwmp.usda.gov/content/ers/StevenMaebusFinalAdjusted.wmv

I received this from an unknown person anonymously...so I wm going to keep it that way until they tell me they want any part in it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:54, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

The mms protocol is not handled well in your sources section. --SVTCobra 08:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It does not work. mms files are encrypted so people can't save them. You can only view them by copying the url into the address bar or using VLC player, if that doesn't work then I don't know. I tried both, but nothing happened. Also, just out of curiosity, is the email address from a government institution or just a generic yahoo, etc, address?  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:34, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
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So this is an article, the purpose of which, is solely to say that another article was not wrong? And all the quotes of Maebus are just filler?--SVTCobra 08:42, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 * That's kind of a harsh indictment of it, IMO; the video certainly lends credibility to the original story - a document on Wikileaks is hardly incontrovertible - and most news sources when running follow-up articles will include some of the same information as the original article (such as the quotes of Maebus). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.64.113 (talk) 18:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


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Teenage girl shot dead by Swiss army recruit

November 28, 2007

A 16-year-old girl was shot dead from distance in Zürich, Switzerland on Friday night. The victim was waiting with her companion at a bus stop in Zürich at 10 p.m. CET, next to the Hönggerberg campus of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, a technical university. The shooter, a conscript in the Swiss Armed Forces, used his army-issued assault rifle to shoot the victim at a distance of 60-100 metres. With a gunshot wound in her upper body, the girl died in the arms of her companion before the medical help could arrive.

"Yes, it was me who was shooting," confirmed the 21-years-old Swiss recruit of Chilean ancestry, who had just finished his training at recruit school on the same day. He did not know his victim, who was a 16-year-old hairdresser apprentice. The state attorney assumes that the shooter has picked his victim randomly. The motive of the crime is not known at the moment.

There is an ongoing domestic debate whether soldiers should continue to keep their firearms at home. According to a study by Martin Killias, a criminologist at the School of Forensic Sciences and Criminology in Lausanne, army-issued firearms are responsible for 300 deaths annually in Switzerland and two-thirds of suicides-by-firearm are committed with army-issued firearms.


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Paul Crake does not recover from some knee injury but he is trying hard to do anything what may help to move his legs again somewhen in the next month or years. He had a serious bike-race accident, from which he is now paralysed. thats the tragic way it is. mz


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Comments:Google to invest in alternative energy

Modern day Robin Hoods! Gain money from other enterprises (ok, from advertising and such) and use it as it should be used. In our own sustainable development.

The payoff doesn't have to be another huge pile of cash. Seems they're content in saving the world from our own pollution. Hands up who thinks this is wrong. No arms? Maybe it's the pollution...

Go ahead
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I think I have finished writing this article. I would like to ask someone familiar with the Wikinews to check the style, formal requirements on a Wikinews articles and finish it. I have only limited amount of time and wanted to just do the basic factual work on the article.81.221.122.143 09:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I did some tidying. I will look at it further in 4 hours or so. --SVTCobra 10:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I finished and polished it. It is published now. --SVTCobra 14:47, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

If the ammunition pictured is not the ammunition used, it should probably not be pictured so prominently. 134.197.36.20 18:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

ehm short sidenote: nowadays the swiss army does not hand out pocket-ammo any more. therefore the text under the picture is wrong. it was a first step in the debate wheter to keep the rifle at home or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.142.181.57 (talk) 12:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


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Musharraf quits as chief of army staff in Pakistan

November 29, 2007

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan gave up his uniform in a ceremony yesterday in Rawalpindi. He handed power over to General at the headquarters of the Pakistani Army, after being the leader of the army for nine years.

In his final address as leader of the army, he said that the army was the saviour of Pakistan and that the army was his life. He also expressed his pride in being the leader of what he called a "great force."

Musharraf had been under a lot of pressure to quit as army chief, since the country was put into the spotlight as a result of a state of emergency being declared. He is expected to be sworn in as the civilian president of Pakistan on Thursday.

Both the opposition leader,, and the US secretary of state, , welcomed the change of duties. However, Bhutto indicated her party may not be prepared to accept Musharraf in his new non-military leadership role. Condoleezza Rice requested the state of emergency be lifted before the planned elections, which are due to take place in January.

Musharraf said General Kayani was "an excellent soldier" and that "the armed forces under his command will achieve great heights."

General Kayani was named as the successor to Musharraf in October, before the state of emergency was declared in early November.


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Statement of "joint understanding" released after Annapolis Conference

November 28, 2007 At the conclusion of the Annapolis Conference, United States President George W. Bush read a statement of joint understanding by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and President Mahmoud Abbas.

Commenting on the statement, President Bush said that: "Today, Palestinians and Israelis each understand that helping the other to realize their aspirations is key to realizing their own aspirations—and both require an independent, democratic, viable Palestinian state. Such a state will provide Palestinians with the chance to lead lives of freedom and purpose and dignity. Such a state will help provide the Israelis with something they have been seeking for generations: to live in peace with their neighbors."

Regarding the immediate future, the joint statement said: "President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert will continue to meet on a bi-weekly basis to follow up the negotiations in order to offer all necessary assistance for their advancement." It also set a target for an agreement: "We agree to engage in vigorous, ongoing and continuous negotiations, and shall make every effort to conclude an agreement before the end of 2008."

Analysts, however, are skeptical that the two leaders, who are both politically weakened at home, will be able to reach an agreement by the deadline. There are also doubts about how hard Bush will push them.

"I am not persuaded yet that they have grasped the seriousness and the amount of work that is required to do what they say they want to do—to reach an agreement on the core issues by the end of the Bush administration," said Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center.

"Neither has the support at home or the control of his government to do something extremely serious," said Jon Alterman, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"There is, I think, considerable doubt remaining about whether the administration is prepared to take on the heavy lifting ... to make this work," said Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution.

"This was an investment of presidential prestige that we hadn't seen before," said Daniel Levy of the New America Foundation. Levy saw reason for "very, very guarded optimism" and praised the commitments made by Abbas and Olmert.

Iran was notably absent from the list of conference participants. "The Arabs have come here not because they love the Jews or even the Palestinians," an advisor to the Palestinian team told The New York Times on condition of anonymity. "They came because they need a strategic alliance with the United States against Iran."

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice felt the conference was a success. "It's going to be hard, but you had support in that room [in Annapolis] that you had not had from Arab states in the past," she said on television.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, hundreds protested the Annapolis Conference in conjunction with a funeral in Hebron. They clashed with security forces who fired shots into the air to disperse the crowd. At least 24 people have been reported injured.

Also, today, Israeli aircraft targeted a Hamas base in the Gaza Strip, killing two Hamas members and wounding more than 10 others, according to Palestinian officials.


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hmm what do people think of all the different headlines/titles in this article. IMO there are far to many and it doesnt really read like news. what do others think?? --Mark Talk to me 16:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


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Immediately, the thought turns to placing more restrictions on guns. If someone is off the rocker enough to want to kill people, a law against guns isn't going to stop them. In fact, in my opinion, it'd only make it worse: now the person is actually going to think about his murder weapon, making it even more maniacal. Fephisto 16:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Its alot harder to kill a random person in a violent attack than it is at 100m with a gun82.45.210.78 11:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I think my point still stands. Fephisto 14:41, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Seems to me if they only get 50 rounds of ammunition and are only allowed to open it in an emergency, then there is less need for discipline. If everyone had more ammunition, and used it more often in a controlled or regulated fashion, perhaps there would be more weeding out of people who are unable to behave responsibly with it. I don't know, perhaps my point is unclear, or perhaps I'm just way off base. I think it would be interesting to compare the statistics mentioned in this article about Swiss army-issued firearm killings with those of other countries/militaries. More gun control would be unnecessary with enough discipline, anyhow. How to attain such a thing, I wouldn't hazard to guess. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.64.113 (talk) 21:26, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

You know guys, he didn't kill her with his standard issued ammo. It states directly underneath the pic of the box of ammo that "The killer used ammunition from a different source." Wrc wolfbrother 22:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Per capita, Switzerland actually has an extremely low gun crime rate. In addition to the prevalence of army-issued firearms, there's almost no gun laws there, so many people have and commonly carry firearms that would be banned in most other countries. Random gun crime like this is extremely rare, however.--72.130.143.25 23:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

keeping a military weapon at home? What for?
I'm a Swiss citizen of the French part canton (state) of Fribourg.

In Switzerland, every male citizen has to do his military service of approximately 21 weeks. This milita army finds its roots in the ancestral history of Switzerland when times used to be quite different... Surrounded by France, Germany, Italy and Austria, my country has been for centuries in the geographical center of the majority of the European wars. At that time, a militia army was great due to the effectiveness and rapidity of the potential response to any agression.

But TODADY!!!!!!

Who fears an attack by France? Or an airstrike by Germany!!! This is totally useless... Basically, 19 years old kids learn how to use a professionnal rifle, shoot with it and can even keep it home! Imagine how many people feel after enduring a rough teenagehood... Oh yeah, childhood is always great, as well as the great time after it and before adulthood! Wake up! We are giving any disturbed kid a rifle! We better give him a book...

What would we lose to abolish such an ancestral institution?

Ask yourself the question, if you can't come up to a decent answer, you know where you are at!

Francis H. (Switerland) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.76.156.220 (talk) 12:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Croatia police as brutal killer- Do not go in Croatia!
Also in Croatia, only policeman killing innocent girls such as a girl from Australia in the city of Dubrovnika. The Croatia's policemen are known as brutal killers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.53.142.160 (talk) 09:47, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


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I did some work on this, but I am done for today. --SVTCobra 17:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
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There seems to be a real problem with edit conflicts. If anyone has a way to stop it please leave it here --Anonymous101 19:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You could use the template. --SVTCobra 19:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
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Landsat 7 managed to capture 80% of the continent in high definition. Can somebody define high definition? Do you mean Hd as in the same resolution aa HDTV, or do you mean in comparison to other images? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


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Five arrested in British football corruption probe

November 28, 2007

Five men, including Harry Redknapp, the manager of the English football club Portsmouth, and former Portsmouh chairman Milan Mandaric (now at Leicester City) have been arrested by British police in an investigation into alleged corruption in British football transfers. Reports suggest that they have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting

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Utah taser incident triggers debate and death threats

November 29, 2007

On September 14, 2007, Jared Massey was pulled over by Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) trooper John Gardner for speeding on U.S. Route 40 near Vernal in Utah, United States. Trooper Gardner issued a citation which Massey refused to sign. After some debate about where the sign posting the speed limit was, trooper Gardner asked Massey to step out of his vehicle.

Massey, a 28-year-old telephone company employee, appears in the video to be under the impression that he and the officer would walk back to the nearby traffic sign. Trooper Gardner appears to be under a different impression. He orders Massey, who is still pointing at the sign, to stop and then draws his taser at Massey. Massey turns and begins to walk back toward his vehicle, turning his head toward Gardner, who is now behind Massey. Massey says, "what the heck are you doing?" and Gardner orders him to "turn around and put your hands behind your back." Massey does not and replies, "what the heck is wrong with you?" Shortly after, Gardner fires his taser.

Allegedly, Gardner triggers the electrodes a second time while Massey is on the ground, but this is not entirely clear from the video. Massey's wife emerges from the vehicle, clearly distraught, but Gardner orders her to return to the vehicle under threat of "going to jail, too."

Massey filed a complaint against the UHP and obtained the video footage, which was recorded from the trooper's vehicle, in a public records request under the process of discovery.

On November 19, Massey posted the video on YouTube, when he felt that the UHP's internal investigation was not progressing. "There's been no response, no action, no notifying us 'Hey, we're looking at this'," Massey told Vernal Express. "To us it seems like they're stonewalling it; trying to brush it under the rug so that nothing would happen."

The posting on YouTube encourages people to call the UHP and express their displeasure. However, many have posted online death-threats against the trooper.

This is an unintended consequence, says Massey. "I wish people would have some common decency every once in awhile [sic]," he said in an interview with Fox on Monday. "When I posted the video it wasn't to vilify the guy, demean him or destroy him, and that's one of the things I hate about this."

"I wish people would realize and think about this: Trooper Gardner is a real person, he's got a real family. Real lives are being affected," he added.

Under Utah law, one has to sign a citation to acknowledge receipt, whether or not one protests its validity.

The stated purpose of the taser is for it to be used under circumstances where use of lethal force would be the alternative. However, its use by police departments, in cases where non-lethal force would normally be used (pre-taser era), has resulted in some deaths, thereby leading the use of the device to be controversial.


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Here's a source on the U.N. statement but that should really be a related news item. Not sure where the wikinews story on it went. Nyarlathotep 20:32, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

The first sentence doesn't make a lick of sense. What's he tasering? Who's refusing to sign? What does the freedom of info act have to do with it all? You're trying to cram too much information into one sentence and it is just not comprehensible. --216.75.93.104 11:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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There seems to be factual inaccuracies as well as some clean-up needed. --SVTCobra 17:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * and a basic question in news is "when?" which is neither addressed for either the incident itself nor the release of the video. --SVTCobra 17:39, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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Protesters march for free speech in New Zealand

November 29, 2007

Yesterday, about 200 Christchurch, New Zealand residents of all ages formed together and marched against a current government bill going through Parliament, the Electoral Finance Bill. The opponents of this Bill share the same common ground that they consider the bill to be severely restrictive of free speech.

Under this bill, individuals or groups of New Zealanders will face restrictions on what they can say for or against a political party. Once an organisation has spent over NZ$12,000 on a campaign, they must register and then face what opponent John Boscawen describes as "draconian restrictions or requirements" including a limit of $120,000. "At a time when political parties are free to spend millions and millions of dollars promoting their own views - both from their own money, and taxpayer's money.

The New Zealand Human Rights Commission—a government department—has described it as "inherently flawed" and said it should be withdrawn.

Wikinews' Gabriel Pollard was on hand to record the Christchurch March for Democracy protest and the views of those marching.

Main speakers
Among the main speakers was the organiser of all the marches, various radio adverts, newspaper ads, etc, John Boscawen; Family First director, Bob McCroskie; and academic economist for the University of Canterbury, Eric Crampton.

John Boscawen has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money (and The Sensible Sentencing Trust, and Family First) into the campaign against the bill. He has done this as a private citizen trying to create the most publicity he can against the Bill. Boscawen said that "I believe the rights that have been taken away from us go to the very heart of our democracy and you can't put money on that."

"The Government's hypocrisy [is] ... that they have put so much effort into human rights issues in Zimbabwe and Fiji while blatantly ignoring our own."

Bob McCroskie highlighted in his speech to the crowd that the Government does not have a suitable defence against attackers of the Bill. He spoke of one 15-year-old, that asked various MP's not to vote for the Electoral Finance Bill. One of those Simeon asked, MP Chris Carter, replied bluntly and simply asking if he was a member of the Exclusive Brethren? "That's all he could argue against what Simeon said!"

McCroskie finished off his short speech by starting a "Kill the Bill" chant.

Eric Crampton spoke about why this Bill is so bad. "This is very bad legislation - so bad that, even after amendment, the New Zealand Law Society wants it scrapped. This is amazing." He believed it was amazing because lawyers are the ones who will benefit from the endless litigation this would produce. "Legislation has to be shockingly bad before we'd expect lawyers to say it should be scrapped entirely, but that's what they've done."

Protesters
Also in attendance was Korean War veteran, Forbes Taylor. He was seen at the protest holding a placard reading, "Our Soldiers Did Not Die For This!"

Member of Parliament for the New Zealand National Party, Nicky Wagner, told Gabriel Pollard that the reason National takes a strong view against the Electoral Finance Bill was because it "restricts freedom of speech, and we don't believe people should be shut down for one year in three." "[National] will probably have hundreds of amendments next week, but we believe the whole bill is flawed ... and that it is terribly bad for our democracy."

A Kiwi who use to live in New Zealand, but now resides in Sydney, Australia was in town and made sure he could attend the protest. David Buckingham says he will have more rights as a New Zealander living in Australia than he would have if he was still living in New Zealand. "As an ex-pat Kiwi living overseas, I can criticise the Government, I can campaign online. I'll be able to do all of those things and have all the rights of freedom of speech that New Zealanders will be restricted on." He could escape prosecution under this possible future law since he lives overseas.

Another protester, known only by his first name Ryan, said, "It's all about free speech, and in a democracy, people should be free to say whatever they want." The New Zealand First supporter said that it doesn't matter whether people feel it's wrong or not to say it, they should still be allowed to say it. New Zealand First are voting for this Bill.

David Swoss said that it is "too much control by Labour". Swoss voted for the ACT New Zealand party in the last election, they are one of the only two parties voting against it. He said, "They [Labour] are trying to control too many things in society."

A group of 16-year-olds shared their views on the Electoral Finance Bill to Wikinews. While they are too young to vote, and will be next year in the 2008 general election as well, they all agreed that the Bill goes against our human rights. Bex Thomas, Logan Ellis, and Josh Nelson all said that they are against the Bill because of the restrictions it places on free speech. Ellis said, "It prevents people from voicing their own opinions."


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OR and interview
I went around the streets with the protesters talking to them and taking photographs. I also listened to the speeches and recorded them. And took some more photographs. I talked to a lot of people, and took a lot of photos, so more can be uploaded within reason. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:19, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Did you talk to any proponents of the Bill at all? I'm not sure the current version if very npov. I've handled some of the more serious NPOV issues in my last edit, but this would make more sense almost as a complete interview rather than a news report. JoshuaZ 22:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I was prepared to talk to any counter protesters like what happened in Wellington, but alas there were none. And also, I don't know anyone who likes this bill! --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 * It should be possible to add to the beginning of the article why those who proposed the bill think it is a good idea. --SVTCobra 06:10, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Photos
The photography in this article shows a good eye. --David Shankbone 17:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:Statement of "joint understanding" released after Annapolis Conference

This actually, is not part of the statement: In part, the statement read: "Today, Palestinians and Israelis each understand that helping the other to realize their aspirations is key to realizing their own aspirations—and both require an independent, democratic, viable Palestinian state. Such a state will provide Palestinians with the chance to lead lives of freedom and purpose and dignity. Such a state will help provide the Israelis with something they have been seeking for generations: to live in peace with their neighbors."

It comes after the (Applause) in this text, which marks the end of the joint statement (check out the joint statement).

I am therefore rewording in the article. Sean Heron 23:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Yep you are right. I thought I got it from this text but obviously I did not. --SVTCobra 07:02, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot the other half: I wouldn´t have noticed if the article hadn´t been so interesting, nice work :D. Regards Sean Heron 07:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


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Sue Gardner appointed as Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director

November 29, 2007

According to a resolution that was added by Wikimedia Board Chair Florence Devouard on the Foundation's website, Sue Gardner has been confirmed as the new Executive Director for the Foundation.

The resolution was approved by 4 of the 7 members of the Board including Jimmy Wales, and Devouard. Board Member Erik Moeller recused himself from the decision for reasons unknown to Wikinews at time of publication.

Gardner will formally begin the position on December 1, 2007. She will retain her position as Foundation Advisor and Special Consultant.


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The decision was not announced, and I went to the "Recent changes" section of the Foundation's website to see the new resolution. Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 01:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * it was announced on the foundation mailing list --Mark Talk to me 10:51, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 * According to the resolution, it was approved by 5, not 4. --Tooby - (talk) 11:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


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Climate conference in Bali begins on Monday

November 29, 2007

This year's session of the "United Nations Climate Change Conference", which includes meetings of the COP and CMP, begins next week in Bali, Indonesia. The Conference is the place where formal decisions regarding the Kyoto Protocol will be made and discussed. Several participants and observers agree that getting on track for a regulatory agreement on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2012 onwards is going be one of the main challenges in the upcoming talks.

Setting an agenda and a date for completion of negotiations on a post-2012 climate change agreement at the upcoming conference in Bali is of great importance, stated Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in an interview given to Inter Press Service last week. De Boer declared that he does not "expect Bali to agree on targets and finalise a regime", and sees the real work in "designing a global agreement that encompasses every country while recognising the need of different approaches with different people" during the short span of the next two years. However, making the decision to launch negotiations is a prerequisite to this, and in that regards he says that "...for me Bali is very much a make or a break."

The European Commission said in a press release from Tuesday: "The [...] conference [...] must agree to launch negotiations on a comprehensive and ambitious global climate change agreement for the period after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period ends."

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown stated in a speech that "the task of Bali sounds quite specific: to launch negotiations leading to a post-2012 global agreement on climate change. But our mission is in truth historic and it is world changing—to build over the next 50 years and beyond a global low carbon economy."

The United States seems to agree as the Department of State noted in a press release that "we are committed to developing an environmentally effective and economically sustainable post-2012 framework to address climate change."

In its information for the press, the UNFCCC secretariat states that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report made it unmistakenably clear that the problem and danger of global warming needs to be tackled immediately, and with a world wide response. While the Kyoto Protocol includes reduction targets for the signatory developed nations through 2012, the communique says that a "new international climate change deal must be put in place" so that no time gap occurs between the current measures to reduce GHGs until the end of the current phase and those measures that will be applied thereafter.


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This is an artist's impression of Venus Express orbiting Venus. Credit: ESA (European Space Agency) Source: http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM08K2VQUD_2_spk.html

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Venus was once more Earth-like than previously thought

November 29, 2007

New data from the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission suggest that Venus was once Earth-like but later evolved in a different way. The findings, published in the journal Nature on Thursday, also confirm that there is lightning on Venus.

"The two planets were, in fact, very similar in the earlier days of the solar system," said Venus Express team scientist Hakan Svendem, "And they have then evolved in different directions, but according to the same rules and explanations." Professor Fred Taylor of the University of Oxford, another scientist on the mission, said "Our new data make it possible to construct a scenario in which Venus started out like the Earth - possibly including a habitable environment, billions of years ago - and then evolved to the state we see now."

Unlike the Earth, Venus lacks a magnetic shield to protect it from the solar wind, a stream of charged particles ejected from the sun. As a result, hydrogen, helium, and oxygen are blown away from the atmosphere on Venus much faster than on Earth. The scientists believe that Venus may once have had liquid water oceans on its surface which, as a result of the solar wind, were largely removed during the first billion years after the formation of the Solar System. "Eventually the oceans boiled off, and all the water ended up as water vapor in the atmosphere," Svedhem said.

Data from the magnetometer instrument on Venus Express confirm that there is lightning on Venus, a once controversial idea. In fact, the findings suggest that lightning is more common on Venus than on Earth.

Unlike the Earth, Venus has undergone runaway greenhouse warming and now has an average surface temperature of 467 degrees Celsius. Some believe that studying how this change came about could lead to insights into how to prevent undesired climate change on Earth. "Understanding the influencing factors of global warming on Venus could help us in mitigating the threat here on Earth," said United Kingdom Minister for Science and Innovation Ian Pearson.


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I might be writing one or two further preliminary articles on the UNFCCC (probably more in depth about where the different nations stand regarding negotiations, and what observing (NGO) organizations expect). I´ve collected my working material here User:Sean_Heron/UNFCCC, if anybody is interested in fleshing this one out, or doing other articles on this topic. Regards Sean Heron 08:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Copy-edit
I did some work on this article. --SVTCobra 17:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks :D. Sean Heron 04:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


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Wikimedia Foundation among World Economic Forum's 2008 Technology Pioneers

November 29, 2007

Out of a record number of applications and 273 nominees, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has chosen the Wikimedia Foundation as one of the 2008 Pioneers of Technology. 38 other organisations or companies have also been selected for the list of pioneers.

"Technology Pioneers are companies that have been identified as developing and applying highly transformational and innovative technologies in the areas of energy, biotechnology and health, and information technology," said a press release issued by the Forum. The Wikimedia Foundation was chosen in part because of the ability to provide free, collaborative knowledge which is distributed by people all over the world and its involvement in "the development of life changing technology innovation" with the "potential for long-term impact on business and society, demonstrating visionary leadership and having a proven technology," referring to Wikipedia, Wikinews, Wikiversity and Wikimedia Commons.

"We are honored that the Wikimedia Foundation was chosen as a technology pioneer. However, I must point out that the organisation itself is only partly responsible of our amazing success in developing and applying highly transformational and innovative technologies in the area of information. The real recognition goes to the thousands of Wikimedians, editors and developers of MediaWiki, all over the world, who have been the source and the spirit of our projects in the past seven years. The award really goes to them," said Chair of the WMF Board of Trustees, Florence Devouard.

"The nomination is a reminder of the amazing things humans can accomplish when working collaboratively and positively together. It is also the inspiration we need to continue empowering world citizens to share in the sum of all human knowledge. Allow me to use this opportunity to say to all those who have worked so hard to make Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects so valuable: thank you," added Devouard.

Among some of the requirements for a company to qualify or be nominated to be a technology pioneer, they must meet a certain criteria such as "innovative technology, potential of impact on society, growth and sustainability, proof of concept, leadership and status meaning the organization cannot already be a member of the Forum or affiliated with it.

"By partnering with the best brains and the smartest ideas in the world, organizations can deliver innovation at the speed of their customers' lives. The Technology Pioneers 2008 will make great innovation partners for any organization that chooses to do business with them," said technology officer Matt Bross.

The winners are chosen by a panel of technology experts for the WEF.

Among other organizations or companies to be given the honor includes, 23andMe.com, NuLens Ltd., RainDance Technologies Cima NanoTech Inc. and Silver Spring Networks. The companies come from the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands and Russia. What makes the Wikimedia Foundation unique, is they are apparently the only non-profit organisation on the list.

The WEF, founded in 1971, operates on an international and independent level and is "committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas."

Forty-seven other companies and organisations became pioneers in 2007.


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I got advance notice of the award via a non-public mailing list. With help from Jimmy Wales I got in touch with people from the WEF and got a pile of documents embargoed until 15:00 CET today.

Comment from Florence was received via email, waiting on something from Jimbo. Credit goes to DragonFire1024 for drafting the article, I just did some spell/copyedit and wikifying.

Behind the scenes stuff on IRC should see this in a significant number of languages.

What I'd like to see is this up as lead, but the graphic isn't big enough and has text which would make it problematic for our current lead template. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Lead
I made it the "Featured Story" using the Special Report graphic. I suppose it could be the "Main Lead", but it would be nice if the story was about the WEF selecting its Technology Pioneers, and not so centered on the Wikimedia Foundation which, afterall, is just one of the 39 pioneer. --SVTCobra 15:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Non-profit!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the WMF is the only non-profit that has been named a WEF Pioneer. Do that fact and comment on it belong in the article? 77.56.98.136 19:25, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Commons
It is better to use the full name 'Wikimedia Commons'. There are too many "Commons" not to qualify it. commons:User:pfctdayelise 00:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Marvellously multilingual
Well, just checked and there's 10 different language versions of this article (including English).

Florence wrote a special thanks to all contributors and translators, we should try and coordinate like this more often. :) --Brian McNeil / talk 08:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

projects
"The Wikimedia Foundation was chosen in part because of the ability to provide free, collaborative knowledge which is distributed by people all over the world and its involvement in "the development of life changing technology innovation" with the "potential for long-term impact on business and society, demonstrating visionary leadership and having a proven technology," referring to Wikipedia, Wikinews, Wikiversity and Wikimedia Commons."

 * Why is that referring to only 4 projects? was wikibooks, wiktionary, etc not being referred to on purpose, or were they just not mentioned by chance. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:37, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


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if it is so.... There should be some dipression in the level of the land. but in picture it looks as leveled surface.

 * That's because all you can really see at the edges is the atmosphere of Venus. Also, it is just an artist's impression. --SVTCobra 16:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Concerning lightning on Venus
Isn't lightning caused by the influence the planet magnetism has on the atmosphere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.58.210.3 (talk) 07:48, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Holy fucking shit!
WE have to look to venus' boiling oceans to find answers to our own warming climate here on earth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.225.133 (talk) 04:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


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I don't see how this use of the image does not constitute "redistribution" and thus this is a copyright violation. --SVTCobra 18:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I'd consider use of this image okay under fair use, it needs a rationale. The image seems to be available as part of a press kit so clearly expected to be used elsewhere. This doesn't make it a free image though so it still needs a fair use rationale explaining why we consider it acceptable to use this copyrighted material. Adambro 18:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Perhaps a lower-resolution version would be fair-use, as in whatever size we actually display in the article, but this hi-res one seems to be a violation of what they are saying. It is intended for "personal use" not media. --SVTCobra 18:25, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * They even say you may not display it without written authorization. --SVTCobra 18:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 * The whole point of fair use is that we justify using copyrighted materials so of course this image is going to say it's copyrighted. The image is part of a press kit so is clearly expected to be used by the media. I would agree that a scaled down version might be more appropriate though. Adambro 18:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I added a fair use rationale (but i havn't removed the big scary template, as i'm not sure if it is ok) as this seems like the perfect example of fair use. Originally this is what publicity was essentially made for. Its part of a press kit, so its specifically made for journalists, we're jornalists reporting on the event, therfor it is fair use to use it in news reporting (IANAL, that is just my geuss...) Bawolff ☺☻ 01:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

When you download the high-resolution version of the file, the following text pops up in a window.

"Copyright Notice

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Most images have been released publicly from ESA. You may use ESA images or videos for educational or informational purposes. The publicly released ESA images may be reproduced without fee, on the following conditions:

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Although it doesn't explicitly say so, I believe the Venus Express image is one of the "publicly released ESA images". In the article I credited ESA as the source, so I think it's okay. To make sure, I've emailed ESA and will update you when I get a response. Matt Streeter 02:23, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

 * They replied today and said it's okay to use the image. Matt Streeter 15:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Use of new template proposed
I used this image as an example for the use of Template:Non-free use rationale, which I just added. See Water cooler/policy for discussion. --SVTCobra 17:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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I think the image used in this article is a copyright violation. See more at Image talk:Venus Express.jpg. --SVTCobra 18:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I've suggested use of this image is okay providing a valid fair use rationale is added to the description. Adambro 18:20, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I can't see how a hi-res version would be, but I suggest we keep further discussion on Image talk:Venus Express.jpg to avoid parallel discussions. --SVTCobra 18:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I used the image in this article (Image:Venus Express.jpg) as an example for the use of Template:Non-free use rationale, which I just added. See Water cooler/policy for discussion. --SVTCobra 17:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Category request
editprotected Following this discussion with user:Brian McNeil, would someone mind adding Category:University of Oxford? Thanks, Bencherlite (talk) 15:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

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Bomb hoax at Royal Ontario Museum

November 29, 2007

Police have now confirmed that a suspicious looking package left at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto as a hoax.

According to a YouTube video titled "The fake bombing at the ROM, Toronto, 28.11.07", the package was left by a Asian man and woman. A security guard found the bomb at 6:00pm near the Queen's Park Crescent entrance. It had a note attached saying "This is not a bomb." The police used a special robot.

The whole museum was evacuated and a fundraiser for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) was cancelled. More than two thousand people paid $600 to attend the event which was postponed.

The video was posted by a user named "toadmeat". On their profile it says they are 24 years old and their hometown is Reykjavík, Iceland, it also says their city as Toronto. They list their "style" as art. One person says on the comments section: "You're positively crazy. You need help ! The cops will find u ya asshole !", and another says "This guy hoaxed a bomb threat at a museum and an AIDS fundraiser had to be called off as a result. He seems to think his hoax was funny I wonder if he'd think it's funny to watch someone die from aids. I'm going to see what I can do to get this guy thrown off youtube".

The first video shows two hooded people walking and putting a suspicious package in the lobby and at about 1:23 a woman is standing in front of the video waves and speaks in a foreign language, then at about 1:30 a big noise happens and the woman falls, the video turns black and people can be heard screaming. The second video is called "Fake footage of the fake bombing at the ROM, Toronto" and has a pedestrian or guest at the museum saying "There has been an explosion" with an Asian man talking, and sirens in the background.

Just a few minutes ago a response video was posted telling "toadmeat" to turn himself in and that "you'll be on extensive terror watch lists". A video response posted before by a different users says "Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson made this video. Enjoy the buttsecks in prison!" and "P.S - Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson, your art sucks." Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson is one of the bomb threaters. In his videos "toadmeat" calls himself Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson and says his art videos were made at a class or classes at the Ontario College of Art and Design.

The large noise was real, but there was no explosion (as it was deliberately made to sound like an explosion), the fake bomb contained a battery and three wired-wrapped simulated pipe bombs.

Anyone who has information about the suspects or anything else should call police at (1) 416-808-5204, Crime Stoppers anonymously at (1) 416-222-TIPS (8477), toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS, or visit the Crime Stoppers website immediately.

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I wrote as many details as I could from the videos on YouTube and what is going on there.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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 * 1) Focus less on the "fake footage" of "fake bombing" and more on the actual evacuation and police action that resulted
 * 2) do we really need this one: Response to "ROM Bomber"
 * 3) they seem to know who it was and a student and two teachers have been suspended (probably worth mentioning in the article) and means we can probably drop all the crimestopper phone numbers.

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Uranium smugglers arrested in Slovakia and Hungary

December 2, 2007

Three men were arrested Wednesday following a police raid in Slovakia near the Hungarian border. A Ukrainian citizen and two Hungarians were arrested while trying to sell nearly half a kilogram of enriched uranium, Slovak police said.

The 481.4 grams of powdered material seized were examined by experts who determined that it was comprised of the fissile isotope uranium-235 and the common isotope uranium-238. Uranium-238 is the most abundant naturally occurring form of uranium while uranium-235 occurs naturally at approximately 0.72%. Authorities revealed preliminary results that suggest the material recovered contained 98.6% uranium-235. Uranium is considered to be weapons-grade when the uranium-235 content is at a minimum of 85%.

Photographs of the radioactivity measurements taken by police were shown to nuclear experts who have suggested that the uranium recovered was not likely as dangerous as authorities believe. Former UN weapons inspector David Albright downplayed the effectiveness of uranium-235 for use in a "dirty bomb". "Uranium is not very radiotoxic," said Albright. "The net effect of dispersing half a kilo of uranium -- who cares? Each person would get so little it would have no effect."

Slovak police official Michal Kopčík suggested, however, that the uranium recovered would have been useful in preparing a dirty bomb. "The radioactive uranium was even more dangerous because it was in powder form," said Kopčík at a news conference following the arrests. "It was possible to use it in various ways for terrorist attacks."

The investigation and surveillance of the suspects had reportedly been going on for months. "Police were watching the sellers as well as the buyers," said Kopčík, although the identity of the buyers was not revealed.

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Tarja Turunen commences first tour since leaving Nightwish

November 29, 2007 Finnish symphonic rock/symphonic power metal soloist Tarja Turunen has played the first dates on her debut tour as a solo artist after losing her position as the lead vocalist for Nightwish.

The tour is in support of her new album My Winter Storm. Tarja has met with some early success as a solo artist, with the album certified gold in Finland - signifying sales in excess of 15,000 copies - and the first single I Walk Alone entering the German charts at number 16.

The first show of the tour was in Berlin, Germany. That was followed by a concert in Budapest, Hungary. She is to return to Germany tomorrow, to perform I Walk Alone at the final fight of German boxing champion Regina Halmich.

Said a statement by Turunen on the opening gig: "The first show in Berlin was just great!! Everybody in the band, including myself, was really nervous. It is normal that in the first show some things are not really working yet. We were ready to have a total catastrophe in the middle of the concert, but luckily it didn't happen! I sensed that the audience was really listening everything carefully and I got the feeling that they enjoyed the show. That makes me very happy and delighted. There was a good spirit. It was funny to see the entire band, including two drum sets, in a small stage! But our crew managed to make us fit there… I am sure that things are getting better from now on. As for the first show, Berlin was amazing beginning for us. Thanks so much for all the nice and wonderful persons in the audience. I felt your support and love. You made a bit difficult for me to continue singing at some points during the concert. Just to bring down the myth that German people is cold[sic]. I think you were great and very, very warm."


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British teacher convicted of insulting Islam in Sudan

November 30, 2007

Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher arrested in Sudan on Sunday for naming a teddy bear Muhammad, was charged on Wednesday, and tried, convicted, and sentenced yesterday to 15 days imprisonment for "insulting religion." The 54-year-old mother of two avoided a possible 40 lashes, but will be deported at the end of her sentence, which will run from the date of her arrest.

Following the speedy trial, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband summoned Sudanese ambassador Omer Siddig to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to explain the verdict. During the 45 minute meeting Mr Miliband expressed "in the strongest terms" the government's concern at the sentence, and spoke by telephone to the Sudanese acting foreign minister.

The trial
According to early reports, parents had complained that Ms Gibbons had insulted the Prophet Muhammad, but when she was charged on Wednesday, this was revealed to be false. It was Sara Khawad, a secretary at the Unity High School where Ms Gibbons taught, who had complained to the Education Ministry and provoked Ms Gibbons' arrest last weekend.

Early Thursday morning, as vehicles filled with riot police watched the area and the press and colleagues of Ms Gibbons were denied access to the criminal courthouse in Khartoum, the trial got underway. The head of her legal team, Kamal Djizouri, was also denied access for a time.

Ms Khawad was one of four witnesses from the prosecution. Also testifying against Ms Gibbons was an accountant from the school.

Gillian Gibbons wept as she testified that she never wanted to insult Islam. She had allowed her six and seven year old pupils to vote on the name for a teddy bear that was part of a class project. The children had voted by 20 votes to 3 to name the bear Muhammad.

At the end of a seven-hour trial, the court found her guilty of "insulting the faith of Muslims". The Judge, Mohammed Youssef, rejected prosecution calls for a harsher sentence on the charge of "inciting religious hatred", which carries a punishment of up to 40 lashes, six months in prison and a fine.

After the trial, Ms Gibbons was taken to the crowded women's prison in Omdurman to begin the remaining 11 days of her sentence. Although the prison is more comfortable than many in Sudan, conditions are not good, and Ms Gibbons will have to rely on wellwishers to supply her with food and water.

An appeal against the sentence is expected.

Reactions in Sudan
The Assembly of the Ulemas, a body of Islamic clerics, said on Wednesday that Ms Gibbon's action was "another ring in the circles of plotting against Islam", and called for the harshest penalties to be applied. After Ms Gibbons was charged, a pickup truck drove through the Sudanese capital calling for protests against the alleged insult.

Some members of Ms Gibbons' defense team reported receiving death threats.

The authorities quickly scheduled the trial, and issued instructions to clerics not to deliver inflammatory sermons at Friday prayers about the case or against foreigners.

Major General Abdeen al-Tahir of the Khartoum police stated that protests would not be permitted.

After the trial, Ms Gibbons' chief lawyer described the verdict as "not bad", and her colleagues expressed relief that the sentence was not harsher.

The lawyer stated that the complaint was an act of revenge. Isam Abu Hasabu, director of the school's Parent-Teacher Association, claimed Khawad had been arguing with the principal before the incident.

The school, which according to press reports has issued a public apology and sacked Ms Gibbons, has been closed for security reasons since her arrest. The director said he was happy with the verdict: "It is fair. There were a lot of political pressures and attention."

Omar El Faroug Hassan Shumena, a legal consultant in Khartoum, said that he believed the judge had concluded the trial in a single day to reduce the chance of disorder after Friday Prayers.

International reaction
Catherine Wolthuizen, chief executive of Fair Trials International, said Mrs Gibbons' punishment was still "harsh". She said: "It was a very speedy justice process.

After Ms Gibbons was charged, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) stated that they were appalled at the decision and called on the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, to intervene to secure Ms Gibbons' release.

After the sentence, they further stated:
 * "This case should have required only simple common sense to resolve. It is unfortunate that the Sudanese authorities were found wanting in this most basic of qualities. They grossly overreacted in this sad affair and this episode. Gillian should never have been arrested, let alone charged and convicted of committing a crime. We hope that Gillian will be able to return home without much further delay."

Ibrahim Mogra, also of the MCB, stated: "I'm utterly disappointed with this decision... The question that I would want the judiciary there and the authorities to ponder over is: How does this help the cause of Islam? What kind of message and image are we portraying about our religion and our culture?"

Mike Blakemore of Amnesty International said: "The sentence is a mockery of justice and Amnesty International consider Gillian to be a prisoner of conscience. She should be immediately and unconditionally released."

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, said: "I can't see any justification for this at all. I think that this is an absurdly disproportionate response to what is at best a minor cultural faux pas. And I think that it's done the Sudanese government no credit whatever."

According to the BBC, the press in Sudan and the Middle East have largely ignored the case, but bloggers from Sudan have heaped scorn on the Sudanese authorities.


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Former U.S. Inspector General Gerald Walpin requests congressional hearings on his firing; conservatives rally in support
Jcart1534,

Would you mind doing a peer review for the article above?

Thanks. --WNewsReporter (talk) 23:07, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Have a look at the Talk page for some suggested changes. Cheers, --Jcart1534 (talk) 23:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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Looks like we reviewed and published at the same time on the cattle article!   Dotty••   18:38, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem! Cheers, --Jcart1534 (talk) 18:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Good to see you
Good to see you back, Jcart. --SVTCobra 02:03, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Good to be back. --Jcart1534 (talk) 02:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Dates
We have adopted a pretty strict adherence to UTC dates for dating articles at the time they get published. Perhaps this took root while you were taking a break, but please bump articles (if necessary) to when you give them a review/publish. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:28, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * In part this is due to the DPL on the Main Page. It doesn't take the dates from the date but instead from when publish was added. --SVTCobra 00:29, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh...I see. Okay, thanks for the heads-up on that SVT. Will do. --Jcart1534 (talk) 00:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Sorry, thinking a day ahead! Computerjoe 's talk 01:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

My RfA
Just wanted to say thanks for participating in my RfA. I'll be sure to put the tools to good use. :) – Juliancolton  | Talk 18:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for the note. --Jcart1534 (talk) 22:36, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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