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Carter: Race relations in Palestine are worse than apartheid

December 9, 2006

Ex-President Jimmy Carter has decried the current Palestinian situation in his recent book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (ISBN 0743285026). In this he compares the building of the barrier in the West Bank to the policy of apartheid (apartness) in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. There, the policy legalized the separation of races and ensured the domination of whites over all others.

Carter gave as examples of the ways in which the peoples of the territory are divided. He cited the concrete walls, fences and electronic devices erected by Israel to contain the Arab peoples and the roads that divided the occupied territories; roads that he said could not be used, sometimes not even crossed, by local Palestinians. But he referred to another barrier caused by the ignorance of the American populace and the absence of critical comment there about the behavior of those on both sides of the wall, the system of apartheid, the constant fear of terror and the failure to implement UN and US policy.

Carter, a Nobel Laureate, claims that by using such a loaded term as “apartheid” he intended to provoke debate and deeper understanding of the problems in Palestine. He complains about a tremendous fear, even “intimidation” of individuals and the media in the United States that stifles information and discussion of Israel’s conduct. There will be no peace until Israel abides by the UN resolutions, retires from Arab lands and ceases to oppress the Palestinians. The book provoked a bitter response from an erstwhile colleague, Ken Stein, an Emory University professor, who said it was utterly biased and superficial, and contained unsupported allegations, “glaring omissions and simply invented segments”.

Rep. Steve Israel, a New York Democrat, disagreeing with Carter’s account, said that the Palestinians had no one to blame but themselves. Their leaders had no regard for the quality of life of their people and no ability to keep law and order. He said that the book was only one man’s view, it did not reflect the opinion of the Democratic party.

Defending his work, Carter claims that it had been reviewed by staff at the Carter Centre but at least one employee resigned in disgust upon the publication of the book. He had been a monitor at Palestinian elections in 2005 and 2006. Carter has made peace making in the Middle East his most important commitment. However, many have argued his efforts are one-sided and he has refused to publicly debate Alan Dershowitz over the views expressed in his work.

The UK's Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed his intention to address the peace process in the Middle East by visiting the region in the near future.


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"made an attempt to open the eyes" is an editorial comment, Wikinews reports shld refrain from characterizing actions in suhc ways. we can report other people's characterizations, and attribute them properly. — Doldrums(talk) 20:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I confess to paraphrasing "he hopes to erode the "impenetrable wall" that stops Americans from seeing the true plight of the Palestinian people" into "an attempt to open the eyes of Americans". Is this really "editorial comment" or simply a paraphrase? Fentonrobb 00:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

 * They are both POV- what did he actually say- why not just use the entire quote about the "impenetrable wall" with sourcing to him directly? JoshuaZ 01:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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DARWINS LAW ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  20:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * may one day weed out cumbersome headlines, leaving only terse, punchy, neutral ones that still manage to sum up the article... or so i keep hoping. — Doldrums(talk) 20:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * hopefully this title (Listeners support hoax, call for tattooing of Muslims in America) is better now Towsonu2003 20:54, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Its now innaccurate and misleading...to say "Listeners support..." is making it look as if all listeners supported it. According to the sources and the Wikinews article, only a few supported it. DragonFire1024 20:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I recommend "Radio comedy troll about tattooing Muslims garners support"  Nyarlathotep 17:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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Radiation that killed ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko found in Germany

December 9, 2006

, a radioactive substance that killed ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, has been found inside two buildings located in Hamburg, Germany.

The radiation was found in the home of 's ex-wife. Litvinenko and Kovtun met together at a London, England pub on November 1, 2006. Kovtun is now being treated at a hospital in Germany for radiation exposure, but his condition is not known. No radiation was found at Kovtun's apartment.

The second location in Germany to test positive for radiation is an apartment belonging to the ex-mother in law of Kovtun. Her home is located in.


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Six-Party talks to resume on North Korea's nuclear program

December 9, 2006

Six Party talks between China, Japan, the United States, Russia, South Korea, and North Korea are set to resume talks in regards to North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

"They [North Korea] have indicated they are interested in an end to what they call the U.S. 'hostile policy. We made very clear to them that we don't have a hostile policy to them. We have a hostile policy to their policies, including and especially their nuclear policies," said Christopher Hill, the assistant to the Secretary of State, according to the United Press International.

The talks are scheduled to begin on December 16, 2006 in Beijing, China, but no country involved in the talks have confirmed the reports.


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As a free society, let;s support Firefox instead of IE, right ;) Towsonu2003 21:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)


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"Dictator"
Title was "Cuban dictator ...". I see that as POV. The democracy in a communist nation is not the same as the democracy in a capitalist society. What you /we see as a a comunist state's dictatorship is considered to be people democracy in a communist state, hence the so-called dictator is in fact a leader, that's all. See also dictatorship of the proletariat to understand this a bit better. Towsonu2003 23:39, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Well put. I heartily agree. Neebs 01:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


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Discovery launches after scrubbed attempt

December 10, 2006

Space shuttle mission STS-116 began today with its successful launch at 8:48pm EST (01:47 GMT). Liftoff was uneventful with no immediate problems. Last Thursday's launch attempt was scrubbed due to low, dense cloud cover. It is the first Space Shuttle night launch in over four years and the last mission planned for pad 39b.

In the complex mission Discovery will first dock with the International Space Station. In three spacewalks the astronauts will install a segment of the station's integrated truss and replace the orbital laboratory’s power wiring system.


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New Ishaqi controversy set off by US air raid

December 10, 2006

In December 2006 the United States military conducted an air raid on Ishaqi, a village northwest of Baghdad. U.S.-led coalition forces said they were looking through several buildings near Lake Tharthar, in the province of Salahuddin, when Al Qaeda linked militants launched an attack. The U.S. military then said coalition troops returned fire, killing two of the insurgents. As the firefight continued, troops called in the contentious air strikes. The U.S. military said 20 al-Qaeda insurgents, including two women, were killed in the raid.

Local officials in Jalameda claimed there were actually 17 victims and that they included five men, six women, and five children. Locals of the area claiming to be relatives showed the children's bodies to journalists and Al Jazeera claimed to have exclusive footage that confirms children were among the victims of the US air raid.

Iraqi reaction included mourners firing into the air overnight as they buried the victims of the raid. Hundreds of chanting residents of Jalameda marched through Ishaqi overnight firing shots and carrying banners that read: "The people of Ishaqi condemn the mass killing by the occupation forces". Adnan al-Dulaimi, head of the largest Sunni political bloc in parliament, said, "We ask the Americans to be merciful. They kill civilians alleging they are terrorists. Ishaqi is a catastrophe."

The Agence France Presse news agency passed its own photographs of the dead children to Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Garver, a US military spokesman, asking for an explanation on the latest allegations. Garver replied, "We've checked with the troops who conducted this operation - there were no children found among the terrorists killed." Garver continued, "I see nothing in the photos that indicates those children were in the houses that our forces received fire from and subsequently destroyed with the air strike."


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Won't this call into question the practise of male circumcision? 74.13.82.227 02:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

"A minority of Muslims have always been against it" yet "the practise was only supported by hardliners" seem to contradict each other. I'm pretty sure the majority of Muslims have always been against it. Sherurcij 14:57, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


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Russia considering libel suits over reporting on Litvinenko

December 10, 2006

Russia Today TV, Moscow's English-language satellite television channel, reported that Russian government officials are considering filing libel suits against international journalists over their reporting on the poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Litvinenko was a strong critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and shortly before he died in London from radiation poisoning in late November, Litvinenko accused Putin of ordering his assassination. Putin and other Russian officials strongly denied any prior knowledge of a plot to kill Litvinenko.

According to a report posted late Friday on the Russia Today TV web site, the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media is gathering publications worldwide to be studied for libelous and offensive comments against Russia in their coverage of the Litvinenko's case. Russia Today TV reported that the Russian government intends to file law suits for libel against international media if there is evidence of journalistic misconduct.

In a Voice of America interview shortly before he was poisoned by a radioactive substance polonium-210, former Russian spy Litvinenko had accused Putin of ordering the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya to silence  her and intimidate other independent journalists. She had been killed by an unknown assailant in Moscow in early October.

Several senior Russian politicians have said that the deaths of Politkovskaya and Litvinenko were playing into the hands of Russia’s enemies and, therefore, could not have been authorized by Moscow.

The Russian government's warnings aimed at international journalists follow Putin's largely successful efforts to bring major media outlets in Russia under government control and to limit media criticism of his policies. Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based nongovernmental organization, has called Putin one of the world's top "Predators of Press Freedom."

FreeMediaOnline.org, a California-based nonprofit organization which monitors media and supports press freedom worldwide, said that the latest warnings issued by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media would prove a major embarrassment for Putin and for Russia if they were carried out. An article on the FreeMediaOnline.org web site claims that even if there is no direct link between the two assassinations and the Kremlin, Putin is ultimately responsible for the climate of lawlessness and suppression of free media that may have contributed to these murders.

FreeMediaOnline.org also noted that uncovering the truth about the murders of Politkovskaya and Litvinenko would be difficult because independent journalists in Russia have been either silenced or intimidated by President Putin's media advisors, government regulators, and security services.

Putin insists he is a strong supporter of democracy and press freedom. In a speech to Russian television broadcasters in late November 2006, Putin said that the development of Russian state and society would be unthinkable without independent media, without the possibility of listening to different points of view, and without television.

Putin's critics point out that he has successfully placed under the Kremlin's control all major nationwide television channels. According to FreeMediaOnline.org, journalists working for these channels no longer dare to offer any significant criticism of Mr. Putin's policies. The organization warned that restrictions on media freedom in Russia have emboldened criminal elements to engage in illegal activities.


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New Zealand minister calls for ban on using mobile phones while driving

December 10, 2006

Harry Doynhoven, minister for transport safety, has called for a ban on using mobile phones (cellphones) while driving in New Zealand. The ban comes just days after a teenager was killed after allegedly driving while texting on their mobile phone.

Mr Duynhoven said that it is time to ban hand-held mobile phones in cars. "I would love to ban it. If I were a benign dictator, it would be gone by lunchtime." Mr Duynhoven believes that a campaign to educate the public is needed to combat the number of people who die while using their mobile phones while driving. One of the new ways to combat this is suspected to be new road safety measure. The new initiatives will be announced on Wednesday.

"I hope that sufficient parliamentarians who read the reports of another young person who obviously wasn't concentrating on her driving will say it's about time something was done," Mr Duynhoven said, "However such a ban would be very difficult to police."

A report, prepared by the Ministry of Transport, will be shown to the government on the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving. Peter Burke, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, said: "There's no law against using a cellphone at the moment. There's the whole issue of driver distraction of which cellphone use is a part. But there's been no decision on it yet. Anyone who texts while you're driving is pushing the limits. I don't think anyone would condone texting while driving, it's a recipe for disaster."

Every year around four fatal crashes occur because the drivers are using their mobile phones while driving. Around 50 non fatal crashes occur each year for the same reason. However the police expect that the actual number is higher.

"A lot of drivers are unfortunately their own worst enemy - they're busy talking and texting on the phone and fail to pay attention to what's going on around them. The results can be, and often are, crashes which cause injury and death," Rob Lee, spokesman for the police, said.

Sharleen Lloyd, 16-years-old, was killed when she drove her car into a parked trailer after it left the road because she was allegedly texting (SMS) on her mobile phone. Her passenger and boyfriend, Matthew Smit, had non fatal injuries. Andrew Hicks died when he crashed into a powerpole as a result from using his cellphone while driving.

Many countries already have a ban in place of using a mobile phone while driving, including the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Mr Duynhoven said: "But in countries where they have bans, they still have people using cellphones while driving. The issue is changing behaviour."

However New Zealand does currently have a law which enables police to prosecute someone who doesn't give attention or care to driving.


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Talk:Russia considering libel suits over reporting on Litvinenko

December 2006
Can we get more details of the critisism of Putin, like these murdered journalists talking about his extensive mafia connections. Nyarlathotep 16:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Er, Litvinenko is dead, but he had accused Putin of ordering his assassination? Something doesn't sound quite right here. Bl a st  10.12.06 2027 (UTC -5)

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Canadian jazz star Diana Krall gives birth to twin boys

December 10, 2006

Canadian jazz star Diana Krall has given birth Wednesday to twin boys named Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James in New York City, where the couple live.

"We are ecstatic!" and the "mother and sons are doing splendidly," reads a statement released by Krall and her husband, English musician Elvis Costello, best known for songs such as "Pump It Up" and "Alison".

The twins are Krall's first children. Costello already has a child from an earlier marriage.

Costello, 52, and Krall, 42, shared the birth of their two sons on their third wedding anniversary.

"I have twins on my mother's side," Krall told People magazine in September.

Krall, born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, who is a Grammy award winner, and was named an officer of the Order of Canada in 2005, released her latest album titled "From This Moment On" in September.

The couple married three years ago in a ceremony held at Elton John's mansion in Surrey, England in December 2003. Paul McCartney and Pamela Wallin, Canada's consul general to New York were invited among the 150 guests.


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Fast food makes you sick. If the fat content doesn't kill you, E. coli will. Just because they have slick advertising and it's cheap doesn't make it any less poisonous. If a man gets on the TV and tells you eating rat poison is cool, will you do that, too?

 * Very good point. Fast food in general is unhealthy. I try to stay away from fast food as much as I can. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  18:58, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


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Home Secretary says about 30 major conspiracies threaten UK this Christmas

December 10, 2006

John Reid, UK Home Secretary, alerted the country to the very high risk of terrorist attack during the Christmas season. He said on GMTV’s Sunday programme, that he knew of approximately thirty conspiracies that were preparing to attack and that the level of alert on the MI5 web site now stands at the second highest level “severe”.

The Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre (JTAC) reports that the most serious threat comes from Al Quaida and similar networks of Islamist extremists. They are described by MI5 as “radicalised individuals who are using a distorted Islamic faith to justify violence. They are a very small proportion of the Muslim community in UK."

The scale of threat is described as “potentially increasing and not likely to diminish significantly for some years”. Mr Reid said that the threat is likely to “continue for longer than a generation”. He reminded the country that republican terrorism continued for thirty years. According to JTAC those who threaten the country at present include dissident republican Irish groups which will not accept the terms of the Good Friday Agreement (April 1998).

A further threat arises from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) which include nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. In 2003-2004, the Security Services claim to have disrupted some 30 “proven or suspected attempts” to obtain materials or information related to WMD for other countries.

As part of the counter terrorist activity, trials have now started of the use of biometric identification at London Heathrow airport where passengers willing to submit their details are fast tracked through passport control.

Whereas MI5 points to Iraq as having become a "dominant issue for a range of extremist groups and individuals in the UK and Europe", Mr Reid referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict saying that “it fuels international terrorism”. Prime Minister Blair said at a recent press conference with President Bush that he is preparing to engage in peace talks with Israel and Palestine.


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Talk:Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies at 91

After two hoax articles, it finally happens. ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  21:25, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Exactly what I was thinking. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ditto. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

"right-wingers" isn't there a more precise word for this? Fephisto 17:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

.ja & .pt
Editprotected

Hi! Please, add ja:ピノチェト・元チリ大統領死去 and pt:Ex-Presidente Chileno Augusto Pinochet morre aos 91 anos. Thanks again, ×α£đ~es 21:50, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  21:51, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


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Japan opposes resumption of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program

December 10, 2006

A Japanese official has stated that Japan is opposed to re-entering into six-party talks between the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, and North Korea in regards to the N. Korean nuclear weapons program stating that N. Korea must "compromise."

"It's fine if North Korea can bring some contribution to peace, but simply starting talks is not meaningful," said the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's policy research council in Japan,.

"The situation has changed since the last six-party talks in September last year. North Korea has conducted missile test launches and undertaken a nuclear test. Talks shouldn't re-open without careful consideration," added Nakagawa. North Korea successfully tested a nuclear missile on October 9, 2006.

"[We expect] early and concrete results. We believe it is necessary for North Korea to show concrete actions toward the abandonment of all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs," said Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan.

Six-party talks are said to resume on December 18, 2006.


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Planets Jupiter, Mercury and Mars line up, visible to naked eye

December 10, 2006

Stargazers in Massachusetts will get a rare show on Sunday night, just before the local.

The planets Mars, Mercury and Jupiter will line up and will be seen in clear skies at least 45 minutes before sunrise, and will be seen each morning until December 14, 2006.

"Jupiter will be very bright and it will look like it has two bright lights next to it, and they won't twinkle because they're planets. When I look at something like this, I realize that all the powers on Earth, all the emperors, all the money, cannot change it one iota. We are observers, but the wonderful part of that is that we are the only species on this planet that can observe it and understand it," said television show host of Star Gazer, Jack Horkheimer. He is also director of the Space Transit Planetarium in Miami,.

This will be the closest planet-lineup to until 2053. The previous closest viewing occurred in 1925.


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Talk:Home Secretary says about 30 major conspiracies threaten UK this Christmas

I don't know how reporting what was NOT said will be construed - is it adding unjustified bias or is it being 'bold'. If someone thinks that the subclause in the last paragraph it NPOV - please edit it out. On the other hand, the omission is an indication of UK gov't still being in denial of the generally held opinion that the war is a major reason for the disaffection of many, not only those in Muslim communities. Fentonrobb 22:11, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

After being admonished for inserting 'editorial comment' elsewhere, I conclude that this is also EC and I have removed it accordingly. Fentonrobb 01:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I notice that the phrase They are described “radicalised individuals who are using a distorted Islamic faith to justify violence has been excised. This is a quote from the MI5 web site and reflects the official view. As no reason has been given for its removal I intend to revert it. Fentonrobb 23:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected Van der Hoorn (talk) 15:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Dcember => December

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 01:24, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


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Canadian Liberals show strong lead, says poll

December 11, 2006

The Liberal Party of Canada, the official opposition party of Canada, is currently ahead of the Conservatives according to a poll by Ekos Research Associates published in the Toronto Star and Montreal's La Presse Saturday.

The Liberals lead with 40% and the Conservatives, who were elected in January, with 34%. Trailing both is the New Democratic Party NDP with 10% and Bloc Québécois and the Green party each with 8%.

Support for the Liberals increased by eight points since October. This is the highest Liberal support in the 40 percent mark since former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien stepped down as prime minister and party leader three years ago.

The Tories dropped down two points. The Conservative party, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, received 36.3 per cent of the vote and 124 seats in the House of Commons when they were elected in January. This election ended 12 years of the Liberal government.

The Conservatives have 124 seats in the House of Commons, Liberals 102, Bloc Québécois 51, and NDP 29. There are now also two independent MPs in the House.

"What is troubling for the Conservatives is an underlying trend over many months of rising dissatisfaction with the direction of government, combined with utter disappointment with its efforts on the environment," Frank Graves, the polling firm's president said. "At the same time, the preoccupation with ethics and accountability that drove the Tories' success in January (when Prime Minister Stephen Harper won an election) has largely dissipated."

Four per cent of those surveyed said the Conservatives are the best party to deal with environment issues. The Green party were the most trusted with 35% and the Liberals in third with 31%.

"There is a shock result here for the NDP," Graves said. "Nationally, the Greens are within sight of the NDP...These are the first clear indications we have that the New Democrats could find themselves squeezed into irrelevance in a painful grind between the Liberals and the Greens."

When asked which leader who makes the best PM the poll found people preferred Harper over newly elected Liberal leader Stéphane Dion. When asked "Who best understands the concerns of people like you?" residents in the Conservative Western Canada preferred Harper. Dion rated higher in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. Outside Quebec and Atlantic Canada, Harper is seen by Canadians as the leader with the "best vision for the future of the country."

In Ontario, the Liberals lead stands at a strong 46.9%. Conservatives at 37.4%, the NDP at 9.1% and the greens 6.6%.

The Liberals lead in every province except oil-producing Alberta, which is led by the Conservatives, and Quebec at 26.1%, where the separatist Bloc Quebecois is leading with 34.7%. The Conservatives have 18.3% in Quebec, the Greens have 12.1%, and the NDP 8.8%.

It is expected that the next federal election will be held in 2007.

Poll results
Source: Ekos Research Associates / Toronto Star ''Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,022 Canadian adults, conducted on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.''


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User:Thor Waldsen~enwikinews

I live in Santiago, Chile. Have have made very minor contributions here, but I am user of the following wikis:

 * I am an administrator at Campaigns Wikia.
 * I am a user of Wikipedia.

title: User:Thor Waldsen~enwikinews


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Talk:Planets Jupiter, Mercury and Mars line up, visible to naked eye

"just before the Sun comes up" ... where is that? 84.158.252.104 23:27, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Right, Boston Globe may write something like that, but Wikinews should not treat all readers as they lived in the United States. In the current shape, the news is rather useless for people outside Massachusetts, because in eg. L.A. the sun sises significantly later, so there is no sense speaking about time "just before the Sunrise". I removed the "published" template. --Derbeth 11:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * this is featured as third lead. pls try to fix the article (very) quickly and republish or change the third lead. — Doldrums(talk) 12:18, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hrm, ok directed that toward Massachusetts readers, probably not the best fix, but my mind is blank. terinjokes User Page / Talk 00:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

For some reason the sunrise link seems to be directing the user to the Sun newspaper's wiki page. Shurely shome mishtake?
 * fixed. — Doldrums(talk) 13:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Surely this conjunction will be visible all around the world, not just in Massachusetts? The fact that the sources are parochial does not mean that astronomy is. Uncle G 11:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Why is this in development? DragonFire1024 18:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * See the edit summaries. Uncle G 19:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected

'a a' -> 'a' Van der Hoorn (talk) 19:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Done — Gopher65talk 01:49, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


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User:Bezking

Hi, it's Bezking!

title: User:Bezking


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User:Bezking/monobook.js

/* */ ////////////////////////////////// // User:Essjay's monobook. // //////////////////////////////////

// Please note: There are sysop, bureaucrat, and checkuser function settings in this skin. // //             They appear under tabs with the associated names (syop, bcrat, check). // //             They will not work if you do not have the required permissions. // //             Do not be alarmed if you get error messages. // //             (They can easily be removed, ask me.)                                       //

/**** Initialize on window load ****/

$( myLoadFuncs );

/**** Load custom functions ****/

function myLoadFuncs {   if(!document.getElementById) return; // add a clock var toplinks = document.getElementById('p-personal').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(toplinks, '#', '', 'utcdate'); showtime; morelinks; }

/**** Add generic tab ****/

function addlilink(tabs, url, name, id){ var na = document.createElement('a'); na.href = url; na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name)); var li = document.createElement('li'); li.id = id; li.appendChild(na); tabs.appendChild(li); return li; }

////////////////////////////////////////// // Tabs by Korath // returns  name ////////////////////////////////////////// /**** Add tab as menu ****/

function addlimenu(tabs, name, id) {   var na = document.createElement('a'); na.href = '#'; var mn = document.createElement('ul'); na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name)); var li = document.createElement('li'); li.id = id; li.className = 'tabmenu'; li.appendChild(na); li.appendChild(mn); tabs.appendChild(li); return li; }

/**** Get a clock that autoupdates! ****/

function showtime {   var timerID; var now = new Date; var timeValue = now.toUTCString.replace(/GMT/, "UTC"); document.getElementById('utcdate').firstChild.innerHTML = timeValue; timerID = setTimeout('showtime', 100); }

function addTab(url, name, id, title, key){ var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(tabs, url, name, id, title, key); }

// Adds a "blocklog" tab and fills in the username field on Special:Blockip, if a "&faketarget=username" is present. function do_blockip_stuff { // focus on Reason field document.getElementsByName('wpBlockReason')[0].focus;

// Look for a &faketarget= for the username/ip var l = location.search.substring(1).split('&'); var target = ''; for (var i = 0; i < l.length; ++i) {     var n = l[i].indexOf('='); if (l[i].substring(0, n) == 'faketarget') {	 target = l[i].substring(n + 1); break; }   }

if (target == '') return;

// put account name in "IP Address/username" field var addr = document.getElementsByName('wpBlockAddress')[0]; addr.value = unescape(target);

// add "blocklog" tab var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + target, 'blocklog')); }

// Opens the block log in the current window, and Special:Blockip in a popup. // Width, height, top, and left are chosen for a 1600x1200 display. //function blockpage_and_log(target) //{ // window.open('Special_Blockip.html?foo=blarg&faketarget=' + target, 'Block', 'width=1600,height=600,top=600,left=0'); // document.location.href = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + target; //}

// Adds "block" and "blocklog" tabs to User: and User talk: pages. function add_block_tab{ var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; // use the "edit this page" tab to get already-tidied url var editlk = document.getElementById('ca-edit').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href; // cut everything up to "title=" from the start and everything past "&action=edit" from the end editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf('title=') + 6, editlk.lastIndexOf('&action=edit')); editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf(':') + 1); var slloc = editlk.indexOf('/'); if(slloc > 0) editlk = editlk.substring(0, slloc);

// add "block" tab addTab('/wiki/Special:Blockip/' + editlk, 'block', 'ca-block');

// add "blocklog" tab addTab('/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User:' + editlk, 'log', 'ca-blocklog'); // add "unblock" tab addTab('/w/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&action=unblock&ip=' + editlk, 'un');

// add "contributions" tab addTab('/wiki/Special:Contributions/' + editlk, 'con'); // add "edit count" tab addTab('http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=' + editlk + '&dbname=enwiki_p', 'count'); // add "whois" tab addTab('http://tools.wikimedia.de/~essjay/nqt.php?queryType=arin&target=' + editlk, 'who'); // add "proxycheck" tab addTab('http://www.checker.freeproxy.ru/checker/?proxy=' + editlk + ':80%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8080%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3182%0D%0A' + editlk + ':1080%0D%0A' + editlk + ':4232%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3380%0D%0A' + editlk + ':14321%0D%0A' + editlk + ':14441%0D%0A' + editlk + ':15551%0D%0A' + editlk + ':17771%0D%0A' + editlk + ':18844%0D%0A' + editlk + ':19991%0D%0A' + editlk + ':28882%0D%0A' + editlk + ':29992%0D%0A' + editlk + ':31121%0D%0A' + editlk + ':38883%0D%0A' + editlk + ':38884%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3800%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8081%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3124%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3127%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3128%0D%0A' + editlk + ':6588%0D%0A' + editlk + ':7212%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8000%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8888', 'proxy'); } function morelinks {   var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; if(document.title.indexOf("User") == 0) {       addlimenu(tabs, 'User', 'userf'); var userf = document.getElementById('userf').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

addlimenu(tabs, 'sysop', 'sysopf'); var sysopf = document.getElementById('sysopf').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

addlimenu(tabs, 'bcrat', 'bfunc'); var bfunc = document.getElementById('bfunc').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

addlimenu(tabs, 'check', 'cfunc'); var cfunc = document.getElementById('cfunc').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

//User functions //

var editlk = document.getElementById('ca-edit').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href; editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf('title=') + 6, editlk.lastIndexOf('&action=edit')); editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf(':') + 1); var slloc = editlk.indexOf('/'); if(slloc > 0) editlk = editlk.substring(0, slloc); // format: addlilink(userf, url, name); // add "listusers" tab addlilink(userf, '/w/index.php?title=Special:Listusers&group=&username=' + editlk, 'list', '');

// add "contributions" tab addlilink(userf, '/wiki/Special:Contributions/' + editlk, 'contrib', ''); // addTab('/wiki/Special:Contributions/' + editlk, 'con'); // add "userspace" tab addlilink(userf, '/w/index.php?title=Special:Prefixindex&namespace=2&from=' + editlk, 'space', '');

// add "edit count" tab addlilink(userf, 'http://tools.wikimedia.de/~essjay/edit_count/Count.php?username=' + editlk, 'count', ''); // addTab('tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=' + editlk + '&site=en.wikipedia.org', 'count'); // add "whois" tab addlilink(userf, 'http://tools.wikimedia.de/~essjay/nqt.php?queryType=arin&target=' + editlk, 'whois', ''); // addTab('http://tools.wikimedia.de/~essjay/nqt.php?queryType=arin&target=' + editlk, 'who'); // add "proxycheck" tab addlilink(userf, 'http://www.checker.freeproxy.ru/checker/?proxy=' + editlk + ':80%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8080%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3182%0D%0A' + editlk + ':1080%0D%0A' + editlk + ':4232%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3380%0D%0A' + editlk + ':14321%0D%0A' + editlk + ':14441%0D%0A' + editlk + ':15551%0D%0A' + editlk + ':17771%0D%0A' + editlk + ':18844%0D%0A' + editlk + ':19991%0D%0A' + editlk + ':28882%0D%0A' + editlk + ':29992%0D%0A' + editlk + ':31121%0D%0A' + editlk + ':38883%0D%0A' + editlk + ':38884%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3800%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8081%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3124%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3127%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3128%0D%0A' + editlk + ':6588%0D%0A' + editlk + ':7212%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8000%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8888', 'proxy', ''); // addTab('http://www.checker.freeproxy.ru/checker/?proxy=' + editlk + ':80%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8080%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3182%0D%0A' + editlk + ':1080%0D%0A' + editlk + ':4232%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3380%0D%0A' + editlk + ':14321%0D%0A' + editlk + ':14441%0D%0A' + editlk + ':15551%0D%0A' + editlk + ':17771%0D%0A' + editlk + ':18844%0D%0A' + editlk + ':19991%0D%0A' + editlk + ':28882%0D%0A' + editlk + ':29992%0D%0A' + editlk + ':31121%0D%0A' + editlk + ':38883%0D%0A' + editlk + ':38884%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3800%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8081%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3124%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3127%0D%0A' + editlk + ':3128%0D%0A' + editlk + ':6588%0D%0A' + editlk + ':7212%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8000%0D%0A' + editlk + ':8888', 'proxy');

// add "url" tab addlilink(userf, 'http://' + editlk, 'url', ''); // addTab('http://' + editlk, 'url');

// add a "Yahoo" tab addlilink(userf, 'http://search.yahoo.com/search?x=op&va_vt=any&va=' + editlk, 'Yahoo', ''); // addTab('http://search.yahoo.com/search?x=op&va_vt=any&va=' + editlk, 'Yahoo');

// Sysop functions

// add "block" tab addlilink(sysopf, '/wiki/Special:Blockip/' + editlk, 'block'); // previous: addTab('/wiki/Special:Blockip/' + editlk, 'block', 'ca-block', ''); // add "blocklog" tab addlilink(sysopf, '/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User:' + editlk, 'log', ''); // addTab('/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User:' + editlk, 'log', 'ca-blocklog'); // add "unblock" tab addlilink(sysopf, '/w/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&action=unblock&ip=' + editlk, 'unblock', ''); // addTab('/w/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&action=unblock&ip=' + editlk, 'un'); // add "view deleted edits" tab addlilink(sysopf, 'http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/queries/tmp/del?user=' + editlk + '&dbname=enwiki', 'deleted', '');

// Bureaucrat functions

// add "makesysop" tab addlilink(bfunc, 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AMakesysop&wpMakesysopUser=' + editlk, 'sysop', ''); // add "rename" tab addlilink(bfunc, 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ARenameuser&oldusername=' + editlk, 'rename', ''); // add "makebot" tab addlilink(bfunc, 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AMakebot&username=' + editlk, 'bot', ''); //Checkuser functions

// add "checkuser" tab addlilink(cfunc, 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CheckUser&user=' + editlk, 'user', ''); // add "checkip" tab addlilink(cfunc, 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CheckUser&ip=' + editlk, 'ip', ''); // add "log" tab addlilink(cfunc, 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CheckUser&log=1', 'log', '');

} }

function do_onload { if (document.title.indexOf('Block user') == 0) // could stand to be more robust do_blockip_stuff; }

//From User:Func if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", do_onload, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", do_onload);

if ( document.createElement && window.addEventListener ) {	function SoFixItInit // pre-load, (don't want to slow down loading of article's content, though) {

}

function SoFixItLoad // post-load {		UserMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-personal'  ); PageMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-cactions'  ); NavMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-navigation' ); //ToolMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-tb'        );

//	This is inefficient and not particularly robust. //	This comes first, I want this link to come up as //	fast as possible. //		function GetByClass( sElem, sClass ) {	var i, a2 = [], a = document.getElementsByTagName( sElem ); for ( i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) if ( a[ i ].className == sClass ) a2.push( a[ i ] ); return a2; }		var a, td = GetByClass( 'td', 'diff-otitle' ); if ( ( td = td[ 0 ] ) && ( a = td.getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ] ) ) a.href = a.href + '&action=edit'; // need to change text, later

var userName = UserMenu.getText( 'pt-userpage' );

// personal (top-most) menu //			//					//		UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mytalk'   , 'Talk'  ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-preferences', 'Prefs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-watchlist', 'Watchlist' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mycontris', 'Contribs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-logout'   , 'Log out'   ); //		UserMenu.setHref( 'pt-mycontris',			'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=' +			userName + '&offset=0&limit=500' ); //			//			//					//	article-actions menu, (the "tabs") //		if ( PageMenu[ 'ca-history' ] ) // theory: if it has a history tab, then it's purgable {			PageMenu.insertBefore( 'ca-history', 'ca-lastdiff', 'diff',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'diff=0' ) );

PageMenu.append( 'ca-purge', 'Purge',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'action=purge' ) ); //Shorten tab names // PageMenu.setText( 'ca-nstab-user', 'user' ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-talk', 'talk' ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-edit'   , 'edit'   ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-history'   , 'history'   ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-delete'   , 'delete'   ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-watch'   , 'watch'   ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-protect'   , 'protect'   );

}

}

function PortletMenu( id ) // constructor {		this.menu = document.getElementById( id ); this.list = this.menu.getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ]; // bypass " Views ", etc.

//	sigh...as far as I can figure, there is empty whitespace being treated //	as TextNodes.... //		var LIs = this.list.getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

for ( var i = 0; i < LIs.length; i++ ) {			this[ LIs[ i ].id ] = LIs[ i ]; }

this.newItem = function( id, txt, url ) {	var li = document.createElement( 'li' ); li.id  = id; var a = document.createElement( 'a'  );  a.href = url;

a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); li.appendChild( a );

this[ id ] = li; // watch this!!!

return li; }

this.append = function( id, txt, url ) {	this.list.appendChild( this.newItem( id, txt, url ) ); }		this.insertBefore = function( old, id, txt, url ) {	this.list.insertBefore( this.newItem( id, txt, url ), this[ old ] ); }

//	the ByTagName here is a bit annoying, but in Safari, I was picking //	up TextNodes by using this[ id ].firstChild.firstChild //		this.getText = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data } this.setText = function( id, txt ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data = txt }

this.getHref = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href       } this.setHref = function( id, url ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href = url } //	I add em as I need em.... }

function RemoveNode( id ) {	var node = document.getElementById( id ) node.parentNode.removeChild( node ); }

SoFixItInit; window.addEventListener( 'load', SoFixItLoad, false ); }

// Do useful thinks on Special:Log/newusers //

function NUPatrol {	if (	( window.location.href.indexOf( 'Special%3ALog&type=newusers' ) == -1 ) &&			( window.location.href.indexOf( 'Special:Log/newusers'       ) == -1 )  ) return; // make more robust???

var items, item, i, links, user, name, talk, contribs, insertLoc, link;

items = document.getElementById( 'bodyContent' ).getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ].getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

function NewLink( txt, url, plainlinks, linkColor ) {	var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); a.href = url; if ( plainlinks ) a.className = 'plainlinks'; if ( linkColor ) {	if ( typeof linkColor == "string" ) a.style.color = linkColor; else	a.style.color = '#FF0000'; // old default behavior }		return a;	}

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User talk:Nihiltres

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Fizzy drinks out of New Zealand schools from 2009

December 11, 2006

An agreement signed between the New Zealand government, Frucor Beverages Ltd, and the Coca-Cola Amatil (New Zealand) has secured that both full sugar fizzy drinks and energy drinks that are made by those two companies will not be sold in secondary schools coming into effect 2009.

The agreement was completely voluntary and is a world first as it was directly negotiated with the companies and the government.

It has been estimated that the agreement will remove around 1,105,000 litres of fizzy drinks from schools. That amount of fizzy drinks has about 118,000 kilograms of sugar. When one secondary school in Auckland introduced healthier drinks they saw around half a tonne of sugar removed.

Steve Maharey, minister of education, said: "The agreement will see the removal of 1.1 million litres of full sugar beverages from schools over the next three years. I welcome the industry's recognition that action is needed on this issue. This agreement is a strong step forward that will support the work we are doing to ensure schools and communities can provide healthier alternatives for their students."

Pete Hodgson, minister of health, said that the agreement is what can happen when both government and industries work together. "I thank Coca Cola Amatil and Frucor for their leadership on this issue," Pete Hodgson said. "Today's agreement is a major step forward for the Food Industry Accord and shows once again what can be achieved when we reach for cooperative, rather than regulatory solutions."

Diet drinks will remain on sale that contain artificial sweetener, Aspartame. And in 2007 the government will recommend water and low-fat milk in early childhood centres and high schools. But there is a lot of controversy surrounding Aspartame which many consider to have serious long-term health effects. If there is only a choice between water, milk or soft-drink, nearly all kids would choose the latter.

The government has also announced a new programme called Mission-On that will promote nutrition and physical activity and will also try to improve the quality of food that children will be subject to in schools. It will also try to decrease the amount of advertising unhealthy food companies are given.

Mr Hodgson said: "This agreement forms only a small part of what will be necessary to address this challenge, but shows that the government and the food industry are serious about playing our part."

Mr Hodgson has confirmed that regulation will now not happen and has said that regulation would have been too costly and too slow to implement.

Frucor Beverages Ltd and Coca-Cola Amatil are the only companies that provide drinks to schools.


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OR
I used the announcement from Pete Hodgson (listed). --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Needs a bit of work.
Far too much use of the word agreement. It creates a very redundant article. Other than that rather well written. I recommend you read here: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/fifty-50-tools-which-can-help-you-in-writing.html

It links to old articles by Poynter, a well respected journalism school

70.77.41.100 02:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


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Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk receives Nobel Prize

December 11, 2006

, a prominent, post-modern writer whose work is translated into more than 40 languages, received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Pamuk was an admired writer in Turkey until the events in 2005, when lawyers of two Turkish professional associations brought criminal charges against him for "" after the author's controversial statements regarding the disputed of 1915–1917. He claimed, and repeated his claim, that ... one million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey. Even though the charges were dropped on January 22, 2006, his Nobel Prize reception continues to provoke mixed feelings of pride and anger among Turks. On the other hand, as Pamuk intended, the criminal case brought international attention to freedom of speech in Turkey.

In his Nobel speech, he defined literature as: ... what a person creates when he shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and retires to a corner to express his thoughts – that is, the meaning of literature. ... When a writer shuts himself up in a room for years on end, with this gesture he suggests a single humanity, a world without a centre.

He talked about his father's strong influence on him, his own authenticity anxieties and identity crises as a Turkish writer, the global nature of literature, and the politics of writing: What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears; the collective humiliations, vulnerabilities, slights, grievances, sensitivities, and imagined insults, and the nationalist boasts and inflations that are their next of kind ... Whenever I am confronted by such sentiments, and by the irrational, overstated language in which they are usually expressed, I know they touch on a darkness inside me. We have often witnessed peoples, societies and nations outside the Western world – and I can identify with them easily – succumbing to fears that sometimes lead them to commit stupidities, all because of their fears of humiliation and their sensitivities. I also know that in the West – a world with which I can identify with the same ease – nations and peoples taking an excessive pride in their wealth, and in their having brought us the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and Modernism, have, from time to time, succumbed to a self-satisfaction that is almost as stupid.


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User talk:Bezking

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Talk:Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk receives Nobel Prize

Thinking to unpublish?
Rather than unpublishing, please add a comment here as to what to fix, or better yet, just drop a brief note to towsonu2003 at gmail dot com. If you can't help but unpublish it, you need to please add a reason here in the discussion page so we can fix it :)

PS. The quotes from his speech are fair use. Towsonu2003 06:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to say, looks good. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) Towsonu2003 06:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thinking to vandalize?
Orhan Pamuk is now a very controversial figure in Turkey, to such a degree that him receiving the Nobel prize is being treated as a proof that he is a traitor. If you are considering to vandalize this news item, please consider this: We have often witnessed peoples, societies and nations outside the Western world – and I can identify with them easily – succumbing to fears that sometimes lead them to commit stupidities, all because of their fears of humiliation and their sensitivities. Please discuss rather than falling victim to your own fears and insecurities. Towsonu2003 06:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think you should worry to much, unless it actually happens. (Sometimes overdoing the warnings gives people ideas imo) Bawolff ☺☻ 06:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, being aware of what most Turkish people think about the writer, I doubt :( It's all up to how much "daylight" this link sees :( Towsonu2003 06:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * oh well, hope for the best. (: Bawolff ☺☻ 07:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of reference to the disputed Armenian genocide
I see one user deleted selectively the reference to the disputed Armenian genocide. That information is not just background, but crucial to understand the negative sentiments too many people feel against Pamuk. Please leave that reference in place -thanks Towsonu2003 09:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Is there an absence of free speech in Turkey?
There may be, but is it the job of wikinews to reach this conclusion? I suggest using more objective terms.
 * seems better articulated now Towsonu2003 17:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Duplicate?
Didn't we run this article a while back? I can't find it now, but I'm sure it was written. Maybe got deleted somehow? Nyarlathotep 17:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Are you sure there was an article that said "Pamuk actually received the award" instead of "It was announced that Pamuk won the award"? Towsonu2003 17:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, the article about the announcement was abandoned and got deleted.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just to point it out, the point of this news item isn't the announcement. it's him actually taking the prize and giving a speech :) Towsonu2003 22:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well actually this article is about both since the first one was abandonded. If the first one was run, this one would be expected to have a more narrow focus on the speach.  Nyarlathotep 13:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see your point. Do you still wanna delete this article because another abandoned and deleted article about the announcement existed once upon a time, before this one was ever written and published? I cannot give more focus to the speech other than quoting it, because than it would look like POV (because I would be analyzing his speech, which usually is regarded as POV stuff) Towsonu2003 20:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I wasn't complaining about the article, its just fine. I was objecting to your assertion that this article was about his acceptance speach when there was no need for such a narrow focus.  You only need to avoid stepping on old stories toes if they are actually published.  fyi, We usually have a "sliding scale" for "currentness" depending upon subject, based upon level of coverage, importance, and POV pushing issues.  For example, you can't run old Israel-Palistinian confict stories or old local news stories, but your quite free to talk about less known world trouble spots long afterwards.  A previously ignored nobel prize is news at almost any time of the (half?) year, imho.  But you only get to talk about the Ignoble prizes when they come out.  ;)  Nyarlathotep 17:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

POV title?
Maybe this oughta change to "Nobel Prize awarded to Orhan Pamuk"?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. And a writer who isn't controversial can't be a good one anyway. --+Deprifry+ 19:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You just killed my nice, attention-attracting title -oh well... It wasn't POV though, the writer is truly a controversial figure in Turkey... Towsonu2003 22:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Category and links
edit protected Please add this article to Category:Nobel Prize and localise the link of the same name as well as the link for Literature. Green Giant (talk) 10:19, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 17:55, 5 October 2015 (UTC)


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Talk:Canadian jazz star Diana Krall gives birth to twin boys

I question the reasoning why this article is on the front page. Its general level of importance doesn't equate when compared to other front page listed articles. Sorry, but international politics, health, the sciences, security issues, war, business etc. etc. seem more pertinent than celebrity (and I also question her level of "celebrity ness") news. Zidel333 07:27, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * A very conscious decision has been made to publish all stories on the front page of Wikinews. There may come a time when news stories of less international interest are published only on local portal pages. For now, it's not that way. -Edbrown05 09:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually, she is very famous . Wikinews editors only write about what they are interested in. See Portal:Culture and entertainment for more articles and mabie even some articles that you will enjoy, unless you are too worried about war, etc. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 02:37, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


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editing old articles
I noticed you added new content to the article, Kurdish operating system under investigation by Turkish attorney general, which is more than 24 hours old. Thanks for taking an active role in improving the content on this site. People like you who take an active role make Wikinews better for all of us — readers and writers alike.

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 * Point taken. Sorry for causing trouble.

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User:67.190.61.6

I was banned permanently by Mrmiscellanious who was stripped of his admin status by the community. There was no vote to permanently ban me and if anyone had ever completed a checkuser on this IP address they would have seen that I did not use sockpuppets and/or commit any vandalism. Cowicide 67.190.61.6 11:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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 * oops! sorry about that. i thought the 4-year old boy article was a hoax, as i initially cldn't locate sources for it. i deleted the article, and then have restored it as i did finally get sources, one of which i'm adding. so my apologies and Welcome to Wikinews once again. — Doldrums(talk) 14:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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4 year-old suspended from kindergarten in Texas, US

December 11, 2006

A 4-year old pre-kindergartener, attending La Vega Primary School in Waco, Texas, was given an in-school suspension November 10 after hugging a teacher's aide and supposedly rubbing his face in her chest.

The La Vega school district sent a letter to the student's father, Damarcus Blackwell, who was upset after learning of his son's "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment". He has since filed complaint against the district.

"When I got that letter, my world flipped," Blackwell said in a story in Sunday's editions of the Waco Tribune-Herald.

Blackwell says that it is ridiculous that the aide would misinterpret a hug from a four-year-old. Blackwell wrote to administrators demanding that the incident and all paperwork related to the incident be expunged from his son's academic records on the basis that a four year old cannot understand the concept of sexual harassment, let alone commit sexual harassment. He also asked that the aide who reported his son's conduct apologize.

The record has since been changed to "inappropriate physical contact", though Blackwell's request to expunge all records concerning the incident was denied, as was his request for an apology from the aide involved in the incident.

District employees state that there are no guidelines about student/teacher contact in the handbook; however, it does state that "inappropriate physical contact" will result in a discipline referral.

According The school district would not comment on specific details, citing student privacy laws.


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Samuels Jewelers to be acquired by a DTC sightholder

December 11, 2006

A major purchase transaction is being prepared in the diamonds' industry: Samuels Jewelers started a discussion with a sightholder from Diamond Trading Company (DTC). The latter is to acquire the majority part of retailer's shares.

There is still not much information about this particular sightholder, except for the fact that it is based in India. The present majority shareholder of Samuels Jewelers is DDJ Capital Management. The representatives of the company do not give any information concerning the potential buyer.

Randy McCullough, the President and CEO of Samuels Jewelers, stated that it would be a great opportunity for the retailer to start a partnership with a DTC sightholder, thus Samuels would be able to re-capitalize its balance sheet, to acquire newer inventory and guarantee itself stable growth in the future.

As for Samuels Jewelers, which is officially called "Samuels, Schubach and Samuels Diamonds", possesses a network of 97 jewelry stores in 18 US states since October 1 this year. The incomes of the retailer at the end of the previous year are estimated to be around $100,000,000.

The current shareholder of Samuels Jewelers, DDJ Capital Management, is a company, which specializes itself in private equity and debt financings. This managing firm began its activity in 1996 and since then has grown to operate capitals of 79 institutional clients (estimated in approximately 3 billion dollars).