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Re: Ariel Sharon
I do agree with you on the Ariel Sharon article. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it but mabie argue on the talk page... — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It is the nature of news that we have prepared obituaries lying around. The main difference between a wiki and, say, the BBC is that you can't see the BBC's article before the person dies. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I get your point totaly. But its just sick and we have to devise a way that this shouldnt sicken the ordinary browser who comes in here fishing around, like me. In other words, I think this like many other issues need to be addressed. TownCrier 02:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I totaly agree with TownCrier. There are already three obituaries in the newsroom. Mabie we should open discussion at the water cooler? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  00:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

main page varients/revamps
You're welcome to try, I agree that it could be better, the problem is getting people to agree on whats better. Our (relativly) recent change to change the header from the old half box, to one more similiar to what wikipedia uses was the first change in a long time, and thats because it was done using the its easier to get apoligies then permission ideology. (which worked well in this case). Anyways, please create your design at special:mypage/redesign (or any where else in your userspace). and remember to put  which marks it as a redesign, and then will automaticlly make sure its listed with the others. Anyways, some thoughts on your ideas, which you said on my talk (Take anything I say here with a grain of salt/i'm not a designer I don't know what I'm talking about/standard disclaimer etc)

 * More stories on the main page
 * I'm assuming you mean leads (as opossed to the list of previous days' news), that's not a bad idea, if you can fit them in somewhere that looks pretty
 * Bigger pict for Lead
 * Thats very easily done, I'd suggest bringing it up at the water cooler under proposals section. If you think any specific pict is to small you can manually make it bigger (template:Lead article).
 * News caegories
 * Be specific, we have a bit of thoose already. On the header we have a bunch of places, as well as the main topics. In addition we have browse articles under the navagation portlet(sidebar), as well as the regions portlet
 * Change fonts back to Arial
 * I really don't care one way or another as long as there's consitancy (One title arial, one title some fantasy font, and one title fixed width IS a BAD idea) Isn't there some rule about that if title is serif, then body should be sans-serif vice versa? Also keep in mind that not everyone has all fonts installed on their computer, although arial's fairly common, we should still have generic fonts as backup.
 * Change the logo to look more like wikipedia's logo.
 * Good luck with that one. You'll proablly have better luck with trying to get someone to put a notice on all pages asking random visitors to give you money. I'm personally like our logo, and I think others agree. Also Wikipedia is not the same as Wikinews. We are two seperate projects with different goals. (However we're both owned by the Wikimedia foundation, and most contributors at the very least have an account, if not active at wikipedia). But your welcome to try and come up with a new logo. (well, Wikibooks, wikiversity, and wiktionary just got a new logo, so it could happen).

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 * Previous design stuff
 * Wikinews design contest
 * Category:Sandbox
 * Skins
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 * Main Page redesign
 * http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=history

 * Logo stuff
 * commons:Category:Wikinews
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 * Wikinews logo contest voting/Variants

P.S Also consider the different skins (In Firefox or Opera goto view→Page Style→ pick one (my favourite is Datrio+MrM) for the css skins. for the real skins special:preferences. If your using Microsoft internet explorer its a little more complicated

P.P.S If you need any help, or have any questions relating to this or anything else, don't be afraid to ask.

Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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Dioxide vs. monoxide
Should dioxide be monoxide? CO2 is not a pollutant, as I understand it, but CO is. :/  Bl a  st  11.26.06 1620 (UTC -5)
 * I think I know what they mean when they said "carbon dioxide is a pollutant." This article is about global warming and Carbon Dioxide is often blamed for being responsible for it. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  21:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Monoxide is an undisputed pollutant. In the last few years there has been an increasing dipsute about dioxide. --InfantGorilla 21:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

This needs rewriting and more sources
Shameless hubris on my part. I just removed the publish tag, and I am afraid I don't have time to fix this myself.
 * 1) Material was too similar to the API/Fox piece—I cut it
 * 2) I think this paragraph needs specificity and sourcing:
 * ''The case comes just a few weeks after a federal government report concluded that far fewer polar bears cubs are surviving off Alaska's northern coast, something many environmentalists are blaming on global warming. Also earlier this month the NOAA said that signs of warming continue in the Arctic with a decline in sea ice, an increase in shrubs growing on the tundra and rising concerns about the Greenland ice sheet.

(which agency reported about cubs? who at NOAA "said that"?) --InfantGorilla 21:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

--Lovetoread 19:34, 17 December 2006 (UTC)lovetoread== Good I Hope They do Finally do something ==

Well I hope they do finally do something about this. Cause in the end this will kill us if we do nothing right now. They can't see what is happening to the Polor Bears that is just sad. That is the only home they have where are they going to go when it is all gone cause soon it will be then what. They won't be able to do anything but stand back watch as they become extinct. Something needs to be done for the better they is our only home not just for the animals but for us humans as well.

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Pope Benedict to visit Turkey amidst anti-pope protests

November 26, 2006

Pope Benedict will be visiting Turkey, a predominantly nation, for four days starting on November 28.

Some, organized by an Islamist party, protested the visit in the streets after hearing of the Pope's trip. Security concerns are on the rise as the protests progress.

Benedict will arrive in, the capital of Turkey. According to Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, objectives of the Pope's visit are to eliminate misunderstandings between Muslims and Christians, and to clean up the 1,000-year divide in between the Vatican and Orthodox churches. Benedict also plans to meet with political and religious leaders in Ankara.

Police are taking full measures to ensure the Pope is safe during his trip.


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Can we get a few more typos in this article please? --24.236.128.58 00:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes - perhaps you'd care to help?*

I did.--141.209.103.118 21:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * This is the worst case of typos I've seen :D — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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Move Page
It's supposed to be "amidst" not "among". Why aren't article titles editable?

 * Registered users can change the title by using the rename botton on the top of the page. Un-registered users need to type #redirect instead of clicking rename. — F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Divide
"clean up the 1,000-year divide in Christianity between the Vatican and Orthodox churches" -what's that? Towsonu2003 03:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Change of Image
The previous image looked weird. Because of the weird stuff on top of the golden cups (?), it looked like tohe picture was cut in two... Towsonu2003 03:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The stuff on top of the cups is not weird. They always do that in the Catholic Church. Both pictures are okay to use :) — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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John Key new leader of New Zealand National Party

November 27, 2006

Today at a special caucus meeting, member of parliaments (MP) for National agreed that the new leader of the opposition, New Zealand's National Party, is John Key and the deputy leader is Bill English. They are taking over from past leader, Dr Don Brash and past deputy leader, Gerry Brownlee.

Dr Brash quit last week as he thought he was damaging the image of the National Party and Gerry Brownlee didn't seek leadership or to continue being the deputy.

Bill English, 45-years-old, is the former leader of the National Party. He was outed in 2003, for a bad performance at the 2002 New Zealand elections, and replaced by Dr Brash. Mr English only managed to get 22% of the votes cast.

John Key, also 45-years-old, said at the announcement of the new leader and deputy leader that he was honoured that he was chosen to be the new leader of the National Party and also honoured that Mr English would be his deputy. "Can I tell you I think we will make a formidable team," he said. Key said the public placed a high value on unity.

"The new leadership represents the future," and Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and deputy PM, Michael Cullen "represent the past," Mr Key said.

Mr English had supported Mr Key as long as he was promised the position of deputy.

Murray McCully, strategy manager, met Mr English, Mr Key and Simon Power, supporter of Mr English, in Auckland where they discussed and finalised the takeover of the party.

Mr Key said: "...It was critical that we proved we can manage ourselves. If we do that successfully then we can earn the right to manage the country. People definitely took the view they were putting the party before themselves."

Mr English said that he believes that he and Mr Key will be the leaders for several elections.

The political editor for Newstalk ZB and Prime News, Barry Soper, said: "The two forty-somethings give the party a new, young look. It is a meteoric rise for John Key. The 45-year-old only rejoined the National Party less than 10 years ago, and became an MP just over four years ago. However, it is still not as meteoric as Don Brash's rise to the job - he had only been an MP for a year when he was made leader."

Dr Brash will however stay on the National Party. He is at number 3 on the list of National MPs, behind Key and English. His new caucus responsibilities will be Spokesman for the Security and Intelligence Service and Spokesman for Relationships with Non-Government Parties. His select committee responsibility is Security and Intelligence.

Since 1999 when New Zealand Labour Party took power, National has had four leaders which has given an image to the public of instability. Mr Key is the fifth leader.

Mr English will now be the finance spokesman taking over from Mr Key.


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Eden Park to be upgraded for New Zealand's Rugby World Cup

November 27, 2006

The New Zealand Government has announced that it is ditching its preferred option of building a new stadium on Auckland's waterfront and instead is going to upgrade Auckland's current stadium of Eden Park for the 2011 Rugby World Cup final that New Zealand is hosting.

The decision is only if Eden Park can do a "...redevelopment design, and on governance and funding issues going forward, with a report back to Cabinet by December 13. This report back date will not affect building timelines," Trevor Mallard, minister for sport, said.

The waterfront stadium was to cost NZ$497 million compared to the upgrade of Eden Park which will cost $385 million.

John Alexander, chief executive of Eden Park, said: "This decision is the right one for Auckland and for New Zealand. The Eden Park of 2011 will make Auckland and New Zealand proud. Not only will it preserve our rich sporting and social history, and provide sports viewing of an international quality, our plans will put the Park back into Eden Park."

Mr Mallard said: "The decision on a stadium had always been one for Auckland to make but unfortunately Auckland has been unable to agree to a preference, with Auckland City Council in favour of a waterfront site, and the Auckland Regional Council not favouring such a site."

The North Harbour stadium has been announced as the back up option, "It has also been agreed that North Harbour be considered as a reserve option for the time being..." Mr Mallard said.

"Cabinet today considered two options given this lack of unanimity - either to convene a group of all key parties to see whether issues with the waterfront could be overcome, or to support a redevelopment of Eden Park, which was the Auckland City Council's second option, subject to further work," Mr Mallard said.

"Cabinet decided to explore an alternative stadium site after it became clear - in August - that the cost of an Eden Park redevelopment had gone from around $150 million when the hosting bid was won, to an estimated $320 million. The latest Eden Park version is estimated to cost $385 million. If the government had been advised of the escalation of these costs earlier, then the timeframe would not have been so tight, and the process of evaluating options and consultation would have been much different," Trevor Mallard noted.


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Rajnath re-elected as chief of Bharatiya Janata Party

November 27, 2006

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh has been re-elected as the president of the party for the second time.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani proposed him to retain the post of the party president.

Singh filed his nomination to O.P. Kohli, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Kohli received other 15 nominations to support Rajnath as party chief.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Singh has been holding the position from December, last year after taking charge from Advani.

New term for singh is expected to follow the saffron brotherhood agenda to tighten the RSS control.


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Greg Chappell under fire for his remarks on Indian MPs

November 27, 2006

Members of Indian Parliament have attacked cricket coach Greg Chappell over his comments about the criticism levelled against him by certain politicians.

Chappell fuelled the controversy by making controversial statements and said that he was not surprised by the sharp criticism from the MPs over the team's poor performance in one-day international matches. He added that they were doing the "job they were paid for".

Seven Members of Parliament attacked him for his controversial statements. One of them even threatened a privilege motion against the coach.

Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhary said, "If Members of Parliament are willing, a privilege motion can be moved against Chappell,".

On Sunday, after 106-run defeat in Capetown, Chappell said that the key players are not playing well enough and that many players are out of form.


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Sexual orientation?

 * ''leader of the National Party before being outed in 2003

Is this a typo, or a factor in his replacement by Don Brash? --InfantGorilla 15:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Being outed is supposed to mean that Bill English was removed as leader of the National Party. Outed = Kicked out, etc. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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Labor government retains power in Victorian election

November 27, 2006

The Victorian Government has declared victory for a third term, with now the state's longest-serving  Premier. Following last weekend's state election, despite a primary vote swing of 4.4 per cent against the State Government, the  were unable to get the substantial shift neeeded to unseat Bracks' government.

Premier Steve Bracks told the ABC that the win is a historic result. "Only the second time in 150 years that a has won three consecutive elections," he said. Labor's Victorian president said the party expected to lose some seats after achieving a record win in 2002.

Opposition leader  conceded defeat but said the election result showed a renewed confidence in his team. "I look forward to working with them to keep this Government accountable," he said. He urged the Liberal Party to work towards the 2010 campaign.

Votes are still to be fully counted but the have achieved eight Lower House seats, while the  and Labor are still battling to see which party obtains the inner-city seat of.  reports that Mr Bracks could have a majority of 22 seats in the new parliament — down from 36.

The Bracks government was elected in 1999. Bracks is now Labor's longest serving Victorian premier, exceeding 's 3,047 day reign.


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Spanish cyclist Isaac Gálvez dies after crash in Ghent, Belgium

November 27, 2006

World Madison champion died in the early hours of Sunday morning after crashing on the fifth day of the  track cycling race.

He collided with Belgium's Dimitri DeFauw during the second Madison of the evening and hit a metal barrier. He was immediately knocked unconscious, and despite being resuscitated, he was pronounced dead at the Gent University Clinic hospital.

The race was immediately suspended, and the final day's racing was cancelled.

At the time of the accident, Gálvez and team-mate were lying second in the overall standings, one lap behind the Belgium/ pair  and.


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Talk:Korea: Multilateral negotiations may resume soon

I know we are not supposed to report on speculations, but on this occasion, I hope an exception will be made. This, if talks follow, will be an important moment in world history. We should look out for signs of Japan meeting DPRK. Fentonrobb 20:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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Korea: Multilateral negotiations may resume soon

November 27, 2006

Negotiations about the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula may be resumed soon. Talks which had included China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Northern Korea, the Republic of Korea (ROK) in South Korea, the United States, Russia and Japan broke down last November when USA took sanctions against the DPRK alleging that it had engaged in money laundering.

The DPRK alarmed the world and provoked international denunciation by conducting an underground nuclear test on October 8, 2006. Since then the DPRK has indicated its willingness to resume talks on nuclear disarmament, but no date has yet been fixed for a formal meeting.

Kenichiro Sasae, head of Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau has arrived in Beijing to meet Wu Dawei, vice foreign minister of China

The DPRK's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, may also visit Beijing shortly.


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Canadian Cabinet Minister resigns over Harper's Quebec motion

November 27, 2006

Michael Chong, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Sport, and MP for the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills, has resigned over Stephen Harper's Quebec motion. The motion asks MPs if Quebec is a nation "within a united Canada".

Chong opposed the vote saying that it was akin to ethnic nationalism, which he opposes.

"It is nothing else but the recognition of ethnic nationalism, and that is something I cannot support. It cannot be interpreted as the recognition of a territorial nationalism, or it does not refer to the geographic entity, but to a group of people," Chong said.

"I am resigning as minister so I can abstain from the vote tonight," Chong said at a news conference in Ottawa, the nations capital. "While I am loyal to my party and to my leader, my first loyalty is to my country. I believe in one nation undivided called Canada."

Chong remains a Conservative member of Parliament. Later in the day, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed York—Simcoe, Ontario MP Peter Van Loan to the position vacated by Chong.

Harper asked Liberal race contender Stéphane Dion for guidance with the Quebec motion instead of asking the now former Intergovernmental Affairs Minister, Michael Chong.

Michael Ignatieff, the front-runner in the Liberal leadership race, has proposed a similar motion. Liberal leadership candidate, Gerard Kennedy, said he opposes the motion and finds it divisive to national unity and could advance the separatist agenda.

The vote will be held tonight in the House of Commons.


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Duck hunters asked to help monitor spread of Avian Flu

November 28, 2006

Virginia duck and goose hunters, and waterfowl hunters in other parts of the U.S., might for the first time find themselves approached by state game officials who are testing harvested birds for the presence of Avian Flu. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) announced last week, at the start of the waterfowl hunting season, that it is working cooperatively with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Interior in its national strategy to monitor the spread of the pathogenic strain of Asian H5N1 among migratory birds. Species of particular interest are the brant, tundra swan, mute swan, mallard, and snow goose.

VDGIF staff are in the field checking popular hunting spots, waterway boat ramps, and wildlife management areas where returning hunters may be asked to allow them to perform a swab test on bagged birds. The VDGIF press release says the procedure only takes seconds to perform, and those who bagged 3 birds of the targeted species can call the department to have someone come check the birds.

Avian Flu first surfaced in Asia in 2003. It is uncertain what factors contribute to the spread of the disease, but newer strains of H5N1 are more communicable than earlier recognized strains. "Although the spread of H5N1 in Asia has been primarily due to movement of domestic birds, the movement of this virus into wild birds raised the possibility that these species may also spread the virus," the U.S.Department of the Interior found in its March 2006 interagency strategic plan for early detection of the disease. It was found that Avian flu moved into wild birds and caused mortality among species of barheaded geese, brown-headed gulls, black-headed gulls, ruddy shelducks, and great cormorants in China in 2005.

The migratory flyways considered most at risk of disease transmission are on the Pacific side of the Americas in Alaska and the Pacific NorthWest, closest to Asia. The Atlantic flyway shares migratory influence from Europe and Africa where the Avian Flu has also been found.

A low pathogenic strain of H5N1 that currently exists in North America is common among waterfowl. Testing for the more virulent strains involves swabbing the bird's throat or rectum.


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Canadian House of Commons passes Quebecois nation motion

November 28, 2006

The Canadian approved a motion recognizing the  [the people of Quebec] as a nation within Canada, Monday night, by a margin of 266 to 16. The government motion was supported by the opposition Liberal, New Democratic and Bloc Québécois parties although 15 Liberal MPs voted against it along with Independent MP. Several Conservative MPs abstained from the vote including who resigned earlier in the day as Intergovernmental Affairs minister due to his opposition to the motion. While the dissenting Liberal MPs do not face censure by their party, Conservative backbenchers who opposed the resolution could only go as far as abstaining if they wished to remain in the Tory caucus, according to Mr. Chong.

The surprise motion was introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on November 22 in response to a motion by the Bloc Québécois that the House recognize Quebec as a nation. The government resolution substituted the word Québécois for Quebeckers and added the words "within a united Canada". The motion reads: "That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada."

The government has stated that they have no intention to amend the to recognize Quebec's national status although several political analysts have argued that such an attempt is now inevitable.

Recognizing Quebec as a nation is a concept that has divided the in the period leading to its leadership convention this weekend with leadership contender Michael Ignatieff proposing that idea earlier this fall. Leadership candidates and  voted against the House of Commons resolution and contender Gerard Kennedy also expressed his opposition while Bob Rae and Stéphane Dion, who have both been critical of Ignatieff's call for a constitutional amendment have expressed their support for the House of Commons resolution.


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Liberals, BQ, win Canadian by-elections

November 28, 2006

A pair of by-elections called to fill vacancies in the Canadian House of Commons have resulted in the status quo being maintained with Liberal candidate Glen Pearson beating back a strong challenge by Green Party leader Elizabeth May in London North Centre and Raymond Gravel retaining the Quebec riding of Repentigny for the Bloc Québécois.

The by-elections were necessitated by the resignation of Liberal MP Joe Fontana who left parliament in a failed bid to become mayor of London, Ontario and by the death of BQ MP Benoît Sauvageau in a tragic car crash.

The London vote was closely watched due to May's attempt to become Canada's first Green Party MP and by the high-profile candidacy of former London mayor Dianne Haskett running for the Conservatives.

Pearson, a firefighter and community activist, won London North Centre with 34.7% of the vote with the Green Party's Elizabeth May coming 3,000 votes behind with 25.9% and Tory Dianne Haskett finishing third with 24%. The NDP's Megan Walker came fourth with 14.2%.

In the Montreal-area riding of Repentigny the BQ's Gravel won easily with 66.3% of the vote, Conservative Stéphane Bourgon finished well back in second place with 18.7% with New Democrat Réjean Bellemare coming in third with 7% of the vote.

The votes were also viewed as a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government. In Repentigny, the vote shares were similar to the outcomes in the Montreal-area riding in the last federal election with the BQ doing slightly better and the Liberals slightly worse. In London North Centre the major change was in the Green Party's result with Elizabeth May quadrupled the party's previous result by taking votes from all of the other parties. The Liberals and Tories each lost 5% while the NDP dropped 10% or one-third of their votes from the January 23rd general election.

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The last paragraph of the story is original reporting based on a comparison of the by-election results with the results in those ridings in the last federal election. The Elections Canada website was used as a source. Crimson 03:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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New Zealand Telecom could be split into three

November 28, 2006

The Parliamentary Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has today released the amendments it made to the Telecommunications Act of 2001. The regulation will most likely cause Telecom New Zealand to be split into three, one for each division. They will report to parliament in a weeks time.

The three divisions will cover a fixed network access services unit, a wholesale business and the retail side of Telecom. All these divisions will still be run dependently by Telecom New Zealand under a fixed directors board. If Telecom cannot split itself then it will be penalised NZ$10 million, unless they have a good reason.

Telecom New Zealand has said that the carving up of their company is "Not ideal..."

Wayne Boyd, chairman of Telecom, said: "We made it clear that we preferred a simpler form of operational separation which we believed was better suited to New Zealand. This form of separation is more complicated and costly than we believe is necessary for New Zealand but we will work to implement it as swiftly as reasonably possible. With the reorganisation Telecom has been working on since early this year, Telecom has already made progress..."

The government has welcomed the changes. "The committee's proposed amendments have been made public... The government will consider the recommendations before deciding on the next step in the progress of this bill," David Cunliffe, minister of communications and minister of information technology, said.

The regulation is harsher than what Mr Cunliffe had originally planned for in his draft bill introduced into parliament on June 29.

Part of the new bill is expected to cover unbundling of the local loop which was announced on May 3, 2006. The local loop is currently owned and operated under Telecom, New Zealand's telecommunications monopoly company.

The new amendments will enable the government to deliver "faster, better broadband Internet access."

The splitting of Telecom is similar to what happened to the British Telecom.


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Sanjay Dutt found guilty under Arms Act in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

November 28, 2006

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been pronounced guilty under the Arms Act for possession of illegal weapons, in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case by a TADA court in Mumbai.

The Special TADA court in Mumbai found the actor guilty of charges framed under the Sections 3 (possession of firearms and ammunition, i.e. registered 9 mm pistol, without proper license ) and 7 (have in his possession for transferof prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition, i.e. AK-56 rifle ) read with Section 25 9imprisonment of maximum of 3.5 years or with fine, or with both ) of the Arms Act.

Judge Pramod Kode gave the decision in the 11-year trial on the series of blasts on March 12, 1993, that killed 257 people. He did not find Dutt to be a terrorist or destructor.

47-year-old Sanjay Dutt has been charged under Section 120B IPC (rigorous imprisonment for a term of minimum two years for criminal conspiracy ), Section 3 (3) of TADA (P) act (for conspiring to facilitate the commission of a terrorist act, minimum imprisonment of five years ).

The minimum punishment for these charges would be five-year sentence. Before being granted bail Dutt has already spent almost 18 months in the jail as an undertrial.

Meanwhile, co-accused Yusuf Nulwala and Kersi Adajania were also found guilty under the arms act. Other accused persons are Samir Hingora, Ibrahim Moosa, Manzoor Ahmed, Zebunissa, Rusi Mulla and Ajay Marwah.

Dutt was in possession of one AK-56 rifle and its ammunition, a 9 mm pistol and its cartridges.

The appeals for TADA court could be made in Supreme Court within 28 days. According to legal experts, Dutt's lawyers would try and move High Court, saying he has been convicted not under TADA act, but the Arms Act.

After hearing a petintion moved by Dutt's lawyers, the court granted him an interim relief of twenty days. Now he has to surrender himself to the Mumbai police by December 19.


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wikinews addresses a general & worldwide audience. all the section this and section that will have to be explained, if they are mentioned. from what i can find according to The Hindu, the 3 is reg. the pistol and the 7, the AK56. — Doldrums(talk) 10:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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Union Coal Minister Shibu Soren convicted in the murder case by Delhi court

November 28, 2006

A Delhi court has convicted Union Coal Minister Shibu Soren and four other people for abducting and murdering his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994.

According to CBI report, Jha's family memebrs told that he was apprehensive of the threat to his life from Soren and his family members. According to police, Jha was murdered because he was well aware of the deal between Soren's Party and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Others who have been convicted by the court are, Nand Kishore Mehta alias Nandu, Pashupati Nath Mehta alias Posho, Ajay Kumar Mehta alias Dillip, and Shailendra Bhattacharya. Whereas, two other accused, Sunil Khaware and Asish Thakur were acquitted by the court.

JMM leader, 62-year-old Soren, was taken into custody after the verdict and later sent to Tihar Jail. On the other hand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Soren for his resignation.

According to Jharkhand court, Soren was allegedly involved in a mass-killing case about two decades ago and had to quit the UPA government after issuing a non-bailable warrant against him by the court. However, he was able to secure a bail after spending about a month in judicial custody.

Soren resigned from the UPA government to become the chief minister of Jharkhand. He was in office for 9 days but could not gain vote of confidence. Then he again returned to the cabinet ministry.


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Korea: Delegates prepare for negotiations

November 28, 2006

The envoys of the United States, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea have reached Beijing. They will hold a meeting to negotiate over the North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

The US State Department has said that a meeting between Christopher Hill, US negotiator, and DPRK's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan was an “open possibility”.

The top North Korean envoy,, had indicated that the initiative for negotiations should be taken by the United States and that the DPRK was ready to negotiate at any time. He said that DPTK was in a “dignified position” as it had demonstrated through its nuclear test that it could defend itself against sanctions and other pressures.

Any meetings between the envoys will be informal and, according to the Chun Yung-woo the South Korean envoy, will concentrate on preparing the ground for negotiations and will not address the issues directly.

Christopher Hill said "The issue for us is to make sure we are extremely well-planned and ready for the six-party talks, which we do anticipate will get going at some point very soon,"

The negotiations are expected to discuss such matters as US economic sanctions against DRPK, the recent underground nuclear test in North Korea and the development of long range ballistic missiles by the DPRK.

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Pope begins official visit to Turkey

November 28, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI is in Turkey for his first trip to a Muslim country. The leader arrived in the Turkish capital  under very tight security measures and had a brief meeting for 20 minutes with,. According to the official program of the Papal visit, Benedict XVI will also visit the mausoleum of, founder of the Turkish Republic.

Tomorrow, the Pope has scheduled to visit in order to meet with the spiritual leader of the  Church, the   in Fener, Istanbul. On the same day, during his stay in Istanbul, the Pope will visit the Church of  as well as the.

The Pope's visit to Turkey has provoked anger from the side of who demomstrated in Ankara and Istanbul two days before Benedict's arrival. In a speech to an academic audience, some months ago, the Pope quoted a Byzantine Emperor who characterised Islam as a violent religion.

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Australian report shows emissions increase "more than doubled since the 1990s"

November 28, 2006 Atmospheric scientists warn that greenhouse gas emissions are increasing more rapidly, despite global efforts to curb the use of fossil fuels, new research by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) shows.

According to CSIRO research scientist Dr Mike Raupach, 7.9 billion tonnes of carbon were emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide in 2005 - a doubling in the rate of increase since 1990 - and the rate of increase continues to accelerate.

Data from the Cape Grim air pollution monitoring station in north-west Tasmania shows carbon dioxide emissions have increased by 2.5% each year for the past five years. "From 2000 to 2005, the growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions was more than 2.5% per year, whereas in the 1990s it was less than 1% per year," Dr Raupach says.

Dr Raupach, who co-chairs the international Global Carbon Project also, was surprised by his research results. "It shows recent efforts globally to reduce emissions have had little impact on emissions growth," he said. The CSIRO found that in global terms, China has the highest current growth rate in CO2 emissions although it's emissions per person are below the global average. China's accumulated contribution since the start the 1800s is only five per cent of the global total. The USA and Europe have each contributed more than 25% of accumulated global emissions.

Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere — a separate measure to carbon emissions — had also increased at an unprecedented rate. Dr Paul Fraser, also from CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, said that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide grew by two parts per million in 2005, the fourth year in a row of above-average growth. "To have four years in a row of above-average carbon dioxide growth is unprecedented," Dr Fraser said.

He said the trend over recent years suggests the growth rate is accelerating, "signifying that fossil fuels are having an impact on greenhouse gas concentrations in a way we haven’t seen in the past."


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Thanks for making this a lead feature. And thanks for the edits folks. Article mostly derived from the CSIRO media release. The CSIRO is an excellent source for news stories and research. You can also sign up for CSIRO media releases. --elliot_k 17:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


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New Zealand company planning for monorail in Wellington

November 29, 2006

SkyCabs International, a New Zealand company based in, has announced that it is planning to build a in New Zealand's capital, Wellington for about ]300 million.

SkyCabs International's plans are to build a monorail service that starts in which then travels into the central business district (CBD) and then finally goes to.

The chief executive of SkyCabs, Hugh Chapman, said that it could be "...economically feasible." And that the monorail would be "a real opportunity." The monorail would also be environmentally friendly, according to Mr Chapman.

"SkyCabs' cabs could run in opposite directions on both sides of the beam - instead of on the top as standard monorails do - at speeds of up to 80kmh and carrying 4800 people an hour in each direction. A monorail around Evans Bay and Oriental Bay would blow tourists' minds," said Mr Chapman.

SkyCabs is currently trying to raise $31.2 million so it can built a 600 metre track in Auckland to show investors and the public what the monorail will look like and how it will work as their technology is so far unproven and untested. The possible site is Rainbows End, a theme park in Auckland.

"Potentially, if we can prove it works, the market is about $25.4 billion a year," Mr Chapman said.

Andrew Cutler, spokesman for the greater Wellington regional council, said: "SkyCabs had briefed some council staff on its ideas. However, given the council and Government recently committed to a $50 million upgrade of the Johnsonville rail line, SkyCabs would certainly not be constructing a Johnsonville-to-city monorail."


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I think DPL's auto-cutoff after a certain number of articles (which changes every once and a while). In the past I've had wildly different resualts with just cat puplished. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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Two fallen Canadian soldiers return home from Afghanistan

November 29, 2006

The bodies of two Canadian soldiers killed by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan were brought back to Canada. Both were from CFB Petawawa located in Petawawa, Ontario.

Their vehicle has intercepted on a road by a suicide bomber. A helicopter came helping all injured and possibly dead soldiers into it where they received medical attention somewhere safe. This time, their vehicle was blown up by a man's car when he drived into them and detonated his car. Two Canadians were killed, the rest were injured.

Canadian, U.S., Dutch, and British soldiers stood at Kandhar Airfield Thursday to farewell Cpl. Albert Storm and Officer Robert Girouard. A piper played Amazing Grace as the Canadian flag-covered coffins were carried onto the C-130 Hercules aircraft for their flight home.

"It's very hard for me to do it but I know my colleague, my friend and soldier, is going home to a restful place," Cpl. Victor Thibault, 38, of Digby, Nova Scotia said to the Canadian Press. "He's done what he had to do and I believe that's good... He was a good friend. I will miss him," he said.

Forty-four Canadian soldiers as well as one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002. About 2,500 Canadian troops are serving in Afghanistan.


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Hell Pizza condom advertisements: complaints upheld

November 29, 2006

A record number of complaints, over 600, against the New Zealand restaurant chain Hell Pizza for its advertising campaign using condoms delivered via letterbox have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Family First "welcomes heavenly decision from ASA on Hells Pizza."

Hell Pizza delivered sealed foil condoms in a cardboard box to households nationwide. On the outside of the box were the words: "Our pizza for meat lovers!" and the restaurant logo. The inside of the box included the condom and explicit instructions on how to use it. Hell Pizza delivered 70,000 condoms to households. An additional 100,000 were distributed to health and community groups who the chain said were "very supportive."

Bob McCoskrie, director of Family First, said: "This is a victory for the protection of families from grubby advertising by companies like Hell’s Pizza, and is also a message to other companies who cross the line of what is decent and acceptable to our community. This is a pizza delivery company taking the moral high ground on sex education and telling parents how to give sex education to their kids, implying that all parents have failed at this, and kids as young as five should be exposed to this type of material."

S. Nicholas filed a formal complaint and said in the complaint:" Any child can open the box take out these condoms and play with them. These are contraceptive devices, not playthings. The package also gave full instructions 'how to use the condom' in case some young person wanted to 'experiment'! It shows lack of taste and is irresponsible."

Other complainants said that it is inappropriate to promote food with a condom, the text "meat lovers" was offensive, that it undermined family values, and removed the right for families to teach sex education to their children. Condom use instructions that came with the advertising campaign were unnecessary and unacceptable and that there are health and safety issues if the condom broke during delivery.

The ASA said that three code of ethic rules were broken. They were basic principle 4, advertisements should follow a sense of social responsibility to both the consumers and society; rule 4, advertisements should not contain anything generally offensive and rule 5, advertisements should not contain anything that would cause serious widespread offence.

The agency Cinderella, acting on behalf of Hell Pizza, said that they "most certainly did approach this campaign with a due sense of social responsibility to consumers and society."

Cinderella said: "From the very beginning, the company’s marketing activities were unconventional and memorable... HELL has built a successful brand by utilizing a limited marketing budget in ways that sought to grab attention and secure significant additional media coverage that would never have been able to be sustained using conventional, paid-for, advertising techniques."

"LUST and sex are, in our experience, often found not far apart. One generally follows the other. And enjoying great food either before or after is also not such a stretch."

Replying to the instructions that have to be printed, Cinderella said: "The terms are not really sexually arousing and the suggestion made by one hysterical complainant that they could then go and act out the instructions on the next door child is just not plausible and probably not even physically possible. It borders on insane to believe that this is a credible risk. ...there has not been an explosion of sexual assault of children after being exposed to government health warnings."

The ASA then considered all information given to them by both complainants and the advertiser.

The ASA agreed that the advertisements were in breach of basic principle 4 because: "Unsolicited, unaddressed delivery of a condom to letterboxes to promote a food brand did not meet [the basic principle 4] standard." The standard "required all advertising to be prepared with a due sense of social responsibility to consumers and society."

The ASA then reviewed whether or not the advertisement programme had breached rule 4 and rule 5. "The method of distribution was a key factor in considering whether or not the promotion had breached the Rules, taking into account the random context, medium, audience and product. The majority of the Board noted that it was difficult to target specific groups or ages using unaddressed letterbox distribution. In addition, it was concerned that such a method of distribution allowed any member of a household access to the advertising." The majority of the ASA board did not find the instructions offensive but did agree that it would cause widespread offense. The advertisement programme is in breach of rule 4 and rule 5.

Some of the ASA board said: "...While the promotion had caused offence to some, this was offset by the possibility that the promotion had reached an audience that may not access the safe sex message via other media."

The ASA decided to uphold the complaints, "complaints were unanimously upheld."

"Our message to Hell’s Pizza is simple – stay out of the bedroom and get back into the kitchen," Mr McCoskrie said.


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I used the press releases listed.

"S. Nicholas" and "Cinderella" quoted? This needs looking at.
 * Why? --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:06, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Because they're mythical characters? 71.144.123.33 06:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Cinderella is the advertising agency, one such does exist in New Zealand . --Stalfur 13:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * And S. Nicholas is a complainant to the ASA of which the complaint is published. --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Foil condoms? Really?


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Wikipedia again blocked in China

December 1, 2006

Beijing internet censors have re-blocked the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. The site, previously unblocked in early November after a year-long ban, once again appears to be inaccessible to Chinese web surfers.

Many surfers had welcomed access to the site, with a 75% increase in the number of new articles posted, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The ban on Wikipedia is likely an effort to contain information relating to sensitive topics in China, such as Tibet and Taiwan. CNN reports that Chinese registrations on Wikipedia had jumped to around 1,300 a day after the unblocking, more than three times the previous average of 400 per-day.

It is still unclear if the ban will be lifted again, as the list of blocked and unblocked material for Beijing's internet zone is constantly changed.

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Kurdish operating system under investigation by Turkish attorney general

November 30, 2006

Previously, we reported that Kurdish Linux was launched in Turkey: Kurdish Ubuntu, a Linux distribution, was promoted this week with a reception in Diyarbakir. Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution to implement Kurdish localization. Kurdish localization in Linux was an important milestone for Turkey due to ethnic conflicts.

According to Milliyet and Radikal, well-known Turkish newspapers, the Diyarbakir Attorney General of the Republic of Turkey started an official investigation on the mayor of Sur (a town in Diyarbakir) and on Ubuntu. Although the official cause of investigation was not specified, in the light of the ethnic conflicts in Turkey, a Kurdish operating system was not welcomed by Turkish officials. Mark Shuttleworth (founder of the Ubuntu Foundation and head developer of Ubuntu) and his team is looking at how to help ameliorate the situation.

Kurdish Ubuntu was prepared by a team of hardworking translators working on the Rosetta web application. In his talk at the reception, the mayor of Sur (a town in Diyarbakir) said that "Whatever language it is in, we wanted it [our service] to be accessible multilingually because multilingualism is our wealth. Our work is being conducted on Kurdish, English, and Turkish language support. ... If we can integrate multilingualism, multi-identities, and multi-culturalism in this nation, this region will be a place of peace instead of conflicts." Mehmed Uzun, a Kurdish writer, speaking about the Kurdish language, told the attendees that "Our most important problem is that the language is not standardized. The Kurdish language should be standardized." Ubuntu was later distributed to the reception's attendees.


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Ubuntu ideology
The inclusion of the Ubuntu ideology is not NPOV, please do not delete. The investigation is relevant to the ideology: the translation of the operating system into Kurdish was an attempt to embrace a minority group. This is in accordance with the ubuntu ideology, and the investigation in fact brings the operating system and the ideology together in that way ironically... Towsonu2003 05:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm personally skeptical whether we should mention the idealogy is such great detail. This is a newspaper. The details should be covered in an encylopedia or whatever (e.g. wikipedia) Nil Einne 07:15, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What is the ubuntu ideology have nothing to do into this article. to be removed. Jacques Divol 21:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

 * in fact, it's mainly a copyright violation of wikipédia article on ubuntu ideology. Wikinews CC by CA licence do not permit us to copy/paste article (or part of article) from Wikipedia to Wikinews. sorry; Jacques Divol 22:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

So, what's it about?
That is, why is the AG investigating this OS? 68.39.174.238 21:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. This is the news, not the screenshots and other fluff. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * OS is under investigation bc it is in Turkish. please see the "ethnic conflict" link within the article for info on that. as per the screenshots, those are the only screenshot available on the NET for the OS in THIS language, so it adds to the news... Also, don't forget that some people don't know what an OS and what Linux are... Screenshots illustrate both that and the language used there Towsonu2003 01:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Nice job on the rewrite, whoever. 68.39.174.238 07:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

One source, in Turkish ?
Is there an agreed policy for using sources in languages other than English? I can't read Turkish either, but I am more concerned that this is not flagged as a 'single source' story (only one Turkish newspaper is cited for the AG's investigation.) I do not understand Divol's reason for unpublishing, but I am restoring a previous version of Third lead for consistency. --InfantGorilla 00:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll add the second news reference now and publish this. I don't see any valid reasons to unpublish an article because the source isn't in English. It's ethnocentric at best. Find a Turkish person to validate the references if you would like to. Towsonu2003 01:19, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * no, it's english wikinews here, it's not ethnocentric . there is rules about using English sources. Jacques Divol 09:09, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Screenshots
The screenshots which were included in the launch article do not seem relevant for this article, one or two would suffice, not a collection which are larger than the entire article - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:20, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

This news headline was probably incorrect
Mayor who was investigated is acquitted: http://www.bianet.org/2006/10/01_eng/news85560.htm According to this page the reason for investigation wasn't localization of Ubuntu. It seem Anadolu Agency reporter (the only source of this news that we're aware of) produced incorrect news.
 * [see below] I'm reinstating the info on why the investigation was launched (what you labeled as my educated guess seems to be true indeed. From that news item: Case was launched on grounds that the PKK also demands Kurdish language rights.
 * Thanks for the reference :) Towsonu2003 09:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * He was acquitted in another case, not in this case. --Erdal Ronahi 00:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I misread the linked article sorry. He's not acquitted from this one. Towsonu2003 00:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Material for new item
I will make a new news item for the source that says "case dismissed". It seems very interesting. If you don't see that new info around, just remind me via my talk page. Thanks a lot for the link Towsonu2003 09:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I misread the link above, that article is talking about something else... Towsonu2003 00:29, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

wikiubuntu ingilzce şöle bir lafınız var

We will nevertheless go on to promote free software for everbody in his or her mother language

Kürtçe sizin ana dilinizmi?Madem o kadar bilgilisiniz bunuda açıklayın...Turkiye sadece bir tek anadil var oda TURKÇE kendi etnik diliniz olarak lanse etseydiniz kimse size birşey demezdi..ayrıca turk yetkililer memnun kalmadı demişsiniz...Nedenini söleseniz birde...

ayrıca ubuntuforums.org ile irtibata geçmeye çalışıyorum Turkçe yerel takımı açmaya çalışıyoruz ama bi şekilde bize yanıt vermiyolar vede ilgilenmiyorlar..Ubuntu felsefesi böle birşeymi???

Is Kurdish your motherlanguage?Why don't you tell the truht to people?There is only one motherlanguage in Turkey and it is Turkish as you know!!! but you said "We will nevertheless go on to promote free software for everbody in his or her mother language" in wikiubuntu...this is why offical start investigation about you..if you told that kurdish is you etnical language noone disturbs you..why don't you tell these?

Correction
Ubuntu wasn't under investigation.

 * Yes, we should not mix things together. It is no problem to use kurdish OS on privat computers but it is indeed a problem of using it on governmental computers in municipal services, that was the point of the investigation as far as I heard about it. But the mayor clarified it and was acquitted, so the problem is solved.


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Talk:Canadian House of Commons passes Quebecois nation motion

I think this is a good article but a little inaccessable to non-Canadians. What I'm asking is what does this term 'a nation within' mean? My knowledge of Canadian society is limited so I am guessing here but are the First Nations/Aboriginal peoples are also considered 'nations within'? Just a suggestion that might bring an idea of what this means (beyond political posturing). --Sgt Howie 10:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Interwiki
French interwiki to update:
 * from Les Québécois reconnus comme une nation au sein du Canada
 * to Adoption de la motion reconnaissant les Québécois comme une nation au sein d'un Canada uni

Thanks. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 13:08, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

✅  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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You have protected the page to prevent alterations, on the presumption that the stub is correct, as it stands. WRONG! Which one of you wrote this: "[the people of Quebec]" right after the word "QUEBECOIS"?

Do you realize that you are indulging in LEGAL INTERPRETATION? HOW do you know what Harper meant by the word QUEBECOIS? If you knew any Quebec history at all, you would know that the FRENCH CANADIANS, who are the majority here, and to whom the Legislature permanently belongs by means of the lawful Confederation of 1867, DO NOT CONSIDER NON-FRENCH-CANADIANS as members of the French Canadian "PEOPLE".

The "QUEBECOIS" reference is a political scam to attempt to sweep all residents on Quebec soil into the same "secession" bag, in order to match up with the precedent for "international state recognition" set by the BADINTER ARBITRATION COMMISSION at the time the major powers decided to destroy Yugoslavia by "international state recognition". They conducted their illegal and violent recognition not on the basis of ETHNICITY (the original basis of the federal state of Yugoslavia), but on the basis of BORDERS, so that all within a given territory composing Yugoslavia, were suddenly swept into that seceding state by FORCE. The Serb population, which over 80-90 years had spread out from their own Serb state into other adjoining areas of Yugoslavia, saw THEIR ETHNICITY attacked and facing "national" destruction, being split up among other "seceding" states.

The precedent still stands. The HARPER "QUEBECOIS" "NATION" motion sweeps ALL ethnicities into the ludicrous concept of a QUEBECOIS ETHNICITY embracing over 200 foreign races that have been mass immigrated into Quebec in the past 30-40 years.... with intent by the federal government in fact to ERADICATE the French Canadians, and their constitutional legislature; same as they are using mass immigration to eradicate the other Founding Canadians (English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch, etc.) in order to DESTROY NATIONALISM.

The word "QUEBECOIS" is a trick to equate the territory, the borders of Quebec, with "nation", in order to use the BADINTER STANDARDS later to have Quebec "internationally recognized" AS A NATION, in order to DISMANTLE CANADA for North American Union.

Please do NOT make LEGAL INTERPRETATIONS of words, when you don't know what you're talking about. Thank you.

Kindly UNFREEZE the page and remove those words in brackets, and DO NOT pretend to define what the word "QUEBECOIS" "means" in Harper's Machiavellian "nation" motion. In other words, the ludicrous word "QUEBECOIS" (implying 200+ ethnicities are one "people") is a trick to indirectly refer to BORDERS and TERRITORY, the basis on which "recognition" will take place according to the Badinter Standards. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.246.226.93 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 26 March 2014

 * You are mistaken about why the page is protected. You are also mistaken in calling it a stub.  This is Wikinews, not Wikipedia.  Changes to archived articles are limited to (1) trivial copyedits (such as spelling corrections that don't change the meaning), and (2) correction notices.  You'd have to make a rational case for either.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:42, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The edit history of the article is publicly available, btw, if you want to work out who wrote which parts of it. --Pi zero (talk) 22:45, 26 March 2014 (UTC)


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Hare Krishna village in Kazakhstan - fears of further demolition

November 29, 2006

A number of properties in a Hare Krishna village in Kazakhstan were demolished on November 21, by the local authorities, causing international outrage by religious freedom groups and Hindu associations alike. Since the attack fears are now rising within the community of further demolition to the remaining properties, including the main temple structure.

"The community is in shock, but they are determined to defend their homes and place of worship," community member Govinda Swami told Forum 18 News Service. He says destruction of the temple would be "devastating".

The authorities in Kazaksthan claim that the Hare Krishna devotees had no official right to their homes. However human rights activists Ninel Fokina and Andrei Grishin, state in reply that while 13 out of the 66 Hare Krishna homes were destroyed on court orders, "the adjacent houses of other people who do not belong to the Society for Krishna Consciousness were left untouched even though their title deeds have the same status".

The Hare village itself, known as 'Sri Vrindavan Dham commune' (named after Vrindavan forest in India is based in the Keskelen district, in the town of Seleksia, close to Almaty. It was the only village of it's type run by Hare Krishna devotees in the country.

According to human rights activist Yevgeni Zhovtis: "Unfortunately Kazakh law does not prohibit evictions during the winter period and also does not oblige the court bailiffs to give those being evicted a few days notice," "All the same, there were crude violations of the law. The court bailiffs had the right to evict the residents of the houses but not to demolish the buildings themselves. It was also a very crude violation to throw the belongings of the Krishna devotees into the mud. The court bailiffs were obliged to put the devotees' belongings into store."

Local journalist Grishin claims to have had his camera confiscated by the Police and to have been threatened "If I see you here again, I will personally smash your eyes, even though I am the hakim."

Protests are being made by Hindu groups and members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness around the world in an attempt to halt any further demolition or other forms of alleged religious persecution. Groups within the UK have brought the issue to the attention of both Tony Blair, and the House of Commons.

One of the Indian political parties, Bharatiya Janata Party criticised the central government for keeping silence over the issue. The party is expected to follow the saffron brotherhood agenda in the second term of Rajnath Singh.


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