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CPC
It's called the Communist Party of China on Wikipedia, and that article uses CPC. Do you have a source that suggests using CCP instead? — DV 22:39, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Writing contest invitation
Hi Dpr!

I'd like to invite you to participate in the Writing contest. Quite a lot of prizes are waiting for the winner, and with 6 contestants left, your chances are pretty good. See the contest page for the rules; in a nutshell, every contestant has to write one article per day, or they will drop out. There's a catch: As a late entrant, you would have to write at least 2 articles per day until your "article debt" (1 article for every day you joined late, after March 21) is zero.

Still, seeing how prolific you've been here so far, I think you could pull it off. So, what do you think?--Eloquence 23:44, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Riot in China
Hi Dpr,

I noticed that you removed the Xinhua citation from the list of sources in the article, Chinese rioters storm Japanese embassy in Beijing, with the comment "copyediting".

Here is the entry in the article's history showing your edit.

Was this deletion intentional? I went ahead and restored the Xinhua citation on the assumption that your deletion was a mistake. — DV 23:53, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * No, DV, I apologize...completely unintentional! Thanks for restoring it. Dpr 00:09, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks again for helping to improve so many of the China-related articles. I appreciate it. Sometimes there aren't so many contributors interested in such stories.

 * Also, I'm glad you chose to sign in with a name so I can know you as someone more than IP 70.57.139.181. — DV 00:33, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Le Monde
Thanks for the Le Monde link.

I followed up on your comments on the article's user talk page. — DV 02:26, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I added a question about non-English sources to the Policy section of the Water cooler. Hopefully some of the regular contributors will continue the discussion over there. — DV 04:06, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Three Romanian journalists abducted in Iraq

March 30, 2005

Three Romanian journalists were abducted in Baghdad, Iraq shortly after Romanian President Traian Băsescu visited the country to meet with the Romanian troops deployed there. The journalists went missing Monday, and have been identified as reporter Marie Jeanne Ion, cameraman Sorin Dumitru Miscoci and reporter Ovidiu Ohanesian. Miscoci and Ion were both from the television station Prima TV, which had been in Baghdad for five days to conduct interviews with Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and interim President Ghazi al-Yawer. Ohanesian was an investigative reporter from the Bucharest-based 'România liberă' newspaper, and was scheduled to return to Romania this weekend.

The three journalists were abducted from a street next to the Flowerland Hotel, in the upscale Jadriya neighborhood, where they were staying. A hotel employee stated that the abduction occurred at approximately 20:30 on Monday. Prima TV also confirmed that it lost contact with the crew at 19:45 on Monday, and that Ion and Miscoci were probably kidnapped by a rebel group from Baghdad's al-Mansur district.

Kidnapping confirmed
The kidnapping was confirmed as Marie Jeanne Ion made a phone call to the Prima TV newsroom shortly after she was abducted, speaking a mixture of Romanian, English and Arabic. She told her colleagues to call the Romanian Embassy in Baghdad for help. Voices of men, seemingly angry and shouting in Arabic, could be heard in the background. A few minutes later, Ion sent an SMS message from her mobile phone to Prima TV, saying "Help, this is not a joke, we've been kidnapped. Help!"

Dan Dumitru, the news director at Prima TV, told another television station, Realitatea TV, "All I know [is that] they have been taken by force and we can't reach them any more." Ohanesian, the reporter from 'România liberă', could not be contacted, even though his colleagues in Bucharest tried ringing his mobile phone, which was switched off.

Romanian authorities promise action

President Traian Băsescu, who has just returned from a surprise visit to Iraq, said on Monday night that "All the state structures are on alert and determined to resolve the disappearance of the three journalists." He also said that Romania has sought the help of the US-led coalition authorities in Iraq.

Romanian Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu confirmed the kidnapping on Tuesday morning, while on Monday evening he claimed that it was unclear what had happened to the three abducted journalists, and that no-one had contacted the Romanian government or authorities demanding a ransom. He went on to say that the journalists went missing in an upscale district that is only known for low-level crime, and that there is consequently a "ray of hope" that their abduction is not serious. However, Tăriceanu said that a special crisis unit was created inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to solve the abduction problem. The unit will make use of all necessary state institutions, including Romanian and foreign intelligence agencies.

Abduction could soften Romania's stance on Iraq
Romania currently has one of the world's largest contingents in Iraq, with more than 800 troops. During his visit to Baghdad on the weekend, President Băsescu said that he does not want to reduce the troop contingent and that Romania "will continue to take part in the reconstruction and stabilization missions in Iraq." Romania also announced that it will be sending 100 troops for peacekeeping purposes soon. This news comes in a time when most other countries in Europe have considered recalling their troops.

Until now, the Romanian presence in Iraq has not been as controversial as in other countries, mainly because no Romanian troops have died in Iraq. However, the abduction of the three journalists, announced on Monday, is expected to result in a decline of public support for the war, especially since 55% of Romanians are opposed to Romania's contribution to the war, after an opinion poll conducted in Bucharest on Monday. This is expect to result in authorities in reducing their plans for a stronger Romanian military presence in Iraq.

Romanian political analyst Stelian Tănase said, "It will be a shock for the public. It is the first time something like this has happened. If Romanian authorities aren't able to free the journalists, it will harm the support that Băsescu enjoys."

French government send their sympathies

The French authorities were the first government to sent their sympathies to the Romanian people in regards to the abduction of the three journalists. The spokesperson of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michel Barnier, said "Romania can be sure of France's understanding." In response to whether Romania and France will collaborate on this case, M. Barnier said, "We will see if there is a request from the Romanian authorities." French journalists have also fallen victim to Iraqi rebels. Florence Aubenas, a French journalist, and her Iraqi guide were kidnapped in January 5 of this year, and have not yet been found.


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Laura Bush takes a quick trip to Afghanistan

March 29, 2005 In a surprise announcement, United States First Lady Laura Bush flew to Afghanistan for a 5-hour stay today. Bush has desired to take this trip for a number of years, but it has been delayed for security reasons. Security is still a concern — the trip was only announced as she was about to depart from Andrews Air Force base near Washington, DC.

Bush told reporters, "I have been so looking forward to going to Afghanistan. When I really realized the plight of the women under the Taliban, I also found that American women really stand in solidarity with the women in Afghanistan."

Bush would arrive in Kabul on Wednesday, and spend most of her short stay at the Women's Teacher Training Institute learning about education for women in Afghanistan. She also planned to meet with the country's women who run "micro-enterprises" making rugs and scarves. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings came with Bush on this trip.


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German retail giant Rewe to open Penny Market stores in Romania

March 30, 2005 German retail corporation Rewe plans to open several Penny Market discount stores in Romania in the middle of this year. Rewe is mainly interested in opening stores in cities such as Ploieşti, Câmpina, Tecuci, Focşani, Oneşti, Craiova, Caracal, Constanţa, Medgidia, Alexandria and Roşiori de Vede. Most of these cities have populations of below 100,000 people, and Rewe is hoping to take advantage of a market that has not been highly tapped into, since most of Romania's larger cities, such as Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iaşi, already have multiple large supermarkets and discount stores.

Rewe also announced that, over the next few years, it intends to open a total of 50 Penny Market and XXL Mega Stores in Romania. Rewe already operates 14 several highly-successful Billa supermarkets throughout Romania, mainly in large cities, as well as 8 Selgros stores. Rewe has previously made announcements that it wishes to expand its Billa and Selgros brands more extensively. The total value of the company's investment in Romania is around 200 million euro.

Romania is currently going through a retail boom, especially in the supermarket and discount stores area. Large corporations such as Rewe and Carrefour have established very successful branches in Romania, and other retail giants such as Tesco and WalMart have announced their intention to enter the Romanian market, which is the largest in Southeastern Europe.

The mini MAX discount company said it would open three stores in Romania, in April-May of this year, in the cities of Slatina, Târgovişte and Urziceni. It plans to open up to 100 stores until the year 2010. Meanwhile, Tengelmann, Rewe's rival, said it would invest 200 million euro in Romania to open 120 supermarkets in the next five years.


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New Zealand praised by NATO Secretary General

March 30, 2005 , Secretary General of NATO has praised New Zealand's role in providing security, and aiding with reconstruction in Afghanistan. He made the comments in Wellington during a three-day visit of New Zealand.

"The fact that we are in Afghanistan, and that we see New Zealand participation in Afghanistan is proof that we are fighting this fight together," said Mr. Scheffer.

After talking with Mr. Scheffer, Prime Minister Helen Clark said "Later this year when the parliamentary elections are held in Afghanistan, the process will have run its course. We need to start talking with our partners in Nato, in the Afghanistan Government itself, about what is the post-Bonn process."

Mr. Scheffer is scheduled for further talks with the Prime Minister, as well as other ministers and officials Wednesday. On Thursday he will address Victoria University's Institute of Policy Studies and the Institute of International Affairs. He is the first head of NATO to visit New Zealand.

Mr. Scheffer will leave on Thursday for Australia and then Japan.


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User:Securiger~enwikinews

I mainly hang out at Wikipedia.

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User talk:Securiger~enwikinews

Welcome
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User talk:81.133.173.171

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User talk:Brooke Vibber

Welcome
Brion VIBBER, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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 * C, do you know who Brion is?! Still, I expect he appreciated the welcome ;) Dan100 (Talk) 00:19, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oversight, if not you who? == ==

Can you take a look here, and at the various deleted revisions? Thanks! --Brian McNeil / talk 21:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for reviewing and other assistance
Hi. Next week is the start of the and two Wikinewies will be attending to cover the para-alpine skiing ahead of the 2014 Winter Paralympics. This is part of an effort outlined at IPC Alpine Ski World Championships. Immediately following this event, there will be a Meetup in Barcelona where Wikinews, the Paralympics and efforts to similar sport coverage will be discussed. At the moment, there are only two active reviewers on a daily basis. Demonstrating an ability to get reviews for these types of events done quickly is important for Wikinews credibility and gaining access to these types of events. I would really appreciate it if you could sign up on the IPC World Championship page to review, promote articles published during this period, assist in translating these articles into another language or attend the meetup in Barcelona. Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 09:27, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. Unlike the previous version, points are available for people who conduct reviews. (With a University of Wollongong class currently contributing articles, extra assistance is appreciated at this time.) It presents a great incentive for you to renew your reviewing chops, contribute some original reporting not being done by the main stream media, and write some synthesis articles on topics that could use more attention. People should be around to review to prevent a backlog if you just want to write, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:35, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Status??
I noticed you're listed as a reviewer, but you haven't been around in a while. Are you still active here?--Bddpaux (talk) 14:46, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Vibber is a developer IIRC. --Diego Grez (talk) 14:47, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * quoting from w:User:Brion VIBBER: "I'm currently the Lead Software Architect for the Wikimedia Foundation and a member of the Mobile Apps development team. I've been around for a while." (In fact the creation date on the en.wp is January 2002.)  --Pi zero (talk) 15:39, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Aye that's me. Feel free to do whatever to my permissions, I'm not very active here on wikinews. --Brion VIBBER (talk) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Meh, we'll leave you alone for now. --Bddpaux (talk) 19:12, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

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User talk:207.225.85.104

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Brazilian president defends Chavez and criticizes US

March 31, 2005

The Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met the leaders of Colombia, Venezuela and Spain, in, 500 km (311 miles) from Caracas, in Venezuela, Tuesday, March 29.

The regional summit aimed to improve the diplomatic relations between Colombia and Venezuela, that had been shaken after the arrest of the  member Rodrigo Granda, in December, last year.

The following leaders were present at the meeting: the President of Colombia, ; the Spanish Prime Minister, ; the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez; and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

During the summit, the Brazilian president defended the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and he criticized indirectly the government of the  for his opinions in relation to Chávez. According to Lula, South America is capable of taking care of its own problems.

Lula said: "We do not accept defamations against our "companheiros" (comrades). We do not accept insinuations against comrades. Venezuela has the right to be a sovereign country, to take its own decisions". Lula also added that he is not afraid of doing this affirmation in "any place of the world".

The, Donald Rumsfeld, was in Brazil on March 22 and he said that he was very worried about the political situation in Venezuela. Venezuela is buying weapons and warlike material in great quantity and Washington is considering the country a harmful influence in the region. Recently Venezuela announced that it would buy 100,000 AK-47 rifles.

Lula also said:"I believe that Venezuela has the right to be a sovereign country, of making its own decisions and, at the same time, Venezuela does not need to be accused of things that those who are with you know that this is not part of your thought nor of your behavior."

"There is [sic] many people talking badly about us in the world", he added.

The Venezuelan President  did  a calmer speech for the US: "We are not here to cause problems to anybody, for any reason. We were called to form this new geopolitical map, without confrontation with nobody (...) because it is convenient for us and all: it is convenient for the investors, for international businessmen, for national businessmen and for the  United States themselves."

Chávez and Lula both denied any involvement between their governments and the FARC guerrilla.

The Spanish  Prime Minister, José Luis Zapatero said: "This is a meeting for the dialogue and the cooperation between free and democratic nations that want the advance of their people".


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Talk:UN Secretary General Annan cleared of influencing oil-for-food contracts by Volcker report

Followup.
UN chief has not been cleared insists investigator: "We did not exonerate Kofi Annan" - Mark Pieth. — Jeandré du Toit, 2005-03-30t15:00z

Northern hemisphere summer.
"northern hemisphere summer" seems awkward, so I think we should replace it with a date for NH "midsummer" (source: ABC) like "possibly in late July". Do either the NYT or SMH mention "midsummer"? I won't read them because of the subscriptions, but don't want to add an unnecessary source. — Jeandré du Toit, 2005-03-30t15:35z


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Metal press crushes Illinois worker

April 1, 2005

A resident of, Illinois in the U.S. was severely injured by an industrial punch press machine on Monday. He died an hour later.

Elk Grove Village police said William Naras, 48, was operating the machine at a local metal manufacturing plant when he became pinned by an I-beam, or metal arm, about 4 p.m. He was transported to Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village where medics pronounced him dead at 4:51 p.m.

The death was ruled an industrial accident and reported to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to a spokesperson for the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Presses of the type which killed Naras routinely develop pressures in the 80,000 pounds (40 tons) per square inch range, according to manufacturers’ Internet pages.

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User talk:217.3.198.228

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User talk:Hipster~enwikinews

Main Page/mcmenamins
What is this about? - Amgine 18:13, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * replied - Amgine 18:22, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about that.

Please use user space pages, not the main namespace. Read about the software, and try an install on any AMP installation. It's a very easy installation, 5 minutes tops. Feel free to contact me. - Amgine 18:27, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. -- Davodd | Talk 18:22, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Hipster. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Hipster~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:161.114.32.111

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School dinner costs just 49p in Wales

March 30, 2005 A survey carried out by BBC Wales has revealed that the contents of a school meal in Wales cost on average just £0.49 per pupil. Average spending on meal ingredients varied slightly from council to council; with the Cardiff City council spending just £0.40 on each meal, whilst Powys council lavished £0.69 per pupil.

The survey follows a recent surge in media coverage of the eating habits of teenagers and children in the UK. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver recently embarked on a campaign to improve food standards and raise awareness in schools. In response to his campaign the government has promised to spend an additional £280 million over three years on school food in England.

The survey covered twenty councils throughout Wales.

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Falwell's condition upgraded to "stable"

March 30, 2005

The Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, reports that Jerry Falwell's condition has been ugraded to stable and his respirator has been removed. His lungs remained congested.

Doctor now say that the viral pneumonia that had hospitalized Falwell, 71, just five weeks previously had not returned and he did not have a heart attack.

He was admitted Tuesday in a state of "respiratory arrest" and needed emergency resuscitation. He had been unconscious for 5-8 minutes although a cardiologist, Dr. Carl Moore, said testing showed "his heart is strong" and there was no evidence of mental or neurological damage.


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I changed the pence signs to standardized pound reference so that folks who are unfamiliar with British pounds may still understand what the numbers mean. -- Davodd | Talk 20:35, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Country of the Week

Project Map
See also: Article distribution

Idea
Above is a map depicting the 190 or so countries in the world. The dark green indicates good Wikinews coverage, and the red and orange indicates little or no Wikinews coverage. We want this map to be all dark green by year end. Due to Wikinews' relative youth, many countries suffer severe under representation - indeed the majority of countries have few or no articles currently written about them. The aim of Country of the Week is to rectify this situation. Each week a particular country will be chosen and people will be encouraged to go out of their way to write articles about that country for the week. Each week begins and ends at 00:00 UTC Sunday. This is merely a formality; contributors can submit an article a day early or late for a given country if it suits them better.

Previous Countries of the week can be found in the Results log. All votes, and resulting articles, will be moved there.

Current Votes
Each week the country with the most votes will be made Country of the Week. Users can vote once a week, but not for the same country more than once (e.g. Hungary this week, but not again next week). The total number of votes are in brackets. If a draw occurs, the country with the oldest vote will win.

French Polynesia (2)

 * 1) -Cspurrier 4 July 2005 16:16 (UTC)
 * 2) →  CGorman (Talk) 20:04, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

Saint Lucia (1)

 * 1) - Amgine 19:12, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Libya (1)

 * 1) - →  CGorman (Talk) 17:25, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Greece (1)

 * 1) - Patricknoddy (Talk) 2:12pm December 4, 2005 EDT

Interested Wikinewsies
Please add your name if you are interested in participating. You are not signing a commitment here, just expressing interest. This is a voluntary program that you can participate in irregularly.
 * → CGorman (Talk)  20:43, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * ~The bellman | Smile 22:18, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Dan100 (Talk) 19:13, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * -- Redge (Talk) 09:59, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * cspurrier (Talk) 20:48, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Lyellin (Talk) 22:42, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * DouglasGreen (Talk) 00:09, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Ronline 12:25, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * ClareWhite 16:47, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ambi 08:15, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * RossKoepke 04:11, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Tdempsey 07:12, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Pedant 3 July 2005 20:02 (UTC)
 * Patricknoddy (Talk) 2:13pm December 4, 2005 EDT
 * PVJ (Talk) [[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 08:57, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ali Rana (Talk) 04:05, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Countries with no articles
The following is a list of countries that have no articles (other than possibly "UN holding recruitment exams in under-represented countries"). You may write an article for any of the below countries at any time, we merely select one country a week to make our goal more achievable. If you write an article for one of the countries, please remove it from the list.

 * Andorra - Wikipedia
 * Barbados - Wikipedia
 * Benin - Wikipedia
 * Brunei - Wikipedia
 * Central African Republic - Wikipedia
 * Comoros - Wikipedia
 * Côte d'Ivoire - Wikipedia
 * Falkland Islands - Wikipedia
 * French Guiana - Wikipedia
 * French Polynesia - Wikipedia
 * Gabon - Wikipedia
 * Kiribati - Wikipedia
 * Lesotho - Wikipedia
 * Liechtenstein - Wikipedia
 * Madagascar - Wikipedia
 * Micronesia - Wikipedia
 * Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia
 * Pitcairn Islands - Wikipedia
 * Saint Lucia - Wikipedia
 * San Marino - Wikipedia
 * Seychelles - Wikipedia
 * Sierra Leona - Wikipedia

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Great work and idea!
Thanks, CGorman, for the research you put into compiling that list! This a great idea; I'll try to follow up on it immediately. - Amgine 20:49, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * immediately - good for you, but im wrecked tired! Could'nt believe Nigeria (120m people), Norway, Switzerland, Latvia, Singapore... don't have any news stories. → CGorman (Talk)  20:52, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Question on what qualifies an area as a country
Question: whay is Scotland (a part of the United Kingdom) considered a country on your list and Texas (a part of the United States) is not? -- Davodd | Talk 07:35, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes I was thinking about that when I created this. I suppose I called it country of the week because area of the week does'nt sound very good. Perhaps after scotland we should enforce the proper definition of country (i.e independent state with own political system...) → CGorman (Talk)  11:15, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I was thinking the same thing about Scotland. Why don't we just skip it and go straight to Nigeria? Dan100 (Talk) 14:17, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I suppose so. Amgine won't be happy but... two having gotten queries about Scotland maybe your right. Besides I want to get this thing going with as much support as possible - and I suppose by ignoring yee things would'nt work so well. Anyways change made, Nigeria it is from midnight Sunday. → CGorman (Talk)  18:01, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Don't bother with votes?
Voting doesn't seem worth it with only a few voters. Shall we just agree what to do next? Perhaps we could go Norway->Bhutan->Eritrea (the order in which they were voted for, I think) Dan100 (Talk) 23:20, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Good idea. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 03:38, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Educational experience
While it's not seeing huge support among editors, I am personally finding this a great experience. When I wrote about small arms today, I began wondering why the government would want to be cracking down so. Searching on Google News revealed to me what is happening in the Niger Delta - I had no idea. Dan100 (Talk) 12:51, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes ideed! I learnt quite a bit about Arinze - the Nigeria cardinal touted by Desmond Tutu to be the next Pope. I also learnt more about catholicism in Africa. → CGorman (Talk)  15:14, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Central America
I suggest you focus on some Central American countries. The CA category is almost empty. -- Redge (Talk) 08:52, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Redge, if you want CA countries to be covered you are welcome to sign up and vote for some of them. → CGorman (Talk)  20:36, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Useful site
If you can get past the bad design and annoying pop-ups, www.newspapers.com is a great way to find links to obscure country newspapers... including two on Bhutan. Lyellin 23:30, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ilya is a smart cookie
Over at the water cooler Ilya has put up a great proposal for info boxes about different countries (see example). Yay or nay to creating an infobox to be cut and pasted onto each article for the week? ~The bellman | Smile 12:04, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

main page says fiji as cotw this say baulraus (i can't sell)
It should be Belarus because in the event of a draw (both had 4 votes) the oldest goes through. → CGorman (Talk)  20:05, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

... Antarctica?!
The country of the week is Antarctica? With zero votes? Antarctica isn't even a country! It's a continent! How the heck did this one slip under the radar?! 67.68.224.206 07:38, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That was me. Soundstruck 07:39, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Renaming page to "Featured Country"
The project page should definitely be renamed to "Wikinews:Featured Country". This feature has been becoming less "of the week" and more "whenever the hell we want". If we rename it to "featured country", it would be less of an embarrassment to Wikinews. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 01:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

The Map
I'm a bit colour-blind, and I must say that this map is a nightmare for colour-blind people to understand. Can it be made with a scale of decreacing shades of a single colour? (ex: "25+" would be dark blue, "0" would be white, and anything in between would be gradual shades of light blue?) Or perhaps in black and white? --Munchkinguy 17:58, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

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Category talk:Wales

ooh, ooh. is this the category for stories about our beloved founder? :-) -- IlyaHaykinson 20:54, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Too slow Ilya! Amgine said that an hour ago! → CGorman (Talk)  21:00, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I know, I noticed that after writing here. heh. -- IlyaHaykinson 21:03, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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MS-13 "gangsters" and Arizona "vigilantes" prepare to rumble

March 31, 2005

Ebner Anivel Rivera-Paz, A leader of the vicious Mara Salvatruchas(MS-13) gang, has issued orders from his prison cell for his followers to teach the American "Minutemen" volunteers a lesson when they begin patrolling the Mexican border tomorrow. MS-13 gang members are considered to be America's most violent gang with such acts of barbarism as to "cut off the testicles of their enemies and feed them to their vicious dogs" and "cut the heads off their opponents to play soccer with them". However, such allegations of brutality doesn't seem to frighten the "Minutemen" who are a group of Americans who are organizing more than 1,000 volunteers to patrol the Arizona-Mexico border beginning April 1st. They have been called vigilantes by Presidents Bush and Fox and sometimes sarcastically refer to themselves as "undocumented border patrol agents". James Gilchrist, a Vietnam veteran and spokesman for the minutemen in response to the MS-13 threat; "We're not worried because half of our recruits are retired trained combat soldiers..they(MS-13) are just a bunch of punks."

MS-13 gang now has about 20,000 members nationwide and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has begun to focus on the gang with an initiative they call "Operation Community Shield". The very existence of MS-13 is considered by the Conservative Voice to be a direct consequence of the USA government's 1980's policies in Central America; "the chickens are coming home to roost.Its(MS-13) members are the sons of immigrants from El Salvador and other Central American countries that were forced to flee because of the CIA instigated war during the Reagan Administration that completely destroyed the physical, economic, social, religious and cultural infrastructure of the region. MS-13 was founded in Los Angeles by the offspring of the immigrants for protection."


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British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers

March 30, 2005 British computer magazine PC Pro has investigated the electricity costs of running today's computers.

Their investigations showed that an individual could save £250 a year while a medium-sized business could potentially save £5,000 a year by making changes to the way computers and their peripherals are operated.

A CRT monitor uses £150 of electricity over five years; enough to pay for a new low-power LCD monitor. Using a screen saver, rather than turning the monitor off or using many computers' built-in feature to turn monitors off after a period of inactivity, could cost £100 alone in a year.

It was also discovered that turning a single laser printer off overnight and on weekends would save £70 over the life of the printer.

Many others computer users however run 'distributed computing' projects while their computers are idle, such as the '@home' series of projects (including the well-known 'SETI@home').


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Yes, that's right, the whole article is based on a story first run a fortnight ago. I blame the BBC! I picked it up off their RSS feed today, and had written the article, by the time I noticed the date of the actual PC Pro story. Ah well. Dan100 (Talk) 22:00, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The name of the article is rather sarcastic... It just has a bad tone. - Anon
 * It certainly wasn't meant to be sarcastic! Dan100 (Talk) 00:05, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Taiwan Nationalists leader visits Beijing

March 30, 2005

A delegation of from the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party), is meeting with Communist Party of China (CPC) officials in Beijing today, led by KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kung.

"We hope the current crisis can be minimized," Chiang said in Beijing. "After the anti-secession law was enacted we saw reactions and protests," he continued, "The Beijing authorities have likely heard it for themselves but we have also brought the voice of the Taiwanese people with us."

Banquet and meeting
Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the People's Republic of China, hosted Chiang at a banquet in Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Chen characterized the delegation's visit as opening "party to party dialogue" and that the visit "has inaugurated the first sign of a dialogue between your Party and our Party."

Wednesday evening, Chen met with the delegation to discuss cross-Straits economic ties. Representatives from numerous other Chinese agencies were also present at the meeting, including the Ministries of Agriculture and Commerce, and the General Administration of Civil Aviation. The meeting discussed the possibility of opening up Taiwan to tourists from the mainland.

Zhu Peikang, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the mainland's Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, also welcomed the Nationalist delegation.

Zhu said Chiang's visit was important, and "focused on the common interests of the people on both sides and the promotion of the cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation."

Visit to Nanjing
Earlier in the day, Chiang was in Nanjing, to lay a wreath at the tomb of his party's founder, Sun Yat-sen. He also signed a guest book at the former Nationalists presidential office with the line, "Icebreaking journey."

"My heart was filled with limitless excitement and deep emotion," Chiang told the Associated Press. "It was very moving to visit."

Nanjing was the former capital used by the Nationalists before they lost the civil war with the Communists and evacuated to Taiwan in 1949.

Reaction
In Taiwan, Joseph Wu, chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, condemned the visit by the Nationalist delegation to the mainland.

"The Chinese strategy is always divide and conquer, and the KMT is playing into China's hands," he told The New York Times and International Herald Tribune reporters. "It's very odd that they would cooperate with the Communist Party instead of the ruling party here on Taiwan," Wu said.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Ying-mao Kau disclosed that the United States is concerned about the Nationalist visit, and that American officials have privately said that Taiwan's political parties should first unify and build a consensus to strengthen their negotiating position with mainland China.


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Talk:Pope gets feeding tube through nose

The picture that David removed is on Wikipedia and it was given that credit. You had better get cracking to get it off that website, w:Pope John Paul II and have someone explain why it is there.

Images on commons
Wikipedia has a different set of guidelines for graphics compared with commons, which is where wikinews graphics are hosted. The graphice is up for deletion on Commons because it does not have an attribution on commons. You could go there and add the attribution found on Wikipedia's image page, and that could resolve the problem; I don't know. - Amgine 22:42, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Amgine. I'll know for the future. I'm surprised noone, not even DV, even tapped my talk page to explain something like this when it was going on...I don't break rules. I am very familiar with them and I trusted w: ... that was my mistake. --Alan J. Franklin 22:53, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Alan, sorry I acted quickly, but when an image is up for speedy delete, it could disappear on a moment's notice, and leave us with an ugly "missing image" tag on the front page.

 * I made a good faith effort to find a better Pope image, but I could only find shots of him from afar on Commons, and the Vatican doesn't clearly publish a "public domain" image of the Pope that I could find. — DV 23:15, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Egyptians protest against President despite ban

March 30, 2005 Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of cities across Egypt to protest against a possible fifth term of President Hosni Mubarak.

Activists are campaigning to prevent Mubarak from gaining another term after 24 years in power. They are also calling for his son Gamal not to stand in elections in September and also that reforms are made to the country's constitution.

Hundreds of Kifaya ("Enough") protesters were met by thousands of riot police in Cairo and were prevented from reaching the parliament buildings. Protests in Alexandria were called off after security forces sealed off all routes in to the area of the planned protest. People later said that the police allowed a pro-Mubarak rally shortly afterwards.

The security chief of Cairo has stated that the police will no longer tolerate such protests. He is quoted by BBC News as saying "If we are getting to the stage of getting used to violating [the rules], then the principle is that legal regulations must be implemented." Street demonstrations have been illegal since laws were enacted after the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat.

One leader of Kifaya was reported as saying the large deployment of security personnel had turned Cairo into "a military zone".


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Fox TV executive takes reins at Paramount studios

March 30, 2005 Entertainment industry rising star Gail Berman was named president of the Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures film and television studios Wednesday. She is scheduled to start in May. Currently Berman heads up the programming division of the U.S. Fox network.

Berman is credited for the major turn-around in the fortunes of the Fox network. Their ratings were at the bottom of the heap of the four major U.S. broadcast networks when she took over programming in 2000. According to the latest Nielsen ratings, Fox is the No. 1 U.S. network in primetime programming, thanks to such hits as American Idol, real-time suspense drama, 24, and hit teen soap opera, The O.C..

In moving from television to the movies, Berman acknowledged to reporters that she faces a challenging learning curve. She replaces outgoing Paramount president, Donald DeLine.


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Charlottetown, P.E.I. residents rally to support restaurant

March 30, 2005

The owners of the Noodle House Restaurant of, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Canada were overwhelmed by community support Tuesday when the restaurant overflowed with customers, cards, flowers, and personal pleas to not leave the province.

According to CBC News Prince Edward Island, the recent outpouring of support occurred after Tommy and Lina Ko, the restaurant owners, announced they would close the restaurant and leave the province following an incident two weeks ago, when groups of up to 200 teens from two nearby schools surrounded the restaurant, pelting it with snowballs, and threatening the Kos. Charlottetown Police Chief Paul Smith told CBC PEI that his force is ready to take whatever action is necessary to crack down on the behaviour and last week started videotaping over lunchtime when most of the misbehaviour has taken place. Police noted that they have received complaints from other businesses, pedestrians, and drivers in the busy "fast food alley" and intend to seek co-operation from the schools in identifying the main culprits.

However, a CBC PEI story from October, 2002, reported the Kos asking police to do more to stop the littering and other vandalism in the area including having signs smashed, windows broken, and fireworks set off in front of their restaurant. At that time, Deputy Chief Richard Collins told CBC PEI: "You can't have upwards of 1,500 to 2,000 students in and around that area at dinner hour and not expect for some of them to misbehave," but promised to continue patrols and try to teach the students respect of property.

Tommy Ko told CBC News that he was overwhelmed by the support this week and in thanks put on a surprise free buffet, though customers insisted on paying anyway. Nevertheless, after fighting the harassment for some five years, the Kos say they still are not sure they want to stay.


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Akayev willing to resign as president of Kyrgyzstan

March 31, 2005 In an interview broadcast on Russian state-run Channel One television, deposed Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev, when asked whether he was prepared to resign as president, replied, "Of course, of course - if I am given the relevant guarantees and if it is in full accordance with the current legislation."

He added that he had "the desire to help so that the newly elected president is legitimate."

While acting president and prime minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev and former acting minister of securities Felix Kulov have offered him immunity, he said he would only return if parliament offered him "personal safety guarantees."

Bakiyev warned that Akayev's return could "give rise to mass unrest."

In related news, acting minister of securities Felix Kulov has been removed from parliament on his own will, RIA Novosti reported the parliamentary press service as saying.

He was reported as saying that "The set goal has been achieved: the situation in our republic has stabilized."

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New York Times finds flight logs that back Canadian's claim of kidnapping by US government

March 31, 2005

Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen, is suing the United States, accusing them of kidnapping him and sending him to Syria, where he was detained and tortured for a year. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that flight logs they have examined appear to support his claims.

They report that records in a database compiled from U.S. Federal Aviation Agency records show that a Gulfstream III jet, tail number N829MG, followed a flight path matching the route he described on October 8. 2002, a day after his deportation order was signed. The flight went from New Jersey to an airport near Washington, then to Maine, Rome, and beyond.

The records also show that the jet made a trip to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States holds hundreds of detainees.

The U.S. Justice Department, in papers filed in a New York court replying to Arar's lawsuit, says the case was not one of rendition, deportation for interrogation abroad, but simply one of deportation. They claim that he was deported to Syria because they had information that he was a member of Al Qaeda. Arar denies this allegation.

Arar was freed from Syrian detainment in October 2003. Syrian officials said they had not been able to find information connecting him to Al Qaeda. The Syrian ambassador to the United States referred to the release as "a gesture of good will toward Canada."

In a telephone interview with The New York Times, after seeing a photograph of the plane and being informed of the path it followed, Arar said "I think that's it. I think you've found the plane that took me."

"The facts we got from Maher right after he was released are now corroborated by public records," Maria LaHood, a lawyer for Arar said. "The more information that comes out, the better for showing that this is an important public issue that can't be kept secret."

A spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department, Charles Miller, said that the government has no comment on the case. The administration has refused to cooperate with the Canadian inquiry into the case and has asked a judge to dismiss his lawsuits on the grounds that classified information would be revealed if they were allowed to continue.

President Bush has said it is not United States policy to engage in torture or send detainees to countries where they are likely to be tortured.


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Pressure building on Myanmar to decline ASEAN chair

March 31, 2005 Pressure is building on Myanmar to decline next years revolving ASEAN chair due to its human rights record. The US Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, has said that the USA should boycott ASEAN meetings next year if Myanmar takes the chair.

The UN special envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Razali Ismail, has backed moves by Malaysian lawmakers earlier this week against Myanmar's chairing, saying "The UN is always on the side of democracy. It supports the principles these people are pushing and these principles are very important for all governments to adhere to,"

“I don’t think there’s any attempt to punish Myanmar but to make them understand ASEAN is guided by certain principles in order to be a member or in order to be leading ASEAN for a certain period,”

Filipino legislators are also following Malaysian lawmakers, and are expected to propose that all member countries adopt a stand on Myanmar when ASEAN legislators meet in an Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Manila on April 3.


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The meaning of the following is not clear to someone such as myself who does not have knowledge of Taiwanese domestic politics. Who does he mean by 'ruling party'?

 * "The Chinese strategy is always divide and conquer, and the KMT is playing into China's hands," he told The New York Times and International Herald Tribune reporters. "It's very odd that they would cooperate with the Communist Party instead of the ruling party here on Taiwan," Wu said.

Can someone clarify what is meant? I located a link which explains to me who rules Taiwan right now, but to me it didn't help. Seems to me KMT in Taiwan *is* the ruling party, although DPP has some control. Does he mean DPP?Simeon 02:20, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Taiwan's President Chen is a member of the DPP, which is part of the pan-green coalition. However, his party doesn't have a majority in the legislative branch of Taiwan's government.

 * As part of the pan-blue coalition, the Nationalists hold a legislative majority, but that doesn't make them the ruling party, either, because they don't hold the presidency.

 * Therefore, Taiwan has a divided government, with the DPP ruling through executive power, while the pan-blue coalition (which includes the Nationalists) rules through legislative power.

 * The result is that the status quo is being maintained for the isssues on which these two sides disagree, such as moves towards more independence vs negotiations for reunification.

 * I hope I explained that correctly! (This story is difficult to write without offending Chinese mainlanders who believe that Chen shouldn't even hold the title "President". I linked to some editorials in some of the related Wikinews articles I wrote previously which address that point separately.) — DV 05:09, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * David, so would it be correct to do this?

 * "The Chinese strategy is always divide and conquer, and the KMT is playing into China's hands," he told The New York Times and International Herald Tribune reporters. "It's very odd that they would cooperate with the Communist Party instead of the [DPP] ruling party here on Taiwan," Wu said. - Simeon 04:29, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

More information please : Kuomindang-China deal
I just read than Kuomindang delegation made a deal in 10 point with china, but Taiwan official gouvernement not agree that. Have anyone some informations about that ? thanks