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Mexico presents first population-wide genome map for a Latin country

May 15, 2009 National Institute of Genomic Medicine of Mexico (Inmegen) Director Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez presented in Los Pinos the genome map of Mexicans, a stepping-stone for Latin American genomic medicine.

Previous endeavours of this kind had so far only covered some of the most ancient races on the planet, native from Africa, Europe and Asia, leaving out the recently admixed races of Latin America.

During the ceremony Jiménez, who led the project, symbolically presented President Felipe Calderón with a hard copy of the results. Calderón then uploaded the map to the Internet making it publicly available for researchers around the world. The President commented on the research being a step towards population-specific predictive medicine and medications, and particularly useful for Latin America for being genetically closer to the Mestizo peoples of those countries than genome maps published so far.

Among other results, the five year-long work found that, while sharing the 99.9% of the genome common to all humans, in the remaining portion the Mexican population has significant genetic variation from the world's other known genetic subgroups. This makes importing genome maps from other groups unfeasible, and hence justifies the study.

Also, by comparing with data sets from the HapMap Project (a map of the human genome's haplotypes, which are clusters of the possible genetic variations a human individual can present), it was found that Mexicans share 64% of their haplotypes with West Africans, 74% with East Asians and 81% with Northern Europeans.

Genetic analyses aimed at common disorders in Mexico like diabetes, obesity and breast cancer are yet to be performed. "With a drop of saliva we would be able to tell whether to prescribe a medication or not", forecast Jiménez about the applications of the genome map in the long run.

"Studies such as this are helping us define the future of the genome era", commented U.S. Translational Genomics Research Institute President Jeffrey Trent. "Gaining a clearer understanding of how genetic variation plays a role in disease, including the risk to some infections, will help tip the scales in our favour in terms of understanding and treating disease at the individual level", he added.

"It is not possible today to say genetic variation is responsible for the unique H1N1 Influenza A mortality rate in Mexico. However, knowledge of genomic variability in the Mexican population can allow the identification of genetic variations that confer susceptibility to common diseases, including infections such as the flu", said Jiménez when talking about the current swine flu outbreak.

Recently, however, Inmegen's Multifactorial Diseases Genomic Research Laboratory head Lorena Orozco revealed that one fifth of the Mexican population have genes in their immune system that can trigger an immune overreaction in presence of some diseases. According to Orozco one of these genes is responsible for symptoms similar to the ones A/H1N1 victims presented, which makes it a strong candidate for explaining these deaths.

Although blood samples were collected from 10 different states and 4 Amerindian populations, the published results are based on data from only 6 states and 1 Amerindian population. The presentation ceremony and the online publication of the research paper in the PNAS journal came just days after the Mexican Government came under criticism for its low investment in science and the resulting dependency on other countries in the beginning of the current sanitary crisis.


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the review was rejected because the article "needs significant copy-editing before review". what does this mean? >_> Revoluc (talk) 15:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the non-specific directions. However, this article has issues in readability. For example, was the president the one who uploaded the genetic map to the internet? "The next step is to perform genetic analyses": says who?
 * It contains oversimplification of human races ... perhaps due to the Mexico-centric sources, but that should be untangled here. Does this really represent the entire Latin genome? Mexico is a large nation to be sure, but still ...
 * Style-wise, it should not contain in-text links to non-Foundation websites ... the WP-linking is inconsistent, yet repetitive. --SVTCobra 00:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * got it. ill take care of it and resubmit it Revoluc (talk) 09:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * also, about the genome representing all of Latin America, if thats what the title makes it sound like i guess i need to fix it. it was going to be something like "first Latin genome map unveiled", but i figured Latin individuals had had their genome analyzed before, so i added "population-wide" to show that a good number of samples were used. i also added "reveals traits of novel race" to make it more appealing, but im not sure if thats misleading too. any suggestions for the title from anyone would be appreciated. Revoluc (talk) 15:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making the fixes. Unfortunately, my Spanish is not good enough for me to review this. Hopefully, someone will come along soon. --SVTCobra 22:41, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * guess ill just have to wait. thank you for taking the time to improve the article Revoluc (talk) 00:15, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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This citation produces an image to small to read. * SriMesh | talk  01:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * my bad! i just noticed this message and the review result >_<
 * so i just realized i screwed up the link to the article and fixed it. it should be downloadable now, but its over 12 megs
 * perhaps the two instances of this reference should be merged? Revoluc (talk) 05:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * if it helps i found this article that uses PNAS as a source: Vaccine targets obesity in rats. Revoluc (talk) 05:30, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * perhaps i should also mention that the article is freely available from the institute's site (just changed the "external links" section to point to the english version). if u click on the "The Mexican Genome Diversity Project" banner and then go to "Article" youll see the link to the pdf file (the link i had screwed up before :P ). Revoluc (talk) 05:42, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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 * about the state specific data, i took it from the PNAS publication (supplementary information's table S2, page 12). the ratios are 0.362 ± 0.089 and 0.616 ± 0.085 for Sonora, and 0.660 ± 0.138 and 0.285 ± 0.120 for Guerrero. i converted these to percentages and, taking into account the uncertainties, rounded up Sonora's values to units, and Guerrero's to tens. the comment on the correlation with Mexico's history is in the second paragraph of the discussion (page 5)
 * in this same paragraph is the data from "Although West African", except for the Asia part, which is from the table mentioned above. comment from Revoluc

I cannot open the journal (in English) which can be accessed via open access, I can open the abstract so far.
 * Above comment in reply to: I couldn't verify the state specific facts you added to the article such as the paragraph beginning "Genetic diversity" "Although West African" comment on talk page from SriMesh

If anyone can open the journal the following content can be re-added upon verification.

Genetic diversity within the country was also analyzed through samples from six geographically distant states. This revealed that ancestry can vary from 36% Amerindian and 62% European in the Northern state of Sonora, to 70% Amerindian and 30% European in the Southern state of Guerrero, which correlates with Amerindian population density throughout Mexico's history. This Amerindian component is what ultimately separates Mestizos from other races.Although West African ancestry was found to be less than 10%, it was found to be relatively higher in the states through which African slaves entered the country during the Colonial period, namely Guerrero and Veracruz. Interestingly enough, even though America is believed to have been populated from Asia, East Asian ancestry was found to be only less than 2%. SriMesh | talk  16:30, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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 * thanks for the review. i dont see the article in the main page. is there a problem with the tag? Revoluc (talk) 15:58, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It appears the article wasn't "sighted" after being published, and therefore did not appear on the main page. I've marked it as approved now, it should appear in the recent articles list. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:07, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * nice! thanks to all of u who contributed on this article :D
 * id just like to confirm that the PNAS article is downloadable from the fixed link (the source by "Irma Silva-Zolezzi et al.") since no one seems to be able to confirm the paragraphs mentioned above. also, should this source be merged with the last one (the one SriMesh added)? Revoluc (talk) 09:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


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British House of Commons' Speaker addresses Parliament ahead of vote of no confidence

May 18, 2009

The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP, the Speaker of the British House of Commons, faces a vote of no confidence this week. This motion will be launched by Tory Douglas Carswell MP. Martin addressed the House of Commons at 15:30 BST (14:30 UTC).

Speaker Martin has faced much controversy over his handling of a recent scandal involving the expenses of Members of Parliament (MPs). Martin defended the House of Commons' authorities that requested a police investigation with regard to this leak, causing anger amongst many MPs.

In his statement, the Speaker apologised to the public saying that "we have let you down". He also personally apologised: "I am profoundly sorry". He acknowledged that "each and every member, including myself, must work hard to regain your trust".

Sir Christopher Kelly will release a report in Autumn about expenses, and the Speaker said that the House should take steps until then and MPs should not file further expense claims. Some MPs urged an interim report to be published before this. The Speaker urged leaders of all Parliamentary parties, including the Prime Minister, to meet with the Speaker and House of Commons Commission within 48 hours to discuss expenses.

After the speech, various MPs asked the Speaker questions. Carswell asked "when will members be able to choose a new leader?" and David Winnick MP asked for information about when the Speaker will retire. Bob Spink, the Independent MP for Castle Point, said that his constituents did not want the Speaker to be a "scapegoat". Labour MP for Middlesbrough, Sir Stuart Bell, said "the majority of the House will support this statement you made today" and noted "never in history has there been such an attack on Speaker".

In the UK, attacking the Speaker defies a long-standing tradition; the last Speaker to be forced from office was Sir John Trevor in 1695 for accepting a bribe.

Even before the speech, MPs from all major parties have supported this motion; Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has urged the speaker to resign. On his blog, Carswell claimed that he 'continue[s] to pick up support for the motion'.

Martin's friend, the Labour Lord Foulkes, has suggested Martin is a victim of snobbery, as the Speaker is "someone from a working class background in Glasgow".

In the past, Martin has been involved in several past scandals, including that he made excessive claims for the use of taxis, and for over £1,600,000 spent on the Speaker's residence.


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Man in UK convicted for having obese dog

May 13, 2009

A British man, Ronald West, has been convicted of animal neglect after authorities received complaints about his five-year-old dog being severely overweight. Authorities discovered the case of neglect in December 2008 after a neighbor complained that West's Border Collie Taz appeared to be too fat. When authorities arrived at West's residence, they found Taz's feces scattered around the house and in every room. Authorities made several more visits to West's home until March 2009, at which point they determined that there had been no improvements in living conditions, and so they seized the dog. Taz weighed 88lbs (40kg) when authorities seized him.

West had said that he had been ill with the flu and was unable to clean up after Taz or take him for walks. He admits that he and his friends overfed Taz which led to his obesity, but West says it was not intentional.

"I'll put my hands up and say I'm guilty of [Taz] being overweight, but it wasn't deliberate. You can be cruel with kindness," said West in March, according to the police report.

West's sentencing has been postponed because he failed to appear at today's hearing. When sentenced, West could face a fine of up to £5,000 (US$7,581), six months in prison, and may be forbidden from owning any pets.


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The Guatemalan government has been tremendously inefficient in dealing with the swine flu pandemic. In the amount of time that it took for many European governments to debate whether or not to completely block travel between Mexico and their countries, Guatemala only passed a law saying they could take emergency health measures. Meantime, Guatemala effectively is still requiring all its NGO workers to travel to Mexico and spend 3 days there before returning to Guatemala!! Guatemala still requires NGO workers to leave the country every 90 days to renew their passport stamp. Thus NGO workers cross the border to Mexico (and fewer, to Belize) every 90 days. Mexican laws require the NGO workers to stay in Mexico for 3 days before crossing back to Guatemala. Guatemala is part of a 4-country economic bloc (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua), and that bloc requires foreigners to leave the (entire) bloc every 90 days. Costa Rica is way too far for an NGO worker to travel, and many NGO workers in the poverty-stricken northern highlands of Guatemala would have to travel at least 2 days (in an incredibly crowded chickenbus... which is a swine flu risk) in order to get to Belize. This leaves only Mexico as a passport renewal option. Not so bad usually, but when a pandemic with unknown severity hits... Guatemala should have temporarily lifted this requirement. This requirement actually created a terrible risk for the Guatemalan public! Luckily, this version of swine flu has not been severe even though it is pandemic. However, Guatemalan governmental reaction and policy changes have been incredibly ineffective, slow, and missed performing obvious actions such as lifting the 90-day passport update requirement.


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I removed "Since being in the custody of animal care authorities, Taz has lost more than 55lbs (25kg), weighing in at about 66lbs (30kg)." This contradicts the original weight of 88lbs (40kg). Anonymous editors pointed this out. --SVTCobra 02:09, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: May 14, 2009

Swine flu reaches Southeast Asia
Two travelers returning from Mexico to Thailand tested positive for the H1N1 on Tuesday. According to Thailand's health minister, this marks the first case of Southeast Asia.

On Wednesday, Chinese Ministry of Health officials reported a man had the disease. Currently, the officials are searching for people the man may have come into contact with.

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The pope's recent visit to the Middle East was expected to meet political "minefields", according to the New York Times.

While in the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI told the Prime Minister of Palestine, "It is understandable that you often feel frustrated. Your legitimate aspirations for permanent homes, for an independent Palestinian state, remain unfulfilled. Instead, you find yourselves trapped in a spiral of violence.”

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After the over the "Erotic Services" section on, the Web service will require manual posting and a $5 - $10 USD fee.

Craigslist will delete the "Erotic Services" section to replace it with "Adult Services."

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut claims that state investigators will monitor the section as well for extra insurance.

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The short states "In a recent report, the swine influenza risk in Asia is higher after new case". Who issued this report? It cannot be left open like that ... see WN:WEASEL. --SVTCobra 00:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

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The math does not add up!

Maddness....
The Old Empire is rapidly becoming the primier authoritarian regime.

If he will be punished for this then should no parents with obese children also feel the States' Just Wrath?

Absolute maddness... Bet you Brits wish you had made tour king sign a Bill of Rights when you still had your knife to his throat eh?

This sounds right! everyday you see people that treat their pets either just like humans or better than humans. I have heard of several cases just like this one where people have had too many animals and they end up shitting all over the place and no one wants to take care of them anymore and eventually they get impounded. Its ok to have an animal but just learn to take care of them. --Ub3rst4r (talk) 04:03, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

If you actually read the article, the dog was smearing shit all through the house and nothing changed through several inspections. He was given a fair chance, and he blew it. There are legitimate situations to have an obese dog; mine came to me with a weight problem (prob. not obese but overweight) that I don't think actually bothered him, and is on a vet-improved diet making great progress! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The dog being obese and he is charged neglect it dos not ad up but the shit part makes sense. It seem the cops mixed up the charges.--66.229.26.39 (talk) 12:16, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Who cares about a stupid fat dog. 6-months of possible prison! Are you joking me! Someone just gas the fat bastard and the whole issue will be done.
 * tell that to PETA.--66.229.17.49 (talk) 01:00, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

perhaps the court could have recommended an in home remedy like an dog exercise wheel or treadmill.

We need stricter animal welfare laws anyway, ups to the Pommies on this one!--Part Time Security (talk) 03:58, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

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Ray Zahab was in my school! He came in Fort Mcmurray, AB, Canada and we got the chance to see him. He told us everything on his journey. If you want any help about this article, ask me, I know it all!

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BR? U gib monie plos for relief cuz is srs desaster.

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 * As you note, it is important to be aware that this map is being constantly updated. For most projects where it will be being used, that will be desired but for articles the map needs to reflect the time at which the article was written. In those cases, a copy of the image should be taken and uploaded to Commons with the date in the name. They don't need to be uploaded locally since they would fall within the scope of Commons even if some might not initially realise why they are important. It would probably be helpful to explain in the image description why it has been uploaded.
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Guatemala arrests Twitter user for inciting financial panic

May 14, 2009 Guatemala police arrested I.T. professional Jean Ramses Anleu Fernández at his Guatemala City home on Thursday on charges of having incited financial panic via messages posted to the Twitter social networking web site. Known as "Jeanfer" on Twitter, Anleu Fernández's home was raided and his computer seized after he posted a message (known as a "tweet") on Tuesday afternoon proposing that people a response to high profile allegations that the Guatemalan Banrural bank is involved in corruption.

Anleu Fernández's message was posted with the tag "#escandalogt," identifying it as part of an ongoing discussion on the scandal that broke on Monday when a video recorded by assassinated Guatemalan attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg was distributed at Rosenberg's funeral and posted to the Internet. In the video, recorded days before he was shot while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City, Rosenberg accuses President of Guatemala Álvaro Colom of complicity in his death. Rosenberg also accused President Colom of responsibility for the April murder of Rosenberg's client, Khalil Musa, alleging that Musa was killed because he refused to cooperate in corrupt business deals operating within the structure of Banrural, a partly state-run bank. Musa had been appointed by President Colom to the board of Banrural.

Anleu Fernández was arrested according to a law which specifies fines of Q5,000-Q50,000 Guatemalan quetzales (about $600-$6,000 U.S. dollars) and 1-3 years of prison for those who of an institution under the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Banks. Prosecutor Genaro Pacheco told journalists that Anleu Fernández admitted to sending the message in question.


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Flight simulation site Avsim 'destroyed' by hackers

May 14, 2009

The flight simulation website Avsim has recently been "destroyed" after an attack by hackers. The website was used for all types of computer flight simulation, but it was mainly devoted to Flight Simulator X. It was launched thirteen years ago, in 1996.

"The method of the hack makes recovery difficult, if not impossible, to recover from," said Tom Allensworth, the founder of Avsim. "AVSIM is totally offline at this time and we expect to be so for some time to come. We are not able to predict when we will be back online, if we can come back at all." The attack destroyed both of the site's servers.

"Some have asked whether or not we had back ups. Yes, we dutifully backed up our servers every day. Unfortunately, we backed up the servers between our two servers," said Allensworth. "The hacker took out both servers, destroying our ability to use one or the other back up to remedy the situation."

"It looks like 13 years of hard work on Tom's part could have been wiped out. Avsim is an important site, because it services the whole community as a source of community developed terrains, skins, and mods - its contribution has been immeasurable," the editor of PC Magazine, Derek Davis, told the BBC news agency.


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U.S. automaker Chrysler wants to eliminate 789 dealerships

May 14, 2009

American automobile manufacturer has said that it wants to eliminate 789, or about a quarter, of its 3,200 dealers by early June. In a court filing on Thursday, the firm stated its network has too many dealers competing between each other and is antiquated.

A June 3 hearing has been scheduled in the to determine whether the move should be approved.

"This is a difficult day for us and not a day anybody can be prepared for," said, the Vice Chairman of Chrysler.

Company executives said the firm is trying to eliminate dealers with poor performances, and retain those who make the strongest sales. Over 50% of the dealerships that are to be eliminated sell less than a hundred automobiles per year.

"We recognize in the short term we will see some loss of sales. But based on the long term ... the dealer [network] is key and it's going to be very strong, powerful, with a much better financial viability," said Press.


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May 15, 2009 The Herschel Space Observatory and Planck Satellite were both launched Thursday by an Ariane 5ECA rocket at around 1pm (UTC) by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the Guiana Space Centre. The two telescopes valued at €1.9 billion (£1.7bn) were launched from Kourou, French Guiana, a department of France in South America.

"The technology onboard these satellites is unique, and the science these satellites will do is fantastic," said Jean-Jacques Dordain director-general at the ESA, "This is the result of many years' hard work by thousands of scientists and engineers across Europe."

Herschel was released 26 minutes after launch to continue on its trajectory. Two minutes later, the Planck observatory separated. The Planck telescope is a survey telescope using Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements of the microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

"It [Planck] will allow us to pin down all the basic characteristics of the Universe with very high accuracy - its age, its contents, how it evolved, its geometry, etc." said Dr Jan Tauber, project scientist at ESA. The larger space telescope is named after William Herschel who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781. The Herschel telescope will use infrared radiation and its main reflector mirror at a diameter of 3.5 meter (11.5 ft) is one-and-a-half-times larger than that on the Hubble Telescope.

The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) will also be able to detect carbon, water and oxygen in star-forming areas of space and examine the chemical composition of comets. The Photodetector Array Camera (PACS) and Spectrometer and the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) will correlate the images. The Herschel will also be equipped with heat detecting instrumentation. The Herschel space telescope will be operational for three to five years.

"These space missions are outstanding feats of engineering. Herschel is the largest telescope we have ever put into space and the instruments on Planck will operate at just a tenth of a degree above absolute zero," said Lord Drayson, the United Kingdom's science minister, "This is really cool science happening at mind-blowingly low temperatures, helping to answer some of the basic questions about the history of the universe."

"Herschel is going to help us understand much, much better how stars form right now and how they have been forming throughout billions of years of cosmic history" said Göran Pilbratt, Herschel's project scientist at ESA, "We're going to see the [star] embryos, the ones that are not born yet. We're going to see right into the wombs where stars are born."


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El gobierno quiere callarnos, el juez que dicto sentencia no sabia que era TWITTER

La justicia en Guatemala apesta. La resolución del juez: Q50,000.00 y arresto domiciliario.

dura lex, sed lex... =S —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12asta (talk • contribs) 15:20, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


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Spain in danger of Eurovision disqualification after scheduling snafu at RTVE

May 14, 2009

The Spanish national broadcaster, RTVE, is in danger of indirectly disqualifying its own Eurovision entrant, former Operación Triunfo finalist Soraya Arnelas, 26, who is already in Moscow, Russia awaiting the final round on Saturday.

A last-minute reprieve from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) allowed Spain to vote in the second semi-final instead of the first, due to a televised political debate. RTVE ran a professional tennis match, the Madrid Open matchup between Fernando Verdasco and Juan Mónaco, an hour past schedule Thursday evening, delaying the Eurovision semi-final broadcast and disenfranchising the Spanish viewers ready to vote for their favorite songs.

Spain, as a top monetary contributor to the EBU, automatically qualifies for the final but Spanish viewers were allowed to cast votes for one of the two semi-final rounds, as were the other automatic qualifiers (the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and host nation Russia).

The scheduling delay is in violation of the rules set forth to the national broadcasters by the EBU, and punishment could range from a fine incurred by RTVE to complete disqualification for Spain, who was slated to have Soraya perform her song "La noche es para mí" 25th and last in the final Saturday evening.

The newspaper El Mundo speculated that the delay might have occurred on purpose, as RTVE may not want to take the task of hosting the event in 2010 in the event that Spain wins. El Mundo also remarked that the EBU could take a harsher stance toward RTVE if they deem it a case of "voter fraud," as the disenfranchisement of Spanish televoters, replaced with a backup jury, would have changed the result of qualifying nations. In any case, the EBU is the governing body which decides if the delay was intentional or not and what punishments should be given to RTVE for breaking Contest rules.

When asked for comment by the newspaper ABC, RTVE cited "technical difficulties" but did not elaborate further. According to ABC, RTVE's teletext service had announced that the live broadcast would start at 9:45 p.m., 45 minutes after the broadcast started in Moscow, but neither RTVE's website nor its continuity announcements had made note of any change. The Eurovision broadcast started transmission from the beginning on RTVE's "La 2" channel at 10:06 p.m., 66 minutes late.

No public statement has yet been made by the EBU; the EBU went ahead with the scheduled press conference for the ten semi-final winners Thursday evening.


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snafu
Is this SNAFU? I don't understand the title. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:43, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


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California governor proposes more cuts
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts and layoffs for California yesterday.

Californian education budgets would be cut by $3 billion USD for the next five years if California voters gave a yes votes to the budget-related measures for May 19's special election.

Schwarzenegger is also ready to sell state properties including the and the  to raise money for the state.

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Nintendo DS sales hit one million
sales hit one million units last April. However, even with Nintendo's moderate success with their DS gaming system, all video game sales have declined 17%.

' writer Tor Thorsen claims that, the current release of the Nintendo DS, is an acronym for "Dominating Sales i'''n America."

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Phelps ready for next race
Eight-time gold medalist, in a recent conference Thursday, told reporters he will enter a swimming competition today.

This is Phelps' first swim meet since he was photographed with a marijuana pipe in his mouth.

Phelps will swim the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly races.

After the marijuana pipe photo was released, Phelps was unsure of whether he would swim again.

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Comments:Flight simulation site Avsim 'destroyed' by hackers

Off. Site. Backups. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:22, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

note to self
make offline backups

Very, very tragic
Coming from the mainframe world of 24 years, you always kept a "disaster recovery" backup in place - preferably "off-site".

We also had a multi-generational backup strategy in place - daily (7 incremental), weekly (4or5 incremental and full), monthly (12 incremental and full), and yearly (full) (as long as you want).

So on a recover like this, you would start with the last good yearly backup and work your way forward in time until you stop at the suspected corrupted backup.

Yes, mainframer's had this down to a science - we just had to or the company would come to a halt.

AND every year, we planned a disaster recovery drill - at another location - to make you sure this would work EVERY TIME.

This will not help this company - now - but I hope other companies will take it to heart.

Duaine

"Hackers" do not destroy
I'm sorry for your loss, however "Crackers" destroy people's hard work. "Hackers" do not. Please get your vocabulary correct.--Diniz55 (talk) 22:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

What an asshole.


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Typo?
"Phelps ready for next face", I assume is a typo. Is the correct word "race" or "faze" --SVTCobra 01:19, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, it seems to have been a typo. The correct word is "race". Tempodivalse [talk]  01:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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Tempodivalse [talk]  15:38, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Jan 2010 Writing Contest Prize Winner!
Pmlineditor: you won second prize in the first writing contest of 2010! Congratulations! Second prize is 20 Canadian dollars (about the same as 20 US dollars right now). Prize transfer via PayPal is preferred. If you have a PayPal account, please send me the email address linked to that account via email:. If you do not have a PayPal account I've decided that I am willing to send out personal checks, contrary to what I said in the prize rules section. If you wish to use this option, please send your name, full address, postal/zip code, and country name to the email linked above. Note that this option requires more personal information than PayPal (which just needs an email address), so PayPal is the preferred option. Please respond on my user page if you wish to claim your prize, or not. Again, congratulations, and great work! :) Gopher65talk 02:44, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

New administrator
Hi Pmlineditor, I've made you an administrator per your successful RFA. You're familiar with the bits from other wikis, so i don't need to lecture you on how they work. Nonetheless, feel free to drop me a note at my talk page should you need help. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  21:32, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! If I have any questions, I'll certainly ask you. Cheers, Pmlineditor discuss 07:55, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey. Congratulations on your RfA. <_< --Diego Grez let's talk 02:11, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Was just kidding in IRC. Congrats on getting Reviewer too, by the way. Pmlineditor discuss 07:32, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. :-) --Diego Grez let's talk 00:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Unprotecting archived article?
Did you mean to unprotect Landmine blast in Chattisgarh, India kills eight after you archived it? --InfantGorilla (talk) 14:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, that was an error. I've protected it again. :) Pmlineditor discuss 15:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Archiving
You have been busy archiving. No worries, but did you notice that you forgot to sight them (as auto-sighting was turned off last month)? --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:45, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, sorry for that; I didn't remember about sighting them. I'll do that from next time. Regards, Pmlineditor discuss 16:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
For dealing with the idiots :) -- Herby talk thyme 08:58, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow!!
--61 articles! Wow!! You deserve at least this!
 * Thanks. :) Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 19:04, 11 April 2012 (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) 09:31, 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) 10:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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Students protest against police action in Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Published. Interesting. See review comments, . --Pi zero (talk) 04:43, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm quite rusty after a break of 2.5 years as you can see (no categories and similarity to sources!), so thanks for all the fixes you made and for passing the article! Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 06:58, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Being bothered by User:Pi zero
He is bothering me with rubbish each edit. He is never contributing. He deletes articles comments sites here, although the article is existing. Articles under development are clean up articles. I might not write about RB Leipzig. My started articles have interest and he says that other archived articles are which from amateur clubs, university clubs or something else. He wants to rename my name here and is not rename me. My articles are written after the style such as about other proven football match reports. He is psychic unable to name reasons. Please remove him from the board! He neither productive nor socially competent or educated, for a globally representative on public free sites. --Nikebrand (talk) 21:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You should relax and not spam users. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 13:40, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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name of contest?
What is the name of this contest?

If it were Nadal playing they would have ran the match 10 hours over. Madrid Open rules...24.30.16.34 (talk) 01:33, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I live in Spain and love the people and the Country, but each year of Eurpvision I cringe when Madrid is called and instead of saying "Good Evening" they say "Good Night" In other words they start the link by saying "Goodbye". There is an attitude problem here that they don't care or what does it matter? That's a shame, but they have top abide by the rules as should all contesting countries!

They should be banned for that. Oh well they came out badly in the end! I like Soraya she was good. 86.1.97.190 (talk)


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 * Closed per user request. Unsuccessful. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:17, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I am new to Wikinews other than setting up the bot for Portal:Minnesota. I made some edits to a recent article and might contribute more. Thank you either way. -SusanLesch (talk) 05:57, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

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 * I suggest you read up on policy, especially Cite sources. That being said, I see you have acknowledged this concern here. So maybe being familiar with most, if not all of, of WN:PG would be great. Calebrw (talk) 06:27, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the pointer, Calebrw. I have looked through all of those links and I note that "The Wikinews Policies and guidelines are fundamentally based on the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines" which should be easy to follow. This is going on my third year in Wikipedia. -SusanLesch (talk) 08:44, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is a very different animal, the most-used WN:NOT axiom is, Wikinews is not Wikipedia. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:08, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh. Now a user asks me to stop editing this article from June 30. So how would you suggest I fix it? The sources I added are from June 30. -SusanLesch (talk) 09:16, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikinews articles are not a work-in-progress. It must be taken into consideration that after publication they move down the front page and into history. In most cases substantive edits should not be made 24+ hours after publication. This is very important for maintaining Wikinews articles as a historical record and supports my reasoning for voting oppose below. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:19, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Wish I had stopped by earlier. All of my additions were known at the time, by about 18:30 Central. It's fine to close this request for editor which is going nowhere. -SusanLesch (talk) 09:26, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Just give it a little time and reapply, everything has been good faith - just need good faith and a fair understanding of the project quirks. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:54, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot to you, Brianmc, and Calebrw for your help. With luck I will try to edit an article on time someday. See ya. -SusanLesch (talk) 10:19, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * We can always use help bringing these articles up to scratch. These have not yet been published, so any work done is usually a good thing. Calebrw (talk) 14:16, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

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 * Not shown an understanding of the use of the source template and policies concerning adding information post-publication. I would be willing to change this if this user contributes more and with a better understanding. See above comment. Calebrw (talk) 06:27, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Greetings Calebrw. It took me under a half hour to adjust. This was my first encounter with flagged revisions and Wikinews citation style. -SusanLesch (talk) 06:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Further, your article said, "Pawlenty has said he will shortly sign the formal document" in the second paragraph. I corrected that to add the formal document itself, signed the same day, meanwhile answering you on my talk page. I am sorry to have to deal with this oppose. What is the point? -SusanLesch (talk) 07:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, "What is the the point?"? The point of what? My vote, my concern with your apparent lack of knowledge of the WN policies? Calebrw (talk) 14:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Less than 50 edits overall. Only four in main namespace - does not inspire faith that knowledge of policies is adequate. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:54, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sure she could evolve into a good editor, but at the moment, does not demonstrate a sound knowledge of the policies as evidenced above.    Dotty••   09:20, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Dottydotdot, hope you don't mind a comment: that's a great name you have. Years ago I signed my artwork like this "...". -SusanLesch (talk) 10:20, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * He he, !    Dotty••   10:35, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

 * per Brian McNeil, sorry. – Juliancolton  | Talk 16:56, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Result: Editor status granted by user:Tempodivalse

I'd like to request Reviewer permission in order to help with the backlog of articles needing review. My motives are not entirely altruistic: I figure that if I review other folks' articles, my articles stand a better chance of getting reviewed. ;) I am also active at wikipedia and the Spanish language wikinews. Thanks for your consideration, -- Shunpiker (talk) 17:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Just to note, though, that the "reviewer" user group is largely deprecated, and not used anymore. What we use nowadays is "editor" status, which basically gives you the technical ability to put articles on the front page. In any case, I support. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:46, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha! Thanks for the clarification! -- Shunpiker (talk) 18:29, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Result: User promoted by Tempodivalse

Okay, so once again, I am requesting Editor status. I have the gist of how things work around here. Of course, I am still learning, and will take into better consideration the style guide. The main reason for my request for Editor status is I think is is silly having to wait for a Reviewer to give the okay for a mere wikilink. I have written two articles (1 and 2). Best regards,  The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫ 03:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * User seems to have gotten down the basics, can be trusted. Tempodivalse [talk]  03:39, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

'''Result: Succesful, congratulations. Closed early as consensus is clear Tempodivalse''' [talk]  18:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I do a fair number of copyedits here, mostly, of late, small ones in recently published articles; currently these edits must be individually sighted by others. I believe I've been here long enough not to transgress through ignorance. I have had editor status on English Wikibooks for some time (through autopromotion there), so I'm familiar with FlaggedRevs editorship generally. --Pi zero (talk) 13:21, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Tempodivalse [talk]  13:43, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 *   Tris   14:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Van der Hoorn (talk • contribs) 16:05, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * -- Sken   my talk 16:37, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * — Gopher65talk 17:03, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Result: User promoted

I have written a few articles, and I would like have the Editor user right here. I am an admin on the English Wikipedia and an OTRS volunteer. My experience with multiple Wikimedia projects shows that I am trustworthy, and I am familiar with the practices here at English Wikinews. I'd love to help out the most that I can. Thanks,  hmwith τ   16:36, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Can be trusted not to misuse the editor bits, and has a good understanding of our policies as demonstrated by his her articles. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Her* articles. :)  hmwith τ   00:15, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, my apologies for that mistake, I'm not in the habit of using singluar "they". :-) No offence taken, I hope? Tempodivalse [talk]  00:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ha, of course not. I just wanted the record to be straight.  hmwith τ   16:26, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

 * - Knows what she's doing. – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:29, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries from me! -- Sken   my talk 17:35, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Although she hasn't done much here, she's demonstrated she knows how things work here with her contributions just the same. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:02, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Closed as successful, congrats. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:30, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

I've written seven articles in the past few weeks, and copyedited another. I am also an experienced Wikipedia user and admin, and I would like to have Editor user right here. I think my performance at Wikipedia shows that I am trustworthy and use good judgement, and I have become accustomed fairly quickly to the Wikinews standards as well. --Jayron32. talk . contribs 00:54, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

 * - Yep, trustworthy. – Juliancolton  | Talk 05:40, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * - Fine, good work, thanks!    Tris   07:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Good work so far, just some niggly new guidelines to get around as an Editor. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

User promoted, congrats. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:31, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

I often add interwiki links, do editprotected requests and make some corrections in a few articles. I am familiarized with "editor" buttons becouse I have flag in Spanish Wikinews. Thanks, ×α£đ~es 02:11, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I trust this user, and the flag will certainly help him get interwikis into published articles quicker. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:39, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * per above. – Juliancolton  | Talk 00:23, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Result: User status granted by Jcart1534

I've written a few articles here, and I'm familiar with the basics. If it helps, I'm a sysop at enwiki, simplewiki, simplewikiquote, and commons, so I'm pretty trustworthy. :) – Juliancolton  | Talk 03:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Trustworthy, understands how things work. Dotty•• |☎ 07:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Voted against me which might explain my vote. Seems to have 60 some edits until this request and <100 overall. So I'd question if he's really twice as ready as me. -SusanLesch (talk) 23:53, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You're voting neutral because I opposed your request? – Juliancolton  | Talk 04:51, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, Juliancolton. Nope, just my opinion (which I might better have kept to myself). -SusanLesch (talk) 05:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * To be fair, he also has impressive credentials at related wikis... Ed 04:40, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Changing my vote while I still can. -SusanLesch (talk) 05:02, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :) – Juliancolton  | Talk 06:18, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

 * -- Positive contributor to this project, has written some good articles, and also responds well to feedback and constructive criticism. Should do well in this added capacity. Thanks for volunteering to help out in this manner. Cirt (talk) 05:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * - trusted user on other wikis who wishes to help here, so I have no problem with it. Ed 04:40, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * - Trust him, made very positive contributions to the project. red  - thunder  .  20:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Just a note that it's been over a week. Thanks, – Juliancolton  | Talk 22:57, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Closed as PASS by user:Tempodivalse

I know I only joined a few days ago but hopefully my contribs speak for themselves. It would be useful to approve some articles that are a bit slow to be approved. Cheers! Dottydotdot (talk) 17:13, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

 * User has demonstrated a knowledge of our policies, can be trusted. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:24, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Does Dottydotdot realise one can't approve one's own articles? Computerjoe 's talk 19:33, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep don't worry I do! Dottydotdot (talk) 19:42, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Result: User status granted by user:Tempodivalse

I'd like to be an editor so that I can better contribute to wikinews. I wrote the "Fear and loathing" series on the 2008 presidential election from May to October, and wrote other articles as well. I am active at wikipedia and commons as well as wikinews. Thank you.--William Saturn (talk) 17:59, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

 * You haven't been active recently, but from your previous contributions I can see you know our policies well and can be trusted, so there's no reason to oppose, and we need more editors. Tempodivalse [talk]  18:04, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Can't see any major issues with this user. A user page would be nice. Also, is your enwiki username different? Computerjoe (talk) 18:57, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I recently changed it to User:William S. Saturn to honor Hunter S. Thompson.--William Saturn (talk) 01:24, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You haven't made edits since the Presidential campaign of 2008. No need demonstrated. --SVTCobra 03:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Long-time editor who seems to have returned. Regularly making copyedit changes which need sighted and for this at least I recommend granting the priv. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:02, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

 * as nom. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:02, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Tempodivalse [talk]  00:18, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Considering he was formerly an admin (If i recall), shouldn't he get this automatically? Bawolff ☺☻ 01:13, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

granted
✅ Uncle G now has sighting privileges. Grandfather clause if for no other reason. --SVTCobra 01:26, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Closed as unsuccessful. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:05, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I've been here for about 2 weeks. In that time, I have pushed a few articles towards being published, and wrote one of my own, which was also published (Brush fire threatens Molokai, Hawaii). I understand all the relevant policies that go along with Editor status. I also contribute to en.wp, and have rollback status there. Drew R. Smith (talk) 05:10, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments

 * The article version I linked to below as reason for my oppose vote was partly concerned with the near word for word copyvio issue, but there were other concerns. There wasn't even a date template on it, and I suspect had that and develop been present it would have been possible to develop it further.
 * On copyright, and taking snippets of how someone else has written a story, I would refer people to the issues experienced with - not to compare this case with that, I believe the user can become familiar enough with policies and principles, but to highlight an idea that we can't go for a "changed enough for most people not to consider it plagiarism" principle. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:03, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, you seem to have purposefully linked to a version without the develop tag. You can see on the history that there were several revisions after the diff you linked, and before you first edited the article.
 * As for copyright, I did try to avoid copyright issues. When the IP added a copyvio tag to the article I asked iDangerMouse offwiki to take a look. iDM agreed it was probably ok, so I removed the copyvio tag. When you re-added it, I left it, and asked Dendodge to take a look.
 * What I don't understand, is why such a sketchy copyvio needs to be brought up here. Yes, it needs to be brought up, but why here? Its obviously not intentional copyright violation. All it is is a bad choice of topic. The source wasn't long enough to make the article different enough. I won't do short articles anymore, simple solution. Drew R. Smith (talk) 13:18, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * for now, due to this. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:57, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - I honestly don't see how that is "nearly word for word". I'll keep it on the talk page of the article, but I think people should read the relevant info, instead of just taking Brians word for it. No offense intended to you Brian. Drew R. Smith (talk) 10:40, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * While I trust Brian's judgement, I must point out that it is hard to effectively reword something when all the information available is in two sentences. I admit that it could be reworded well enough to avoid copyvio concerns, but I don't think it's worth opposing over. If he had copied a news article that was longer, I admit that it would be a major concern, but it wasn't exactly "word for word", and—as I have said—the original article contained only minimal "bare bones" information. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 11:00, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

 * for now. Editorship here requires more than intention to work for the good of the project, it requires understanding of what isn't appropriate, because an editor needs to know what should not be passed through to publication.  From Brian McNeil's example above, and also from Drew R. Smith's reaction to it, it seems that Drew R. Smith is not yet seasoned enough here.  Given some time, I sincerely hope to see that change.  --Pi zero (talk) 12:50, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not concerned very much about copyvio issues - the paraphrasing was slight at best, and sometimes it is difficult to use different wording than your sources, especially with a story as short as that. However, I'm a bit worried about your knowledge of the style guide. For instance, this article, which you created, had several problems with it - it was missing links, source, date template, and other issues. It's not a major issue, but it suggests that you don't know the standards that published articles should have - which is especially important when one has the ability to publish pages. I don't have high standards for editorship, though - if you were to write three or so good articles to show us that you're fully familiar with WN:SG, then I'll be glad to support. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:30, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You're off to a good start, and I appreciate the work you've done so far, but I must for now per Tempodivalse. –  Juliancolton  | Talk 15:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't want to flat out oppose because I think this user has potential, but that being said, they have less than 50 edits and has been around all of a week. I'd like more experience/understanding of our ways/policies first. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 01:29, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

'''Result: Success is yours! Hope Brian doesn't mind me doing this when he said he would ;) Blood Red Sandman'  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:17, 30 August 2009 (UTC) I have been here for a while now, writing articles every now and then, but mainly reading through policy pages and discussions. I am now confident that I understand all relevant Wikinews policies, having written 4 5'' articles for this project, and helped others to correctly and effectively format their articles (through off-site media, such as Skype). I have also contributed to the English Wikipedia for nearly 3 years, and have had rollback status there for a long time (I can't rememebr exactly how long). I notice that articles sometimes take a bit longer than should be expected to get reviewed, and would like to help out with the process. Den dodge  T\C(en.wp) 13:14, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Drew R. Smith (talk) 13:20, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I trust this user to use the buttons appropriately. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:22, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * – Juliancolton  | Talk 14:39, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 *   Tris   21:04, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Will promote tomorrow if nobody else does, and I don't forget. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:30, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Closed as success, congrats. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Nearly twelve months since my last request. I'm on wikinews alot and tend to see articles needing review go without for long periods of time. I'd review them myself but no editor status no review. --RockerballAustralia (talk) 00:02, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Tempodivalse [talk]  00:31, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * . I'm shocked you don't have editor privs. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:39, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * May I ask why you are shocked about that?--RockerballAustralia (talk) 01:12, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * just that you've been here for long enough of a time (by far), I assumed you had editor privs. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:22, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

 * – Juliancolton  | Talk 00:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I am kinda like an elephant ... past transgressions were egregious, however, it has been a long time, so I won't oppose. --SVTCobra 01:40, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What's the history behind this? The archive shows a request in September 2008, with no clear statement of resolution one way or 'tother, and the user rights log doesn't mention RockerballAustralia at all.  (Transgressions predating FlaggedRevs, perhaps?)  --Pi zero (talk) 11:44, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor rights were denied back then (Sept 08) --RockerballAustralia (talk) 22:41, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I think he's long since learned right from wrong. Besides, if he gets outa hand again, I can just beat him about the head with my ban hammer. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 15:32, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Who'd have thought it back then? Fully trusted as far as I'm concnerned. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:54, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Promoted Tempodivalse [talk]  12:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Joe has been doing plenty of minor edits tarting up our articles and generally making things look better. It's high time he didn't have to wait to see his canges sighted. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:12, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments and questions

 * Joe, do you accept my nom? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:12, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I accept the nomination. Thanks. -- Poe Joe (talk) 17:09, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Tempodivalse [talk]  16:47, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * —I have never come accross Joe before, but a look over his contribs tells me I can trust him. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 16:49, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ditto Dendodge    Tris   17:05, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Promoted Tempodivalse [talk]  12:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

The wub has been around a bit, and has shown competence with a recent comeback. Although much has changed in recent times, I'm sure this user can be trusted - very active and trusted contributor to en.wp. Again, assuming the nom is accepted, I see no problems - it is easy come, easy go after all. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:13, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments and questions

 * Wub, do you accept my nom? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:13, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I accept. the wub "?!"  19:03, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Competent editor, should do well with the extra privs. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * (if the user accepts)—I don't expect this user to misuse the tools in any way, knowingly or not. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 14:12, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Seen on WP & seems good here.    Tris   17:06, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Closed as unsuccessful, not enough support for promotion. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:47, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

This user has done plenty of writing and sure knows his way round the project already. Assuming he accepts my nom, this should breeze through. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:00, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments and questions
I do agree to the proposed nomination. I do have one querie though. Do I get the ability to modify the lead stories on the front page? --Rayboy8 (talk) 14:06, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Rayboy, do you accept my nom? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:00, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, yo do. You always could, but now you won't need to wait for someone to approve it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

 * —I don't expect this user to misuse the tools in any way, knowingly or not. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 14:13, 20 September 2009 (UTC) Switched to oppose, see further down
 * -Some very good articles-keep it up Rayboy!    Tris   17:06, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Tempodivalse [talk]  17:53, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * This user has not gotten a firm grasp of what COPYRIGHT means. At least 3 articles of his writing now have been kicked back from review due to copyvio issues, or flat out marked for copyvio.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It has been noted that I have had three occassions where I have been caught violating copyright with articles that I have written. I am really sorry for all this and I will try my best to prevent this from happening again. --Rayboy8 (talk) 21:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * (from support) - I did not notice the copyvio problem when I supported before. Now that it has come to my attention, I find it to be a major issue. We cannot have editors who fail to understand copyright - publishing a copyvio is a surefire way to get us kicked off Google News. Sorry! Den dodge  T\C (en.wp) 18:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * , changed from a support - Dendodge and SGN bring up good points and i wasn't aware of the copyvio issues. While I appreciate the great work you've been doing writing articles, understanding copyright is a must for an editor - we can't have copyvios being published, it could get us removed from google's news listing and damage our reputation. However, I'll be happy to support if you can write several articles without the copyright issues. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:13, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * per copyvoi concerns. Sorry. – Juliancolton  | Talk 19:22, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Copyright is extremely important for Wikinews, and it should be noted that we are a little more tolerant than Wikipedia. Tolerant that is, in that substantial infringement is blanked and the contributor given a chance to start over without their article utterly vanishing. The issue is prominent in and around citizen journalism, and if you've been following this there have been a variety of threats for, say, copying the lede from an AP wire report. Writing on Wikinews should never be an attempt to be "just different enough to not be infringing", it should be original writing - your presentation of the facts gleaned from elsewhere, in accordance with project policies like WN:NPOV. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:19, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

 * User requested to lose Editor status voluntarily Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:28, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Sighted and published 2009 Shri Shyam Bhajan Amritvarsha Hyderabad with claim of original reporting, no OR notes on talk page, and no review. Blatant violation/disregard for review policy. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:13, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Comments
Seriously, I didn't know that. Can't we review self-published work? Can you please direct me the link for criteria reviewing the work? Shyam ( T / C ) 10:22, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The policy is WN:REVIEW, as the comment at the top says - everything must have an independent review. The article would have failed review because the WN:OR policy was also not adhered to - notes must be reproduced on the article's talk page. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:31, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * for serious misuse - this is not an accident. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:13, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I was shocked a minute or two ago when I turned up and found a clearly nonstandard title on the Main Page. Google News would not be amused and nor am I. Even if you really didn't know, that is still a reason why you should not have editor status. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:54, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you think, that's enough reason to remove the editor status, please go ahead. When I started taking participation, there were no such restrictions. I am coming after long time creating an article, so policies might have changed drastically. If the story is not entertaining to google and you, that doesn't mean it's completely nonsense. If that's true change the content of essay - Wikinews needs you!. Please let me know, if you have any questions. Thanks, Shyam  ( T / C ) 11:56, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry, I didn't mean that by 'not amused'. I would like to see the story published, it just wasn't suitable in that form - not amused is a euphemism usually used after an accident or mistake, amongst other things. If you stay around a while and get used to policy as it now stands, you may even earn the tool back... But for now, yes, I feel people should not keep it unless they know the policy sorounding it. I hope the article can be fixed up and used. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:03, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, please go ahead and remove me for a while. I voluntarily want to lose the tool, as I violate the code. I don't want the tool if there are enough reviewers. I applied for it because, my edition took very long to get reviewed by editor group. Sometimes if you think, there are less reviewers, you can approach me for giving me the access. Thanks, Shyam  ( T / C ) 12:24, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


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U.S. automaker GM plans to close 1,100 dealerships

May 15, 2009

American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) announced plans Friday to shut down about 1,100 of its dealerships, in an effort to evade bankruptcy and lower its expenditures.

GM's move comes a day after Chrysler, another U.S. car maker, released a list of 789 dealerships that it was closing. Unlike Chrylser, GM will not publicly announce the dealerships that it intends to shut down. Instead, dealerships whose franchises won't be renewed after October of next year will receive a private letter telling them of the decision.

At the moment, GM has 6,246 dealers in the U.S. It intends to reduce that number to 3,605 by the end of 2010. GM said the dealerships that were to be closed are "underperforming and very small sales volume U.S. dealers."

“They’re dealerships that are in most cases hurting, losing money, and in danger of going out of business anyway,” said GM's sales, service, and marketing vice president in a telephone conference. “It’s a move that people could argue should have been taken years ago but this leadership team had no choice but to do it today.”

The dealers that are to be closed represent 18% of the firm's dealership network, but only 7% of GM's 2008 revenue.


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German GDP drops by 3.8%, largest decline in 40 years

May 16, 2009

According to official figures, Germany's economy contracted by 3.8% in the first quarter of this year, the worst decline in four decades. This is the fourth consecutive time the quarterly GDP has fallen. The plunge was larger than the 3.2% decline predicted by economists.

The Federal Statistics Office reports that the decline was lead by a large slide in exports and investments.

"This is a dramatic plunge and a worse start to the year than we could have imagined," said Juergen Michels, an economist for Citigroup in London.

Other European countries also reported declines in their GDPs. Italy reported a 2.4% decline in GDP in the first three months of 2009, the fastest plunge since 1980, while France reported a 1.2% fall in output.

The eurozone, consisting of sixteen countries, saw its economy contract by 2.5% last quarter, the worst slump since 1995.


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France pledges twelve million Euro in aid to Pakistan

May 16, 2009 In a meeting with Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari in Paris on Friday, French president Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to give twelve million Euro (US$16.2 million) in humanitarian aid to Pakistan.

The funds will be given to more than one million internally displaced persons (IPD) in Pakistan who have been forced to flee from their homes following heavy violence between Taliban militants and the Pakistani army in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

"We've come to an understanding for a larger cooperation for the strengthening of Pakistan, strengthening of the war [...] the war going on in this region," President Zardari said.

Zardari stressed that Pakistan and its neighbours needed to cooperate against the Taliban and other terrorist threats, saying that, "it is a war against a mindset and there is no time limit for the offensive".


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Sri Lankan president promises to end war in 48 hours

May 15, 2009

, the president of Sri Lanka, pledged to end the against the  insurgents within two days.

"President Mahinda Rajapaksa has vowed that within the next 48 hours, thousands of Tamil civilians will be freed from the clutches of the Tamil Tigers," a spokesman for the government said. He added the president had pledged that "all territory would be freed from the Tamil Tigers' control".

The president's comments come as the Sri Lankan army has forced the Tiger rebels, known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), onto a small strip of coastline about in length Thursday night. About 20,000–25,000 troops have been gathered for the final attack, and have encircled approximately 1,200–1,500 of the rebels.

The Tigers have been accused of holding civilians as human shields and shooting at those trying to flee, an accusation that they have denied. There are few impartial accounts of the fighting as the government has prevented journalists and aid workers from entering the area.

The country's government has rebuffed international worries over thousands of civilians that are located in and around the war zone that have been threatened by powerful artillery bombarding the area.

The United Nations says that a further fifty thousand are estimated to still remain in the no-fire zone. In past months, approximately 200,000 civilians have fled from the war zones, and are currently residing in displacement camps.

Sri Lankan armies are largely supported by both and, in a strategic calculus aiming to erase Tamil tiger resistances, who claim communist background. Tamils 1983's resistances had start following segregation against them.


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After uncertain day of Eurovision rehearsals, EBU will place sanctions on Spain and RTVE

May 15, 2009

After a tense day of rehearsals, in which Spanish national broadcaster RTVE said publicly that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) would not be imposing sanctions on them for pre-empting the second live Eurovision semi-final, the EBU has made an official statement, contradicting RTVE and announcing that sanctions will be placed on Spain. This year's act, former Operación Triunfo finalist Soraya Arnelas, will not be affected by the EBU ruling, and she will be allowed to perform her song "La noche es para mí" in Moscow as scheduled on Saturday. By late Friday evening, the newspaper ABC announced that while RTVE and the EBU were in talks all day, it looked as if Soraya's spot would not be in danger, as she participated in dress rehearsals during the afternoon. Later, the EBU released their statement, which says in part, "Spanish broadcaster [RTVE] did not broadcast the second Semi-Final (Thursday, 14th of May) of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest live, despite the fact that this is mandatory by the Rules of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest...The Reference Group of the Eurovision Song Contest will decide upon a sanction in its next meeting, after this year's competition."

The newspaper El Mundo was the first to publish statements from RTVE representatives, in which they were quoted as saying "La UER no va a tomar medidas" ("The EBU is not going to take action") and "No va a haber ningún tipo de sanción" ("There will be no sanctions"). When asked why the Eurovision semi-final was deferred, disenfranchising the Spanish voters, RTVE responded, "We chose the least damaging option possible." El Mundo noted that Spanish Eurovision fans disagreed, with such a high volume of negative sentiment that RTVE's Eurovision fan message boards crashed. The Eurovision Song Contest is a very popular annual event in Spain; more than 80% of all households watch the shows each year.

RTVE is no stranger to controversy this week; on Wednesday the network came under fire for fan reaction to the Spanish national anthem being played before the Copa del Rey soccer matchup between Athletic de Bilbao and Barcelona, two teams located in secessionist regions of Spain (Catalonia and the Basque Country). During the telecast of the anthem, fans yelled out anti-Spanish insults and slurs against King Juan Carlos I, and nationalist flags were shown on-air. RTVE's sports director was immediately fired for the incident. An opinion piece in El Mundo called for more resignations at RTVE as they drew parallels in terms of incompetence between the Eurovision event and the Copa del Rey event.


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User talk:12.8.14.181

Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:53, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

title: User talk:12.8.14.181


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Talk:After uncertain day of Eurovision rehearsals, EBU will place sanctions on Spain and RTVE

Spanish language sources
I can read Portuguese at a semi-intermediate level, so I can understand about 50% of Spanish. I used Google translator to glean the gist of the Spanish language sources, and what I did not understand, I verified with a native Spanish speaker, User:Dferg, based in Spain, for the utmost accuracy possible. Mike Halterman (talk) 20:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Review
--Brian McNeil / talk 20:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


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Talk:Sri Lankan president promises to end war in 48 hours

International concerns
Could a little blurb be added about the "international concern over the tens of thousands of civilians under threat from the heavy artillery bombardments" CBC or or "Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is under great international pressure" FOX Such is also in the original two news stories. Adding one more blurb about this aspect would include all major aspects from the news wires, and give a more substantiated source to support AP with more than just PTI. Everything else seems to conform to the peer review.SriMesh | talk  00:51, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ I've added some relevant information. Could you take another look at the article? Thanks. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:22, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


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Court rules teen must take chemotherapy

May 18, 2009

A judge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States ruled that a boy, Daniel Hauser, has been medically neglected by his parents and must take chemotherapy and radiation therapy for his cancer against his will.

Medical professionals testifying at the proceedings said that Daniel's cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, has a 90% survival rate with modern treatment, but only a 10% chance of survival without it.

The judge declared that the ruling was because there was a "compelling state interest in the life and welfare of Daniel sufficient to override the fundamental constitutional rights of both the parents and Daniel to the free exercise of religion and the due process right of the parents to direct the religious and other upbringing of their child." as noted in his 60 page verdict. The boy lives in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota and his mother is a member of the Nemenhah, a Native American style group that opposes medical practices that it believes to "harm the body."

His parents first brought him for one out of six chemotherapy treatments and then refused to have the rest. In an initial filing, Daniel said that he was a medicine man and he himself made the decision to refuse the chemotherapy. An important question in the case was whether Daniel truly made the decision to refuse treatment, or whether he was pressured by his parents.

A vital piece of evidence was presented by a Thomas Sinas, an attorney for the boy's court appointed guardian who doubted Daniel's religious beliefs. Daniel also gave closed door testimony to the judge. The statement was released, and stated that Daniel's faith wasn't genuine, that he was shaken by the effects of his aunt's chemotherapy.

"This matter ... involves a 13-year-old child who has only a rudimentary understanding at best of the risks and benefits of chemotherapy," said Judge John Rodenberg, "He genuinely opposes the imposition of chemotherapy. However, he does not believe he is ill currently. The fact is that he is very ill currently."

Daniel's court-appointed defense attorney, Philip Elbert, said, "I feel it's a blow to families, it marginalizes the decisions that parents face every day in regard to their children's medical care. It really affirms the role that big government is better at making our decisions for us."

Daniel's parents will be required to give him a chest X-ray and proceed to give him chemotherapy and radiation therapy if a doctor says that they would still be effective. If they refuse to comply, Daniel will be taken into custody.

Daniel's mother, Colleen Hauser, said, "If Daniel resists, it is a great question of how he will be treated. He may have to be sedated and that brings up the issue of forced treatment."

The judge said that the court has a right to force treatment because Daniel does not understand his illness and the risks and benefits of therapy enough to create an informed consent.

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Comments:ESA launches Herschel Space Observatory and Planck Satellite

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You really thinks that this telescope could reveals the univese history or it's secrets?. Please...let'me knows how?


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Nearly three million contraband cigarettes seized by Canadian and U.S. authorities

May 16, 2009

On Friday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) seized 1.75 million contraband cigarettes near the Manitoba - Ontario border and in a separate case the New York City Police Department (NYPD) also had a major recovery of 1.17 million cigarettes.

Canadian officers seized 150 cases of illegal, unmarked cigarettes, as well as 25 cases of "discount" brand cigarettes during a traffic safety check conducted during National Road Safety Week on the Trans Canada Highway.

The NYPD pulled over a U-Haul truck for a traffic violation, a covered license plate and recovered 58,500 packs of untaxed contraband cigarettes.

"It's an ongoing problem as the price of cigarettes go up. Obviously, it increases the motivation to go to other states to buy them and bring them back here. We enforce the law in that regard," said a NYPD Police Commissioner.

"Discount brands of cigarettes ... come from countries such as, not only the United States, but India, Native American tribes, the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico and other countries around the globe," said a representative from the American State Auditor’s Office.

Bootleggers, nicknamed the $5 man, are the new entrepreneurs when taxed cigarettes sell for over US$10 a pack and nearly $100 a carton in some places in the U.S.

Customers satisfying a nicotine addiction provide a hefty income for illegal tobacco traders. The illicit smuggling of tobacco results in thousands of dollars in lost tax revenue to governments. In Manitoba's bust, it's estimated that nearly CA$325,000 (US$275,000)are lost in tax revenue from illegal cigarette sales.

On Wednesday, 90,000 contraband cigarettes were seized from Lithuanian travellers at the Dublin Ireland airport. On Monday, in a separate case, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seized unmarked cigarettes from a Manitoba man for the second time. This time police recovered 160,000 cigarettes. One week ago smugglers hid 3,000 cases of illegal cigarettes in concrete to try to get them through customs in Singapore.

In April American officials shut down a warehouse containing about US20 million dollars in illegal cigarettes.


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Comments:Sri Lankan president promises to end war in 48 hours

u are great. finish the war. we can live in peace & harmoy with all communities in Srilanka. We wish to express our gratitude towards the THREE ARMED FORCES

This would be amazing if it comes true.--KDP3 (talk) 17:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


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Can you take a look at your changes to this again? We've never used related news for interlanguage wikilinks. And your use of the source template is incorrect in date formatting and specification of the language. The usual is to use fr after a normal source template. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:54, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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