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Capture of FARC member creates crisis between Venezuela and Colombia

On December 14, Colombian officers arrested Rodrigo Granda, the chief of international relations for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - FARC. The Venezuelan government said Granda was arrested inside Venezuela's borders, so the arrest was illegal and Granda was actually kidnapped. The Colombian government said that Venezuelans detained Granda inside Venezuela borders because of a reward offered for his capture by the Colombian government. They said he was moved to the region near the border of Venezuela, but inside Colombian territory, where officers finally arrested him.

The FARC is considered a terrorist group by the government of Colombia and by the United States, a Colombian ally in the fight against FARC.

The FARC is a Marxist revolutionary group with about 12,000 members. The group originated from the Colombian Communist Party of the 1960s. The FARC's main stated objective is the creation of a Communist government in Colombia. Colombian authorities routinely search their members.

During the Cold War, the movement received some help from the former Soviet Union. In recent years, the majority of its funding has come from kidnapping, extortion, hijacking, and illegal trade in cocaine. The FARC attacks Colombian political and military installations and what the group considers to be strategic targets.

The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, or MIPT, an organization based in Oklahoma, US, has associated FARC with 446 incidents resulting in 955 injuries and 429 fatalities since 1968. On September 19, 2004, the FARC killed Luis Eduardo Duque Varon, Antonio Jose Duque Varon, and Alfonso Lopez Nivia, a move supposedly motivated by the victims' involvement with the Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

There are evidences that the FARC has liaisons with Latin-American criminals, as for example the Brazilian drug-dealer Fernandinho Beira-Mar arrested  by Colombian army in Colombia near the border of Venezuela, Brazil and Colombia. Beira-Mar confessed his liaisons with the guerrilla to authorities. According to the COBRA (alias for Colombia-Brazil) operation report of Brazilian police the FARC maintains drug factories in the Amazon, near the board of Colombia. The manufactered drugs would be dispatched to Colombia, United States and Brazil.

The FARC has advocates among some people and organizations in Latin America. Some of the group's principal sympathizers are located in Venezuela and Brazil. According to them the FARC is victim of a calumny campaign organized by their enemies, mainly the US. FARC Commander Manuel Marulanda Vélez and others are part of the Marxist and revolutionary magazine America Libre. The Brazilian Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo, known as Frei Betto, a celebrity in Brazil PT and a personal friend of Lula, was former director of the magazine. Raul Reyes, a FARC commander, described the liaisons with President Lula in an interview to Folha de São Paulo newspaper in August 24 2003 and said he met Lula for the first time in San Salvador during the Foro de São Paulo. Olivio Dutra, Minister of Cities of Lula, received FARC leaders in 2001 when he was the Rio Grande do Sul governor. In March 20, 2002, in Ribeirão Preto was open a pro-FARC comitee by the Sports Secretary Leopoldo Paulino (PSB) in the government of the mayor Antônio Palocci Filho (PT). Presently Palocci is the Economy Minister of Lula government. Also the FARC is a member of the Foro de São Paulo since 1990, organization guided by PT and Lula. Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva don't recognize the FARC as a terrorist movement and say they don't have any illegal relationship with the organization. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez already admitted he encontered FARC leaders between 1998-2002. According to him the meetings were a request of Colombian President Andrés Pastrana who wanted to negotiate with the rebels. Venezuelan president has been repeatedly accused covering FARC. The Colombian Senator Enrique Gómez, member of the outer subjects commission of the Congress said in a interview to the Colombian Caracol Radio: "a conspiracy between the FARC and President Chávez has always existed" (audio). Colombian Senador Jimmy Chamorro has the same opinion:"there is no doubt about the narrow relation of Chávez and the FARC, and thus it is demonstrated with the case of the guerrilla Rodrigo Granda" (audio). The US newspaper Washington Post also accused Chavez of giving protection and suport to the FARC rebels. The Venezuelan union leader of CTV (Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela - Confederations of Workers of Venezuela) who lives in Costa Rica(he requested political asylum) Carlos Ortega said about Chavez in 2004:"In Venezuela Chavez doesn't rule, who rules is Fidel Castro, the narc-guerilla mainly the FARC; in Venezuela who governs is the international terrorism." The Venezuelan deputy for the opposition Julio Montoya said that more than 500 members of FARC have become Venezuelan citizens irregularly and that they have Venezuelan identities. Chavez denies the allegations about his government covering the FARC guerrilla.

Since the arrest of Granda, Chavez is protesting and accusing Colombian authorities of entering illegally in Venezuela and kidnap. Chavez said in a interview to the journalist Eleazar Diaz Rangel (newspaper Últimas Noticias) that he has proofs that Rodrigo Granda, FARC counselor, was captured illegally in Caracas  and moved to  Cúcuta, where the Colombian authorities said the arrestment was done (audio). According to him the Colombian authorities are lying when they said they arrested Granda inside Colombia (audio). The Vice-President of Venezuela protested against the Granda arrestment and said that if Colombia authorities wanted Granda, they should have requested his extradition by legall ways (audio).

According to the Colombian Minister of Defense, Jorge Alberto Uribe, the Colombian government paid a reward for the capture of Roberto Granda. Venezuelans detained Granda inside Venezuela borders because of a reward offered for his capture and they moved Granda to the region near the border of Venezuela, inside Colombian territory, where Colombian officers finally arrested him. Venezuelan deputy Luis Tascón said that the reward was of US $1.5 million. The Colombian government did not reveal the amount of the reward.

Because of the Granda case the President Hugo Chavez said that the Venezuelan ambassador should leave Bogotá in Colombia and that the trade agreements between Venezuela and Colombia should be paralised. Chavez demmands that the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe do a public international retraction excusing for the invasion of the Venezuelan territory and the kidnapping of Granda.

Uribe proposed the creation of a special comissition, so the severe crisis can be resolved. He emphasize Colombia did not invaded the Venezuelan territory. The US governemnt supports Colombia in this crisis and demmands Chavez to give a clear declaration about his position related to the FARC.


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Mexican candidate confident of winning OAS leadership race

January 13, 2005

Mexican foreign minister Luis Ernesto Derbez says he is confident that he will become the next Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, and will be in the post within 4 months. He claims to have 17 of the 18 votes needed in order to have the support of a majority within the 34 member states of the OAS.

The post became available after the previous Secretary General, Miguel Ángel Rodriguez, served only 24 days of his term of office, before returning home to Costa Rica to face corruption charges.

The other candidates for the post are ex El Salvadorean president Francisco Flores, Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchú and Chilean Interior Minister José Miguel Insulza. Meanwhile Francisco Flores is in the Dominican Republic on the beginning of a tour of Caribbean countries drumming up support for his own candidacy. He is being accompanied by El Salvador's deputy foreign minister Margarita Escobar in a clear sign of the importance El Salvador puts on getting their candidate into the job.

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Honduras deploys 8,000 troops to ensure peaceful elections

January 13, 2005

Honduran armed forces spokesman Rafael Moreno Coello announced the deployment of 8,000 troops to ensure the peace in the upcoming internal party elections on Feb. 20. The elections will decide who will be nominated as presidential candidates in the two major political parties, the Liberal Party and the National Party. Anyone with the right to vote in Honduras can vote in either election. The Honduran constitution defines the elections, which the Supreme Electoral Tribunal administers.

The troops, who come from all three wings of the Honduran armed forces, are responsible for electoral materials, such as ballot boxes, before, during, and after the election. They will be deployed in all regions of the country. The operation will cost 14 million Lempiras (US$750,000).


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As you can see it's a bit quiet round these parts in these early days, so thanks for contributing! I hope you enjoy working on Wikinews (it's quite addictive, if you've come from Wikipedia it's kinda like getting to write a whole new encyclopedia entry every day!).

I also see that you followed our 'how to write an article' stuff. I wrote a lot of that but I'm always looking for feedback; did you find any shortcomings with it, anything that could be improved? Dan100 07:34, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Please, check my article
I would appreciate if you check my new article South American intellectuals support arrested FARC leader, at least a fast check. Off course case you can and are not too occupied with something else. The article is polemic since the source is Cuban Comunist Party newspaper Granma, which is POV. I think the news can be published because the information is unbiased and it is not vilification, although the newspaper is POV. Anyway I think this case demands other opinions and is another reason why I am inviting you. I think the news is important because it shows the opinions of some groups in South America. Thank you very much. -- 02:49, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Please check
I added some text to the Brazilian President meets President of Colombia after the Washington Post quote. Please check and see if it is ok. -- Carlosar 01:05, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Workspace War!
What's your opinion on how the Workspace should, er, work? Amgine wants all stories to be listed at once on the front page, so other people start editing them. When we last tried that I found people were clicking red links and beginning to write articles I was already writing from scratch, just hadn't finished (so not saved) yet. This gave biiig edit conflicts. What's your opinion? Dan100 (Talk) 11:02, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Have you seen the discussion about the process on the watercooler? I'm keen to keep the ball rolling towards getting rid of our current (imo) ugly logo, but I'm unclear as to where people think we should go next. I'd appreciate your input! Dan100 (Talk) 19:34, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

American nun murdered in Brazil
I put some comments on the page. I hope this can help. Unfortunately I have not found too much information about the PDS. --Carlosar 17:24, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Genetics and foods, human genetics
Hi, those are pretty nice graphics. A few suggestions: maybe drop the text from both (it will make them more versatile if they do not have their own headings), and increase the size of the DNA (it gets a little small when it is scaled down). But they look really great, either way, thank you! --Fastfission 06:47, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Just noticed that you haven't edited - since February! Dan100 (Talk) 21:05, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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Bush pressured Israel to seize Chinese aircraft

December 29, 2004

Some media sources are reporting that Israel is facing a diplomatic crisis over a number of "Harpy" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) purchased by the People's Republic of China in the 1990s and returned to Israel for upgrades.

China and the United States are major trading partners with Israel, but discussions to resolve the incident in the Israeli Knesset were muted by a security blackout and delayed by the exit of four Knesset members in protest.


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Third in line to British throne dresses as Nazi

January 13, 2005

Prince Harry, third in line to be the monarch of the United Kingdom, has been photographed dressed as a Nazi.

Harry, aged 20, was attending a fancy dress party last weekend when a fellow party-goer photographed him wearing a swastika armband and Nazi insignia on the lapels of his shirt. The photographs were published today by The Sun, a British tabloid.

After the picture was published, Clarence House (the official residence of Prince Harry) published the following statement: "Prince Harry has apologised for any offence or embarrassment he has caused. He realizes it was a poor choice of costume." Prince Harry himself has made no comments.


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Suicide attack at Karni crossing between Gaza Strip, Israel

January 13, 2005

Three Palestinian militants attacked the Karni crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The men, each from different Palestinian militant movements (Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees, and the military wing of Hamas), used a 200 pound bomb to blast through an iron door that separates the Israeli and Palestinian sides at the checkpoint. They proceeded to throw grenades and fire their assault weapons. All three attackers were shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Early reports indictated three Israelis killed, the final death toll was six Israelis and the three Palestinian attackers.

The attack took place at about 11pm local time.

As a result of the attack, Israel has cut off all links with the newly-elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.


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Where the 'Edit' link, links
There's two good reasons for having the link point to where I set it:

1. Edit conflicts: if someone else starts 'editing' a page you're writing from scratch, whoever saves their version second will get an edit conflict. Of course, as both were starting from a blank page, they're likely to be very different!

2. All that space is is just a place to create a link in order to create a new article. That's all. We need somewhere to it and it might as well be there. Once created and saved, the article can be linked to from where-ever necessary (template:Latest news, template:Editor tasks etc) and the original link removed.

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 * The guidelines suggest you add the date line, the category, then save. And so on.
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Jefferson Airplane drummer dies at 66

January 13, 2005

, the drummer of the legendary American rock band, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 11. He was 66. Dryden suffered from stomach cancer and heart disease.

Spencer Dryden was a member of Jefferson Airplane during the band's heyday. He replaced original drummer and played with Jefferson Airplane at the legendary  and  rock festivals.

Dryden left the band in 1970 to play with, a country rock band formed by members of the.

He was married three times and is survived by sons Jeffrey, Jes and Jackson Dryden.

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General Discussion
'''Note: This article needs some work. My principal problem for now is written it in proper English, so I can get a usefull version at least. The title I have put for it, maybe it is not good and I accept suggestions. The article needs some help and there are a lot of information about it in internet. I will appreciate any help, suggestions, corrections, etc. Just dont say the article is not good, I know that. If you see something wrong correct it or give some idea how to correct it. Thanks.-- Carlosar 01:11, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)'''

'''I made some copy and style edits, and cleaned it up generally. We do need to look out for several less-well-supported assertions and make sure that any statements in the article are directly attributable to sources. MikeEdwards 20:45, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)'''
 * I appreciate you help and I hope you continue analysing and criticizing this text, so it gets well written. I will try to revise the text according to your suggestions and give an answer to your critics. -- Carlosar 01:07, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Apologies
I'm sorry, Carlosar... I didn't see these edits. - Amgine 01:13, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * It is ok :) . --- Carlosar 02:53, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Critics and answers
1. Who is the MIPT? --- MikeEdwards 20:45, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

According to MIPT website: ''The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing terrorism on U.S. soil or mitigating its effects. MIPT was established after the April 1995 bombing of the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, and it is funded through the Department of Homeland Security's Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness (OSLGCP).'' I have found the MIPT website researching in internet when I was looking for some more information about the FARC. I liked the MIPT website because they have a good database about terrorist movements around the globe of any kind and political orientation. I compared some informations with other sources and I have found nothing seriously wrong with it. Actually I have found the website a good tool for research. Anyway check yourself and see if there is something wrong I couldn't see. --- Carlosar 02:28, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

2. We need a source for the Chavez link and a more qualified statement about Lula, given the less-than-rock-solid evidence stated below. Associating heads of state with terrorists groups gets us into libel territory if untrue --- MikeEdwards 20:45, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)'''

I agree with you, we must have some evidence and write carefully in these case. That is why that when I saw the article Veteran sergeant accounts US torture coverup I warned people about this fact(please people, don't talk about that article anymore, I am using it just an example, it is not a complain or critic :). To me that article is a finished and reviewed Wikinews article). But since a lot of people said there was no trouble with it and the article was written carefully at some extent, I agreed. The words of an not well-known retired soldier and a free-lancer reporter (with in my opinion is not better than you, me, or anyone else here in Wikinews) published in a not so big website were evidences to the publication of an article linking the Bush administration with past torture activities. Because I believe(like you) we need solid evidences I am collecting evidences and putting them at the FARC-evidences page. I hope that in this page we can see evidences so we can say with sure that Lula and Chavez have some empathy with the FARC movement at least. Unless you think we need even more evidences because the reputation of these presidents are more important than the reputation of the president of the USA. This is stage one. After we have be convinced about the FARC link(or not), we can think how can we write it in a proper and carefully way. This will be stage two.

3. Who is this(about Venezuelan Luis Tascón)? An average Venezuelan or someone with evidence and in a position to know this? MikeEdwards 20:45, 13 Jan 2005 UTC

He's the deputy for the opposition. VikOlliver 18:30, 15 Jan 2005 NZDT

El diputado emeverrista Luis Tascón declaró a la cadena colombiana Radio Caracol que el llamado "Canciller de las FARC", Rodrigo Granda, fue secuestrado en Caracas por supuestos caza-recompensas, quienes estarían vinculados con un alto oficial de la fuerza armada neogranadina. -- The Venezuelan deputy Luis Tascón said that Rodrigo Granda was kidnapped in Caracas(VEN) by supposed bounty-hunters vinculated to a high official of Neogranadina army.
 * El Observador - Caracas(VEN):
 * interview of deputy Luis Tascón to Radio Caracol(COL) (audio)

Comments and Suggestions
The problem with Lula and Chavez is that both don't say to Colombia and USA that they are for/against the FARC. Both considere the FARC a political group, not a terrorist one. They meet and praise the FARC at their meetings but they don't like to talk about the FARC with other people. Maybe we should say something about this. That is as I see the case. You can give some ideas, suggestions, critics, etc.-- Carlosar 03:36, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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'Electra'-fying competition faces 'Fockers'

North American movie box offices were dominated by Universal pictures last weekend as two of its films, a comedy, Meet the Fockers, and a horror flick, White Noise, together raked in a combined $52.6 million, more than half the $98.3 all films made over the Jan. 7 weekend, according to film tracking firm Box Office Mojo.

But Universal's dominance of the North American box office receipts is in danger as 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner Brothers and Sony all have films debuting in wide release Friday.

New to wide release this week
After a two-week drought of new releases with Noise the only debut, the Jan. 14 weekend is relatively crowded as three new films bow and one Oscar-buzz movie expands into wide release.

 * Elektra (PG-13) [1:37] Among the new entries is the Jennifer Garner star vehicle Elektra a semi-sequel to 2003's comic-book based Daredevil where Garner reprise a role of anti-hero. Elektra bows in 3,204 theatres.

 * Coach Carter (PG-13) [2:14]: Paramount pictures releases the 134-minute metaphor heavy Coach Carter, a production of MTV Pictures, featuring Samuel L. Jackson in an inspirational inner-city high school sports movie. Coach Carter will debut in 2,524 U.S. and Canadian movie houses.

 * Racing Stripes (PG) [1:24]: Warner Bros. also enters the debut fray with its live-action talking animal family movie, Racing Stripes, featuring the voices from such a diverse cast as Snoop Dogg, Mandy Moore and Dustin Hoffman. Racing Stripes starts its run with 3,185 venues.

 * House of Flying Daggers (PG-13) [1:59]: Sony Pictures Classics is expanding its wire fu Chinese war epic, House of Flying Daggers. The film has made it to several critics best-of-the-year lists and is considered a front runner for Academy Award nominations in several technical categories.

Wide release films for the weekend of Jan. 14
The following films will be playing in at least 1,000 U.S. and Canada venues:


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Talk:Capture of FARC member creates crisis between Venezuela and Colombia/FARC

'''A lot of the information about this case is encontered at government or government party, or allies websites. Previously this and more information were freely avaialable but nowadays some information is removed from these websites. '''

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-Comandante Manuel Marulanda Vélez (FARC leader) -Milton Hernández (ELN leader) -Luis Eduardo Greenhalgh (PT) -Fernando Morais (PT) -Emir Sader (PT) .... and so on. All Brazilian people are from PT or PT sympathizers. Also you will see in the list a lot of names of extremist left movement members accused of been terrorists worldwide.
 * America Libre: the Marxist and revolutionary magazine America Libre is formed by FARC leaders and PT(Brazilian government party) members. The magazine former president was Frei Betto, personal friend of Lula and former accessor of his government. Check the list. Here are some names but there are more:

(...) AF - Are you looking for any contact with Lula government?  Reyes - We are trying to establish - or restablish - the same relationship we had before when he was just the PT party candidate for the presidency.  AF - Did you meet Lula?  Reyes - Yes, I don't remember in what year exactly, it was in San Salvador, during a Foro de São Paulo.  AF - Did you talk? Reyes - Yes, we were responsible for the meeting. Since then, we have meet at different places and we were in contact until recently. I could not talking to him after he became President. AF - When did you talk to him for the last time? Reyes - I don't remember exactly. It is about three years. AF - Which are the FARC links inside Brazil besides the government ones? Reyes - The FARC are in contact, not only in Brazil, with different political forces and governments, and social moviments. At the time of Fernando Henrique Cardoso was President we had a delegation in Brazil. FSP - Can you name the most important ones? Reyes - Well, the PT, off course, inside PT there are a lot of forces; the Landless worker movement(MST), the homeless movement, students, labour unions, intellectuals, priests, historians, journalists... AF-Who are the intellectuals? Reyes - Emir Sader, frei Betto [Lula special accessor] and many others.
 * Raúl Reyes FARC leader interview to Folha de São Paulo(AF) newspaper (August 24, 2003):

Olivio Dutra is the Minister of Cities of Lula government. References:
 * In 2001, FARC commanders were received in Brazil by the Rio Grande do Sul governor Olivio Dutra (PT). The FARC leaders were honoreed and acclaimed during the I World Social Forum.
 * No Olhar newspaper
 * Rio Grande do Sul Constitutive
 * Folha de São Paulo (AF)

 * Polícia Federal descobre fábricas de cocaína das Farc no Brasil - Brazilian police discovers FARC cocaine factory in Brazil.

 * Exército colombiano captura Fernandinho Beira-Mar - Colombian army arrests Brazilian drug-dealer Fernandinho Beira-Mar at Venezuela,Colombia,Brazil border. Colombian authorities accuse Beira-Mar and FARC relationship.

The Lula administration is also hindering the efforts of President Alvaro Uribe’s conservative government to combat the terrorism plaguing Colombia. Marco Aurélio Garcia, the President’s special assistant for foreign affairs, affirmed that the Brazilian government does not look favorably on American help to combat Colombian drug trafficking and guerrillas. Mr. Garcia announced that President Lula da Silva is ready to intervene. Foreign Minister Celso Amorim also spoke of the possibility of a direct intervention by the Brazilian government. Reportedly, Brazil would interfere in Colombia through the United Nations, to force Colombia to return to the failed policy of dialogue with leftist narco-guerrillas. For many years now, the “dialogue” policy has only helped the terrorists regroup, bolstering their threat potential. A first step of Brazil’s shift in policy regarding the FARC was President Lula da Silva’s letter to United Nations Secretary General Koffi Anan asking the U.N. to intervene in Colombia and offering Brazil's help in this regard. In addition, the Lula administration is planning a meeting with South American Foreign Ministers in the coming weeks. The Lula government’s efforts are a poorly disguised and ideologically motivated attempt to both save and legitimize Colombia’s Marxist FARC. For example, President Alvaro Uribe recently called on neighboring countries to designate FARC as an international terrorist group. That measure would trigger the application of a U.N. resolution freezing FARC's assets abroad and restricting the circulation of its members in other countries. The Brazilian government’s official response was to deny the request. Not designating the FARC as a “terrorist group,” the Lula administration claimed, would better place Brazil in a position to mediate the dispute between the guerrillas and the Colombian government. The Colombian Minister of the Interior publicly criticized the Brazilian government for its attitude. According to Jimmy Chamorro, of the Colombian Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “Brasilia's position shows there's no solidarity with Colombia in combating drug-financed terrorists.” (...) Colombian Defense Minister Martha Lucía Ramírez has already denounced the fact that FARC guerrillas move freely in and out of Venezuela (ruled by Lula ally, Hugo Chavez) and that they hold kidnapped Colombian citizens there. The leniency towards the FARC shown by the Lula Administration is perfectly consistent with the policy set forth by the Forum of São Paulo. This umbrella organization, founded by President Lula da Silva and Fidel Castro, brings together all the leftist parties and organizations in Latin America, including FARC. In one of its resolutions, the Forum of São Paulo refused to call movements and organizations like the FARC as “terrorist.” It prefers to describe them as “resistance” or “national liberation” movements. The Forum brands as “state terrorism” however, measures taken to repress the FARC's political and ideological terrorism. Understandably, the FARC sent a letter to the 11th Encounter of the Forum of São Paulo, held in December 2002 in Guatemala, congratulating Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his electoral victory.
 * Some Folha de São Paulo newspaper excerpts(I will put the links later when I get time):

-PT (organizer) -Colombian Communist Party -Communist Party of Cuba -Communist Party of Argentina -Communist Party of Bolivia -Communist Party of Brazil -Communist Party of Chile -Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, El Salvador -Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity -Sandinista National Liberation Front, Nicaragua -Tupamaros, Uruguay -National Liberation Army, Colombia -Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
 * List of notable participants in Foro de São Paulo-2004(excerpt):

Solidarity with Colombia at the meeting in San Salvador FARC: trust and e assurance The final presentation at the opening of the meeting belonged to the FARC-EP. Arturo Campos commander, from Central Major State, created a serene and combatant mood with his opening speech... (...) He praised the Bolivarian Revolution at Venezuela, the Indians resurgence in Ecuador, the Cocaleros march in Bolivia and Peru, the Piqueteiros challenge in Argentina, the fight of the Landless Worker Moviment (MST) in Brazil, the fight of people from Puerto Rico against USA Navy exercises...
 * "A solidariedade com a Colômbia no encontro de San Salvador" - Communist Party of Brazil(PC do B):

 * Anti-Davos(World Social Forum) plaises Cuba, the MST win the day-Folha de São Paulo (AF)

 * Communist Party of Brazil(PC do B): Lula diplomacy guides Venezuela Friends Group

A solidarity workshop paying tribute to the five political prisoners of the U.S. government is to take place from January 23 until 28 as part of the 3rd World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. The meeting will also focus on the Cuban people’s long struggle against terrorism.
 * Granma - Republic of Cuba, Havana:

The invitation from Brazil reads as follows: "We invite all progressive organizations, movements and individuals -especially those who are involved in Cuban solidarity work and the campaign to liberate the five Cuban patriots- to join us in Porto Alegre and take part in the solidarity meeting, so that we can develop international strategies to support the Cuban people in their fight against terrorism and U.S. government aggression. We call for the immediate release of Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Ramón Labañino Salazar, Antonio Guerrero Rodríguez, Fernando González Llort y René González Sehweret – political prisoners of U.S imperialism. Relatives of the Five will be joining us from Cuba to attend the workshop.

There is no Revolution withou revolutionary theory, there is no Revolution without revolutionary action (Karl Marx)
 * Strategy and Tactics for the Brazilian Revolution

 * What was the FARC leader doing in Venezuela?

 * Gretchen Small, World Social Forum

Lula government staff

The Secretary of Sports, Agnelo Queiroz, is an important member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PC do B).

Antonio Palocci, Secretary of Treasury was a Trotskyite militant. Recently his “moderate” Government in Ribeirão Preto announced the creation of a pro-FARC committee.

Dilma Ruseff, Minister of Mines and Energy, participated in the activities of the VAR Palmares, famous organization for its armed action.

Jose Dirceu, Head of the Civil House, was banished to Mexico in exchange for the life of the U.S. ambassador. Later he left for Cuba to study the “Course of guerilla warfare," and also became a Cuban agent. In Cuba, between 1960 and 1970, he was trained in weapons, logistics and financial subversion. Dirceu recently affirmed that he is “eternally grateful to the people of Cuba, particularly President Fidel Castro” and "I do not forget them. I hold in my heart, in my memory, the image of each one and the ideals of all." Luiz Dulci was a Trotskyite militant of OSI (LIBELU). He is the General secretary of the presidency.

Luiz Gushiken came from the OSI (LIBELU) too. He is the Secretary of Communication in the government.

Marina Silva, Environment Minister, was a militant of the Communist Revolutionary Party (PRC).

Nilmário Miranda, Human Rights Minister, participated in the origin of the Organization of Leninist Marxist Combat-Labor politics (OCML-PO). As a member of the House of Representatives for the PT he was detached in the defense of Communists.

Tarso Genro was a member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PC do B). Attracted by armed action he entered the Ala Vermelha – “Red Section." He was also a militant in the Communist Revolutionary Party before joining the PT. He is now the Secretary of Economic and Social Development.

Olívio Dutra, Minister of the Cities, deserves a whole chapter.

Lula and Muamar Kadafi

Lula and Chavez

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The following stories made international headlines Friday:

Huygens probe sends first pictures of Titan
The Cassini-Huygens mission's Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan and began sending pictures. The first pictures taken during the descent show the probable landing site, and one picture taken after landing shows some ice blocks around the landing area. The images are the first ever taken of the surface of Titan.
 * Source: NASA

Faint radio signal confirms Huygens Probe has entered Titan's atmosphere
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, a part of the global network of radio telescopes involved in tracking the Huygens Titan probe, detected the probe's 'carrier' (tone) signal at approximately 10:20 UTC.
 * Source: European Space Agency

China unveils plans for $242B bridge to Taiwan
Officials in Beijing plan to build the world's longest bridge to connect Taiwan to mainland China. The US$242 billion roadway may take 20 to 30 years to build.
 * Source: The Guardian

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El Salvador presents Flores as OAS candidate

January 14, 2005 El Salvador officially presented ex-president Francisco Flores as its official candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS). The previous Secretary General, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, vacated the post after serving only 24 days of his term of office before returning home to Costa Rica to face corruption charges.

The Salvadoran government claims already to have the support of three other Central-American countries and the Dominican Republic for their candidate. This may not be true, however, because Guatemala is still deciding whether to officially nominate Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú as an alternative candidate. It is certain that Honduras is refusing to support Flores because of his refusal to accept the decision of the International Court of Justice in favour of Honduras over a territorial dispute between the two nations when he was president.

Flores has criticised Mexico for proposing Luis Ernesto Derbez as a candidate, claiming that in the previous election Mexico had agreed, as had all the OAS nations, that the chosen candidate should be from Central America, and that they have gone back on their word by now proposing their own candidate.

Honduras has similarly criticised Flores, saying that Central America had previously decided to back a consensus candidate, something that Flores is not.


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Viacom delays launch of gay cable channel

Media giant Viacom has delayed the launch of its LGBT-themed LOGO channel by more than four months, according to reports. Originally scheduled to launch Feb. 17, the new channel's debut was delayed until a planned June 30 sign on.

Part of Viacom's MTV Networks, LOGO has secured carriage on Time Warner cable in Manhattan, RCN and Atlantic Broadband. It is in final negotiations with Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area.

The channel's management said it will take the extra time to beef up its programming slate and sign on more carriers. LOGO already has secured the rights to such programming as Golden Globe and Emmy-winning Angels in America and films such as Far From Heaven, Philadelphia and The Birdcage.

Original programming includes plans for a string of reality-based series and documentaries with titles such as The Relationship Show, My Fabulous Gay Wedding, and Cruise, which take place about a gay-themed ocean cruise ship.


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Prado Dam area evacuated

January 14, 2005

More than 800 homes have been evacuated in the area located below the Prado Dam in the city of Corona, approximately 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

Evacuations began at 5 a.m., with police ordering residents to leave for their own safety. The evacuations also impacted the rush hour commute due a significant amount of people leaving via the already clogged Riverside (91) Freeway.

The record rainfall from the recent storms that pounded southern California has left the earthen dam at its maximum capacity. A small seepage that appeared at the base of the dam raised fears of a possible failure.

Officials vary on their assessments of the problem. A spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, however, who constructed and maintain the dam, insisted that the problem is trivial and people should be able to return to their homes as early as this evening.

The Prado Dam was constructed in 1941 as a flood control dam for Orange County. It controls the watershed of the Santa Ana River, the largest in Southern California.

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Beijing plans $242B freeway link to Taiwan

January 14, 2005

On Jan. 13, People's Republic of China Communications Minister Zhang Chunxian announced a major plan to enlarge the country's freeway system and link all of China's major cities. The project would cost about US$242 billion and take about 25 years to complete, according to CNN News. A certain portion of the plans, however, drew scoffs from both the Taiwanese government and the international press—plans including the construction of a freeway to the island of Taiwan, over 100 miles away from the Chinese mainland.

The freeway would have to overcome great odds. The length of the freeway, whether a bridge or a tunnel, would have to be much longer than any other in existence. The longest bridge in the world is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, USA, which is 23 miles long. Interestingly enough, the second longest bridge will be the Hangzhou Bay Bridge in China; it will span 22.3 miles when completed in 2008. The longest tunnel in the world is the Seikan Tunnel, connecting the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido at 33.4 miles.

Besides distance, the bridge would also have to withstand the frequent typhoons and earthquakes that plague the Taiwan Strait. And, according to the Central News Agency (CNA), Taiwan's government funded news service, building a freeway across the strait would cause problems with the area's "Black Tides" and "marine trench".

The biggest obstacles to building the bridge, however, may not be with nature, but rather with politics. The Beijing and Taipei governments do not maintain any official ties. Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory and breaks off political ties with any country that maintains political ties with Taipei. The PRC has even threatened to attack Taiwan if the island declares formal independence.

Currently it is not possible to travel directly from Taiwan to mainland China or vice versa; Taiwanese flights to and from mainland China are detoured through a third-party airport, usually Hong Kong, before continuing on. In spite of this, the announcement came at a time when representatives from Taiwan and mainland China are discussing possible direct flights—at least for the Chinese New Year.

Taiwanese leaders dismissed the announcement as propaganda. It was undoubtably seen by a few Taiwanese as an attempt on the People's Republic of China's part to annex the island.


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Long Island-sized iceberg to ram Antarctic coast

January 14, 2005 The on Antarctica's coastline may be bitten off this week by a huge iceberg which is on a collision course with the floating glacier tongue.

Antarctic scientists, at the nearby McMurdo Research Station, are watching the movement of iceberg B15A, a remnant of the, which partially broke apart five years ago.

The 100--long, 1,200 square mile iceberg is affecting wildlife in the area – particularly that of penguins, which are in their breeding season. Biologists fear that if the berg hits the ice tongue and sticks to it, the resulting dam will make it impossible for adult penguins to reach their hunting ground without abandoning their newborn chicks.

If iceberg B15A doesn't stick to the Drygalski Ice Tongue, scientists are considering other possible outcomes:

 * The two massive ice bodies could collide explosively, then bounce away from each other, like a giant pinball-type bumper.

 * The Drygalski Ice Tongue could break off from the Antarctic coast to form another huge iceberg.

Iceberg B15A's speed is subject to the local tides, which may guide the berg to hit more than once, according to researcher Robert Bindshadler, who works at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

"It's a clash of the titans, a radical and uncommon event," said Bindshadler.


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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 21:20, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Welcome
130.15.162.48, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- IlyaHaykinson 23:01, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan, returns pictures

January 14, 2005

Huygens, the European built Titan exploration probe, ended its seven-year voyage today when it landed on the surface of the second largest moon in the solar system at 11:38 a.m. UTC. The probe, which the European Space Agency (ESA) began developing 17 years ago, has worked well with only minor system failures.

"This is a great achievement for Europe and its US partners in this ambitious international endeavor to explore the Saturnian system", said Jean-Jacques Dordain, the Director General of the ESA

The first confirmation that Huygens had successfully entered Titan's thick atmosphere was at 10:25 a.m. UTC when the Green Bank radio telescope in the United States directly received the faint carrier signal of its beacon. Due to the immense distance, the radio transmission took 67 minutes to arrive.

Huygens broadcast data to its Cassini mothership (the US probe which carried Huygens to Titan) throughout its descent and then from the surface. After Cassini dropped below the horizon of Titan (cutting the radio link), Cassini turned towards Earth to begin transmitting its recording of the Huygens data to the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

So far, ESA has released least three pictures—two from the probe's descent through the atmosphere under parachutes and then a picture near the surface. The Huygens probe took a total of over 300 black and white photographs during its brief mission.

"The Huygens  scientists  are  all  delighted. This was worth the long wait,"  says  Dr  Jean-Pierre  Lebreton,  ESA  Huygens Mission Manager.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is conducted by an alliance between NASA, the ESA, and ASI, the Italian space agency. The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed, developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter.


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Article needs an image
There's a link to the Esa sight with the images. I don't know how to handle those and it would be nice to have that surface shot next to the article.

vlsimpson 23:30, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately the image is not compatible with the public domain license, and so we can't upload it to Wikimedia Commons. We really need to transition to our own repository that includes fair-use images. -- IlyaHaykinson 23:53, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Unlike the American space program, the European Space agencies keep copyrights on their images. Although for news, this is obviously a fair use issue, the Wikimedia Commons will not allow us to use "fair use" images. Hence, my desire to get us off mandatory Wikimedia Commons use and its restrictions. -- Davodd | Talk 00:55, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Your turn to bring it up. I've brought it up three times with the #wikimedia people. They'll start calling me a nag if I bring it up again. - Amgine 01:54, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I banged out an illustration of the Huygens probe using Blender and the GIMP. Not as cool as the renderings on the ESA site, but it fills the void.  What do people think about this?  If you think this approach is worthwhile, it might be interesting to approach artists to occassionally rattle off a simple graphic for a story. MikeEdwards 01:08, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * VERY GOOD! -- Davodd | Talk 01:40, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I just sent the [mailto:contactesa@esa.int ESA people] the following email:
 * Do the images from the Huygens probe fall under the same copyright restrictions as the rest of the ESA site, or are they public domain like many of NASA's images? I was wondering since the photo credit is jointly ESA and NASA.
 * Don't know if that will make a difference, but I'd be curious to hear what they have to say. It seems a shame about the copyright restriction though, especially since it was created using public funding.  Oh, well, we'll see what happens. MikeEdwards 01:43, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The Wikipedia is using one of the images on this page: Huygens probe.

vlsimpson 01:48, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The Huygens photos do have NASA as part of their photo credit. I just saw the photos appear on the NASA site.  No copyright is given.  Under their terms, unless there is a copyright shown, we can use it.  Woohoo!  Let's go get 'em! MikeEdwards 02:07, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Done MikeEdwards 02:25, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * You, sir, are a mensch! vlsimpson 02:31, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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Graner found guilty of mistreatment at Abu Ghraib

A United States Army court martial found Army Spc. Charles Graner guilty of abusing prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The jury sentenced Graner to ten years in prison.

Graner, 36, was described as the ringleader during his four-day trial before a military jury. He was accused of assaulting prisoners for fun.

He pleaded innocent to the five charges brought against him, but the ten person jury took five hours to find him guilty.

During the trial, video and photographs taken inside the prison in November 2003 were presented to the court. The photographs were made public in early 2004 bringing the world's attention to the abuses going on in the prison.

It is alleged that senior US defence officials knew of the abuse, including the Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld. Garner's defense maintained that he was acting under orders to 'soften up' detainees before interrogation.


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Wikinews:Briefs/January 15, 2005

The following stories made international headlines Saturday:

Indonesia warns Christian aid workers to help, not to evangelise
Indonesian officials are warning religious-based organizations that aid workers traveling to Sumatra should not try to convert Islamic tsunami survivors to other religions. The country is the most-populous Muslim nation in the world.
 * Source: Associated Press

Wikipedia turns four years old
Our sister project, Wikipedia, celebrates its fourth anniversary today. The English version of the free encyclopedia has nearly 450,000 articles.
 * Sources: Wikipedia: Wikipedia Day

Island nations fear rising sea levels
In the aftermath of last month's South Asian tsunami, some small island nations point out to similar future dangers caused by rising sea levels due to global warming.
 * Source:Reuters

U.S. Army specialist sentenced to ten years for Abu Ghraib abuse
A U.S. Army court martial jury found Specialist Charles Graner guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib and sentenced him to ten years in prison.
 * Source:ABC News

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User:TalkHard/In-Depth Articles

The importance of Wikinews having quality articles should be evident to all. Quality articles give readers a reason to come here, and editors a sense that they are doing something valuable. They can also bring new people here as high quality articles may be posted to blogs and message boards around the Net. Right now most articles being produced are basically stubs that add little over what is done by a variety of other sources. While some would say that quality will come in time with more people, I say let's look for ways to create quality articles now.

In-Depth Articles
So I propose that Wikinews should feature In-Depth Articles. They are called In-Depth Articles to signify that they will not be just regular articles. The goal of such an article will be to provide information beyond what is found in typical news stories. They will include more context, background information, and analysis than what is found in regular stories - more like articles found in weekly news magazines such as Time or Newsweek.

To make something like this work, it will be vital to add a section to the top of the main page linking to the current In-Depth Article, and probably also the previous one which should be a complete, well written article. In fact this is the whole reason for writing up this proposal in the first place - to create support for adding a section to the main page. Having such a section will be important for two reasons:

 * 1) To generate awareness about the current article so more people will contribute to it. After all, to succeed, there have to be a reasonable number of people contributing each week.
 * 2) These articles will most likely be the most well written on Wikinews, and therefore should be the first thing people see when they come here.

There would most likely be a new In-Depth Article selected each week, with people voting on what the new article will be.

Response to Criticism
I believe the main criticism will be that after a week of voting, and a week of writing the article, the topic written about will be obsolete - it may look bad to have an "old" story on the top of the front page. And for many types of stories this would be true. But this will be taken into account when choosing the topic to write about, and only the kind of articles that remain relevant for a while will be chosen. For example, here are some of the kinds of article that might be good to write about if we were to choose an article today:

 * An in-depth look at Bush's proposal for Social Security reform, educating people on the problems facing social security, what the proposal will accomplish, and debunking some of the talking points and propaganda of each side.
 * An honest, non-partisan look at the problems surrounding the Presidential election, the shady tactics employed by both Democrats and Republicans, and the issues surrounding electronic voting.
 * Add more examples...

And again, one just has to look to weekly news magazines as a successful model to follow, as they too do not rely on being the first to break a story, but instead write articles that remain relevant by the time the magazine comes out.

What other criticism is there that needs to be addressed?

Conclusion
Many of the articles we produce are written largely by a single person. But if this is all we wanted to accomplish, we could have set this site up as a blog. It is a wiki for a very good reason. The advantage of a wiki is that we can work together to produce articles that truly seek to educate and inform people. It's time we take advantage of this.

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User:Alice Crypto

Welcome to my userpage. The time is now  . To find out all (that I'm willing to tell) about me, visit my Wikipedia userpage. Feel free to leave messages on my talkpage, but I have had to disable my email, again see my Wikipedia userpage for ways to contact me by email despite the block.

Wikinews now has articles!!

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To leave me a new message click [ here]. Remember to sign and date your entries by typing  --~  after them. section=new}} here]. Remember to sign and date your entries by typing  --~  after them.-- AliceCrypto (Talk|Contributions)

Hello Alice!
Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for the Finland article (and sorry for me removing it from latest news for a few minutes before sence kicked in), it's great to have another contributer on board.

(A little tip, mind you - I try and write a good full first draft with an article listed in the workspace, then list it on Latest news. That reduces the chance of other people starting to edit my work while I'm still writing giving horrible edit conflicts!)

Writing Wikinews can be addictive - it's like writing whole new encyclopedia articles every day! Dan100 07:54, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

By the way, what did you make of the instructions on how to write an article? I wrote a lot of them, so I'm looking for feedback and any ways you can see to make them easier to follow, improve the system etc. Dan100 08:05, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Finland, Canada named among world's most-fit nations

The Northern European country of Finland was named among the world's most healthy, according to an investigation by the London-based newspaper, The Guardian. According to health experts, Finland joins Canada as having the distinction of being home to the lowest percentage of "couch potato" citizens among developed nations.

Pekka Puska, Director of Finland's National Institute of Public Health claimed that in the 1970s, the country held the world record for heart disease. "Finnish men used to say that vegetables were for rabbits and not for men," he said, "and the staple foods were bread and butter, fatty meat and full-fat milk!"

When the Finnish government found out the figures in the 1970s, it began a campaign to make a healthier nation. The number of males dying of heart problems has, over the past 35 years, decreased by 65 percent, and lung cancer deaths have also dropped dramatically.

Other nations are now considering using similar tactics as the Finnish government to make their own countries more healthy, but some say it is yet another example of a "nanny state."


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User talk:Samrolken~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 19:33, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Remove WNN
I've only just seen your comments - I must say, you're not alone in your feelings. Dan100 (Talk) 15:52, 18 July 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 Samrolken. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Samrolken~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 23:28, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 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) 06:36, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:203.177.36.83

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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.

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